#big bro kenichi!!!!!!!!!!!!

[accultant]

"Who said anything about exhaustion?" Iago replies, exhausted.

Each time his faux sword meets the wooden pole they fight with in place of their glaive, it sends a jolt up their arms, a sure sign their shoulders would ache horribly tomorrow. They're not a poor fighter by any means, but they're used to distance and spells. This close-quarters, headfirst, magic-free kind of fighting is something they've actively tried to avoid their whole life - up until Kenichi came along, that is.

Training was Iago's idea, mumbled sheepishly to Kenichi one night when they couldn't sleep. They need to be stronger, more prepared for the worst. They're still too fresh from escaping the temple; they check over their shoulder obsessively for Bhaalists coming to retrieve or finish them off. They're afraid the urges their brother has will only get worse the longer he goes without the plethora of bloodshed provided in the temple. Iago can't as easily direct his bloodlust away from themselves anymore. They can't be so weak.

Also, they've found Kenichi to be a good teacher. This sort of lighthearted sparring does wonders to counterbalance the paranoia that pushed them to start such a practice in the first place. It's become a part of their routine. Iago would almost go as far as to say it's fun.

"And I will not yield-" Another solid connection. Ow. Their reflexes are commendable, well-honed, but it makes them stumble backwards for their lack in strength. They adjust their footing like Kenichi suggested the night before. "-until those dishes are rotten, molding, and unsalvageable." The sound of their weapons clacking against each other rings out twice more before Iago continues their complaint, "You two had meat for dinner again, and you know I despise the smell, and Puck's is somehow always still a little bloody, it's gross-"

They don't catch his next swing with their staff, heart fluttering in panic for a moment before the spell instinctively falls out of their mouth and they misty step away just a hair before they're hit. Cheating again.

"That didn't count," they say from their comfortable two yards away, still holding the staff out in front of them as they catch their breath. "Not a yield."

open starter ; training

Each person, each culture has their own way of fighting. There is no right or wrong way to fight. Just different ways... Their current sparring session is supposed to be just that -- lighthearted fighting and no more. Still, with every scrape of wooden, training blade he can feel himself growing more focused, and more serious. Even when attempting to take it easy, the two of them dance around each other like wild cats. "You will surrender first," he insists with a playful smile, "or we will surrender a the same time due to exhaustion. Either case, I do not yield. I am determined to not lose and... And to not have to wash the dishes tonight."

[accultant]

"Gentlemen... you're both contemptible."

Iago scoffs indignantly, all maturity thrown out the window when it came to being a nuisance with their twin, "Wh- but- he started it!"

[sufferu]

It's always bugged me because yeah yeah Subaru and Flugel have some sort of connection sure but like there's just so many ways to do it without some boring and thematically disaonant au/timeloop sort of thing?

Reincarnation is literally and explicitly a thing, we have multiple characters who are already the reincarnation or spiritual successor to some big name important figure from the past and Subaru being another one of them but also refusing to let it define him and making his own path better fits with who he is and the story itself.

Reminds me on how way back before we really had anything about him beyond some suspicious similarities between Kararagi and Kansai that people thought that Hoshin had to have been some sort of AU Subaru as well.

I'd rather believe Flugel is an AU Kenichi or Subaru's maternal grandpa or whatever than Flugel is literally just Subaru and this is all just some greater part and plot of a ginormous timeloop.

I had never heard it before but I'm actually super into the idea of Al as Subaru's displaced younger older brother? Especially since we're now at Al's arc and everything.

Yeah imma be honest I hate basically all Subaru == Flugel theories, and all Subaru == Aldebaran theories, too (though really those are one and the same, because Aldebaran == Flugel seems pretty much canon at this point lmao: there are too many signs, and also they act so similar to one another that it really doesn’t feel like nearly as much of a stretch to say that they’re the same guy as it is to say that Subaru is either one of them). This includes timeloops, reincarnations, etc.: it’s just — “Oops, all Subaru” isn’t an ending that I am very partial to, and if that’s where this is going then Tappei is gonna have to sell it HARD in order to get me on board.

But my favorite theory is ABSOLUTELY the Younger/Older Brother Aldebaran theory.

Evidence:

Subaru is explicitly referred to by Kenichi as his “eldest son” in every translation of the First Trial, despite the fact that he doesn’t have any siblings. (Honestly even if this DOESN’T end up being canon I’m gonna go the rest of my life headcanoning that Naoko was pregnant when Subaru got Isekai’d just because of that line alone)

Subaru has gone out of his way to mention that he is afraid that his parents had more kids when he got spirited away, which sure smells like foreshadowing to me

In a side story, Aldebaran is mentioned to have had many of the same insecurities regarding his family members as Subaru. These family members are not named. (In the shadow of his perpetually missing older brother, perhaps?)

Garfiel talks about Al and Subaru smelling similar in the same volume where similar scents indicate a familial resemblance between him and his mom

The Pleiades Constellation references seven sisters, bringing the idea of siblings right front and center

In astronomy, Aldebaran is the Following Star, specifically following Subaru

Aldebaran has been literally calling Subaru “bro” every time he shows up, which is currently just a speech quirk but has the potential to get recharacterized HARD

Pros:

Keeps Subaru and Al connected without making them the Same Guy

Brings the focus of the story right back to the character-centric drama of the Natsuki Family and how Subaru left them behind, which I can basically guarantee has to come up again at some point anyway

All of Subaru and Aldebaran’s scenes become so much funnier if it’s revealed that they are actually siblings

We can get Subaru and Aldebaran fighting with one another over who gets to be the older brother

So many Cain Instinct memes

Cons:

?

Please. It would be so, SO good.

[annonniiiiieeeee]

so my niece has been going through a tangled phase, and the idea of a leosagi tangled au won’t leave me alone but i can’t decide between

1. leo being rapunzel, kidnapped by big mama

2. leo being rapunzel kidnapped by draxum

3. leo being rapunzel kidnapped by Hikiji

4. usagi being rapunzel kidnapped by Hikiji

i’m leaning towards 1 or 3 cuz leo being rapunzel just like feels right idk maybe cuz magic power lmao

but my other dilema

how do leo’s bros and usagis gang fit in

idk the idea is in beta, thoughts?

