#banana fish cafe

[aslan-jade-okumura]

My friend went to the Banana Fish Cafe!

[asela40425]

These fish belonging to the gourami fish genus are a popular fish species among fish breeders around the world today. Unlike other species of fish, this species of fish, which shows a slightly violent hissing pattern, is used as a gambling game in countries such as Thailand. They are extremely popular among fish breeders due to their extremely beautiful colors.

[mayrose713]

Beautifully Cruel World-Chapter 20

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ABO Non-Idol Stray Kids Universe Poly OT8 x Reader 18+ MDNI

Warnings in the Series Masterlist as well as any other information needed

Chapter 20

“Wow, the view from here is insane. I can’t believe this is just down the street from the house.” Y/n looks out the large glass windows that make up the cafe up on a hill looking over the beach. “And all those boats out there.”

“This side of the island is a pretty good fishing spot this time of year.” Changbin smiles at her as they are waiting in line to order drinks.

“Do you guys like to go fishing?” She finally turns away from the windows for the first time to look at her two dates. 

“Not really.” Jisungs shakes his head. “Main thing is Minho doesn’t like water, so.”

“He seemed to be fine on the ferry we took to get here.”

“It’s because it’s a bigger boat than one you would go fishing on.” Changbin chuckles. “Plus he’s done the trip so many times he’s used to it by now. He hated it the first few times we came down here.”

“Though he doesn’t usually stay in the water for very long, so the fact that he stayed for a while when we had our beach day really says something.” Jisung thinks about it a little. “Maybe it's because of you that he’s getting more comfortable with it.”

“I doubt that.” The omega gives a small snort before finally looking up at the menu board as they are getting closer to the front of the line. “What are you guys getting?”

“Ice americanos.” They two males say at the same time making Y/n laugh when they look at each other shocked. 

“What do you want to drink, angel?” Jisung wraps his arm around her shoulders. 

“Well, I’ve never actually had coffee before.” She continues to scan the menu. “And I don’t want to get one to try in case I don’t like it.”

“You can try ours to see if you like it for next time.” Changbin nudges her shoulder. “Though I feel like you’ll be like Felix and won’t like it. But they do have smoothies if you want that.”

Y/n looks at the smoothies part of the menu and sighs. “There’s so many flavors, how do you choose?” 

“We’ll pick one for you.” The beta squeezes her shoulders. “Are there any fruits you don’t like?”

“Pineapple.”

“Alright, we won’t pick anything with pineapple.” Jisung laughs. 

Once it’s their turn Changbin steps up to the counter to order while Jisung and Y’n stand near the side, the older swaying them a little as they wait for their alpha. 

“Can I get two large ice americanos and one large strawberry banana smoothie?”

Once they’ve gotten their drinks they walk out of the cafe and instead of heading down to the beach like Y/n thought, they lead her across the street to a large park and garden. 

“Here, pretty girl, try it.” Changbin hands her his Americano and she takes a sip only to make a face with a scrunched up nose making both males laugh. “I figured you wouldn’t like it.”

“Made the same face Lixie always makes.” Jisung shakes his head. 

“How’s the smoothie?” Changbin asks after she hands him back his drink and immediately drinks hers. 

“So much better than yours, that’s for sure.” She then looks around as they start walking through the park. “So what is this place?” 

“Jeju is known for having a lot of beautiful parks and gardens.” Jisung grabs her hand that isn’t holding her drink. “This one is one of my favorites and not just because it’s walking distance from the house meaning I can walk here with either an alpha or a beta.” 

“Usually Jinnie takes him so he can paint while Ji walks around the place.” Changbin looks at the beta. “But he wanted so badly to take you here too and asked if this could be our date.” 

“Aww, Jisungie.” Y/n leans her head against his shoulder. “Where’s yours and Hyun's favorite place to go in here?”

“Follow me.” 

Jisung leads the two through the park and into the guarded area. Hundreds of different flowers are blooming and the smells are amazing. They go to a bridge over a small river and they can hear the sound of a waterfall. 

“This is both of our favorite spot.” Jisung points to the waterfall with trees hanging over it, flower petals falling off the branches into the water. 

The omega gasps at how beautiful it is. “Wow Ji, this place is amazing.”

“Look in the water.” Changbin leans into her side pointing just below them. “A bunch of koi fish.”

“They’re so pretty.” 

“Come on, there’s more.” 

Jisung drags the two of them around the whole garden. They would occasionally sit on a bench and take in the scenery. Y/n remembering she has a phone again started taking pictures of everything. She sent a few to Hyunjin asking if he could paint her a mural of one of them on her wall in her room. And the three of them took a few pictures together sending them to the group chat after realizing they need to take pictures with Y/n now as they don’t have any. 

“Woah.” Y/n’a eyes light up as they reach the exit of the garden on the other side of the park where there are trees lining the path, millions of flower petals littering the ground and more still falling. 

She runs ahead of them to go down the path and they follow along smiling at her. 

“You chose a good date Ji.” The alpha takes the youngest’s hand and uses his other to take pictures of the girl. “I don't think we've ever seen her like this before.” 

“I hope we get to see this more often now.”

They reach the end of the path where their omega is waiting for them with a huge smile.

“You’ve got flower petals in your hair, baby.” Changbin chuckles and lets go of Jisungs hand and they both start picking the petals off of her. 

“The next time we come to the island can we go to more of the parks and gardens?” 

“I’m sure we can.” Jisung grins. “Remember, the alphas can’t say no to Lix and I. Adding you in when asking for stuff, oh they’re done for.” 

Changbin hits him on the back of the head, making him pout. “Don’t go having any ideas.” 

The alpha then takes Y/n’s hand and she grabs Jisungs and they start walking through the park to head back to the house. They see some pups playing on the playground and a pack set up at one of the gazebos. 

“Y/n?” A teen beta girl walks over to the three of them and gets excited at seeing the omega. “Oh my god it is you.” She runs up to her and hugs her, Y/n stands in shock letting go of both of her dates hands, before the teen turns and calls to a younger alpha boy. “Kwan, go get grandma and grandpa, it’s Y/n.” 

“No, Nobi…” But Y/n was too late as Kwan has already run off to the gazebo to grab two of the adults and she turns to her two mates after letting go of the teen. “We need to go.” 

“Why are you going? We haven’t seen you in two weeks.” Nobi pouts. “Grandma said you went to visit your dad in Japan. What are you doing here? And who are they?”

