#can you tell I like Yumeno

[kyulisebrainrot]

Old art w some touchup ^^ (If you think you’ve seen me on instagram no you haven’t.)

[nottheeconomy]

BLORBO HALL OF FAME!!!!

Aka, my emotional support tiny guys that got me through the dark ages

And by dark ages, I mean the age of 13-16 hahahahahahhah

Whenever I see them in the wild, I’m happy

Honestly, these characters literally affected my psyche back then. Ahhhhhh I miss these bozos

Also, you know something is obscure when you search up their name and there’s not a single AI art image result showing up (looking at Raindropcake and HK)

On one hand, it feels like they’re lost to time. On the other hand, thank god the techbros didn’t get their filthy grubby grips on them. Everyday is a good day to wish they all slip on a banana peel and fall off a cliff!

[michtheclown]

A whole bunch of drawings

I love women

[concrete-3ater]

Forgot to post this

my girly Yuu! She’s very fun to draw so I did a bunch of doodles of her while I was in Germany

not very proud of how these look but they’re a few months old so they get a pass

[glitchy-anime-fan]

LOOK AT MY CHILD! LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE MY LITTLE DEMON BBY LOOKS! THEY’RE SO STINKING CUTE!!!

[lurkingshan]

Japanese QL Corner

We are back in the flood, with three (!) new Japanese QLs starting this week (we will be patiently waiting for @isaksbestpillow’s excellent subs on the new GL, so I’ll cover that next week), on top of our three ongoing shows. Three of these are streaming weekly on Gaga, with two provided via fansub (feel free to ask if you don’t know where to find them).

Love in the Air Koi

The much anticipated Japanese remake of Love in the Air is here, and it's off to a strong start! I'm a fan of the Thai original despite its flaws, and I am hopeful that a remake can elevate the core of the story while shedding some of the sillier plot aspects and filler. This first episode did exactly that, executing all the important beats of the original first episode in half the time, and establishing our core characters and their dynamics quite well. The casting is good all around, but Nagumo Shoma is perfect as Arashi, and he and Rei have good chemistry. I will look forward to this one every week.

Our Youth

Another strong start right out of the gate! This drama seems to be a second chance romance of sorts. We begin with Minase in present time (narrating about how he and Hirukawa can only communicate via letters, which I suspect may be incarceration-related?) before traveling back six years to high school to see their relationship unfold. Minase is a wealthy but lonely top student who teachers adore, Hirukawa is a poor and abused kid who teachers have already written off as a lost cause, and they are inevitably drawn to each other when Minase witnesses some of the horrible things Hirukawa is dealing with and keeps his mouth shut about it. This drama feels confident about the story it's telling and it's so beautifully shot. Hirukawa already has my heart. I especially like that his characterization feels nuanced and specific rather than archetypal; he is troubled but he's not a bully, and rather than rejecting care, he seeks it out from someone he perceives as trustworthy. I am along for this ride and excited to see where Minase's perspective takes us.

Smells Like Green Spirit

Ow, my heart. This week town gossip spread like wildfire about Mishima and Kirino's supposed romance, and both had a heart to heart with their mothers about it, with wildly different results. While Mishima's wonderful mother affirmed that she knows who he is and wants him to be happy and live his truth, Kirino was shamed and guilted by his homophobic wreck of a mother. We already know how much her grief weighs on him, and her inability to accept him will surely make things hard for him going forward. It was lovely to see he and Mishima escape together to their Shangri-La, however briefly, but I also felt sad that he kept his painful experience to himself rather than confiding in his friend. I just want them both to be okay. Yumeno also had a coming out of sorts, and while I was happy to see another supportive mother, I thought it overcrowded the episode to shove that in, too, especially with lots of time also spent on the villagers. I would have liked the focus to stay more tightly on our besties.

Love is Like a Poison

Welcome to the battle couple era!! Shiba and Haruto are settling into couple life (adorably), and Shiba is defiantly claiming Haruto as his partner for anyone who cares to know. And this week we get what we've been waiting for, as the story sets up the final boss, who appears to be an enemy of both Shiba and Haruto (the former professionally, the latter personally). Haruto is still not telling his Ryo-kun what he's driving after, but we got some helpful hints at the end of this episode about what is ultimately motivating his scamming. I am so excited to see them team up again to take this guy down.

Chaser Game W

I’ll keep this brief. This sequel season had little purpose, with a plot that changed randomly from week to week. They capped it off with a finale that made an insulting mockery of the homophobia real same sex couples in Japan face. This show sticks out like a sore thumb on this list of otherwise excellent Japanese queer media, and I’m very glad it’s over.

[hello-vampire-kitty]

Servamp chapter 147 spoilers

I've had this in my drafts for a while, but I was busy with some stuff and I haven't been able to post... I mostly wrote about the references.

In the Mirror World, Lily is Mikuni's Servamp and he was named "Judith". (Book of Judith).

So Mikuni has 3 contracts? I guess it was just an assumption that Eves can only have one.

Another reference here is the name of the technique that was used. "Salome" (Girl Hell)

There are two women named Salome in the Bible and most likely the story of the one who requested the beheading John the Baptist was the one the technique was based on.

