#arc v episode 112

[kamenstrikerace]

Sometimes I wish ARC-V had more Obelisk Pander Filler episodes to get know more of their terror as a true grunt group than bad episodes like 112 and 113 instead

[yuyas-awesome-hippos]

YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

[pendulumprince]

Episode 112! *throws self backwards into a field of flowers on a warm summer say*

After the opening!

Damn, this just serves to remind me that Noru is basically Jean Michel Jr with his underhanded tactics

He still acts like a character after my own problematic fave heart, though, getting into that childish spat with the Tyler Sisters

BUT JUST AS THE OBELISK DUDES GO IN FOR THE ATTACK

Edo stops them?!

HE’S SPREADING THE GOOD WORD OF EGAO TO THEM LIKE A STREET PREACHER

THE TYLER SISTERS SEEM TO AGREE

NORU DOES NOT

HE TELLS EDO TO RECONSIDER HIS ACTIONS

BUT ONCE EDO’S MADE UP HIS MIND, IT DOESN’T GET CHANGED

AT LEAST NOT WITHOUT AN ANGSTY YEAR LONG JOURNEY THROUGH A WAR TORN CITY

GRACE LOOKS LIKE SHE WANTS TO JOIN EDO IN HIS GLORIOUS TREASON

GLORA HAS SOME RESERVATIONS

BUT GRACE CHARMS HER INTO SUBMISSION, AND THE GIRLS DEFECT!

I am so. Happy.

LOOKS LIKE HE’S TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE WHOLE YUTO SITUATION TO THE THREE OF THEM

I GET THE FEELING EDO IGNORED THE WHOLE POSSESSED-THING AND IS FOCUSING ON THE EGAO’S FOR NOW.

But wait

NORU IS STILL HERE, COMPLAINING AND THREATENING THEM ALL WITH EXECUTION

DAMNIT NORU, YOU NEED TO GET IN ON THIS EGAO LIFE

Oh

But wait

You forgot about Kaito, didn’t you Noru bby

YOU DID

BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN’T, YOU WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED TO FIND HIM STANDING A FEW FEET AWAY FROM YOU

READY TO TEAR YOUR MOTHERFUCKING HEAD OFF

AND LOOK, HE’S ALSO BROUGHT THE REMNANTS OF THE RESISTANCE

HELL YEAH

HEEEEEELL YEAH

KAITO CHALLENGES NORU TO A DUEL

HE TRIES TO WORM HIS WAY OUT OF IT

KAITO ISN’T BUYING IT; NORU COLLAPSES TO THE FLOOR

EDO GIVES A GRAND MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH TO ALL OF HIS UNDERLINGS

ENCOURGING THEM TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS

TO COMMIT TREASONOUS ACTS WITH HIM IN THE NAME OF EGAO

AND IT’S WORKING…!

Back in some remote place

NORU IS FIDDLING WITH HIS STOPWATCH??

HE…

HE��S JOINED THE RESISTANCE??

THEY’RE ALL IN A REFUGEE CAMP

HE’S RANTING TO TWO SMALL XYZ CHILDREN ABOUT HOW EVERYONE IS LATE AND EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE

But the girls roll up, carryng what i presume is soup or some other edible liquid

Gloria still doesn’t understand what the hell she’s doing there, but Grace convinces her that she’s done the right thing

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES

PLEANTY OF OBELISK STUDENTS ARE ALSO HELPING OUT

MY HEART FEELZ FUZZY AND WARM

The Lancers discuss things amongst themselves

Even Kaito seems to have changed, that old son of a gun c:

AHHH EDO IS HELPING OUT TOO

WAIT NOW YUTOS SPEAKING TO EVERYONE THROUGH YUYA

THIS… IS UNCOMFORTABLE

So they’re all having a heartfelt talk

Yuya eventually comes back

Edo enters the room and drops what’s presumably a BOMBSHELL

A good, not lethal bombshell!

So after more talks

Everybody moves on to some room

Shun is in some kind of incubator?

IS HE, LIKE, IN A COMA?!

DAMN BUDDY ALL THAT HAPPENED WAS A BUILDING FELL ON YOU

I’VE SEEN YOU GO THROUGH WAY WORSE

IT’S LIKE THAT GUY WHO DIED VIA CHEEK SLAP

Oh wait but Edo’s giving his torn half of Smile World to Yuya, to return to Yusho

But Yuya tells him to hang onto it

Allen runs in and gives Yuya some clothing and a pair of shoes?? Okay dude hope it’s the right size

Sakuya gives Kaito her fairy card

Wait oh snap they’re goING SOMEHWERE AREN’T THEY

I WONDER WHERE

YUYA, GON CHAN, KAITO, AND SHINGO

OFF TO THE FUSION D!

… speaking of which

We’re back at Fusion!YSDS

Asuka appears to be explaining to Yusho what happened with Yuri

She’s flanked by Yuzu and Yugo

Oddly enough, Yusho doesn’t seem at all fazed by Yugo?!

DOES NOTHING EVER GET TO YOU, OLD MAN?!

He at least says something that causes an uproar among his students

He explains himself further

WAIT

DOES YUSHO PLAN TO RIDE WITH HIS STUDENTS INTO BATTLE

Oh shit

OH SHIT

IT’S DENNIS

THAT FUCKING CUNT

I WAS SO HAPPY, NOT HAVING TO SEE HIS DUMBASS FACE

UGH I AM SO ANNOYED

YUSHO TOO, APPERENTLY

SOMEONE PLEASE SHOOT THIS MAN

PUT HIM OUT OF HIS MISERY

OH FUCK ME, DENNIS JUST CALLED YUSHO “SENSEI”

HOT DAMN

AHHHH AND DENNIS BROUGHT OSIRIS AND RA FRIENDS WITH HIM

DENNIS, THAT IS A MIGHTY EVIL LOOK YOU HAVE IN YOUR EYES

YUSHO GETS UP AND VERBALLY BEATS DENNIS WITH HIS CANE

HE’S GONNA FIGHT DENNIS IN THE DESERT

UP IN THE MOUNTAINS

UNDERGROUND AND AROUND TOWN

“COME TO FUSION!YSDS IN 20 MINUTES IF U WANT AN ASSKICKING”

I’M SO GLAD DENNIS ANSWERED YUSHO’S AD

THEY START!

YUSHO TAKES FIRST TURN

HE SETS A FACE DOWN, ENDS HIS TURN

Wait, that’s it, old man?

So Dennis takes his turn

Draws a pendulum card!

Sets the scales 3 to 6

Pendulum summons two 1000 ATK entermages

He overlays them!

Right in front of your comrades, dude?

Don’t they have that whole hangup against XYZ users?

ANYWAY

DENNIS SUMMONS TRAPEZE MAGICIAN AT 2500 ATK

HE USES AN OVERLAY UNIT

I DARE YOU TO ATTACK YUSHO, DENNIS

I FUCKING DARE YOU

DENNIS HAS HIS MONSTER GO IN FOR THE ATTACK

AND YUSHO, OF COURSE, ACTIVATES A TRAP THAT LITERALLY HIDES HIM UNDER A GIANT TOPHAT

THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS, AS WELL

HOW MUCH YOU WANNA BET THAT DENNIS HAS TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE TO ATTACK, AND THAT HE’LL CHOOSE WRONG?

DENNIS HAS HIS MONSTER TAKE OUT THE RIGHT HAT, WHICH HAD A MAGIC CARD HIDING IN IT

DENNIS THEN ATTACKS THE SECOND HAT?! WHICH!

HAD ANOTHER MAGIC CARD UNDERNEATH

AND—!

HOT DAMN

WHILE DENNIS WAS DISTRACTED, EVERYONE ESCAPED

GOOD SHIT, YUSHO

GOOD. SHIT.

