#chinatsu and mari

[toxin45]

Preview of Kichikujima/Freak Island second part Chinatsu vs Naoko

We have a draft preview of Naoko against Chinatsu with mari with her face restored wathcing with an eye behind her.

[783-ultimates]

OC #3: Chinatsu Kobayashi

Hey everyone! So, I haven’t gotten any more prompts yet, and I know I haven't posted in a while, but I am determined to do this, so I’m going to show off another one of my own OCs! This one is pretty personal because it’s not only my first danganronpa oc, but my first oc ever! I would like you to meet… Chinatsu Kobayashi, the Ultimate Roller Skater!

Name: Chinatsu Kobayashi Talent: Ultimate Roller Skater (and the Ultimate Arsonist) Age: 16 Gender: Female Sexuality: Asexual

Height: 5’6” Weight: 115 pounds

Other Details: Chinatsu is obsessed with safety due to a traumatic event from her childhood. This is why she is always wearing her helmet, her elbow pads and her knee pads. She also rarely takes off her skates, but that’s simply because she prefers skating to walking. Once was able to skate on water to save a drowning girl. If they were in a killing game what would their role be?: Second Killer, girl who refers to another person as ‘Master’

What influences inspired this character?: Mondo Owada, Aoi Asahina, and Toko Fukawa (Danganronpa), Mary Jane Watson (Marvel) Likes and Dislikes: Likes aquariums, home cooking and helmets, dislikes fireworks, caviar and cars Fears: Fire, Cars, those around her being injured

Quirks: carries extra helmets around and insist people wear them, roller skates everywhere

Physical Description: 

(this picture is from a picrew I can no longer find)

Personality: Chinatsu is an excitable and very protective person. Due to some incidents in her past, she is a complete safety nut, to the point that she carries around spare helmets and asks people to wear them. Her constant energy masks a deep fear she has of those she cares about being hurt. She can be serious and soft when she needs to be, but regularly isn't. Overall she is an incredibly passionate person and an (overprotective) friend

Backstory: Chinatsu was born into a family that had come out of the tragedy far better off than most. While at first they were loving, the death of chinatsu's younger brother changed Chinatsu parent, who now care far more about their careers than each other, or their children. The death of Chinatsu's younger brother also traumatized Chinatsu and made her obsessed with safety. Her parents blame her for the accident. Although she was only 7, they blamed for not watching her brother. It also caused them to break up, although they stayed together for appearances. From then she was waited on hand and foot by butlers, nannies and maids, but was completely ignored by her parents. She began to become quite depressed, and one day when she was 9 she ran away from home. She was found by her kindly old neighbor, who took care of her and comforted her. Eventually she was picked up by her caring Butler, but for the next few years, she would go over to the old woman's house to play. They came to love each other and Chinatsu began to call the Woman 'Nana'. She taught her how to skate, fed her lovingly made meals, and encouraged Chinatsu's talent. Sadly Nana was killed in a horrific fire when Chinatsu was 12. She had to go through years of therapy to overcome this, and still fears fire. She took the lessons that Nana had taught her and stormed the world of rollerblading. What Chinatsu does not remember is that she started the fire that killed her nana, along with a number of other large and fatal fires, due to her unique case of pyromania. She had these memories repressed by the Ultimate hypnotist. While it is not an official title, she has been called the Ultimate Arsonist.

[froppy-butterflyfan2000]

Tell about your characters

Let’s start with my main casts from Townsville, since it will be the primary setting of The Neighbours storyline. There’s Janaya who is a wizard manipulate and construct mana and dabbling in dark magic, (both wizardry and Mewnian) demonic magic and demonology, and magic cooking. Though specialized in healing magic, fire magic, water magic, potion making, summoning magic (Mewnian), and have the potency of being a spirit wizard. He’s the son of Janna Ordonia and Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason. He know how to be a wizard, a witch, and a sorceror. He served the Butterfly-Lucitor Family, a family friend of his mother, as an agent of the Lucitors, acting as bodyguard to the mayor’s daughter and Leader of The Guardians of the Supernatural, Nebula Butterfly-Lucitor. He is a valuable asset to them due to his vision of seeing the future. He is currently in Townsville and just receive his hero license. Janaya works at a coffee shop, Chillaxation.

