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jinterlude · 4 years ago

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Grow a Pear

—Requested by @shadowsremedy: Seokjin + Kuroko’s Basketball + School Gym as part of @bangtan-headquarters Bangtan Anime Club Drabble Event!

—Pairing: Seokjin x Reader (Female OC) [feat. Seungcheol from SVT]

—Genre(s): Humor, Slight-Angst, & Slight-Fluff

—AUs/Tropes: Anime-verse, Kuroko’s Basketball!AU, High School!AU, Basketball Player!Seokjin, Basketball Club Manager!Reader, Opposites Attract Trope

—Warning(s) & Rating: Swearing, Reader threatening bodily harm onto Seokjin, Shameless flirting, & Jealousy from an old middle school rival / PG-15

—Word Count: 1.6K

—Summary: In which news of playing against a certain team sparks a rather interesting memory...

—A/N: This drabble is based on episodes 52 & 53 of KnB, but you do not have to watch the series to understand this story’s overall premise! It is also inspired by Kesha’s song “Grow a Pear” (hence the title LOL) because I immediately think of Kise’s character. Since Seokjin reminds me of that 2D pretty boy, I decided to write a fun story!

“Hey, ___!”

A faint hum exits your lips as your eyes remain fixated on your player statistics book. You flip between a few pages with the gears in your brain working in overdrive, almost forgetting for a split moment that Kaijo’s basketball captain asked for your attention.

“Yes, Sungwon?” You reply, closing the book and tucking it underneath your arm.

Pursing his lips, Sungwon strides over to you, leaning against the stage inside the gym. Don’t you love playing inside an auditorium?

“So…” He begins but grows silent. How on Earth is he supposed to ask you to be the sacrificial lamb? How will he tell you that you’ve been chosen to say the team’s resident narcissist yet talented prodigy that Kaijo will play against Fukuda Sugo? Specifically, they’re playing against a certain someone with a rather colorful history with yourself and said prodigy.

Tiny creases form on your forehead as your brows knit together. You know that carefree look anywhere. More often than not, you become chosen to do a specific task that no other teammate wants to do—talking to Kim Seokjin.

“Now, before you say no—”

“Nope.”

“You didn’t even hear what I have to say.”

“Doesn’t matter. My answer is still the same. No.”

With that, you turn on your heel, and not even a few steps in, you bump into the one person you don’t want to see.

“Princess!”

And to think…

You were having such a fantastic day…

“What do you want, Seokjin?” You question, grabbing the statistics book from your underarm and flipping it open to some random page. You already have the data mesmerized like the back of your hand. You just want to appear busy in front of the arrogant pretty boy.

“Well, besides you finally acknowledging that you’re my girlfriend? A little bird told me that we’re playing against his team in the Quarterfinals,” Seokjin replies, his tone dropping near the end. This serious expression slowly takes over his handsome features, almost sending shivers down your spine.

If looks can kill, then Seokjin is guilty of murder in the first degree...

Thank God he chose to attend a different school. Who knows what will happen if two people who absolutely despise each other play on the same team.

“Remind me to thank Namjoon for that…” You mutter, slightly shaking your head as you slowly draw in your breath. Then, a force, light chuckle escapes your lips, personally finding it rather humorous of the current situation.

“Anyway, so how are you feeling about playing against the dude who has a thing for your sloppy seconds?” You tease, attempting to lighten up the situation.

Seokjin’s brow perks up, “Sloppy seconds?” he repeats, a tiny grin form on his handsome face.

You nod, “Well yeah...I mean, he did steal your ex-girlfriend from you.”

In response, the arrogant basketball player hums. However, this exciting gleam enters the corners of his eyes.

What is he thinking now?

Suddenly, he turns to you, his gaze piercing into yours with this unexplainable emotion glazing over his eyes.

“Oh? I mean, he did come close to stealing you away from me that one day.” He states as this bright smile dances across his gorgeous face.

For a split second, your cheeks become hot. Your heart practically drums against your chest. Shit. Even your palms clam up, sticking to the cover of the player statistics book.

What is this feeling?

Then, it dawns on you. This nervousness is the same emotion you felt when you comforted Seokjin that fateful day—well, supported him in your own unique way…

Tapping your pencil against your chin, a soft growl emits from your lips as you try to figure out the best course of action. The Captain, Kim Namjoon, previously asked you to develop a plan to preserve the Generation of Miracle’s stamina, specifically when using their rather unique talents. At first, you thought Namjoon was flat out insane for asking such a request. Like, you’d have to take into account their height and weight difference. Oh! You couldn’t forget that you also keep in mind their current talent levels. All while these calculations occur during an official game with another team.

Yeah...

Namjoon might as well tell you to put on a fucking jersey while he’s at it.

Rubbing the sides of your forehead, you can’t help but let out a long, harsh breath as this throbbing sensation enters the left side of your head.

“Hey, manager ___.” You hear a familiar voice, interrupting your rather irritating calculations. You look up from the tiny pile of scattered papers containing player statistics. However, you don’t bother spouting words towards the overly cocky player. Instead, you merely hum in response, unknowingly irking the basketball player.

Plastering on a smug grin, the person leans against the stage, quickly glancing at what you’re doing.

“So, is that the special project Namjoon asked you to do for him?” The arrogant male student asks.

“Yep, and shouldn’t you be practicing Seungcheol?” You question back, raising a brow.

Seungcheol scoffs lightly, “Why? I mean, I already earned a permanent spot on the regular team, so…” He trails on, chuckling to himself. He finds the mere thought of his spot being taken away quite humorous.

You mentally roll your eyes. God, you don’t know who’s the bigger arrogant fool. Him or—

“Yo, Seokjin!” shouts Jungkook, running up to the new recruit.

Ah, Kim Seokjin. He recently joined the basketball club just a few months ago. He’s already showing promise despite being a second-year student. Shit. Seokjin’s talents have rapidly progressed to the point that Namjoon took notice of him and was promoted to first-string just last week.

Yet, you can’t quite put your finger on it, but something is holding Seokjin back.

But what?

Before you become entirely lost in your thoughts, you hear Seungcheol’s arrogant voice taunt Seokjin.

Oh, great…

You swiftly stand up from your seat and rush over to the argumentative duo. But as you draw near to the quarrelsome pair, you instantly halt. What is this intense atmosphere lingering in the air?

And why do you suddenly feel something other than agitation towards Seokjin?

“W-what did you say?”

“You heard me, Kim Seokjin. Whoever wins our 1v1 match earns the right to call ___ his girlfriend.”

“Hold on. You can’t just call dibs on ___!” shouts Jungkook in complete and utter shock.

Instantly slapping yourself back, in reality, you snatch a basketball from an innocent player and roughly throw it at Seungcheol, anger visible all over your face.

Sadly for you, the annoying prick catches it with ease, smirking at you.

“What’s the matter, babe? You don’t believe that I can put Seokjin in his place?” He coos, further taunting Seokjin. What sets the handsome prodigy over the edge is when Seungcheol abruptly pulls you against his chest, dropping the basketball in the process. His cheek brushes against yours, making you want to gag.

Just as you’re about to violently elbow him in the stomach, Seokjin shoves Seungcheol away before forcefully throwing the discarded ball at him.

“You start.”

“This should be fun.”

But it was just the opposite...

It was a complete slaughter with Seokjin on his hands and knees, panting and sweating profusely. His eyes widened from the shock of his defeat.

Not only has he lost horribly against Seungcheol, but he also lost you—or so he believes.

“So, how about that date, baby girl? After all, you’re now my girlfriend.” Seungcheol asks, making sure that Seokjin can hear him.

“Yeah, I don’t date dudes who have a thing for other fellas’ sloppy seconds.” You bluntly state, turning towards Yoongi and Jungkook, “I mean, first it was Yerin, right? The one that was going around the entire fucking school saying that she was Seokjin’s girlfriend. Oh, I feel sorry for her since it was just last week, you were chasing after her, and now you’re after me.” You say, clicking your tongue in fake disappointment.

Seungcheol’s arrogant smile vanishes and is now replaced with a scowl.

“Let me ask you this, why are you obsessed with Seokjin’s sloppy seconds? Like there are a million girls in this damn school who, oddly enough, would love to be your arm candy. Yet you go after the ones that either show interest in Seokjin or who Seokjin’s interested in. Like, dude. Stop. It’s honestly creepy to the point that I firmly believe you have a weird obsession with him.” You finish as you walk over to Seokjin, offering him a helping hand.

Seokjin faintly smiles, grabbing your hand, as he pulls himself up. Soon, his smile becomes bright. His sweet smile almost blinds you—and makes your heart skip a beat.

“I knew you had a soft spot for me, ___.”

“Don’t push it, Jinnie boy.”

Softly shaking your head, you playfully shove Seokjin, snapping him out of his thoughts. You then jump down from the stage, having popped yourself up there moments earlier.

“Well, all I have to say is that Seungcheol better watch out. He hasn’t seen your ‘Perfect Copy’ in action yet.” You warmly smile as you make your way towards the exit but soon halt. You glance over your shoulder, maintaining that sweet smile, and say,

“Besides, he’s no match for you with your girlfriend cheering you on from the bench.”

“Right…” He mumbles, totally ignoring your words. Then, it hits him as if someone doused him with cold water.

“Wait! Did you just call yourself my girlfriend?!!” Seokjin hollers, chasing after you.

“I don’t know. Win tomorrow’s match, and I’ll let you know.”

“Oh, that’s cruel, princess…”

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pinkykitten · 4 years ago

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Hola! I don't see people from Puerto Rico often and its kinda refreshing

Anyways I wanted to see if you could do a matchup for me? Maybe knb and marvel

So I am a 5'6 female Leo

I'm straight

Latina(PR)

I have waist length brown hair and mismatched brown and hazel eyes.

Personality wise, I'm really quiet and reserved around people I don't know. I'm also one of those people who people think they're the smartest person ever because they're quiet and seen most of the time with their nose buried in a book, yep. Sadly, that's me.

I love volleyball, basketball and dancing and I'm considered good at them, but I don't play competitively because my parents don't really approve and think its a waste of time.

While I'm probably the champion in the silent game at school and people often confuse me for a mute, I love hanging out with my friends, where I joke around and do stupid stuff with like parkouring in a kids playground or seeing who can last longer doing a handstand

I'm really protective of my friends and they are who I consider my family.