DON’T YOU GIVE THIS FASHION DISASTER AN INCH

DENNIS AND HIS FRIENDS HEAD OUTSIDE, EVEN THOUGH YUSHO AND ASUKA WENT UNDERGROUND!

YUGO AND YUZU, MEANWHILE, ARE RIDING THOUGH THE STREETS, CLOSELY PURSUED BY ACADEMIA

THEY STOP

YUZU GETS OFF?!

YUZU IS GONNA TAKE ON AN ARMY AND I, FOR ONE, AM PREPARED FOR THE BLOODSHED.

BUT YUGO DISAPPEARS?!

(Please don’t be Yuri please don’t be Yuri please—)

NO WAIT

ITS YUUUUUUYA

AND THE CREW!

*CRIES DEEPLY* ARE THEY REUNITD AT LAST?!

Dennis looks so grossly happy omg

He looks off to the side and—

WAIT

NO

IT’S NOT HIM

THAT ISN’T ISAO

THAT IS NOT. ISAO.

YOOOOOOOOO—

Preview time!

Before Yuya and Yuzu can truly reunite, Yuya is tackled to the ground by Isao

Because how else would this whole thing play out

OH SHIT BUT ISAO IS COVERED IN GLOWING TATS?!

WHAT IN THE FRESH HELL IS THIS

YOU OKAY THERE, ISAO?

DO YOU NEED SOME COUGH MEDICINE? PERHAPS SOME SOOTHING CREME?!

[blue-lock-rocky]

SPOILER: A Tentative Timeline for Blue Lock (1.1)

Bringing this back because I'm a nerd.

Still haven't had the time to reread the manga, but I did find a new source that confirmed a date that I was speculating.

This timeline is NOT spoiler-free.

Please proceed with caution.

July 2, 2018: 2018 FIFA World Cup Belgium v. Japan. The opening line makes a direct reference to the match. (Ch 1)

Japan's loss led to Anri proposing the Blue Lock Project. (Ch 1)

The U-20 World Cup is a bi-annual event. Following the 2018 World Cup, the U-20 World Cup was scheduled to take place in 2019 & 2021 but the latter event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Assuming we're not getting a Covid arc, our U-20 World Cup has to be the one held in 2019.

Nov 18, 2018: Saitama Prefectural Finals, in the evening Isagi receives an invitation to join a special training program. (Ch 1)

Nov 20, 2018: Move-in Day, a Tuesday. Ego says it’s six months from the U-20 World Cup. (Ch 2)

Ego's line gives us two possible dates: Nov 20 & Nov 27. They're both about six months away from the U-20 World Cup (May 23, 2019).

In the English scanlation, Kira thanks Isagi "for the match the other day". The Chinese scanlation on Bilibili has a similar take as Kira says "前几天的比赛辛苦了", suggesting that little time has passed between their match and the start of the Blue Lock Project. Nov 20 sounds like the better option.

Nov 20 is confirmed as the date of the move-in day. (Twitter)

Nov 23, 2018: The First Selection begins, Isagi says it’s been three days since the last chapter

Dec 30, 2018 – Jan 14, 2019: Nationals, irrelevant to the story.

Jan 28, 2019: Blue Lock v. U-20 (Ch 112-149)

Jan 29, 2019: The day after the U-20 match, start of their two-week break. (Ch 150)

Feb 12, 2019: First day back from break, Ego says they have 100 days til the U-20 World Cup. (Ch 153)

May 23 - Jun 15, 2019: The 2019 U-20 World Cup

June 30, 2019: Oliver Aiku turns 20 :D

P. S. Ch 3 of Episode Nagi makes a reference to Squid Game which came out in 2021, but I'm pretty sure that's just the English scanlation having a bit of fun. Neither the Chinese nor the French scanlations mention Squid Game.

The only thing that doesn’t agree with this timeline is Sae’s birthday, which is on the tenth of October. We know for a fact that he’s 17 in Ch 4 and 18 in Ch 94, so he must have turned 18 sometime during the Blue Lock project.

Or maybe we're working with a non-linear timeline. In that case, I-- 🤡

[paunchsalazar]

hey!! bro ur my number #1 source for lupin III content so can I ask like how in the hell I go about watching all the series / movies / etc for it in order??? I’m really pumped for the live action so I wanna at least dip into all the other stuff. thanking ya kindly //tips hat

hello!!! what an honor!! oh my… ok I’m so sorry in advance… I’ve gotten a few similar asks and I started writing out a list and it was getting over 1500 words long so I had to try to chill out…so…

LUPIN III CRASH COURSE

I’m sorry that this is so long.. and consider I cut it down! but here is my intro because I know this franchise is huge and confusing!! (I’ve had multiple instances of friends being like ‘I tried to find that Lupin thing you like but I could only find the third one?’) 

I kind of liken it to Scooby Doo? it stretches some 60 years and has been handled by many different writers, directors, and animators across very different eras? most important to know! the order doesn’t really matter and things aren’t really sequential (save for where the three most recent shows) so you can jump in and explore whatever seems compelling! it’s overwhelming because there is so much but also nice because there’s something for everybody! if you like fun and pure, edgy, etc. etc. 

feel free to disregard everything coming… I will say my personal priority order is

- Castle of Cagliostro

- some episode of part 2

- part IV, ideally all of it! there’s filler but it’s hard to know which ones

- part I (or some episodes of it? up to you!)

- Fuma Conspiracy

- part V 

- part III (it’s great too!! just not as sequential as IV and V)

- First Contact… truly indulgent but its so cute!

(below I broke down a little about each and my favorite episodes, where to find them, etc. and there’s so much more but just doing everything below is a whole lot)

TV (All the shows except for The Woman Called Fujiko Mine are on Crunchyroll!)

Part 1 (1971) - crunchyroll!

The beginnings kind of a weird feeling because the first half was directed with one vision vs. the second half being co-directed by Takahata and Miyazaki, there’s a shift in Lupin’s personality and most significantly they sought to shed his ‘sense of apathy’ and make him more of a hero? something that’s echoed later on! honestly, I don’t think the transition is as dramatic as some people find it? but it does shift across the episodes and end on a sweet note!

truly they all have something to enjoy but I made note of 

episodes 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19, 23 

for some reason? really really suggest watching the last episode! but get a bit of the first and second half beforehand!

Part II/Red Jacket (1977-80) - 155 episodes - on crunchyroll dubbed and subbed

there are a lot so I tried to narrow it down to a few of my favorites/ particularly noteworthy ones? I bolded my absolute favorites! I’m sure I missed a few but save for a few two-episode arcs you can jump in anywhere and it’ll be fine.

episodes 1-79 are dubbed on Crunchyroll! In my personal opinion the script makes it worth it!! there are a bunch of non-dubbed episodes anyway if you want to get a feel for both

(these episode titles are often hilarious, misleading, and/or horribly embarrassing?)

1 - ‘The Return of Lupin the Third’ - just a good starting point!

5 - ‘Will the Leaning Tower of Pisa Be Standing?’

6 - ‘Tutankhamen’s 3,000-Year-Old Curse’

7 - ‘Venetian Super Express’ - I want to say this is a cute little road trip episode? it’s been so long

9 - ‘Steal the FIle M123’ - this dub… madness. very strange Christopher Walken impression for absolutely no reason?

10 - ‘Bet on the Monaco Grand Prix’

15 - ‘Crude Reproduction, Perfect Frame’ - Lupin keeps committing strange and uncharacteristic crimes, but he has no memory of doing so!

29 - ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ - Lupin has some mysterious Levitation Technique and everyone is after it 

32 - ‘Lupin the Interred’ A famed hitman is after Lupin!