His colleagues from work, whose happen to receive their hero license from their time at Camp Synonymous in the summer:

Holly Test is an metahuman inventor. She is the daughter of Mary Test and Brain Freezer from Johnny Test. She have a robotic dog named D00K13 (in memorial of Uncle Johnny’s best friend and dog, Dookie and inspired from Baymax from San Franstokyo/Sans Francisco) and Roboslugs. She is decisive on enrolling to The San Fransokyo Institute of Technology once she graduates from Townsville High.

Beppi Creecher can talk to bugs, do yo-yo tricks, and is Townsville’s Spider-Enby. Child of Creepie and Tartula Boy from Growing Up Creepie. Learnt the arts of espionage from the Pawn Counsellors of Camp Synonymous and ninjutsu from the same source as Mirage.

Mirage Fagry, an ghost-demon/angel hybrid ghost hunter. Daughter of Stocking Anarchy and Patrick Fagry from PASWG. Known ninjutsu from @ej-cappy-universe’s Andrew Cunningham.

They are not in Camp Synonymous, but are employees at Chillaxation and a part of a ‘community service’ Janaya and the others are involve in, Blaine and Arthur Macherbacher, sons of Barry G. Macherbacher and a Phantom Ninja Alien.

Janaya have a little god-sister named Corral (daughter of Jackie Lynn-Thomas and Frankie Foster whose belongs to @beanielune) and a little sister named Hiraya whose is an artificer-wizard. They both goes to Milkweed Academy, a school of wizardry that Alverta Tang (Trixie Tang x Sigmund the Sorcerer) and Leonidas (son of Gregory and a member of The Guardians of The Supernatural) graduated from.

Speaking of Alverta, she is a part of a criminal syndicate, The Circle, just likes the ‘ice prince’ son of Icy and Darko, Snowden, whose is runs by Chinatsu Young. Chase Young, leader of The Heylin and Queen Icy of Dyamond are allies. Which I will explain about them and other villains I owns another time.

He taught magic and the knowledges on magic to @aprilbrowines’ son of Charmcaster and Michael Morningstar, Morgan Morningstar of Bellswood/Legerdomain, @cooltmoney95’s daughter of Bubbles Utonium and Hugh Langston, Sunny Langston of Townsville, and son of Kieran Valentine and Spelldon Caudronello, Dougal Caudronello-Valentine of Transylvania.

I certainly forgot about a character of mine because she is the little sister of the the most important character in Neighbors, Niko Corduroy. She is fifteen years old whose loves her big brothers, @ej-cappy-universe’s Ethan Corduroy and Serpent. She considers @ej-cappy-universe’s Tamara Jackson as her big sister too. She is an Chemical W and Underworldian/Heck/Chaos Realm Demon Hybrid, making her a cambion. Niko is currently not going to get her big brother in trouble as long as she does not let anything goes to her head.

[geidaicomposition]

Thursday Concert 2023 by Geïdaï Students - Department of Composition -

Date: Thursday, November 2th , 2023. 14:00-

Venue: Sogakudo of the former Tokyo Music School

Ticket: JPY500 reservasion required: 03-3824-1988(10:00 - 16:00). Information&Reservation

Program: 

1. Tatsuyuki Konuma, Writhe in agony... -for Soprano and 5 players-

Cond. Hiroyuki Nishimura Sop. Julia Shirakawa Fl. Marika Fujieda Tub. Tsubasa Shirai Pf. Hinako Saeki Koto Taisei Yoshikoshi Va. Tamaki Asano

