#da: tv predictions

[aces-to-apples]

Okay okay SO THEORY TIME: Solas succeeds in bring down the Veil very early into the game (potentially in the prologue, or pre-game like the Conclave getting blasted as the start of a new game) and at the end of the first act Solas turns up to work with Rook and Co. to deal with his latest fuck-up aka releasing the Evanuris

[absolutebl]

Ranking Every Restaurant Based BL

As of August 2024. Shows not yet finished by that date are not on this list. Otherwise, features any BL set in the restaurant & beverage industry (that I've watched). I did not include the home cook domestic BLs on this list (like Our Dining Table).

1 To My Star

Korea 2021 Viki

10/10

Hwang Da Seul directing this show about a neurotic actor (actual puppy) who takes refuge with a grumpy chef resulting in sparks, cooking lessons, and LOVE! It’s is a touch quirky to get into, but utterly charming once it hits its stride. This is the ultimate grumpy/sunshine pairing plus the most appealing light-filled kitchen of our dreams. I adore this show so much. Limited use of BL tropes makes this feel more of a sweet contemporary gay romance between an actor plagued by scandal and the grumpy chef who adopts him, but the gentleness will appeal to fans of the BL genre.

2 What Zabb Man!

Thai 2022 YouTube

8/10

Star Hunter's WZM was better than we had any right to expect, with decent pacing and a foodie theme threaded through the narrative as both love language and plot driver. Basically CEO falls in love with a street vendor’s food, recruits him to work in his hotel, falls in love with him, and that’s just the beginning. Class struggles! Kitchen drama! Papaya pounding (not a euphemism)! Chef poaching (not literally)! Spicy scenes (yes both kinds)! It’s all so delicious.

3 DNA Says Love You

Taiwan 2022 Gaga

8/10

Okay it's only in a cafe about 1/2 the time but it is the main setting if not the plot. DNA deserves extra marks for an upbeat approach to a queer story arc that other shows have systemically mishandled with sadness (in the guise of realism). There is a twist, which I found predictable, but knowing what would happen didn't spoil this show. The leads are luminous and engaging, and it’s full of queer found family representation and an unexpected amount of domesticity, plus it’s Taiwan, so the kisses are great. The first few eps are rough going but have patience, it's worth it I promise! The second half is really special and life/love affirming - and the end is big-grin charming.

4 The Tasty Florida

Korea 2021 Viki https://www.viki.com/tv/38119c-the-tasty-florida

8/10

Not really a love triangle featuring the prettiest men ever to be grouped together outside of K-pop, honestly the visuals are ridiculous, there’s a story, it has to do with food, whatever, they so pretty. I have a weakness for this BL and it's entirely Speed's fault.

5 My Day

Pinoy 2020 YouTube

8/10

The set up on this one is enemies (also boss/employee) and they don’t like each other to start. But that gets resolved pretty quickly. And then they are some of the cutest, hottest, and best boyfriends ever. This is an under-appreciated BL, IMHO. It's also more set in the office of a food creation company, but there is a lot about food.

6 My Tooth Your Love

Taiwan 2023 Viki

8/10

Earnest dentist hottie with sad eyes who worries too much is smitten by an adorable sunshine neurotic bar owner with serious anxiety issues. They fall madly in love while courting each other with food, plushies, and naps. Then, shocker, talk about their feelings and try to actually sort out their problems so they can have an adult relationship. Bonus crumbs = 18 year old poor little rich kid in mad crush with a much older man. I really enjoyed this show, it had a unique premise, killer dialogue, there was a solid lead pair with charmg chemistry, soft flirtation, delightful smiling kisses, and stinkingly cute domesticity. All that said, I wasn’t wild about some of the darker themes it explored, even though it did a good job with them. And while the sides were adorable, they were underused. In the land of May/December, baby boy kabedon is my kryptonite! Why so little of it? (Kabedon is My Krytonite = also the name of my indie band’s first single.)

7 All the Liquors

Korea 2023 Viki & Gaga

8/10

A pretty classic foodie set KBL that managed to distinguish itself from others in this category by having a particularly satisfying final episode centered around found family. Sunshine sweetie soju rep gets involved with a shy introvert chef who doesn’t drink. This has a somewhat uneven plot and ridiculous central conceit (much in the way of Tasty Florida), but if you are looking for a restaurant BL with Korea’s signature softness, then this is a great option. FYI I may identify with our baby party boy hedonist more than any other BL lead ever presented.

8 Although I Love You and You - Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka

Japan 2024 Gaga

8/10

The promise of this show, younger cook courts older divorced office worker, should have been my catnip. I mean if someone pitched this to me in an elevator I would have downloaded it by the second storey. Unfortunately, it did not exactly fulfil that promise, not in the way I'd hoped. Did I still enjoy the ride? Yes, but I feel a little let down.

9 Ocean Likes Me

Korea 2022 Viki https://www.viki.com/tv/38367c-ocean-likes-me

8/10

Stars Kpop’s best known out gay singer, Holland & Han Gi Chan (Where Your Eyes Linger). Noodle shop! Broken dreams! This is a solid little KBL, with a good premise and cast. Manic pixie dream boy can get old fast but when contrasted with awkward grumpy chef? It’s a tasty combo that elevates both ingredients. Holland is a charming screen presence - baby boy is HYPNotiC. And while I wasn’t entirely sold on the chemistry, these two did give us some very good kisses and sweet domesticity. I grinned through most episodes and I didn’t even mind the standard KBL 1 year separation at the end because it felt so true to the characters. Is this Korea's first out gay actor in a BL? I think it might be.

10 My Sweet Dear

Korea 2021 Viki

8/10

I liked this one a lot better than most. Strict professional rivals (chefs) in a very enemies to lovers BL - to the point where we mistrust the sincerity of the seme because he’s so very in it to win. I kinda like that, because kitchens are hotbeds of drama, and I like a seme with some sinister edge. But be warned, it means the whole romance comes off as a little disingenuous.

11 You Are Ma Boy

Vietnam 2021 YouTube

7/10

The leads in this drama crackle on screen together and I kinda adore them. No one has seen this BL, and you should really give it a try. Is there angst? Nope even what could have been angst (a gay idol) doesn’t materialize, it’s just cuties in a cafe confusing each other with cat & mouse games. The side het couple is a touch disturbing, tho.

12 My Lascivious Boss

Vietnam 2021 YouTube

7/10

While it did have pacing issues and some questionable content at the beginning, MLB’s unabashed queerness carried it though and ultimately elevated it with camp. It never felt like mockery or punching down, it felt joyful, and very new wave BL. It’s as if Vietnam is starting a process of handing out HEAs to all the letters of LGBTQ+ in BL style - I love this look for them.

13 Pure Vanilla

Singapore 2023 microfilm Gaga

7/10

It’s very sweet. Bit awkward acting. I love seeing real tats. I wish Singapore would give us a full proper BL.

14 La Cuisine

Thai 2022 Gaga

7/10

A sweet and somewhat pure show, and like the Thai desserts it features, perhaps requires too much patience for a layperson. Because of the pacing and the focus on a bad girl character, I did dock it. But if you like stuff in the Oxygen vein, then this show is for you, and far better than most Thai BL pulps. That said, I suspect that I enjoyed it more than many would.

15 My Universe - Lucky Love

Thai 2023 iQIYI

7/10

A boy suffering heartbreak is asked to look after a friend's restaurant, and meets a young chef whose food brings on a relationship. I enjoyed this 2 part installment, it’s a bit of a sad sack recovery SAGA, but the acting is genuine, the couple believable, and the story felt particularly queer to me. It was really quite charming.

16 Cooking Crush

Thai 2024 YouTube

7/10

1/3 of this is a sweet romance about a student doctor falling in love with a student chef, and the rest of it is utter dross. Look the OffGun bits were GREAT. In fact, I think they’re better AS A PAIR in this show than in any of their other BLs. And I'm a hard sell on any OffGun being better here than PickRome. Saying that, how can I review a show where I could only tolerate 1/3 of it? Because I didn’t like any other aspect of this show, no other pairs and no other plots. That gives me: 9/10 for the OffGun bits, 5/10 for everything else. Frankly, it probably should be an 8 but I gotta go with my gut and it's UPSET about this so 7/10. Sorry boys. It’s GMMTV’s fault. Your heart was in this show, mine wasn’t.

17 Love in Translation

Thai 2023 iQIYI

6/10

A sweet little pulp about a Thai boy with a crush on a Chinese influencer who ends up in a business relationship with her ex-bf. This show had truly great chemistry between the leads, cute found family with good rep, and an exciting (if silly) ending that almost, but didn't quite, make up for how incredibly annoying the main character was in the first half. Gotta say the make-out scene in the convenience store is one of the greatest in Thai BL history, but I can't like a show where I dislike the main character to such a degree, sorry DouOffroad I intend to enjoy your next offering.

18 Please Tell Me So

Korea 2021 microfilm YouTube

Cute barista (played by Han Hyun Jun star of Love Class) has a crush on his customer, musters up the courage to ask him out.

19 Love Advisor

Thai 2021 microfilm YouTube

6/10

Set in a cafe but not about cafe workers, this is an actor’s piece, more like a one act stage performance about friends to lovers and miscommunication.