34 - ‘But Your Brother Was Such A Nice Guy’ - this episode is one of the zaniest ones and that’s saying a lot… Vampires? Jesus? Really really funny moments though especially in the dub

42 - ‘Cruisin’ in Drag’ Lupin infiltrates the ship of a wealthy bachelor disguised as a woman 

45 - ‘Diamonds and Minx’ kind of a mess of people stealing from each other? 

46 - ‘The Island of Dr. Derange’

57 - ‘Alter-Ego Maniac’ - Inspector Zenigata goes criminal

62 - ‘Church of the Poison Mind’ - Jigen and Goemon stumble into a religious cult

69 - ‘Zenigata Getcha Into My Life’ - this title is awful but this episode is great. 

78 - ‘Ice, Robot’ - an inventor has made a machine that can cry diamonds!

79 - ‘Baton Death March’ 

81 - ‘Fujiko, Men are a Sorry Lot!” - Fujiko gets engaged to a Prince, the rest of the gang goes after the monarchy’s Golden Bell

96 - ‘Lupin’s Gourmet World’ tbh this is a vore episode but there are some great gang moments here and a really fun third act

99 - ‘Fighting Jigen’ - first anime episode (I think like in history? but I could’ve misread) in stereo! And I believe the first to air of the TMS staff’s work, you can tell because the style shifts to a more Miyazaki/Cagliostro look and this will keep happening for the rest of the show

101 - ‘Fervent Love at Versailles’ - a crossover episode with Rose of Versailles! 

103 - ‘The Wolf Looked at an Angel’ - Goemon is an angel I can say little else

104 - ‘The Most Dangerous Golden Bed’ - debut of perhaps the best opening! I love this episode?? so much?

112 - ‘Danger! Goemon’ 

122 - ‘An Unusual End to an Expedition for Napoleon’s Treasure’ 

143 - ‘The Miami Bank’ 

145 - ‘Wings of Death: Albatross’ - ah yes, one of the famed Miyazaki-directed episode, truly so worth it

151 - ‘To Arrest Lupin, the Mission at the Highway’ - another not exactly Miyazaki episode but a lot of the people he trained? They depart from the part 2 style(s) again but its a good bit of fun all around! Really lovely character animation

152 - ‘Jigen and the Hatless Pistol’ - Jigen loses his hat and thus his ability to shoot

155 - ‘Thieves Love the Peace/Farewell, Dear Lupin’ - the finale episode! Miyazaki-directed as well, and just beautiful 

Part III (1984) - 50 episodes - crunchyroll!

I’m still very early in this one so I can’t say much yet! But it gets a bad rep? Perhaps for being more inconsistent stylistically and a bit on the zanier end! But I really like it!! these drawings are such a blast! I think each bit has its merits and this one is no exception. Plus with all their freedom animation-wise they can do a lot of fun stuff!

The Woman Called Fujiko Mine (2012) - 13 episodes - on kissanime for certain and I think animetake?

this is the most dramatic departure from the rest of the shows/films/specials. Fujiko Mine is the star of this part! It definitely has less obviously plot-important episodes but it’s one narrative from start to finish. I must note that it’s by far Lupin’s edgiest, I think it’d be safe to deem this part as R-Rated. There’s sex, violence, sexual violence, abuse, bodily mutilation, obsession… a gay character who gets a pretty tragic fate (at first I was excited by the very existence of an LGBT+ character but he really goes through the wringer and never gets a resolution.. I don’t want to spoil). This is probably Lupin at his ickiest? I do like Jigen’s personality here! And his dynamic with Fujiko, but it’s a lot more disjointed than the other parts. She meets each of them separately and towards the end, Lupin and Jigen interact more but there’s barely a time when they’re all together. That’s not meant to be a deterrent but personally, I’m a sucker for their friendship and love them as a group so it’s a bit of a bummer. Sequential plot-wise though! This one is definitely captivating, a bit disturbing, and there is a plot-twist that really got me. The villain design is really cool too!

Part IV (2015) - 26 episodes - on crunchyroll, also dubbed on Funimation

This part is narrative-based and sequential! It still has some more standalone episodes but there’s definitely an overarching story throughout! I think they’re all worth watching and might leave little important bits that’ll be confusing later on. Essentially this part takes place in Italy for the most part and starts with Lupin getting married to a multi-millionaire heiress/model/celebrity who wants to get into the thief business. This one feels like a good combination of old and new, it’s not quite as silly as the earlier parts can be, but it’s full of nostalgia while still feeling original. I really had a good time!

This dub isn’t bad but!! It comes with a different opening and soundtrack, I guess Lupin’s pretty big in Italy and perhaps there were licensing issues? I’m not sure? But it’s a bit of a bummer to be without the Yuji Ohno soundtrack. The alternate opening feels more like a collection of stills and footage found throughout the show? It’s not horrible, just different! Regardless, the Part IV Japanese OP (vs. the Italian/US one) is worth a watch!

Part V (2018, airing on Adult Swim right now, summer 2019!) - 23 episodes 

I’m actually not done with this part but its good fun! more directly tied to part iv then the others are to each other. It’s more sequential as well with a few sub-arcs and since it fell on the franchise’s anniversary it has callback episodes with Lupin in various jackets in various tones. Interesting Lupin characterization here… he seems… sadder, wistful? and we get hints of Lupin lore! Lots of fanservice but… I love it! I still think they could’ve pushed it more? it feels somehow more reserved than part IV in some ways, which is already different from the 70s and 80s, but it’s got a lot of lovely moments!!

Films/TV Specials

From 1989 to 2011 they had a special every year!! So much!

Castle of Cagliostro (1979) - Available on Netflix! 

perhaps the best-known piece of media in the Lupin franchise? And rightly so. This film is Hayao Miyazaki’s directing debut and a blast from start to finish! This characterization of Lupin is definitely Miyazaki’s more than Monkey Punch’s but that seems to be the strange nature of the Lupin franchise! I could really go on forever… please watch it!

The Fuma Conspiracy (1987) - 

perhaps harder to find, but it’s on Kissanime! Goemon is getting married but before the ceremony is over the bride is taken by the Fuma ninja clan and the gang helps him to get her back as well as learn the story of a family heirloom? Really great stuff from everybody! Adorable Zenigata, the fluffiest and most handsome Goemon, cute Jigen, Fujiko, and Lupin interactions, a really really incredible car chase! Even with Cagliostro’s fame, this one has got some serious pizzazz

Episode 0: The First Contact (2002) - on Kissanime as well! 

A journalist asks Jigen how he met Lupin III, this is probably my favorite TV special? And features one of my favorite opening scenes in the whole franchise. The instrumental!! Perhaps each member of the gang at their purest, whatever that means, really great moments between everybody and peak Lupin and Jigen meeting and somehow signing up to be life partners

[theabcsofjustice]

Arc V Pseudoblog Episode List

Alright I don’t know what happened but apparently my last post I made of this episode list was somehow deleted tonight when all I was trying to do was edit it to add the link to episode 122. Tumblr is being stupidly wonky for me. So I’m reposting it again. :\

Season 1 (all episodes)

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49

Season 2 (all episodes)

50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99

Season 3 (all episodes)

100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127| 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148

[kaiowut99]

My Subbed!GX Stream Link Masterpost! (Release Post Links)

Due to a limit in the amount of links I can apparently have in text posts [news to me], I’m creating this post as a supplement to my Subbed!GX Masterpost to allow for folks to look at the release posts for my finalized episodes as I work on them, instead of loading my “my subs” blog tag and having to scroll through things in reverse chronological order.  This should allow you to read any Translation Notes that it’d be worth knowing [also on-screen translations that were done], or lists of Animation Fixes I’ve worked on, just in case you’re curious about any episode release notes, and I’ll be updating this as I finalize the rest of my episodes.

The release posts are linked in [ ]s next to each episode’s title, with the brackets noting if Animation Fixes or Translation Notes (or both) are included.  Episodes where neither apply will still have their release post linked anyway.

