#asami oikawa

[the-monkey-ruler]

Saiyūki (2006) 西游记

Director: Kamasaku Sawada / Gake Narita / Hiroshima Kato Screenwriter: Yuji Sakamoto Starring: Shingo Katori / Teruyoshi Uchimura / Hiroki Narimiya / Yumiko Ai / Atsushi Ito / Eri Fukatsu / Asami Mizukawa / Koji Okura / Takuya Kimura / Mitsuhiro Oikawa / Wakana Sakai Genre: Drama Country/Region of Production: Japan Language: Japanese Date: 2006-01-09 (Japan) Number of episodes: 11 Also known as: Journey to the West / 西遊記 IMDb: tt0805320 Type: Retelling

Summary:

SMAP's Katori Shingo will star in Fuji's signature TV series "Journey to the West" on September 9 (Monday at 9 p.m.), playing the well-known character Sun Wukong. This will be Katori Shingo's first break since "Super Dad" in 2002. Starring again in the 9th drama in 4 years. "Journey to the West" is a Chinese classic and is also very popular in Japan. It has been remade into Japanese dramas many times, with Masahiro Motoki, Touaki Karasawa and others playing the role of Sun Wukong. This new Journey to the West is the first Japanese TV series of Journey to the West since the 21st century. It is scheduled to be broadcast from January next year. The other main characters have not yet been determined. Among them, the role of Tang Sanzang is highly regarded. Pay attention, because actresses have been invited to star many times before, such as Rie Miyazawa, Riho Makise and others.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiy%C5%ABki_(TV_series)

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf1J5oQI8mI

[olderthannetfic]

Just like a small question based on that one ask, but... might the lack of brown/black men in popular M/M ships have to do with people trying really hard not to be racist so they just... never feature black/brown men? Because I know several F/F ships with brown/black women, but I can't remember a single M/M or even M/F with a black/brown male love interest... well, maybe Link/Gan or Zelda/Gan? But besides that one... nothing rings a notable bell.

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There are more than that, anon, even if there aren't a lot.

If we're talking about AO3, Link/Gan has 785 works. Finnpoe has 8,636. Sam/Bucky has 10,591. Do you just not watch live action media?

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Part of it is "I don't know. I just don't find them hot for some reason..."-style racism. That can shift with time and exposure but there's no instant fix even if someone is interested in changing their own tastes.

Part of it is being instantly screamed at and held to higher standards. (And yes, no matter how much people want to whine and say this isn't true, it is true, and anyone who goes ahead and writes despite the haters will tell you so.)

Part of it is fear of messing up above and beyond fear of reactions. Personally, I think this is toxic white guilt-flavor time-wasting and it's better to try and fail than not try, but it's a massive factor in what some people choose to write.

A lot of it is simply the composition of the mega-franchises that tend to generate the ships with bajillions of works. If we're looking at AO3 circles, the biggest f/f ships are not that big. If you look at m/m ships of the same size, there are some with some guy who is not white and not a pale-skinned Asian.

Here's the AO3 f/f tag where you can directly see what's big in the sidebar.

Kara Danvers/Lena Luthor (20389)

Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Emma Swan (15516)

Original Female Character(s)/Original Female Character(s) (14062)

Clarke Griffin/Lexa (12661)

Minor or Background Relationship(s) (11492)

Adora/Catra (She-Ra) (10855)

Amity Blight/Luz Noceda (9751)

Sirius Black/Remus Lupin (7913)

Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long (7205)

Korra/Asami Sato (6866)

If we exclude nonspecific tags and misplaced dudes, we add:

Alex Danvers/Maggie Sawyer (6127)

Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler (6120)

Waverly Earp/Nicole Haught (5738)

Luz Noceda and Korra have darker skin. Lana Parrilla is Latina, but is Regina Mills? This isn't exactly some paradise for the diversity you're talking about.

Here's the M/M tag:

Castiel/Dean Winchester (107699)

Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski (68231)

Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (65757)

Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter (64761)

James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers (59546)

Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) (48169)

Minor or Background Relationship(s) (47119)

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (43665)

Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson (41631)

Sirius Black/Remus Lupin (40374)

Let's exclude some things and see what we get as we head towards the 5-20k range.

Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku (38445)

Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V (36025)

Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn (35907)

Keith/Lance (Voltron) (31634)

Dean Winchester/Sam Winchester (30488)

Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood (29568)

Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) (28959)

Jeon Jungkook/Park Jimin (28191)

Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter (27775)

Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou (27193)

Well, we've got Lance. (*shudder*) He's one of the most distasteful and useless stock character types in episode one and is the reason I never bothered to touch Voltron again, but his fans are certainly loud enough about him being Latino.

Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov (26087)

Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs) (26058)

Clay | Dream/GeorgeNotFound (Video Blogging RPF) (21900)

Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson (21897)

Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV) (21296)

Original Male Character/Original Male Character (21035)

Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion (20224)

James T. Kirk/Spock (18810)

Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru (18703)

Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin (18147)

Eddie Diaz is Latino.

Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel (17787)

Levi Ackerman/Eren Yeager (16950)

Dan Howell/Phil Lester (16818)

Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier (16229)

Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet (16193)

Harry Potter/Severus Snape (15551)

Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich (15539)

Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki (14990)

Keith/Shiro (Voltron) (14816)

Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio (14780)

We've got the Taika Waititi thirsters in this cohort.

Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier (14413)

Rodney McKay/John Sheppard (14209)

Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto (13135)

Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact) (13016)

Han Jisung | Han/Lee Minho | Lee Know (12962)

Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto (12878)

Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic (12817)

Loki/Thor (Marvel) (12767)

Armitage Hux/Kylo Ren (12391)

Frank Iero/Gerard Way (12146)

Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams (12050)

Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou (12002)

Jung Hoseok | J-Hope/Min Yoongi | Suga (11898)

Jeon Jungkook/Min Yoongi | Suga (11352)

Kim Namjoon | RM/Kim Seokjin | Jin (11101)

Levi Ackerman/Erwin Smith (11088)

Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones (11083)

Loki/Tony Stark (10699)

Enjolras/Grantaire (Les Misérables) (10523)

Kim Taehyung | V/Park Jimin (10415)

Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield (10312)

Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard (10211)

Miya Atsumu/Sakusa Kiyoomi (9950)

Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne (9944)

Lee Donghyuck | Haechan/Mark Lee (9763)

Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington (9686)

Getou Suguru/Gojo Satoru (9625)

Byun Baekhyun/Park Chanyeol (9471)

Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski (9367)

Clint Barton/Phil Coulson (9359)

Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist (9347)

Nico di Angelo/Will Solace (9317)

Roronoa Zoro/Vinsmoke Sanji (9186)

Wang Yi Bo/Xiao Zhan | Sean (8973)

Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg (8785)

Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Takami Keigo | Hawks (8710)

Alhaitham/Kaveh (Genshin Impact) (8657)

Peter Parker/Tony Stark (8607)

Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto (8588)

James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson (8522)

Only here are we finally getting down to the range where a lot of the big f/f ships on AO3 hang out, and here's Sam/Bucky, which is frankly not a small pairing at all unless you only mean in comparison to Stucky.

I'll stop there for m/m since these numbers are getting pretty distorted by me filtering out everything higher up, but you get the idea. Even that wretched Old Guard fandom couldn't completely kill off its ship, though then we get into how you're defining your terms and how much actual skin tone matters.

Here's f/m on AO3:

Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug (32122)

Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy (26417)

Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s) (23498)

Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (23403)

Minor or Background Relationship(s) (18497)

James Potter/Lily Evans Potter (18142)

Kylo Ren/Rey (15915)

James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader (15200)

Pepper Potts/Tony Stark (14547)

Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley (13843)

Bellamy Blake/Clarke Griffin (13551)

Fox Mulder/Dana Scully (13145)

Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak (11318)

Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan (11031)

Castiel/Dean Winchester (10851)

Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth (9236)

Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski (9152)

Annabeth Chase/Percy Jackson (9141)

Other Relationship Tags to Be Added (9108)

Sherlock Holmes/Molly Hooper (9046)

Bellamy Blake's actor is Filipino, isn't he? I remember race wank.

I don't see anything particularly significant until we get further down the listings, but there are definitely smaller fandoms like Leverage where everybody loves and ships the black guy.

I mean, yes, clearly, media does have a bias against darker skin, and the darker the skin, the bigger the bias. This bias may be exacerbated by fandom, but in a lot of cases, it just seems to be replicated at about the same level.

That pattern notwithstanding, it seems like you just haven't heard of a lot of ships.

[imasallstars]

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS UNIT LIVE TOUR ConnecTrip!

Further information regarding the CINDERELLA GIRLS UNIT TOUR live has been revealed! The tour will span a mini live once a month from JANUARY 2024 until JUNE 2024. Each stop will feature three units performing.

The voice actresses participating in this stop are as follows:

ISHIKAWA. 2024.06.16. HONDAMORI HOKUDEN HALL

Hagoromo Komachi [Rika Tachibana (Sae Kobayakawa), Ru Thing (Syuko Shiomi)], Atarayoduki [Masumi Tazawa (Ayame Hamaguchi), Misa Kayama (Tamami Wakiyama), Hiyori Nitta (Karin Domyoji)], Kakuriyogatari [Yuuki Takada (Yoshino Yorita), Chiyo Ousaki (Koume Shirasaka)]

YAMAGATA. 2024.02.03. YAMAGI KENMIN HALL

Dea Aurora [Yuko Iida (Kanade Hayami), Aya Suzaki (Minami Nitta)], Lazy Lazy [Kotomi Aihara (Shiki Ichinose), Asami Takano (Frederica Miyamoto)], Ruby Countess [Maki Kawase (Tsukasa Kiryu), Nanami Yamashita (Yui Ohtsuki), Yui Ninomiya (Makino Yagami)]

IWATE. 2024.03.10. TOSAI CLASSIC HALL

One Steps [Saya Aizawa (Hiromi Seki), Satomi Amano (Hotaru Shiragiku), Karin Takahashi (Nono Morikubo)], Fairy Tale＊My Tale [Minami Tsuda (Miho Kohinata), Minori Suzuki (Hajime Fujiwara)], Sola-iris [Rika Nagae (Hayate Hisakawa), Yuki Nakashima (Yuuki Otokura)]

OSAKA. 2024.04.06. ZEPP OSAKA BAYSIDE

Triad Primus [Ayaka Fukuhara (Rin Shibuya), Eriko Matsui (Nao Kamiya), Mai Fuchigami (Karen Hojo)], Dark Illuminate [Maaya Uchida (Ranko Kanzaki), Shiki Aoki (Asuka Ninomiya)], VelvetRose [Kaoru Sakura (Chitose Kurosaki), Risa Sekiguchi (Chiyo Shirayuki)]