2. Hanako Daigobo, In the passing shadow ~for 5 player ~

Cond. Daiki Omori Fl. Moe Hisada Cl. Kanae Kuriyama Vn. Fumiaki Kasai Vc. Mone Tanikawa Pf. Masataka Tozawa

3. Rokka Hashimoto, The cry of burning waves

Cond. Shinnosuke Ito 1st Vn. Chinatsu Tatsumi 2nd Vn. Hayato Kubota Va. Tamaki Asano Vc. Itsuki Kurakami Pf. Soichiro Tsuruhara

4. Rina Komatsu, Me or ...

Cond. Shinnosuke Ito Br. Kaito Fujita Fl. Taito Nagadome Perc. Tomoki Murata Koto Ryusei Shikano Vn. Mahiro Kurasawa Vc. Koshin Yamamoto

5. Yota Nakamura, Channels

Cond. Hiroki Okazaki Fl. Tomoki Okahara Cl. Rio Ishida Hrp. Marie Mikawa Perc. Mei Murase Va. Tamaki Asano Vc. Mone Tanikawa

Note: the order, the program and players are subject to change.

Organized by Art&Culture Foundation Of Taito, Fuculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.

[kon-kon-kon-kon]

摇曳百合画集第二期

[burararadal]

Sarah Emi Bridcutt/ブリドカット セーラ 恵美  

[bacsu]

Female muse tags.

[prof-kenny]

[toxin45]

Kichikujima/Freak island Part 2 is now out since November 14, 2022 only available in Line Manga app for Japan every monday. Set five years after the events of Part 1, Part 2 follows Chinatsu trying to survive against the family and other horrors on the island. Some changes on the family have like Satoru,Anna,and Kanna have grown up. Also a giant baby is now apart of the family. Mari is also absent in the beginng of part 2 due to a fall out with takahisa protagonist of part 1 who now looks like yoshikazu and depressed about mari.

Don’t Worry Mari will return in later chapters.

[lucas-lopes-santos-07]

High School DxD seiyuus and characters wallpapers part 5

[theabyssalmuses-a]

𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐄  !

list your fav characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people!

Fate: Ibaraki-douji, Shuten-douji, Euryale, Stheno, Osakabehime, Chevalier D'eon, BB, Meltryllis, Medb, Wodime

Arknights: Amiya, Sora, Texas, Emperor, Gravel, Conviction, Ceobe, Skadi, Shaw, Robin

Touhou: Flandre, Remilia, Meiling, Patchouli, Sakuya, Okina, Reimu, Aunn, Jo'on, Okuu

TF2: The Scout, The Solider, The Pyro, The Demoman, The Heavy, The Engineer, The Medic, The Sniper, The Spy, Miss Pauling

Hunie: Audrey Belrose, Tiffany Maye, Nikki Anne-Marie, Kyu Sugardust, Alyssa McLoughlin, Candace Crush

Madoka Magica: Madoka, Homura, Mami, Kyouko, Sayaka, Bebe

Doki Doki Literature Club: Sayori, Monika, Natsuki, Yuri

Vtubers (not really like a piece of media and they're not really characters PER SE but shhh): Korone, Pekora, Mori Calliope, Gawr Gura, Polka, Nene

Made in Abyss: Riko, Reg, Ozen, Bondrewd, Lyza, Nanachi, Mitty, Faputa, Orb Piercer

Yuru Yuri: Toshino Kyoko, Akari Akaza, Yoshikawa Chinatsu, Funami Yui, Suguira Ayano, Ikeda Chitose, Ooumuro Sakurako, Furutani Himawari, Majokko Mirakurun

TAGGED BY: @hcpehearted and well. most people i know have already done it / been tagged in it so...aauuuu. if you haven't done it feel free to take it from me now

[theheartsofheroes]

[ @shoutaimu and I finally finished watching all of the Bandai Sera Myus. And since I don’t feel like sharing the document, here are our rankings for the Senshi actresses (plus Kakyuu) as well as ranking the roles of several recurring cast members. For double castings of Chibi Moon we put them in the same slot. I might come back and make another post with our explanations for the rankings but for now. Just have this list]