As with the main list, to keep the html'd list consistent, season breaks are denoted like this; arc breaks are in italics.

Current Update (5/28/24): Finalized episodes 1-112′s Release Posts now linked, with 110-112′s newly added (having forgotten to add 110′s)

Previous Update (3/11/24): Finalized episodes 1-109′s Release Posts now linked, with 108 and 109′s newly added.

Yugi's Successor  [Animation Fixes]

Flame Wingman  [AFs]

Étoile Cyber  [AFs]

A Quintuple Combination! VWXYZ (V-to-Z)  [Translation Notes/AFs]

The Daemon Deck of Darkness  [AFs]

Winged Kuriboh's Miracle  [AFs]

Shou's Vehicroid Deck  [AFs]

The Strongest! The Cyber End Dragon  [AFs]

A One-Hit Knockout! Flipping the Table  [TNs/AFs]

Judai & Shou! The Tag Duel (Part 1)  [AFs]

Judai & Shou! The Tag Duel (Part 2)  [AFs]

Oxygen + Hydrogen = H2O (Water) Dragon  [TNs/AFs]

Wild Nature's Release! The SAL (Monkey) Duel  [AFs]

Versus Psycho Shocker?!  [AFs]

A Youthful Tennis Duel  [TNs/AFs]

The King Goblin in the Dark Night  [AFs]

Draw! Draw! Draw!  [AFs]

Versus Yugi's Deck (Part 1)  [TNs/AFs]

Versus Yugi's Deck (Part 2)  [AFs]

The "Maiden in Love’s Strong" Deck!  [TNs/AFs]

The Fusion Lock! Judai Versus Misawa (Part 1)  [AFs]

Summon Wildman! Judai Versus Misawa (Part 2)  [AFs]

Burnout! The Moke Moke Duel  [AFs]

A Comeback! Manjoume Thunder  [AFs]

Versus Manjoume Thunder (Part 1) - The Armed Dragon Threat  [TNs/AFs]

Versus Manjoume Thunder (Part 2) - Armed Dragon LV7  [AFs]

Our Extra-Credit Class Is a Duel of Darkness?! (Part 1)  [AFs]

Our Extra-Credit Class Is a Duel of Darkness?! (Part 2)  [AFs]

Versus Darkness (Part 1) - The Red-Eyes Black Dragon’s Challenge [AFs]

Versus Darkness (Part 2) - The Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon’s Attack [TNs/AFs]

Chronos Versus Camula the Vampire  [AFs]

The Kaiser Versus Camula - The Phantasm Gate Activates!  [AFs]

Glow! Shining Flare Wingman  [AFs]

A Steamy Adventure! The Blue-Eyes White Dragon  [AFs]

A Brotherly Bond! Ojama Delta Hurricane  [AFs]

Misawy Versus the Amazoness! A Marriage Duel  [AFs]

A Hand-to-Hand Duel! The Amazoness Death Arena  [AFs]

An Underwater Duel! The Legendary City of Atlantis  [AFs]

Detective Thunder Versus The Black Scorpion Graverobbers  [AFs]

H•E•R•O Flash!  [AFs]

The Dark Arena Activates! Asuka Versus Titan  [AFs]

The Academy Festival Duel! BlaMagi Girl Crashes the Party  [AFs]

A Second Love Chance for Asuka?!  [AFs]

The Seventh Shadow [Release Post]

VS Amnael! The Elemental Heroes Contained  [TNs/AFs]

An Earth/Water/Fire/Wind Fusion! Elixirer  [TNs/AFs]

Asuka VS Manjoume! Cyber Angel Benten  [AFs]

VS Kagemaru (Part 1) - Two Phantasms  [AFs]

VS Kagemaru (Part 2) - The Three Phantasms Awaken  [AFs]

Hayato VS Chronos! Ayers Rock Sunrise [Release Post]

VS The Kaiser (Part 1) - Power Bond and Cyber End  [TNs/AFs]

VS The Kaiser (Part 2) - Final Fusion  [AFs]

Destiny Begins! The Freshman Ed Phoenix  [AFs]

Thunder VS Mr. Elite! Mecha Ojama King Takes Off  [TNs/AFs]

Enter Tyranno Kenzan, Saurus!  [AFs]

Shou VS the Bug Girl! Insect Princess  [AFs]

The Kaiser VS Ed! A Battle in the Pro League  [AFs]

VS Ed (Part 1) - E-Heroes VS E-Heroes  [AFs]

VS Ed (Part 2) - The D-Heroes of Destiny  [AFs]

Asuka VS Fubuki! The Path to a Sibling Idolatry  [AFs]

Enter Saiou! The Tarot Deck of Destiny  [AFs]

A New E-Hero! Neos [AFs]

Kenzan VS The Curry Fiend! A Spicy Duel  [AFs]

Shou VS Kenzan! A Passionate Duel for Big Bro  [AFs]

Hell Kaiser Ryou! Chimeratech Overdragon  [TNs/AFs]

Judai's First Dream Duel!  [AFs]

VS Ed (Part 1) - A New Power! Aqua Neos  [AFs]

VS Ed (Part 2) - The Fiery Flare Neos  [AFs]

Chronos VS Napoleon! March of the Toy Soldiers  [TNs/AFs]

Asuka VS Manjoume White Thunder!  [AFs]

VS the Game Champ! The Giant Battleship Tetran Takes Off  [TNs/AFs]

Destroy the Deck Destruction [AFs]

Kenzan VS Saiou! It's Dinosaur DNA, Don  [AFs]

Treeborn Frog! Living Toad! Death Frog! [TNs/AFs]

A Field Trip Tag Duel!  [TNs/AFs]

The Ultimate Combo! Rex Union [AFs]

The Four Fearsome Monarchs! Demiurge EMA  [TNs/AFs]

The Mightiest Tag Team! Judai & Ed (Part 1)  [TNs/AFs]

The Mightiest Tag Team! Judai & Ed (Part 2)  [TNs/AFs]

Alice in Despairland  [AFs]

A Quiz Duel?! VS Quizzer Panel 9  [TNs/AFs]

Misawa VS Manjoume - The Assault Cannon Beetle [AFs]

Hell Kaiser Ryou VS Master Samejima [AFs]

The Curtain Rises on GeneX! Aim for Number One! [TNs/AFs]

A Wielder of the God Card The Divine Winged Dragon of Ra?! [AFs]

The Runway of Dueling [TNs/AFs]

Fight, Ojama Trio! (Part 1) [AFs]

Fight, Ojama Trio! (Part 2) [AFs]

The Hell Kaiser VS Darkness Fubuki [AFs]

The Academia’s Pride [AFs/TNs]

The Grim Reaper’s One-Turn Kill [AFs/TNs]

The Triangle Duel [AFs]

A White Night Duel! Judai VS Asuka (Part 1) [Release Post/AFs]

The White Night Dragon! Judai VS Asuka (Part 2) [Release Post/AFs]

A Ruthless Brotherly Duel -- Ryou VS Shou [Release Post/AFs]

The Relativity Field! Judai VS the Genius Doctor [Release Post/AFs]

He Appears! The Mysterious World Champ! [Release Post/AFs]

Activated at Last! The Ultimate D Card [Release Post/AFs]

Judai VS the Terror of the Laser Satellite [Release Post/AFs]

The Ultimate Arcana, The World [Release Post/AFs]

The Finishing Blow, Ed! Bloo-D [Release Post/AFs]

The Pulse of Light VS the Neo-Spacians [Release Post (with TNs)/AFs]

Judai in a Pinch! The Light Barrier Field Magic [Release Post/AFs]

Whither Victory?! Judai VS Saiou [Release Post/AFs]

The New School Year Starts! A Premonition of Turmoil [Release Post/AFs]

