#aragaki jotaro

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Propaganda below the cut!

Jotaro Aragaki

He’s a gymnast that was known as “the samurai” until he got in a slump, but he refuses to give up his passion for the sport. Also his daughter Rei is absolutely adorable

Ray Molina

the best dad in the fucking world. ray molina is my mom <3 he loves and supports his daughter and all he wants is for her to be happy and be able to follow her music dreams but also not pressure her into doing music when she's grieving for however long she needs to. he was ready to move his entire ass home to a different home even though he loved the house and the memories he had there, because he thought it would help her daughter with her grieving process. and he asks before coming into her room and when leaving also asks if she wants him to close the door behind him

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Fandom List!!

Hazbin Hotel

Alastor

Adam

Vox

Vaggie

Valentino

Lute

Sir Pentious

Castlevania/Castlevania Nocturne

Alucard

Trevor

Sypha

Carmilla

Lenore

Hector

Isaac

Richter

Maria

Antette

Drolta

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (Broken up by part :^)

Part 1

Jonathan Joestar

Dio Brando

Part 2

Caesar Zepelli

Joseph Joestar

Lisa Lisa

Kars

Wamuu

Esidisi

Part 3

Jotaro Kujo

Noriaki Kakyoin

Polnareff

Old!Joseph Joestar

Dio

Hol Horse

Mariah

Part 4 (For this part the characters will be aged up to 18)

Josuke Higashikata

Okuyasu Nijimura

Akira Otoishi

Yoshikage Kira

Yukako Yamagishi

Part 5 (Underage characters will be aged up)

Bruno Buceratti

Leone Abbachio

Panacotta Fugo

Guido Mista

Giorno Giovanna

Risotto Nero

Prosciutto

Melone

Diavolo

Part 6

Jolyne Kujo

Ermes Costello

Weather Report

Narciso Anasui

Foo Fighters

Part 7

Johnny Joestar

Gyro Zepelli

Diego Brando

Funny Valentine

Hot Pants

Part 8

Josuke Higashikata

Yasuho Hirose

Persona 5 (Characters will be aged up to 18)

Akira Kurusu/Protagonist

Ryuji Sakamoto

Yusuke Kitagawa

Goro Akechi

Yuuki Mishima

Ann Takamaki

Makoto Nijima

Sae Nijima

Haru Okumura

Tae Takemi

Persona 3 (Characters will be aged up to 18)

Makoto/Protagonist

Junpei Iori

Akihiko Sanada

Shinjiro Aragaki

Yukari Takeba

Mitsuru Kirijo

Fuuka Yamagishi

Aigis

Blue Eye Samurai

Mizu

Taigen

Akemi

House of the Dragon

Aemond

Daemon

Rhaenyra

Alicent

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Aaand here's the brackets!

Wacky ass formatting, i know- Matchups under the cut, polls will be starting soon!

(note: i know nothing about like. 80% of these characters. if their names or where theyre from is incorrect, just lmk cuz i have NOO IDEAA) also i am fully aware of every mistake made in this bracket. whoops

BRACKET A, SIDE A

Henry Oak (Dungeons and Daddies) VS Normal Oak (Dungeons and Daddies season 2

Zora Salazar (Epithet Erased) VS Stink (Epithet Erased)

Anders (Dragon Age) VS Isabela (Dragon Age)

Deandra the new girl (Most Popular Girls in School) VS Peach (real life)

Randy Jade (Dialtown) VS Phonegingi (Dialtown)

Stunky (Pokemon) VS Stinkeye (Yo-kai Watch)

Reigen Arataka (Mob Psycho 100) VS Dimple (Mob Psycho 100)

Moonbeam McSwine (Li'l Abner) VS Marc Spector (Marvel Comics)

Link (BOTW) VS Lt. Columbo (Columbo)

Yoda (Star Wars) VS Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

Dob the Half Orc Bard (Oxventure Dungeons and Dragons) VS Caleb Widogast (Critical Role campaign 2)