Because of my actual family, ive grown to have trust issues and tend to avoid talking much and my friends have gone through a lot to get my trust

If I ever have a boyfriend, I think I'd like them to be as much of a challenge to get through as I am. I'd like them to tease me and challenge me, but know his limits. I think they should also make me feel included if they have friends because, as ive mentioned before, I do not like social situations. I love to read and discuss my favorite books, so debating skills are a must. Plus, I am kinda Athletic, so having a workout partner would be nice, but not someone who freaks out so much over health because I have a major sweet tooth and will not be stopped from getting sweets, especially on my period

ORDER UP!!!

i ship you with...

daiki aomine

wow u r so quiet it makes aomine kinda pissed in the beginning like say something but later ur quietness intrigues him and he wants to get to know u. he is going to make it his mission to get u to talk to him and open up to him. he sees how smart u r and is actually impressed which is hard for him to be. he start walking w u and opening up to u. he sees u as a challenge. when u play basketball and he sees ur skills he is left mouth hanged open! he cannot believe how good u r and ur like awesome. he finds himself thinking about u constantly. when u talk to him he thinks u have the most beautiful voice and he kinda falls in love there. he messes w u abojt having ur face in a book and invites u to all his games and have fun w his friends and have dinner w them. he is chill w u and after hearing about ur personal family life gets u and wants to make u feel comfortable whenever. u and him both tease each other and he like loves to lean on u.

the breeze was nice and flowed through the trees. having just shared a creme brûlée, everybody felt complete. aomine laid his head on ur lap, taking a cat nap. “what r u reading?” his voice was rough and low. u showed him the title and aomine smirked, “that guys an idiot.” u and aomine debated numerous times and u were going to go there again considering this was ur fav book. “wanna fight me on this one? ur fav book sucks, baka.”

peter quill

peter is very outspoken and doesn’t care what ppl think and he is gonna have fun and live his life. he sees u, nose stuck in a book, not saying a word he is shocked and almost worried. he works w a crew that never stops talking so he wanted to make sure u were comfortable. when he gets to know ur fam situation he is very sorry and knows how personal life can make ppl have anxieties and fears. he understands and is for u all the time. ur not a friend to the crew ur family. everybody loves u. he makes sure of it. he loves however how protective and loving u r to the others it makes u fit right in. he is kinda hot and bothered seeing u kick butt in working out cuz he is like the guy that has had a bit too many sandwiches but who cares cuz we stan him here. but on ur period he will def be that guy that it doesn’t matter what time or even if he is fighting some sketchy guys he will go get u ur fav dessert or whatever ur craving. he cares so much about u cuz he understands not being able to trust but he trusts u wholeheartedly.

peter played the music loudly in his ship. his mother loved the song more than anything. peter saw u emerge into the ship, getting things situated. he knew u were a great dancer, “hey baby.”

u perked ur head up to his attention.

“dance with me?” he gave a goofy smile. u stood and although u don’t dance the best neither does peter. he held u in his arms and swayed w u, the woman of his dreams, to the melodies.

a/n: sorry i’m late for friday matchup i was busy so i hope y’all can send them in and i can do as much as i can. also hi there!

#ships #i ship you with...#matchups #kuroko no basket #marvel #@pantherhappy

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tomicaleto · 4 years ago

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I was tagged by @sonderwalker! Thank you for tagging me! I love these kind of games xD Name: Tomicaleto or Tomi (I won’t say my real name sorry)

Fandoms: Star Wars, Naruto, KnB, Disney’s Zorro

Most popular one-shot: If you would stay beside me, an obikin dragon AU that it’s mostly smut and treasure-themed petnames xD (second most popular has actual plot lol)

Most popular multichapter: I mean, it’s the only one that is not a one-shot but it’s not a multichapter either... A hundred and one universes

Actual worst part of writing: Actual writing? Balancing dialogues and descriptions. About writing in English? not noticing typos, using vocabulary, actually showing all those years learning the damn language worked About posting? Chosing a title and writing the summary

How you choose your titles: Song titles/lyrics or putting words that together sound either barely poetic or that mae enough sense

Do you outline: Depends on fic, I’m trying to outline longer pieces but I’m messy as fuck while doing so

Ideas I probably won’t get around to, but wouldn’t it be nice?: I COMPLETELY SKIPPED THIS ONE BY ACCIDENT BUT THERE ARE SOME MANY IDEAS!!! I’ll probably will never get to write every single AU that I thought for obikin (I have less fic ideas for Naruto and I 100% plan to write all the Zorro ones) so I’ll just try to get most of them xD

Callouts @ Me: Go back to therapy omg

Best writing traits: I think my stories are actually engaging? I’ve been told I’m good at setting the mood and going to the point of the story without making it seem hurried or slow paced

Spicy Tangential Opinion: I’m just gonna put a writing opinion and it’s this one: write for yourself, create for yourself. If you are not creating to entertain yourself first (and I mean to the point of not even posting what you create and enjoying it anyways). Writing/creating to be popular, get likes and stuff will only stress you out.

No pressure tags! @sloaners, @keepyourpantsongohan, @jswander, @softieskywalker

#tag game #writing tag game

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theshinsun · 5 years ago

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4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 36, 39, 40, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60 [Which do you prefer between Knb and Haikyuu?] for the ask you recently reblogged please?

4. what are you looking forward to?

I'm looking forward to school starting again, even if it's just a weird hybrid of online/flipped classes, I miss my teachers and like, being productive. also if I'm in class I can't be worked borderline inhumane hours right…. right??

5. is there anyone who can always make you smile?

yeah, my roommate. she always either knows how to cheer me up, or blunders around trying to find the right method to the point that it's funny and I end up smiling anyway. she's really awesome like that.

7. what was your life like last year?

it had a lot of ups and downs. I had a great job, but the people I worked with eventually made it toxic and awful. I was doing really well in school, but stressed all the time, had an awesome relationship but kind of ruined it w my anxiety, and had serious roommate issues that made me afraid to leave my bedroom or even come home, sometimes. I remember a lot of very high highs and very low lows especially in the fall/winter of that year.

10. are you good at hiding your feelings?

well, yes and no… I don't tend to show a lot of emotion to begin with, but what I do show, I'm basically incapable of hiding, and apparently I'm a terrible liar bc my face gives me away.

13. how do you feel right now?

I'm pretty alright… kind of anxious, kind of tired, but that's just been the status quo lately tbh.

15. personality description

already answered, so I suppose I'll elaborate. I'm simultaneously like, the most confident and the most self-doubting person I know... like there are certain things I'm super certain of and times when I feel no shame, and there are others where I'll just shrivel into a ball of anxiety and mortification and never come out. in the same vein, I'm simultaneously very trusting and open and very wary and cautious with people… it really depends on the situation and the person I think, I'm a very "you get out what you put in" person.

16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn't?

yeah, I’m still holding onto things I’ve wanted to tell certain people tbh… I used to be a lot more forthcoming and not worry about the consequences of what I had to say, but now that I’ve seen what power words have to ruin relationships and impact people I tend to hold back quite a bit.

17. opinion on insecurities

I have… many, but I understand that I shouldn't and am working on the ones I do have. I think feeling insecure can lead to some of the most ugly, toxic emotions and responses in certain people, so I'm trying to be conscientious of that.

23. fear(s)

um let’s see… jump scares, the dark (sometimes), corners I can’t see around, drowning/suffocating, pain, failure, losing control...

27. things I hate

wet socks, sunburn, acne, willful ignorance, bigotry, excessively negative people… uh… idk hate's a strong word that's all I've got

28. I'll love you if…

if you are genuinely, authentically yourself. if you’re the kind of person I can feel comfortable and at ease with. if you show me patience and compassion and make an effort to know me and let me know you… then yeah you’re never getting rid of me.

29. favorite film(s)

The Road to El Dorado, Into the Spider-verse, Howl’s Moving Castle, Spirit, Life of Pi, The Truman Show, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

30. favorite tv show(s)

Haikyuu!!, Kuroko no Basuke, Avatar, Bojack Horseman, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Beastars, Dragonball Z

31. 3 random facts

already answered so here's three more

1. lately I've been carrying a fanny pack with the trans flag (there's an unfortunate but very tempting pun in there) and it's still got the security tag bc they forgot to take it off in the store so now every time I walk through the doorway to like, a drug store, I set off the alarm. I would get it taken off but it was sent to me from Chicago lol.

2. I've got a lot of outdoorsy skills bc of my gym class in high school, like rock climbing, kayaking, building fire, etc. I'm not super adventurous in my daily life but while I was in that class, I did all kinds of things.

3. for awhile I worked at a cat cafe, and helped take care of the 12-15 rescue cats we'd have there at any given time. I stand by that it was the best job I've ever had, but the people I worked with, not so much.

33. something you want to learn

I really want to learn to skateboard or surf. it's been a dream for a long time and I have (suspiciously acquired) both, but my balance is shit and I have no patience for new skills lately, so...

36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill?

already answered so here's three more

1. someday I want to have a pickup truck, I've been looking at, like, bright orange Tacomas and stuff, but of course I'd need a license to be able to drive one

2. I'd like to have a garden again, or maybe have a plot in a community garden. I've been growing nasturtiums and things on my balcony while in school but it's not quite the same

3. still waiting on the day I can get top surgery tbh. I just… want to be able to be shirtless at the beach and wear tank tops with nothing underneath, okay?

39. favorite sport(s)

ahahahaha… favorite sport you say. to play or to watch? 'cause I generally don't like to do either, tho I do like watching the folks who play volleyball on the beach. and considering one of my favorite shows is about volleyball and it was the sport I sucked at the least in school, maybe we’ll go with volleyball? but in general I’m not a sports person.

40. favorite memory

I have a vague memory… of helping my mom in the garden of my old house when I was a little kid, mostly just digging in the dirt in the spring and being outside with my family… it's not very clear or specific but I think those days were some of the happiest of my life.

52. something I'm talented at

I'm good at learning the lyrics to songs, I've got over 1000 downloaded in my spotify library and I'm pretty sure I know the words to at least most of them. in a similar vein I'm good at learning the scripts to movies, and just… memorizing things in general especially audio.

53. 5 things that make me happy

already answered so here's some more!

1. songs with a light, strummy acoustic feel and creative lyrics… I've got a whole playlist for that vibe there's just something about songs like that that make me really calm

2. I really like being hugged or cuddled by my friends, just being in close proximity and hanging all over each other, makes me all warm and fuzzy inside tbh

3. I love driving with the windows down (I can't drive so I mean riding passenger lol), especially in the canyon by my house, through the forest and by the beach.

54. something that's worrying me at the moment

I’m so afraid things won’t go back to the way they were. ...that applies to multiple aspects of my life, not just with this pandemic but school, work, friends, relationships… it seems like I’m always chasing the past and dreading the future, so much that I can’t ever be satisfied in the present moment, and that’s something that’s been on my mind a lot.