Judai and Johan of the Gem Beast Deck [Release Post (with TNs)/AFs]

The Neo-Spacians VS the Gem Beasts [Release Post/AFs]

Professor Cobra's Assassin [Release Post/AFs]

Judai and the Fiery O'Brien [Release Post/AFs]

Tyranno Kenzan and Fossil Dragon Jim [Release Post/AFs]

Manjoume and Amon of the Cloud Deck [Release Post/TNs/AFs]

Thunder VS Eye of the Typhoon [Release Post/TNs/AFs]

Judai VS The Traitorous E-Heroes

A Desperate Situation! The Scarred Heroes

Giese the Spirit Hunter

The Gem Beasts VS Hell Gundog

The Decisive Battle! Judai VS Professor Cobra

The Terror! The King of Poisonous Snakes - Venominon

A Triple Contact Fusion! Magma Neos

A Battle in a Different World! The Gem Beasts VS Harpie Lady

Survival in the Desert! Johan VS The Doodlebug

Crisis in the Duel Academia! The Terror of the Zombie Students

The Rei Rescue Operation! The E-Heroes VS The Fallen Angel Nurse

The Academy Split! A Duel of Hunger

Johan, Jim, and O'Brien VS The Three Masked Knights

Judai VS Manjoume - Dark Sword the Dragon Knight

Martin, Breaker of the Seal

The Gem Beasts VS The Cyber End Dragon

The Threat of the Three Mythic Demons! Judai VS Martin

Rainbow Dragon Awakens

The Great Ace Card Gathering!! Open, Dimensional Portal

A Life-or-Death Duel

Judai VS Scarr, Scout of Dark World

Judai VS Zure, Knight of Dark World

Judai VS Brron, Mad King of Dark World

The Wicked Scripture Activates! Reign, Evil Lord of Dark World

Shou's Decision! "My Proof of Friendship"

Rise of the Supreme King - The Duelists of Death

Dark Fusion! Inferno Wing!!

The First and Probably Last Super Fusion Activation!

The Fearsome Supreme King! A Wandering O'Brien

The Victor is Righteous! The Supreme King VS O'Brien

Volcanic Devil VS The Vilest Evil Hero

Activate! The Ultimate Unsealing Ritual Art

Summon Exodios the Ultimate Sealed Lord!

The Sealed Fusion

A Fated Clash! The Cyber-Style VS The Gem Beasts

The Ultimate Dragon Showdown! Cyber End VS Rainbow Dark

Clash of the Demons! The Mythic Demons VS Exodia

Summon "Yubel!"

Neos VS The Advanced Gem Beasts

Super Fusion Activates! Rainbow Neos

Clash of the Chosen Cards! The Elemental Heroes VS Yubel

The Revived Supreme King Judai!

Rainbow Neos VS Yubel's Ultimate Form

Judai Returns! A Brand-New Journey

A Looming Threat! The Mysterious Visitor

Farewell, Duel Academia! Judai's Chosen Path

The Truth About Darkness! Judai VS Fubuki

Fusing Souls! Neos VS The Five-God Dragon

Shall We Duel? An Invitation to the Pair Duel

Judai VS Asuka! A Hidden-Affection Face-Down Card

A Challenge from the Psycho Shocker

The Inherited Cyber Dark Dragon

Go For It, Manjoume! The Path of a Pro Duelist!

The Armed Dragons VS Dragoon D-End

A Duel of Gratitude! Chronos VS The Original Dropout Boy

Start of the Graduation Duels! Neos VS Horus the Black Flame Dragon

The Price of Discretion! The Darkness in O'Brien's Flames

The Return of Saiou! The "Absolute Power of Fate" Activates!!

The Fall of Destiny! Magma Neos VS The Dark Ruler

Crisis at the Duel Academia! The Obstructive Gem Beasts

The Invasion of Darkness! Stolen Memories

"Clear World" Activates! The Fearsome Negative Effects

A Battle Royal! Judai VS Johan VS Fujiwara

Rainbow Neos, Champion of Bonds VS Clear Vicious Knight

A Fearsome Combo! "Zero and Infinity"

One Last Hope! Judai Yuki

Goodbye, Judai! A Tearful Graduation Ceremony

The True Graduation Duel! Judai VS The Legendary Duelist (FIN)

[seasaltmemories]

Dennis’ Connection to Zarc: Arc V Character Analysis

So this may or may not be a little series I do.  While I have no hard plans, I’d enjoy going through the cast in whatever order I choose and talking about whatever aspect of the character I feel compelled to tackle at the moment in a very personal and subjective matter.  As a result if this is well-received and/or I find myself interested in continuing this I might share my thoughts on other characters in the future.

Due to @skittymon’s encouragement on this post and the fact it’s been about a year or so since episode 114, I think I’ll dive into what really stood out about Dennis’ character to me.

While I love the non-counterpart cast of Arc V to bits, I feel like Dennis is the prime example for why I believe that Arc V wasn’t really about the counterparts themselves.  Starting with the public reveal of his connection to Academia in season 2, every time he appeared I was left with this sense of  “this changes things”  His arc really builds on the themes and message of Arc V while giving a weight to different aspects of the plot.

Starting with episode 74-75 was really the first time I really thought deeply about Dennis as a character.  That’s not to say his earlier appearances are bad (I love his duel against Gongenzaka) but it introduces a very human element to Academia: reluctance.  He’s not like Yuri, the Obelisk Force, or Sora (from what we had seen so far) who deeply believe in Academia’s goals and enjoys fighting for the cause, but he’s not like Serena, someone who can turn his back on it so easily.  It’s just his job, one that he continues on doing despite the regrets it leaves him with.  Still this doesn’t excuse the harm he’s caused.  Even though he prefers to entertain as opposed to battle, there’s no erasing the fact he started a war.

Drifting into the hypothetical a bit, but this is why the only ship that I personally wish was canon is Janushipping.  Not even in a romantic context, just that they had explicitly known each other.  In the flashback we’re shown, he is on enough good terms with Ruri that waving to her as they pass by is not unusual.  Now this doesn’t signal a deep friendship or anything, but if there had been just a smidge more focus on it or at least an acknowledgment of it by Ruri, I feel it could have added a different type of pathos to the Heartland Invasion.  Seeing your home burn to the ground is very traumatic and horrifying, but it is an alien concept to most ppl and hard to empathize with.  Being able to add a human face to it through Dennis’ betrayal of Ruri adds a dimension (lol) that is much easier to relate to.  It would also give a bit more weight to Ruri as a person by showing her outside the role of Shun’s sister and Yuto’s friend/crush, but I digress.

By the time 112-114 roll around, it’s pretty easy to ignore this past revelation as Dennis acts the part of heartless soldier pretty well.  It’s only at the end of 114 do we see a continuation of this conflict.  By now he’s decided that he doesn’t want to continue and support Academia, but at the same time he feels he doesn’t doesn’t deserve redemption.  Yusho himself offers forgiveness to him with no strings attached, but the conflict between who he is and what he’s done drives him to card himself.  It’s one of the most somber moments of the series and deserving so bc we just watched a young teen commit the equivalent of suicide.  While by now we know he can return and we see this happen on-screen, there’s still the fact that Dennis thought the best fate for himself was to not exist.