Senshi

Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon

Anza Ooyama

Marina Kuroki

Miyuki Kanbe

Fumina Hara

Mizuno Ami/Sailor Mercury

Ayako Morino

Chieko Kawabe

Minami Wakayama

Hisano Akamine

Yuikiko Miyagawa

Mariya Izawa

Rei Hino/Sailor Mars

Misako Kotani

Eri Kanda

Megumi Yoshida

Risa Honma

Aiko Kawasaki

Asuka Umemiya

Horoko Nakayama

Hiromi Sakai

Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter

Emi Kuriyama

Kanoko

Yuriko Hayashi

Akari Tonegawa

Emika Satou

Mai Watanabe

Ayano Sugimoto

Chiho Ooyama

Kaori Sakata

Takako Inayoshi

Marie Sada

Karina Okada

Minako Aino/Sailor Venus

Ayumi Murata

Nao Inada

Mizuki Watanabe

Nana Suzuki

Erica

Akiko Miyazawa

Momoko Shibuya

Kanatsu Nakaya

Yuki Nakamura

Miyu Otani

Chizuru Soya

Sakae Tamashita

Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus

Nao Takagi

Sanae Kimura

Akiko Nakayama

Asako Uchida

Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune

Yuuka Asami

Hiroko Tahara

Tomoko Inami

Sara Shimada

Takayo Ooyama

Miyuki Fuji

Kahoru Sakamoto

Chikage Tomita

Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto

Rei Saito

Yuuko Hosaka

Seiko Nakazawa

Yukiko Nakae

Miho Yokoi

Teruyo Watanabe

Yuki Kamiya

Miwa Hosoki

Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn

Ruria Nakamura

Keiko Takeda

Ayami Kakiuchi

Mao Mita

Chihiro Imai

Mario Tomioka

Eriko Funakoshi

Yui Iizuka

Asami Sanpei

Chibiusa Tsukino/Sailor Chibi Moon

Ayano Gunji

Tamaki Dai Shirai/Natsumi Takenaka

Mao Kawasaki/Ai Miyakawa

Noel Miyazaki

Kasumi Takabatake

Nanami Ohta

Moe Oosaki

Mao Ohno/Mina Horita

Arisu Izawa

Aisha Yamamoto

Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen

Yuuta Mochizuki

Hironari Amano

Hidemasa Edo

Kenji Urai

Yuu Shirota

Yuuta Enomoto

Gyo Miyamoto

Mizuki Sano

Seiya Kou/Sailor Star Fighter

Sayuri Katayama

Chinatsu Akiyama

Taiki Kou/Sailor Star Maker

Hikari Ono

Akiko Nakayama

Yaten Kou/Sailor Star Healer

Momoko Okuyama

Mikako Tabe

Sailor Galaxia

Tamami Matsumoto

Yumie Sakaguchi

Saori Sara

Takemi

Princess Kakyuu

Sakoto Yoshioka

Ai Toyama

Recurring Cast Members

Ryuuji Kasahara

Tiger's Eye

Gilles de Rai

Kyaos/Chaos

MC Fly

Death Ra

Dark Nibiru

Prof. Tomoe/Undead Berserk

Kunzite [only at the bottom because we didn’t get to see this performance]

Ado Endou

Centi/Hanako Hoshino

Selkie

Sailor Lead Crow/Manila Karasu

Calaveras

Dark Menorah

Demon Lillith

Roi Malkuth

White Crow Ado/Dark Maya

Ensemble Roles ~ Death Nightmare ~ Lemures ~ Shadow Bug ~ Sailor Theta ~ Dark Moon

Miki Kawasaki

Esmeraude

Kaolinite

Kunzite

Le Fay/Olam Tiphareth

Dark Mirror

Zilpah Sapphire

Dark Sumer

(Death) Nightmare

Yoshiya Yukimura

Damask/Shintarou Hoshino

Mandrake

Kern

Hemachirou Taitou/Hematite

Death Pe

Nobitarou Oki (Crooked Ref)