Girl Hell might be a reference to a collection of stories by Yumeno Kyusaku.

Mikuni: "Even with all the repetitions so far, it’s happened a few times.

When you and Kuro come into contact, it makes you remember the 'first loop' (he means the original timeline) and it looks like the Count’s magic isn’t very effective on the Servamps who were inside the shrine when it was activated. That’s why only your contact with Sloth causes the magic to come apart"

So yeah, that's why Kuro and Tsubaki remember the original world, but according to the previous chapters, only Tsubaki could tell that Mikuni "reset" the world a few times.

Uhm, hello? Did Mahiru and Tsubaki make a temporary contract? Is Tsubaki special and didn't need a name and item? Is it considered a temporary contract because only one of the conditions was met? Tsubaki wasn't given an item or another name, so...yeah. It could be that the same conditions don't apply to him?

Mahiru couldn't use magic because he died in the original timeline... His mother brought him back using a forbidden spell that she wanted to use for her parents... In the Mirror World, since Mahiru didn't die, he can use magic. Mikuni looks shocked doesn't he? Was that the first time Mahiru tried to use his magician power? Why didn't Mikuni try getting rid of Mahiru? I mean, he could have killed him using his Servamps and thus no danger of weakening the spell that he used to create the Mirror World. Perhaps, he can't.

Maybe it's a condition from Germaine? Like, c'mon, he's the creator of Servamps, is he really obeying Mikuni's every order? He must have given Mikuni some conditions and maybe not harming Mahiru is one of them because he's important to Kuro and Germaine might use him to get Kuro on his side. Just like Mikuni said, only Kuro and Mahiru are able to cause Germaine's spell to weaken.

So yeah...OMG, only two chapters left! :((

[ceelisiowo]

A happy (mackerel eyed) family :) So uhm... I had this idea for an AU where Dazai takes his 'pupils' away from the Port Mafia after a change of heart (? Dazai is 17, Akutagawa 15 and Yumeno 6... or 7 o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o I think those are their canon ages :]

Get a bit of lore!! Or well just my thoughts on this AU hehe (its pretty recent). After knowing Odasaku for a while (like a year I think?) Dazai gets this idea on his head that to be 'happy' and 'a good person' like Oda he must be like him (? So what is it that makes Odasaku happy? His kids!! But then Dazai's like "but I don't have kids :(" until he remembers the poor kid he left abandoned in the Port Mafia basement and Akutagawa, who he knows has not treated well but... people can change right? :D He goes to Akutagawa "hey let's leave the port mafia just the two (and kyu) of us, your sister will be fine here don't worry" and of course he says yes to whatever Dazai wants (;w;) and then they both secretly steal Kyusaku from the basement™️and the kid's like "you literally were the one that put me in here" and Dazai "yeah but now I'm taking you out so the three of us can escape together :D" and Kyusaku's "yeah ok that sounds great :)" and inconspicuously run away from the mafia 👍 (Before this whole mission starts though Dazai goes to Chuuya asking him if he wants to leave the mafia and Chuuya's like "yeah right you obviously won't leave" but ahm... he does... and Chuuya ends up alone 👍) So the three of them are in the run because Dazai didn't really have a plan for more than a few days, this whole idea coming to him out in a whim (yes yes very ooc sorry orz). Of course the whole mafia is looking for them but it is Odasaku and Ango who find them first!! (in that very ditch from the drawing hehe). He ends up telling him the whole 'plan' and in the end Ango reveals himself to them as a double agent and speedruns Dazai's connection to Taneda. At the end, Dazai, Akutagawa and Kyusaku end up in the care of the ADA :D (or maybe they stay under the government's wing for a while until Fukuzawa is ready to take them) I'm guessing that now that Odasaku knows about Ango maybe he gets the courage to also leave the Port Mafia before all that Mimic fiasco (〃＾▽＾〃) (Thank you if you read this far!! <3)

[radio-ronpa]

Disney I want songs for each V3 character, go!

I got this a few days ago and I've been ruminating on it. I think I've finally settled on them? Plus notes on why I picked that song.

Here's the rules: Has to be from an official Disney Animated Classic (no Pixar, live action, or straight to vid sequels). Must occur within the run time of animation (no songs that only appear in the credits, ala True to Your Heart from Mulan). Only one song can be used from a particular film.

Let's fucking goooooo.

1. Angie Yonaga - Give a Little Whistle (Pinocchio)

Have you ever seen Jiminy Cricket and Atua in the same place? Think about it.

2. Gonta Gokuhara - The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)

Optimistic, joyous, and appreciative of all of life's moments, even if they are very small.

3. Himiko Yumeno - The Next Right Thing (Frozen 2)

If there was a DRV3 stage musical, this would be the number she does at the end of Trial 3. It's literally perfect.

4. Kaede Akamatsu - Good Company (Oliver and Company)

The scene with this song in the movie is literally a piano lesson, and it's about being friends and having faith in that. How could I not?

5. Kaito Momota - Go the Distance (Hercules)

Oh, I want to be a hero because I feel like I don't belong anywhere and I want to be strong enough to give my friends good hugs? Herc and Kaito are both beautiful himbos.