FUKUOKA. 2024.05.19. ZEPP FUKUOKA

Sexy Guilty [Eri Suzuki (Yuko Hori), Azumi Waki (Sanae Katagiri), Yuri Noguchi (Shizuku Oikawa)], Hero Versus [Sayaka Kamitani (Hikaru Nanjo), Yuki Nagano (Reina Koseki)], Beat Shooter [Makoto Koichi (Haru Yuuki), Hana Tamegai (Risa Matoba)]

TOKYO. 2024.06.01. ZEPP DIVERCITY TOKYO

Positive Passion [Sayuri Hara (Mio Honda), Chinatsu Akasaki (Akane Hino), Yuuki Kaneko (Aiko Takamori)], Seiten Tennyo ✦NEW✦ [Ｍ・Ａ・Ｏ (Fumika Sagisawa), Rana Morishita (Kako Takafuji)], #UNICUS [Megu Umezawa (Akari Tsujino), Miyu Tomita (Akira Sunazuka), Seena Hoshiki (Riamu Yumemi)]

[elen-000]

Say “I Love You!” (好きっていいなよ, Suki-tte Ii na yo): Love, Friendship, and Self-Discovery

Say “I Love You!” is a Japanese manga series by Kanae Hazuki that explores the journey of Mei Tachibana and Yamato Kurosawa as they navigate the ups and downs of their relationship. Since its debut in 2008, this touching series has also been adapted into an anime and a live-action film.

Plot Summary: 16-year-old Mei Tachibana has never had a boyfriend and feels isolated. Her life changes dramatically when Yamato Kurosawa, the most popular boy at school, takes an interest in her. What begins as a friendship soon blossoms into a serious relationship, but not without its challenges. The couple faces various crises, including opposition from Mei’s classmate Aiko Muto, who initially disapproves of their relationship. As Mei gains new friends and overcomes personal hurdles, she and Yamato work through their issues and grow together.

Main Characters:

Mei Tachibana (橘 めい): Mei is a kind yet mistrustful girl who, after being falsely accused of an accident, decides to keep others at a distance. Her life changes when she meets Yamato, who helps her open up and trust again.

Yamato Kurosawa (黒沢 大和): A popular and caring student who falls for Mei despite her initial resistance. Yamato’s protective nature and genuine affection for Mei help her confront her insecurities and embrace love.

Asami Oikawa (及川 あさみ): Mei’s classmate with insecurities about her appearance. She admires Yamato for his kindness and eventually finds her own love with Takeshi Nakanishi.

Takeshi Nakanishi (中西 健志): A classmate of Mei and friend of Yamato who later becomes Asami’s boyfriend.

Aiko Muto (武藤 愛子): Aiko is initially jealous of Mei due to her past with Yamato. Her journey involves self-acceptance and ultimately supporting Mei.

Masashi Tachikawa (立川 雅司): Aiko’s supportive boyfriend who accepts her for who she is.

Kakeru Hayakawa (早川 駆流): A former womanizer who learns about respect and love through his interactions with Chiharu, his childhood friend.

Chiharu Ogawa (小川 千晴): Kakeru’s childhood friend who stands by him through thick and thin and harbors feelings for him.

Megumi Kitagawa (北川 めぐみ): An amateur model who initially tries to come between Mei and Yamato but later finds her own path to self-acceptance and friendship.

Kai Takemura (竹村 海): Yamato’s friend who has faced bullying but connects with Mei over shared experiences.

Nagi Kurosawa (黒沢 凪): Yamato’s younger sister who learns to accept Mei as she grows closer to her brother.

Daichi Kurosawa (黒沢 大地): Yamato’s older brother, a hairstylist who dislikes imitation and values individuality.

Miki Arai (新井 美樹): Rumored to be Yamato’s first love, she is persistent in her pursuit but is ultimately rejected.

Mei’s Mother: Concerned for Mei’s well-being, she finds solace in Mei’s relationship with Yamato, seeing how it makes her daughter happy.

Publication: The manga began serialization on February 23, 2008, in Kōdansha’s Dessert magazine. The series concluded in July 2017 and was collected in 18 volumes. It has sold over five million copies as of July 2013. In the U.S., Kodansha Comics began publishing the series in April 2014, and it regularly features in the New York Times Manga Best Seller List. Egmont Manga released the series in German from October 2017 to June 2020.

Adaptations:

Anime: Adapted by Zexcs, the anime aired from October 7 to December 30, 2012, with a 13-episode run. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD, and a limited edition of the manga’s eleventh volume included an additional episode.

Live-Action Film: The manga was also adapted into a live-action film, further expanding its reach.

Dive into Say “I Love You!” for a heartfelt exploration of love, trust, and personal growth!

[kitsune-kita]

୨୧₊♱ TRIN'S FIC RECS

— note: please read the tags and warnings before proceeding as my fic recs contain both sfw and nsfw works.

— HAIKYUU!!

iwaizumi hajime - oikawa tooru

akaashi keiji - bokuto kotaro - konoha akinori

kita shinsuke - miya atsumu - miya osamu - ojiro aran - suna rintaro

sawamura daichi - sugawara koshi ennoshita chikara - nishinoya yu hinata shoyo - kageyama tobio - tsukishima kei - yamaguchi tadashi ukai keishin

kuroo tetsuro - kozume kenma - yaku morisuke

semi eita - ushijima wakatoshi

— LOVE AND DEEPSPACE

rafayel - sylus - xavier - zayne

— ATLA & LOK

azula - katara - sokka - suki - zuko - zutara

asami - bolin - iroh - korra - mako

— DC (MAINLY BATFAM)

barbara gordon - bruce wayne - cassandra cain - damian wayne - dick grayson - duke thomas - jason todd - kate kane - stephanie brown - tim drake

© KITSUNE-KITA - do not repost, translate, plagiarise, or claim any of my works as your own.