Oh I love tangled it’s one of my favorite Disney movies. (It and Cinderella 3 are tied for my favorite princess movie)

Oh you have so many good options. May I give you two flavors.

Option one

I shall go with Big Mama taking Leo

Maybe Lou Jitsu is king and wants to have kids. Not a wife (tried that it was a disaster) but kids. Maybe local alchemist offers a solution. Empyrean. They go and get it and four children are born in a three year time span. Raph, the twins, and the Mikey.

Big Mama was using the Empyrean either to stay young, create warriors, or to maintain her human appearance. I think I like the last option best. She used it to disguise her true form so she could do business with humans.

So she needed a power source. The boys are all toddlers, Raph at age 2 is already showing a protectiveness and hardheadedness, he will not be a good candidate. Plus he’s the biggest and would have the most painful bite. Donnie is a good option. Even at one he’s intelligent for a baby, but he’s delicate and might not survives ruff journey, at least not at the speed she will have to take it. Mikey is the smallest and easiest to grab but he’s also the most heavily guarded, being the brand new baby. Leo it is. Small, less guards, more sturdy.

So she takes him one night and disappears forever. Leaving the royal family one prince short.

She raise Leo as her own and if he turns out to be just as cunning as her, we’ll she proud of that. But he can never leave the tower she made for him. (She thinks he’s stuck there but red eared sliders are one of the turtle species that can climb.) she also finds that the boy is skilled in portal magic, something she seals away.

One day close to his eighteenth birthday. A Ronin that got himself into a tight spot hides up in the tower.

And off they go on their adventure.

Leo wants to see the floating lights and Usagi needs to go that way anyways. Maybe he has a delivery for someone in the Hamato kingdom

The Tenshu crew would be the snuggly duckling patrons.

Big mama looking for them, slowly reverting to her more spider like state. She has teemed up with Kenichi a jealous samurai.

She finds them and approaches Leo when he is alone and comments about how Usagi is just completing a task. Leo is a tag along. As soon as their destinations no longer align Usagi will leave him. It’s the way of a Ronin, to always be traveling. He’s not going to stay for Leo, who would. And he won’t want Leo tagging along. Look how much slower he travels with Leo, look how much trouble Leo has caused him. As soon as Usagi has the chance he’ll leave. “I doubt he’ll even say goodbye, it’s in a ronin’s nature to leave.” Leo is shaken but doesn’t want to back down just yet.

They make it to the kingdom and are enjoying the festivities (Usagi has never been there before he knows about the lost prince but has no idea what he looks like.

After the romantics day out and the lantern scene in the boat. Usagi lands their boat, by now he’s already completed his job in the kingdom. He sees something near by and asks Leo to stay out, worried it might be trouble and not wanting Leo near it.

It’s a set up by Kenichi and Usagi falls for it, and when he leaves Leo’s side Big Mama is there to show Leo that his beloved Samurai is leaving him without a goodbye. Leo returns with her.

Kenichi has approached the roual family with Leo’s mask, a gift since infancy, covered in blood and claiming he found Usagi with it. This does not put Usagi in a good position.

Of course their is a jail break sequence. I’m thinking Mayhem as pascal and maybe April or cassanrada as Maximus. (A guard who takes their job very seriously but gets won over by leo)

Orion two

Usagi is Rapunzel and Hikiji is gothel.

Maybe Hikiji has an old grudge against Katsuichi and takes his adopted son as a way to break his spirit.

No magic here just a mad man.

He is raised to be a servant, no sword fighting skills in sight and he is never aloud to leave.

But you can’t keep a sword out of his hands and he practices in secret.

One day a ninja stumbles in and while Usagi has been raised to see all ninja as evil, this is also an opportunity out. He wants to see the world.

Leo get bullied into taking the bunny to the Tenshu.

On the way there they have to stop at run of the mill for food and meet Leo’s family (the snuggly duckling crew)

Hikiji is tracking them and tries to convince Usagi to leave telling him that Leo will just kill him once he’s board of him. But Usagi doesn’t waver just yet

Once in town they hear tales of the missing rabbit. The son of the lord’s best friend. Leo makes a joke about Usagi looking like the kid.

After a romantic day together Leo gets separated from Usagi and Hikiji swoops him back up.

This idea needs more flesh to it but I can see Tomeo ame as Maximus and Chizu or Kitsune as pascal. Probably Chizu as she would also work under Hikiji.

Which do you like better

[smokeybrandreviews]

Going Solo

I am trying my goddamndest to care about Solo Leveling but it has become a straight up ordeal. I do not understand the hype at all. Admittedly, I am prone to automatically dislike the most popular and mainstream of sh*t on principal. I tent to find the fans of those types of thing to be objectively insufferable and it turns me off to whatever the sh*t is. I cannot tell you how many Narutards and WoW trolls have attacked me in my life because I don’t prostrate myself at the feet of their chosen media. Like, Naruto is okay. It’s the second best of the Big Three but I’m a BLEACH guy and World of Warcraft is whatever. I don’t give a sh*t about MMORPGs in general. Interestingly enough, I am about that solo life in my RPGs. I am a man of story. I love well developed characters and a properly fleshed out world. These are all things I was led to believe Solo Leveling archives. I’m seven episodes in, and haven’t seen any of it. The wild thing is, everyone who swears by this show is telling me that it’s not supposed to, that the narrative doesn’t pick up until f*cking chapter one hundred. Bro, what?

Solo Leveling has garnered much of its praise from the excellent web comic of the same name. As I understand it, the rich world building and colorized art, is what has people completely enamored with the series. I made an attempt, long ago, to get into this thing right before it got hot-hot and couldn’t stand it. The art is bad, very amateurish in my opinion. The coloring was very basic, too. I could tell that this was a series made by A guy in his bedroom, basically. That’s fine. I’m all about that. Get your exposure. I’m a huge fan of ONE. His Web comic version of One-Punch Man is the worst in terms of art, but the world building was there almost immediately. There was enough in those first few hideous chapters, to keep me coming back. Eventually, Murata got a hold of the narrative and blessed us with his art. All of a sudden, OPM is brilliant on all fronts and I can dig it. Solo Leveling has not been blessed in this way. An entire series and a spin-off later, this sh*t is still ugly as f*ck to look at. It’s so ugly, the immaculate world building can’t even really save it for me and that’s a whole different issue, in of itself!