“Nobi, I need to go.” She’s getting desperate to leave now and Changbin and Jisung can tell. 

“Let's go, Y/n.” Changbin wraps his arm around her trying to move her past the teen but they weren’t fast enough as Kwan was already back with an older alpha male and a beta female. 

“Y/n, there you are.” The beta gasps and smiles walking up to her, grabbing her from Changbin to hug. Y/n stands still in both shock and fear. “Where have you been? You just ran off and we tried looking for you. Someone found your car abandoned at a park but you were nowhere around and no one came forward as witnesses.”

“But you told us she went to Japan.” Kwan looks at the two adults confused before looking at the omega then at Nobi.

“You two go back to playing with the other pups.” The older alpha tells them both. “You’ll be able to talk and ask Y/n questions later.”

They watch the teens run off as Changbin grabs Y/n pulling her back towards him and Jisung protectively, not liking the situation. The older male sees this, eyes narrowing at the scene. 

“Thank you gentlemen for bringing our omega back to us.” He gives a forced smile that doesn’t reach his eyes. “As her pack alpha we’ll make sure it doesn’t happen again, we can’t thank you enough.”

“We’re not leaving her with you.” Jisung says out of nowhere, shocking even himself at his outburst as it usually isn’t like him, but he doesn't want Y/n to be taken from them.

“And who do you think you are to decide that?” The alpha steps closer to Jisung causing him to cower which Changbin wasn’t going to allow.

“Y/n’s fated mates, that’s who.”

“Even if you are, she’s still under my pack. I haven’t given her to anyone yet.” The man snarls and roughly grabs the girl's wrist, pulling her to him causing her to whimper. 

Y/n doesn’t know what to do or say as her wrist now throbs from how hard he grabbed her. She feels her phone vibrating in her pocket but is too scared to move.

The older female looks Y/n over as if pretending to make sure she’s okay and gasps when she sees Chan's mating bite on one side of her neck. “You claimed her?”

“You claimed my granddaughter without even talking to me first?” He gets mad and shoves Changbin a little. 

“STOP!” 

Y/n’s grandfather looks at her angrily, questioning if she really just dared to speak. “What?” 

“Stop.” She says again, tears pooling at her waterline. “I’m not coming back with you. I’m going back home, with them.” 

“Y/n, we’ve been worried sick about you, we didn’t know where you went.”

“Then why didn’t you ever report her as missing?” Changbin asks, moving Jisung behind him as he tries to get closer to his omega to take her back. “You say you’ve been worried about her but yet she’s been gone for two weeks and there was never a missing persons report filed, I know because we checked. And if you really cared about her so much then why was she bruised, malnourished, and timid when we first found her?”

“Whatever that bitch told you is a lie.” He growls, hating that his own morals are being questioned. “She’s not mentally sane in the head anyways. Why she needs to come back with us.” He looks at the girl again and eyes narrow on the other side of her neck now seeing Felix and Minho’s bites and scoffs. “Always knew you were a slut, getting claimed by more than one man.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you.” She hisses trying to walk past him back to her mates but he grabs her wrist again and when she tries to pull away he slaps her cheek making her stop in shock. 

Her grandfather moves to grab her again making the omega freak out as she tries to scurry away from him causing her to trip over her feet and fall to the ground. 

“Get the fuck away from her.” Changbin rushes forward grabbing the other male just as sirens are heard along with several yelling voices heading their way.

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[deliciouslyfrightening]

Homoerotic fighting anime from the director of Free!, Banana Fish, and SK8 

Arajin wants to find a cute girl and lose his virginity, but he is in a universe where every lad is a hottie.

His childhood friend looks like this:

His crush's brother looks like this:

His classmates look like this:

Sussy cafe staff looks like this:

And his crush has eyes only for her brother:

But let's be honest, our main lead has a whole harem awaiting him with open arms (or maybe fists).

[glitterpersonified]

ALBA ROSA’S cafe - HULA ROSA

HULA ROSA was a cafe created by ALBA ROSA. Its locations were: Marui city Shibuya, Marui city Ueno, Yokohama Sotetsu joinus, Lumine Yokohama, and Marui city Yokohama.

Menu:

•Hamburger ¥900 •Potato croquette sandwiches ¥900

•Cheese burger ¥1000 •Fish fillet sandwiches ¥1000

•Bacon burger ¥1000 •Hula rosa’s omelette sandwiches ¥900

•Salsa burger ¥1000 •Healthy sandwiches ¥900

•Teriyaki burger ¥1100 •B.L.T. sandwiches ¥1000

•Teriyaki chicken burger ¥900 •Tuna cheese jaffle ¥800

•French fries ¥400 •Seafood fries ¥600

•Mixed green salad ¥800 •Hula rosa’s tomato salad ¥700

•Clam chowder ¥500 •Minestrone ¥500

•Iced coffe ¥500 •Iced caffe latte ¥600

•Iced tea ¥500 •Iced royal milk tea ¥600

•Ultra milk ¥650 •Iced cocoa ¥650

•Fresh banana juice ¥700 •Fresh orange juice ¥700

•Fresh apple juice ¥700 •Cola ¥400

•Gingerale ¥400 •Fanta orange ¥400

•Fanta grape ¥400 •Oolong tea ¥400

•Beer ¥500 •Red wine ¥1200

•White wine ¥1200 •Hot apple pie & vanilla ice cream ¥700

•Hot banana pie & vanilla ice cream ¥700 •Banana cake ¥700

•Dark cherry cake ¥700 •Fresh fromage papaya ¥600

•Coffe ¥450 •Espresso coffe ¥400

•Caffe latte ¥550 •Capuccino ¥900

•Flavored coffe ¥500 •Cocoa ¥600

•Darjeeling tea ¥550 •Earl grey tea ¥550

•Hibiscus tea ¥550 •Royal milk tea ¥550

[waffledforbreakfast]

First Date- [MUTI! BLLK X F!READER]

(SEPARATE) pt2

Staring: niko, kaiser, ness

pt1: Rin, Sae, Kaiser

pt3: Otoya, Karasu, Reo

[ BLLK Scenario Masterlist ]

TW: heavy ooc, bad grammar, bad spelling, bad formatting, cringe, scuff, etc.