[luvymelody]

who/what i write for!

i write female, male and gender neutral reader. i prefer writing female but i can still write male and gn if requested!

i will not write the following: scat, piss kink, feet kink

avatar, the last airbender

sokka, jet, zuko, azula, katara, aang

avatar, legend of korra

korra, mako, bolin, asami

haikyuu!!

karasuno tanaka, sugawara, kageyama, hinata, tsukishima, yamaguchi, nishinoya, daichi, yachi, kiyoko, ukai

nekoma kuroo, kenma, lev

aoba johsai oikawa, iwaizumi, hanamaki, matsukawa, kyotani

date tech aone, futakuchi, koganegawa

fukurodani bokuto, akaashi, konoha

shiratorizawa ushijima, tendou, semi, goshiki, shirabu

inarizaki kita, aran, atsumu, osamu, suna

other sakusa, terushima, daisho

duty after school

kwon ii-ha, wang tae-man, jo jang-soo, kim chi-yeol, do soo-chul, im woo-taek, woo hee-rak, yeon bo-ra, lee na-ra, lee choon-ho

assassination classroom

karma, isogai, sugino, chiba, terasaka, nakamura, maehara, itona, asano, sakakibara

maze runner

minho, thomas, newt, gally

ouran highschool host club

tamaki, kyoya, mori, kaoru, hikaru, haruhi

the disastrous life of saiki k

saiki, kuboyasu, kaidou, teruhashi, saiko, mikoto

across the spider-verse/into the spider-verse

miguel, miles, hobie, peter (mcu)

jujustu kaisen

gojo, geto, nanami, yuta, itadori, megumi, shoko, nobara, choso, toji

all of us are dead

nam on-jo, lee cheong-san, choi nam-ra, lee su-hyeok, han gyeong-su, oh joon-yeong, jang wu-jin, yoon gwi-nam

avatar + avatar, the way of water

neteyam, lo'ak, aonung, jake

boku no hero academia

class 1-a iida, ojirou, kaminari, kirishima, shoji, jirou, yaoyorozu, todoroki, sero, bakugou, midoriya

class 1-b kuroiro, awase, kendo, monoma, tetsutetsu

pro heroes best jeanist, kamui woods, eraserhead, present mic, edgeshot, hawks

other shinsou, hatsume, tamaki, nejire, mirio, shindo

attack on titan

eren, mikasa, armin, hange, levi, erwin, sasha, jean, connie, miche, porco, bertholdt, reiner, annie, nicolo, ymir

one piece (live action)

luffy, zoro, nami, usopp, buggy, sanji

lookism

daniel park, vasco, zack lee, jay hong, jace park, vin jin, eli jang, warren chae, jake kim, eugene, yuseong, dg/james lee, gun park, goo kim, johan seong, samuel seo, taejin cheon, jihan kwak, jichang kwak, gitae kim, xiaolung, seongji yuk

high & low

sword masaki amamiya, hiroto amamiya, cobra, yamato, rocky, koo, murayama, takeshi, p, smoky, hyuga, jesse

the worst fujio, tsukasa, nakagoshi, yasushi, todoroki, shibaman, tsuji, sachio, odajima, shidaken, sawamura shoji, rao, kamui, binzo, yamaguchi, amagai, ryo, sameoka shoji, reiji

harry potter

harry potter, ron weasley, hermione granger, dean thomas, fred weasley, george weasley, draco malfoy, blaise zabini, mattheo riddle, tom riddle, lorenzo berkshire, theodore nott, cedric diggory, victor krum

[historyhermann]

Why "Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story" Is a Must-See Anime

Eve is an underground golfer who competes to support street orphans, using her skills to destroy the spirits of her opponents. One day she meets her match, a Japanese girl who is just as skilled as her... and the match is on!

Reprinted from The Geekiary, my History Hermann WordPress blog, and Wayback Machine. This was the thirty-seventh article I wrote for The Geekiary. This post was originally published on May 14, 2022.

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is sports anime directed by Takayuki Inagaki. It centers on Eve, a girl who golfs illegally to raise money for three orphans, in a European county, Nafres, and the rich Japanese girl who matches her skill and determination to a tee.

As a warning, this recommendation discusses spoilers for the first six episodes of Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story.

Eve and her friend Lily outside of their residence in the slums

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is much more than a common sports anime story. The latter is very popular. Some consider it an "outstanding" subgenre within shonen. Fans cheer for specific teams and become entranced in the plays of their favorite characters.

Eve (voiced by Kito Akari) is a scrappy, spunky teenager. She often works alongside her friend and caddy, Lily Lipmann (voiced by Akira Sekine). Eve uses her masterful golf skills to earn money through underground golf games. She strives to ensure that she, Lily, Klein Clara (voiced by Kinoshita Sayaka), Lily's sister, and Klein's three adopted children can continue living in their hovel in the slums.

This all changes when she meets Aoi Tenwa (voiced by Asami Seto). Aoi is a Japanese girl who likes playing golf for pleasure rather than for money. She is immediately impressed by Eve's golf drives and challenges her to a game. Their talents collide. Eve, nicknamed the "Rainbow Bullet", uses her skills to face off against Aoi, learning the pleasure behind golf itself.