20 VIP Only

Taiwan 2024 Gaga

6/10

A sweet if aimless story about a writer and a chef finding love via noodles, fake dating, and family challenges. If it had a tighter script and a shorter run, more like a KBL this might’ve been quite special. But it didn’t and it lost me too many times.

21 609 Bedtime Story

Thai 2023 WeTV

6/10

Okay it's sometiems set in a club but that's not really part of the... plot. An interesting time slip concept and a great set up ultimately disappointed. It opened strong, on one of my favourite under appreciated Thai actors: Plustor (as Vee) in a side bartender romance with younger bisexual king, Games. Unfortunately, it went downhill from there. OhmFluke’s solid chemistry and romantically soft kisses were ill served by a reformed rake meets rich-kid cheater pairing. While it was nice to see Ohm play a part with more animated facial expressions, his was the only character that remained consistent. All in all, this was a confusing show about disloyalty and parallel worlds that never made sense or stayed true to its characters. A promising start, confusing middle, and disappointing end. I don’t say this lightly, but Oh My Sunshine Night is better, and OhmFuke deserve better than either.

22 Bake Me Please

Thai 2023 Gaga

6/10

A lackluster story about a group of bakers coping with (mostly) a shoddy script that could not be saved by either the beauty nor the talent of the actors involved. It suffered for lack of narrative backbone and so did I.

23 Bite Me

Thai 2021 Viki

6/10 (yeah I'mm surprise too, I thought I gave this a 5)

Thailand gave us Korean style slowly simmering ultra soft and sweet BL only at a Thai length so the pacing was… not good. Slower than molasses and full of insane subtext, long gazes, missing dialogue, abrupt mood swings, and one very pretty kiss. It curdled around episode 8, the sauce split, and there was no saving it. It did have some of the best food porn I’ve seen in my life, and I watch cooking shows regularly. It was beautiful, the leads were decent, it should have right up my alley, and yet… it left me with a feeling of disaffected ennui - bland and boring and unsatisfying. 11 courses of tasty tasty pacing issues.

24 One Last Order

Korea 2019 microfilm Gaga

5/10

Extremely hot cafe customer has to figure out which of the cutie baristas has a crush on him and sends hime poetry.

25 Craving You

Taiwan 2020 Viki

5/10

Honestly, I haven't rewatched this since it aired and I maybe might cut it more slack now. About a jerk of a cook with a crush on a musician and having to make a cake for a gay wedding.

26 Coffee Melody

Thai 2022 Viki

5/10

Stars Pavel (my love) as a cafe owner (Forth in 2 Moons 2) and Benz as a composer (Call it What You Want). This should have been my kind of BL - on the fluffy end of the spectrum plus honestly queer. Unfortunately, the slow pacing, manufactured angst, odd secondary story arcs, and a selfishly immature unlikeable wet dishcloth main character, meant its flaws outweighed its charm. Jean (flame on snark fairy) is ME, I love him so much but in the end neither he nor Pavel in an apron could save this show for me. It’s not bad. It’s not good either. Ultimately so forgettable I’ve probably already forgotten it. There is also a Coffee Melody holiday special.

27 Evening Cafe

Thai 2021 YouTube

5/10

Cafe setting with no heat and no kisses (almost Chinese in this regard), but a decent lead pair. About a boy who works in a cafe and the new employee who has a crush on him. That’s it, whole story.

28 Love Area: Part 1

Thai 2021 Gaga

5/10

It ended on a cliffhanger and I'm still annoyed by it. But it is somewhat set at a restaurant.

29 Love Next Door 2

Thai 2014 Gaga

4/10

One of Thailand’s early very high heat pieces, it’s odd, but sexy I guess? Some unexpectedly decent queer rep at the cafe including femme characters getting screen time and HEAs. Part one from 2013 has the same high heat content and feature the same lead character (and actor) early on in his queer journey, discovering he is gay with the sex worker next door, but isn't as good nor is it relevant to this story. Which, unfortunately, also isn't very good.

30 The Promise

Thai 2023 WeTV

4/10

Although well acted this show dragged a too simple premise out into the ultimate manipulative miscommunication repeats of idiotic "why don’t you just TALK!?” Phu & Nan are childhood bffs through college (almost lovers) until Phu disappears. After looking/waiting for him, Nan gives up and self isolates, and the actual story takes place 10 years later. Phu’s “reason” and inability to say it out loud makes the whole show just frustrating, squandering good chemistry, and a stellar cast of multiple faen fatals (whose personalities would’ve made them better boyfriends). Seriously do not bother. What a damn waste of talent, time, and electronic bandwidth. Fatally flawed.

31 Love Area: Part 2

Thai 2022 Gaga

3/10

It wasn't as boring as Bite Me, but it wasn’t actually good, either. This started out as Thailand tackles love triangles pulp style, but in part 2 lockdown changed everything. Valen & Kaitoon dropped some great kisses but traded off crazy hair and makeup in a scene-by-scene whiplash that was clearly pickups done months after lockdown, and the second lead vanished. It was... surreal. Side dishes jumped up screen time but tackled mental health... badly. A fantastic new queer side character was randomly introduced, June, who was the best thing to happen to BL linguistics in 2022 but had nothing to do with the rest of the cast, show, or plot. What a mess. In the end, I didn’t know what I was watching, and neither did it.

32 Cafe In Love

Thai 2023 grey

3/10

A café setting featuring 3 couples with a great queer fam but held together by tropes and sexual-harassment, surrounded by dubious consent and statutory rape. Avoid.

33 I Am Your King 2

Thai 2019 grey

3/10

Early love triangle BL about a cafe boy caught between two brothers, mostly not good because the wrong brother wins. Has no connection to the original I Am Your King.

34 Senior Love Me

Thai 2023 YouTube

3/10

Pulp cafe, nothing happens, not even a BL

35 Jealousy is My Guest

Korea 2016 microfilm Gaga

2/10

Just very very odd and kinda deadly.

I also have 3 unrated DNFs in this sub genre:

Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender AKA Fudanshi Bartender no Tashinami - Japan 2022

My Story - Pinoy 2023

About Us but Not About Us 0 Pinoy 2022

Restaurant & beverage is my favourite possible setting for a BL. I'm extremely disappointed that the BL world hasn't produced more that I truly love. I'm not demanding 10/10 but I could use some 9/10s.

Side eyes Thailand and Japan.

(source)

[angel-princess-anna]

Housekeeping notes:

Hello and welcome, somehow I am already getting new followers??

This is my DA sideblog that I've had since the summer before S3 of the TV show was about to air on ITV. It's not a news blog, and I post my opinion in here, I have to make that clear.

Do I want this movie? No. I am still gonna follow every detail? Yes, yes I am.

(I came to terms with it's existence like... right after ANE came out. I knew it was in the cards lol)

My other fandoms are in shambles, so this is a welcome distraction. And comforting one, as I know Fellowes' writing is actually pretty predictable.

That said, I am getting get what I want? Likely not, but I can keep my mind busy for now lol

[claudiosuenaga]

World Destruction (Afrika Bambaataa e John Lydon) - 1984

John Joseph Lydon (nascido em Londres em 1956), também conhecido como Johnny Rotten, mais conhecido como vocalista das bandas Sex Pistols e PiL, um filho de imigrantes irlandeses que sempre demonstrou desprezo pela Família Real Britânica, em 1984 trabalhou com a banda Time Zone no seu mais conhecido single, "World Destruction".

Uma colaboração entre John, Afrika Bambaataa (nome artístico de Lance Taylor, nascido no Bronx em 1957) e o produtor/baixista Bill Laswell, o single foi um exemplo antigo de rap rock, junto com Run-DMC. A música aparece na coletânea de 1997 de Afrika Bambaataa, "Zulu Groove". John declarou em uma entrevista que a gravação foi muito rápida, que eles entraram em uma sala, colocaram uma batida de bateria em uma máquina e quatro horas e meia depois a "coisa toda" estava pronta.

Destruição Mundial

World Destruction

Fale sobre destruição

Speak about destruction

Fale sobre destruição

Speak about destruction

Essa é a destruição mundial, sua vida não é nada

This is a world destruction, your life ain't nothing

A raça humana está se tornando uma desgraça

The human race is becoming a disgrace

Países estão travando uma guerra química

Countries are fighting with chemical warfare

Sem dar a mínima para as pessoas que aqui vivem

Not giving a damn about the people who live

Nostradamus previu a chegada do Anticristo

Nostradamus predicts the coming of the Antichrist

Ei, cuidado, as nações do terceiro mundo estão em ascensão

Hey, look out, the third world nations are on the rise

A relação democrático-comunista

The Democratic-Communist Relationship,

Não terá chances contra as forças Islâmicas

Won't stand in the way of the Islamic force

A CIA está te procurando

The CIA is looking for you

A KGB é mais esperta do que você pensa

The KGB is smarter than you think

Mentalidades lavadas para controlar o sistema

Brainwash mentalities to control the system

Usando TV e filmes – religiões, é claro

Using TV and movies – religions of course

Sim, o mundo está caminhando para a destruição

Yes, the world is headed for destruction

Será uma guerra nuclear?

Is it a nuclear war?

O que você está pedindo?

What are you asking for?

