#ch 2 ep 16

[denjischainsaws]

SPOILERS FOR CH.2 EP. 16

[silviakundera]

The Double ep 15-16 reaction

I'm glad they added another flashback of her brother and included his escort friend from the novel. Minor character and a small tragedy but it humanizes him for me. He was just a sincerely nice guy who wasn't kind to her as an aim to possess her, but because he was a good person. And so she never forgot him. She thinks he forgot her - only to learn he never cut ties with her; he was killed. Little tragedies, small people that royalty step on like ants.

To me it feels important that as much as the drama gives her husband depth and makes us sympathize with his situation, it shouldn't allow us to forget that her family was destroyed. We didn't see it happen, like the shovel to her head, but her father was his teacher. Xue Zhao was his brother in law. Their names may no longer matter to anyone else, but our protagonist will not allow them to go unavenged. [lil note from the novel I liked - novel!Duke Su being perplexed and unable to figure out how FL is getting this successful escort to assist her, when even he seems to respect how impossible it is to get a handle on the woman - because she has a secure position as a popular escort & enough money & is satisfied being exactly where she is (doesn't want to fight for favor as someone's treasured concubine), independant and unable to be threatened or bribed. so what could possibly move her?]

(Now this is sorta thematically tying in with the backstory drama created for ML with this bandit. ML's general dad was a good person and so he wasn't forgotten by this person whose life he touched, so presumably he'll do ML a favor. FL and ML have turned into schemers and are willing to get their hands dirty; but are aided in their quest by the fact that their dead family had a positive impact on some people who still remember it?? Be interesting to see if this does become a minor theme 🤔)

ANYWAY let's get to the good stuff: Last episode ML started realizing he's catching feelings. This episode FL feels jealousy and isn't shy about it ('can't I?'). We're making real shippy progress here!

He very much still enjoys watching her strut and perform. But the distance between them is slowly closing. That whole drinking game scene was pure gold.

"Are you not upset now? "Huh?" THE LOOKS THEY EXCHANGE AT THIS.

He's entered the play, joining her on stage instead of coldly manipulating from a high vantage point. Her walls are down for a moment and he's not even hiding his bias. Blatant flirting and she has him smiling. Yes, he has 2 agendas here but unlike the last failed 'date' they were playing together, not her in the role of pawn. I love a smart ML. Boy is not gonna fumble this chance to have his schemes AND a woman who's perfect for him.

I found this subplot of FL foiling the Li clan's plans for Ye clan her most clever manuveuring in the translated novel (up to ch 113). Though it's being compressed for time & tweaked, still satisfying to see her outflank the corrupt local government. As well, very glad to see the ML point out that she has a double-motive... to intentionally make the Jiang and Li irreconcilable. (They're not her real family, they're her enemies!) Nooooooo don't have multiple layers to your plans, it's too sexyyyyyy

[william-woodster173]

random thought???

SPOILERS FOR CH 2 EP 16

guys what if the "death by illness" part of ace's execution is a reference to the illness that was mentioned in xander's bonus episode??? (im delusional)

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[kamidukki]

[AKNK] Butler and Demon

List of butlers in akuneko and the demon with whom they're in contract. Included are information from main episodes (up to Ep. 3 "I can't believe anything") and event Captive Dolls.

Some notes before further reading:

🔹romanisation are taken from the Ars Goetia wiki page.

🔹the list is incomplete at the moment, either because of my mistake or the info simply hasn't not yet been released (filled in with 'unknown'). In case of the former, kindly inform me. [Additionally, there are some speculations on twitter about all the demons' name even though they haven't made an appearance yet in-game. This was made possible by finding the closest match between the butler's crest and the sigil of their allegedly corresponding demon]

🔹side effect is a rough translation of the word 代償/daishou (price) in game.

-First floor butlers-

Berrien

Demon's name: Belial/ベリアル (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 6 pt. 14)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: to escape/avoid death

Side effect: (unknown)

Bastien

Demon's name: Orobas/オロバス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 14, appeared in picture that shows up in ep 2.5 ch. 3 pt. 6)

Form: White fox

Power granted: an increase in weapon speed

Side effect: (unknown)

Lono

Demon's name: Ronove/ロノウェ (revealed in ep. 4 ch. 2 pt. 14)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: increases physical endurance (Lono survives a fall that'd kill him otherwise, but it doesn't exempt him from the pain)

Side effect: (unknown)

-Second floor butlers-

Haures

Demon's name: Flauros/フラウロス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 3 pt. 24)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: increases comrade's fighting skill

Side effect: (unknown)

Boschi

Demon's name: Zaebos/ザエボス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 5 pt 16)

Form: black leopard

Power granted: temporary increases the upper limit of phyisical ability

Side effect: consumes a large amount of energy

Fennesz

Demon's name: Phenex/フェネクス (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 26)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: an ability to memorise everything/any book just by reading it once

Side effect: (unknown)

Ammon

Demon's name: (unknown)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: (unknown)

Side effect: (unknown)

-Third floor butlers-

Lucas

Demon's name: Foras/フォラス (revealed in ep. 2.5 ch. 3 pt. 6, then in details in ep. 3 ch. 5 part 20)

Form: white lion

Power granted: finding out someone's chance of survival when they're in the verge of death

Side effect: (unknown)

Lamli

Demon's name: (unknown)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: (unknown)

Side effect: (unknown)

Nac

Demon's name: (unknown)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: (unknown)

Side effect: (unknown)

-Basement butlers-

Miyaji

Demon's name: (unknown)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: increases speed/agility, possibly fighting prowess as well