Mafia bosses Catherine, Rose Alleon, and Nicholas, have dynamic personalities. The same is the case for Aoi's caddy and adviser, Amane Shoijo and Rose's right-hand woman, Anri. Aoi's mother, and CEO of Tenwashi Group, has a strong personality as well. The famous underground golfer, Vipère, also known as the "Grim Reaper", and junior golf champion Helene Robert leave a lasting impression.

The series also features characters such as Eve's former golf "master", Leo Millafoden, wanna-be professional caddy at Raijin Girls' Academy, Ichina Saotome, Raijin Girls' Academy adviser Reiya Amuro, and hard-working golfer at Raijin Girls' Academy, Kinue Jinguji. Skilled voice actors such as Shuichi Ikeda, Saki Fujita, Toru Furuya, and Nakahara Mai voiced these characters.

Also appearing in the series is golf ace Mizuho Himekawa, a golfer who works with Mizuho at Nadanan Sports Girls' Academy, Kaede Oikawa, a high-ranked golfer at Kaoran Girls' High School, Kaoruko Iijima, Kaoruko's golfing pair, Kuyou Iseshiba, a skilled golfer at Raijin Girls' Academy, Haruka Misono, an injured golfer named Chris Christie and Aoi's father, Kazuhiko Hodaka. Yukari Tamura, Yuu Kobayashi, M ・ A ・ O, Satomi Arai, and Kiyoko Yonekura voice these characters.

The series theme song, composed and written by Kohmi Hirose, and arranged by Suketo Makusu, is full of energy. It makes you excited about watching each episode. Hirose, on the show's official website, said that she arranged the song with "raw strings" and that she sang it with all her heart, hoping to give "more momentum" to the series.

Unlike other anime, diversity is central to Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story. In fact, a scene in the theme song hints that a Black female golfer, whose character has not been introduced yet, will appear in a future episode.

That is unique because anime and Black characters have a "sketchy past". Even with some amazing Black characters in the past, Black characters are "a little under-represented" in anime.

Although their names and voices are not yet known, Klein reveals, in the show's sixth episode, that her three adopted children, orphans who she took in, will be deported if she, Lily, and Eve are evicted from their home. The complexions of these cute orphans are shades of light to darker brown, implying they could be from countries in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere.

Even though the orphans seem to bond more with Lily, than with Eve, they don't ignore Eve. In fact, in one episode, Eve misses her match with Aoi, due to a late-night match with Vipère (voiced by Kaori Nazuka), a golfer contracted by Mafia boss Nicholas.

The orphans approach her in a childlike way, getting her out of her funk and pushing her to not wallow in her sorrow. This leads her to begin a virtual reality golf game later in the episode.

At the end of the fifth episode, and a major plot point in the sixth episode, is the issue of "urban renewal" and corrupt politicians. The former indicates racial injustices which are part and parcel of the system.

The neighborhood where Eve and her friends live is hinted to be a "dangerous" place, with shootings, corruption, and a presumed thriving black market. Even so, this is portrayed as a cold, hard reality, as part of a system imposed upon them.

There is more than political bribes, assassinations, and a Mafia-backed "redevelopment" plan in Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story. This show's off-the-wall logic and over-the-top melodrama come to the fore with the scheduled demolition of Eve's home. It is the opening salvo of gentrification, necessitating evictions and the destruction of residences. In their place will be a casino and the "necessary" accouterments.

There is debate on whether gentrification is a "process of change" creating conflict between new arrivals to a neighborhood and long-time residents or a process in which an influx of middle-class or wealthy people stream into a poor area of a city, rebuilding and renovating businesses and houses, often displacing the poorer residents. In any case, if the development plan is successful, the slum will be turned, over time, into an "upper-middle-class playground".

Although some episodes of City of Ghosts, an all-aged animated series, talk about gentrification in San Francisco, this anime is different. It smacks you in the face with its focus on inequality, immigration, deportation, and political corruption. This anime makes clear that some, like Mafia bosses, will do anything to get what they want, rigging and manipulating the political system for their benefit.

With Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story, you can't ignore, look away, or push off these themes as something that only exists in a fantasy world. They are something that the characters have to confront. After all, Eve's determination to face Aoi in another match resulted in Catherine (voiced by Umeka Shoji) using underhanded methods to get her into the U15 Women's World Championship.

This led Eve to unknowingly trigger the Mafia-backed slum redevelopment plan. The area, including the hovel where she, Lily, Klein, and Klein's three adopted children, is being demolished, along with other illegal shops, as part of a racially tinged "urban renewal" plan.

This makes her feel guilty and furious with herself, and with Rose (voiced by Toa Yukinari). After training with Vipère, who has become her friend-of-sorts, she sides against Catherine and Rose. She plays on behalf of another Mafia boss, Nicholas, and against Rose, her former mentor.

Future episodes of the series, with a possible 12-episode order, will shine a light on this subject. It is a topic that I've never seen any other anime focus on. It is something that Western animation would shy away from, wanting to be "kid-friendly" and appeal to network executives.

Aoi and Eve together in a virtual reality golf game both in costumes

The official site of Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story declaresthat this is the "first original anime series" which focuses on women's golf. Whether that is the case or not, girls' love, i.e. yuri, is a central component in the story. In fact, Briana Lawrence's article for The Mary Sue, entitled "There’s No Heterosexual Explanation for the Golf Girl Anime" inspired me to start watching this series in the first place!