55. tumblr friends

@hadenxcharm, @spaztictwitch, @kurokonobaka, @taigainside, @hybristophilica and you could be too! all you gotta do is message me tbh I'm easy

56. favorite food(s)

strawberry cheesecake, fried shrimp, key lime pie, tuna steak

59. why I joined tumblr

I joined in 2012 bc my friends told me to, had a brief recession where I didn't use it at all, and a pretty lengthy sidetrack through the RP community, and then I came back bc of the friends I'd made here, and the unique-ness of the platform that I kinda can't find anywhere else. I'm stuck here just like the rest of y'all.

60. ask me anything you want (which do you prefer between KNB and Haikyuu?)

now this is a tough one… bc I really love them both a lot, and tbh in terms of quality of writing, art/animation, thematic music, character development and general story, I think Haikyuu!! has KNB beat, buuuuuut…. in spite of its flaws, I have such a soft spot for KNB and I keep coming back to it over and over again even as it falls into relative obscurity. It's the only thing I write for anymore and I'm still, somehow, utterly obsessed with the characters I first fell in love with over five years ago. KNB has problems, for sure, but the things it gets right (like setting a mood, strong emotional beats and character relationships) it knocks out of the park. I don't know if I could ever choose one over the other in terms of like, "you can only read/watch one of these and have to give up the other forever", but in terms of which has had the biggest impact, and still hits me the hardest, I'd probably have to go with KNB… but it's not by any means an easy choice.

#shin speaks #answered #sorry this took forever it was... a lot of questions and I've also been working pretty insanely lately #thanks so much for asking!!#<3

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courtingstars · 5 years ago

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Notes for The Road Before Us (MidoTaka)

So… Wow. I kind of can’t believe this is the last chapter. And I have to say, this one was a ride—or at least it was for me to write, anyway. //laughs Which seems appropriate, given the overall themes. And it also feels appropriate to be posting it on New Year’s Eve, given what the story ended up being about.

I knew this chapter would be the longest, once I realized some of the things I wanted to include in it. And that hopefully it would include pretty much everything I love the most about MidoTaka, and also about KnB in general. I don’t know how well I pulled that off, but I definitely got emotional writing it. <3

As a matter of fact, the first fic I ever wrote for KnB was a MidoTaka fic! (It’s here on my Tumblr, but I never even posted it to Ao3.) I haven’t written nearly as much about them as I have for some other pairings. Still, I kind of feel like I got my start in the fandom with MidoTaka, and I have a LOT of feelings about them, for all kinds of reasons. So I really, really loved getting to write a chapter about these two, being super amazing partners and also really super in love, and hopefully it shows. <3

I do have some of my usual notes this time around, mostly a few cultural things. (And also some random flailing, about FINALLY getting to write about certain things I’ve had swirling around in my head for a long time. XD) I might write a different post later about this fic overall, and how it turned into something I honestly wasn’t expecting… But for now, let’s get on with the MidoTaka goodness!

(Cut for rambling about things like family headcanons, a few Japanese winter foods, lucky pencils, Takao’s nerdy card hobby, and the symbolism of five yen coins…)

Family Headcanons

This isn’t really a proper note, just some goofy flailing because I FINALLY GOT TO WRITE ABOUT MIDORIMA AND TAKAO’S FAMILIES, HURRAY. I’m also so unbelievably happy that there was a cameo with Midorima’s little sister! I love her so much, especially that she likes nail art. (I have a pointless headcanon that Midorima borrows nail files from her. xD) I’m also overjoyed that I FINALLY got to mention that I headcanon Midorima’s mother as being a surgeon, and his father as a scientist. Because super-successful overachieving green family, that’s why? //laughs

(In case it wasn’t obvious already, I am way, WAY too into family headcanons… There’s probably nothing I love more than coming up with what a character’s family might be like, and how they fit into their family dynamic. To the point that I have a TON of ideas about all of the GoM’s families, some of which I hinted at throughout this story… Because apparently I can’t help myself anymore. XD)

The Rear Car

This is also not a proper note in any way, but… I’m just so happy that the rear car is in this! XDD I hinted at a few personal headcanons about it in the chapter, including that they don’t use it regularly by their third year in high school. But it just seemed like it couldn’t be a MidoTaka fic without it, so I’m overjoyed that I was able to come up with a way to work it into a holiday fic…

… And because I’m a nerd, I love it even more because it just fits the “Sleigh Ride” theme SO PERFECTLY. XD It’s been a while, but I think that was even how I decided on the carol for the fic in the first place? Like, “OMG maybe Takao could decorate the rear car and they could ride around in it and it would be sort of like the song and that way the last chapter actually fits the most and IT’S PERFECT?!” Ah, the things I get excited about as a nerdy writer. //laughs

Hot Water Bottle Covers

… I’m not really sure if I should even make this a note, honestly. XD But I happened to get the idea for the cutesy hot water bottle covers that look like animals while I was doing a search for the Japanese word for hot water bottle. Which is yutanpo (ゆたんぽ), if anyone was curious!

Oden and Oshiruko

And now about the meal… Oden is a type of stew that is super popular in Japan in the wintertime, so it’s one of the foods that tends to be culturally associated with the season. There are a lot of different ingredients that can be in it, some of which can be pretty unfamiliar to people who aren’t from Japan. You can learn more about some of them in articles like this one. And yes, you can totally buy oden in a convenience store! (Which are everywhere in Japan and called ‘konbini’ for short.)

As for shiruko (or more formally, oshiruko!), this is the Japanese version of red bean soup. It’s prepared a few different ways, and the recipe varies by region. KnB fans will probably know it best as what Midorima is always drinking out of a can. XD So no surprise that it popped up in this chapter, really!

Yushima Tenmagu

This is just a quick mention about the lucky pencils Midorima gives Takao… As Midorima said, these came from a shrine called Yushima Tenmagu, which is pretty famous as a place for Japanese students to buy good luck charms to pass their exams. (Also if I remember correctly, Midorima has this running gag throughout some of the series extras about trying to figure out how to get better scores on his exams, and even about a lucky pencil? So it just seemed to fit. //laughs)

Magic the Gathering, Apparently

… Okay so first of all, I know literally nothing about Magic the Gathering. So if you happen to be an MtG fan and I screwed something up, I’m very sorry. //laughs

In any case, it’s a longtime headcanon of mine that Takao plays MtG. Since of course it’s one of the most famous trading card games in the world, and it’s still popular in Japan and played in the gaming communities there. And as Takao fans out there will know, his canon hobby is collecting trading cards, which he specifically shops for at a pretty famous Tokyo shopping center called Nakano Broadway. (All of which got a mention in this chapter!)

Also, if you’re wondering how long I’ve had the MtG headcanon specifically… Well, here’s a quote from my fic The Fast Train to Kyoto, where Akashi and Furihata run into Takao while shopping at Nakano Broadway:

“Why do you like to come here, if I may ask?” Akashi said.

“Oh, right. You guys gotta see this.” Takao started to rummage through one of his shopping bags. “I’m a loser for trading cards. Magic, mostly—play a lot of Magic.”

… Because the point guards in KnB are all huge nerds in my mind, and I WILL STAND BY THAT THEORY FOREVER. XD

(And no, I honestly had no idea that I would ever reuse that particular headcanon, especially in a holiday story? But it’s me, and I can’t seem to stop connecting all these totally unnecessary details, even in my fluff fanfics, so… I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. //laughs)

The Symbolism of Five Yen Coins

Okay, I have to admit really love this one, because of course I just sort of stumbled onto the idea by “accident.” //laughs So a few weeks back, I was trying to figure out what lucky item would work for Takao’s gift in the story. The real-life Oha-Asa has listed coins as a lucky item for multiple astrological signs over the years, so I was playing around with that idea… And that was when I learned about the symbolism of the five yen piece in Japanese currency. At which point I completely geeked out, and decided on the spot that I just HAD to use it.

So a five yen coin is pronounced “go-en” in Japanese. Which also sounds like another word that basically means a bond or connection, and has connotations of fate as well. For this reason, there are a lot of superstitions around five yen coins—it’s often used at shrines to pray, for example—and it’s basically connected to the idea of meeting people and making connections in a fortunate or “destined” way. Which just seems so fitting for Midorima and Takao, and how they met and later became partners! And also how I see all the relationships in KnB in general. <3

For an explanation from a Japanese person about some of the symbolism behind the five yen piece, I really recommend this article here! And Wikipedia also mentions some ways that the five yen piece is used culturally.

Well, that’s it for now! I might end up editing this a bit at some point, since I’m writing it in a hurry to post it on New Year’s. But I really wanted to get the final chapter up as soon as I could, so people could read the completed fic if they wanted.

Well, thank you all so much for indulging me in my holiday fic mood this year! Happy New Year, and I hope you all have an amazing 2020 ahead. I know I definitely have a lot of goals and things I’m thinking about and hoping for, and I might talk more about that soon. (As well as try to catch up on some messages and other to-do’s I’ve been horribly neglecting.) But for now, it just feels right to finally be able to complete this story, which ended up meaning way, way more to me than I ever expected it to. (Like KnB and these precious rainbow basketball kids in general, really. <3)

#kat writes fanfic #kat writes about basketball dorks #these wonderful things #long post #text post #AHHHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S COMPLETE #I was started to think I'd never finish this story haha #why did a holiday fluff fic end up having all these complicated feelings XD #why do I do this to myself #I blame Midorima and Takao because they just WOULDN'T STOP HAVING FEELINGS AT EACH OTHER #god you two XD #I don't write about you for years and then you just had to get it all out at once lol #anyway happy new year #and also the one thing I want to say is #merry christmas takao #just merry freaking christmas XDDD

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KnB Stageplay Ultimate Blaze Report (5/5, 5/11, 5/19 Livestream)

Okay I know I said I’d do my report after my second viewing on the 11th but then the finale was on the 19th so I thought I’d wait til then so it’d be easier to remember everything. A 3.5 hour play is super long....

So I watched the play live on the 5th and 11th, and the finale on livestream on the 19th. This is the very last Kurosute ever...Thank you Kurosute for 4 years of wonderful casting and performances. I also want to thank Ono Kensho for once again doing an outstanding job of his role as Kuroko.

FYI, for those who also watched the livestream or plan to purchase the delayed stream, sharing pictures/screenshots or clips in public is prohibited. As such, I will not have any pictures included in this report. Please support the franchise by purchasing the DVD or Blu-Ray.

Major spoilers ahead. Proceed if you only wish to be spoiled. Again, this was a 3.5 hour play so this is VERY, VERY, long.

EDIT: This took me two days to type out ORZ

Before the play starts, Tsuchida’s actor has a voice over on the intercom about stageplay rules and manners. Turn off/mute your phone, no recording, etc. It’s nice that they had him still do his rules even though he wasn’t in the play. ;w;

The play opens up with the Yosen and Seirin scoreboard and Haizaki walking in the audience

Haizaki goes up to a random girl in the audience and flirts with her asking for her phone number.