Akiko Miyazawa

Elizabeth Bathory

Queen Beryl

Bilhah Emerald

Minako Aino/Sailor Venus

Hikari Ono

Taiki Kou/Sailor Star Fighter

(Prince) Demande

Bloody Dracul Vampir

Roof Merrow

Hawk's Eye

[imasallstars]

The cover art for the last set of 「 THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS 6thLIVE MERRY-GO-ROUNDOME!!! オリジナルCD 」albums has been released and you will be able to purchase these albums at the NAGOYA DOME venue of the upcoming 6th LIVE

This album features the solo versions for the MASTER SEASONS series albums finishing up with Autumn and Winter

MASTER SEASONS AUTUMN!　SOLO REMIX

Tracklist:

Tr.01　 Waving Hands in the Autumn Breeze ～Yumi Aiba Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)： Yumi Aiba  ( CV: Juri Kimura ) Tr.02　 Waving Hands in the Autumn Breeze ～Riina Tada Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)： Riina Tada   ( CV: Ruriko Aoki ) Tr.03　 Waving Hands in the Autumn Breeze ～Yuka Nakano Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Yuka Nakano   ( CV: Shino Shimoji ) Tr.04　 Halloween♥Code ～Nana Abe Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Nana Abe  ( CV: Marie Miyake ) Tr.05　 Halloween♥Code ～Yuuki Otokura Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Yuuki Otokura  ( CV: Yuki Nakashima ) Tr.06　 Halloween♥Code ～Miku Maekawa Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Miku Maekawa  ( CV: Natsumi Takamori ) Tr.07　 Goodbye Andromeda ～Rin Shibuya Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Rin Shibuya   ( CV: Ayaka Fukuhara ) Tr.08　 Goodbye Andromeda ～Nono Morikubo Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Nono Morikubo   ( CV: Karin Takahashi ) Tr.09　 Goodbye Andromeda ～Aki Yamato Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Aki Yamato   ( CV: Tomo Muranaka ) Tr.10　 Fantasy Exploration Plan ～Natsuki Kimura Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Natsuki Kimura   ( CV: Kiyono Yasuno ) Tr.11　 Fantasy Exploration Plan ～Ayame Hamaguchi Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Ayame Hamaguchi  ( CV: Masumi Tazawa ) Tr.12　 Fantasy Exploration Plan ～Akane Hino Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Akane Hino  ( CV: Chinatsu Akasaki )

MASTER SEASONS WINTER!　SOLO REMIX

Tracklist:

Tr.01　 Twintail Wind ～Miho Kohinata Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Miho Kohinata  ( CV: Minami Tsuda ) Tr.02　 Twintail Wind ～Mika Jougasaki Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)： Mika Jougasaki   ( CV: Haruka Yoshimura ) Tr.03　 Twintail Wind ～Kanade Hayami Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Kanade Hayami   ( CV: Yuko Iida ) Tr.04　 White again ～Sae Kobayakawa Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Sae Kobayakawa  ( CV: Ricca Tachibana ) Tr.05　 White again ～Momoka Sakurai Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Momoka Sakurai  ( CV: Haruka Terui ) Tr.06　 White again ～Uzuki Shimamura Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Uzuki Shimamura  ( CV: Ayaka Ohashi ) Tr.07　 Frost ～Nao Kamiya Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Nao Kamiya  ( CV: Eriko Matsui ) Tr.08　 Frost ～Ranko Kanzaki Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Ranko Kanzaki  ( CV: Maaya Uchida ) Tr.09　 Frost ～Tamami Wakiyama Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Tamami Wakiyama   ( CV: Misa Kayama ) Tr.10　 Precious Winter Sky ～Sanae Katagiri Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Sanae Katagiri   ( CV: Azumi Waki ) Tr.11　 Precious Winter Sky ～Emi Namba Solo Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Emi Namba  ( CV: Arisa Date ) Tr.12　 Precious Winter Sky ～Yuki Himekawa Remix～ 　Singer(s)：Yuki Himekawa  ( CV: Mako Morino )