Bro, the overarching story is kind of whack. I’ve watched a ton of plot synopsis and “what you need to know” about Solo Leveling, and i am thoroughly unimpressed. I’ve come across these OP protag stories before, it’s basically a trope now, so the devil is in the details. From what I can tell, the details in Solo are not all that interesting. Like, I’ve seen this plot before. I’ve read this story multiple times. It’s Reincarnated as a Slime/Sword. It’s Kenichi, Black Clover, and Tokyo Ghoul. It’s Parasyte, Deadman Wonderland (which is excellent, one of my favorites, and a high recommend), Attack on Titan, and f*cking Arifureta. All of these narratives follow the same beats, hit the same notes, and deliver the same kind of overall plot. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, Slime, Wonderland, and Sword are some of my favorite anime, all-time, I’m just saying Solo has a lot of work to do in order to impress and it’s falling really short. I can’t wait over a hundred chapters worth of content for this sh*t to finally catch up to what Slime did in ten. That’s bogus as f*ck.

I am flailing over here, man. I want to like this sh*t, I really do. Conceptually, Solo is right up my alley, but this goddamn execution is killing me. It took five whole ass episodes for ANYTHING to happen. Even then, the animation was pathetic. Even during the short bursts of very obvious budget expenditure, sh*t was still barely dope. I’m watching this and just keep thinking One-Punch Man is basically the blue print for this stuff and it’s exceptional. The other one, Tower of God, is f*cking brilliant all around. Why is Solo Leveling so goddamn pedestrian? Not even the gore is enough to distract me from the utter disappointment and I don’t even actually care about this show like that. It is a frustration because I can see this thing being great if another animation studio actually put in the effort to animate this sh*t. If it had a distinct vision for its art style or some sort of specific look it could call its own. Instead, it’s the most generic sh*t I’ve seen in anime in some time and I just don’t care about it.

[smokeybrand]

Going Solo

I am trying my goddamndest to care about Solo Leveling but it has become a straight up ordeal. I do not understand the hype at all. Admittedly, I am prone to automatically dislike the most popular and mainstream of sh*t on principal. I tent to find the fans of those types of thing to be objectively insufferable and it turns me off to whatever the sh*t is. I cannot tell you how many Narutards and WoW trolls have attacked me in my life because I don’t prostrate myself at the feet of their chosen media. Like, Naruto is okay. It’s the second best of the Big Three but I’m a BLEACH guy and World of Warcraft is whatever. I don’t give a sh*t about MMORPGs in general. Interestingly enough, I am about that solo life in my RPGs. I am a man of story. I love well developed characters and a properly fleshed out world. These are all things I was led to believe Solo Leveling archives. I’m seven episodes in, and haven’t seen any of it. The wild thing is, everyone who swears by this show is telling me that it’s not supposed to, that the narrative doesn’t pick up until f*cking chapter one hundred. Bro, what?

Solo Leveling has garnered much of its praise from the excellent web comic of the same name. As I understand it, the rich world building and colorized art, is what has people completely enamored with the series. I made an attempt, long ago, to get into this thing right before it got hot-hot and couldn’t stand it. The art is bad, very amateurish in my opinion. The coloring was very basic, too. I could tell that this was a series made by A guy in his bedroom, basically. That’s fine. I’m all about that. Get your exposure. I’m a huge fan of ONE. His Web comic version of One-Punch Man is the worst in terms of art, but the world building was there almost immediately. There was enough in those first few hideous chapters, to keep me coming back. Eventually, Murata got a hold of the narrative and blessed us with his art. All of a sudden, OPM is brilliant on all fronts and I can dig it. Solo Leveling has not been blessed in this way. An entire series and a spin-off later, this sh*t is still ugly as f*ck to look at. It’s so ugly, the immaculate world building can’t even really save it for me and that’s a whole different issue, in of itself!

Bro, the overarching story is kind of whack. I’ve watched a ton of plot synopsis and “what you need to know” about Solo Leveling, and i am thoroughly unimpressed. I’ve come across these OP protag stories before, it’s basically a trope now, so the devil is in the details. From what I can tell, the details in Solo are not all that interesting. Like, I’ve seen this plot before. I’ve read this story multiple times. It’s Reincarnated as a Slime/Sword. It’s Kenichi, Black Clover, and Tokyo Ghoul. It’s Parasyte, Deadman Wonderland (which is excellent, one of my favorites, and a high recommend), Attack on Titan, and f*cking Arifureta. All of these narratives follow the same beats, hit the same notes, and deliver the same kind of overall plot. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, Slime, Wonderland, and Sword are some of my favorite anime, all-time, I’m just saying Solo has a lot of work to do in order to impress and it’s falling really short. I can’t wait over a hundred chapters worth of content for this sh*t to finally catch up to what Slime did in ten. That’s bogus as f*ck.

I am flailing over here, man. I want to like this sh*t, I really do. Conceptually, Solo is right up my alley, but this goddamn execution is killing me. It took five whole ass episodes for ANYTHING to happen. Even then, the animation was pathetic. Even during the short bursts of very obvious budget expenditure, sh*t was still barely dope. I’m watching this and just keep thinking One-Punch Man is basically the blue print for this stuff and it’s exceptional. The other one, Tower of God, is f*cking brilliant all around. Why is Solo Leveling so goddamn pedestrian? Not even the gore is enough to distract me from the utter disappointment and I don’t even actually care about this show like that. It is a frustration because I can see this thing being great if another animation studio actually put in the effort to animate this sh*t. If it had a distinct vision for its art style or some sort of specific look it could call its own. Instead, it’s the most generic sh*t I’ve seen in anime in some time and I just don’t care about it.

[centrally-unplanned]

Okay, so I have a theory - I wish I could prove it, but alas I can only guess. First, I'm SUCH an idiot; its Gamest magazine - yes of course, games and anime and manga and all that bleed over, but not that much. Some of this fan art is random but *most* of it wont be. So what will it be of? Games obviously, and not just any games:

Princess Waya from the game Bravoman, released in...1988

A glodloid mecha ship from the arcade game Syvalion, released in, wow, 1988.