>Niko

[Manga/Anime cafe/store ]

Niko waited for you outside the school doors, the two of you had agreed to go to the new anime cafe as a date. It had been a few minutes since class ended and you still weren’t there, Niko was getting worried “I swear if she-” he mumbled to himself

“NIKOO” you crashed into him, catching your breath “Sorry- *huff* the teacher- *huff* held us back…”

“Smh [Y/N]... what’d you do now?” he sighed, you getting in trouble was nothing new

“Nothing nothing” you reassured him, brushing yourself off “Anyway, you ready to go?”

Niko nodded as you both left the school ground, chatting about whatever you found interesting. You spotted the cafe with cats in the window, and he saw it too

“Niko Niko look! It’s this one right?” you smiled at him as you pointed to the store 

“Cute…” he replied “The cats I mean-”

You rolled your eyes as the bells above the doors ringed when he pushed it open, “Hello!” a woman greeted as you two entered “Can I get anything started for you? Are will you look around first?”

“We’ll just look around” Niko was already walking towards the large shelfs of Manga on display “There’s so many…” he stared in awe, talking to himself

You quickly skimmed the shelfs til one book caught your eyes, “Hey Niko,” you pulled it out and showed him “Banana Fish, your favourite right?”

He quickly came over and took the book “Yea! Looks like they have all the volumes here!” he smiled while running a finger through the pages “Oh yea, this one's your favourite, right?” he took out another book and handed it to you, it was one you started recently and desperately tried to get Niko to read

“Mhm! You should totally give it a shot one day” you both took the books as you went up to order food

Niko flipped through the menu and pointed out some cute foods to you “Look, this one’s themed after the main character. Oh I think you’ll like this one, it looks pretty sweet.” In the end, you both decided to share some Totoro styled waffles and each got your own themed side drinks.

While you waited for your food to arrive at your table, Niko told you about Banana Fish, and even listened to you rant about your favourite manga/anime

“Have you watched Blue Lock?” You asked him excitedly, forgetting about the fourth wall

“...Blue Lock?” 

“Nevermind-...”

Finally your food was ready, and you took photos (you did the finger hearts for the camera) before cutting it down the middle and taking a bite

“Geez slow down…” he joked, before eating his portion too. After a while, he excused himself quickly before leaving, you just shrugged and continued eating, almost done anyway

He quickly came back with two macarons in hand, blushing slightly, “For you…” he slid the first one to you, a face of your favourite character on it,

“Awww Geto :D wait what happened to his forehead-” you took a toothpick and poked lightly at it, whoever made the macaroon put red icing bubbles on his forehead

Niko held in a laugh “That’s just foul…”

[Doesn’t have to be Geto lol, just thought it was funny]

“Well, thank you for the macaron!” you gave him a quick smile “I hope it wasn’t too much…”

“Nah it’s fine” he sat down beside you and pulled out a postcard “There was a promotion, so I got a free Miku postcard out of it”

He gave it to you to look at, it was a beautiful card, with a high quality Miku on it with a holographic background.

“It’s so pretttyyyy” your eyes sparkled as you stared in awe at it 

“Y-You can have it…”  Niko whispered as he looked away, the slightest blush on his face

“Are you sure??” you asked hesitantly, it was his after all,

“Yea… you’re always 01 in my heart…”

“...”

“...”

“Was that a Miku pick-up line-?”

The two of you finished eating and headed out the cafe, giving a small thanks to the workers 

“Where to now?” He asked, turning towards you

“Hm… I think there’s actually a manga store around here somewhere, there was a new volume I wanted to pick up…”

“Oh I think I know the one you’re talking about… it’s this way.”

Once you guys got there, your jaw dropped at the sight. Shelves upon shelves of books, new and limited ones in display cases. You thought the cafe had a lot, but no- this one had 6x as many. And you could buy them too!

You dragged your finger across the spines of the books, walking down the isles, Niko close behind.

You suddenly stopped and pulled out a book, it was the limited edition of your favourite series. “Niko!” you spun around and showed him the book “It’s the anniversary special :D” you were going to buy it, until you saw the price… you knew that special volumes may be expensive, but you didn’t think they were that much!! 

You put the book back into their places, silently sobbing at the fact you couldn’t afford it 

“Hm, what’s wrong?” he asked you, while watching you shelve them

“It’s too expensive… Don’t worry, I’ll get it one day!” you replied, trying to convince yourself more than him

“Alright… I saw a book over there that seemed interesting, why don’t we split up for now, we can meet up in a few minutes.”

You gave him a nod, and went back to wandering

After a while, you met Niko at the check out. You had already bought 2 books and it seems that he bought one too.

“Hey Niko! Ready to go?” you got your things and got ready to leave

“Mhm” he hummed as he bagged the book, angling it so you couldn’t see the cover

You though, happened to notice, “What did you get?”

He pretended not to hear your question and walked out, waiting for you to follow. You frowned at his lack of a response, but went along anyway

It came the time that you both had to go home, so you two stood at the entrance to the subway station.

“Thank you for coming out with me” he gave you a short bow, blushing slightly. “I got you a gift…” he pulled out the bag from the manga store and presented it to you, “It’s the special volume you wanted…”

As you opened the bag, you found that it was indeed the anniversary special. You thanked him, still in awe at the book and gave him a hug “Thank you so much, Niko! You really shouldn’t have 🥹”

You pulled out your own bag with the books you bought and handed it to him “These are the only volumes you’re missing in your collection, right?” You remember looking though his shelves, you were 70% percent sure he didn’t have these

“Yes, these are the ones…” he took the books gently, his eyes practically glued to them (not that we can rlly tell) “Thank you” he said, barely louder than a whisper

Niko smiled and gave you a wave as you hopped on your train, hugging the books tightly. He really couldn’t stop blushing, happy with how the day went.

It was that day he decided he’d never be able to get sick of you

>Kaiser

[Ice Skating (also for this is set in Germany, during Christmas]

Running around the German night market was a vibe like no other

And Kaiser being there was the cherry on top. He held your hand while gently guiding you through the stalls.

“Schatz, let’s grab some chocolate”, he said while looking at a few bars of chocolate on display. “They have white, milk, dark, caramel, everything. What would you like?” he asked you, having already grabbed a bar of his own, a very bitter dark chocolate.

You silently judged his decision before choosing your own. “You like your chocolate that bitter?” you laughed

He frowned “What’s wrong with that? I aint no p#ssy.” he grinned at you “And milk chocolate sucks. I can’t stand any white-coloured drinks.”