Essa é a destruição do mundo, sua vida não é nada

This is a world destruction Your life ain't nothing

A raça humana está se tornando uma desgraça

The human race is becoming a disgrace

Os ricos ficam mais ricos

The rich get richer

Os pobres ficam mais pobres

The poor are getting poorer

Governos fascistas, chauvinistas e tolos

Fascist, chauvinistic government fools

Pessoas, Muçulmanos, Cristãos e Hindus

People, Moslems, Christians and Hindus

Estão em uma zona de tempo apenas buscando a verdade

Are in a time zone just searching for the truth

Quem é você para pensar que é de uma raça superior?

Who are you to think you're a superior race?

Enfrentando sua desgraça eterna

Facing forth your everlasting doom

Nós somos a Time Zone e viemos jogar uma bomba em você

We are Time Zone We've come to drop a bomb on you

Destruição mundial, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom!

World destruction, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom!

Essa é a destruição mundial, sua vida não é nada

This is the world destruction, your life ain't nothing

A raça humana está se tornando uma desgraça

The human race is becoming a disgrace

Nacionalidades estão lutando entre si

Nationalities are fighting with each other

Por que isso? Porque o sistema te diz

Why is this? Because the system tells you

Colocando as pessoas em categorias vazias

Putting people in faceless categories

O conhecimento já não é mais o que costumava ser

Knowledge isn't what it used to be

Táticas militares para controlar uma nação

Military tactics to control a nation

Quem quer ser um presidente ou rei? Eu!

Who wants to be a president or king? Me!

A Mãe Natureza vai trabalhar contra você

Mother Nature is gonna work against you

E não há nada que você possa fazer

Nothing in your power that you can do

Sim, o mundo está caminhando para a destruição

Yes, the world is headed for destruction

Você e eu sabemos, porque a Bíblia te diz

You and I know it, cause the Bible tells you

Se não começarmos a buscar uma vida melhor

If we don't start to look for a better life,

O mundo será destruído em questão de tempo

The world will be destroyed in a time zone!

Fale sobre destruição

Speak about destruction

Fale sobre destruição

Speak about destruction

Fale sobre destruição

Speak about destruction

[somedayillbepeterpan]

I tried to re-"catch" the feelings I was having from watching Crash Course in Romance.

So, I looked into my deep watchlist and ended up with two very thoroughly enjoyable k-dramas that are re-watchable for a picky watcher like me. This is going to be long so read below if interested about the k-dramas Our Beloved Summer and Reply 1988

our beloved summer

I'm a sucker for slice-of-life stories. while this story navigates through different timelines, it expertly toes the line between the past and the present thus presenting a full growth for each character in this simple yet relatable story. i love the script. i especially love the ost which i listen to every day even after finishing this drama a couple of months back.

our beloved summer, adapted from a webtoon, is the story of Choi Woong and Kook Yoon-seo who became viral after starring in a documentary about the contrast of the top and worst student in their highschool. that alone makes you curious. it's a catchy premise and the whole story manages keep the premise alive until the end.

the story is simple and you can guess where the story is headed. but what made me stay is the pacing and the writing. and it being true to what it set out to do-- to say that love can be found in different people in different times. but there are special moments where you find a different love in the same person at a different time.

i can confidently say that Choi Wooshik and Kim Da-mi are both actors to watch out for. they are not just made for the small screen. they each have such a presence that can't just be contained in a small screen. or maybe i just loved their chemistry so much. it's not even that kind of chemistry where it will grip your heart but it's the work that they put on both characters to make them as authentic as possible. i was drawn in on how they portrayed Woong and Yoon-seo. i was drawn on why they did what they did that led to their eventual *spoilers ahead* break-up and subsequent marriage.

watch this if you're not too heartbroken and you like a slow paced stories that fleshes out human emotions particularly of love-- to a romantic partner, to a mother, to a friend, and to found family.

i particularly loved the way they blindsided me about the reason why Woong was the was he was and why in a way he couldn't open himself up completely to Yoon-seo made me fall in love with the writing. with the sheer amount of content and stories readily available for us to consume, you become so desensitised that it's sometimes a welcomed gift when you don't get to predict what happens in a story.

that particular scene where they get back together and Woong says "...please keep loving me," is engraved in my heart.

--the only downside to this wonderful drama is a 1/4 of a love quadrangle that is too green to handle a wonderful script like this one. you'll know what I'm talking about when you watch it.

2. reply 1988

i don't know what got me drawn to the works of the tandem director Shin Wonho and writer Lee Woo-jung but i am so glad that i am. i started with hospital playlist after seeing so much memes about it and now i can't imagine my life without hosplay (i still watch the whole thing like every month).

but i'm not here to talk about hosplay but the third installment of the critically acclaimed "reply" series.

Reply 1988 is the highest rated in tv ratings among all the "reply" series. and i can totally understand that as this show captures all the tales and woes of each generation.

i can say that the number 1 appeal of the Shin-Lee series' is the nostalgia and the bravery it takes to tackle the simplest yet the most constant worries of a human.

for the 3rd "reply" installment, it goes back to 1988, before the year looked funny (as you will see on one of the episodes). there definitely is something true about that as that's when all the technology in the world started to become accessible.

this show crept up to me (much like Prison Playbook). this was my second attempt at watching it since the first time made me drop it for being too "scream-y" which to be honest, a lot of shows are anyway. but what made me stay were the moms and dads. only did the last few episodes made me notice the actual gang of young misfits.

i loved the way it tackled real-world, real-family problems without being preachy. i love the way the pacing is so slow and nostalgic. i love the way all the families interacted with each other and with the other families.

don't come watching this show for the love story (although i absolutely loved who the main girl character ended up with). come watch this show if you enjoy stories about family dynamics.

--the only thing i didn't like (and this is just totally me), is how the noona who seems to be levelheaded fell in love with an immature child. maybe i was too salty to understand how it all went down but it just wasn't for me.

[emeryleewho]

Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks...

Hello!

So I know you sent this awhile ago and I took ages to get to it, but I just really wanted to do this justice because this is such a big ask and I take my responsibilities as a fan very seriously. I'm also going to have to caveat the fact that "all of the media that I have loved" is too many media to be able to truly answer this question with 100% accuracy, so instead, I opted for

My Top 10 Favorite Characters (In Recent Memory) That I Feel Best Portray What I Love In Characters (But I'm Very Sorry To Anyone Who Should've Been On This List But I Just Kind of Forgot) in no particular order:

Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)

I am sorry to be a basic bitch, but Gojo may be my favorite character in anything ever. I hate that I am so predictable, but the white haired anime character trope absolutely kills me. Also, I am obsessed with a character who is like... too op to function, but also still very flawed. Also characters who are Sunshine Silly Goofs on the surface but so haunted and devastating under the surface. I admire the way he's The Great Protector of everyone but also makes sometimes callous choices, and I am obsessed with the fact that he is essentially the god of their world, but is still just... so very fragile and human. Also, like, he's so hot. Just so hot. That's also important.

2. Daddy Nanami (Jujutsu Kaisen)

I literally cannot stand watching this show. Like I want to throw up watching it because I love these bitches so much. Anyway, I tried REALLY hard not to like Nanami. Like I fought it so hard because he was obviously a doomed character from his intro, but I could not stop myself because I love the Sulky Blonde anime character trope for some reason, but also like... he's so hot. I want to watch him do my taxes. Also like... he's so relatable. Doesn't want to work overtime. Doesn't want to keep playing this shitty game where everyone dies young and bathes in the blood of teenagers, but also like, what? You expect him to work in corporate hell? Just let people die? He's not gonna fucking do that. He's that voice of reason every anime group probably needs, but he's also so hot, and like so grumpy but so kind, and so Responsible and Mature, but also so soft, and I love the way he takes care of those damn kids, okay? I just... *runs away sobbing*

3. Kurapika (HunterxHunter)

My favorite trope when I was younger was the "looks like they could kill you but is actually a sweetie" thing, but as I've gotten older, I've really come to appreciate what it is to be fully capable of being an all-powerful, cold-blooded killer and just... choose not to do that. Kurapika is the epitome of "character I just want to hug and protect forever" because he's been through so much and it's only made him stronger, but also like he shouldn't have to go through all that? And I adore that he's so mature and so strong and so capable and he protects everyone and puts villains in their place and all that jazz but he's also just a sweet kid who loves his friends and I love him so much oh my god.

4. Gao Yizhi (Iron Widow)

(See above regarding Kurapika) I have talked about Iron Widow as one of my favorite books of all time, but while Li Shimin is just a fabulous fucking character who once upon a time definitely would've been my favorite, Gao Yizhi stole my heart by just... being pretty... like soft pretty boy but also don't look at him too long because the devil burns behind his eyes and he will kill you. That is the finest of aesthetics, but also like... this man is so concerning. I would not trust him for a moment. And yet, he is just whipped for Wu Zetian, and that is literally what everyone should look for in a boyfriend.

5. Dazai (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Speaking of concerning, I first fell in love with Dazai because I loved how much he wants to die (don't call the cops, this was like a decade ago, and I am better now), but tbh I love how cute and silly and flirty he is on the surface to cover up the fact that he is just a downright nightmare of a human being. This man is a menace. He could kill literally anyone. And in another life, he probably would have, but now he's just chilling, taking care of his kids and fucking with his ex, and I love that for him. He is literally the perfect villain, and yet... he's not really doing anything that bad anymore. Go figure.