Side effect: a change in physical appearance and general attitude (ch. 10 of event Captive Dolls), nightmares (Miyaji 1st Anniversary card story 「不器用な怒り」)

Flure

Demon's name: Furfur/フルフル (revealed in ep. 1 ch. 2 pt. 16)

Form: (unknown)

Power granted: increases sense of aesthetic and artistic faculty

Side effect: (unknown)

Latto

Demon's name: Stolas/シトラス (revealed in ch. 9 of event Captive Dolls)

Form: white owl

Power granted: great hearing ability enhancement

Side effect: (unknown)

-Villa butlers-

Teddy

Demon's name: Forneus/フォルネウス (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)

Form: white grizzly bear

Power granted: super strength

Side effect: intense hunger

Yuuhan

Demon's name: Marchosias/マルコシアス (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)

Form: black she-wolf

Power granted: a temporary increase of fighting ability in line with the number of enemies defeated

Side effect: loss of consciousness

Hanamaru

Demon's name: Focalor/フォカロル (revealed in ep. 3 ch. 2 pt. 4)

Form: a massive white horse akin to a griffin

Power granted: durability of weapon used in fighting (a blade that will remain unbroken no matter what)

Side effect: (unknown)

-Second Floor Villa butlers-

Shiro

Demon's name: Gaap/ガープ (revealed in ep. 5, ch. 2, pt. 3)

Form: large, white tiger

Power granted: block out certain parts of memories/make it impossible to recall a certain memory

Side effect: (unknown)

Bellen Cliane

Demon's name: Byleth/Beleth (revealed in ep. 4, ch. 1, pt. 13)

Form: unknown

Power granted:

Side effect:

[datathearsonist]

Spoilers for DRDT ch 2 ep 16

HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT HAPPENED- Like, yeah, I get Teruko's a bitch and all, but like.. c'mon dude, don't try and kill her off. She didn't do anything wrong MonoTV, don't make her suffer more than she already is with that stab wound. And Levi? Bro, she said she'd be fine, you didn't need to jump in, even if you don't believe her. Sure, she saves your asses all the time in trials (bc she's the protag), but that don't mean you *have* to save her.

And I may not be an Ace lover, but holy fuck do I feel bad. He won't know if Levi survives the bullet wounds, and he'd never know he'd grilled Arturo for nothing because he couldn't save him if Levi doesn't live. His execution was incredibly fucking funny, even if it has a lot of really cool details in it. Just fuckin'- *dies of fear induced cardiac arrest* Like- This dumbfuck died the funniest way possible, like this was meant to be the comedic relief point of the episode.

The execution itself, however, is really sick. "Thanatophobia" being the fear of death, either of yourself or of loved ones, and also being the name of his execution is, quite obviously, very fitting. He made it so painfully obvious that he's scared to die, both at the end of ep 15 and the entirety of his last bit of time living in ep 16. The beginning where the scythe is thrown, signaling Death is after him, makes it really start off with a bang. Then immediately transitioning to the showing of types of death with illness being first, that slowly starts making him spiral downward. After the illness comes fire, where he bravely (for him) charges through the flames before going to the next, car accident. Him barely dodging and it switching to falling is smooth as fuck. The murder, drowning, and lightning come before finally death by execution, specifically by firing squad. He's already stressed the fuck out and quicly getting worse as the guns are raised. He believes he's gonna die by bullets, but they're simply blanks filled with confetti. The damage is already done though and he collapses from going into cardiac arrest.

Also, WHIT IS FUCKING PISSED WITH MONOTV WHEN THEY TRY TO GET LEVI TO THE INFIRMARY BUT THE ELEVATOR WON'T OPEN BECAUSE "The trial isn't over until the blackened is executed." AND IT JUST FUCKING TERRIFIES ME SEEING WHIT SHOW SO MUCH NEGATIVE EMOTION-

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Umineko - question arcs playthrough -> ep 2 - 1

last part - All parts and episodes - next part

Welcome back after an almost 2-week break, it's time for the next chapter ;P. Also i decided I'll introduce my gf and family to umineko via the stageplay, as i have heard that it's pretty good. Only up to ep 3 (soon 4) now, but anyways.

edit 2 days later as this sat in drafts : Watched it with my sis (my mom deemed it too tiring) and she loved it. Her favorite is George (both the character and the actor ;P), and she had some very interesting theories, one of them being that genji is kinzo's child, which damn. Age-wise i don't think it works but at least she's thinking. Also the outro was very confusing but i think it might've revealed some stuff. I'm not sure, but I'll keep it in mind. Anyways amazing watch.

She also did the tierlist and it's so funny

Anyways

I want to start this by saying that the culprit actually showed to me in a dream. That's right, i had a premonition. Basically the dream was me and some friends running in a destroyed world from Shannon with a gun. So what I'm getting to is that I now solved the mystery, and will now just laugh for the following 7 chapters. Ha ha ha.

(pls if shannon actually has any relation with the culprit/is the culprit, do not tell me or make any jokes/imply it. I am simply fooling around because of this quite funny dream i had)

rocking that victorian newspaper boy inspired fit.

and the hippie look. Perfect case of underdressed x overdressed. Also Tomitake Flash?????

this reads like some insane foreshadowing. Or at least it's definitely related to our little characters as well. You could say that they're like fish from the perspective of the witches. anyways, I'll put s mental pin to this line and perhaps rethink it later.

glad to see she's included in the credits now.