6. Kiibo - Strangers Like Me (Tarzan)

I mean, Keebs is real Pinocchio sometimes, but I started crying imagining him to this song. He's so earnest and I love that for him.

7. Kirumi Tojo - Very Good Advice (Alice in Wonderland)

Classic, underappreciated, and sad as fuck.

8. Kokichi Ouma - The World's Greatest Criminal Mind (The Great Mouse Detective)

Look, this song is just fun and chaotic and delighted by its own mischief. There's so many ways you can go with Kokichi, but I had to pick this one for sheer giggles.

9. Korekiyo Shinguji - Never Smile at a Crocodile (Peter Pan)

JUST READ THE FUCKING LYRICS.

10. Maki Harukawa - Reflection (Mulan)

It's cliche. It's also true.

11. Miu Iruma - The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)

Kind of unhinged and still somehow endearing. Miu Iruma is bounchy flouncy fun fun fun fun fun.

12. Rantaro Amami - Thomas O'Malley Cat (The Aristocats)

The fucking swagger. The worldliness. The feet that can't stop moving. (Of course Rantaro is my favorite character. I adored that cat.)

13. Ryoma Hoshi - Not in Nottingham (Robin Hood)

For the love of god, somebody hug that man.

14. Shuichi Saihara - This Wish (Wish)

If The Next Right Thing is Trial 3 of the DRV3 Disney musical, This Wish is the end of Trial 6. This is Shuichi standing up and telling the villain that they're not going to give in to despair, honoring Kaede's wish with his own. Plus, it's a princess song. I gotta give the main protag the princess song.

15. Tenko Chabashira - Surface Pressure (Encanto)

Tenko doesn't have a complex about being strong and defending people, what gave you that idea?

16. Tsumugi Shirogane - Mad Madam Mim (The Sword in the Stone)

Using your powers of shapeshifting to delight in causing despair and gloom? Can't relate.

This was a wild three hours of research and spreadsheets, and it was delightful fun to do.

Thanks, anon.

[tenns-secret-night]

Sweet Services

Headcanons on some displays of intimacy.

Genre: Fluff

Characters: Gentaro Yumeno x reader, Ramuda Amemura x reader (hypmic), Kujo Tenn x reader, Momo x reader(Idolish7) (all seperate)

Warnings: none

A/N: G/N! Reader!

Gentaro Yumeno

Anything really that involves with you both being physically close.

Usually involving some form of self care between the two of you

A lot of hair care and skincare

You’re feeling sad/in need of comfort? Wait one moment while Gentaro grabs the brush.

Please do the same to him too.

“I think I may quit writing and become a beautician”

“That was but a lie”

Despite him saying this both of your hair and skin never looked better.

Alongside this, he also likes to read to you.

If he needs your ideas on a manuscript or if he just found and interesting novel while out

He will hold you gently against his chest and read you a story until you fall asleep

Ramuda Amemura

It’s a bit obvious but modeling!

He finishes work with the prototype of a new accessory he designed and he wants to see it on you now

When you try on things like necklaces and earrings he always makes sure to place a playful kiss to your jaw/cheek

He tells you that you look amazing, but he’d say that for anything you wore.

If you go over to a mirror to see you can bet he’s attached to you, arms wrapped around you, head places on your shoulder.

“You’re so cute in this you should just keep it for yourself!”

He can always make more for his shop. That particular accessory is now specially your own.

Whatever collection of accessories and clothes you had before the relationship has tripled.

Tenn Kujo

He can get pretty sore from working long hours as an idol so please

Cuddles and massages

Started out with him complaining about his shoulders being stiff after a long rehearsal and turned into a nightly routine.

Pays you back with cuddles

Will absentmindedly run his hands through your hair as he reviews his schedule for the next day

It’s very hard for him to turn off his work brain so it’s good to remind him that he needs to rest as well

“When you make that face I can’t help but rest”

Gaku and Ryu found out about his routine at some point and won’t him live it down.

It’s all playful though, they truly are happy that Tenn is getting the rest he needs.

Momo

Cooking together!

He may not be the best at it but oh my gosh will he try his hardest.

You both tried to make karaage together once and he burnt the oil.

He can learn though, once he was shown how to fry in oil, he has never messed up again.

Has gone to Yuki’s house before to learn how to cook a dish you mentioned wanting to make with him.

When you both cook together, he rests his head on top of your own as you demonstrate what you want him to do.

When it’s time to eat he will insist on feeding you.

It’s a complete K.O. if you feed him back, he’s a blushing mess.

[bluemoondust]

✧Yandere Headcanons — Pregame✧

Character(s): Maki Harukawa, Himiko Yumeno, Rantaro Amami, Ryoma Hoshi

Note: Once again, these are based off my own interpretation on their personalities. One of the things I wanted to do when writing these was to slightly mirror these four off of their counterparts when it comes to behavior and traits as a yandere.