(Also, sidenote, I recently read No Longer Human, and not only did it give me a profound appreciation for Osamu Dazai as a person, but it really put his character into context that makes me adore this show even more, so yeah.)

6. Shinobu (Demon Slayer)

She is so mad. She is so angry. Yet she is a cutesy little girl in butterfly garb floating around saving people, I--yeah, it's very clear from this list that I have a type, but whatever. I love Shinobu because she's small and tiny and sweet, but she's also a major badass who can and will kill you. She's the only hashira who's physically too weak to decapitate demons so she kills them with poison, like??? This girl said "the gods didn't make me powerful, so I made me powerful", and that is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. She's surviving on spite alone, and she's whooping everyone's asses that way. An icon. A true hero. I adore her.

7. Vanitas (The Case Study of Vanitas)

This one's back to my roots, but I love a tragic character like Vanitas. I just... I love a man so broken you have to wonder if he's even a person anymore. I love how wretched and painful and horrific his past is and how divorced he feels from humanity, and also like those little claws get me every time. Idk. I know, I'm weird. Whatever. The flippant, antagonistic, flamboyance on the surface to cover an empty, wretched, devastated soul underneath just struggling to survive? *chef's kiss*

8. Scorpion King (Word of Honor)

Scorpion King is basically the opposite of all my above examples, but I love him for the same reasons. This is a man who is heartless, ruthless, an absolute murderer. He kills for fun. He has no regard for human life... EXCEPT HIS FUCKING GODFATHER. Like this is a villain who could easily have burned the entire world with his cunning and power and literally all he wanted was for his dad to fucking love him??? He would have broken himself down day in and day out just for that affection, and that's the sort of sick, twisted, vile love I want to see in a villain. Just the sort of absolutely poisoned, twisted, abusive affection that makes me absolutely feral. He could have been the ULTIMATE villain, and he was absolutely DESTROYED because he just wanted to be LOVED. Delicious.

9. Muichiro (Demon Slayer)

This is a BABY. Just... A BABY!!! Literally a tragic character, but what I love about him is just how casually perfect he is. He's supposed to be weak, pathetic, useless. He is NOT. He comes off kind of airheaded at the beginning, but he is truly just... the most impressive. I want to protect him always, but also, everyone should be scared of him. (Except me, I am good to him so he will be kind to me in turn :))

10. Crowley (Good Omens)

Once again, an exceptional villain. Or, you know, could be, except he fell in love with an annoying fucking angel so now he's barely a menace, mostly just kind of a fool who wastes his time around a bookshop all day (both relatable and kinda aspirational, ngl). I love Crowley both because he is so not evil that it's actually kinda funny despite having all the evil energy and aesthetic, but the thing I love MOST about him is the way he just absolutely spits in the face of gender. Gender who? He wouldn't know. He is all gender. He is no gender. He is the divine lord of gender, and I worship at his feet in the hopes that he'll give me a little gender as a treat. Just truly a trans icon AND a menace at the same time, and I can think of nothing better. (Also, I have a thing for David Tennant. Always have. His accent does things for me so this doesn't help. Whoops.)

Anyway, yes, this concludes my Top 10 Characters [blah, blah...] List. If you are not familiar with any of the above media, I highly recommend them, but also like... these are not Wholesome(tm) and simple media. I like weird shit. If that was not obvious from my talking about these freaks, now you know. Be warned.

Also thank you for the ask!!!

[elenavr13]

The Beginning of the Horror

Darkiplier x Reader (not DA)

Warning: None

*Y/n is a part the film/production crew Wilford works with. For one of Wil’s productions, he involves one of his “old friends”, Darkiplier. They take residence in Dark’s mansion for the time being. Unbeknownst to  Y/n, a certain entity has been watching them & listening to them talk to themselves about horror books & movies for the past week.*

*Playlist: Baby, You’re a Haunted House- Gerard Way, You’re So Creepy- Ghost Town, Nervous- Lola Blanc*

Y/N’S POV

The library is the perfect place for an introvert to avoid people. Everyone else wants to party & be loud. I’m not completely opposed to that sort of behavior but I prefer someplace quiet like the library which no one seems interested in. They would rather have their faces in their phones, games, & TV instead of a book. Oh well, their loss. Luckily, Wilford doesn’t require my attendance to his “mini parties”. If he needs me, he can text me but I know he isn’t going to for the rest of the night; we completed everything we needed for today. The rest of the day is just down time which I personally spend in the old, dark academia, book-shelved room.

Words from the slightly yellowed paper paint a scene in my mind as my eyes travel over the text. The scene is one from The Woman in Black. I watched the movie when I was little which is why the title caught my attention. I couldn’t recall much from the movie but it had unsettled me then so I hope the story could still deliver that scare factor now that I was older & could understand more of the tragedy.

The book weighs in my hands as I sit on the velvety, Victorian, claret-colored loveseat. My imagination suddenly halts when my left ear perceives a low purr. The hum sends a cold shiver down my spine for a split second. Playing it as my mind messing with me since I am reading a horror book, I expect to see nothing so when I look over my shoulder & come face to face with Dark instead of emptiness, I jump.

A small chuckle escapes his lips. “I was beginning to think you were incapable of getting scared. I guess I’m more frightening than all the serial killers & supernatural poltergeists you read about.” He creeps around the corner of the small couch & takes a seat on the open space about half a foot away from me. I straighten my posture right before my body becomes stiff. I don’t know how to act around Dark. I never really interacted with him, then again, neither has anyone else. The little space between us doesn’t help my nervousness either. I have grown unaccustomed to any physical contact or close proximity with anyone excluding Wilford. Dark’s approach definitely catches me by surprise. I figure it would be rude to stand up or move to another seat so I remain seated & push my anxiousness to the back of my mind.

“What do you mean by ‘incapable of getting scared’? I am too capable of feeling fear & dread.” I question. Yeah, I don’t get scared easily but how do you know that? I never told you.

“Well, you sure don’t show it. You read & watch all these horrifying, morbid tales like they’re nothing. Instead you predict them, laugh at them, & correct all the characters’ mistakes even the murderer’s.” How do you know all this? I don’t have the slightest clue who you are yet you seems to know me fairly well. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you had experience in homicide.” A huff of air escapes my mouth. I want to laugh at his last statement but his assessment of me distracts me from humor.

“How do you know all this?”

“You come in here every day after dinner or just whenever you have down time including late into the night to search the shelves, find a horror book, & read it. If I’m not mistaken, you are on your sixth book now. You also watch short horror films on your phone if you don’t want to read. It’s not too hard to know your view on the stories considering you talk to yourself & the characters.”

“You could just say you were stalking me.” My lips form into a smile. I shouldn’t enjoy the fact that someone finds me interesting enough to stalk especially because I have read enough stalking stories to know that they never end well, but I do.

“I wouldn’t necessarily call it ‘stalking’. This is my house & you are a guest. I am only making sure you don’t break anything.”

“I guess that makes sense, although, I think it’s more of the others who would break something.”

“Yes, but you are the one who goes off on your own. Don’t think I trust you as much as Wilford does.” We both smile.

There is a moment of silence before I speak again. “I’ve only been here for a little over a week & you’ve picked up that much?”

He smirks & shifts his body so he is completely facing me. His fingers interlace together & he leans back into the corner of the furniture. Black, ebony eyes look me up & down. If I wasn’t completely self-conscious before, I definitely am now. “How long do you think I was behind you for?”

“Maybe a minute or two.” His smirk grows wider.

“Guess again.” Dread fills my chest. Do I really want to know this answer?

“I-I don’t know.” I don’t want to guess again. If I guess something big, he will laugh but I also don’t want to go up by increments of five or ten if it is big. He remained quiet, waiting for a real answer. “5 minutes?” He shook his head. “10?” He drew circles in the air with his pointer finger. “20?”

“Give or take a few minutes but yeah.” He laughs. His genuine smile complements his face well. To be honest, he is pretty attractive. His obsidian eyes, smokey black hair &, deep bass voice captivate me. His blue & red aura accentuates his pale complexion while his lead grey, form-fitting suit enhances his charm & handsomeness. It doesn’t matter what I think though, this interaction will most likely just be a onetime thing. Even if we do get close, we probably won’t keep contact once this production is finished. As soon as I don’t see or work with whoever it is, no matter what kind of relationship I have with them, they forget & replace me. That is just my life. “Do you really not scare easily?” His voice snaps my out of my trance.

“Uh, I-I don’t. I’m not sure why but I don’t. It doesn’t matter what I read or watch or hear; nothing really scares me. & when something does, I obsess over it so much that I become desensitized to it.”

“Like what?”