This issue of Gamest came out on January 1st, 1989 - its a retrospective of the last year. Its not 100%, I see 1986's very popular Return of Ishtar in there for example, but overall its art of 'big games' of the year which are likely new games. With that knowledge...

...this is still pretty hard, damn. Looking over the list of big games from the time, none of them look like they would have a character like this? Its why I didn't think it was a game character at first, arcade games of the time aren't this detailed and are generally shooters or side scrollers (or strip mahjong). And its...weird, with every other art its just very obvious what game it is? This one is uniquely elusive.

I found another comic in Gamest magazine by this same artist by the way, Gamest 19, April 1988. Its, uh...

Its a "real type pig" and is apparently "the kind of thing anyone would think of", a statement I assume is directly targeted at me as a Fuck You. But this is data - Tatebi is absolutely willing to draw weird abstract shit.

So I looked back at the original art, and did what anyone would do when lost and directionless - looked at her panties:

Which, hey, -aito? Wait, its not TAR- on her shoulder; its TAI-, Taito, aka:

One of the biggest arcade game makers of the era. But they weren't this meta, they weren't making anime robot girls with their corporate brand slapped on their groin, at least not that I can tell - their gaming logo is the Space Invader monster.

But as we know now Tatebi-kun has zero chill and that older pig comic is definitely some form of satire of the industry, so I think this girl *is* fan art; not of a game, but of Taito itself, made into a Bubblegum Crisis style hyper-detailed anime gynoid. They are a company that uses computer machinery to project the face of digital waifus after all, its a very on-point avatar to grant them. And it certainly explains why I can't find any god damn record of a single popular game with a character like that released in 1988!!!

I certainly might be wrong, but if true I got to give Tatebi props - for an original character this art is amazing, and they are pushing the envelope on that biomuscular-cybernetics hybrid design. The 'chrome' designs pioneered by illustrators like Hajime Sorayama (Sexy Robot from 1984, for example) tended to be more in vogue at this time (or just...a hot girl, who is apparently a robot, trust me bro), you don't see designs like this too commonly until later (ask resident robo-fetishist/animator expert @canmom for details on that timeline). Would love to know more about his identity - one of the other comics in that same section of the magazine is done by a young Kenichi Tajiri, an established animator today who was art director on shows like Princess Tutu and the final Sailor Moon movie (he is a longtime friend of Junichi Sato, if you couldn't guess). I feel like Tatebi has talent, I would love to know what else they did.

Anyway if my theory is laughably full of holes and you know exactly where it came from, absolutely tell me, I am ready to take the L on this one. But a theory is better than nothing for something like this.

Fan art from Gamest magazine, No. 28, 1989.

I can’t read Japanese, so I don’t know what this is fan art of.

[sakuramidnight15]

-FF OC Information-

[Gacha Club Mod Ver. Below]

Character Bio

Name: Kenichi Gaspard

(Japanese: ガスパール健一)

Romaji: Gasupāru Ken'ichi

Qoute: "Tch, get out of my way or you'll be messing with me."

V/A: Masami Itou (Japanese)

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Birthday: October 1

Star Sign: Libra

Eye Color: Maroon Red

Hair Color: Raven Black

Height: 187 cm

Race: Human

Species: High-Skilled Claymore

Homeland: Light Kingdom

Family: Tyrone Gaspard (Father)-(Deceased)

Safia Florentine (Mother)

Riana Florentine (Younger Sister)

Loin Gaspard (Uncle)

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Fun Facts

Dominant Hand: Ambidextrous

Favorite Color: Black, Maroon, Red, Grey, and White

Favorite Food: Dark Coffee, Anything that is edible to eat, Salty-flavored Food,

Least Favorite Food: Anything that is uneditable, Too Salty, Kale Tea, His uncle's cooking,

Likes: Supporting his family, Quiet Places, Sword training, Teaching anyone a lesson if you messed with him, His younger sister, His food souls, Yvette,

Dislikes: Increasing Workload, Judgmental People, His mother over-working (Mostly), His past (Mostly), His father's death (Mostly), His younger sister getting tormented to death by a 'woman' in the past (Mostly), Greed, Nobles, Anyone harming his family and Yvette (In secret for Yvette),

Hobbies: High-skilled Cooking, Taking Good Care of her Food Souls, Star gazing, Roasting someone, Playing the violin or piano with his sister, Malewife,

Talents: High IQ, Fast Memorization, Taking Good Care of her Food Souls, Fast Agility, Physical and Weaponry Self-defense and Strength, Stealth Master, Claymore Abilities,

Nicknames: Kenichi or Ken (From his family and friends, Mostly)

Master Attendant (From his food souls, Mostly)

Big Bro (From his younger sister)

Other Nicknames:

N/A

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Appearance and Personality

Appearance: Kenichi has a slender and muscular male body build, which it looks pretty average when looking at a distance. He has long and messy raven black hair which he ties it up into a single ponytail and has maroon red eyes. Kenichi is a very stern man with a rash attitude mixed with an intimidating behavior.

Personality: Kenichi is the eldest child and only son in his family, who lives in the decent part of the light kingdom. Apparently, he had a very difficult childhood before trauma came.

Ever since the death of his father while mother was six months pregnant with his sister inside of her tummy, both his mother and his uncle were having some difficulties for a stable living before his younger sister was born.

So instead of playing with the other kids outside a d making any friends, all he did was to ask his uncle if there's anything do to to get his mother to feel better and even helped his uncle on his work while his mother rested during her pregnancy, because he didn't want to lose another parent after his father's death.

After his younger sister was born and turned ten while he turned fifteen, there was a very traumatic event that permanently traumatized Kenichi and his sister eternally forever. He had never forgotten about it, ever.

The current Kenichi we are seeing is now cold with a rash attitude, isn't a fond of anyone who messed with him but can beat you up if you do something. In other simple words, a typical bad boy with an appearance of an ruthless devil and still has it after reaching to age twenty.

Despite his rash and cold attitude, he still offers support for his family and his younger sister who is recovering from the trauma event the siblings faced together, he doesn't like anyone who are judgemental at him and his family.

Deep inside of him... Is a completely different person than his usual bad boy attitude if you are now close to him. He is supportive, patient, and even an understanding person. Can be a capable house-husband or male wife. But can be a little tsundere about it while blushing.

This handsome yet rude guy... Surely, it's either he's easy or hard to handle with.