Part One — Kaede, Shuichi, Kokichi, Kaito

Bonus — Protagonists

Warning(s): Thoughts of Murder, Possessive Behavior and Thoughts (Maki), Implied Depression, Slight Guilt Tripping, Implied S//uicidal Thoughts (Himiko), Hints of Possessive Behavior and Obsessive Thoughts, Blackmail, Manipulation, Implied Kidnapping (Rantaro), Hints of Depression and S//ucidal Thoughts, Mentions of Murder (Ryoma)

✧Harukawa, Maki✧

Maki was wary of these unhealthy feelings at first. She thought it'd stay innocent since she values you so much. Despite what everyone else says, you've taken your time getting to know her. Because of that, she fully trusts and deems you as a keeper. The friendship was innocent and some of the best moments of her life. She wanted more. Maybe it was selfish of her to daydream about holding your hand and you confessing to her one day. It was all just fantasy, right? It wasn't, actually. It was a longing.

You're the only person she hangs out with, and she's okay with that. You have her deepest secrets (not entirely...) while she has yours. Maki always promises to never tell a soul about what you've confided to her. What is spoken under your home stays there, after all. She'll take everything she knows about you to her grave. She doesn't believe anyone else would know you on the level she does. That's preposterous. They were never the shoulder you cry on, the one who knows how you like your breakfast or that you'd like a certain meal at a specific time of day...only Maki would know. She's stuck to you—by the hip.

It's no secret how much she detests people entering your life. Calm as ever, she tolerates them for the time being. You assume Maki is uncomfortable meeting new people due to her social skills. Your assumption is partially correct. She is uncomfortable around these new faces, but at the same time, she hates them. If they as so much as look at you in a way that insinuates affection beyond friendship, Maki's blood will be boiling. You're busy talking to this person, yet her mind is elsewhere. All she can think about is how this person can be snuffed out. It's so violent, the confines of her mind. She was someone who was into violent and bloody video games and stories, but...she never considered the possibility of it happening in real life.

It stays on the back burner for a while. Could she really have the capability to enact these gruesome thoughts? Maybe...she thinks to herself as she watches on intensely. It would be necessary, in her own words. Losing you would be worse than someone else losing a friend, son/daughter, or whoever this person is to others. Maki needs to ensure you're by her side for years. Just enough for you two to date, get married, and have a family. A family that she has always wanted since the day she played house as a kid. 

✧Yumeno, Himiko✧

Himiko takes much time to love someone as deeply as any yandere would. Even more so than the more stubborn ones. It's not like she doesn't care for others. She's just tired and always in some form of slump. She goes through life the same way without a shred of change. Just how she likes it. Himiko goes with the flow of things and makes no effort to form friendships or long-lasting bonds. Content with her life, she spends many hours alone with her interests. That is until she meets you, her darling.

You actually scare her. Almost terrifies her. Being in your presence makes her remember you're the embodiment of her life, changing its course. For better or worse, she doesn't know. It does not matter since it's still a terrifying thing to face. So Himiko avoids you for a while. There are moments when you run into her, and some part of her mind says to stay. She's very conflicted and isn't willing to get out of her comfort zone. That's fine. She'll come around. When she does, it'll be similar to Maki. Himiko would be attached by the hip and follow you around. She strangely feels safe rambling about her fixations to you. The amount of time she puts into them is unhealthy, but it distracts her from thinking about things in life. You're a distraction as well...she's happy with that.

She's excessively codependent on you. Which is why rivals frustrate and scare her to death. Himiko has this overwhelming urge to burst into tears when you show signs of 'favoring' this person over her. She wouldn't consider herself a crybaby at all, but now crying is something she feels like doing when your bond is threatened. She won't admit to having these fears, choosing to bottle up her true emotions until they burst. When that happens, she vents everything to you. Unintentionally guilt-ripping you severely since she mentions the bullying and thoughts of death. Sometimes life is a pain. It's not worth it anymore.

Himiko feels like you're the only reason she gets up in the morning. A reason to press on another day. She doesn't want to lose that since it would be like a part of her has died. So she makes sure you're focused on her a lot. You're not a cruel person; she knows that, so that's why it is safe to say that her mindset and unhealthy lifestyle will concern you. Himiko feels safe and comforted that you're worried about her mental health, and she'll keep it that way if that means your attention is solely on her. After all, she can't live without you.

✧Amami, Rantaro✧

Rantaro is another person who takes time before actually falling for a person. He is cynical and has seen the worst out of people left and right. He always assumes that people are only out for their self-interests. He hates the flowery words people throw at him for his looks alone. They’re so surface-level. So superficial. Just like his father. The only way Rantaro would ever fall deeply for someone is if the person is genuinely kind and isn’t looking for something in return. 

That is where you come in. Rantaro tests you after your first act of kindness. It has to be a one-time thing. He was actually caught off guard by your actions. You continue to surprise him, and in turn, he keeps you around. Oh no, don’t assume it’s for some surface-level bullshit like having you is a one-and-done thing. No. It’s permanent and something real to him. Anyone who thinks he’s that shallow knows nothing about him. 

He hates how people see him as a playboy, but sometimes that has its benefits. Using people he could care less for is pretty handy, especially when it’s for your sake. None of the words he says to them will ever amount to how he feels for you. If any of his admirers ever mess with you, he will confront them privately before destroying their self-esteem. Oh, and if he’s feeling a little sadistic about it, he will blackmail them. They really do have a loose set of lips to trust him with their secrets, huh? Just because they were wearing rosetinted glasses. 