Shinjiro Aragaki (Persona 3) VS Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5)

Gyro Zepelli (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure) VS Guido Mista (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Tokkori (Kirby right back at ya) VS Jotaro Kujo (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Elon Musk (real life. sadly) VS Berdly (Deltarune)

Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune) VS Susie (Deltarune)

BRACKET A, SIDE B

The Great Mighty Poo (Conker) VS The Poop Smith (Homestar Runner)

Michael Afton (Five Nights at Freddy’s) VS Springtrap (Five Nights at Freddy’s)

Manjoume Jun/Chazz Princeton (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) VS Datz Are'bal (Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice)

Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) VS Humans in general (Star Trek)

Captain Rockhopper (Club Penguin) VS King Micah of Bright Moon (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Frank Gallagher (Shameless) VS Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides)

The Riddler (Batman: Arkham Knight) VS Power (Chainsaw Man)

Charlie Kelly (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) VS Every Dog (real life)

c!Technoblade (Dream SMP) VS c!Wilbur Soot (Dream SMP)

Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS Bruno Madrigal (Encanto)

Submitters Brother (real life) VS Prosperity Redding (The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding)

Izutsumi (Dungeon Meshi) VS Goobleck (Just Roll With It)

Enoch O'Connor (Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children) VS Smores (real life)

Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) VS Erik (The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber musical & movie))

The Voters (Tumblr) VS Equius Zahhak (Homestuck)

Rotten Apple (Showvember) VS Loki (real life)

BRACKET B, SIDE A

Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes) VS Smudge (Cascão) (Monica’s Team (Turma da Monica))

Oscar the Grouch (Sesame Street) VS Stinky Pete (Toy Story 2)

Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa) VS L (Death Note)

Stink Bomb (Skylanders: SWAP Force) VS Slugcat (Rain World)

Thorfinn (Vinland Saga) VS Vice (Kamen Rider Revice)

Dr. Iceberg (SCP Foundation) VS Dr. Alto Clef (SCP Foundation)

Ash Ketchum (Pokemon) VS Doug Eiffel (Wolf 359)

Estinien Wyrmblood (Final Fantasy XIV) VS Alphinaud Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV)

Raphael Hamato (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) VS Gobber (How To Train Your Dragon)

Keaton (Fire Emblem Fates) VS Sniper (Team Fortress 2)

Bill Lenz (Black Christmas 1974) VS Stinkor (Masters of the Universe)

The Sewer Urchin (The Tick (1994 Animated Series)) VS Macaque (Lego Monkie Kid)

Barfbat (Ward (Parahumans series)) VS Kevin (Synthesizer V)

Yellowfang (Warrior Cats) VS Big Mac (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Heppokomaru (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) VS Captain 3 (Splatoon 3)

Buttercup (Powerpuff Girls) VS Linus (Stardew Valley)

BRACKET B, SIDE B

Jeong-Jeong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Pigpen (Peanuts)

Beelzebub (Good Omens) VS Stinkfly (Ben 10)C

Hiravias (Pillars of Eternity) VS Chell (Portal)

Murdoc Niccals (Gorillaz) VS Bacterian (Dragon Ball)

Captain K'nuckles (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack) VS Kimchi (Chowder)

Stinky (Moomins) VS Stinky (Animal Crossing)

Mitchell Shephard (Hunt Down the Freeman) VS Melly Plinius (Identity V)

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) VS Yato (Noragami)

THAT FUCKING THING IN YOUR BANNER (my banner lol) VS Harold (Fallout 1, 2, and 3)

Barik of the Stone Shields (Tyranny) VS Samuel Gladiator (Yandere High School (minecraft roleplay))

John Hart (Torchwood) VS Orochimaru (Naruto)

Dung Defender/Ogrim (Hollow Knight) VS Zane (Borderlands)

Pumbaa (The Lion King) VS Enki (Fear and Hunger)

Goro Majima (Yakuza) VS Sandalphon (Granblue Fantasy)

Finn Mertins (Farmworld) (Adventure Time) VS John Doe (John Doe / John Doe+)

Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) VS Ed Sheeran (ginger people fandom)

[pinktrouble]

“As expected of the only gymnast you admire.”