“Chocolate isn’t a drink-”

“Still sucks. Have you made your choice?” He looked at you, taking the bar from your hands and getting ready to pay. You nodded as the worker scanned the bars

“They’re HOW MUCH??” your jaw dropped as you saw the price

Kaiser only smirked as he paid, “They’re traditional, high quality, german chocolate. A very well-known brand.” he opened your bar and held it up to you, “Try it”

( If you didn’t eat it when he offered, he would’ve shoved it down your throat (affectionately) )

The second you took a bite of the chocolate, it felt like you were transported to heaven. It was perfect, the best chocolate you’ve ever had. You quickly took more, taking the the delicious taste and texture

Kaiser did a prideful huff, knowing that he was the reason for the happy look on your face. Even if it was indirectly-  

He ate his own chocolate as the two of you wandered about more, occasionally stopping at other booths. You guys got matching scarfs, keychains, you were so close to getting him to buy cat ears, but he refused.

Eventually, you guys were at the heart of the market, right where the big Christmas tree was. You were spaced out, admiring the lights, before the flash of a camera snapped you out of it.

Kaiser smiled, looking at the photo, “You look beautiful, Meine Liebe.” He gave you a gentle kiss before taking your hand, “Join me skating?”

You didn’t even have to move as kaiser got on his knees to lace up your skates for you. What a gentleman. He even held your hand when getting on the ice. If you didn’t know how to skate, he’d guide you (or just drag you across the ice). If you do know how to skate, he’d definitely challenge you to a race. 

And do NOT underestimate this man, he is GRACEFUL. Unless ur a professional skater, it’ll prob be a pretty close tie, that or he laps you like twice to show off… if you are really good at skating (or if you wanna pretend to be, we don’t judge) and beat him, he’d just say he was going easy on you with a salty smile, trying to convince himself more than you.

After he’s gotten over it, he’d hold you hand (or pocket it) while skating in circles with you, just admiring your voice as you spoke. He’d spin you in circles, twirl you around, all that ;) If he caught anyone staring, he’d just show you off more and pull you in after a spin.

He couldn’t stop smiling, he was so happy, just being by your side and in your presence. This was one of the few times he was quiet, wanting to hear nothing but your voice.

You both skated around for a bit longer before getting off the ice. Kaiser undid your laces, and put everything away for you. After looking at the last few stalls, the two of you exited the market, and Kaiser sent you home.

He texted you once he got home to make sure you did too, and he couldn’t stop smiling. For the whole week, he was smiling, the whole week (until some imbecile talked to him.) the whole team was slightly scared until it was revealed it was because of you. That made more sense to them.

He already marked his calendar for next year, and it’s not a choice <3

>Ness

[Lego date/chill picnic]

You and Ness had been friends for a while, hanging out whenever he wasn’t busy w/Kaiser (which wasn’t really that often). Today was one of the few days you guys had time, so you were wandering the mall and ended up inside the LEGO store.

“[Y/N] look, it’s a blue rose!” he showed you the box, looking at the price tag “Do you think Kaiser would like it?”

You sighed while browsing, “Ness, you don’t have to always be thinking of him… you’re with me right now after all.”

He hesitated for a second before smiling and putting the box back, “Yes, you’re right. Which set do you want?” he followed your eyes, skimming the shelves 

“Oh, what do you think of that one?” you pointed at a LEGO box, a bunny in a magicians hat on the cover “Do you like it?”

“Oh- yes, it looks very nice…” he stared at it, thinking about how cute it was, but still trying to process that you asked for his opinion “Do you like magic and things like that?” he assumed that's why you were grabbing the box

“No” you started walking over to the cashier and gave Ness a smile “But i know you do”

His face turned red at the words, you weren’t wrong, but he didn’t expect you to know that, he’d barely mentioned it.

“Let me pay,” he said as the cashier rang it up. You would’ve stopped him, but before you knew it, he tapped his card and was already putting the box in the bag

He gave you a smile as he held the item. You felt bad because he was already carrying your other belongings, but he insisted and there was really no way you could convince him otherwise.

The two of you left the store, and slowly made your way around the mall. 

“Hey, let’s grab some desserts!” Ness pointed at the bakery and dragged you in “Look look! It’s bread :D” 

You picked out a few foods you liked, and he picked some too.

After buying the food, the two of you left the mall, and for a while it seemed that you both were just mindlessly wandering. But Ness had something planned, and soon you found yourself at a surprisingly clean picnic table at a near-by park. 

“Ness- Where are we??” you hesitated before sitting down after him

“Don’t worry! Do you like it here?” he gave you a smile, a bit of obsession in his eyes

You nodded as he set up all the food, and even brought out the LEGO set. You felt a bit awkward as you just watched him, but he refused to let you help, insisting on doing everything for you with a smile

After everything was laid out, you guys started eating the food, and building the LEGO at the same time. You listened to him talk about his day, and he listened to you talk about yours!

All in all, you two had a fun time! The food was all finished and the LEGO set was built. Ness took a ton of pictures of you the LEGO, and you even let him keep the final product!

A/N: Hope yall don't mind the ass formatting.. lotta word blocks ik, ill fix it when i actually make tumblr specific posts :')

[katyawriteswhump]

love and other catastrophes at the omega cafe (7.1/8) 🐈‍⬛

Summary: Steve is a runaway Omega who gets a job at an Omega café, where he’s basically paid to curl up and purr in Alphas’ laps. It’s legal, and he earns a living, rents his own place. He’s getting along fine for a packless Omega. Then Alpha rockstar Eddie Munson turns up for an hour of ‘kitty’ petting, and shatters Steve’s fragile little world…

Rating: E; CW: past angst, past arranged marriage, mention of drug abuse, knotting, mention of biting, music as an emotional trigger; Tags: omega steve, alpha eddie, a/b/o dynamics, fluff and angst, sexual content 💚 

This part is mainly fluff and smut with some angst at the end... We'll be back to the kitty cafe in part 2 (up later) I miss it 💚  🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Chapter 1 on tumblr (also index post)Chapter 2 Chapter 3.1 Chapter 3.2 Chapter 4.1 Chapter 4.2 Chapter 5.1 Chapter 5.2 Chapter 6.1 Chapter 6.2 On AO3

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Chapter 7.1

During the remaining days leading up to the tour, Eddie shared every second he could spare with Steve.