The one thing in life Rantaro dreams of is traveling to escape his life. Now, he has you to share it with. He plans to take you with him one day when the time comes, but if you’re showing signs of not desiring such a thing…he’ll start small. You two don’t have to leave the country immediately, maybe in another city or a cabin somewhere out of town. You are coming with him one way or another. He will be frank when he says he is selfish because everyone else is. He has finally found something in his life that is worth his efforts, and no one is taking that from him. Not even you. 

✧Hoshi, Ryoma✧

Ryoma is pretty similar to Himiko in the sense where you are probably his only reason to get up in the morning. However, that'd be selfish to burden you with such knowledge. If you knew this, that'd bring concern. It's not like he hates pity or being cared for…it just makes him believe he's acting like a spoiled child. It's safe to say that Ryoma is a very selfless yandere. He doesn't see you in a bad light, nor does he accuse you of doing any wrong. Why? Oh, that's because you're the only person who was ever nice to him. 

It's a cruel world we live in and he has seen the worst some days. His appearance plays a big factor into how he's treated and the focal point of his insecurities. Ryoma does not feel capable of doing a lot of things because of it. Still, he does want to prove himself to you; that he deserves the right to stand by your side after putting up with him. Ugh, it makes him sick to his stomach how hopeful and clingy that sounds. He just wishes that he could be as cool as those guys he's seen in shows. The ones who are so unbothered but know when to take action; things he is not. 

Rivals scare and irk Ryoma. All his intrusive and self deprecating thoughts play in his mind when faced with them. It's awful. Why does he keep imagining standing above their corpses? He isn't capable of that—he can't even take a dose of confrontation. It's stupid of him to be annoyed by these rivals or your friends. You don't belong to him nor are you dating him. Still, that is a nice thought. 

Though sometimes these people get him in a depressive state and he never wants to talk about it. It would be attention seeking to tell you how much he craves death whenever things go wrong or when he sees you happily engaging with others. You don't need him, but he really needs you. That's the most selfish thing he's ever thought of. He wants to admit that yeah, you're the reason why he's still alive. Sometimes he wonders why he can't have this and then he looks at himself. Would it really be too much to ask for? Maybe, but over time he has come to see that he wants to live. So no one is going to take his very reason to walk another day. No one. 

[selfaware-bungou-stray-dogs]

Can we get a mitsuri like reader with the characters? Well minus the demon slaying part. The reader's hair color is almost impossible to get and because of this they used to be insecure thinking everybody will think they are weird so they dyed it. Basically mitsuri's past with the marriage and stuff.

Here, hope, you liked it.

Mitsuri-Like! Reader

Slight! Self-Aware! Platonic! Kyuusaku Yumeno x GN! Mitsuri-Like! Reader

Description: You were hiding your strength for years. But, sometimes, you can't hide it.

Reader have good parents. Reader's partner left them. Q's gender isn't specified.

Warning: OOC. Q almost got crushed. English is my second language.

Your father and mother were always strong.

Your mother could carry around heavy baskets with laundry. Your father could carry around heavy bags. And you, his child.

You, still a small child at that point of time, wanted to be as strong as both of your parents. So you can help them.

You picked up a rock twice your size when you were a toddler.

Since that day, your life has changed.

You were strong. As strong as an adult. An adult, who was training every second of their lives.

Your parents were happy. They called you their superhero. Their precious child.

Your appetite grew with your strength. At the age of five, you were eating as much as three sumo wrestlers.

And then, your [H/C] hair become pink with lime green tips. Your father, jokingly, suggested, that it happened because of you eating "mountains" of sakura mochi.

Somehow, your parents start to adore you even more, after your hair colour changed.

Everything was fine. Your parents loved and supported you.

And then you start going to school.

And people start talking about you.

"Your hair... Is it dyed? What do you mean, it's not? Are you sure that you are human?"

"How you managed to eat all this food? What are you? A pig? Or a black hole in human costume?"

"[Y/N], we are glad to have you on our team, but, to tell the truth... Your strength is terrifying. It's not normal."

"You are a freak!"

Year after year. Comment after comment. You tried not to show them, but their words hurt you.

You are not a freak. You are normal human. You have human emotions. You have human dreams.

You graduated and got into college. Your fellow students still looked at you funny from time to time, but, at least, they weren't talking about you.

At college, you met them. Your partner.

They were kind and smart. In your eyes, everything in them were perfect.

You were happy together. After a few years of dating, you decide to get married.

At least, it was the plan.

_______________

"I think, we should break up"

"Why? W-what did I do wrong? I am sorry, I will change, I will be better..."

"You can't change it! Your strength is horrifying! And your hair... Do you understand, that there is a chance, that any of your biological kid could inherit it! That they also will be freaks!"

"..."

"Goodbye, [Y/N]"

_______________

You were devastated. Their rejection was the straw that broke the camel's back.

The next night, you dyed your hair [H/C]. You can't change your freakiness. But, you can pretend that they never existed.

You tried to ignore your parents' gazes. They were devastated, that their precious child were hurt. And that they couldn't do anything to console you.