Tying this in with other events, it really gives a weight again to redemption, something I think Arc V tried to do.  Winning people over to Yuya’s ideology in one duel wasn’t really done until season 3, when the show presents him as his most developed.  Before, the only person who switches so easily is Serena who unlike almost any other Academia soldier was not aware of the level of violence being done.  Sora took nearly half of season 2 before he declared himself as defecting from Academia and initially he was very much against doing more than making sure his loved ones (Yuzu and Yuya) were safe.  In season 3 the mass defecting of Academia forces can feel odd after such slow processes but in-between it all we’re smacked in the face with a character who feels redemption isn’t possible.  It’s a harsh reminder that comes very unexpectedly and also goes to differentiate the three ‘redeemed’ members of the “Fusion quartet”  as this post by @x-ali-chan-x nicely summarizes 

Next this also reminds the viewer that these are child soldiers.  In a fantastical series such as Yugioh the horror of this is nowhere near the level of reality, but it’s still hurts.  As many victims he’s hurt, Dennis is a victim himself, and it’s very hard to ignore that act when faced with these actions.  On another note it almost mirrors Zarc’s fall before he even learn his existence.  To declare either as blameless is to outright ignore the show, but outside circumstances are both a key factor.  If left to their own devices, both would probably prefer to simply entertain ppl. Even if the damage of their actions outweighs any sympathy in your eyes, that doesn’t take away the tragic elements to their struggle.

Interestingly enough, exactly 30 episodes later is when we get a resolution to Dennis’ arc.  To understand the impact of this, context is required.  The fanon around Dennis’ character was largely composed of angst and hurt with the only sign of recovery being shown as happen years in post-canon  I say this as someone who was writing fanfic like that bc the fact 144 is so optimistic hit everyone out of right field.   Not only was it positive, but it felt right, better than any conclusion others had proposed.  I remember discussing with a friend how the idea of him becoming a teacher and sort of finding his redemption in the next generation was something that had never occurred to her yet it was perfect.

Personally 144 is one of the reason I will never discount the “make Reira smile” arc as pointless.  To me the duel between Yuya and Dennis shows the best of entertainment dueling in several subtle ways.  At the beginning Dennis is falling into some old habits, painting himself as a villain for Yuya to defeat and make everything better with.  Though his self-carding is never outright mentioned its memory is hard to ignore as he still views himself as unworthy of being “good.”  Then Yuya flips the script and reaches out to him.  The duel becomes less about vanquishing a foe and more about understanding someone else to build a bigger and brighter future than before.  In a way this prepares the audience again for how Yuya will handle Zarc.  The way Yuya overcomes Zarc’s shadow is by trying to understand him and instead of damning him showing how better alternatives exist.

So again when I see the statement that the counterparts were the star of the show, I have to disagree.  Even if some of what I pointed out was more coincidence as opposed to intentional actions on the creator’s part, I feel you can’t argue that Dennis’ role in the story wasn’t meant to have importance to the overall narrative.  And for the most part I think many agree.  Despite supporting character I have only seen one person express dislike for him.  Usually the coldest reaction I see is indifference or neutrality, and that is overshadowed by the love I see showered on him.  His impact sticks in a way I think the character himself would be proud to see.

[ice8859]

Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Episode 112 Englsih Dubbed Link

Swing Into Action!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x64p9jb

[whiteclericmaris]

Day 9: Runner Up Quote

Not the right scene but these two in Arc-V episode 112

“Forgiveness is one true method to ending conflict”. - Yuya

“Of course there are things that can’t be forgiven. And it will be enormously painful for those who have to move on.” - Yuto

“But still being courageous and forgiving is what will open the path to the future. In order to make a peaceful future where everyone can smile.”

They were telling this to the Resistance Base about accepting Academia’s help.

[darkzorua100]

Well now that I finally have time to talk about this mess, I will. Honestly, I have no idea what ARC-V is trying to do anymore but I can say this at least: 7/8 of the counterparts are dead apparently -_-  Well we don’t know that for sure but I’ll get to that later.

143: This whole Zarc thing has really become way more complicated than it needed it be. I know the show has been sitting it up since the moment that Reira has been introduce that he was an empty shell but they really didn’t have to make him into a Zarc jail. If anything, they just left so many unanswered question with this if Reira is still a baby by the end of the show. Since he has Zarc inside of him, he is either going to grow up into Yuri 2.0 or if he doesn’t, Zarc is still going to possess him and we are going have to deal with this whole bullcrap for a third time around *long sigh*

So this episode has turned into a Yuya vs Gongenzaka showdown and I don’t know how to feel about this. I don’t think Gongenzaka has Synchros anymore so I’m interested on seeing how he’s going to duel with what I guess more Pendulums instead but I don’t think it is going to be as good as their last duel. Oh and speaking of the Extra Deck, does Yuya still have one? Yeah, this whole reset is just so confusing, I’m not even going to try and figure it out until the show ends.

I also wonder if Zarc is going to speak this episode with a title like that. Flashback maybe but I also think we could see his darkness instead of Reira or maybe Yuya can still feel him since they are the same person technically (which, again, how is Yuya even alive at the moment?)

144: Oh yay...Heartland...and more bullsh*t apparently. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to see Dennis again. I love his character and seeing him duel against Yuya sound awesome but I still have bad memories of the Heartland arc aka absolute bullsh*t at the end of 112 and I’m afraid they are going to pull another one of those. I know for a fact that is what is going to happen and that just annoys me to no end but if someone just attacked my town, carded me, and return to find it in ruins, I would not be on board of the whole “egao” crap Yuya and Dennis are going to try and do. I would want payback honestly but that is just me. 

I am wondering though why Yuya is looking for Shun though. I also want to know if anyone else is with him. I hope not just because I know they are going to be useless.

145: Not going to lie, when I first read this, I seriously was like “are we seriously playing the blame card now?” Yes, because this ins’t going to come back and bite you in a few episode coughJudaicoughsupremekingcough. Shun, you are a literal idiot right now. Yes, I can understand him being angry and not thinking straight in his grief but his logic to this whole thing is just amazing. He is angry at Yuya because he’s Zarc. Shun, with that logic, you should also hate Yuto right now but no, he doesn’t. 

Also, this basically confirms that Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri aren’t in their dimensions and neither are the Bracelet Girls. I’m honestly trying my hardest to figure this whole mess out but the way I see it, since Yuya was Zarc’s host in body, he was able to still be around when the dimensions split again with Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri still inside him somewhere (who knows, they might pull another manga moment on us and have them switch out during these duels (Yuto vs Shun? Yuri vs Dennis? I don’t know) and since Reira seemed to kick Ray out when he took Zarc in, I’m sure she’s around here somewhere, maybe in the Fusion Dimension since that is where Leo is, maybe with no memory either so she’s going to be so confused if people start yelling at her to return the girls XD Maybe a Yuya vs Ray match in the future? Again, I don’t know what ARC-V is doing anymore. Though if Shun actually physically beating the ever loving crap out of Leo, I will laugh so hard (have fun with that one 4Kids).

Overall, how do I feel about this? I’m curious to see where this is going in such a short time span but do I think it is going to work out good and make sense? Nope, not at all.

[yuyas-awesome-hippos]

Ok this just looks cool 

[useyourrwords]

Month in Review // The Month From Hell – March

This month has given me more breakdowns than I can count.

So maybe it’s not the single worst month I’ve ever lived but honestly, it’s pretty high up there!

Between a car accident, still going through the mess of changing names, pain, oh so much fucking pain, a new doctor who doesn’t know how to help me, and an altercation I wish to just forget, I’m just about ready to hide under my blankets and never leave my room.

Unfortunately, that’s not an option and so I am sitting at me desk at work writing this instead.

If you would like to buy any of the following books please consider using my Book Depository Affliate link!

         Month’s TBR

│The Dream Thieves││

│Skylarks││

│The Surface Breaks││

│The Female of the Species│││

│Sharp Objects││

│Blue Lily, Lily Blue││

│Truly Devious││

│Khutulun│tatterhood│Agnodice│Te Puea Herangi│Moremi Ajasoro│Sybil Ludington��Kurmanjan Datka│Andamana│Mary Seacole│Florence Nightingale│Gráinne “Grace O’Malley” Ni Mháille│Rejected Princesses││

│Empress Xi Ling Shi│Hatsheput│Agnodice│Trung Trӑc & Trung Nhi│Fatima Al-Fihri│Bygone Badass Broads││

     Read

│The Surface Breaks│Lousie O’Neill│││││★★★★│Read Mar 13│

This book was so unapologetically feminist, I loved it.