“Oh, uh…abandoned amusement parks. I guess those never really creeped me out but I just love the aesthetic & ominous, eerie atmosphere of them. Oh, & submechanophobia which is the fear of partially or fully submerged man-made things but, specifically submechanophobia with animatronics. I mean, looking at them is fine but imagining if they break down & you have to go into the water to fix them or if you fall in the water while you’re on a ride or something…you can’t see the gears or anything underwater so…” I let out a small laugh. “I still like them & they are still disturbing. It’s just that they no longer incite the same reaction as the first time I saw it.” Once I come back from my rambling, his stunning eyes pierce mine, inducing my vision to dart to the book resting in my lap. With his arms crossed across his chest, his attention remains trained on me, intently studying me. I read stories ranging from unsettling: a poltergeist that just disturbs a family, to bloodcurdling: a heinous serial killer playing with their victim before gruesomely ripping them apart. None have ever sent a chill down my spine just as much as this situation has. Dark’s undivided attention on me tops any horror story I have or will ever read.

[allerod]

got tagged by @spiderlegeyelashes weeks ago he he thank you darling!!

last song:

i am never beating the wildhorn fucker allegations, but what can i do. it's a banger your honour

favourite colour:

i love deep reds and yellows and oranges.... sunset colours

currently watching:

nothing..... which is a weird state to be in, usually there's some tv series or another i'm watching at da club, but not now huh. i've been toying with the idea of watching all machulski movies, but haven't started on that yet, so idk idk

last film:

passage through the light my beloved <3 <3 <3 < 3 "but jez it's a play" well alright. chevalier then. it was nice but reaaaally uneven and the second half was very predictable and kind of boring in all honesty :// it felt very modern, and that's not a compliment. good for watching in the plane tho [insert thumbs up emoji here]

currently reading:

Still captain grant's children. yes it's been months. yes i'm absolutely crawling through this kiddie book. there's only so much geography lectures you can get through at once i guess. but it's good it's nice i love paganel i would love to bully him myself one day :D

sweet, spicy, sour or savory?

sour sour i love sour things so much!! sweets are good too of course but! sour!

relationship status:

last time someone flirted with me it made me feel so bad i genuinely vomited so [insert even more thumbs up emojis here]

current obsession:

nothing new, just a string of past obsessions that i'm reanimating and playing with like dolls. mozart and salieri. pierre. zorro (well that's not past, but it does fluctuate in strength. i was really into it right before japan, now it's back to being kinds eh just in the back of my mind). nothing exciting, nothing that truly deserves being called an obsession

last thing i googled:

"кутас". i wanted to see if it also evolved into dick in other languages (it didn't, it would seem)

currently working on:

well. not really working as much as procrastinating (thus this post) but i gotta pack and clean my flat :) i have a train tomorrow morning and wen i return my brother will be with me and then a day later my aunt will be here as well so you know. gotta make the flat presentable :)

[laufire]

"La Promesa", ep. 1

I did end up starting this Spanish show/soap my mother is now binge-watching. 1 (1h+ long) episode down... 240 to go until it ends (I think??) in December ñalsdkfjasf.

I called it "Spanish Downton Abbey" and it's more or less accurate LOL. Think Downton if the father and head of the failing state was a bigger idiot than Robert; Cora died after two children and he then married The Evol Stepmother from Hell And Second Worst Person in The World* to have two more with her; and the character in Mary's position was a mix between her and Sybil personality-wise, and had a twin brother. There are two other children: a middle boy, Manuel, The Silly Second Son Turned Heir Who Really Only Wants to Build and Fly Aeroplanes (AND is the show's Helpless Love Interest), and the charmingg and spoiled younger girl, Leonor.

BUT. None of them is the protagonist. That title belongs to Jana, a girl who's infiltrated the manor as a maid to uncover the truth of her mother's murder & her baby brother's abduction. She's headstrong and probably too impulsive to lead such a task with the cunning and grace it requires LOL, but I'm rooting for her!! I like her. And I have to, with this face *-*

Predictably, I liked the main antagonist, the Marquise, a lot too LMAO. Spanish TV is good at making me hate the villains (they are teeeeeeerrible people) and making me look forward to their demise, but I have certain Types, and in her case I might have mixed feelings! I particularly enjoyed that she is so hostile to and mistrustful of Jana from the start; she shows good mercenary instincts if nothing else.

There's also loooooots more murder than in Downton Abbey just to start with lol. The episode opens with Jana (then called Mariana) and her mother Dolores running through the state, chased by some masked men in horses that wanted Jana's baby brother**. They kill her mother and get the baby, and Jana barely gets to escape by jumping into a river, with the men assuming she's dead. And then the episode ends with the lady of the house, the Marquise Cruz Esquerdo, murdering her stepson when he accuses her ("them") of killing Dolores, and everyone in the house discovering the body the next morning.

The episode itself revolves around the older brother's (Tomás) wedding to a rich, hapless heiress in order to save the state (he's also in an illicit relationship with one of the maids). He's the one who dies and… I'm a bit torn about it LOL. Mainly because he and Cruz had a GLORIOUSLY hostile dynamic I would have loved seeing for longer maybe with hatesex included idk. the chemistry was there. But alas! It needed to happen xD

(this is after she stabs Tomás so. in a way, they DID have hatesex!)

As for other things in the episode: Jana and Manuel have a brief meet-cute when he sees her conning her way into the service and finds it SO charming he just MUST ask her out ñalsdkjfaf (she's briefly under the impression he's in service as well, since he was working on the aeroplane. She still says no because she's in Mission Mode. Keep that energy, girl!). By the end of the episode she's saved his life*** when he has an aeroplane accident and he's Fully In Love. I'm tentatively into them?? Incredible.

Another thing I liked from the episode was that the service characters are clearly going to be more involved in Plot and Intrigue and DRAMA TM than in DA. The butler obviously Suspects Something regarding Jana and is already far more interesting than Carson, the marquise's personal maid is a heinous shit-stirrer of the first order (O'Brien is NOT on her level)... I'm looking forward to getting to know them the most.

Anyway. I don't know when I'll have the time to continue but so far, I'm into it. For sure, some of the acting was over the top and some of the dialogue was heavy-handed as fuck (there was a conversation between the eldest daughter, Catalina, and her father, with the typical "you need to move with the times to keep the house! I'm good at this, I should be the heir!" "no because you're A WOMAN and you need to FIND A HUSBAND and OBEY HIM IN EVERYTHING" shit that was... yikes. and I hate the father btw. I know we're meant to see him with more benevolence than the likes of Cruz and her father but I don't like him one bit lol).

BUT I'm looking forward to seeing more of the characters, and especially, to seeing grandpa get his comeuppance <3

*the Marquise's father, Chief Rapist and Literal Former Slave Trader, wouldn't let her usurp him like that!

**we don't know why this happened but given the marquise's father is said to have been raping the housekeeper for who knows how long, and that I know she's pregnant in a later episode... my suspicions are running that way, at the moment. I also wouldn't rule out him & his daughter killing the lord's first wife t b h.

***Jana uses this to leverage her way into a permanent job AND it doesn't soften Cruz towards her even a little bit, when it's clear Manuel is the apple of her eye. This is why they're my faves so far xD

[astraystayastayastray]

Cinematic Love

Pairing: seungmin!reader + fem!character

Genre: angst, heartbreak 🤧

Song by: Yang Da il and DK (Seventeen) - SoundCloud below cut!!

A/N: a short wip i jotted before i forget. i srsly need seungmin to sing this >.<

Plot: You went through a heart wrenching breakup you can't get over.

Description: Falling apart from each other after a breakup is obvious. But getting over it takes time and pain. More than you can bear.

DO NOT COPY WORK.

Rain spatters onto the windowsill as you take out your camera for the hundredth time.

I took it for granted, you being next to me

I didn’t know how thankful I should have been

Sighing, you lay down on your bed and spread out all of the polaroids you've gathered over the past few years with her.

When I missed you, I could just meet you

I didn’t know how precious you were

You look over each and every single one of the memories the two of you had together.

A smile spreads across your face..

We only had happy scenes

And immediately crumbles, replacing with tears.

But like changing a channel, it all ended

So easily, so suddenly

With only a few pictures, only a few memories remaining

She left you.

That was the only thing you can think of everyday.

She got bored, and she never liked you back.

She left.

A piece of you,

A scene of you,

I can’t get sick of it

No matter how many times you see them, you can't bear throwing away the memories and scenes you shared together.

I know so well that if I keep watching, it’ll hurt

But I can’t erase you

You couldn't bear to just erase everything. It was all that you had. It was all you ever cared about.

Why couldn't you do it?

Is it because I still love you?

◇

You're sitting alone in front of the tv an hour later in the living room.

Digital videos and photos of her were playing before you on the screen.

Memories like wet pictures

You planned on making a digital mini movie out of all the pictures you took together and presenting it celebrating your fourth dating anniversary.

Thinking that one day, the two of you would watch and laugh over them together in this very place.

Never did you predict you would be sitting here all alone with tears in your eyes. Watching memories that have come and gone, knowing too well that those days will never return.

The more I touch them, the more they get ruined and ripped

Maybe you weren't good enough for her.

Maybe she never saw you as more than a friend.

A piece of you,

A scene of you

I can’t get sick of it

I memorize every word you say by copying your lip movements

It was taken so well,

These scenes of you

You slump against the sofa, trying to think of what, just what, you did wrong for her to shut you out so suddenly.

Slowly, very slowly, you fall asleep listening to her soft voice coming from the tv. You miss her so much. You'd do anything to see her again.

All you want to do right now is her in your arms. Someone to comfort, someone for comfort, someone you can trust.

