#general tsuru

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Toumyu Hanakoyomi 8&9

For something different from usual (no fancy picture because the Hanakoyomi is a drama cd and so doesn't have one), I'd like to give you all the 8th and 9th Hanakoyomi episodes! It's not very likely I'll be posting the rest of the Hanakoyomis, as it's very likely the episodes will be released on CD and I'd like to prevent folks substituting the tls for the actual episodes ^^;

The choice of Hanakoyomis is not at all because I'm biased noooo

Hanakoyomi 8 - Higanbana featuring Minamoto Kiyomaro, Nagasone Kotetsu, Kogitsunemaru, Suishinshi Masahide, Hachisuka Kotetsu

Hanakoyomi 9 - Cosmos featuring Onimaru Kunitsuna, Daihannya Nagamitsu, Kogitsunemaru, Tomoegata Naginata, Heshikiri Hasebe

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Rotates garp sengoku and tsuru

[searunes]

tag drop: SENGOKU.

Sengoku ( general )

Sengoku ( visage )

Sengoku ( IC )

Sengoku ( headcanon )

Sengoku ( aesthetic )

Sengoku ( musings )

Sengoku ( loved ones )

( ch. garp )

( ch. tsuru )

( ch. rosinante )

( ch. drake )

( ch. law )

( ch. kaichi )

[tobiasdrake]

Which DBZ antagonist do you like the most?

Boring opinion, I know, but I gotta give it up for the Obvious Choice.

And I'm not just saying that because I haven't had a chance to talk about him yet.

Frieza runs a real estate empire that carries out genocidal acts of gentrification, purging tracts of land of their native inhabitants so he can sell their land for profit. Commenting on this choice for his ultimate villain, Akira Toriyama stated that he made this decision because real estate speculators are the worst people there are.

Fucking based.

From the moment we meet Frieza, he is a monster. Toriyama likes this Big Guy Little Guy dynamic where the Little Guy is the one you really need to watch out for. Frieza is the Littlest Guy ever.

He's so tiny. And yet you know exactly who the most dangerous person in this group is. Zero question.

By the end of this altercation, Frieza reveals one of his signature attacks, giving us our first glimpse of the kind of person and the kind of fighter he is. This is such an important moment for his character and I'm kinda mad that the anime had Dodoria do it instead.

Muri destroys the Scouters and blinds Frieza. I've talked before at length about the devastating impact that this move and the Namekian warriors' attack has on Frieza's campaign.

But once it's done, he has to face the music. He's not getting out of this alive.

In one last desperation play, Muri tells Cargo and Dende to run while blocking them with his body. And that's when it happens.

This is Frieza.

Specifically, this is Frieza's Death Beam. It's never actually given a name, but is generally referred to as Death Beam. We've seen a move like this only once before.

The Dodonpa, signature technique of Tsuru-senryu, first introduced by the assassin Taopaipai, was built for extreme lethality. This is not a technique for fighting; It's a technique for killing.

What makes Frieza's Death Beam stand out from the Dodonpa, however, is its accuracy and its speed. He threads the needle around Muri to hit Cargo before anyone even has a chance to react.

We see its accuracy and speed again six days later, when it finally catches up to the other child fleeing from him here.

The panelwork here calling attention to everyone's reactions as Frieza's ki bullet shoots past them, as his shot threads the needle between all obstacles in his path to strike his target far behind them. Dende is dead before anyone can even process that Frieza fired.

This is the difference between the two techniques. The Dodonpa is a gun. The Death Beam is a sniper rifle. Faced with the physical hurdle of bodies impeding his path, Frieza point-clicked Cargo and Dende to death.

He later executes Vegeta this same way.

Done with you.

All of this context for Frieza's sniping shot serves to set up the stunning subversion when Goku arrives to fight.

Frieza's never seen this before. Goku shouldn't even be able to see the shots coming until they've perforated his lungs. That's how Death Beam works. It's this moment that lays it out: Frieza's about to be tested like he's never been tested before.

Speaking of cool techniques, I've always been partial to this move from his Third Form.

The anime gives Frieza little ki bullets coming out of his fingers but I want to note that we never see a physical projectile when he's doing this. Frieza jams his fingers back and forth in the air while something pulverizes Piccolo.

I've always imagined he's poking the air so fast that it's hitting Piccolo with pressurized air currents. Similar to Goku's Mazoku air current punch from the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai.