Anyways what's with this aquarium date?? When is it happening? Basically George and Shannon are on a date, and are just having fun, being very cute.

can't really figure out if this line should mean more or not. Cause like it's not that weird, but also it could turn into something more sinister later. I'll see.

And they say romance is dead.

Oh also another thing we (me and my sis) noticed yesterday while watching the play, but George is 23 and Shannon is 16.... raises one eyebrow. Ok george...ok...

....what magic? Hey shannon i think George will understand it very well why not explain it to us?

OOooohhh so this happens before the first game time wise. ok ok makes sense.

woah woah woah this is a bit of a change of atmosphere.

so from how much i'm getting this is Shannon talking about breaking free from her fate as 'furniture'. She is on the shrine's rock (the one that was destroyed at the beginning of ch 1) and wants to break some mirror that was offered as a sacrifice. I wonder, does that mean that because she broke this mirror, the shrine broke down and as such somehow started this entire tragedy?

is the key here metaphorical, or could it be referring to the key in the ephitath?

what promise? what wish? so many questions....question arc moment....

We then have a long scene of George and his family visiting the main house, and Shannon realising her crush on him, and some discussions between the George Jessica and her. These 2 are very cute, unfortunately it seems that Eva wants to marry George with someone who would benefit them financially/bussiness wise.

and as such it leads me to the question. Did she marry like this? Was her marriage with Hideyoshi like this oooorrr....

(before this she says that she loves her husband a lot), ah i see. I mean it's not like this doesn't happen nowadays too, except instead of getting married and then falling in love it's more like getting together and then falling in love. Which is fine, but idk if in this world this is ideal, as i doubt divorce is that accepted lol. And also ofc cause we know George loves Sayo.

anyways Eva continues talking and then takes George away and then tells the girls they'll also find men they love but then leans in and whispers something so vile and malicious in Shannon's ear, that my computer crashed and i had to restart the game lmao.

after a lot of ctrl-ing this is what she says. Bad but i think my computer overexaggerated.

So Shannon feels like shit and is caught with her head in the clouds by Natsuhi who punishes her to clean the entire reception.

mayhaps i shouldn't have wondered so far lmao. (for context i was curious if Lanon was an actual character or was just gonna remain a name and then i kept seeing yasu and here i am lol)

this is what detroit become human and what i also assume nier automata (idk i only played the prologue) wished they could be.

huuuuuh??? So again this brings me back to my question, does magic actually exist? i think so. But maybe Shannon is imagining this and all those flashy bunny rabbits I see online are Kinzo's personal strippers, idk.

Holly shit guys, look! it's the witch!!

Also is this story very related to love? I didn't expect that, interesting. Maybe it's just this chapter or a sub-genre but idk ill see. Also she already has the ring on.

hmm is it really that simple? You know how they say, don't make a deal with the devil, this is how this feels.

Huh i can't believe all my questions have been answered. So this is why she broke the mirror, this is the wish and also the promise and also the magic. Makes sense.

Also wait i just had a thought. Does Shannon break the mirror each loop, or did by any chance Kanon break it last time. Because you remember he said before he died that she should wait "another 100 years in hell for the next summoner" and assuming this summons the witch...

*shakes* who is it????

hmmm this sounds...suspiciously similar to Eva. Is she saying this because she wants to intimidate her and convince her to break the mirror or is Eva somehow behind this?

and this is just the exact quote. Why is she quoting her? Just to remind her? And if she doesn't just wanna remind her and she just thinks this then why call Kinzo Father? Is she related to him? Me and my sis have talked about the possibility of her being somehow related to Kinzo, like a daughter thingy. I'm not sure, and i definitely don't have enough clues to figure it out rn but anyways. Kinda hard to fake all of this tbh.

Immediatly after this line Kanon comes in to save Shannon, and after some more talking Beatrice gives both of them a butterfly shaped burn/bruise mark on their left palms. She does that by controlling their hands, which immediately remembered me of the ending scene in the stageplay, where Shannon and Kanon "shoot" each other with their hands in the shape of a pistol. who knows. I obviously dont.

these things are getting longer and longer...

next part

[venbetta]

I'm just gonna explain the oc cameos in the recent episode cuz I rarely talk about them anymore

and I miss them, I don't draw them a lot

First off we got Henry (16), he's the only dude there. He showed up before in Ch 2 ep 9 as a cameo. I've made a few post about him in the past, but he's one of my favorite ocs (..I also gave him a lot of trauma in his backstory for my original stories and stuff)

In fnaf equivalent aus tho, he's pretty much an enthusiast. Bonnie (most iterations) is his favorite animatronic. He can be a jerk sometimes intentionally or not. Him gushing about it in the episode was my favorite bit. I love Henry, sorry for the trauma tho, buddy.

Then we got Hazel (15), she's technically the youngest there. She's another oc I kinda beat up with lore and trauma a little bit in my original stories, but here, she's sweet as usual. She's also an enthusiast alongside Henry. Freddy's her favorite character.

Also, I've always paired her and Henry together because I ship them. They're the couple in my original works. I gushed about them all the time back before fnaf sucked me back in.

Next, we got Helen (15), second youngest, few months older than Hazel. They're half siblings.

Helen doesn't know jack about the fazbear brand in this au, and is just chilling with the group. In my original works, she's laid back and is often pretty blunt/impulsive (...most of them are neurodivergent-coded, i unconsciously made them this way). She teases Hazel maliciously.

Lastly, we got Ema (18), and she's the oldest of everyone there. In the original series, she's friends with Henry, and Helen's role model. She's pretty high up academically, and obviously a bit more mature. She also has some complicated lore that I won't touch on but yeah.