___________

For a few years you were 'hiding'.

You didn't show your strength. You ate less, if someone was watching. And then ate a 'normal-sized (for you) meal', when you were alone.

It was hard. You feel terrible for lying about yourself. You are allowed to be strong, right? You are allowed to have unique hair, right? You are allowed to have a huge appetite, right? And you are allowed to have friends and partner, right?

Right... But, most people you have to deal with, still questioned your rights to have friends, strength, pink hair and big appetite.

You think, that you can pretend for years to come. Maybe, one day, the mask will become reality.

Until then, you have your hobbies to distract you from sadness. From earning for acceptance.

To distract yourself, you start playing games, watching anime and reading manga.

That's how you learned about Bungou Stray Dogs.

___________

You looked in a mirror. You were planning to dye your hair again. Because, only tips of your hair remained [H/C]. The rest of your hair became pink/lime green again.

How did you manage to forget to dye your hair? Well, because you were busy. With moving in. And with fixing the house.

Fitzgerald bought a house large enough to fit all of you. Unfortunately, the house itself need some serious fixing.

So, with your hair covered with a scarf, you, and the others, were painting walls, fixing light and so much more.

That's how you missed the time of hair dyeing.

For one moment you thought, that you could let your hair be. Show others the real you.

But you were afraid.

You aren't sure, how your new friends will react to your real hair colour. To your strength.

They didn't judge you for your appetite, but, you always thought, that your appetite was the least abnormal of your... quirks.

So, you don't want to make BSD Cast uncomfortable. You will dye your hair.

While you were preparing hair dye, you heard a noise from the common room. You put a towel around your head, covering your hair, and come to investigate.

Common room, currently, were almost empty. Elise and Q were playing a game of tag there. Right now, they can run there as much as they want. There wasn't any furniture, besides a large wardrobe. The old, heavy wardrobe creaked menacingly.

The wardrobe came with the house. It was also heavily damaged. The wood was old and rotten. Unfortunately, it was impossible to be taken apart, without getting splinters. So, to get rid of it, it had to moved whole. Unfortunately, right now, Kenji's strength were needed in moving materials and furniture.

Q and Else were having fun.

Then Q lost their balance and slipped. They bumped into a wardrobe.

You heard a creak.

The wardrobe was falling right on Q.

You react Immediately.

Like a lightning flash, you ran towards Q. The towel was laying on the floor.

You ducked under the falling wardrobe, and caught it, with both hands.

Holding the old furniture above your head, you start moving towards the large back door.

You, with the wardrobe in your hands and your pink/lime green hair, 'paraded' before BSD Cast, who hurry to the common room, after hearing the loud creak.

You throw the wardrobe outside through the back door.

After finishing with 'cleaning up', you turned towards Q. Child were still laying on the ground, really shaken up. You carefully approached them.

"Q? Dear, are you okay? Are you hurt?"

Kyuusaku shook their head. They carefully stand up, blink a few times, then looked at you with an adoring look. Q hugged you.

"You saved me! And your hair is so pretty!"

"Is it new hair dye, [Y/N]?" you heard Kyouka's question.

You own them an explanation.

_________

🐾 They took it well. You are still you, no matter, how strong you are, or what colour your hair is.

🐾 They will tell you every day, that you are not a freak. You are very good person.

🐾 Will judge your partner for leaving you. Will assure you, that it's their loss.

🐾 Q became your biggest fan. They were ready to find everyone, who wronged you, and use Dogra Magra on them. Listen to you, when you forbid them from doing it.

🐾 For BSD Cast, you are the most perfect person in the whole world.

[1moreff-creator]

Got tagged by @accirax in the following game. Thanks for the tag, this is pretty fun!

Rules: Make a poll of your favorite female characters (no limits - as many or as little as you want) and see which your followers like the most!

Avoiding the people accirax tagged, I'll tag @rachelcommitscrimes, @wist-eri, @purgemarchlockdown, @davidchiemcore, @xmicrophonyx and cut myself off there, sorry if you've already been tagged! Feel free to ignore this if you don't feel like doing it, and anyone who I didn't tag is free to join as well!

Some notes under cut because... yes.

-I'm not tagging characters or series because I feel that might lead to vote contamination from people perusing those tags. It's supposed to just be my followers, right? The results being skewed is the point?

-I decided to limit myself to one girl per series, including only one from mainline Danganronpa (provided you count UDG as "mainline") and one from the Another fangan series (and Min of course). Otherwise this list would be nothing but Dangan.

-I don't necessarily believe all of these are the best written women in their respective series, just my favorites.

-Since this eliminated quite a few characters I love, I'll give honorable mentions to Toko Fukawa (UDG specifically); Kaede Akamatsu, Angie Yonaga, Himiko Yumeno (DRV3 - wow can you tell what my favorite mainline game is?); Literally All of the DRDT Women but especially Veronika Grebenshchikova; All the Milgram Women Prisoners; The Prisoner, Razor + her respective follow-ups, Moment of Clarity, Shifting Mound (Slay the Princess - god this game is peak); Mikako Kurokawa (DRA), Sora (SDRA2); Elizabeth Afton (FNAF games); Mabel (Gravity Falls); Atsuko Kagari, Diana Cavendish (LWA); Pearl (SU); Sayori (DDLC); Jecka, Emily (Co09 & Re-up). Okay that's a longer list than I imagined.