[thefictionalmultiverse]

Godzilla/Yuru Yuri AU

This is one I'm not really that into so I'm just gonna make it quick, to the point, and not give any explanation for it because this is more of a sh*tpost then an actual entry:

Yui as Godzilla

Akari as Anguirus

Chinatsu as Rodan

Kyoko as King Ghidorah

Sakurako as Gigan

Ayano as Destroyah

Himawari as SpaceGodzilla

Chitose as Mothra

Chizuru as Battra

Rise as Jet Jaguar

Nana as Mechagodzilla

Shihoko as Titanosaurus

Hatsumi as Orga

Tsubasa as Gabera

Mari as One of the Shobijin Twins

Kaede as One of the Shobijin Twins

Nadeshiko as Megaguirus

Ai as Manda

Megumi as Megalon

Miho as Biollante

Hanako as head Meganula of the swarm or something

Mirai as Baragon

Kokoro as Varan

Misaki as Zilla

Akane as Kumonga

Tomoko as Kamacurus

Aoi as King Caesar

Hiro as M. O. G. U. E. R. A.

Kudryavka as Gorosaurus

Haruka as Ebirah

Takane as Hedorah

Mirakurun (Kurumi) as Fire Rodan

Rivarun (Raika) as Monster X (Keizer Ghidorah)

Update: I decided to finish this AU, fix some things, and change some stuff because why not. I still don't care that much about this AU but I decided I might as well finish it.

[boleroo]

“I’m serious about this match...” 

“So am I.”

A mix for Tatara, Chinatsu, and their journey during the Metropolitan Tournament.

on spotify

The regular format - Waltz / Tango / Viennese / Foxtrot / Quickstep (x 2)

Water Mark - Mari Fujiwara

libertango - bulevard tango club

Lie - David Cook

You whispered that you were getting tired / Got a look in your eye, looks a lot like goodbye

Call Me Irresponsible - Michael Bublé

Call me irresponsible / Call me unreliable / Throw in undependable, too

Suddenly I See - KT Turnstall

She holds you captivated in her palm / Suddenly I see this is what I wanna be / Suddenly I see why the hell it means so much to me

Theme From The Cider House Rules - The Oscar Hollywood Films

Zorzal Criollo - Resplandor

Last Dance - Camera Can’t Lie

If this was our last chance / I’d ask you to stay for one last dance

Better Together - Jack Johnson

But I will still tell you one thing...we’re better together

Box of Secrets - Zarif

Show me show me what you got, I’ll take it take it soak it up / Open up the box of secrets take one out for me

[rieshon]

Best of 2019

It wouldn't be a best of the year post if it wasn't hopelessly late.

10: Shinchou Yuusha ~Kono Yuusha ga Ore TUEEE Kuse ni Shinchou Sugiru~ ∥ White Fox ∥ Dir. Sakoi Masayuki: The title makes this sound like it could be terrible but this series has a Konosuba-like aplomb that makes it one of the best comedies of the year. Toyosaki Aki is absolutely brilliant as the shithead damegami Listarte and the animation consistently matches her over-the-top comedic masterclass. The show even has a real ending; opinion is split but I found it surprisingly satisfying.

9: Babylon ∥ Revoroot ∥ Dir. Suzuki Kiyotaka: This is the first Strand-type anime. Babylon is incredibly hard to describe and, having only seen it once, I'm not even fully confident in saying what it's about. It is a wild ride that meditates on some serious themes and seems to come to conclusions that won't be entirely comfortable for a lot of readers. This is one you really have to experience for yourself.