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Trivia

-The name 'Kenichi' can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: 賢一, "wise, one" 健一, "healthy, one". While his surname 'Gaspard' is primarily a male name of French origin that means Treasurer. Form of Jasper or Casper.

-He's based on a few characters. Ichigo Kurosaki (From Bleach), Sebastian Michaelis (From Black Butler), Inuyasha (From Inuyasha), Sasaki Inui (From Acchi Kocci), and Issei Hyoudou (From Highschool DxD).

-Has met Yvette after his incident, and of course he bullied slightly till they reached to adult. It soon to be revealed that he slightly regret it after having a crush on her later. Seems to be looking for a way to make it up to her.

-Isn't a fond of his past, all of it. He wouldn't mentioned it if you asked him about it.

-He knows how to handle house and restaurant work easily since he knows how to handle workload.

-His younger sister is currently recovering from the trauma she got. Kenichi and his food souls oftens visits her to make sure she's doing okay.

-His sister wanted Yvette and her brother to get together soon. Started to get impatient afterward, which Kenichi told him not to remind it.

-Seems to know about Yvette's left hand because his trauma event was on the same day for Yvette's incident with her left hand, but he doesn't know that Yvette's father was actually her adoptive father.

-His father had died in a explosion accident when he was seven. He was slightly jealous that some kids still have their fathers while he didn't.

-Some of his foods souls we're hoping for Kenichi to confess to Yvette soon, much to his dismay and embarrassment.

-He and his younger sister got involved in a kidnapping case by a noble woman, who didn't hesitate to verbally and physically abuse both of them after getting kidnapped, his younger and him nearly died from her but they were recused by their mother who had founded them.

-His voice sounds menacing and dark, still the same tone when getting angry. Which is why I chose Masami Itou to be his voice actor.

-Plays the violin and piano with passion when he plays with his sister.

-Typical tsundere.

-Knows how to handle his words at someone, he got it from his mother.

[remmushound]

Curse of the Clans part 11! @scentedcandlecryptid @selfindulgenz

They got to the town by morning. It wasn’t much of a town— more of a village by Leonardo’s standards. There was only one road, leading from one side of the town to the other, and all the inhabitants seemed to be the same creatures: rabbits. They weren’t the same species as Usagi however; their ears were short and erect, all of them sharing the same brown and black fur and similar, dull garments. They surely seemed out of place in such a white, snowy tundra.

Usagi stopped the cart and turned to Leonardo. “This is where we go our separate ways.”

Leonardo stared at Usagi for a moment, waiting for the punchline. When none came and the expression on Usagi’s face remained still and serious, Leonardo gave a weak laugh.

“You’re serious?”

Usagi tilted his head slightly. “I told you I could take you as far as the town.”

“Y-yeah, but— but that was before we had a bro-ment!”

“Broment…?” Usagi tilted his head to the other side.

“You know— bro moment! Bro-ment!”

“Well… er. Bro-ments aside, this is where we must part ways. In case you have yet to notice, you don’t exactly fit in around here.” Usagi nodded to the mammals, who were already starting to stare. “And I can’t have you calling unnecessary attention to me and Nuriyuki.”

“But…”

Usagi leaned into the cart and produced several coins, dropping them in Leonardo’s hand. “This is all I can spare for you. I wish you the best of luck, Leonardo Splinterson.”

***

The fresh meat was like pure gold to the badger cub's senses, the warmth of the lizard’s juices trickling down his throat and finding its way to the rest of his limbs. He finished the first lizard off very quickly, crunching through the bones so nothing went to waste, and made sure to lick his paws clean before digging into the second lizard.

Usagi chewed his dandelions slowly, the sharp taste was not bad, but far from good. It was filling and nutritious, and most importantly cheap. It would keep him going on the long road ahead. He sucked up the last of the stems in his mouthful like it was a noodle, taking the time to thoroughly chew and swallow before calling out to the night.

“I know you’re there, Leonardo.”

Leonardo gave a squeak from where he hid in the bushes.

“For a self-proclaimed samurai, you don’t know how to handle yourself around rabbits, do you? You should’ve stayed downwind. Come out now.”

Leonardo exposed himself to the light of the flame, his arms crossed over his chest in an attempt to preserve the heat that tries to escape. He had spent the coins Usagi gave him on a cloak-like garment, but it did little to keep him warm. Usagi patted the stone beside him, inviting Leonardo to sit around the warmth of the fire. Leonardo held no shame in accepting.

“Why are you still here?” Usagi offered Leonardo a handful of dandelions.

Leonardo refused as politely as he could, his nose scrunching up at the sharp smell. He wasn’t that desperate yet. “I really need your help Usagi. I— I can’t do this alone.” It left a burning sickness in Leonardo’s chest to admit he needed help, but he didn't care about ego when his family was on the line.

“Can’t do… what alone, Leonardo?”

“I lied to you. I’m not a samurai, Usagi.” Leonardo admitted. “I just didn’t want you to kill me...”

“No.” Usagi gave a gasp of faux astonishment.

From there, Leonardo told Usagi his story as best as he could remember it. He found himself repeating sections of story like he always did but was relieved that Usagi brought no attention to the repeats. He listened quietly, head low, ears perked, until Leonardo reached the end of his tale.

“I’m… not from around here, and I’ve already lost two days and do you have any idea how hard it is to ask for help? I should’ve brought my inhaler! But first I would have had to buy an inhaler. Do you know how expensive inhalers are—?!”

“Shhhhh…” Usagi raised his paw as he gently shushed, far too lost with Leonardo’s strange words to try and understand them. “You can come along, no need for all of that..” Usagi bit off the flower of another dandelion. “My master always taught me to believe in fate.

“Fate?” Leonardo breathed. “There’s no such thing.”

“Perhaps.” Usagi twirled the stem in his fingers. “But I believe. You should not discount other’s beliefs just because they do not coincide with your own. You told me your story, Leonardo. Now let me tell you mine.”

I was born to the clan Miyamoto, and just as my ancestors, I was destined for the path of the samurai. From the moment I could walk, I was in training with the sword. And at the age of five, just like all bucks in my family, I was taken away to the most influential school in our province: The Dogra School for Gifted Young Samurai. It is a mouthful. Except, unlike most, I wasn’t taken alone.”