-I chose a princess route for StP because I feel like just saying "The Princess" is cheating. Like come on by design that's like a billion different characters xD

-I specified "Class of 09 & Re-up" for a reason. I like to ignore the vast majority of Flipside, sorry.

-why weren't mha and jjk able to get in here. how did neither of them produce a girl that i like enough to put over a goddamn music album character. My favorite woman in each is Himiko Toga and probably Maki Zenin respectively if you're curious.

[matchagyudon]

Lie - Gentaro Yumeno, English Lyrics Translation

TL Notes:

One of the inspirations for this piece is the poem “Lie” (uso) by Shuntaro Tanikawa. Here’s an abstract from JapanBookBank: Although 'lies are painful,' some people tell lies without hesitation. They loudly proclaim falsehoods and brazenly maintain their innocence. If one repeats a lie, does it eventually become the truth? This world seems to be filled with more falsehoods than truths. It's hard to imagine anyone in this world who never tells a lie. But why do people lie? There are lies we tell casually, lies we use to deceive, lies we tell to protect ourselves, and lies we tell in hopes of bringing happiness to others. Is there really a distinction between 'innocent lies' and 'lies that should never be told,' or 'good lies' and 'bad lies'? If there is, what is the difference? Can we measure them by standards of right and wrong, or by their weight? This picture book is a collaboration between the poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, who wrote the poem 'Lie' in 1988, and the illustrator Shinichi Nakayama. It tells the story of a boy who reflects on lies in various ways, delving deep into the recesses of his heart. It's a treasure of a book that reaches into the depths of one's soul and makes you want to revisit it from time to time.

Similar to the picture book, the official lyrics is written in hiragana. The picture book is in the point of view of a child. Normally, for someone as literate as Gentaro, and especially at his age, writing in hiragana is something akin to a child. I know Gentaro uses a variety of identifiers, but “boku” is also one that boys or younger males primarily use as well. All this to say.. This is a very vulnerable version of Gentaro.

Even if I were to lie, even if it were to come to light I shall not apologize I will not tell a lie that can be undone with an apology Even if no one knows, I do

Even if I were to lie, even if it were to come to light I shall not apologize I will not tell a lie that can be undone with an apology Even if no one knows

I will live with my lies Until I cannot lie anymore I will live with my lies Always longing for the truth Even if what I am saying is a lie The lies I tell feel like the truth Live, I will live I will lie over and over again

Even if I were to lie, even if it were to come to light I shall not apologize I will not tell a lie that can be undone with an apology Even if no one knows, I do

Even if I were to lie, even if it were to come to light I shall not apologize I will not tell a lie that can be undone with an apology Even if no one knows

Even if no one knows

I will undoubtedly lie My mother tells me not to Yet she’s lied before She knows how much lies can hurt Perhaps that is why

I will undoubtedly lie My mother tells me not to Yet she’s lied before She knows how much lies can hurt Perhaps that is why

Even if what I say is a lie The lies I tell feel like the truth Some truths can only be told as lies Perhaps if dogs were to speak Wouldn’t they too tell lies?

I will undoubtedly lie My mother tells me not to Yet she’s lied before She knows how much lies can hurt Perhaps that is why

Even if I were to lie, even if it were to come to light I shall not apologize I will not tell a lie that can be undone with an apology Even if no one knows, I do

Even if I were to lie, even if it were to come to light I shall not apologize I will not tell a lie that can be undone with an apology Even if no one knows

Even if I were to lie, even if it were to come to light I shall not apologize I will not tell a lie that can be undone with an apology Even if no one knows, I do

Even if I were to lie, even if it were to come to light I shall not apologize I will not tell a lie that can be undone with an apology Even if no one knows

Even if no one knows

I will live with my lies Until I cannot lie anymore Always longing for the truth I will lie over and over again Again And again

I will lie

Lie - Gentaro Yumeno, English Lyrics Translation @MatchaGyudon (google.com)

[danganronpasurvivoraskblog]

Return of Branch XIV

Mrs Naegi! I know I have been blindly following your lead up until now, but where exactly are we going!?

The hangar! Just follow me and keep an eye out for enemies!

The hangar? You mean the one where Shuichi and his friends are fighting? We'll never get there in time to help them!

Even if we don't we need to go. I got a message from Nico Himuro, she's telling everyone to gather at the hangar so we can escape.

The mission is over, the project has been terminated, and by now, all captive agents should have been rescued. We need not spend any longer in this place.

That's good...Still, do you think it was really a good idea to leave Ms Kimura back there with the injured alone? What if another Zetsubou goon comes and attacks her.

Seiko is more capable of taking care of herself than you think she is. Besides, she's not alone. She'll have backup on her way in just a bit, and once she does, I'm sure she'll rendezvous with us at the hangar as well.

Uchui, you should know the lay of the land by now. Any fast way to get to that hangar?