It was a love like the movies:

Quick, luminous, and eventually ending in a round of applause as the curtains shatter close.

It was a love like the movies:

Out of control, unpredictable, and exciting. You never knew what would happen next.

It was a

Cinematic Love

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REBLOGS ARE APPRECIATED!

THANKS FOR READING!

[swagnachobird]

IND vs BAN 2nd Test Live Streaming and Dream 11 Prediction Team

India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test: India has taken an unassailable lead of 1-0 against Bangladesh in the two-match Test series. India has defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs in the first Test match played in Chennai. India will now want to whitewash Bangladesh 2-0 in the two-match Test series by winning the second Test match to be held in Kanpur.

The second match of the two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh will be played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. This second Test match to be held in Kanpur will be played from 27 September to 1 October. India has taken an unassailable lead of 1-0 against Bangladesh in the two-match Test series. India has defeated Bangladesh by 280 runs in the first Test match played in Chennai. India will now want to whitewash Bangladesh 2-0 in the two-match Test series by winning the second Test match to be held in Kanpur. After this, India has to play a three-match Test series against New Zealand from 16 October to 5 November. These three test matches between India and New Zealand will be played in Bengaluru, Pune and Mumbai.

When will the second test match between India vs Bangladesh be played?

The second test match between India vs Bangladesh will be played from 27 September to 1 October.

Where will the second test match between India vs Bangladesh be played?

The second test match between India vs Bangladesh will be played at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.

At what time will the second test match between India vs Bangladesh be played?

The second test match between India vs Bangladesh will be played on 27 September (Friday) from 9:30 am.

On which channel can you watch the live telecast of the second test match between India vs Bangladesh on TV?

You can watch the live telecast of the second test match between India vs Bangladesh on Sports18 Network.

When, where and on which channel to watch the second test match between India vs Bangladesh for free?

You can watch the second test match between India vs Bangladesh for free on DD Sports channel. However, this facility will be available only for DD Free Dish and other DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) consumers. The DD Sports channel which will be broadcast on cable TV or DTH platforms like DishTV, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Play will not broadcast the live India vs Bangladesh Test match.

India Team for the 2nd Test

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Akashdeep, Jaspreet Bumrah, Yash Dayal.

Bangladesh Team for 2nd Test

Nazmul Hasan Shanto (captain), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Zaker Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Taijul Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Naim Hasan and Khaled Ahmed.

[unitedstatesofworld]

Ron Howard Net Worth: Unveiling the Wealth of a Hollywood Legend

Ron Howard—a name synonymous with Hollywood greatness! Whether it's his early days as Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show or his directorial triumphs in films like Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind, Howard has cemented his legacy in the entertainment industry. But what about Ron Howard's net worth? How has this multi-talented actor, director, and producer accumulated his wealth over decades in showbiz? Let's dive in to explore the journey of Ron Howard's financial empire and how he built his staggering net worth.

The Humble Beginnings of a Future Hollywood Mogul

Before we get into the nitty-gritty of Ron Howard's net worth, it's important to understand where it all began. Ron Howard started as a child actor, starring in The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s. As Opie, he won the hearts of millions, but few could have predicted the meteoric rise that lay ahead.

From Child Star to Blockbuster Director

What sets Ron Howard apart from many child stars is his seamless transition into adulthood. He didn't just fade into obscurity—he reinvented himself as a powerhouse director. By the late '70s and early '80s, Howard had left his mark behind the camera, directing fan-favorites like Splash and Cocoon. These films weren’t just box-office hits—they contributed significantly to building Ron Howard’s net worth.

Climbing the Hollywood Ladder

Success didn’t come overnight, but when it did, it was huge! Howard's directorial efforts paid off handsomely, as he took on more complex and award-winning projects. Films like Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind didn’t just earn accolades; they also raked in millions at the box office. And with each successful project, Ron Howard’s net worth soared higher and higher.

Breaking Down Ron Howard's Financial Empire

So, how does Ron Howard's net worth break down? Let's have a look at some of the key sources contributing to his wealth:

Film Directing: Howard has directed numerous box-office blockbusters. Films like Apollo 13 ($355 million worldwide) and The Da Vinci Code ($760 million worldwide) have made significant contributions to his fortune.

Production Work: In 1986, Ron Howard co-founded Imagine Entertainment, a production company responsible for hits like Arrested Development, 24, and Friday Night Lights. This move alone has dramatically increased his net worth.

Acting Career: Though primarily known for his directing, Howard hasn’t left acting behind completely. His roles in TV shows and movies also provide a consistent revenue stream.

Key Figures and Assets

Wondering how much Ron Howard's net worth is? Various sources estimate that it hovers around $200 million. Here’s a breakdown of how his assets contribute to this:

Real Estate: Howard owns several luxury properties, including a $27.5 million estate in Connecticut and a Manhattan apartment.

Investment Ventures: Howard has wisely invested in different sectors, including the entertainment industry and tech startups.

What Keeps Ron Howard’s Net Worth Growing?

While many in Hollywood struggle to maintain their fortune, Ron Howard's net worth continues to grow. How? For one, he’s not just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of his labor. Howard is an active player in the film industry, constantly taking on new projects and exploring innovative ways to bring stories to life. Whether it's producing, directing, or even narrating (Arrested Development, anyone?), he’s always up to something exciting.

The Power of Imagine Entertainment

Co-founding Imagine Entertainment was a game-changer for Howard. The production company produces a steady stream of successful films and TV shows, ensuring a constant income flow. It's a big reason why Ron Howard's net worth keeps climbing.

Awards and Accolades

Ron Howard isn't just wealthy; he's also highly respected. His mantle must be overflowing with awards! Here are a few notable ones:

Academy Award for Best Director for A Beautiful Mind

Primetime Emmy Awards for Arrested Development and From the Earth to the Moon

These achievements have not only elevated his status but have also boosted his earning potential.

Ron Howard's Net Worth Compared to Other Directors

When you think of directors like Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, or Quentin Tarantino, it's natural to wonder how Ron Howard stacks up financially. While his $200 million net worth might seem modest compared to Spielberg's billions, Howard is still one of the wealthiest directors in Hollywood. After all, how many people can claim to have a net worth in the nine-figure range?

What Does the Future Hold for Ron Howard?

With his talent, experience, and relentless work ethic, there’s no doubt Ron Howard will continue to grow his wealth. Upcoming projects, collaborations, and his production company all indicate that his financial empire is far from shrinking. It’s safe to say that Ron Howard’s net worth will continue to flourish for years to come.

Conclusion

Ron Howard's net worth isn't just the result of luck or being in the right place at the right time. It's the culmination of decades of hard work, dedication, and smart business decisions. From his early days as a child actor to his current status as one of Hollywood’s most respected directors, Howard has consistently reinvented himself, ensuring that his career—and his fortune—remain in top shape.

So, what's Ron Howard’s net worth? Well, as of now, it stands at an impressive $200 million, but something tells us it's only going to grow. Stay tuned to see what this Hollywood legend does next!

[g11cricketmatchprediction]

IND vs BAN 1st Test Dream 11 Prediction team, Live Streaming and Test Series Schedule

When, where and on which channel to watch the first test match of India and Bangladesh for free,

The two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh is going to start from September 19. An exciting battle with bat and ball is expected between India and Bangladesh.

The two-match Test series between India and Bangladesh is going to start from September 19. An exciting battle with bat and ball is expected between India and Bangladesh. The first Test match of India vs Bangladesh will start from September 19 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In this series, while the Indian team will return to Test matches after a long break, the Bangladesh team is coming after clean sweeping Pakistan in a two-match Test series on its own soil. Bangladesh cannot be taken lightly on the basis of form. Overall, the series is expected to be exciting. The Chennai pitch has been very helpful for spin. Spinners are expected to dominate this series.

India vs Bangladesh Test Series Schedule:

Test Match- 1st Test

Date- September 19 to September 23, 2024

Time- 9:30 AM

Venue- Chennai

FAQ:

1. When will the first test match between India vs Bangladesh be played?

The first test match between India vs Bangladesh will be played from 19-23 September.

2. Where will the first test match between India vs Bangladesh be played?

The first test match between India vs Bangladesh will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

3. At what time will the first test match between India vs Bangladesh be played?

The first test match between India vs Bangladesh will be played on 19 September (Thursday) from 9:30 am.

4. On which channel can you watch the live telecast of the first test match between India vs Bangladesh on TV?

You can watch the live telecast of the first test match between India vs Bangladesh on Sports18 Network.

5. On which digital platform can the first test match between India vs Bangladesh be watched?

You can watch the first test match between India vs Bangladesh on the digital platform on 'Jio Cinema'.

6. When, where and on which channel to watch the first test match between India vs Bangladesh for free?

You can watch the first test match between India vs Bangladesh for free on DD Sports channel. However, this facility will be available only for DD Free Dish and other DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) consumers. The DD Sports channel which will be broadcast on cable TV or DTH platforms like DishTV, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Play will not broadcast the India vs Bangladesh test match live.

Team India for the first test

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Jaspreet Bumrah and Yash Dayal.

Bangladesh

Nazmul Hasan Shanto (captain), Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Zaker Ali, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana, Taijul Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Naim Hasan and Khaled Ahmed.