[shysheeperz]

[holymadroxdupe]

conclusion after watching taiso samurai

[itsanneeey]

Taiso Samurai Episode 11

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This episode 💕💕💕

He did it!

[elise-nic]

Jotaro Aragaki: I have never read a room correctly in my life and I do not intend to start now.

[kyarushiro]

Leonardo, Rei e Jotaro - Taisou Samurai

[clio-mokona]

am I the only one who ship Leo x Jotaro from Taiso Samurai? Yes. I knew it.

[okayto]

Mini-Review: The Gymnastics Samurai

In 2002, the world of Japanese men's gymnastics was still strong. Jotaro Aragaki devoted his entire life to the sport, but things didn't go as planned. His coach Amakusa suggests he retires. But then an encounter comes that changes the fate of the Aragaki family forever.

I’ll be honest: I pick this up based solely on the image (poster? key image? Surely there has to be a name for these things?) that Funimation used:

Let’s see, we’ve got 1) mention of gymnastics, 2) a bright and happy color scheme, 3) guy who looks like an adult, not creepy, 4) little girl, unsexualized, 5) random assortment of weird items.

So, the vibe I’m getting is “not serious but not wacky, with gymnastics.” And gymnastics is cool!

I’m a simple person, really.

We start off with Jotaro, in his late 20s, presumably past his prime as a pro gymnast, and with few recent wins compared to his glory days as “the gymnastics samurai” in 90s Olympics, the nickname coming from his ponytail hairstyle. With his career stagnating and a daughter to raise, he has to make changes. While trying to work up the courage to tell his daughter (and biggest cheerleader) that he’s going to retire, they take a trip to Edo Wonderland and meet a character who changes everything.

This wasn’t your typical sports anime, though the gymnastics are featured and fun to watch. Jotaro has competitors, yes, but his main problem isn’t a rival, it’s having to change himself. And not just “work harder, take things seriously” as is normal in sports stories, but he essentially has to re-learn how to listen to people.

Jotaro was a nice, interesting protagonist. He’s not mean or dumb, but he tends to take things at face value and sometimes not even that, processing comments through the filter of what he’s already thinking about, and therefore missing things that aren’t metaphorically flashing neon signs in front of him.

And it’s not just played for laughs, it’s an actual weakness: he’s completely missed things his longtime coach has been trying to tell him, and it nearly leaves him gymless. He was emotionally supported by his wife, and when she died--a few years (I think?) before the series started--he didn’t notice that his young daughter started picking up some of those emotional responsibilities. So through the series, Jotaro has to learn to listen--actually listen--to his fellow adult professionals if he’s going to be a real competitor.

Don’t mistake this for a show about a manbaby or deadbeat dad, though. Jotaro struggles to balance home life and pro life, but a large part of the show is him realizing that the balance doesn’t just happen, and working to pay better attention to daughter Rei, so she doesn’t feel the need to act as an adult that she’s not. And he’s a caring and loving dad, not just a fun-loving bro.

There’s a theme through the series: whether in gymnastics or personal life, what has been happening is not sustainable, and needs to change. Not because what has been happening is horrible or bad, but because what has been happening is based on expectations, bodies, people, or conditions that have changed. If the characters don’t change in response, they’ll stagnate.

Jotaro isn’t the only focus of the series, however. His daughter Rei, and the ninja Leo they pick up from a historical theme park in episode 1 get a lot of the focus in the second half of the series. Both characters have their own issues and insecurities that show more as the series goes on: both have their own relationships with Jotaro, and their own emotional investment in his career that they partially use as a proxy for their more uncomfortable, personal issues.

The setting is 2002, and The Gymnastics Samurai won’t let you forget it, whether it’s the characters’ cell phones, or the ganguro bartender Ayu, a wonderful character about whom I would watch an entire series.