This was mainly nights, which stressed Steve slightly, and not because they’d bunny-hopped the courting stage of their relationship somewhat super-fast. He’d already developed a fiercely protective streak toward his Alpha and didn’t want Eddie to get burn-out. Fortunately, Steve quickly figured out that an energetic session of sticky, smoochy lovemaking could calm Eddie down, even from his most revved state.

The Alpha would be out like a light.

Sex made Steve sleepy too, though he tried to stay awake as long as possible, especially when he’d taken Eddie’s knot. He was basically in heaven—locked with his Alpha in a huge emperor-size bed, under luxurious blankets seeped in both their scents.

Truth was, there was a crazy part of him that was scared to sleep. In case this turned out to be the dream.

He’d liked his life at ‘Kitties’ and in Sunshine Village, although he’d been basically surviving, scraping by. His life before that, though, he’d crushed into dark corners of his mind and tried not to peek. Now, with happiness within his grasp, his ditzy O-brain seemed to want to poke the darkness. He’d even recalled his husband’s pickled-herring scent that very afternoon, wandering near the fish-counter in the grocery store.

He’d dumped his basket and fled, terrified he was gonna hurl.

On Eddie’s final morning, they rode down in the elevator together, edgy and silent, fingers lightly intertwined. When they reached the ground level, the doors began to slide open. Eddie slammed his fist on the ‘close’ button, and clamped Steve tight against his chest.

“Baby,” said Eddie, through gritted teeth. “This is noooot happening. I’m keeping you with—”

“Jesus, how many times?” snapped Steve, nerves frayed to breaking point. “We decided on this plan, because it’s the best way forward.”

It was true. They’d been through this over and over. Steve was absolutely ready to let his hard-won independence go. He still needed time to pack his belongings and say goodbye to his friends, before he hitched his life to Eddie’s rollercoaster existence for good.

“It’s not even a whole fortnight,” he pointed out, in the face of Eddie’s doleful puppy-dog eyes. “It’s gonna give me a chance to get used to your music without losing my shit.”

That was, they’d agreed, another important consideration. Eddie had been singing snatches of songs and playing short demos, while being emotionally and physically available to deal with the fallout—basically, Steve going bananas and melting into a slippery puddle. On tour, he couldn’t exactly run off stage and hump Steve mid-set.

“I know,” sighed Eddie. “I gotta lump it. Doesn’t mean I have to like it.”

Eddie took Steve’s face in his hands and the farewell kiss lingered, deep and delicious, till Steve felt tipsy on it. After checking for paps, Eddie escorted Steve out to his waiting ride. When the driver pulled off, Steve glanced back to see Eddie watching him till the vehicle rounded the block.

It felt like Steve’s freakin’ soul was ripping apart. Shivers raced up his spine and around his throat, where Eddie still hadn’t bitten him.

He’ll see it through when he’s got time to look after you, and he’s only gone for a fortnight. With a flying visit in the middle.

Stop snivelling, Harrington. Suck it up.

With a bleep, his phone was spammed with a ton of heart emojis from Eddie. His shivers fled. They exchanged emojis like the lovestruck dipshits they were for the rest of the ride home.

Over the next few days, Eddie live-called on WhatsApp so regularly that Steve ended up late for most of his meetups with friends. His little apartment was bombarded with so many flowers and other courting gifts—including a slew of super-expensive cashmere scarves to stop those chills around his throat—that he had to tell Eddie to stop sending stuff. It was making packing impossible.

“I’m gonna have to give those toys away to local pups,” Steve told Eddie, after being deluged with a literal ton of plushies. “I’m giving two of the three heated cuddle-blankets to Joyce next door. Oh, and half the L'Occitane shower product.”

“Do what you like with them, my darling.” Eddie planted a kiss on the screen, and Steve planted one in return, and then Eddie planted another, which set Steve off squealing. “Only two days left till I see you. It’s killing me, being apart, you know that, Babe? I used to love being on the road, and you’ve ruined it, and I love you all the more. Can’t wait to glue you to me always.”

In the event, it was less than two days till their reunion. At 2am the night after next, Steve was woken by a light tapping on the door. Then came Eddie’s voice, and a fresh waft of his plummy-wine-‘n’-metal scent through the letterbox:

“It’s me, Honey. I rushed for the red-eye—I couldn’t think, I couldn’t breathe. I was gonna die without you.”

“Jesus, thought it was Omegas that got separation sickness.”

Steve flung the door open, absorbing the sight of Eddie looking hilariously hangdog, cheeks dusted with stubble, eyes pinkish and bleary. Eddie grabbed him, and the espresso-tinged kiss was the best kind of ravishment—tongues scrubbing roughly and teeth skimming tender flesh. Steve was already climbing Eddie like a tree, when Eddie hurled him over one shoulder in a fireman’s carry and kicked the door closed behind.

“Alphaaaaa,” Steve whined, feet flailing, fists lightly pounding. Eddie crossed the tiny condo in four long strides and dumped Steve into his nest. Steve ripped down PJs flooding with strings of slick. He was struggling to present, when Eddie slammed into him with one fluid forward thrust.

“My Omega.” Eddie all but howled it: “Soooooo fucking good to be home.”

Steve’s toes curled, his eyes crossed, and his whines shook with purrs. “Yes, yes, Alpha, pleeeease. I missed you… Oh holy fuck, more… please… I missed you soooo much.”

Eddie rewarded Steve’s begging, fucking him hard and fast already. The tremor of thrill, even that faint cheese-wire slice of fear—it was as blockbuster as the first time Eddie claimed him, swinging beneath that starry sky. Steve never knew he could be opened so wide, be so satisfied and filled, be used so savagely yet so adoringly. The only thing that could top this was taking Eddie’s bite also… but Steve could hardly care much about that. Not with Eddie’s knot already ballooning inside him, rutting up and down his slick-drenched pussy.

Eddie soon gripped Steve’s hips and changed his angle, slowing to strike magical spots inside Steve that pitched his purrs into crazy chirrups. With Eddie’s lips back at his throat, Steve twisted for a kiss and pretty much inhaled Eddie into his mouth. Then he was gone—with his mouth crammed with Eddie’s tongue, he exploded into a run of beyond-kickass orgasms, each more epically overwhelming than the last.

“Oh Baby, I adore you,” growled Eddie, while Steve chirruped his head off. “Adore you so fucking much.”