“The younger one is more ears than rabbit.” Said the black and white buck sitting on the left side of the lazy board, guiding the horses that drew the carriage.

“He is the son of Magistrate Miyamoto.” Said the buck rabbits brown companion. “The school has high hopes for him and Kenichi.”

“They better. Otherwise, we’d have drove the cart all the way out here for nothing.”

Further down the road, they pulled the cart to a stop. The creature barring their way was huge—even the tallest rabbit in the cart could only hope to be as big as one of his legs. The horses startled at the sight of him, rearing and whinnying and stomping their hooves. The lion didn't look up from where he was collecting his berries.

The buck rabbits looked at each other, then down at the lion. He acknowledged them with nothing but the flick of his ears, his paws too busy gathering to care about the approach of the cart.

“Katsuichi.” The black buck said finally.

The lion regarded him with a flick of his tail.

“You’re on Dogra School land again.” The buck went on, “The head master has warned you countless times. Go, and leave the berries.”

The lion breathed out a grunt as he stood up, his fur ruffling in the chill of his wind. He turned to face the cart of rabbits. The two rabbits kits tucked inside the cart peeked out to see why they had stopped. One of them had the traditional, small and erect ears that were desirable for most samurai, his fur a pure white if not for the single black finger on his right hand. The other kit was smaller, white with eyes like rubies and ears that flowed like silk. He had to push them out of his face so he could actually see what was going on; the ears seemed to have a mind of their own!

The moment the lion’s earthy eyes passed over Usagi’s red ones, the rabbit kit gave a yelp and ducked back down into hiding. The lion gave an amused chuff at the fright of the young, soon-to-be samurai, then looked up at the grown bucks.

“I simply want some berries for my breakfast cake.” The lion said, his voice rumbling like thunder.

“Get them off of your own land.”

“There are no berries on my land.” The lion said, “But here, you have more than enough to share.”

“Not if greedy lions keep hogging them all.” The brown buck growled. “You don’t need berries.”

“Need? No, I suppose not. But does that mean that I can not enjoy them from time to time?”

“Not when they’re stolen from our land.”

“Just put the berries down and leave, Katsuichi.”

The lion looked at the black rabbit, and then at the brown one. Then he picked a berry from out of the basket, twisted it around in his fingers, and popped it into his mouth. The fur of the black rabbit ruffled at the disobedience, eyes flashing, and he reached for the sword on his back. The brown rabbit held his arm out to still his companion, but both rabbits watched the lion with equal hatred in their eyes as he disappeared into the bushes with his basket of berries in hand.

[bokutosbiceps]

How about some headcanons for Yosen boys where their fem s!o wants to carry them bridal style(ofc considering she IS strong enough despite her being smaller than them)? I remember you doing it for some other characters way back? Thank you!

okay so absolutely because i’ll write anything for my yosen boys :3 i hope you enjoy

ps. these will be in reaction format :))

fukui kensuke would be kinda surprised but also kinda scared. he’d be like ‘bro what are you trying to prove’ but also like ‘LEMME SEE YOU TRY’. it takes him a while to answer because of his inner turmoil--and he doesn’t want to feel less masculine. he knows he’s on the shorter side and he doesn’t wanna be shown up by his girlfriend, BUT he ultimately decides to let you do it. he’s a bit skeptical in the beginning as you prepare to pick him up but then when he’s in your arms he’s internally freaking out. why does he think it’s kinda hot that you can carry him? this leads to fukui challenging you to so many other things. 

himuro tatsuya is so concerned for your well being. he’s wholly confused as to why you would need to show him that you’re just as strong, if not stronger, than him. he believes in you so much already and is so supportive, he starts to question if he ever made you feel like you were less than him, but he decides to let you do it in the end. once you’re in his arms, he’s laughing nervously + he’s got his arms SO TIGHT around your neck. he’s a bit afraid that you’ll drop him but he believes in you the whole way. AFTER YOU PROVE THAT YOU’RE A BOSS, you set him down + smiles proudly at you, telling you that he didn’t doubt you for a second. you tell him that you could hear his heart beating so hard against his chest + tell him that lying is a sin. would never let you do that again.

liu wei straight up refuses. poor bby is sooooo confused as to why you would wanna try to pick him up. he wants to let you try but also he doesn’t want you to get hurt so he says know but feels bad when you start begging + whining. its also inner turmoil for this poor bby wHY’D YOU ASK HIM ??

murasakibara atsushi does not even entertain the thought. he continues to go about his day as if you hadn’t just asked him that question. he doesn’t even wanna be bothered with the possibility that you could be stronger than him. he has a god complex + is positive that you could never. he won’t ever let you.

okamura kenichi just laughs + thinks its cute that you wanna try to pick him up. okamura is a big dude + your arms would probably fall off but he literally thinks its so adorable that you wanna carry him. also, he can never resist your cute face, so he may or may not let you just try. but he’s like 99.99% positive he won’t come more than 0.0001 mm off the ground. HOWEVER, once you wrap your arms around his waist and bend your knees to prepare to pick him up--he gets a creeping suspicion. then, as he is lifted onto his toes by his tiny girlfriend, he begins to rethink his whole life.

[r0bita]

EDITED: For some small changes and added information!

Tezuka Star System Headcanon's because I've dug myself way too deep into this and now I'm trapped in Tezuka world hell. 

Worlds are gonna cross over for this post so the context may be weird.

Boon is a professionally trained soprano.

Almost everyone has had a crush on Black Jack...

People are perplexed by Monsieur Ampere's mole... because it never. stays. in one. place...

Black Jack is obsessed and impressed with Gohonmatsu's alcohol tolerance. It also scares him. Barbara also respects him on that part.

Kenichi and Rock look up to each other as fellow youth/prodigy detectives. Kenichi more so who sees rock as his elder.

Rock Holmes has a way of getting animals of all types to approach him. (How ironic, he's a like a Disney princess...)

Franz Charming is nearsighted. (One time he saw himself in the mirror and thought it was Rock. Sapphire was in the room during this occurrence.)

There are few people who know Captain Blood's true name, Heinrich. Franz started calling him Heinz to embarrass him. It doesn't bother him as much as being called Capt. Charming (by Hecate).