But that's just me.

In any case, Frieza's got some fun moves. He's something of a hobbyist martial artist. Which is to say, Frieza has an interest in martial arts. In addition to his Death Beam, Frieza's concocted a litany of other interesting techniques.

He even invented the Kienzan, independently of Krillin.

Though he can remote operate his Kienzan so it's strictly better than Krillin's. Frieza, in his spare time, has come up with a bunch of cool moves. Too bad he has no idea how to use them.

Frieza's greatest weakness is his inexperience. He practices martial arts the way a business CEO who bought a log splitter so he can cut some wood and feel woodsy practices agriculture. Frieza has never had a proper chance to truly experience martial arts, because he was born too powerful.

The only partner who's ever even dirtied his skin was his dad.

And even that isn't much. Frieza's too strong. He wants to pursue martial arts. He wants to hone his technique. But when you win every fight by blinking too hard in the opponent's direction, what even is there to practice?

Frieza created a transformation to seal away his immeasurable ki because he was born with so much ki flowing from him that he can't even contain it. At his peak, Frieza's ki bleeds out of him. He simply can't contain it.

Goku wonders aloud why Frieza took so long, even after the fight turned against him, to go to 100%. Frieza's been all "Oh I'm only using 10% power this is my 50% you made me go to 75%" and Goku's like, "Okay. My dude. What's this about, for real?

This, incidentally, is not a great translation. What Goku's saying here is supposed to be basically, "Perhaps when you use your full power, your body can't handle it."

He is correct.

Frieza's Full Power has a lot in common with Super Saiyan 3. His theoretical maximum ability is wildly different from the reality of what he's capable of, because he bleeds ki like it's going out of style.

So, while other characters wound up earning transformations that make them more powerful, Frieza created a transformation to seal away some of his incomprehensible ki.

Then he created a couple more because even though he could now control his strength and even manipulate the amount of ki he's releasing at a time, he was still too powerful for anyone to ever compete with and needed even more ki sealed away.

Again, not a fantastic translation from the people who brought us "bottom-tier boy", as Frieza's statement here could be interpreted as saying that he gets taken by a berserker rage or something.

What he's saying is more like, "My power is so great that I can't properly contain it."

Point is, Frieza transformed to lock down his ki and seal parts of it away, so he could control the rest better. Then he kept going, locking away more and more and more of his ki. And even at his most nerfed, he's still five times more powerful than the Second Strongest Guy in the Universe.

Frieza has never in his life had the opportunity to be pushed. That's what makes Goku so enthralling to him.

Frieza plays with Goku because he's genuinely having the time of his life. This guy can fight him in his Final Form. Nobody can fight him in his Final Form. He's so happy, he straight-up forgets that he's trying to complete a genocide against Goku's entire race.

He said that five minutes ago. Gohan's hidden power freaked Frieza the fuck out. Saiyans are too strong now. They've gotten too strong. Frieza cannot permit them to keep existing because they're getting strong. Every last Saiyan, every last one, must die. Every single one. Scorched earth, no survivors.

But then he meets a Saiyan martial artist who's a technical master and pushes him more than he ever thought possible and suddenly:

He goes from "Saiyans are TOO STRONG and they all must die because they might threaten me" to "OH MY GOD I'M HAVING SO MUCH FUN CAN I KEEP YOU!?"

It's this desire for a true rival, this opportunity to satisfy his amateur's curiosity about martial arts, that ultimately unravels him. Frieza has one ruthless and pragmatic option for ending this fight once it starts to be too much for him. He can technically stop the fight any time he wants.

But he can't bring himself to do it. He wants to fight. He wants to compete. Frieza's been on the outside looking in at martial arts for his entire life and even when his greatest fears are fulfilled and the Super Saiyan is in front of him, he wants to try.

So when he does attempt to pull his Lethal Ragequit, he pulls back at the last second. He can't bring himself to do it. Goku initially assesses that Frieza held back out of fear of hurting himself.

But later, as Frieza begins unlocking the final chains on his ki, Goku changes his assessment. Noting that if Frieza really held back simply out of a mistake, he could have shot the planet again at any point to finish the job. He's been letting this play out because he can't bring himself to end the greatest fight of his life that way.