On the show on the 5th the girl just tried to ignore him lmao

Kagami walks on stage and sees him and calls him out. Haizaki then confronts him saying he beat Mukkun and taunts him until a ball is thrown from the side at him. Kise comes on stage and the whole Haizaki and Kise bickering proceeds.

Haizaki gets REALLY close to Kise like literally breathing down the neck kind of close. How Mario didn’t flinch is beyond me.

Kagami learns that Kise has never beaten Haizaki, and eventually Haizaki leaves. Kise tells Kagami to leave Haizaki up to him.

Kise leaves and Kuroko comes on, using misdirection on Kagami. Kagami asks Kuroko who Haizaki is and that he’s met him. Kuroko explains he’s a former teammate but that he was still a regular so regardless he’s a strong player. Hyuuga and Seirin come telling them off and says they’re going to watch the first quarterfinal match of Kaijou vs Fukuda Sougo.

The opening song for this play’s dance is “Memories.” Personally this is my favorite one so far. I think I have the team order for this correctly...

Opens up with Seirin then switches to Kaijou proceeded by Shuutoku. Then there’s a Kaijou Shuutoku and Haizaki segment.

I just want to say how good Haizaki’s actor is and how his moves were so appropriate as Haizaki....wow

Seirin comes back on for a bit then exits with Aomine and Momoi taking over.

Oh, for the 5th I had Airi (new Momoi) and 11th and 19th were Arisa (original Momoi)

Mukkun does his own dancing segment between Aomine and Momoi

for the 19th finale he danced with a lollipop in his mouth. Isnt’ that dangerous? Lol

Akashi comes out with his jacket on his shoulders to the front of the stage, Then quickly takes it off and runs back. Rakuzan then dances in the front (without Akashi) and Seirin joins back on.

For the instrumental intermission, Kuroko goes to the center and each of the GoM come out and then surround him and do a short dance ending with a dance motion of their signature move/pose.

GoM exit and Kuroko watches Akashi run off (who went directly back) with a pained face, and Ogiwara runs out all smiley (seriously protect this boy he’s so pure) . Ogiwara runs off to the side and Kuroko chases after him. As Kuroko still looks pained, Kagami comes out on the other side and the two walk towards the center and meet in a fist bump.

The last chorus everyone (except Ogiwara) comes out. (Yes, including Mayuzumi). The song ends with each team forming a group pose (Except Rakuzan, Mayuzumi runs off before they form a pose)

All the other teams run off leaving Seirin left, and the senpais then exit leaving only Kuroko and Kagami to do one last running motion as the display title falls on the back. The two of them fist bump again as the title falls.

The play resumes with the match against Kaijou and Fukuda already starting. There are two other members on Fukuda besides Haizaki (apparently they are Ogiwara and Mayuzumi’s actors in black wigs hahahaha)

As always, the match more or less follows the manga/anime so I’ll leave out most of the story details. Most of it is gameplay anyway.

In this play, they’ve really incorporated more ball handling, aka using the real ball.

Seirin is watching in the back. At some point Aomine and Momoi join in to watch. (I can’t remember if Mukkun joins in to watch here or later...I’m almost certain he joins later)

After the match with Kaijou’s victory, Kise limps off with his injured leg. Then Haizaki walks back on stage, looking for Kise. Aomine sees him and tells him Kise hasn’t come out yet from the stadium. The two have their argument and Haizaki tries to punch Aomine but Aomine beats him too it. Aomine always says some sort of variation of “Oops..I did it....Eh, he’ll be fine”

Scene changes to Kagami calling someone, which is revealed to be Kuroko, saying his shoes broke. Kuroko replies how his feet are unnecessarily big (Kagami: OI!!). Kuroko says he’ll have to call ‘that person.’

‘That person’ is revealed to be Momoi as she runs up and gives Kuroko a tight hug. She tells Kagami that Aomine will give him one of his many shoes and that Kagami’s the type that wears by model rather than care for color.

As Aomine and Kagami are playing basketball in the back (Aomine lecturing him) , Momoi tells Kuroko about Aomine punching Haizaki.

Aomine finishes the quick game and convinces Kagami to accept the shoes.

The scene ends with Kagami and Aomine stupidly arguing and Momoi and Kuroko are literally dragging them off the stage.

For the May 5th show, they just literally drag them off

For the May 11th and 19th, Kuroko jabs Kagami in the stomach and pushes him off as Momoi pulls Aomine off.

Midorima walks on stage prepared for the semifinals.

His lucky item is a giant shogi piece

The rest of Shuutoku join him and the senpai question why the shogi piece is so big. Miyaji asks Midorima what rank is Cancer that day and he says 2nd and he gets mad. Takao says Midorima is never wrong with Oha Asa but Miyaji asks for a pineapple from Kimura (off stage) anyway.

Shuutoku is introduced as the first team of the semifinals with Rakuzan following (except Mayuzumi).

Seirin is in the back again and Hyuuga explains how the other Uncrowned Kings are in Rakuzan with Akashi.

The Shuutoku supporters are ‘jacket mob’ actors which are Haizaki and Kaijou

Haizaki’s actor kept dancing around with Mario.....

Ogiwara’s actor is the referee for this match.

Again , more gameplay here. For the actual story read the manga or watch the anime.

For the May 11th show, there were a lot of ball handling errors here.

Otsubo was supposed to pass a ball to Midorima but Nebuya accidentally caught it instead, so he quickly passed it back to Otsubo who passed it to Midorima again.

Midorima ‘shot’ the ball but the ball bounced against a railing and into the audience. It was during the part where he and Takao do the miracle shot. In the script, the senpais pat and hug Midorima and Takao for pulling off the play anyway but for this show they gave Midorima extra hugs and paps for the mistake. How sweet.

One of Reo’s shots also bounced against a railing but it was towards the back so the ball just rolled behind the front fence

Akashi uses a real ball for his Ankle Break. He dribbles the ball around his legs and finishes with the ball going between his legs and catches it. I’ve never seen him mess up nor seen any reports of him doing so.

Mukkun joins Aomine and Momoi in watching the match.

During Hayama’s speed dribble, everyone who is watching ‘shakes’ to the vibration. I don’t know whose idea it was but Mukkun excessively shakes to the point he looks like he’s being electrocuted or something haha. Oh yeah, he’s eating Pocky in this match, real Pocky.

Mayuzumi was out most of the match but occasionally you see him run past between the main fence as he ‘passes’ the ball to Akashi.

When Shuutoku loses, Takao and Midorima are crying real tears. For the finale, everyone was crying...

The scene immediately changes to playing Punky Funky Love and Kaijo senpais practicing. Talk about a mood change. I was still crying over Midorima crying....

It’s a flashback of when Kise joins Kaijou and Kasamatsu explaining how the senpai have worked longer than him.

Just as Kise leaves, Kuroko and Kagami join the stage and they make eye contact with each other.

Of course as usual, before a break there is the Kagami vs Kuroko janken game. Usually involving Kuroko asking for a longer break and him mostly losing. For this break, it was 10 minutes.

May 5th janken- Kuroko tells Kagami that ten minutes is fine, much to Kagami’s surprise. Instead, Kuroko wagers that if he wins, Kagami must treat him to this fancy eel later. Kuroko wins and Onoken posts on Twitter that Yuya did indeed buy him the eel lmao

May 11th janken-Kuroko again tells Kagami that a ten minute break is fine. This time if he wins, he’ll switch to speaking ‘tameguchi’ which is using the casual form of Japanese (like basically everyone else, aka not using ‘desu/masu’). He actually switches to ‘tameguchi’ as he’s talking to Kagami, and Kagami’s trying his best not to laugh. At some point he says it’s annoying haha. Kagami wins so Kuroko’s like ‘well I guess I’m not speaking in ‘tameguchi’

May 19th- it’s their last time to do janken so Kuroko suggests that this time they just play janken for the heck of it. Kagami’s surprised but goes with it. Kuroko wins to his delight, but Kagami being stubborn begs for one more chance. Kuroko allows it, and they have one more match. Kagami wins and Kuroko kneels in defeat.

Other adlibs I’ve heard were Kuroko asking Kagami to buy him boba tea, and the usual longer breaks like 3 hours.

The second chapter opens with one of the ‘jacket mob people’ making sure the audience’s phones are off. The rest of the jacket mobs come out holding various items, such as a camera, cheering horns, towels, and one member has a corndog.......

These are the Shuutoku+Haizaki and Rakuzan actors.

Akashi was the smallest one with the camera on the Rakuzan side. Also he just had Yohchans body structure anyway I mean-no

The corndog guy was on the Shuutoku+Haizaki side, I’m not sure which it was since it was harder to tell who was who (except Takao)

Seirin and Kaijou are introduced and the second semifinal match begins

May 11-Another mistake in this match. Kise jumps to knock a ball out of someone’s hand from Seirin, but the ball hits a railing and bounces back onto the court so Hayakawa quickly picks it up and throws it off stage

May 11- Kise shoots the ball but either doesn’t put enough power into it or shoots in the wrong curtain so the ball ended up going to Kiyoshi who was just coming out from the side.

The jacket mob members act as the ‘fans’ in the stands. Both support Kaijou at first then Rakuzan cheers for Seirin and Shuutoku+Haizaki for Kise.

For Kagami’s line “This is our drama!” Hyuuga and Kuroko had the most outstanding ‘wtf’ faces

When Kagami said it, he puts his hand and fists together. So Izuki repeats him and continuously punches his hand like a bodybuilder.

Hyuuga taunts Kiyoshi with the “Iron Heart” nickname. For the finale he gets everyone in the audience to chant “Iron Heart” with him and Kiyoshi gets mad, “EVEN IF ITS YOU OR THE AUDIENCE I’LL GET MAD AT YOU GUYS!”

When Kaijou loses, Kise cries real tears, every time when he says he wanted to win with everyone.

For the finale, the other members of Kaijou are seen crying too when they lose...

After Kaijou walks off stage with Kise crying, Seirin comment how they made it to the finals and look at the scoreboard which has now changed to Seirin vs Rakuzan.

Kagami walks on stage noticing his necklace is missing. He starts to look for it and Midorima walks on with his giant shogi piece with the necklace. After he gives it back to Kagami, Kuroko walks on with Takao following.

As Kuroko and Takao are talking, Kagami and Midorima are talking (whispering) to each other. Usually it’s about Kagami pointing out Midorima’s shogi piece and for the May 5th show he even tried to take it much to Midorima’s displeasure.

Midorima tells Takao they’re leaving before telling Kagami there’s two Akashi and tells him to ask Kuroko about it.