Tink is a cherub. His true form must never be revealed and this fact is one of many reasons why he holds back so much in the Princess Knight mangas. One of many reasons why Madam Hell and Mephisto are terrified of him.

Theorized locations of Princess Knight (based on the names really).

Sapphire's kingdom is probably in France. The French pronunciation of Sapphire is Saphir(used as a masculine name).

Franz's country is possibly in Germany or Austria. Franz is a name of german origin.

Dispite being from an another kingdom (EXILED), Capt Blood was raised most of of his life in Italy (possibly Sicily) and therefore has an Italian accent.

Hecate's family probably live within or near the alps, making the location conveniently close to both kingdoms.

Monster is ethnically ambiguous. He's friends with Melon Kid (from Lemon Kid).

(This is technically canon.) Lemon Kid and Saboten(Cactus-Sam) are BFFs.

Atlas and Cuzco(AstroBoy) have a fond respect for one another since Cuzco was made in Peru and Atlas' original creator was Inca. Atlas hasn't lived in Peru very long while Cuzco has been there for most of his life.

Biwamaru is immortal and that is not a secret!

Hyakkimaru has no sense of fashion. Everyone he knows just buys clothes for him and hope's for the best. Pray for Mio, everybody...

Tahomaru and Atlas's characters and developments have a lot in common so I imagine they'd get along. Same with Shoren (Black Jack's sister) and Double (from Capt. Ken) because they also would have a lot in common too.

Double is into the culinary arts and is secretly a big softy.

Tahomaru, Atlas, and Daisaku (Shinsengumi) have been mistaken for each other and have been thought to have been siblings. They aren't, but they think it's funny.

Daisaku and Kyujuro are... roomates.

Despite being basically the star system's version of Batman and a War veteran, there are two people Black Jack and Kiriko could never win against in a contest of strength. Their sisters...

Dororo idolizes Mitchi, Sapphire, and Kei Kisaragi. He also seem to get along with Shogo (Apollo's Song) and Fuusuke Saigo (Vampire) due to similar temperaments and Chippei (Vampires) and Pipy (Pipi-Chan) because of similar backgrounds.Hyakkimaru is a little jealous not being Dororo's only role model, but won't admit it. (I have a life outside of you, Bro...)

Melmo could challenge God if she wanted to, she simply chooses not to... She's a sweetheart with a heart of gold but she is Spiteful. Demons won't mess with her. Except Chocola, because they are friends.

Triton, Luna(Angel’s Hill) and Shiranui(Dororo) are close good friends. (Beach Buddies!)

Triton and Shiranui have both stowed away on Capt. Blood's ship more times then Blood cares to remember.

Blue Bon(Astroboy) and Magma are in-laws. Magma likes treating Blue Bon like a younger brother. Blue Bon hates this, but he appreciates that he's a good choice for his sister.

The Wonder 3 trio is aware of who Goa is and they can't stand him.

(The Vampires) Toppei saw Ruriko more like an older sister figure for a time since she seemed to have known his father more than he did and learned a lot about him through her.

Whenever Stars aren't on camera as the cast they, they work on the set as the crew. Some actually prefer crew work over acting, which explains some peoples rare appearances.

There is so much more I could add, but I'll leave it here.

[jokerfan99]

Fighter 39: King Dedede by VGAfanatic

Kirby series by Nintendo, HAL Laboratories & Masahiro Sakurai First Appearance: Kirby's Dream Land (Game Boy 1992)

Seiyu: Kenichi Ogata ; Masahiro Sakurai Voice: Ted Lewis

A large penguin-like creature that is the self-proclaimed king of Dream Land. However, he's just a big bully, picking on children and stealing food, which is very unbecoming of a king. He once stole the Star Rod, but Kirby took it back. Since then, he has sought out ways to oust him, like developing his own inhaling skill. All that being said, Dedede isn't really a bad guy, as he and Kirby have had friendly eating competitions on occasion.

Super Smash Bros Special Moves ------------------------------------------ Standard: Inhale Side: Waddle Dee Toss (Brawl) Side: Gordo Throw (Since) Up: Super Dedede Jump Down: Jet Hammer

Final Smash ---------------- Brawl: Waddle Dee Army 3DS/Wii U: Dedede Burst Ultimate: Dede-Rush

Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/vgafanatic/

[e-icreator23]

Niss: yes my brother was cute when he was little *shows the picture* Zyga look over there

Kenichi: I already told you not to show these pictures *hides face*

*they look and smile*

All 3: hes so cute^^

Zyga: Oh! big bro!

[davidpwilson2564]

Bloglet

Saturday, September 21, 2019

Kenichi is "mudding" with his big black Jeep, upstate.  Some sort of annual off-road event that I'm sure I'll hear more about .   Something that Jeep owners participate in.  (Kenichi has a classic Jeep.)  No surprise, Jeep owners find each other. 

Noon: My alma mater plays the University of Florida down in Tallahassee.  The Vols do okay in the opening minutes and then it all goes badly for them.  So, thus far they have won one game, against a much smaller school, Chattanooga.  And the U of T coach is in hot water.  Same old story. 

Note: The Florida Gator fans do this weird thing with their arms to indicate the deadly closing of the beast's jaws.  Their Tomahawk Chop.

Later: Dale comes and we play duets.  More Boccherini, then W F Bach (which never gets any easier for me). 

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Talk to Kenichi.  The big Jeep event, called, he tells me, the Jeep Jamboree, was an enormous success.  He took Julie on this exciting off-road experience. (Somehow his description brings to mind our watching "The Dukes of Hazzard" together when he was a little kid.) 

He tells me he owns a "classic Jeep."  I've ridden in it but didn't know it was a classic.  (That vanity plate: Must Mud.)  Talk to him for a while about my gizmos have failed me...the "tablet" and my Kindle... Long story here but I need his expertise.  He says he can hook me up with something called an "E Reader."  Were this to be done I could unclutter my other electronic devices.  Damn this stuff anyway; I'll never get it.

Always feel somewhat relived after talking to Kenichi.  I don't know how he sees to all the things he's taken on.

The Patriots have no trouble with the winless Jets. 

A bit later: the N Y Giants actually pull out a win.  New quarterback.  Manning benched, probably forever more.

Errands.  Ideal weather. 