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Last week i watched "Er Ist Wierder Da (Look Who's Back)" (2015) Comedy

This is the only dvd i own that was bought for full price rather than being acquired via thrift store or library sale. I baught it years ago and it used to be the only dvd i owned.

The premise of this is that Hitler is resurrected in October 2014 and with some help from a very dumb man who dresses like Marty McFly 24/7 goes around the country interviewing people, becoming a YouTube/TV star, and attempting to regain his support base, all while the word thinks he's a comedic impersonation instead of the real deal.

This movie was pretty funny. The jokes land, the situations are comedic without going over the top, and the Hitler actor here takes himself seriously, which relay helps with the message. Like a third of the movie is Hitler going around Germany talking to random people about German politics. He also discovers modern technology which is very funny.

Another funny thing is that in the book this movie is based on (which I have read, but it's been 7 years.) everyone exept for Hitler and the goth girl are referred to by last name only. So in the movie, instead of coming up with first names for all the characters they just used the actor's real first names lol. I also liked the downfall parody they did in this, and the part where Hitler strips

The main issue in this movie for me was the cultural barrier. The movie assumes the audience is familiar with modern German politics which I was not. the message of the movie is that Hitler bad, and that modern people should take people like him seriously instead of laughing at them because treating them like they arn't a threat is how they win. As an American, it is very, very hard to watch this and not see a very clear parallel to apply this message to. scary.

Spoilers ahead: How funny is it that Fabian, who is such a huge Back to the Future fan that he has a poster in his room and dresses like Marty McFly every godam day, this man, does not think about or even mention time travel when he meets a dude who looks and acts exactly like Adolf Hitler and claims that yes he is Hitler and has somehow woken up in the future. He also captures Hitler's resurrection (the book makes it more clear that this is a resurrection and not time travel. Hitler mentions his clothes smell like gasoline when he wakes up) on film, purple lightning and everything, and does not notice when it's going on behind him and does not notice when he's reviewing the footage at home. No, he only figures it out when he actually begins to suspect and zooms in on that spot. how did he not see it before? Magic i guess. and then after he does figure it out, instead of being smart about it, he goes around screaming it and flipping tables like a crazy person. So predictably, everyone around him treats him like a crazy person. absolute buffoonery. my freind picked this out to watch and she was flabbergasted by the twist ending and thought it was a bit of a downer as well. Hitler wins.

Overall, good movie. 7/10

[writtenbyjos]

Spellbound: A Ghostly Tale Chapter, 5

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After a rather unsuccessful therapy session with the Doc, Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso belly laughed and smoothly glided out the door, opening it with their fists. They left James at his desk, head in his hands and papers scattered everywhere.

"Thank you Doc, for anothah fulfilling and enriching appointment that taught us absolutely nothin'!" Stretch said as he flew through the door.

"Sweet dreams Doc!" Stinkie waved.

"Don't let the desk-bugs bite!" Fatso smiled.

James just waved his hand without lifting his head or making eye contact. They all laughed and collected into the main parlor where they plopped down in sync onto a large purple sofa and turned on the TV. Stretch yawned and made a loud groaning sound. Stinkie popped his neck, his back then his knuckles and picked out some earwax out of his ear. Fatso scratched his stomach and belched, making the room shake.

"Seven and a half." Stretch said not looking away from the soap opera on the screen.

"What?" Fatso interjected, outraged. "That was clearly a ten! No hesitation."

"Not in this afterlife, you overgrown sack of flour." Stretched waved his hand half heartedly. "You break all the damn windows in the kitchen like Stink did back in '49, then we'll talk." He squinted. "Oy!" He yelled, pointing to the TV. "What the hell is Julia doin' back on the TV? I thought she ran off to Mexico with José to find her birth mother!" Stretch folded his arms and scoffed.

"Nah, you's thinkin' of Janice. See, she ran off with that blonde fleshie—what was 'is name…" Stinkie snapped his fingers trying to remember.

"Greg!" Fatso suggested.

"No, Greg was da one who was sellin' all that alcohol to those high schoolers and got himself arrested." Stinkie said.

"Oh yeah." Fatso said smirking. "What a guy! Jeremy?" He asked.

"Jeremy died two episodes ago when his drug dealer ran 'im over with the car!" Stretch yelled. "Don' ya remembah? The funeral was last episode and Kerri kept crying every five minutes."

"Shhh!" Stinkie slung his arm around his brothers' heads, covering their mouths with one hand and flapping the other excitedly. "I'm tryin' to listen!"

Stretch raised an eyebrow and removed his brother's hand slowly, but stayed silent. On the television, a man and woman stood in the small living room of a cabin in the snowy mountains, holding hands.

"But, Brad!" The woman said in an exasperated tone. "What'll happen to…" she looked at the camera dramatically. "…us?" She put a hand to her forehead. Suddenly a short man in a ski mask holding a bulging sack beat the door down and held out a gun.

"Oh, no!" Brad said pointing to the masked villain. "It's the man with the gun!"

"This plot is too predictable," Stretch said, unamused, lighting a cigar.

"Shhh!" Stinkie said again, making a face at his brother and glueing his eyes back to the screen.

"Who are you?" The woman said flipping her hair. The man pulled off his ski mask to reveal a handsome, blonde-haired fellow with blue eyes. The woman gasped and fell to the floor.

"Her twin brother Harold?" Fatso gasped, putting a hand over his gaping mouth

"My twin brother, Harold?" She whined.

"Goddamn," Stinkie emphasized.

"I KNEW IT!" Fatso rose immediately pointing at the television.

"Okay wow, I didn't even see dat comin'," Stretch laughed, one arm griping the sofa and one hand raising his cigar to his mouth. "She bettah get that nice blonde ass o' her's movin' or she's gonna be buttered toast," he raised his eyebrows.

"I told you's guys he wasn't dead!" Stinkie threw his hands in the air. "I always had a feeling about that pipsqueak."

"Speakin' a' which," Stretch looked around. "Casper!" Within moments Casper poked his head through the stained glass, parlor double doors.

"Yes, Uncle Stretch?" He asked quietly.

"Go fetch today's papah and make it snappy. Don't make me wait around so long, eh short-sheet?" He grinned his teeth together.

"Like always, Uncle Stretch." Casper sighed.

"Ya wanna run that by me again, bulbhead?" Stretch snapped.

"Nothing, nothing." Casper reassured, rolling his eyes behind their backs. After he disappeared from view, Stretch turned to his two brothers.

"Look at dat, boys!" Stretch said. "No respect for the head honcho." He shook his head. "I mean look at us!" He rose up and turned off the television.

"Hey what gives?" Stinkie snapped. "I was in the middle o' dat!"

"It's a soap opera for christ's sake! We should be out terrifying souls, making people wet themselves, scaring 'dem fleshies silly!" He placed his hands on his hips sternly. "Boys we—we've lost our touch." Stinkie and Fatso gasped.

"No," Fatso gasped.

"Yes!" Stretch whined.

"But how—?" Stinkie questioned.

"We gone soft! Two fleshies livin' in our place! And a third one one the way! That's three whole bags o' bones suckin' our air and eatin' our food."

"But Stretch you's said just the othah' day that you love the Doc like our own brothah!" Stinkie said jabbing a finger at Stretch's chest.

"I ain't nevah—" Stretch furrowed his brow.

"Yeah, yeah. An' Kat—" Fatso stood up and cut off his brother. "She runs all the errands for us! She got your special cream that you like to put on when—"

"Alright, ALRIGHT!" Stretch snapped, the windows shaking a little. "That's private." He tapped his cigar and ashes fell to the floor one by one. He was slowly turning red as a tomato. "Just look at you two's! You being all lovey dovey with fleshies!" He put his hand on his hip.

"Sure the Doc is a-okay, and Kat's—eh," he twirled his cigar between his fingers. "But three whole fleshes takin' ovah our territory? That's crossing some lines, that is." He said.

"Come on, we're still scary!" Fatso interjected.

"Oh yeah?" Stretch said, squinting.

"Yeah!" Fatso said confidently.

"When was the last time we actually scared a fleshie?" He asked smirking.

"Uhh," Fatso frowned.

"I got it!" Stinkie said. "Last Wednesday that Mormon came to our door," Stinkie laughed. "Yeah, yeah! You remember the look on his face?" Fatso cackled and pushed Stinkie on the shoulder. "Good day," he said puffing his chest as a pair of circular glasses appeared on his nose. "Have you heard the good word of our Lord and savior—DEMONS, DEMONS, DEMONS!" Fatso bulged his eyes and laughed along with Stinkie. Stinkie held out a pretend cross and held it up.

"By the grace of Zeus, be gone foul demons!" Stinkie got on his knees and laughed so hard tears came from his eyes.

"Yeah nice work boys." Stretch scowled. "We scared one bible beater back into heaven." Stretch frowned.

"We got not one, not two, but three fleshies livin' in our home, boys!" He snapped. "Whataya call that huh?"

"Hospitality?" Fatso shrugged.

"No, you idiot!" Stretch folded his arms and rose from the couch. "It means we gone soft!" Stretch closed his eyes and lifted a first to his chin, stifling a few pity sniffles. "Never thought I'd see the day."

There was a moment of silence as he let his brothers mull this over.