8: Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari ∥ Kinema Citrus ∥ Dir. Abo Takao: The most discoursed-about series of 2019 ends up being a surprisingly mature take on the isekai tensei genre. Like the best entries in the genre it features a protagonist who is deeply flawed and Naofumi's journey to learning to trust and love again is genuinely moving. It definitely does come off a bit like an incel fantasy at first but it is ultimately way more nuanced than that could ever suggest. Also, Raphtalia is best wife.

7: Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai ∥ Gemba ∥ Dir. Mizushima Tsutomu: Tsutomu, you son of a bitch, you did it again. While Kotobuki doesn't reach the rareified air of Garupan (pun not intended) it is very much in the same vein, and offers unending joy to any nerd who loves warplanes or just aviation in general. The script from the always-excellent Yokote Michiko is tight and compelling and gives a genuinely interesting backdrop to the frenetic plane action. Kotobuki is an excellent example of the power of showing rather than telling, something anime is woefully bad at: the fact that Kotobuki's isekai setting is never really expounded on makes it that much more interesting.

6: Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu ∥ C2C ∥ Dir. Anzai Takefumi: If Katsuwo's other work to be adapted into anime, Mitsuboshi Colors, is about being a child, then Bocchi is about the fraught transition from childhood into early adulthood. The titular Hitori Bocchi will be a frighteningly relatable character (my comment for the first episode on my blog was 'We Are All Bocchi') but unlike other series clearly aimed at alienated nerds, the show never feels sorry for Bocchi and most importantly, Bocchi doesn't feel sorry for herself. The show is explicitly about the importance of stepping outside of your comfort zone and although it's hard for Bocchi to do this, with the help of her friends she's able to work up the courage necessary to grow from a scared child into a functioning young adult. Also she's cute as fuck.

5: Machikado Mazoku ∥ J.C. Staff ∥ Dir. Sakurai Hiroaki: This is one of the best Kirara anime in ages. Kohara Konomi and Kitou Akari are a wonderful comedic combination, and Shamiko is probably the cutest girl of the whole year. She's pretty much the definition of the phrase "moe through helplessness" which makes her quest to be an evil demon truly hilarious. Like all the best Kirara anime, Machikado Mazoku slowly becomes a yuri anime as Momo's character develops and it becomes increasingly clear that she's just hard gay for Shamiko. I could watch these two be tsundere for each other forever.

4: Joshikousei no Mudazukai ∥ Passione ∥ Dir. Takahashi Takeo: There were a lot of excellent comedies this year and I always find them hard to review. Where Mudazukai particularly excels is the crassness of its characters: like the title suggests these aren't your typical cutesy anime JKs. They crack dirty jokes, take the piss out of each other, and feel more genuinely like friends than a lot of high school girls in anime. Akasaki Chinatsu in particular is pitch-perfect as 'Baka,'  its like she was born to be stupid. Probably the funniest show of the year, even though I have one comedy ranked above it.

3: Senkizesshou Symphogear XV ∥ Satelight ∥ Dir. Ono Katsumi: The fact that a Symphogear series could end up this high on the rankings is something like a miracle. After years of me shitting all over it for incomprehensible plotlines and disposable characters, they somehow not only fixed it in the last season, but even retroactively redeemed some of the elements from those shitty third and fourth seasons and created some of the most thrilling moments of the year in the process. It even goes as far as to reach back to the first season and address the latent themes of Japanese nationalism that have always hung over the show in resolving Tsubasa's character arc. XV delivers such a satisfying conclusion that it fully justifies the past six years spent on developing the Symphogear series in a way I never thought possible. It's a beautiful thing to behold.

2: Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai ~Tensai-tachi no Ren'ai Zunousen~ ∥ A-1 Pictures ∥ Dir. Hatakeyama Mamoru: The romantic comedy is probably the most prolific genre in late night anime, and Kaguya-sama stands shoulder to shoulder with the greats. Everything from the voice acting (Koga Aoi should be a superstar, and Kohara Konomi is already on her way to being a household name) to the animation to the direction to the writing is superb. Kaguya even delivers in spades in the "romantic" side of "romantic comedy" which isn't something every rabukome can say. The number of series that I can say have made me cry from laughing and from emotion is pretty small, but Kaguya is proudly among them.