This fight is still happening because Frieza wants to compete. I mean, he wants to win, of course, but he wants to win as a martial artist. He's never truly gotten to be a martial artist before.

He is not the guy winning the gold medal at the Tenkaichi Budokai. He has never been that guy. He's the guy who buys up the land the Tenkaichi Budokai is held on and then bulldozes all the people off of it. But in his heart of hearts, he wants to be that guy. That guy is so cool. Frieza wants to play too.

In a sense, by hosting the Cell Games, Cell got to live Frieza's greatest fantasy.

This is who Frieza is. He's the cruel and wicked heir to Genocide Realtors Inc., who is in love with the idea of being Tenshinhan - A desire that exists at odds with - and undermines - his pragmatic business sense, so to speak.

He is the most vile character in the history of Dragon Ball. The worst kind of person. He is also an overeager child whose wealth and privilege prevents him from ever truly enjoying his hobbies, to an extent that he'd be almost pitiable but for all the genocides.

And he is Dragon Ball's greatest villain.

[tanuki-kimono]

Dramatic auspiscious tsuru (crane) pattern for this antique black base bridal furisode. More exactly, you can see here beautifully depicted tanchô (red-crowned crane), tsuru being a more generic term for this bird specie.

Crane is one of my less favourite traditional pattern, but even I must admit this dance of cranes is pretty stiking!

[chromatic-lamina]

ももも

Chapter 1117 Spoilers

Ahhh. I'm quivering. We don't get Law, but we get!

Bepo and Bepo is thinking about Captain (so he's not dead, and neither is Bepo...All patched up with his little bandage). Not too distraught, so I'm trusting the Hearts are okay, AND

Will of D. <3

The scans say that the Japanese ends with mo (も), which can be a conjunction similar to 'and' (or is it a particle? I don't know). BUT, could also be the beginning of a name or noun (Momonosuke). Or extra thing (more...)

BUT, it's interesting that all are named or shown, bar Law. Bepo of course is a representative, but where is Law? Also, I don't think the navy knows about Law's status (so I don't know if Vegapunk did), BUT intriguing. Where is Jaguar D. Saul? (maybe Oda forgot him, or there will be another reveal).

Honorable mention to this D. too!

Vivi! Shown, but not named. (Interesting that the Wiki lists her as a D. by the way, but not Law's family. I think it's an oversight for Law).

Ah, Robin and Law must be champing at the bit. I'm hoping Law's not part of SWORD, but I'll roll with it if he is (just looking at those backgrounds). Bepo's is similar to the marines featured. Also, I hope that Law's listening in!

Ay-oop! look who washed up on the soar! Heh-heh. Shore. Our favourite ancient zoan, Drake. So, he saved Garp and Co? I wasn't sure which Captain Kujaku was referring to here (below)).

It doesn't seem very Garp-like to want space. I am betting that Hibari is Akainu's granddaughter rather than daughter in the way that Kujaku is Tsuru's granddaughter, and Luffy is Garp's grandson, because it makes sense (generation-wise), and ties into the "It's our turn to step up" line from Kujaku. Interesting!

Anyway, just popping in to drop a bit of excitement. It seems the iron giant got blitzed, but I'd say it's its own form of ancient weapon, so it might not be over and out yet. I wanted to repost what Sandman said on Twitter last week, and which I also thought:

The Japanese has 'tanoshimi' (enjoy, fun, etc.) in quotation marks, which strikes me as maybe Rayleigh being sarcastic. For example, what knowledge has the older generation withheld from the younger? and is that withholding a benefit to them, or does it just make it that much harder for them to find the truth? (and increase their chances of being in danger?)

Speaking of which, do you think Rayleigh will survive? Does he know too much? Knowing Oda, he will, but it's curious that there are remnants of the crew out there with all the answers that others are seeking.

Of course, the true history and Will of D. and One Piece are not necessarily of equal weight, but man, Oda's not discounting any of them either!

Just rambling. Also, link to Sandman's post.

OOH, I almost forgot. Talk about gritty characters (even if they're made of smoke)

Smoker!!! It's been too long. Good to see ya'! (where there's Smoke there's Law...maybe? Heh-heh. Just joshing. They look good together, though).

Another also bit! It's way at the end of my post but at the beginning of the manga: Pearl's look has always reminded me of the Pearl Diving bells (or the helmets divers wore), so I think it's clever of Oda to place him at the section where they're talking about exploring below the sea.