Unfortunately I didn't have much free exploration of this place as I should have done. Even then, the place is so big I don't think I could have covered that much ground. But yeah, I know where it is. It's where I dropped Harukawa off when I transferred her out of the lab.

I hope they managed to get Yumeno back safely by now.

They'll be fine. You saw what Kaede did. I don't think anyone's gonna go messing with them this time around.

???: BUAAGGH! HAAAAAHAHAAGH!?

Wh-!?

...!?

Screaming? What was that?

Is someone getting attacked?

Wait...that sounded like...!

???: AHAHAHAHAHAAGH!

???: You know screaming isn't going to help, right!?

???: Yeah, but look at the size of that club! What am I gonna do with this dingy little one!?

Mr Hagakure!?

And it sounds like Toko's with her!

Toko and Komaru's group must have found him, but it looks like they're in trouble.

Leona was with them. Kouji, let's go!

Right!

_______________________________________________________

What in the WORLD!?

BUUAAGGGHH!

GGGRRGGH!

Dammit, what the hell IS this thing!?

So Zetsubou have been making new kinds of monsters on top of just the Monokuma's? Hm...Color me impressed!

Monaca, now is not the time to be impressed! We're getting our asses kicked!

It's moving too fast, I can't get its eye!

Komaru! Toko!

Huh? You guys! When and how did you get here!?

[neoaya]

Hot take!!! (Nuclear tbh)

People are way too shitty to the LW devs, especially Yumeno Rote.

This guy is responsible for every single piece of non-story card character art in the game, that includes units, costumes, alts, expressions, Music Video CGs, etc. Seeing as a new unit is released per week, along with 2/4 event costumes and 2/3 rebirth costumes at the end of the month, this guy is at MINIMUM drawing 8 fully detailed illustrations and backgrounds per month, for three and a half years straight.

The only other gacha to my knowledge that has one artist doing all the character art like this is Limbus Company, which even then has a significantly longer period between new art being added to the game. (I'm aware there are likely a lot more, but most to my knowledge have multiple artists)

So when I see a post criticising Lost Word, what do you think is being criticised 90% of the time?

Is it:

The fact it's a gacha game

Genuine criticism of the game itself and its mechanics or story

Hell, even criticism of the questionable work practice of having one guy do all the game's art

If you guessed 4, "near insignificant nitpick of Rote's art, AUs shown, or a VA (in a game where you can pick from 3 for every character) because it doesn't fit within their headcanon in a game about multiple different universes" you'd be correct!

Don't get me wrong, I have seen the first two plenty of times, but they're always either fair critiques or people who just don't want anything to do with gacha games and don't care which is understandable.

But for 4? The sheer amount of hatred and seething vitriol people express for details most people wouldn't think twice about is insane to me. It never seems to come from a sincere place of disappointment but rather fear to fit in, like "Oh this relates to me, I better lay in to it as much as possible since everyone else shits on it, wouldn't want to give people the impression I'm weird for liking it after all". It just seems depressing to me that people feel the need to act miserable out of peer pressure and not wanting to stray from the popular opinion.

As someone's who played the game since launch at this point I feel more than qualified to tell you it's FAR from perfect, hell I wouldn't even call it all that good. Gameplay fluctuates from playing the game for you to forcing you to have a full understanding of the meta, grinding is a chore, drop rates are far too low, the nature of the game forcing normally evil aligned characters to act more reasonably, and I unironically think the lack of representation and downright bad writing for Aya until now is singlehandedly responsible for making her drop by one place 3 years in a row in the THVote popularity poll.

So why do I still play it after all this time? Because I genuinely just want to see what they do next. I like seeing what new takes on characters they come up with, I like seeing where the story goes, what the next event will be and I love Rote's art and all the other art contributed by the JP community, I even think the Hifuu and RoM section of the story is genuinely good. It's nice to have a constant and reliable stream of Touhou media to read through in-between the wait for actual new games.

Somehow I don't feel that guy in the middle would want to come on livestreams 3 and a half years after launch if he didn't find it fun, same goes for all the artists and doujin circles that have contributed their art and music, especially those with more than one card or song.

If you want anyone to blame, blame GoodSmile for publishing this game and making this the complete extent they're willing to promote it and Touhou as a whole. (Last new character from them was a Reisen nendo from six years ago btw!)

In conclusion, I think LW has objectively done more good for the series than harm. You can not understate the fact that this game is responsible for introducing Touhou to so many new people and giving the spotlight to characters that are otherwise overlooked. Inaccurate character portrayals are rarely an issue when the series embraces differentiating itself from the source material, that's the nature of doujin culture. That and it seems silly to try and gatekeep people who got into the series through Lost Word, telling them they're experincing it wrong only serves to turn them away and I don't blame newcomers when official touhou media is still hard to come across in the west and the three most popular games in the series still don't have a digital release.

As a tangent, I used to have a problem with how Aya was depicted in a lot of fan media, even from people here, but a friend taught me I shouldn't let those alternate interpretations ruin my enjoyment of her and that I shouldn't fault them for seeing her that way. I feel others should be able to learn from that.

(I definitely forgot some stuff but this is ranty enough as is, I just wanted to get it out of my system)