They don't talk much, and when they do, it's at Henry's expense (they love to make fun of him). I don't know why, but I like the idea of Ema liking Sun, especially since he's all bright and whimsical. I like it when aesthetics clash. She's probably not much of an enthusiast like Henry, but she'll let him talk her ear off.

Those are my oc cameos, they're my silly little blorbos. I've neglected them for a bit... and I feel bad. Oh well, back to the storage they go.

[roxyzwritez]

REWATCHING SU:F

this will be a chain of self reblogs as i go through each episode of the.. unfortunate part of steven universe.

------EP 1------

the way peridot goes

steven universe futureee~

gives me serotonin.

2. the connie lofigirl reference made me go OH MY GOD ITS YHE REFRENCE and im here for it

3.s l u u u u u u h r p "i think YOU, should stop trying to fix everybody." hits hard

4. "AND IF I DIDN'T CARE, YOU'D STILL BE A MONSTER TOO." goes SO hard like you fucking GO king

5.okay every line from frustrated steven in that scene gives me adrenaline rushes like now i wanna beat someone up and just gurugjfigig YEAH

6."you are NOT my diamond" funny you say that, jasper. funny you say that, jasper. fragments you say that, jasper. funny you

7.the fight scene fucks so hard

-----EP 2-----

8. steven stop narrating or else fhfgbfbbt this isnt a documentary you god damn goofball i cant be that mad (not yet you gotta talk trash about rose for me to throw hands)

9. tv froze when biggs jasper flung the ferris wheel and that's the highlight of my day

10."comfortable can be good, too." based amy for the win

11. the start of stevens downward spiral: hey lets push everyone out of their comfort zone OH JEEPERS WHY IS EVERYTHING FALLING APART

11.5: DELIVERY. DELIVERY. D E L I V E R Y.

12.you should be sorry steven beach city is now on fire like california.

13. smoky quartz representation 💗💗💗

14. pink smoky quartz could beat every single villain and hero instantly. thanos? avengers? god himself? addicted

15. choose their own future, yk? choose their own future, yk? CHOOSE THEIR OWN FUTURE, YK? CH-

------EP 3------

16. oh god rose buds. ep hasnt even started and the trauma is flooding back AWAAAAYGH my poor boy steven-

17. "after everything that's happened..." I WILL FIGHT YOU AND WIN YOU WILL RESPECT YOUR GOD DAMN MOTHER YOU MOTHERFUC- *ahem* sorry. idc if future was rushed due to unfortunate uncontrollable circumstances but this still makes me furious how fucking dare y

18. greg why couldn't you just stand up for yourself. bruh got his lack of spine from smashing the diamond im sorry that's the only criticism of pink/rose i can make and not uncontrollably punch myself

19. i wanna hang out with the famethysts. forever. i wanna laze like delinquents!! holly blue get ur ass LAZING. get with the times.

20. "i cannot wait to see the look upon your face when you see their faces" the amount of trolling is a lot more than a little

21. "yes, this is the look i wished to see!" im sorry but you will die for the mistreatment of steven cutiepie forgot the rest of your long name universe he did not deserve this

22. quiet rose gave me false hope and i died. still die when i see that one

23. WHY DON'T YOU COME TO DINNER AND FIND OUT :)))))

24. "yo steve- (bass boosted vine boom)"

25. "i haven't had that many exes show up since- (bass boosted vine boom)"

26. pearl somehow having her composure is a mystery to me. i need lessons on how to not explode in that kind of situation

27. "...but thank yOU, RO- (crowdstrike update)"

28. pearl freaking out about this is making me freak out about this and i don't know what that says about me.

29. mmmMmmmMmMMMN SLUMBER PARTTy:)))))

30. "i am dead rose quartz!" thats a crit right there right to my feels

31. the squal of terror when they turn on the tape is so hilarious but also makes me scream in terror

32. yeah bro lion would get maaad.

33. motherfucking bitch ass fuck hiding the painting in the pink realm i hope you turn into a lizard and feel bad about it OH WAIT YOU DO. THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR DISRESPECTING THE LORD AND SAVIOR, ROSE QUARTZ UNIVERSE. sorry just another RRRRRAAAUGH THIS IS WHY IM MAKING THE AU I HATE STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE FUCKING GDOD DAMN CORPORATES RUSHING WRITERS LEADING TO BAD CONTENT AAAAA

34. funny number not putting anything here

35. oh that's why ppl ship volleypearl. i forgot the SORRY TO INTERRUPT BUT "looks like someone has still got it bad..." I DONT WANNA HEAR IT FROM YOU YOU STILL GRIEVE JUST LIKE THE REST OF anyway i forgot that blushy she had at pink pearl. i understand now

36. "im older than you:3" *restrained death stare*

37. welcome pink dia- (sudden explosion)

38. pearl stop talking down to volleyball why are you so mean GGRGRR RAAAAAAAAAA its so grating. be nice to eachother. outburst imminent

39. what.did.you.say.?

40. the pink outburst. the rage. the release. its so SATISFYING. until the pearls almost get rejuvenated of course. also megapearl is 🥰🥰🥰😳😳😳😳💗💗💗💗😚😚😚😚🥰🥰

41. megapearl in that pose just. im going to turn into rose quartz. right now. iaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQQ?&;&5525640$@)@)"78;73(2$;);96&$0)&(72)5@3495$?,'gj

42. oksy. fine. maybe volleypwarl is a valid ship (sniffles)

ok im not making this post any longr ill continue later

[silkworm-moth]

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[yazzydream]

JJK Season 2 Episode Predictions

Manga SPOILERS for season 2. Just having fun making predictions for what chapters the episodes will cover. It's been rumored that s2 will have 23 episodes on twitter. No official source yet but it's probably from the next issue of Jump.