Whether or not Eve or Aoi are a canon romantic couple, there are clear yuri vibes. This manifests itself in their interactions with one another. Both are excited to face each other in golf games and care about each other on some level.

From the get-go, Aoi is impressed with Eve's golf style, after she sees Helene (voiced by Minami Takahashi) walk away in defeat, complete with "Blue Bullet[s]" and other magical girl-esque golf drives. Eve is amazed at Aoi's developed golf skills. All the while, Amane (voiced by Ami Koshimizu) repeatedly fails in attempts to make Aoi "forget" Eve.

Aoi's mother (voiced by Yuko Kaida) even investigates Eve after Aoi gushes about her when returning to Japan. After it is clear that "Eve Aleon", her "official" name during the U15 Women's World Championship, is not real, she determines her to not be a threat.

She declares that since Eve is an underground golfer with ties to the Mafia, working for a crime syndicate obsessed with golf, she is not a "threat". While this going on, Eve, dressed as a catgirl, meets Aoi in a virtual reality golf game frequented by Japanese players. After Eve apologizes for missing an early morning golf game with Aoi, both play a round of virtual golf together.

Steve Jones, writing for Anime News Network, states that like any other sports anime, the rivalry Eve and Aoi have is romantic, as much as "anything else". This would be the case even if the series implies they are half-sisters like Cassandra and Rapunzel in Tangled.

Jones argued, in another review, that Eve dismisses Vipére's flirtation, declaring that Aoi's name is "already inscribed in her heart". He rightly described this as an example of a "real disaster lesbian hours". He adds that even if these romantic tropes are only a device to add more layers to the story, it "doesn't make it any less gay." I can't agree more!

The series has been received positively by fans on Twitter and elsewhere. Some have shipped Eve and Vipére, noted beautiful female characters, and said the show is amazing, and a masterpiece.

The Eve and Vipére ship has some basis in the show. Both train together for the upcoming match between Eve and her former mentor, Rose. The game, taking place in the next scheduled episode, will decide the fate of her home at a special golf course owned and operated by Catherine, a shrewd Mafia boss.

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is more than "golf yuri" as Jones describes it. Rather the series is energetic, gleefully weird, and almost makes golf something that is cool and fun to watch, even if the sport itself is boring (in my opinion).

Accounts focusing on yuri anime news and anime fans have flocked to the show. Some have stated that the show has a lot of "girl bosses" and is "lesbians playing golf with mafia and explosions". Others love Eve as a character and declared that the anime is full of "hot ladies."

The three yet-to-be-named orphans of Klein are immigrants and will be deported if they are evicted from their home in the slums

You could recognize, as Jones did, that the series takes place in the Madlax cinematic universe. This could imply that the fan servicey yuri drama, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid, and this series, are in the same universe. He argues that the writing of Yousuke Koruda has a lot to the ridiculousness of this anime, making it feel, as Jones put it "so special and stupefying."

All in all, there is no doubt that this anime is much more mature than Western animations, like The Owl House or The Ghost and Molly McGee. It has explosions, death, violence, blood, and all the rest, almost akin to Helluva Boss at some points. Even so, the orphans add a degree of cuteness to the series making you invested in the characters.

In fact, in the sixth episode of Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story, Eve revealed that she has no memories of her past beyond a few years ago. She tells Vipére that she had some sort of special golf abilities, implying that she is a golf supersoldier. This could be hinting that she is a long-forgotten half-sister of Aoi. In any case, human experimentation will likely be a future theme.

Episodes in the rest of this season, and a possible second season, may tackle Eve's often-overconfidence, determination to do anything to beat her friends, and reckless golf playing. Such passionate playing got her involved in some shady dealings. It also resulted in her becoming a walking advertisement for certain products, as she was at the U15 Women's World Championship.

There may be more rigged games too. After all, during the golf tournament, Anri (voiced by Omikawa Chiaki), at the direction of Rose, pointed a laser in Aoi's eye so she would miss the shot. In another episode, Vipère used a poisonous scent to throw Eve off her game. It remains to be seen if Eve escapes the web of Mafia control.

I'm not a big sports person myself and dislike the whole sports culture. Previous sports anime I've watched, like Kandagawa Jet Girls and Tamayomi, were only mildly interesting. Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story is different. I liked it a lot better than I thought I would.

Eve might travel to Japan, meet Aoi, and challenge her to a game. She might continue underground golf games and intense training with Vipére. Her shady, underground dealings may pull in her friends. Again, golf matches will continue to "solve" disputes. Although Eve has put Aoi in the back of her mind as she fights to save her home, they will cross paths again in the future.

Those who work on this series are a talented bunch. The show's director, Takayuki Inagaki, worked on Rosario + Vampire and Chio's School Road. Kuroda, the show's writer, wrote for Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and My Hero Academia. A professional golf coach named Toru Inoue and the Global Golf Media Group worked with the show's staff to make sure it accurately portrays golf games.

If Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story ever gets a dub, Black voice actors may voice some of the orphans and the Black female golfer. This would add to the growing roster of Black voice actors for anime dubs.

The series is currently streaming on Crunchyroll. The next episode, entitled "Aoi-colored Bullet", will air on May 17.

Go watch this anime!