By the time Eddie spooned and knotted him, Steve was happily exhausted from coming over and over. His entire body felt like a trembling erogenous zone. Especially his overstimulated pussy and his stuffed insides, which Eddie coated with layers upon thick layers of hot seed.

“My soulmate. My forever-mate.” Eddie grazed his cheek against Steve’s, scraped wet, sweaty hair from Steve’s eyes. “I got you, Baby, don’t cry. Hey, is this because I’ve not courted you properly? I will, I promise. Gonna court you for the rest of our days. For all fucking eternity.”

“No! N-not that. Honestly, I’m fine.”

Steve hadn’t noticed he was sobbing into his new pink-satin Fendi cushions. He hoped Eddie knew as well as he did that those were happy tears. Even unbitten, no Omega in the world could feel needy and unloved when coupled to his Alpha like this.

Steve slept his deepest and most contented sleep in days, and when he awoke, it was exciting to have Eddie in his little home at last. He’d worried Eddie would be snobbish about it. Instead, Eddie liked everything except the damp patches and the cold. He especially loved Steve’s tiny shower cubicle.

“Reminds me of the good ol’ days growing up in Wayne’s trailer,” he sighed, as they squeezed naked into the postage-stamp size space under the trickly flow. “Ooops, only one place to slot that, huh?”

He gurned down at his Alpha dick, at half-mast already. Steve smirked dotingly and squeezed himself around, his wet skin sliding against Eddie’s, so he faced the cracked tiles. He tiptoed onto a ledge and spread his thighs to allow Eddie’s cockhead to slide between, so warm and hard yet velvety-soft… and soon drenched in more slick and precum than shower water.

They fooled around till it ran cold. Then got warm again in plush lilac robes, which Steve had a sneaky suspicion Eddie had purloined from a hotel suite. Eddie lavished him with yet more gifts too, including a Corroded Coffin tour t-shirt, which Steve put on, remaining otherwise joyfully naked. Eddie also gifted him a diamante tiara with sparkling opal kitty-ears, which Steve loved waaay too much to be healthy. He tried it on, purred and humped Eddie’s leg like a maniac, then put it aside for a special occasion.

While they made coffee, though, a quiet edginess slunk between them. Right till Eddie grabbed Steve by the waist and lifted him up onto the breakfast bar, so they were nose-to-nose, with Steve’s bare ass pressed to the chill counter.

Steve licked his lips and giggled nervously. Okay, if they were going to have a serious conversation, no better way to do it than perched with his arms and legs wrapped around his smoldering-hot Alpha.

Eddie puffed out his cheeks, and it began:

“Listen, Steve, my legal team have gotten hold of your marriage records, but getting a divorce is not gonna be straightforward. You signed the certificate yourself, which is not ideal—”

“They forced me to sign,” Steve said quietly, “if I hadn’t, it wouldn’t have made any difference. I’m property there. My parents could’ve signed on my behalf.”

“I know, Sweetheart—none of this is your fault. We’ll find a loophole, but we’re gonna have to be patient, and honestly? As much as I hate leaving you, I totally agree you shouldn’t go anywhere near North County. That place is weeeeird. I’ve not arrived, and they’re threatening to arrest me as a prophet of satanism. I’m corrupting delicate young minds, apparently. Makes me kinda proud.”

“Yeah, sounds like home sweet home,” mumbled Steve, pressing his brow against Eddie’s. “Joking aside, don’t get arrested there. That place is totally medieval—it would worry me too much.”

Eddie pecked Steve’s nose. “I got options. The sheriff of South County, right next door, seems to be a fan or something. He’s reached out to my promoter and invited me to do the gig just over the border. I dunno, though, is that running away from the fight?”

“Sometimes you have to run away,” whispered Steve.

“I know, Honey. I’m sorry.” Eddie’s arms slid under Steve’s, offering the tight squeeze of safety Steve needed, while he kicked thosehorriblememories back to oblivion.

They got wired on too much caffeine and fooled around some more. Till Eddie asked, tentative, if Steve would like to hear his latest demo.

“Fuck, yeah,” said Steve. “As long as you don’t mind me skidding off your lap in a waterfall.”

Eddie’s grin was ravenous, his tone just short of a bark. “My lap, Omega. Now.”

He sat in Steve’s nest, patting his thighs, and Steve moulded himself into his favorite place. He clung around Eddie’s neck, notching his chin above Eddie’s collarbone. Eddie popped the earbuds into one each of their ears and pressed play.

Right from the get-go, Eddie’s yelling broke Steve:

“I’M YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS AND YOU RIPPED MY LAST SECRET FROM MY ACID DRENCHED HEART, COS I’M YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS YOURS, I’M YOUR LAST SECRET, I’LL BE YOUR LAST SECRET…”

Steve crumpled forward into sobs, so convulsive he could barely breathe. Eddie killed the demo, “Oh crap, Steve, I’m so fucking sorry.”

“No, it’s n-not you.” His next retching sob thudded painfully against his breastbone, as Eddie tried to ease him upright. “I-it’s like everything is rushing back. I guess because we were talking… about North County… about running away… I was so scared.”

“Sssssh, Baby, it’s okay. Gonna be okay. Gonna take care of you and never let you go. Uh…. You wanna tell me what happened?”

It took a while. Held tight in Eddie’s arms, his nose pretty much lost in Eddie’s armpit, Steve pulled himself together.

“I’ve never talked about that night, even to Robin,” he murmured. “I think that’s why the song triggered… Oh Jesus, I guess it’s, like, my last secret, and I need you to know it.”

And he spilled, with Eddie rocking him and soothing him through every agonising twist of the tale. When he finished explaining the lengths he’d had to go to not to be mated and bitten by an Alpha he hated, Eddie took a beat, and then:

“You drugged the son-of-a-bitch with tranqs your parents used on you? Then jumped off a moving train? Woah! You are one badass metal lil’ Omega.”

“I guess,” mumbled Steve.

“Wow! I didn’t think I could love you any more than I already did,” breathed Eddie. “But… Wow!”