Note: Cruel fun poked by someone doing the Emmy Awards.  Voiceover announcement: "For those of you watching this in jail, that two weeks is going to fly by."  A zinger aimed by Felicity Huffman.  Also...sort of on the same subject...it is mentioned that Bill Cosby took home many of these awards.  I think of him sidling into court, leaning on an assistant's arm, and saying to the security guard, "Don't taze me, bro."

The MeToo movement far from done.  New accusations for Charlie Rose.  He's pretty much done now.

And this: In the In Memoriam part of the Emmys, Andre Previn's name came up, accompanied by a photo of Leonard Slatkin (ne Zlotkin).   (Last year when Aretha Franklin was mentioned they showed a photo of Patti La Belle.)

[mamomomotora]

I honestly think with the recently released teaser trailer of Netflix’s adaptation of Death Note, it’s time to bring this video back.

Personally, Death Note is and always will be my favorite anime. And before I say my thoughts and opinions on anything, I’m just going to assume that everyone who sees this is going to skip over it.

Because this is tumblr. And none of you like opinions that are controversial to you. So if you’d like to, I guess read how “stupid” I am for my thoughts, then just go ahead and keep reading and shoot me a message or ask or reply. But since that never happens I’ll just assume no one read this.

So here we go.

First of all personally, I’m not going to judge the casting choices or anything. Yeah, I think it’s stupid as hell that they changed Light’s last name to turner. But it fits for a stupid as hell college boy who’s also crazy as hell.

When they first casted these actors back in around July or August, I literally heard NOTHING at all from any of you. So if you’re choosing to make it a problem now, where were you 7-8 months ago?

But I digress. If you’re honestly up in knots about the casting choices, you either never saw that, yes, Japan already made a live action adaptation to death note, or you’re choosing to ignore it. And guess what? It’s with, yes, an ALL Japanese cast. It wasn’t just one, but FOUR different films.

Light up the New World was actually just released in October of 2016. I haven’t seen that one yet, but I have seen the first 3 films. I’m not sure if all 4 films were under production of Warner Bros. Japan, but I do know for sure the first two were.

Let’s look at the actors for Light and L, shall we?

Light Yagami- Played by Tatsuya Fujiwara.

L- Played by Kenichi Matsuyama

Both Japanese actors by the looks of it. But wait wait. 

I’m sure this isn’t enough because this still isn’t the American adaptation right?You want the Japanese/East Asian actors in the  American film, right?? That’s fine, I can understand.

But what about Paul Nakauchi?

He Plays Watari. And if you honest to god don’t know who that is, it’s this old man  

L’s Personal handler and supplier of logistics to the Japanese task force in the anime. And if you’re actually judging the Credibility of Paul Nakauchi, some of you might actually know him as 

Hanzo, from Overwatch. He’s also responsible for other voices including the Japanese Announcer from COD: World at War and Toru Nishimura from Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend. I encourage you to look at his transcript yourself. he’s done a lot.

Then we have Masi Oka in the cast credits. There’s no specific clear indication on what he’s playing, but yes he is a producer of the show. Shocker. In an interview with him he stated he wanted Japanese actors to be front and center in this adaptation. But everyone was clearly disappointed when they obviously saw the actors who play as L and Light. 

BUT

there are already speculations that he’ll be playing 

Touta Matsuda. Now, I’m not sure if any of you remember, but I do remember Matsuda always getting the short end of the stick with everyone. Calling him useless or annoying in the past. But turns out, Matsuda actually turned out to be the hero and actually saving Near by Shooting the Pen out of Light’s hand when almost writing in Near’s name in the Death Note.

Let’s not forget Matsuda shoots Light repeatedly out of anger and betrayal.

So if anything, it’s hinted that if Masi Oka is cast as Matsuda, he not only has one of the most important roles, but he also gets to gun down that crazy whitewashed boy you all hate. 

So honestly, a Japanese man playing as the most important character in this series?? Hell yeah. He’s the one that stops Light in his tracks. He’s the real hero here, honestly. I always hated that Matsuda got slept on. And if it happens again, I swear. None of you are allowed to touch or talk about Death Note ever again.

Honestly, though, if you’re still not over the whole, “This doesn’t excuse anything. this should be an ALL Japanese cast” or “there still needs to be more Japanese/East Asian actors/characters.” 

I understand. But Again. 

If you’re wanting more than what is being given to you, go watch and support the Japan released adapted films. Like I said, one just LITERALLY came out in October, 2016. I did not see ANYONE supporting or posting gifs of it on Tumblr. 

And if you look at it, the previous films were actually a pretty big success. 

Even Moving the Da Vinci Code down to the second place in box office hits in Japan.

The one that is coming out in Netflix is an American adaptation. . 

If you still don’t agree with me, and you haven’t seen the video from TheAnimeMan or Akidearest on the top, I highly suggest you watch it. They both bring up some good points about the anime and Netflix adaptation. 

They even include some other westernized films that stayed true, or took from previous mangas or animes and even movies. 

No one Complained about Inception when it took from Paprika. 

And i definitely did not see anyone complaining about Edge of Tomorrow being from the Anime All You Need is Kill.

Most of these movies and films and adaptations stemming from Japanese Anime have been a success for the most part. I’m definitely curious to see how Death Note will turn out. 

Literaly anything you try to say about “Well no that doesnt make sense because the american justice system is completely different from Japan’s” is not valid to me. Because, yeah while that is true, it’d be smart of you all to stop erasing the ACTUAL Japanese released films of Death Note. Take time and watch them for yourself. Support those films at least if you’re not willing to watch the Netflix adaptation. 

[jacscorner]

If all of your OC's got into one big brawl, who would come out on top?

Alicia: Another stupid question…

Alicia: But I suppose in such a competition, the winner would most likely be me.

Will: Sorry to break it to ya, Sugar Tits, but if anyone’s gonna win a brawl, it’s gonna be me.

Alicia: What the fuck did you just call me?!

Ahem!

Kenichi: Put those Nerf Guns away, kiddies. Unless you wanna mess with some real guns.

Alicia: Meathead.

Will: Jackass.

Jango: So, yeah. In a straight up, no holds barred brawl between the lot of us, Kenichi is the most likely to win it.

Jango: But hey, there’s no tier lists or power scaling here, so anything could happen. But my money would be on my bro before it was on me.