The show, while overall light, has some deep themes of attachments and relationships, how people see themselves and others, and how feeling other people’s expectations (or even what you think their expectations are) can affect you, even if you have a different relationship with the thing being expected.

Verdict

English Dub? Yes

Visuals: Very nice, modern and clean lines. CG models are used for some of the gymnastics routines, but they’re done fairly well.

Worth Watching? Yes. It’s not particularly realistic (ninja Leo is pursued by mysterious sunglasses-wearing professionals during several episodes for reasons that are explained later, but which you can generally accept as cartoon drama; the family owns a talking turquoise bird), but it was fun. And more than that, I enjoyed a sports show with an adult protagonist, and the growth the characters (but especially Jotaro) have in learning to change.

Where to watch (USA, as of July 2021): Funimation (sub and dub), BD/DVD

Click my “reviews” tag below or search “mini review” on my blog to find more!

[pinktrouble]

Me explaining to my friends the plot of Attack on Titan:

My friends:

[fujoshi69sworld]

04/09/2021

FOR TODAY'S BLOG IS ABOUT THE ANIME I JUST FINISHED!!

✨Title: Taisou Zamurai

✨Genre: Sports (Gymnastics)

The anime is about a guy named Jotaro Aragaki🤸🏻‍♂️(nickname: Samurai), he was one of the best✨ gymnast in Japan🗾, but good times never last. SOO his wife dies OwO... On the day of a competition too☺️ so his world has been shattered OwO BUT✨ He has a well behaved daughter named Rachel Aragaki.IT ONLY GETS WORSE!!!! His shoulder has weaken due to over work, (probably his coping mechanism for the lost of his wife) but due to that his coach told him to quit gymnastics because he is not as young as he was before. FAST FORWARD CAUSE I DON'T WANNA GET IN TOO MUCH DETAILS ✨✨✨👏😀 One day he met a ninja that helped him get up because apparently the ninja was a HUGE fan of Zamurai 😏✨ Then the Zamurai and Ninja lived happily ever after ✨👏😀 (with Rachel of course 😍✨) 100% RECCOMEND WATCHING!!!

That's for today's dose of anime UwU

[shysheeperz]

[lzsylovesanime]

Anime Spotlight - The Gymnastics Samurai

This was a lovely feel good and earnest sports anime which I enjoyed a lot.

The plot is In 2002, the Japanese men's gymnastics team is not doing well. Jotaro Aragaki is a professional gymnast and former Olympian. However, despite being good in the past, he was never able to get a gold medal. As he suffered a shoulder injury and is an older athlete at 29 years old, his coach, Noriyuki Amakusa, suggests he retires. While considering retirement, Jotaro takes his daughter Rei to Edo Wonderland. While there, they encounter a foreigner dressed up as a ninja, who after following them home, introduces himself as Leo. Later, while announcing his retirement at a press conference, Jotaro changes his mind half way through and decides to continue to pursue a career in gymnastics.

Its a story of not giving up but also family and being there for each other and of course athletic pursuit. There is some very nice and fluid animation on the gymnastics and movement performances that elevate the series. The characters are likeable and sweet maybe a bit too earnest and understanding but sometimes I appreciate a nice family who have gone through something (the death of their wife/mother) and still have a connection, an understanding and appreciation for each others ambitions and dreams. Leo our ninja that slots into this family unit is just a gorgeous and lovely character. I love Leo, he's got the most interesting back story and development but I love how he completes this unit and how they realize he's part of their family.

I appreciate an older protagonist in the form of Jotaro who isn't ready to give up in his dream and he does put the work in and does work so hard but returns this in the end. Its all tied up very nicely and is an uplifting ending.

Its just a short and sweet series with a great opening and a gorgeously drawn ending. Plus a little bonus in the fact that I can ship Jo/Leo.

[newtypezaku]

Jotaro “Can’t Read a Room” Aragaki