Here some really dark music plays and I wish they had a soundtrack for this play.....because wow I got chills

Kuroko tells Kagami that he’ll explain what Midorima meant by the ‘two Akashi’s’ by telling everyone about ‘our past’

At this moment, the instrumental for the Teiko ending song, Ambivalence, plays and Ogiwara runs out (Kagami exits and Kuroko moves so he’s behind Ogiwara who’s facing us). Ogiwara then says “Are you alone? I’m Ogiwara Shigehiro! Let’s play basketball together!” and the stage fades into darkness. This marks the end of chapter 2 and a 15 minute break before the last chapter of the play. During the break the instrumental for Ambivalence is still playing so we’re all just preparing ourselves for the feels.

*Note: The Teiko arc is briefly covered in the play, but the actual arc itself is covered in the Teiko Reading screening which was available to stream online and in select theaters before the play, including scenes with Nijimura and Coach Sanada. The Teiko Reading only goes up to right before the match between Teiko and Meiko. The play covers highlights of the Teiko arc and the Teiko vs Meiko match. For those who were unable to watch the Teiko Reading, it’ll be included in the Ultimate Blaze DVD/Blu-Ray.

The third chapter opens up with Ogiwara and Kuroko playing basketball together and Ogiwara confessing that he’ll be moving. The two promise to play against each other in junior high school.

Kuroko explains how by second year, he had moved up to the regulars and he and Ogiwara keep in contact with each other.

Each of the GoM come out in their Teiko practice shirts (and colorful shorts....)

Mukkun had red shorts and Kise had neon green.......

For every other GoM member, they had a dramatic DON! when they appeared. For Kise, he had a super *SPARKLE” effect as he did a double peace sign and smiled. Kuroko comes out last and his is his ‘misdirection’ sound effect that is often used in the play for him.

Oh yeah, Momoi is here too as she watches over them/Aomine.

The Teiko members do some practicing.

Akashi (who is receiving the passes from someone off stage) passes the ball to the rest of the members on stage.

The scene shows how Kuroko and Aomine work well together.

The scene changes and Kuroko narrates how Aomine has started missing practice. They discuss that maybe he had a valid reason and then the stage darkens to just Kuroko who confirms that the reason for Aomine’s absence was that he was ditching. He calls Ogiwara for advice, who said that Aomine is different from Haizaki in which he actually enjoys basketball and the problem is because he likes basketball. He tells Kuroko that since Aomine helped him, Kuroko needs to be there for Aomine.

Aomine comes on in his Teiko jersey, having regained his happiness with Momoi watching. However the other players give up and he in turn gives up playing his hardest. (there’s no players on the stage but you have the image based on the sound effects). Kuroko walks on smiling for a fistbump but Aomine walks away saying his “The only one who can beat me is me’ line.

Kuroko gets a call from Ogiwara later saying that he lost in the first round, and that their promise will have to wait til next year.

For the finale, Ogiwara was almost crying, or he was crying....save this boy please.

Kuroko and Momoi talk about Aomine, making no progress. And Momoi asks him if they’ll always be together, in which Kuroko is hesitant to answer.

Slowly, the other GOM members (minus Akashi) slowly realize their abilities.

Mukkun with his ability to block, Midorima with his ability to shoot.

Kuroko then finds Aomine by the river, and the whole “I don’t remember how to receive your passes” scene plays out.

Aomine’s face looks so pained here /cries.

Back at the gym, the rest of the GOM are wondering about Coach Sanada’s approval of Aomine ditching practice, and Mukkun wants to ditch too. Akashi tells him that’s not allowed and the Mukkun vs. Akashi match starts with Bokushi awakening.

Akashi’s acting was so good, the contrast between Ore and Boku. And the music for Bokushi’s appearance was spine-chilling....I want the soundtrack for this please....

They use a mix of actual ball-handling and using an ‘air’ ball. Even without the ball you can tell Akashi’s actor is really good at basketball.

Akashi declares as long as they win, no one needs to show up for practice, much to Midorima’s shock.

Kuroko returns and asks Akashi who he is, and Akashi responds, “Of course, I’m Akashi Seijuurou.”

Months pass and the GOM are unbeatable and getting bored in matches, so Kise suggests making it a competition of who can score the most, with even Akashi joining in.

Ogiwara happily tells Kuroko they made it to the finals, but Kuroko is unhappy with the current atmosphere of the club. He asks Akashi to let him start out in the semi-finals, which Akashi permits.

Ogiwara is impressed with how much Kuroko has improved.

Kuroko gets hit in the head by the other team and is taken to the nurse.

Ogiwara talks with Akashi about Kuroko, and asks Akashi if basketball is fun. Akashi responds he doesn’t understand such a question.

Kuroko asks to play but Akashi tells him no under doctor’s orders, and tells him Ogiwara’s message about playing each other agian someday. Kuroko asks Akashi to not hold back against Meiko.

Despite losing 111-109, Ogiwara is fighting back against Teiko, telling his teammates to score one basket and losing proudly.

Ogiwara shoots and misses, and Aomine complains how they gave him the chance and tells Mukkun to shoot it.

Ogiwara, on the ground, looks at them in confusion to why they would score on their own basket.

Kise happily announces how they reached their goal and that they’re all matching, and points to the scoreboard to reveal the score of 111-11.

Kuroko comes out to see a heartbroken Ogiwara, who looks at him before leaving the stage.

Kuroko talks how painful it is, and what is victory. Onoken’s acting here was emotional, as expected from already portraying Kuroko in the anime.

The GOM come out and line up behind Kuroko similar to the panel in the manga.

Kuroko announces his resignation.

Kuroko narrates how Ogiwara has transferred, and Ogiwara comes out on stage saying how the GOM had such cold eyes, but Kuroko can melt that coldness.

Kagami then comes out, and scolds Kuroko along with the rest of Seirin.

Hyuuga gets mad at both of them and sends Izuki and Koganei to drag Kuroko off and give him a tickle attack. Riko follows.

Kiyoshi and Hyuuga comment how it was a sad story and that Kuroko never talks about himself like that, so now they must win.

The next day is the Kaijou vs Shuutoku match for third place and the finals.

Mukkun meets up with Aomine and Momoi, who talk about who would win. They say third place is decided but the finals could be anyone.

Kise is on the bench due to his injury, and Shuutoku easily wins the third place match.

Midorima tells Kise their match is ‘postponed’ for now.

Kise gets annoyed saying, “WELL OF COURSE. IF I WAS IN THERE I’D WIN”

Kise and Midorima continue to bicker.

Kasamatsu and Otsubo just look at each other and let their kouhais fight it out.

Towards the second half of the runs, when Midorima points his finger at Kise, Kise actually bites his finger. No, I mean it. He actually bites it. Midorima gets grossed out by it.

Midorima: EW SO GROSS NANODAYO Kise: I’M NOT GROSS. I’M PRETTY.

^yes, those were actual lines.

Now it’s time for Seirin vs Rakuzan.

Haizaki’s actor is the referee.

For the tip-off, Nebuya gets upset that Kiyoshi isn’t the one jumping.

Seirin declares Mayuzumi not a threat since there’s little information on him, so Aomine asks Momoi about it. This is an adlib scene and varies per show.

May 5- Aomine asks Momoi to get ‘that’ (her notebook) from her bag. Instead she pulls out one of his gravure photobooks. She proceeds to put it back but Aomine hastily takes it away. Momoi asks Mukkun if it’s in his potato chip bag. He looks in it and pulls out..................a chip. Turns out the notebook was in her bag after all, much to Aomine’s annoyance.

May 11- Instead of her notebook, Momoi kept pulling out Mukkun’s empty potato chip bags. Aomine gets mad, but Mukkun only responds, “They were yummy~.” The notebook again was in her bag after all.

May 19- similar to the May 5 adlib.

When Hayama does his dribbling, Mukkun agains shakes vigorously on the side. This time, since he has chips, he sometimes dropped them on stage. So afterwards, you would see him picking them off the ground.

Both Reo and Mayu admit how loudly annoying Hayama is (they were running across stage too )

When Nebuya gets upset that Kiyoshi doesn’t remember what he told him 2 years ago, he literally throws a tantrum on the ground.

Everyone in both Rakuzan and Seirn:.............

When Akashi goes into the Zone, he actually dribbles around everyone with the ball across the stage. Talk about coordination!

Akashi’s shocked face as he’s starting to lose was perfect too. Sorry I have a lot of Akashi notes....

As he’s starting to lose, Akashi starts switching between Oreshi and Bokushi. Oreshi’s voice has like an echo/autotune effect but it’s not a recording or anything.

Thus, the monologue between Oreshi and Bokushi was amazing. The actor constantly switches between both sides very smoothly. Give this guy an Oscar please.

When Oreshi talks about his mother, a ball falls from the sky and he hugs the ball close to him as he mentions it’s what he has left of her.

You can actually visually see the difference between Oreshi and Bokushi in face expression.

As Seirin admits defeat, they’re all collapsed on the ground, even Riko, until Ogiwara comes out and cheers for them.

Aomine shouts out from the side of the stage. In the finale he was even crying.

Kaijou and Shuutoku go in the audience and cheer for Seirin from there.

For the May 11th show I had Kaijou right behind me. Literally -screams

Aomine was crying real tears when he says “So it was you all along, Tetsu...”

For the finale was sobbing more

For the final shot, the stage goes all dark as Kuroko says “I’m a shadow.” Then Kagami comes out from behind and makes the final dunk.

Lantana then begins to play as Kagami declares Seirin the winners of Winter Cup.

In the final performance, Akashi cried as he admits his loss and even when he shook hands with Kuroko.

After Kuroko shakes hands with Akashi, and says that they can play basketball at anytime, Seirin and Rakuzan make a quick bow and run off stage.

Final Scenes

The remaining GOM come out in their uniforms, each with a basketball, and happily dribbling around the stage.

Kise sees Haizaki walking out with his shoes, about to throw them away, but Haizaki hesitates and instead hugs them close to him. He sees Kise was watching him and Kise smiles knowing Haizaki didnt’ really hate basketball after all.

The different teams come out taking a stand in front of the stage and then having a fun match against each other.

Kaijou vs Shuutoku

Seirin vs Rakuzan

The players even go up against other players that we didn’t see during the matches. Everything was so emotional and happy.

The last scene ends with Kuroko and Kagami fistbumping each other and Kagami poses as he’s about to dunk and Kuroko kneels below him fistbumping towards us as all the other players are reaching out towards Kagami.

Curtain Calls

May 5th Aichi Finale - Akashi and Reo

Reo mentions how in high school he was the only one in his group who didn’t read KnB. And now he’s IN KnB.

May 11-Kiyoshi and Koganei

They got Hyuuga to go to the center and do a big “KUROSUTE FIGHT O” cheer with the cast and audience.

May 19th-Kuroko and Kagami

This one was really emotional as it was the final performance ever. Yuya starts crying over his talk over Kagami, and he even deeply bows to Onoken to thank him.