│The Dream Thieves│The Raven Cycle #2│Maggie Stiefvater│││││★★★★★│Read Mar 25│

I think I jumped into this book too quickly after finishing the first so it took me a while to get through it but I got there eventually.

│Truly Devious│Truly Devious #1│Maureen Johnson│││││DNF Mar 22│

I don’t think fiction audiobooks are for me! at least not ones I haven’t already read. I’m switching to Non-Fic/memoirs and I’ll try rereading a fave eventually to see how I go with that.

│I’ve Got This Round│Mamrie hart││││

After realising ficiton audiobooks weren’t for me I needed a win so I returned Truly Devious for this because i love Mamrie and there’s no way I wouldn’t love this. I was right.

│Skylarks│Karen Gregory│││││

I’ve just been super invested in this one. I don’t know if it’s because i wasn’t reading it regularly since I normally read ARCs while I’m exercising…and I’ve not been exercising like at all this month. I don’t know. I’ll give it another go next month if I have time but otherwise it’ll probably be pushed back to May.

│Rad Girls Can│Kate Schatz│││││

I switched to this ARC since it’s only 112 pages and I figured SURELY I can finish this before the month is up. Nope. So April it is!

│Khutulun│tatterhood│Agnodice│Te Puea Herangi│Moremi Ajasoro│Sybil Ludington│Kurmanjan Datka│Andamana│Mary Seacole│Florence Nightingale│Gráinne “Grace O’Malley” Ni Mháille│Rejected Princesses│Jason Porath│││││

│Empress Xi Ling Shi│Hatsheput│Agnodice│Trung Trӑc & Trung Nhi│Fatima Al-Fihri│Bygone Badass Broads│Mackenzi Lee│││││

I didn’t do much but at least I got my entries read for both of these!

Book of the Month

│The Female of the Species│Mindy McGinnis││││││★★★★★│Read Mar 31│

Once I realised just how little I read this month and made myself power through this one and omg it was soooo good and worth it. I needed this book this month.

│Average Rating: 4.5★’s│ 5│

Structured TBR Pass or Fail?

│Must Read:  3/5│ 0/1│ 0/0│ 2/2│ 3/3│ 10/10│ 5/5│

│Allowances:  1/1│ 1/1│ 0/0│ 0/0│ 0/1│

Clearly this was a terrible reading month. I got hardly any reading done. I started off relatively strong but then I stopped exercising (for reasons I’ll go into further later in this post) so that was less time spent reading. And then I spent far more time watching TV when I should have been reading because Depression. And the audiobook wasn’t really working out for me so I didn’t get that read either. FUN.

     Haul

│Barbed Wire Heart│Tess Sharpe│││

I loved Far From You so when I saw this was available on Netgalley I knew I needed it! And it wasn’t even a request, just one you could immediately download and my international blogger heart is v. v. thankful.

│Vicious│Villains #1│V.E. Schwab││

│Vengeful│Villains #1│V.E. Schwab│││

If you’ve been paying attention to my hauls sections you’re probably thinking “doesn’t Grey already have both of these books and the answer to that is yes absolutely but listen.

I have the paperback copy of Vicious in the old cover art because i bought it years ago…Well my mum bought it for me years ago but same same.

Then it was announced that with the long-awaited release of Vengeful we’d get all new cover art so I knew I’d be re-buying the first no matter what.

And then the collector’s edition came out for Vicious.

So I bought that and then Book Depository listed the hardback for Vengeful as a collector’s edition and so I ordered that as a birthday present to myself.

Only I don’t actually think it is a collector’s edition because it doesn’t say so on the cover or anything but oh well.

So I finally have both books with new covers only I don’t want to read them because if I do, I’ll want to annotate them and I don’t annotate collector’s edition as a rule for myself.

So I had to buy the paperbacks. I just had to. My hands were tied. Did I really have the money to? No, but I’ve had a hard month so fuck it.

Past Grey Reads

 Book Review // Girl Made of Stars – I Am Broken

 Grey Reads // Everything’s On Fire and I Couldn’t Be Happier – Girls of Paper and Fire

 Grey Reads // Bloody Moors & Candy Castles – The Wayward Children 2 & 3

       Film & TV

Honestly I barely remember what I did actually watch.

Month’s TBW

│The Bold Type│Season 2││

│Brooklyn Nine-Nine│Season 6││

│RuPaul’s Drag Race│Season 11││

│I Am The Night│Season 1││

│The Umbrella Academy│Season 1││

│Russian Doll│Season 1││

│Sex Education│Season 1││

     Watched

│The Bold Type│Season 2││2017│ Sarah Watson│ Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy│★★★★★│

This show is so fucking good, I’m not not so patiently waiting for the third season to come out next month!

│Brooklyn Nine-Nine│Season 6││2013│ Daniel J. Goor, Michael Schur│ Andre Braugher, Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz│Watching weekly episodes│★★★★★│

The episode with the murder in the apartment and the making stupid promises to the mum and Jake slowly going crazy and Rosa with a different hair style every scene??? Iconic!

│RuPaul’s Drag Race│Season 11││2009│ RuPaul│RuPaul, Michelle Visage│Watching weekly episodes│★★★★★│

Between Miss Vanjie being the narrator of the season (and maybe my fave of all time), her hoemance with Brooke Lyn Heights, Yvie’s take no shit, own your shit attitude and Plastique’s fish???? I am in love with this season.

I could do without Silky’s obnoxious everything and R. Kelly style Untucked breakdowns but whatever.

│Russian Doll│Season 1││2019│  Leslye Headland, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler│ Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Greta Lee│★★★★★│

I am in love with Russian Doll and everything about it. It’s short, it’s smart, it’s quality TV and it’s fucking funny.

│Sex Education│Season 1││2019│ Laurie Nunn│ Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey│★★★★★│

This show is stupid funny but it’s also super intelligent and important. This is such a good show for teens to have easy access to and I can’t wait for the new season.

│Queer Eye│Season 3││2018│ Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France │★★★★★│

This season had me crying my eyes out and I loved every second of it.

But my favourite moment is when Jody, on the first episode, comes out for the big reveal and the guys all lose their fucking minds! Especially Karamo’s and Antoni’s reactions. They were absolutely fucking gold.

│Game of Thrones│Season 1││2011│ David Benioff, D.B. Weiss│ Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington│★★★★│

I mean, yes I am well aware of the problems Game of Thrones have and I am trash for it anyway. Is it as amazing as I initially thought?? Not at all but I’m in too deep now I can’t just not watch the final season.

So here I am re-watching the entire show with my mum to drag it out just a little longer and hopefully by the time we’re all caught up the final season, in it’s entirety, will be well and truly out.

I just have to try and avoid spoilers until then…which should actually be very easy because of something I’ll announce in my Month Ahead post.

Me after this month.