Season 1 ended with chapter 63. So, starting off with chapter 64!

1. Ch 64 - A super cute episode covering Ozawa's crush on Yuji. It'll be a nice nostalgic episode establishing of a better time before all our hearts are ripped to shreds later.

Hidden Inventory/Gojo's Past arc

2. Ch 65-67 - Official start of Hidden Inventory/Gojo's Past arc. Ends with the revelation of Riko's bounty.

3. Ch 68-70 - Starts with Toji explaining his plans. Satoru and Suguru deal with the bounty hunters attacking Riko's school. Kuroi gets kidnapped... which was a non-issue, so... Okinawa! Ends with Satoru getting stabbed in the back after returning to the school. Man, I can't believe these animators would be so cruel to end the episode on such a cliffhanger, amirite?

4. Ch 71-73 - Starts with that great Toji flashback.

Just an overall high tension, tragic episode where Toji fucks up all the kids. Ends with him remembering who Megumi is. Lol.

5. 74-75 - I'd start with a scene where Toji is walking away from Suguru and cutting to Satoru's finger twitch that was shown at the end of ch 73 first. Then back to Toji, who drops off Riko's corpse. And we get the iconic battle, round II, Satoru v. Toji.

6. 76-77 - Suguru finds Satoru with Riko's body at the Time Vessal Association. The year of Suguru's downward spiral. Ends on the massacre report.

7. 78-79 - Satoru is shook. The big breakup. Satoru meeting Megumi. Satoru wakes up in the present to the first years.

Post-credits scene where the first years go find Mechamaru. Episode properly ends with Geto and Mahito approaching him.

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Notes: I can't believe I thought Gojo's past arc would initially only take like 3-4 episodes. It's definitely closer to 5-6 now that I've typed this all up. lol. 16 episodes left now.

Shibuya Incident arc

8. Ch 79-82 - Picking up where we left off, with Mahito and Kenjaku discussing their deal with Kokichi/Mechamaru. Whole episode is just dedicated to the Mechamaru fight. Ends on this ominous scene:

9. Ch 83-85 - Welp, here's Shibuya Incident arc. Begins with incident report lessgoooo. I love this narrative framing device in JJK tbh.

Introducing our allies and antagonists. The absolute massacre that starts in Shibuya station once Satoru is confronted with the disaster curses. Ends partway through ch 85; with Satoru exorcising Hanami.

10. Ch 85-89 - An auxiliary manager explains how the curtain around Shibuya station works. Yuji v. Grasshopper Curse, I expect would be relatively short? Ends with the train packed with transfigured humans coming into the station and Satoru casting Domain. Satoru is exhausted, and then the episode ends with:

11. Ch 90-91 - Opens with the flashback of Kenjaku explaining his plan to the curses. Kenjaku reveals himself to Satoru. Portable Mechamaru appearing on Yuji's ear. Satoru... getting sealed in the Prison Realm. Omg, it's here. Ends with Satoru having "faith in everyone." 😭 Goodbye for at least another season, bby.

12. Ch 92-95 - 9:22PM Allies meeting, concerned that it's been a while since Satoru's gone in. Yuji tells all about the sealing. Ino, Megumi, and Yuji team up. Ep ends with the knowledge that Ogami, that weird grandma, is trying to resurrect Toji.

13. Ch 96-99 - Begins with the curse users' backstory; Satoru's birth. Yuji et al. fight against them. Toji resurrected. Begin Nobara v. Shigemo fight. Episode ends in affirmation of Nobara being a badass and telling Akari to hide; so it's only partway through ch 99.

14. Ch 99-102 - Continue Nobara v. Shigemo. Nanami joins in and wrecks Shigemo's shit. Mei Mei & Ui Ui v. Smallpox Curse. Choso v. Yuji begins ahhh. Ends when Mei Mei wins her fight and Kenjaku comes to compliments her.

15. Ch 103-106 Choso v. Yuji continues. Choso has the memory that never was. End with Mimiko and Nanako finding Yuji; partway through ch 106.

16. Ch 106-109 - Starting partway through ch 106; 10:20PM Naobita, Maki, and Nanami v. Dagon. Megumi to the rescue! Ends with the gang trying to escape Dagon's Domain, only for Toji to pop up like a daisy.

17. Ch 110-112 - Toji kicks Dagon's ass. Megumi separates from the others and the Naobita, Maki, and Nanami face Jogo. Mimiko, Nanako, and Jogo all feed Yuji fingers. Sukuna kills the twins. Ends with Jogo terrified; partway through ch 112.

18. Ch 112-116 - Continuing right where 112 left off; Sukuna asking what Jogo wants. Toji v. Megumi fight. Kusakabe and Panda face Suguru's curse users before they're rudely interrupted by Sukuna v. Jogo. Sukuna and Uraume reunite. Ends with Shigemo freaking out about something Megumi did.

19. Ch 117-121 - An absolutely somber as shit episode. Starts at 11:05PM Shigemo v. Megumi where Megumi initiates Mahoraga. Sukuna summons Domain and destroys Shibuya. Yuji finally regains consciousness and is devastated. Nanami is killed by Mahito, and the episode ends on Yuji's facial reaction.