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Chapter 7.2

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Some Octoquartet hcs cause I haven't given them attention in a while:

•They sometimes have date nights where they watch movies together or play something or just do their own thing together, usually after exams

•When they stay in the dorm during the winter holidays, they take turns cooking food for each other

•Finn and Jade often go on hikes together, Finn's always out of breath really quickly, but he likes spending time with Jade and getting to look at plants and butterflies

•Floyd and Finn often go down to the shore of Sage Island in their spare time to swim together and hunt fish. When they finish, they rest in a cave or a crevice, and Floyd likes to trace Finn's many stretchmarks

•Azul and Finn go on cafe dates under the guise of market research for the lounge, but it's really just a nice way to spend time together, and Finn enjoys seeing how excited Azul gets when it comes to Mostro, and Azul enjoys how happy and delighted Finn is when trying new food

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@offorestsongs @kitwasnothere @elenauaurs @boopshoops @inotonline

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[puriiinz]

HEADCANONS | abby a.

a/n: this is my coming out post as an abby fan. love my shnookums 🙈

⊰ watches mukbangs when she’s hungry and knows there’s no food in the fridge and she hates that habit but shows no effort to stop it.

⊰ learned how to braid hair because of her grandma. she’d take her dolls to her granny to braid their hair and she learned just by watching. was the hair stylist of the class growing up. (and she might’ve charged 5 dollars for each braid and surprisingly never got in trouble)

⊰ she was a granny’s girl growing up!!! her dad would drop her off at grandma’s and she would happily spend the whole day there.

⊰ loves chocolate ice cream. even better if it has chocolate chips in it and despises anything and everything that’s banana flavored. literally cannot fathom how someone can pick banana when there are a million other options.

⊰ she’s never had shrimp before. doesn’t really like fish either but she would kill someone for a piece of squid.

⊰ she’s bad at story based games where your choices matter. she does the qte’s just fine but gets half of the characters killed because of her poor decisions.

⊰ she’s so indecisive. which is why she’s bad at non combat games. immediately regrets her decision and starts wondering if she should’ve picked the other one. it’s not just with games though, she could be at a cafe thinking if she should’ve gotten the tiramisu instead of soufflé or she could be at a public restroom thinking if the stall next to her would’ve been a better choice.

⊰ she likes linking/holding arms more than holding hands. it just makes you two stand closer. you can stand far away when she’s holding your hand but when your arms are linked you have to pull her with you when you want to go somewhere. basically where you go she goes.

⊰ she had atrocious bangs when she was 5. she watched those cutting my bangs at home vids and cut hers with kitchen scissors in front of her doll’s wonky plastic mirror (she didn’t want her dad to see) and put her hair in a bag before throwing it in the trash. and cried for a month straight.

[shytravelerstrawberry]

Hello h2hoes, I’ve had this idea in my drafts for awhile and I’m wondering if you would like if I would make a cute little H2o unofficial recipe book for anyone to print out with a bunch of references and stuff ?? Idk if this is a dumb idea but here’s the foods that I want to add:

Peanut butter and banana pancakes Cleo’s fave

Emma’s black current and alfalfa juice

Wilfred’s Juicenet wheatgrass shot

Ms Chatham’s Clam chowder

Emma’s banana beatbox

Zane’s gluten-free pastries

Seaworld’s Ice Cream

Charlotte’s cooking recipes (quiche or something? I don’t remember)

Annette’s secret sauce sauce + Don’s fish (done right)

Terry’s barbecue

Additions from others :)

@outatmako

Lewis's burgers (from the party boat)

Emma's fruit punch (from the first full moon ep)

@makomaniac

Lisa’s homemade yogurt

(Please lmk if there are any more foods that I could possibly add I was really grasping at straws at the end 🙏)

If anyone wants to share any recipes you can aswell :)

[qiuweyballs]

banana fish hurts me and i love it so so so much ESPECIALLY THE TRACKS because theyre composed in ash's perspective??? you can see how happy and upbeat he is with eiji like its literally them whistling down a street holding hands

and then theres dino's. i feel genuine dread disgust and hatred whenever that comes on in my shuffled spotify (fuck that btw can i just listen to my shit normally????)

in my mind they are together alive happy they own a cute lil cafe in japan and i am not delusional at all

[aslan-jade-okumura]

Banana Fish Cafe and Bar 12/21/2023

This month, the Banana Fish Cafe and Bar Twitter announced that they will be opening a new cafe theme called "Memories of Cape Cod" to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the anime's broadcast.

Here is the website in JP and ENG

The Cafe menu in JP and ENG

The food and drinks are both inspired by the characters Ash and Eiji as well as Ash's home town. Each item is given a description but I'll do my best to summarize. I do recommend you check out their website for further details.

FOOD

"Green hill Diner's sandwiches" on the left, "Home Town pasta" in the middle, and "Fish Fry Tacos" on the right.

DESSERTS are

"Cranberry Waffle" on the left and "Mochi Pancake" in the middle and "Sunset with You" parfait on the right.

The waffles are inspired by Ash, they are topped with cranberries and cassis sorbet which are specialties of Cape Cod.

The Mochi pancake inspired by Eiji. They give a mix of Japanese and Western ingredients.

The parfait is inspired by the scene where Ash and Eiji are gazing at the sunset.

and SPECIALTY DRINKS

"My City is Red" on the left, "Your City is Blue" in the middle, and "Shooting Tea" on the right.

Ash's drink is made with cherry, pomegranate, and raspberry flavor soda drink. My guess it's also based on the song "Red" by Survive Said the Prophet.

Eiji's drink is a lychee based drink meant to express the sea and greenery of Cape Cod.

The shooting tea is obviously based on the scene of them shooting bottles. They also have a bottle of the tea that you can take home.

What's a pop up cafe without its goods?

Acrylic badges, can badges, acrylic key chains, acrylic stands, mini towels, drawstring bags, photo cards, and more

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[chaletnz]