Onoken didn’t cry but he was on the verge of doing so, his voice was shaking.

I lost count of how many curtain calls there were for the finale, but there was a lot.

Highlights

Every show Rakuzan would high-five Akashi as they left the stage

For the finale Mayuzumi even hugged Akashi, and then for another curtain call afterwards all of Rakuzan group-hugged Akashi

Kuroko and Kagami asked if the director was around, apparently he wasn’t so they asked someone to say “Thank you” in his place instead. The cast chose Akashi to say it.

Momoi ran up to Aomine and Kise and walked off together.

On one of the last curtain calls, Aomine and Kise decided to have OnoKen thrown up in the air and got everyone to join in.

Every curtain call ends with Kagami and Kuroko fistbumping each other and leaving. For the very last curtain call, it was all of Seirin together.

Kiyoshi lifts Riko up in the air for a few seconds to celebrate.

And thus concludes my last Kurosute report....please consider buying the DVD or Blu-Ray when it comes out, you won’t regret it.

Once again, thank you for four years Kurosute. Thank you cast members for doing a wonderful job portraying our beloved characters. Thank you Fujimaki-sensei for creating such a beloved series.

#kuroko no basuke #kuroko no basket #knb stageplay #kurosute

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hetare-hetalia · 6 years ago

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Twitter fandom list I guess

So you guys are indeed curious about what i tweet about over on twitter, huh? Very well then! I shall share them with you all, for funsies mostly haha

Ikemen Sengoku

I’ll start with this one because it holds a very hetalia-esque concept to it (which is what drew me to it, admittedly)! It features characters that are based off of sengoku-era warlords that are drawn in a way that Himaruya would’ve done it if he were to implement this historical period into Hetalia (or perhaps make a spin-off of it?) the only difference being that it also features a central female character that interacts with them, thus lightly romanticizing this period in the process. Thought the historical aspect overlaps the romance anyway, so it’s no problem really. It has been (very recently) given a manga adaptation (in which the main character is also given a name, in spite of being nameless (only being referred to as ‘Princess’ or ‘Lady’) in all other forms of media it has taken) a stage play (you can find clips of it) and a short anime that is surprisingly not as serious as you might think, therefore very much like Hetalia in a sense haha

The warlords seem to match their real-life counterparts they were based on very well after doing research myself, so I believe that’s a plus to everything else I mentioned!

Uta No Prince-sama

This one’s famous for its anime, but it was a game previously! I came to love it thanks to one of my best friends (who isn’t in the aph fandom) who introduced me to it. I absolutely adore the songs, they’re catchy and fun, and the voice cast is absolutely excellent as well, most if not all are very popular seiyuu. I tweet mostly about this because playing the mobile game really got me hooked after I watched the anime, (which may be sappy, but I still love it anyway) <3

Kingdom Hearts

Ah, Kingdom Hearts. My very first fandom I ever got in! Feels rather refreshing to return to it after being away from it (while I was deep into aph) for so long! With only 16 days left until the release of KH3, I tweet about my excitement for it and what love I harbored for it, through its highs and lows. I can still feel that it holds its place in my heart, because of the nostalgic ideals it gives off to so many people!

There is also to some extent Final Fantasy, but not so much, since I didn’t play through F//F//X//V all the way through yet.

Kuroko No Basuke

HOOO BOI

Where the fuck do I begin with this one...

So around two(?) years ago, I kinda tried to get into sports anime. Yeah, it was somehow hard for me to actually get interested as someone who isn’t actually allowed to play any kind of sport due to health reasons but ANYWAY ENOUGH PERSONAL BULLSHITTERY

It isn’t entirely my fault for getting into KNB, because at first I wanted to get into Haikyuu, but when a Japanese student who came to my uni enlightened me on the fact that this series shares a damn cast with Uta no Prince-sama I was literally like “Damn, I guess I’m in” and I was instantly onto watching the anime and FUCK I was not disappointed at all -- the characters and plot ended up mattering more to me than the sport it’s meaning to portray, like damn.

Currently keeping up with the manga too, so that’s fun haha

#shut up claudia you're being stupid

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totally-real-haikyuu-quotes · 7 years ago

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Meet the Mod (100 Qs)

When did I start watching Haikyuu: I first watched Haikyuu around 2016, and then rewatched the past thee seasons recently!

Why did I start watching Haikyuu: I can’t honestly remember much, other than I really liked their designs? I never really watched any sports anime before HQ, and wasn’t sure what to expect. I fell in love with the characters though and ended up actually liking volleyball.

Why do I like Haikyuu: CHARACTERS!!! Of course I get hyped during the games, like to an insane amount, but the personalities and backstories and relationship dynamics have me h o o k e d. I would die for these boys and I can’t think of a character I dislike off the top of my head

Manga or Anime: I have trouble reading the manga during the volleyball scenes so I haven’t read more than around 40 chapters

Favorite Episode: It’s hard to pick but Episode 8, Season 2. We get to see a soft baby Tsuki and Yamaguchi, PLUS CAT AND OWL BOYS HARASSING OUR BEAUTIFUL MOON!! I love Tsukishima’s interactions with BokuAkaKuro

Favorite Season: Season Two,, hands down

Favorite Scene: LITERALLY ANY SCENE WHERE HINATA GOES TO EXTREME LENGTHS TO SAVE THE BALL, OR THE FIRST SCENE WHERE WE SEE HIM JUMP AFTER THE BALL THAT GOT FUCKED UP DURING THE SET!! I GET SO H Y P E!!!

Favorite Team: I am attached to all of the teams really, but I love Nekoma

Favorite Character: BOKUTO! BO KU TO!!! TOP 5 ACE IN JAPAN!!! BEST OWL BOY!!!!

Favorite Captain: Kuroo! Or Daichi, he is a good boy (I love all the captains)

Favorite Ace: BOKUTO!!!

Favorite Setter: Kageyama, love my baby (Kenma is like right at the same amount of love though)

Favorite Libero: Nishinoya imo

Favorite Middle Blocker: FUCK I LOVE AONE AND TSUKI AND TENDOU AND KUROO AND MATSUKAWA AAAAA

Favorite Wing Spiker: Hajime!

Favorite Pinch-Server: Y A M A G U C H I

Favorite Manager: I love Kiyoko but Misaki doesn’t get enough love tbh

Favorite Coach: Nekoma’s coach is the cutest hands down

Favorite Main Character: Hinata Obvs

Favorite Side-Character: Akaashi!

Favorite Under-Rated Team: JOHZENJI!!

Favorite Karasuno Member: I love them all but probably.. Hinata;;;

Favorite Nekoma Member: Kenma, but I have a deep love for Kuroo and Lev too

Favorite Aobajōsai Member: Matsukawa!!

Favorite Date Tech Member: Aone!

Favorite Fukurōdani Member: BOKUTO!!!!!

Favorite Shiratorizawa Member: TENDO!!!!

Favorite Johzenji Member: Terushima!!!

Favorite Match: the second Aobajōsai vs Karasuno, it was so intense and showed great developement in the characters

Favorite Mascot: Owlsssss Favorite Opening Song: “FLY HIGH!!” (2nd Season Ending)

Favorite Ending Song: "Tenchi Gaeshi" (First Ending)

Favorite Headcanon: All of the captains actually hang out and become friends and its just being damn cutE!

Least Favorite Headcanon: That Bokuto is dumb, like no he is very intelligence don’t underplay him.

Unpopular Opinion: I don’t like Oikawa

Favorite ship: HinaKen

Favorite three-person ship: KageHinaYachi

Favorite four or more ship: BokuAkaKuroKen

Favorite girl ship: Kiyachi

Favorite platonic ship: Tanaka and Nishinoya’s bromance

Favorite ship with an age difference: YakuLev (Basically any first year/third year)

Favorite height difference ship: AoneHina! AsaNoya! YakuLev!

Favorite Cross-Team ship: BokuKuro!

Favorite Karasuno Ship: SugaDai

Favorite Nekoma Ship: KuroKen

Favorite Aobajōsai Ship: IwaOi

Favorite Date Tech Ship: AoneKuchi

Favorite Fukurōdani Ship: BokuAka

Favorite Shiratorizawa Ship: UshiTen

Favorite Johzenji Ship: I guess Terushima and Bobata;;;

Least Favorite ship: Kiyoko x any male

Least Favorite ship trope: I don’t like the hateful ships thats 99% arguing and 1% sex

Character I ship the most: Hinata (KageHina, HinaKen, YachiHina, TsukiHina, YamaHina, AoneHina, HinaLev, InoukaHina, BokuHina, KurooHina etc etc ETC!)

Character I ship the least: Tanaka,, I feel kinda bad about it too ^^;;;

Favorite Unpopular Ship: BokuKen ^^

Favorite HQ artist: Mookie000!

Favorite HQ fanfic: Any BokuAkaKuroKen is a fave but Nesting is one of my tops and got me into BokuKen so hard

Second favorite sports anime: Kuroko no Basuke!

Best anime I’ve watched: In my opinion, One Piece. I love One Piece, and is a staple to my childhood and adolescence. I can watch dub or sub it’s so damn good. I love the characters and story so much, it never fails to pull me in. It is hard to first become invested but after the first 300 episodes you’re hooked lmao

Worst anime you’ve watched: Any SoA after the first. The first was okay, I liked it when it first came out and the hype wasn’t too big. It was cute, interesting, and I liked the concept. The following seasons were meaningless, annoying as hell, and they should of left it at the first.

Favorite character from your favorite anime: Perona!!! Least favorite character from your favorite anime: Blackbeard, he disgusts me Best ending of an anime you’ve watched: I mostly watch ongoing animes but I think Your Lie in April was by far the best for me

Worst ending of an anime you’ve watched: Death Note, it pissed me off so badly near the end that I had to stop watching it fully. I like Death Note but fuck off with that ending. They rushed it too fast

Favorite opening sequence: LL! First Opening or Ichi, Ni, Sunshine, We Go!

Top anime you plan to watch: Currently, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

First anime you’ve ever watched: Bakugan lmao, then One Piece

Latest anime you’ve watched: Boku no Hero Academia

Top 5 characters you would die for: (this is so hard) Hanayo Koizumi, Bokuto Kotarou, Perona, Fueguchi Hinami, and Shinso Hitoshi

Worst 5 characters: Blackbeard, Mineta, Akainu, Hody Jones, Misa

Most underrated character: I LOVE HANA MISAKI YET SHE ISN’T AS HYPED?? ALSO WHY DON’T I SEE MORE HYPE OVER JOHZENJI IN GENERAL?!

Favorite one shot (1 season) anime: THATS REALLY HARD AAAA?! I loved Erased, but it’s tied with Devil Is A Part-Timer!

Favorite completed (multi seasoned) anime: Kuroko no Basuke

Favorite on going series: One Piece!