1: Araburu Kisetsu no Otome-domo yo ∥ Lay-duce ∥ Dir. Andou Masahiro & Tsukada Takurou: After all these years, Okada Mari has finally delivered her magnum opus. There has perhaps never been a more frank discussion of female adolescent sexuality than Araoto, drawing heavily as it does from Okada's own lived experience as a confused and bullied teenager. These girls are fragile people who are walking a knife's edge between childhood and adulthood, and they don't always keep their balance. As someone who didn't grow up as a girl, it's not something I can intrinsically understand, but it's a testament to Okada's writing that Araoto MAKES you understand what it's like to be a teenage girl going through puberty. It's ugly, it's dangerous, it's scary, and... it's something every woman goes through. Araoto deftly tackles themes of discovering ones sexuality, homosexuality, and the pressure put on young women by a society that both sexualizes them against their will but also demands that they remain chaste and pure. It is unlike almost anything else that's ever been made in this medium, and that's why it's my anime of the year.

Honorable mentions... Like I said above, this was a strong year for comedy so some good series didn't make the cut. Ueno-san wa Bukiyou was a great showcase for Serizawa Yuu's comedic chops (which us Pripara fans have known about for years) and featured some of the most memorable gags of the year... Kemurikusa saw Tatsuki triumphantly return to television with his first full length work since Kemono Friends, and I frankly found it to be better than Kemofure; a truly enjoyable work of post-apocalyptic science fiction... Speaking of science fiction, I also feel compelled to mention Kanata no Astra, which seemed underappreciated but ended up being an extremely well-written SF series. Of course, we also have to mention Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO if we're talking about science fiction; I didn't particularly like YU-NO's second half that much, but it's worth watching if only to understand where so much of modern anime comes from in the first place.

The awards go to...

Best Actress: Koga Aoi as Shinomiya Kaguya, Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai. I mentioned above that this girl should be a superstar, and it's frankly absurd that she hasn't gotten more leading roles considering the considerable talent she shows off as Kaguya. She's a one-woman wrecking crew in this series, with her ability to effortlessly straddle the range between "cold and detached psychopath" and "petulant 8 year old throwing a tantrum" being the lynchpin of a lot of the series fundamental humor.

(Honorable mention: Akasaki Chinatsu as "Baka," Joshikousei no Mudazukai; Yukino Satsuki as Magase Ai, Babylon)

Newcomer Seiyuu of the Year: Kohara Konomi. It's a sweep for Kaguya-sama, and the voice acting is a big part of the reason that show was so exceptional. It kind of feels like cheating to give this to someone who's already played a Precure, but Toei were just really ahead of the curve on this one. 'Koko-chan' exploded onto the scene in 2019 between her roles as Fujiwara-shoki and Shamiko in Machikado Mazoku, with a distinctive vocal style and a knack for comedic delivery. Several of the most memetic lines of the year, like Fujiwara's "Don da yo!" and Shamiko's "Kore de katta to omou nayo!" come courtesy of her, and I feel like that ability to stick in people's minds is a testament to her level of talent. Though I gave Koga the nod overall for her performance as Kaguya, it's clear that Kohara is the one the industry has earmarked for future success with the level of prominence she's had over the past year or so, so she gets this award.

(Honorable mention: Fairouz Ai. "Fai-chan" made a splash thanks to her unusual background, but she's also proven to be a talented actress after appearing from seemingly out of nowhere to play Hibiki in the Onegai Muscle anime. It's out of the scope of this post, but she really made an impression in Oshibudo as Eripiyo, but her body of work is still too thin for her to win this award outright. She's shown she has a knack for the funny with her brusque and aggressive delivery, but I'd really like to hear her as a dramatic lead sometime soon.)