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thanks for the tag!!

azula (atla) - what can I say, she was a victim of abuse that is often overlooked bc of her response to it. she just wants her father's love even tho it'll never come :(

himiko toga (mha) - another traumatized kid turned villain who deserved so much better :(

daki (kny) - you may be noticing a theme here. traumatized kids turned villains who deserved better :(

tohru oikawa (haikyuu!!) - he's just a brat and I love him for it

dazai osamu (bsd) - he's a dork and I love him for it

victor nikiforov (yoi) - he's a dork. he's also a middle-aged queer man so there's that

haruhi fujioka (ohshc) - genderqueer-coded kid!! :)

komi (komi can't communicate) - she's so relatable to me

reki (sk8 the infinity) - literally everything @fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma said

korra (lok) - she's hot. like rly hot. she's also canon sapphic and dating asami

tagging @princessmikaa @ozais-lobotomist @bleekay @chitsangenthusiast @zukkababey @zukkas @just-a-dinomask @formvienthusiast @dickpuncher420 @spkyart

10 characters | 10 fandoms | 10 tags

This is cool, thanks for the tag @transuncletaylor! I think I just talk about my faves right? I know I’m forgetting some but here goes

Sokka (ATLA) : he’s so funny and interesting and his character is So Deep actually! I love a guy with Secret Issues. Must be relatable I guess.

Mako (LOK) : You’re going to start seeing I have a type. Hot, bad boy vibes, seems reckless but has a huge sense of justice actually. Also I LOVE a mysterious and tragic backstory.

Jim Kirk (Star Trek) : I mean the exact same reasons as above pretty much.

Jack Kelly (Newsies) : same hehe. I just love these guys of questionable sexuality who are like a leader of a found family and would do ANYTHING to protect them.

Marius Pontmercy (Les Miserables) : he’s annoying af and doesn’t get the point of anything going on around him but he knows exactly what he stands for. So relatable. His hyperfixation with Napoleon for entirely stupid reasons? Iconic. What a king. Living through a tragedy too? I’m attracted to that angst like flies on shit.

Tommy Shelby (Peaky Blinders) : He’s just badass. The best antihero. He says fuck capitalism and then falls victim to it lol. Also he is a GENIUS and loves to fuck people up to protect his family. Also his trauma is delicious to me ofc.

Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher) : Mysterious hero with pain and a family. So yeah.

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) : I mean pretty much the same as the majority of this list. Tough guy who would die for his captain omfg

Han Solo (Star Wars) : the og baddie, need I say more

Anya Forger (Spy x Family) : listen it creeps ME out too that a little girl is on the list of me, a grown ass man, but she’s SO funny and her cuteness reminds me of like every student I ever had, I can’t help it

ok idk if y’all figured out but I just tag people by typing letters and clicking the first people who show up lol. Anyway if I dont tag you and you wanna do this, go for it. If I tag you and you don’t want to do this, fine.

@ultfreakme @ozais-lobotomist @firenaition @fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma @jovialcloudqueenisnotonfire @kiki-strike @lizardlicks @localgaysian @zukkacore @narrativelysignificantturtleduck

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Say I love you

Mei Tachibana-ISFP

Yamato Kurosawa-ENFJ

Megumi Kitagawa-ESFJ

Asami Oikawa-ENFP

Kenji Nakanishi-ESFP

Aiko Muto-ISTP

Kakeru Hayakawa-ESTP

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We all have scars. From loving someone too deeply. From wanting to protect someone too much.

Tachibana Mei

From-Sukitte Li Na Yo (Say”I love you”)

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FAVORITE ANIME AND MANGA SHIPS pt.11

Kyon e Harui - The Melancholy of Harui Suzumiya

Kenji e Asami - Say I love you

Kai e Megumi - Say I love you

Nishikata e Takagi - Karakai jozu no Takagi-san

Takumi e Ao - Ao-chan can't study

Zapp e Chain - Kekkai Sensen

Steven e Chain - Kekkai Sensen

Leonardo e White - Kekkai Sensen

Access e Fin - Kamikaze kaitou Jeanne

Togyuu e Yuyuka - Hirunaka no ryuusei

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Scent. A Haikyu!! Fanfiction pt.01

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I struggled against an Alpha who was not only stronger and obviously bigger than me, but one that was in his utmost determination to go through the door behind me.

Oikawa’s eyes were almost glazed over, his face flushed to an almost obscene amount.

My heart dropped, and I shifted my gaze behind him to see if anyone was approaching.

Panic only sullied my scent even more, giving it an almost sour touch.

This is not going to work at all, I really need to calm down.

At this point I was sure to be crushed or pushed away soon, the only thing that calmed me down was that the door was made sturdy for situations like these.

A fist slammed onto the door and landed right to my face which made me scream and slide down the door.

Tears pricked my eyes while the door kept rattling due to the Alpha.

This is pathetic. As a beta I should at least be able to get him a bit calmed down, but my own fear was clogging whatever scent should be calming normally.

Before I could hear the steps I found myself drowning in the smell of jasmine and faint vanilla.

My eyelids fluttered and a sigh escaped my lips.

The scent clouded around us thickly and every anxiety fell from me in an instant, my mind was full of calm and relaxing thought almost as if a close person to me held me close.

I hadn’t realised that I closed my eyes and slacked against the door until the scent of Jasmine came closer and made my head snap up.

Akaashi stood in front of me and rubbed his wrists together close to my neck without being too close. The smell engulfed me and I quickly realised he tried to calm me down in his own way.