20. Ch 121-124 - Start off right at that last page on ch 121; Yuji is furious. Mahito v. Yuji. Mahito v. Nobara. It's like "Accomplices" part 2. But then Mahito touches Nobara's face; partway through ch 124.

21. Ch 124-128 - Starts partway through ch 124; Nobara's childhood flashback, adult Saori, the first years hanging out, etc., etc. Mahito beats up a shocked Yuji. Todo and Aarata show up and Todo tells Yuji to get up, which where I imagine the first half of the ep to end.

The Kyoto school are on the train, where the last remnants of Mechamaru talks to Miwa. Yuji and Todo v. Mahito. Episode ends partway through ch 128 where they've "brought out 120% of their potential."

22. Ch 128-132 - Cont. right where we left off ch 128. My absolute favorite sequence where Yuji chases Mahito through the metaphorical snow drift. Can't wait to see this animated.

Episode ends on Kenjaku appearing and offering to save Mahito.

23. Ch 133-136 - Starts with catching up on what everyone was up to until this point. Kenjaku bloodies Yuji up a bit and consumes Mahito. Everyone shows up and teams up against Kenjaku. Including Choso! Then Yuki! Episode/season ends with Kenjaku bouncing with the Prison Realm.

Wow, what a foreboding and depressing end to the season. lmao.

It'll be fun to see how accurate or completely off base I was with how I divided the chapters. Just about 2 weeks left!

[crouton-knight]

WIP grab bag

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

Tagging: @oddeyesight @valorousowl @7yd1a @tmae3114 @mismagireve

Haven't seen this in a while so I'm bringing it back, especially since some things have been added/removed since the last time I was working on my WIPs. This time all the titles are taken directly from my trello list, so they're a little more descriptive than usual, but I italicized the actual titles to make them easier to find.

DragonFable

And miles to go before I sleep (Nameless-centric, pre-canon origin story) 518 words, started sep 24 2022

As the rain comes home to the sea - ch. 4 (Notha/Remthalas, The Shape of Water AU), 1368 words, started august 4 2022

Blueberry Blowpop Flavor (hero/Aegis, sexual mistakes) 0 words

dancers in the garden (Notha/Remthalas, romantic party date), 2172 words, started august 5 2022

Doppelganger (Aspar/Tomix, angst and skinsuiting), 76 words, started jul 28 2022

eye for an eye (Hansa-centric, life on Lore humor) 0 words

House Rules (Cysero/Warlic, pre-canon), 2020 words, started jul 13 2022

Hypnagogia (Notha/Remthool, Reawakening nightmare), 1450 words, started jun 27 2022

Infernal Succession (Cysero/Warlic, royalty degradation kink), 446 words, started nov 16 2022

The Late Night Adventurers' Guild (general-ish? OC-centric? Names changed for privacy? sex workers on Lore) 0 words

Lovebites (Notha/Remthalas, makeup kink), 487 words, started jan 12 2023

Milkteeth (Notha-centric, pre-canon childhood fic), 250 words, started dec 20 2022

Power And Control (Theano/nameless mage, abuse of power) 0 words

Take A Man To Dinner First (Valen/Vaal, vivisection fic) 0 words

Trust Fall (Notha/Remthalas, non-Maleurous survival horror) 178 words, started dec 21 2022

[untitled] (Kara/Akanthus, jail sex) 0 words

[untitled] (Notha/MushRem, Dragesvard rift) 0 words

[untitled] (Notha/Remthalas, phantom pregnancy, sequel to Butterfly Paradox) 0 words

[untitled] (Voyna-centric, post-Maleurous piracy) 0 words

Wake Up (gen, horror animatic) 951 words, started dec 31 2022

Warp And Weft (Vaal/Hero/Aegis, void ship shenanigans), 3063 words, started oct 4 2022

Your Lover/Your Jailor (Notha/Remthalas, general kink/character exploration) 0 words

Homestuck

An Unfortunate Honor: Bearing, Duty, And Other Troubles - ch. 15 (Kanaya<>Karkat, various/Karkat, alien breeder AU) 1599 words, started feb 15 2022

Blood Worship - ch. 3 (various/Karkat, temple acolyte AU) 1076 words, started oct 26 2021

Brother Lover ep. 2: I Can't Believe I'm Trying To Seduce My Elder Bro By Crossdressing (Bro/Dave, crossdressing kink), 0 words

crucible ch. 1/5 (various, torture porn), 438 words, started oct 11 2022

Danse Macabre - ch. 5 (Dave/Karkat, descent into the underworld AU) 352 words, started feb 3 2022

Decompression Sickness (Dualscar/Alecir, space trucker AU), 4008 words, started sep 20 2022

Equinox (Dirk/John. kingdomstuck), 2075 words, started dec 15 2022

HELIOKENTRIKOS - epilogue rewrite (Dirk/Jake, immortal/time traveler AU), 290 words, started aug 26 2022

I'll Set You Up Against The Stars - ch. 2 (DaveRose, weird gods), 2120 words, started may 31 2022

Let Me Tell You About Humanity - ch. 12 (really 13) (various/Karkat, xenophilia from alien pov), 8 words, started feb 13 2022

Lotus Hotel - ch. 2 (Dave/Karkat, dreamsharing AU) 1374 words, started feb 15 2021

Matches and Tar (Sollux/Karkat, steampunk AU), 4776 words, started jun 6 2022

The Menagerie - ch. 9 (primarily Equius/Karkat, Brothel AU), 578 words, started aug 20 2021