"Here you go Uncle Stretch—" Casper flew into the room with a newspaper in his small hands. He paused and floated in the air making a face.

"Great timing, pipsqueak," Stretch muttered.

"Do you still want the paper…?" He asked quietly.

"Of course I want the damn papah!" He snatched it from Casper's hands, made it into a roll and slapped him up across the head. All the of the ghosts laughed and pointed. "At least we're still good at one thing…" he smirked. "And the yard needs dirtyin', go make yourself useful and scatter some leaves or somethin'. Now get outta here, short sheet!" Stretch snapped, blowing a puff of smoke into Casper's face.

"Second hand smoke kills people—especially children-everyday, Uncle Stretch." Stretch cackled lightly.

"Well it's a good thing you're already dead, ain't it?" He said quietly.

"Yeah, lucky me." Casper said rubbing his head and dusting off his nose. Stretch squinted and scowled.

"Get outta here, go on scat!" He ushered Casper out of the room and began eyeing the paper for his weekly crossword puzzle. He ran his slim fingers through the pages and yawned. Stinkie and Fatso had turned on the television and resumed their soap opera.

"She's breakin' Brad's heart!" Stinkie sobbed into Fatso's shoulder and he shook his head consoling Stinkie.

"That good for nothin' two timer!" Fatso shook his fist at the television.

"Eh, quiet down ova there I'm doin' my crossword puzzle." Stretch said behind the paper.

"Yeah, all two words!" Fatso and Stinkie laughed to themselves.

"Hey shut up the two of you's!" Stretch quickly lowered the paper and spat. "I'll have you know I found almost five last week!" He squinted raising the paper again.

"'Toins out dat 'glozzom' ain't a word…" he said sheepishly. He readjusted his position on the couch, but this time, didn't go back to his crossword puzzle. He had found something much more interesting. His eyes glazed over the "Social Events" column and grinned.

"Hey, hey, whata we have 'ere?" He said slyly. He saw a picture of families gathering around town hall carrying pumpkins and jumping into leaf piles.

"Lookie 'ere boys," Stretch said turning off the TV. "Hey, Jessica was just about to kill Jordan with the golden shovel her father gave 'er!" Stinkie yelled.

"Get ya asses ovah 'ere!" He pulled them in a showed them the article.

"Oh, the annual Harvest festival," Stinkie said in a slimy, smooth tone. "Oh boy, oh boy it's a masquerade pahty dis year." Stinkie said rubbing his hands together.

"There'll be tons of suckers just waiting to be scared outta their minds." Stretch said grinning.

"Not to mention a buffet," Fatso licked his lips and rubbed his stomach.

"Boys, I think we're back in business." Stretch said eyeing his brothers and blowing a puff of smoke into the air. "Time we reclaim our title."

Kat and Lucy barged through the front doors of Whipstaff Manor and slammed them shut with their backs. They both slid down to the floor and closed their eyes. Kat put a hand over her head and Lucy laughed, out of breath from running up the driveway.

"Wow," she said her mouth hanging open.

"Yeah." Kat eyed Lucy and thumped her head against the wooden door. "Safe to say I can't ever let you out of the house again?" She asked.

"Hey that girl was being really rude! I couldn't just sit there!" Lucy said standing up. She held out her hand for Kat.

"I'm used to it by now, Lucy," she said taking Lucy's hand. "Do you know how many schools I've gone to? How many houses I've lived in over the years? The rumors that went around about me? I mean when your dad is a therapist for dead people you're giving them a lot of room for insult."

"Well that doesn't mean you've got to take it," Lucy slumped her shoulders.

Casper zoomed in. "Where were you guys?" Kat and Lucy looked at each other.

"We were having some milkshakes…" Lucy said slowly. "And maybe, possibly, by accident I dumped them all over our waitress…" she smiled innocently. Kat folded her arms and shook her head.

"No way! That's so cool!" Casper held up his hand. "High four!"

Lucy enthusiastically jumped to hit Casper's hand but stumbled, going right through it.

"Oops, sorry," Casper grimaced and smiled nervously. "I keep forgetting I'm made of air."

Lucy stood up gingerly and brushed herself off.

"Say, Kat!" Casper flew around her happily. "Check this out!" He handed her the newspaper. "Page eight," he smiled looking over her shoulder.

"The annual Harvest Festival will be up and running on October fifth, a great way to spend a Saturday filled with family fun." Kat read aloud. "And at midnight, a masquerade party under the stars." She raised an eyebrow. "Oh, Casper I don't know," she sighed.

"Come on, Kat! You promised!" He said. "This would be a great way for Lucy to get out of the house!"

Lucy sheepishly rubbed her arm. "Casper, don't you think it'd be a little weird for people to see me walking around with a complete stranger and a white cloud? Not exactly the kind of attention I'd want to attract." She chuckled and folded the paper.

"No, no, listen," Casper said. "I had a brilliant idea! I could turn invisible or better yet, I could wear a full body costume! No one would know the difference! Plus, you know I'm a good dancer."

Kat blushed and looked away.

"Life of the party! Er—death of the party?" Casper shrugged. "Come on, please?I've been dying to get out of this old, dusty, barn," he clasped his hands and held them to his cheek. Kat sighed.

"Oh, all right." Casper did a back flip in the air.

"Yes!" He cheered. "Thank you, Kat!" He said flying around her. "Lucy?" He stopped and looked at Lucy with large, hopeful blue eyes.

"I mean, what's a Harvest Festival without a witch?" She giggled.

"Come on, let's go find a costume!" Casper yelled. He headed straight out the door and Kat looked at her watch. "3…2…1…" she counted. They heard Casper sigh from outside the door.

"Oh right," he floated back into the closed doorway and chuckled nervously. I forgot—got too excited."

"Let me grab my wallet," Kat jogged up the stairs. "I'll be right back."

"I'll be here," Lucy called after her.

"NO!" They jumped when they heard Fatso cry from the parlor in the next room.

"Haha, you owe me ten bucks, puddin' belly!" Stinkie yelled.

"I told you's not to trust that bastard, Brad! He's a two faced liar!" Stretch snapped. Lucy sighed and glanced at Casper with worried eyes.

"I have a bad feeling," Lucy said. "What if…" she looked at the parlor door again.

"Oh, don't worry. They've actually calmed down a lot since you came here." Casper said. "They're not gonna show up. They're too busy with that soap opera to notice anything!"

Kat and Casper began cracking up. Lucy joined in, nervously, but her gut was telling her something else entirely.

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HAKOZUME: Police Box Girls Strike Back" - Thank God Kenkova was there!

HAKOZUME Part I is complete! The first part of "Hakozume: Police Box Girls Strike Back" is now complete. At the end of this issue, there is an announcement that the final 23rd volume will include a special drawing of a later story. Since the author said, "See you again in Part II," it seems that the story is scheduled to continue. Still, it was so abrupt that I can only feel really sorry and sad.

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I prefer the one that appeared in the ↑first issue to the renewal cover. When I read Hakodume for the first time, volume 3 was already out. I was hooked by the light tempo and sensible gags, and I think I've read volumes 1-3 over and over 20 times so far. It was just the right content to reread in my spare time. I was thankful that it was a weekly serialization and that the author, Taizoko, had a fast writing style, so that a new issue would come out every couple of months. I have written several articles on hakozume on the da Vinci Web site.

Drug dogs are more powerful than their bosses! The reality of policemen" as revealed in "Hakozume: Policewoman Strikes Back.

What does the title really mean? The story moves in volume 10 of "Hakozume: Policewoman Strikes Back! A review of 5 mysteries and foreshadowing!

Many people have become addicted to the police manga "Hakozume! The police manga "Hakozume" has been adapted into a drama starring Erika Toda and Meiku Nagano! I've taken the liberty of making a big prediction about the highlights!

I checked and found that I had written about it three times.

It was already a popular manga, but I decided to write about it for the sake of further propagation!　I wrote about it three times. But even without my proselytizing, it became a very popular manga that was dramatized and even made into an anime. It was at that time that I heard that comedian Kenkova was also involved in the manga. I learned that comedian Kenkova was also a Hakodume fan.

I think it was when Hakodume won the "Man-do Kobayashi-Manga Grand Prize" on his TV show "Man-do Kobayashi-Kenkoba. I thought to myself, "Kenkoba, you know what you are doing.

Later, when Ametalk's Manga Lover Comedian was to be aired, I was praying for Kenkoba when I found out he would be on the show. I thought, "Kenkova will do it, Kenkova will do it. My wish came true, and I was very happy when Kenkova introduced Hakodume as a recommended manga. I have nothing to do with the production side.

I'm just glad Kenkova was there. I heard that Taizoko's new series will start in October, and I wonder if it will be a relief for me from my Hakodume-suffering. I feel like I'd rather she draw Hakodume than this. In any case, I will of course read the new serial and will continue to support Yasumiko-sensei. I wrote this briefly, but my love for Hakodume is not really like this.

Golden Kamui is over, Hakodume is over, and my Thursday fun is gone in quick succession. What can I look forward to in the future? I thought to myself, "But then again, Kenkova is the one I can count on at times like this. I think Kenkova's taste in manga is very similar to my own, so I would like to read the manga he recommends. I will also sign up for the Niketsu viewing next time.