Bogotá Food Tour

I headed out to Mundano cafe for a flat white and some blogging then I waited about 20 minutes for the bus to meet the tour even though they were supposed to come every 2 minutes… Luckily it was a short ride and I still arrived early and was the first one to meet up with the guide Juliana. Gradually the rest of the tour group arrived; Melissa from Australia and her partner Bernardo from Spain, a couple Sean and Ethan from Boston, a South African couple Dale and Kerrie, and a solo guy from Texas, Derek. Our first stop was a bit of an ice breaker, we all played this Colombian arcade game Bolirana, where you throw the balls and try to get them in the mouth of the frog. Melissa won and then we walked down the street to try some chicha made by a local woman. Her house had a huge mural of her painted on the outside and Juliana told us how this lady had been making chicha since she was 10 years old (now 84). Her grandma had lived to be 110 years old - credited to the chicha! I was starving by our first food stop at the market which was a plate of ajiaco soup, with rice, fried plantain, and a huge avocado. We each split one plate between two of us, it was a delicious soup with chicken, corn, and potato - I could’ve eaten a whole portion by myself! At the market we visited a fruit stall and picked out all the fruits we wanted to try later. Then we walked to Jacinta’s where we each took a stool as she prepared each of us a plate of lechona - shredded pork with rice, crispy pig skin and a plain arepa with a chipotle sauce. It was greasy and delicious too! Right next door we tried a couple of pandebono breads, one with cheese and one with bocadillo (guava jam) served with a cup of this delicious drink that looked like milk but tasted like vanilla ice cream. I think it was avena Colombiana - a creamy drink made from oats. Soooo good! We also got to try some arequipe filled with figs, the Colombian dulce de leche, which of course I already love. We walked to Independence Park to a giant rock where we all gathered around as Juliana pulled out her cutting board and knife and sliced up each of the fruits that we’d picked out earlier. There was dragonfruit, lulo, tomate de arboles, passionfruit, grenadillo, and a weird looking pear. Our last food stop was at a fancier place we tried a cup of hot chocolate that we were meant to melt a piece of cheese in and then fish it out and eat it. A bit weird, didn’t really like that... The main course was some huge tamales wrapped in banana leaves filled with rice, corn, chicken, carrots, chickpeas, and curry powder. We had 3 to share between the group and we all helped ourselves to the fillings. The chicken was bone in, but Juliana said that the bones will be very soft as it has been cooking for 8 hours so Kerrie, Sean, and Ethan all ate a bone. Our digestif was a cup of Colombian coffee at a small cafe; honey process beans prepared as a pourover with a v60. The barista made one massive pourover and we each had a small cup for ourselves. We then visited a bar in La Candelaria for a blackberry flavoured beer brewed locally and our final destination was one more cafe for a cup of coca tea. Juliana seemed in a rush to get away but we were all having such a blast and getting on so well that we wanted to stay for a bit and chat with each other. The group were so much fun, the South African couple and the gay guys were all hilarious, I don’t think I’ve ever had such a great tour group that clicked so well. I’d even say it was the most enjoyable afternoon on my entire trip as it really just felt like I was hanging out trying some new foods with a bunch of friends. It was the perfect ending to an excellent few days in Bogotá. My expectations for the city had been very low with most research leading me to believe I could skip Bogotá and spend all my time in Medellín however I was much more impressed with Bogotá overall with the exception of Medellin’s Comuna 13. I spent my evening shopping for some souvenirs with the last of my cash and then packing up ready for my early flight to Panama City tomorrow.

[ecargmura]

Wind Breaker Episode 2 Review - Welcome To Fuurin High

With an action-packed premiere, the second episode is more of a slower paced one as it helps Sakura and the viewers be introduced to the town and Furin High School with the help of newly introduced Akihiko Nirei who isn’t much of a fighter but more of an information broker in a way. Will Sakura be able to fit into the town and the school?

Sakura still isn’t used to the friendliness of the town as he gets used as a horse by a granny and the other townsfolk give him presents as thanks for protecting the town yesterday. Sakura does take all of their gifts as he’s a sucker for compliments but he then loses them when a girl comes up to him for help. The post-credit skit reveals that he actually picked them back up and ate them. He’s a good boy at heart.

When he stops by Cafe Porthos, which is Kotoha’s cafe and the cafe the granny he was helping out wanted to go, Kotoha gives him breakfast, which is a fancy egg sandwich with fruits and this is where he meets Nirei, who barges in with a fancy shirt underneath his uniform and starts being a bit nosy as he asks Sakura if his white hair comes from stress. I was laughing when he mentioned that.

My impression of Nirei is that he’s definitely going to be the brain to Sakura’s brawn, but  with a unique twist that both of them share a braincell. I do like that he’s practically Sakura’s guide to the town and that he’s a huge klutz as he’s always tripping and colliding into something. I feel you, Nirei. I collide into things all the time. While he’s a motor mouth, I find Nirei cute! He’s not as cute as Sakura, but he has his moments! I do like that while he sucks at fighting, he still has guts to protect someone from gangsters. I just hope he won’t be a liability going forth. The last thing we need is the constant distressed person for Sakura to save.

Nirei’s voice actor is Shoya Chiba. I’ve seen his name pop up in different animes. I’m most familiar with his role as Sing Su Ling from Banana Fish and he was also in Blue Lock as Imamura. I do like that the anime does cast well-known names and rising stars to bring in their fans and get fans of the original source hyped up for a splendid voice cast.

Fuurin High School is quite a wacky school. The students in Sakura class are also very interesting. One standout face is a rather beautiful boy with an eyepatch and tassel earrings named Hayato Suo. He teases Sakura by introducing himself as Leonardo Dicaprio. The fact that Sakura falls for it and believes he’s from overseas before Suo corrects himself was hilarious. He’s surprisingly a jokester, which actually makes him a lot harder to read. Is he hiding something? He’s definitely that one character who is flighty but has a sad past.

His voice actor is Nobunaga Shimazaki. I really like Shimazaki’s voice and he shows off his range from voicing the lethargic Nagi from Blue Lock to flighty Suo. I feel like Shimazaki isn’t particularly typecasted because he has versatility. Like, you both expect and not expect him to voice a character like Suo? Like when you listen to it, it just fits? The fact that Yuma Uchida and Nobunaga Shimazaki reunite here is both amusing and cool! They were Nagi and Reo in Blue Lock and Kyo and Yuki in Fruits Basket!

The last standout character is Kyotaro Sugishita who makes his presence known to Sakura by throwing a desk at him. Talk about making an entrance. He’s someone who really respects Umemiya, the top person of the school and doesn’t abide to anyone who speaks ill of him. This is why he picks a fight with Sakura. He’s tall, but hunches. His scowl and long black hair helps him stand out.

His voice actor is Kouki Uchiyama and it surprisingly fits. He’s got the trademark moody and emo vibes Ucchi characters are known for. I just need to listen to it more because he only shows up towards the end of the episode.

I honestly can’t wait to see what sort of story Wind Breaker will be about and how Sakura will become the top of the school. I also can’t wait to see what sort of friend group he’ll have as it’s necessary for a shounen MC to have one! I’ll be tuning in next week to see more. What are your thoughts on this episode?