Monsters Fair And Fearsome - ch. 3 (Dualscar/Karkat, BatB AU), 950 words, started jun 6 2021

The Oddities of Jake English (Dirk/Jake, erotic horror) 1043 words, started dec 15 2022

Price of an Empire, or, A Mutant MechPilot Gets Fucked Up (various/Karkat, space fantasy torture porn), 1112 words, started dec 15 2022

raze the sky in engine fire - ch. 14 (Sollux/Karkat, cyberpunk torture porn) 0 words

Skaia City: Underground - ch. 4 (gen, superstuck), 1935 words, started feb 15 2022

space cowboy disaster zone - ch. 9 (Dave/Karkat/Jade, space scavengers AU), 571 words, started jul 9 2022

Starry Defender Zodiac Knight - ch. 1 (various/Karkat, magical girl hentai AU), 1758 words, started jan 20 2022

Stranger Stars and Suns - ch. 8 (various, Empirestuck), 549 words, started jul 10 2022

we daren't go a-hunting - ch. 4 (Eridan/Feferi/Karkat, Fae AU), 0 words

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Arrhythmia - ch. 3 (Homura/Madoka, vampire AU) 1703 words, started jun 30 2021

Catch Up (OC/OC, Tales From Kazamuki, slice of life) 163 words, started dec 16 2022

Original

A Rock And A Hard Place (Marzi/various, Marzipan pt. 3) 0 words

God Will Understand (Sister Netta/Rahz'matia, fantasy-comedy) 0 words

Harem Counseling - ch. 1 (Gerhardt/Harem, fantasy-romcom series) 0 words

Lays of Legend (Marzi/various, Marzipan pt. 4) 0 words

Magical Yakuza Girl (gen, one-chapter comic) 145 words, started jul 30 2021

Milk and Honey (Marzi/various, Marzipan pt. 2), 1174 words, started dec 5 2022

Naughty Little Helpers (Knoell/various, origin story) 19 words, started dec 23 2022

Seto Taisho and the Kitchen War (gen, fantasy), 0 words

[a-z0-9-i-n-gram-completionist]

1:    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w y    33/36    (23/26)    (10/10)

2:    00 01 02 10 11 12 13 16 17 19 23 34 36 41 51 68 85 ab ad ak al an ar at au av be bl bo bs bu by ca ch co cu de di dn do dr ea ec ed ee el en ep er es et ev fe fo ge gi ha he hi ho hu ib ic id ie ig ik il im in io is it iv ju ke kn ld le li ll lo lu ly ma mb me mi nc nd ne no nu oa of ol on or os ot ou ow pe po rd re ri rr rs rt ru ry se sh si so st su ta te th ti to tr ts ul um un ur us ut ve vi we ye yo    136/1296    (119/676)    (17/100)

3:    000 001 100 102 119 123 136 234 341 412 abo abs ade ake all and are art ate aus ave bec bel ber ble bou bso bsu but can cau coa cul dic did dig div don dre eat eca eel eli ely enc epe ers ery eve evi fee fou get git hat hav his hou hun ibl icu idi iev igi ike ill ime ion isi its ivi jus kno ldn let lie lik lio lli lou lut mad mak mbe mes mil nch ndr not now num oat olu one orr ost oul oun our ous out pea pos red ren rep rid rry rte run sho sib sol sor sou sta sts sur tar ted tel tha the thi tim tre uld ulo umb und urd use ust ute ven ver vil vis yet you    140/46656    (130/17576)    (10/1000)

4:    1234 2341 3412 4123 abou abso absu arte ated ause aven beca beli bers bout bsol bsur caus coat culo dicu digi divi dred eate ecau elie ench epea even ever evil feel four gits have houl hund ible icul idic ieve igit illi imes isib ivis just know liev like lion llio lous lute made make mber mill ndre numb olut orry osts ould ound peat post renc repe ridi rted shou sibl solu sorr soun star surd tart tely that this time tren uldn ulou umbe undr utel very visi    92/1679616    (88/456976)    (4/10000)

5:    12341 23412 34123 41234 about absol absur arted becau belie bsolu bsurd cause culou dicul digit divis eated ecaus eliev epeat every haven hould hundr iculo idicu igits illio isibl ivisi lieve llion lutel mbers milli ndred numbe olute ouldn peate posts rench repea ridic shoul sible solut sorry sound start tarte times trenc ulous umber undre utely visib    59/60466176    (55/11881376)    (4/100000)

6:    123412 234123 341234 412341 absolu absurd becaus believ bsolut culous diculo digits divisi ecause elieve epeate houldn hundre iculou idicul illion isible ivisib lutely millio number olutel peated repeat ridicu should solute starte tarted trench umbers undred visibl    38/2176782336    (34/308915776)    (4/1000000)

7:    1234123 2341234 3412341 4123412 absolut because believe bsolute diculou divisib epeated hundred iculous idiculo ivisibl million numbers olutely repeate ridicul shouldn solutel started visible    24/78364164096    (20/8031810176)    (4/10000000)

8:    12341234 23412341 34123412 41234123 absolute bsolutel diculous divisibl idiculou ivisible repeated ridiculo solutely    13/2821109907456    (9/208827064576)    (4/100000000)

9:    123412341 234123412 341234123 412341234 absolutel bsolutely divisible idiculous ridiculou    9/101559956668416    (5/5429503678976)    (4/1000000000)

10:    1234123412 2341234123 3412341234 4123412341 absolutely ridiculous    6/3656158440062976    (2/141167095653376)    (4/10000000000)