     Music

│YUNGBLUD│11 Minutes + Halsey│Loner│Falling Skies + Charlotte Lawrence│

│Dodie│Burned Out│

│Troye Sivan + Lauv│i’m so tired…│

│Noah Cyrus│Sadness│Good Cry│

│Julia Michaels│Anxiety + Selena Gomez│Happy│

│Steve Aoki│Waste It on Me + BTS│

Past Grey Watches

 Grey Watches // I Hate It So Much I Love It – A Christmas Prince

 Grey Watches // It Has To Be A Shit Show – A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding

 Grey Watches // I Wanna Bone Jude Law and Kate Winslet – The Holiday

Use Your Words Highlights

 Grey Reads // Bloody Moors & Candy Castles – The Wayward Children 2 & 3

 Top Ten Tuesday // Audible and Overdrive Are My Lords & Saviors – My Audiobook TBR

     Blogosphere Highlights

│Laura @ The Book Corps│#UNSOLVEDATHON: A BUZZFEED UNSOLVED READATHON — ANNOUNCEMENT AND SIGN UP!│#UNSOLVEDATHON BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS!│

│Elise @ The Bookish Actress│Why I’m Not Honestly That Excited for Game of Thrones: Season Eight│Eighteen Things I’ve Learned In My First Eighteen Years│

│Krystin @ Here’s The Fucking Twist│True Crime Tuesday: The Moors Murders│

│Jamieson @ Jamishelves│IF YOU LIKE THIS BOOK YOU’LL LIKE THIS TV SHOW !│

│Vicky @ Vicky Who Reads│Stressed About College? These Book Recs Are For You!│

│Ellyn @ Allonsythornraxxbooks│5 TIPS ON ANNOTATING YOUR BOOKS!│

│Marie @ Drizzle & Hurricane Books│10 YA BOOKS DEALING WITH ANXIETY│

│Avery @ Red Rocket Panda│DOWN THE TBR HOLE | USING THE #KONMARIE METHOD FOR MY PHYSICAL SHELVES│

│Fadwa @ Word Wonders│#DIVERSEBOOKBLOGGERSDISCUSS: THE FANTASY OF HISTORICAL ROMANCE│(SOME) BOOK BLOGGING PRESSURES & HOW TO FIGHT THEM│WORD WONDERS’ TBR EXPANSION: BOOKS WITH EAST AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN MAIN CHARACTERS│MY PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS – OR HOW TO BE A MASTER ORGANIZER!│

│Aurora @ Aurora Librialis│5 Book Quotes for International Women’s Day│

│Swetlana @ The Caffeinated Bookworm Life│6 Reasons To Watch On My Block│

│Qui @ The Black Lit Queen│Diversity vs. Representation|BLQ Quick Guide│

│Madeline @ Caffeine & Writing Dreams│How to Write Scenes that Balance Plot & Character // Scene and Sequel Sequences│

Past Month In Review

 Month in Review // Christmas is Over Thank Fuck – December

 January in Review // I Cried, Laughed, Ate Pasta, Celebrated My Birthday & Completed TWO Read-A-Thons/Challenges

 Month in Review // I FINALLY CHANGED MY NAME – February

Month’s Goals

 Get my mental health plan

 Book a therapy session I have to wait until April ahhhhhhhh

 Get a massage from mum —I just always forget okay

 Try and take a mental health day

 Try and take a mental health day later in the month

 Keep my shit together —HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA

 Start journaling —I will get to this eventually…

 Quit soft drink 

 Start floor exercises—I keep adding this and never get around to it. —I couldn’t even go for my walks for most of the month so…

 Try and read 5 books —I can’t even say I tried. 

 Don’t waste all my time on The Sims 

 Go to Writers Week

Considering how shit this month was I count 7/12 goals reached a fucking accomplishment!

My Nightmare Month

So it started well enough. I went to Writers Week on two different days and thoroughly enjoyed myself! but then i got into a car accident on the way to my third day.

Which was stressful and anxiety inducing. It’s been a nightmare to work through all the aftermath. I didn’t know if the accident would be covered by insurance or if I would even hear from the person who hit me. And then when I did get the good news of being covered I basically had to micromanage the insurance company because they did everything slow and I couldn’t afford slow. So that was loads of phone calls which is something that causes me anxiety so YAY.

It’s mostly all sorted out. I still need to take my plates in and get a refund on my rego which I tried to do a couple days ago and got frustrated so that’s a task for another day.

     I did get to go to the Fringe Festival and see Daniel Sloss’s new comedy special which was absolutely brilliant! He talked about rape culture and really put the onus on men and how they need to work and go out of their way to think critically of themselves and society and what they can do to dismantle rape culture. I laughed and sobbed. My mum nearly pissed herself laughing and it was a great night out with to die for Sri-Lankan food hot buttered squid will blow your fucking mind! and I discovered that I like to drink Pimms.

     Throughout the month I’ve still been sorting out my name change because that is a long and drawn out process of changing my name everywhere and hitting road blocks constantly has be incredibly frustrating but I’m nearly finished!

I have also been doing all of this while in incredible pain because chronic illness.

My March mood

     Basically my feet have been very painful, I knew the solution, doctor refused me, mum took me to a doctor who knows our history and I got the solution so I can actually start walking regularly again which will help my mental health loads.

My mum also took me to replace all of my shoes which was both expensive and needed so I have the best shoes for walking and working and running around doing errands and going out!

I was ready to end the month on a positive. Sure the start had rattled me a lot, and I was big depressed because of pain for most of it but I did have a few great experiences and I’d resolved almost all the long running issues.

     And then while I was waiting for mum to finish work a couple of days ago, I sat and read in the foodcourt.

A man approached me and invaded my personal space and stared at me, knowing it would make me uncomfortable, so uncomfortable that it distracted me from the fact he was trying to steal my purse.

Thankfully I noticed at the last minute and grabbed it back because I would have been a fucking mess if I had gone to all the trouble replacing everything in my purse with my new name on it, only to have to do it all over again because someone stole my it all.

The man walked off but I would be lying if I said it didn’t terrify me. The way he stared at me was so unnerving and I don’t handle people being in my personal space…like at all. Even people I know and trust have to always ask permission first. I don’t let men I know in my personal space at all because I know what men are capable of. But to have a man I don’t know get in my face with the purpose to make me uncomfortable, especially after the month I’ve had, was enough for me to completely come undone.

I’m thankful for the cleaner for checking up on me, even though I burst into tears, and I’m thankful for the girl who approached me after as well to try and be supportive.

She had fire in her eyes and in that moment I had wished that that was what I looked like instead of the girl I was, not being able to hold back tears and trying to keep calm in the middle of an anxiety attack.

More than anything, I’m thankful for my mum for being so supportive and understanding and being exactly what I needed her to be and for calling out the men who made things worse, while trying to help, when I didn’t have the strength to.

I’ve argued with myself on whether to share this and maybe I might delete it all before it gets published, but I think it’s important for women to share their experiences with how men have preyed upon them, whether sexually or not, and how men continue to use their power to get what they want from us, regardless of the negative impact it has on us.

I just—girls, women, know that if something like this happens to you, if something worse happens to you, it’s not your fault, it’s never your fault. The way you react to it is right because it’s your experience and your emotions. I’m trying to remind myself of that. 

And men, know that if you’re not actively trying to stop this shit from happening, aren’t pulling your friends up for those gross comments they make, then you’re part of the fucking problem. I don’t want to hear that you personally would never do this. That shit isn’t enough. It’s never been enough. This all lies at your feet and fuck you for helping to hold up a society that makes us think any of it is our own fault.

And if something like this happens to a girl or woman you know then ask her what she needs, ask her the best way for you to help. Because nine times out of ten the way you react naturally is going to be the complete fucking opposite of what she needs and you might make things worse. And that’s on you, not her.

Past Month Ahead

 Month Ahead // Happy Birthday To Me + Hiatus Announcement – January

 February Ahead // I’m Finally Going To Read The Raven Cycle Series & It’s Black History Month + A Great Resource for Education!!!!!

 Month Ahead // Writers Week, Comedy & Too Much To Do – March

Thank fuck March is over.

What did you do this month? What did you read? What did you watch? What posts did you write that you’re super proud of?

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That’s sweet Yugo but Yuzu really doesn’t need protection.

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Yuya’s such a good guy. Honestly Yuya has the right to be mad at Edo but he just looks on the bright side that he knows that Yusho is alive and that’s good enough for him. Yuya knows that Edo wasn’t in the best mental state and lets begones be begones since Edo really does feel bad now.