Anime you wish had another season: Gosh I can’t think of any because the endings all satisfied (other than DN but there is no salvaging) but I want more Devil Is A Part-Timer

Anime that didn’t deserve more seasons but got them anyways: SOA!!!

Favorite villain: Shigaraki Tomura (I don’t know w h y) or Doflamingo

Favorite hero: Aizawa Shouta!

Favorite costume/character design: Trafalgar Law is 100% aesthetic and also Hanayo in this beautiful outfit

Ugliest costume/character design: Good character, bad design.

Any endings that you would rewrite: I don’t want that power

Characters that deserved better: SO. DAMN. MANY!!! TBH I THINK KOALA FROM ONE PIECE DESERVED THE DAMN WORLD BUT NOOOO ODA HAD TO GO AND FUCK UP HER CHILDHOOD! AND DON’T GET ME STARTED WITH HITOSHI SHINSO OR NICO ROBIN OR FUCKING SANJI

Favorite genre: I like most of the genres as long as there are good characters, but I guess action?

Best ship between characters in your favorite anime: NaVi

First crush on a character: Portgas D. Ace

Which anime universe would you like to live in/be a part of: Haikyuu because less intense death

Favorite anime you’d recommend:

Okay so! For general, I recommend One Piece, it’s a bit hard to get into at first but promise it’s worth it!!

For sports anime I recommend: Prince of Stride! Alternative, you might not have seen it yet but the characters are adorable and parkour racing just looks cool??

For romance: Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, I love it so much!!

For cute but action-filled try BNHA!

For cute adorable anime girls singing try LoveLive!

If you like dark and depressing but badass and cool try Kiznaiver!

I could make a huge list of my recommendations but these are the first that come to my mind!

Anime to stay away from: I don’t really have any to say stay away from because anime depends on taste

Most overrated anime in your opinion: Black Butler

Most underrated anime in your opinion: Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, I mean it could be hyped and I didn’t notice lmao

Anime you’re looking forward to: THE NEXT LOVELIVE SEASON IS GONNA HAVE SUCH CUTE GIRLS!!!

Favorite animation style: BNHA! It’s so cute I love it! I also love Haikyuu because they have these cute tiny noses and blushes! KnB also has adorableness and hotness mixed in!

Least favorite animation style: The exaggerated shoujo style (and OP lmao, it can look so ugly)

How many animes have I watched: Over 30 now ^^

THANK YOU FOR A 1000 FOLLOWERS!! Sorry I couldn’t find a 1000 questions that would be interesting, but I hope this was uhm yknow, informing?? You can take it if you want!!!

I didn’t add a lot of personal information because I don’t feel like it’s too interesting but I can say I am a seventeen year old lesbian, who is too depressed and too addicted to fanfics. I watch a lot of kdramas so if you ever wanna talk about those too I am all down!!

Feel free to message me anytime I am lonely and promise I am nice!!

#meet the mod #ahhh thank you for 1000 followers #sorry I didn't do more #it felt like too much

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yujachachacha · 7 years ago

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HiHi! same anon who asked you about Yakkai hehe (how did you know my true intentions? jk!) Just to cut you some slack I did try googling it myself before asking again but all I got were results for knb character songs(?) and a bollywood film(???) Frankly, I really do want to know because I've heard the term used in passing. Particularly from reports about the 2nd live Kobe leg. I heard about people doing it in KoiAqua?? To the point where someone got strangled in the Korean LV?? Is it that bad??

Hey there! Not gonna lie, I’m still lowkey pouting in the corner because you did that, but I’m glad to see that you’re genuinely curious. Thanks for trying your best! (☞ >ω･)☞

I have no idea what schools are teaching y’all these days, but research doesn’t mean typing a single word into Google! Also, if you’re gonna look up a Japanese term, you’re not gonna get the right results if you type the word in English without any additional parameters. Here are three methods you should try using when Googling a Japanese term you don’t know:

1. Write it in Japanese, i.e. “やっかい”. The first Google result is in Japanese, but let’s assume that we’re not so good at reading Japanese (since if we were, we’d probably be able to figure out the meaning of “yakkai” pretty quickly), and skip over this one. The second result gives you a Wiktionary link, which is in English and perfect for our purposes. It defines the word 厄介 (yakkai) as “troublesome” or a “burden”. This is literally what “yakkai” means, but for the purposes of idol fan culture, we’ll be adding a bit more meaning to this.

2. If you’re doing your search in English, add the word “Japanese” to your search term. After all, if we’re not so good at reading Japanese, who’s to say that we’ll be able to type something in Japanese? Try Googling the phrase “yakkai japanese”. This guarantees that what you’re typing won’t be mistaken for a word from another language (which is why you got results for a Bollywood film). The Google results are almost the same as in method #1, except that there are a lot more links in English rather than Japanese. So in short, this is basically an alternative to the first method for those of you who can’t read Japanese so well.

3. Include context for your term, i.e. add things like “Love Live” and “idol”. We can now try to figure out what the word means in the context of the LL fandom by googling “yakkai love live”. A bunch of the image results are Bollywood-related (because of yakkai + love, lol), but the top two links give us threads from the /r/LoveLive subreddit. The very first link in particular, “Aqours 2nd Love Live Discussion [Kobe]”, actually contains exactly what we’re looking for.

If you use the “find” function (“ctrl + f”, or “cmd + f” if you’re on a Mac like me) and search for “yakkai”, you’ll eventually see that someone on this thread asked what people meant by yakkai calls in the discussion about the live. /u/MasterMirage himself (a mod of the LL subreddit and a member of Team ONIBE) gives a great explanation:

Um, so if you’re aware of the standard “Fu fu”, “fuwa fuwa” and “hai” chants, these are the standard go to chants to do at lives.

The Koi Aqua Yakkai (troublesome/burden) calls are out of place calls that you normally don’t do at lives since they interrupt the flow of the concert and are considered disruptive by many people.

I guess this video explains it pretty well since the calls here are what you should not do at a live:

https://twitter.com/dan_chii/status/882024909995556864

A common call “IE TAIGA” is something that people are getting annoyed at because people think it’s funny.

Sat from Fripside even called out on these alternative/disruptive calls:

https://twitter.com/Jsan_san/status/896918057397829634

I highly recommend you check out those Twitter links to give you a better understanding of what yakkai calls are (video in the first link) and why you shouldn’t be doing them (translated quote in the second link). For the first link, the yakkai isn’t too bad, at least until you get to the rap portion of the master mix at about 55 seconds in. But just imagine how annoying it would be if the fans were screaming that during a live rather than at a casual wota session at a convention. :’)

Also, I’m gonna go ahead and write down a part of the material in the second link here, because it’s really important:

“That part was made with the idea that the silence could be felt before the hook, you know? It has a purpose. I didn’t want [it] to be destroyed!”

Keep in mind that this was said by Satoshi of fripSide about his own song, while on stage during a concert tour. That’s how annoying these calls are. Instead of respecting the mood that the artists worked so hard to create for the song, yakkai concertgoers try to be as disruptive as possible for their own amusement.

So yeah, “ie taiga” (for those of you who aren’t familiar with this term, here’s my explanation from a previous ask) and similar calls/wota are the essence of yakkai. If you’re wondering why it enrages people so much, consider the following:

After spending a lot of money and praying to the gods for luck, a fan manages to score a seat at an Aqours live. At the concert, the fan is enjoying the fact that they’re listening to the Aqours seiyuu singing and dancing in front of them, live. Holy crap! :D But then comes along some asshole who thinks it’s funny to ruin the mood by screaming in the middle of a song. Opportunities to attend an Aqours live aren’t common, so it’s understandable that someone would end up getting very upset.

The same goes for a live viewing. A live viewing is an opportunity to see the seiyuu perform in real-time, and it’s a precious one at that. Footage shown at screenings differs slightly from the more polished versions we get in Blu-rays, so you get to see the raw performance at a viewing. Plus, you’re cheering and jumping and screaming along with the audience like you would at the actual live. “Ie taiga” distracts you from recreating the atmosphere of the performance, and is a huge sign of disrespect towards the other attendees.

Korean LL fans in particular have a deep-seated hatred for “ie taiga” (I’m not quite sure why it’s so intense - perhaps it has to do with the nature of the LLer culture over there?). For example, popular YouChika artist GamGam (@gamjolno on Twitter) has complained heavily about it happening during lives, and even resorted to plugging their ears at the pivotal moment in KoiAqua just to avoid hearing the phrase. As many Korean LLers were at a live viewing for the 2nd Live tour, the combined murderous rage they held for yakkai LLers exploded when they heard it actually happen during the screening.

Of course, I don’t approve of them trying to strangle (or physically harm in general) a yakkai LLer. What I will say, however, is that I can at least see why someone reacted that way.

If you need another example to understand why they went that far: I assume you’re familiar with “Snow halation”, and the famous part of the song where the µ’s members stand still before the audience cracks their UOs. There’s a brief moment, before Honoka’s emotional solo and the explosion of bright orange filling up the concert venue, where everything is silent save for the jingling of bells leading up to the climax (3:08~3:09). It’s a beautiful, almost holy silence, revered by many for this sacred and beloved performance.

Now, imagine if someone suddenly screamed “YEAH TIGERRRR!!!” right at that moment.

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Understand now? It’s not funny. It’s not impressive. It’s downright infuriating.

First, yakkai LLers took away the enjoyment of the “I miss you~” You solo line in KoiAqua and the build-up to the chorus (see ~1:22 in this video for an audio demonstration). Then, someone decided to ruin the dramatic silence before the final chorus of “Aozora Jumping Heart” (~3:30 in the song). And now, there’s been reports of someone at the Saitama live screaming “IE TAIGAAA” right as the song slows down before the “la la la~” ending portion (~3:33 in the song).

I would hesitantly say that the “ie taiga” for KoiAqua is on the borderline of being tolerable. The song is full of chants anyway, and that part after You’s line does sound like it could accommodate some kind of call - but still, you should save it for a fan mix rather than a live. It’s the kind of thing that’ll make some people giggle at the weirdness, while others roll their eyes and mutter about the newest generation of LLers being yakkai af.

But for AoJump and MiraTicke, the yakkai incidents have been happening at solemn, quieter portions of the song rather than the cheerful and noisy sections. I have seen various posts by LLers claiming that they’re proud to “ie taiga” at a live as the ultimate expression of their wota skills, plus they’re doing it just for teh lulz. Again - it’s highly inappropriate, and disrespectful to both the audience members who are trying to enjoy the performance and the performers who are trying to make the performance enjoyable. If you want to prove that you’re a devoted LLer, your actions shouldn’t be damaging to the community.