11:    12341234123 23412341234 34123412341 41234123412    4/131621703842267136    (0/3670344486987776)    (4/100000000000)

12:    123412341234 234123412341 341234123412 412341234123    4/4738381338321616896    (0/95428956661682176)    (4/1000000000000)

13:    1234123412341 2341234123412 3412341234123 4123412341234    4/170581728179578208256    (0/2481152873203736576)    (4/10000000000000)

14:    12341234123412 23412341234123 34123412341234    3/6140942214464815497216    (0/64509974703297150976)    (3/100000000000000)

15:    123412341234123 234123412341234    2/221073919720733357899776    (0/1677259342285725925376)    (2/1000000000000000)

16:    1234123412341234    1/7958661109946400884391936    (0/43608742899428874059776)    (1/10000000000000000)

all of the numbers that are divisible by 17 sound so absurd. 51? 68? 85? ridiculous. 102? absolutely not. and don't even get me started on 119

[somegirlsnerdywords2]

Updated Manga: June 2024

19 Days: Ch. 443 added June 1st

Death is the Only Ending for the Villainess: Ch. 149-153 added since June 1st

The Remarried Empress: Season 3, Ep. 177 & 178 (Season 3 Finale) added since June 1st

Boku no Hero Academia: Ch. 424-426 added since June 2nd

Destruction Flag Otome: Ch. 68 added June 2nd

I'm The Queen in This Life: Ep. 84-187 added since June 2nd

Ten Ways to Get Dumped by a Tyrant: Ep. 34-37 added since June 2nd

Tower of God: Season 3, Ep. 197-200 added since June 2nd

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu: Ch. 25 added June 3rd

Adopted by a Murderous Duke Family: Ep. 13-16 added since June 3rd

The Price is Your Everything: Ep. 21-24 added since June 4th

Akatsuki No Yona: Ch. 258 & 259 added since June 5th

Men of the Harem: Season 2, Ep. 156-158 (Season 2 Finale) added since June 7th

For My Derelict Favorite: Season 2, Ep. 76-79 added since June 7th

WindBreaker: Ch. 145 & 146 added since June 11th

Hotaru no Yomeiri: Ch. 39& 40 added June 17th

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun: Ch. 115 added June 18th

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: Ch. 151 added June 22nd

[losyash]

Draft from 15th of June: How many chapters does MHA have left?

an old post I found in my drafts. did not finish it exactly but I figured it might be a fun read for someone. I tried to calculate it via anime seasons (laid down nicely) and manga volumes (did not lay down nicely at all but I forgot abt the last volume bonus content which is bound to be more than usually)

this was after ch 425 so I still had just a tiny bit of copium left in me

everything after the cut is text from the draft:

tldr: around ten maybe, maybe forty

one of our main measuring points there will be the anime coming out

as this wikipedia screenshot shows, season 7 is going to have 21 episode. we are one third through!

episode one starts with chapter 329 and ends with last pages of chapter 331. three chapters.

i decided not to check every single ep because that's long and annoying and instead grab all seven. if the amount of chapters serialised is consistent episode seven should end with chapter 349. which is exactly what happens!

so by extending this logic we can assume that episode 21 will contain chapters 389, 390 and 391 thus ending dabi's plotline in final war arc and bringing up the sad man parade. the main trick here is that chapter 391 is 9 pages long so exact details may vary but honestly i am willing to bet the season will end around there

but what then?

right now studio bones makes their anime seasons have either 25 eps (mha s7 is not an outlier if you count specials btw) or somewhere between 12-13. how many exactly? well

in last ten years there was one anime with 10 eps, 2 with 11, 9 with 13 and 18 with 12, however among those 18 two had specials released either during the airing period or just before it akin to s7 specials so it might be more correct to say that there are 10 animes with 13 episodes, 16 with 12 episodes and one with 14. debatable honestly

we will keep all three possibilities in mind

so, how many chapters is that? chapters 392-423 fit perfectly to give us 11 episodes

which means 1 more chapter for 12 episode (probably not)

4 more chapters for 13 episodes (most likely option out of three)

40 chapters for 25 episodes

"okay well what about manga volumes?"

GREAT QUESTION

we usually get 12 chapters per volume. the last released volume is vol. 40 which goes up to chapter 410 and includes it.

by the same logic volume 41 will contain chapters 411-422. but maybe actually 411-423 because come on that's just. one last chapter of final arc. it does not fit well here.

42 - 424-436

43 - 436-448

44 - 449-456

45 - 457-465??

math does not math well here to be honest. it DOES lower chances of getting like five chapters and be done significantly, but beyond that? debatable

what about the plot however? we still have several threads hanging:

lov state, surviving members, their fates

tomura dying and kurogiri's sacrifice. to be honest chapter 420 does not make me believe hori gives a single fuck about kuro and his plotline but what if??

mystery person

izuku's dad (horikoshi did say he wants to do something with him but as for ch 425 we still have nothing)

actually becoming the greatest hero. it did not happen yet. allmight can say whatever he wants really but izuku has not even graduated, i kinda doubt hori will just leave him in 2-a

ochako and shouto's plotlines in general. they don't feel finished yet and we know that at least with shouto there is definitely something coming up next chapter

a lot to cover. i would normally say four chapters definitely won't cut it but then again we DID have four pages to resolve the rooftop gang plotline. it's not the likely option but it's still an option for me now

horikoshi himself predicted he would end the manga in 2024 but he did the same thing about 2023 plus he could not have predicted the amount of breaks he is taking. still it does speak more in favor of having maybe 10 maybe 20 chapters rather than 40.