Normally if it was a betas job to scent mark somebody to calm them down, be it a colleague or a friend they would connect their scent glands on their wrist with the other person's hand or even neck. It was a normalized gesture and typical for a beta to do.

Still, Akaashi seemed to shy away from the thought of touching me, which I was very grateful for.

“Are you okay? Can you stand?”, he asked calmly.

I nodded, afraid my voice would pull something weird and hoisted myself up with the help of the door behind me. Swallowing, I held my hand out as a thanks and motioned that I was really okay.

I rubbed my temples and looked next to me to find Akaashi holding Oikawa's shoulders who slowly staggered away with Kenma who trailed behind them with his vanilla scent focused on the Alpha.

“We’re getting him to the nursery and sending a beta nurse for Mikoto okay?”, Akaashi looked at me in reassurance and I smiled lightly.

I was just happy that the situation was over.

Turning to the door I slowly knocked and waited for an answer.

Mikoto knocked back, probably too strained to say anything.

As there was no impending situation now, I rubbed my wrist on the door to hopefully at least leave a trace of my supposedly calming scent. My nose twitched to check and the door in fact smelled like rosewater.

“Mikoto? I scent marked the door okay? Just focus on that”, I felt something pressing slowly against the door and hoped she leaned against it,” they’re bringing a nurse and Oikawa is doing fine okay?”.

“Okay”, her voice was shrill and high pitched and I felt a sting in my chest.

I should’ve been faster.

At least everything was resolved now I guess. Scratching my head and making my way towards the hall I spotted someone behind the glassdoor to the left at the far end of the hallway.

Starting to jog towards the figure I instinctively started sprinting as I picked up the familiar scent of Agarwood.

Normally the scent was rich and strong, wafting around with an earthy touch, but right now an rotten undertone was overshadowing it.

Stress.

My scent reacted immediately and I caught Iwaizumi’s hand straining against the door framing, his veins popping out and holding onto for dear life.

With a rush I stood in front of him, checking for any indication of injury.

His back was pressed against the doorframe and his gaze was tilted upwards and away from me.

What is he doing?

“What are you doing here? I told you not to come back”, I stole Akaashi’s technique and rubbed my wrists together in an attempt to strengthen my scent. As a result, a long sigh came from him and his head dropped down to the floor. He let the door frame go and the flush in his face receded a little bit.

This couldn’t just come from me scenting the air. His self-restraint was unreal. Something that was designed to lure him in and capture his arousal and he still stood here straining against it.

Something broke a string in my heart. Alpha’s would always have a strong reaction to omegas. Always.

Iwaizumi gritting his teeth brought me back to this plane of reality. This wouldn’t help a lot.

This was always the case in the end.

Alphas need to be calmed down, Omegas need to be consoled. As a beta, it was merely my job to oblige.

I would rub my wrists and touch necks and even let others slump down on me. It was normal in this society and no one ever bat an eye at the beta touching the alpha, even if they were strangers.

"Oh no we're not involved, that beta just calmed me down."

It's always the same.

I was glad I could help my friends if they were in trouble, but I was tired of coming to the rescue and to get used like a last resort to save others .

I hated to touch people I don't know, but I didn't have a choice.

Awkwardly I stepped a bit forwards, my chest almost touching his torso. He gulped and I tilted my head to the side, my neck wafting in a wave, a smell that was made to soothe everyone else but me.

How could he resist? It's his nature to follow my scent. For a moment at least.

It was always just a moment.

I shuddered as he plopped his head on my shoulder and our scent glands touched.

He relaxed against me and I almost took too much pride in that. Despite not alluring anyone around me, in the end they always needed to calm down from their high.

But it's always just for a moment.

He inhaled deeply and somehow tears jumped into my eyes.

His scent resorted into the normal earthy smell I was used to and the stress dissipated completely when he retracted his head and looked at me.

Face no longer flushed and pupils a normal size his gaze snapped to the side in embarrassment.

“I-”

Don’t apologize.

“I’m sorry”, he let out and I sighed.

“It’s okay, but I told you not to come back. Akaashi and Kenma took care of it”, I explained as slowly as possible. Everything in me screamed to run and escape.

“Is Mikoto okay?”

I hope so.

“Probably, yeah. I think the nurse is there already. Oikawa is fine as well”.

“Y-Yeah I know”.

Something gnawed at me and I was about to burst out and say it but I couldn’t. He would probably feel ridiculed or even worse, push me away.

“Are you okay?”, he asked and the sincerity in his voice caught me off guard.

My heart swelled but I immediately buried the feeling again.

“I’m okay”, I smiled a little but he wasn’t done.

“I can’t help it you know?”

I nodded, but I didn't quite get what he meant.

“I hate the effect it has on me. I try to go away from situations like these, but Oikawa and Mikoto were there and I-” , he didn't finish his sentence. His face scrunched and he turned away from me again.

I couldn’t help but smile more.

“Why are you apologizing? You wanted to get Oikawa away but you didn’t want to get too close right?”, I took a small step back.

He nodded.

“And you also brought Kenma and Akaashi? What are you apologizing for? You protected everyone and even came back, no need to apologize", my gaze trailed over the floor, "it's the betas job to calm you down. That's all we do".

His scoff made my head snap up.

He looked annoyed, and I knew I had said too much. The moment was over.

"That's all you do? You're basically tearing every beta down with you when you say that".

Huh?

He turned around and slowly walked away.

What the hell was that?

I'm tearing every beta down?

His words followed me into the opposite direction, as I walked the hall to my down.

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