To wrap things up: if you happen to search for “yakkai idol” instead, the first result that Google gives you is a blog post that talks about the concept of yakkai at idol events. The author includes some sound wisdom at the end:

What people really mean when they say “don’t be yakkai” is just that don’t go crazy and enjoy being annoying, and taking your entertainment at the cost of the enjoyment of others. Like, it’s fun to troll people, but that’s not good if the other party doesn’t enjoy it. It might be fun to go nuts, but don’t do it when it’s inappropriate.

Basically, it’s okay to go crazy during karaoke sessions or casual wota sessions with friends. Take that tweet in the first link from MasterMirage’s comment. I happen to know one of the people in that video, and he’s an awesome guy who knows a lot about concert calls. These wota bros were being “yakkai” for sure, but they were doing it at the Lumica booth at Anime Expo rather than a live. It was actually pretty amusing, and was almost like a free ad for the booth: “See these LLers partying with their lightsticks? You too can join in on the fun by purchasing a Lumica blade and/or UOs at this booth!” But for the sake of other fans, make sure you keep it clean during actual lives and public screenings.

tl;dr: “Yakkai” literally means “burdensome/troublesome”, and refers to antics of this nature by fans during performances. Notable examples include particularly annoying fans who scream “IE TAIGA” not only during KoiAqua, but also in highly inappropriate moments from other songs. Don’t be like this during a live unless you want to be heavily criticized for disrespecting the performers and lacking common decency for the people around you.

#love live! sunshine!!#love live sunshine #aqours #aqours 2nd live #happy party train tour #yakkai #info #my ramblings #anonymous #yujachask #queuetie panther #today on yujacha's blog: i give lessons on how to do research #smh do schools not teach kids how to do proper research these days #AND NOW Y'ALL KNOW WHY I ITALICIZED 'BOTHER' IN THE PREVIOUS ASK #AREN'T I CLEVER? :D #...okay i'll leave now #again apologies for leaving this to my queue #my family just celebrated korean thanksgiving lol

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iamapoopmuffin · 8 years ago

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Taggy Things

RULES

1. Always post the rules 2. Answer the questions given by the person who tagged you 3. Write 11 questions of your own 4. Tag 11 people (or however many you want)

Tagged by @suitcasesoffeathers

If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why? Something related to spiders. Lots of people are afraid of spiders. I’m not.

Follow up question: would you want to be a superhero, villain, or just a regular citizen (with powers of course lol)? Eh, anti-hero or freelance ‘I do what I want’.

What’s your most prized possession? I don’t really have one. My cat? Can a cat count as a most prized possession? The cat likes me...

If you could live in one anime universe, which would you choose and why? Preferably one where I’m not regularly in danger of death. Something innocent where not too much changes. Maybe KnB because they have superpowers but no-one dies.

If you could switch lives with one anime character, who would you choose and why? ASH KETCHUM I’M GOING TO BE THE WORLD’S GREATEST POKEMON MASTER! Or maybe Gary Oak. Bitches love Gary Oak. Just...Pokemon, you guys.

What’s your favorite pastime? Watching anime or writing fanfics no-one will see (because I never post them or finish them) or reading, but I get too easily distracted from the latter two. Or just taking naps.

What kind of weather do you like the most (sunny, rainy, cloudy, hot, cold, warm, breezy, etc.)? SNOW. I thrive in the cold.

What is your favorite anime and why? K Project. I got sucked in so hard by the story line and the pretty animation and the characters and I love the characters and Anna’s adorable, but there’s so much I didn’t understand (I’m a dumbbutt) until I read wiki pages or the prequel stuff (which I still haven’t finished) and rewatched tiny portions of the anime because I wanted to annoy my friend by repeatedly subjecting him to Totsuka’s death and see that scene where Eric does stabby things, because I now actually know something about the alphabet boys, except today I realised it’s not really Eric doing the stabbing, not really. I like Eric. Anyway the anime is really pretty.

Follow up question: How were you introduced to your favorite anime and what got you hooked? By following someone on Tumblr, seeing some anime posts and thinking ‘hey, that redhead looks a little bit like Kai Shimada from Corpse Party’, seeing it while making my list of anime to watch and then the anime itself hooked me with all the fights and mystery and shit. Update: Yata doesn’t look a thing like Kai Shimada, I don’t know what I was talking about.

If you could magically master any activity or have any talent, what would you chose? (Eg: dancing, writing, drawing, playing an instrument, martial arts, etc.) Drawing. Because I have so many comics and pictures I want to draw but I can barely draw anything. My hands do not obey my brain. That or actually being able to learn a language at all.

If you could wish for any single thing, what would it be and why? A decent government? In, like, every country, so nobody has the corrupt ones or the ones making life impossible for the peeps or ruining everything.

Questions of my own:

Are you a musical theatre fan, and if so, do you have a favourite musical or song?

Do you have any pets?

Can you do a cartwheel?

Would you ever ride a motorbike?

Do you have any OCs (for a fandom or for an original piece) or next gen characters?

WILLST THOU ACCOMPANY ME TO THE UNICORN RACES?

Why is thinking up questions so hard though?

Who is the best superhero?

Who is the best supervillain?

Uhh...if you were a car, what sort of car would you be?

Does anyone else get very mildly annoyed that there’s 11 questions to this thing instead of 10?

I TAG ALL OF YOU

#I remembered to edit it

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lunchtimerushin · 8 years ago

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More tag memes!!

Thank you guys, I love you aaa///

from @assassin-dragon

RULES: Tell who is your favorite character from 10 fictional works (Shows, Movies, Novels, Etc.) The order is irrelevant. x)

1. Syaoran (Li)/ Tsubasa Li; had a super crush on him in CCS when I was a kid, and now a super crush on him in TRC. weeps

2. Aomine Daiki (KNB); he’ll always be my son

3. Kagami Taiga (KNB); the second son from the basuke manga

4. Akashi Seijuurou (KNB); the third adopted son

5. Kaitou Kid (Detective Conan); also a super mega crush on him when I was young lmao.

6. Megaman.exe/Rockman.exe; somehow my fave charas were those who I had crushes on when I was young weeps;;

7. Dan/ny Fent/om; oop mega crush right there lol

8. Conan Edogawa; he was also my son; small detective son.

9. Sakuraaaaaaaaaaaaa Kinomoto; I love her, what precious

10. Izuki Shun; I like him, he’s gr8. askjfhk;;

Tagged by @arcs-and-blah (thank you so much for remembering me!! You’re such an angel <3333

Rules: Write 92 truths about yourself then tag other people

LAST…

[1] Drink: Green Tea

[2] Phone call: Auntie

[3] Text message: This store I buy bubble tea from x)

[4] Song you listened to: Game Grumps let’s play?

[5] Time you cried: a few days ago.

HAVE YOU EVER…

[6] Dated someone twice: No.

[7] Been cheated on: No.

[8] Kissed someone and regretted it: Regret the entire thing honestly LOL;

[9] Lost someone special: Yes.

[10] Been depressed: Always.

[11] Gotten drunk and thrown up: _(:3; well...

LIST THREE FAVOURITE COLORS…

[12] red

[13] gray

[14] the entire color wheel.

IN THE LAST YEAR…

[15] made new friends: Yes! ^Q^

[16] fallen out of love: Yep.

[17] laughed until you cried: laughed hard, but never cried. x);;;

[18] found out someone was talking about you: Yeah; not a pleasant feeling being salted against. ^_T!!

[19] met someone who changed you: Yep!

[20] found out who your true friends are: Yes! Though sadly distance. _(:3

[21] kissed someone on your Facebook list: lmfao, yea.

GENERAL…

[22] how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: All of them.

[23] do you have any pets: Nope!

[24] do you want to change your name: Sure.

[25] what did you do for your last birthday: ...Uh...go to school.

[26] what time did you wake up: 6-7am.

[27] what were you doing at midnight last night: drawing.

[28] name something you cannot wait for: MY MERCH HAUL~!!

[29] when was the last time you saw your mother: a few days ago.

[30] what is one thing you wish you could change about your life: just wanna get off this stupid rock. :’)

[31] what are you listening to right now: Silence and my keyboard typing.

[32] have you ever talked to a person named tom: 0: no.

[33] something that is getting on your nerves: people lecturing me even though they think it’s for my own good.

[34] most visited website: tweetdeck/twitter

[35] elementary: nonexistent

[36] high school: backstabbed

[37] college: listless

[38] hair color: black

[39] long or short hair: shoulder length.

[40] do you have a crush on someone: no.

[41] what do you like about yourself: diligent

[42] piercings: ears!

[43] blood type: I think O.

[44] nickname: kyun.

[45] relationship status: single and keeping it that way. x)

[46] zodiac sign: libra

[47] pronouns: she/her

[48] fav tv show: non anime would be… anything that has to do with detective or cool stuffs

[49] tattoos: none and I don’t plan to.

[50] right or left hand: right

FIRST…

[51] surgery: None!

[52] piercing: Ears when I was in Junior year of HS.

[53] best friend: never had one.

[54] sport: karate?

[55] vacation: brought back to China.

[56] pair of trainers: no idea what the heckie that is.

RIGHT NOW…

[57] eating: nothing

[58] drinking: Green tea.

[59] I’m about to: draw or something.

[60] listening to: game grumps.

[61] waiting for: nothing

[62] want: energy to draw lol

[63] get married: to my tablet

[64] career: I just want to bum.

WHICH IS BETTER…

[65] hugs or kisses: hugs are the best; kisses---depends.

[66] lips or eyes: always the god-damned puppy eyes.

[67] shorter or taller: shorter is nice.

[68] older or younger: I get along better with older people.

[69] romantic or spontaneous: romantic.

[70] nice arms or nice stomach: need a good reference: arms. I love chub.

[71] sensitive or loud: sensitive

[72] hook up or relationship: both is fine as long as I’m not overly invested in it.

[73] troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant, bc I need someone to keep my impulse in check.

HAVE YOU EVER…

[74] kissed a stranger: no

[75] drank hard liquor: yes

[76] lost glasses/contact lenses: lol yea

[77] turned someone down: many times

[78] sex on first date?: lmfao

[79] broken someone’s heart?: tried not to, but probably did.

[80] had your own heart broken?: yeah, many times.

[81] been arrested?: no

[82] cried when someone died?: of course.

[83] fallen for a friend?: always and unfortunately.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN…

[84] yourself?: yea

[85] miracles?: no

[86] love at first sight?: iunno, I like falling in love with friends first.

[87] Santa Claus?: no

[88] kiss on the first date?: no, kisses are way too important to me for this.

[89] angels?: probably.

OTHER…

[90] current best friend’s name: wacom bamboo tablet (lmfao)

[91] eye color: dark brown.

[92] favorite movie: iunno...

anyways, thanks for reading all of this if you did; anyways time to hibernate and get some energy back from today zz

#lunch talks #about lunch

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