[mangyraccooon]

Some more thoughts I have on Dragon and Tsuru’s relationship

If your new just know it’s my headcanon that Tsuru is the mother of Monkey D Dragon

Anyways, Tsuru was young when she had Dragon. So was Garp, the baby wasn’t planned obviously. Simply the result of a night with too many drinks and waking up next to your friend.

There were two factors that contributed to what happened next.

1. She knew marrying Garp would be a colossal mistake, both of them would end up miserable (I also have the theory she was a closeted lesbian but that’s for another time)

2. She was already engaged. (To a well educated merchant who dealt with the marines)

After his birth, Dragon was promptly handed to his father. His mother was not to be in the picture whatsoever.

Dragon himself figured it out when he was around 10-12. His eyes were not Garps, too angular and his face was too sharp, high cheekbones.

He confronted her when he was 13

“You’re my mother aren’t you?”

“No, a mother is someone who wipes your face, bandages your cuts, holds you after you wake from a nightmare. I am many things Dragon, but I can never be your mother.”

Their relationship never really got better or worse from there, they played weekly chess or shogi. Tsuru gave orders, Dragon carried out orders.

She kept her word, she never was his mother, not once.

She watched him grow and leap and fly and crash and be labeled the most wanted.

“Poor Garp,” the dumber cadets would whisper “for his son to turn out like that.”

Her name was never mentioned.

Before Tsuru turned 50 her husband passed. Her children (the legitimate ones) cried at the funeral.

Garp took her out for a drink.

“Do you ever think what it be like, if things were different?” He asks pouring a generous amount of gin into her glass.

She looks at his face, just starting to show the cracks of time. And she thinks, she thinks of Sengoku and the box of ashes he keeps in his desk and the dutiful little wife who smiles and never questions him coming home all hours of the night. She thinks of Garp, of the trail of broken hearts he’s left. Born too wild to love anyone, at least not in entirety.

She thinks of Roger.

She thinks of her husband, the cup of tea he would make her every morning.

“Sentimentality isn’t something I linger on.” She answers already draining the cup.

[moonbaby26]

Video link above for further evidence of my comparison, may have to click twice to go to YouTube. But have any of my One Piece moots watched The Boys? It gets super gross and weird sometimes I know. Definitely explicit/not for general audiences. But I’ve always thought Homelander is basically Doffy if he was raised from a child into a god complex human weapon for the U.S. government, instead of a fallen god working for the World Government.

Minor Differences:

-Americana themed instead of flamingo themed (because let’s be honest, we totally would do that to our human weapon)

-laser eyes to chop people up instead of strings to chop people up

Strong Similarities:

-aesthetics of tall, blond, and muscular

-smiles and laughs a lot, but the more he does, the faker it probably is, and the more you need to be arranging your final wishes

-EXTREME mommy issues, is f*cking basically the younger Tsuru/mother figure of his verse, while still wanting to be coddled by her

-JEALOUS as f*ck too, do not reject or ignore this man, he’s needy and obsessive as hell

-god complex. Homelander says normal humans are “mud people” and pets at best at one point I think, he really thinks he’s a higher life form and us annoying insects are just here to be used by him

-works for a corrupt government/corporation as part of a team of seven warlords superpowered individuals

-repeatedly plays hero for the cameras/media, but actually is responsible for nearly every horrible thing that goes down in the series, including killing the very people that think he’s protecting them

-flips moods like a light switch, his actor does so much acting with his face alone, my god it’s terrifying in some scenes

-DO NOT BETRAY HIM. I REPEAT, DO NOT BETRAY! If he even thinks one of his allies is going behind his back…instant bye bye no matter how long he knew or previously tolerated you 💀

-Insecure, vain, petulant, and arrested development because of his traumatic childhood. He was used/groomed before he got too difficult to control and became his own monster. Just like Doffy with Trebol to a degree.

And much more. But this post is already long enough. I’ve even heard some people hope his actor Antony Starr would audition for Doffy in the live action. But I feel like he wouldn’t want to be type cast right back into more of the same once done with The Boys? The part would really be very similar when you get down to the heart of the character. Just more outwardly flamboyant for Doffy. But who knows?

(And yes, I need to post fic badly 😭. But work and repeated migraines are kicking my ass. So I shall waste time with stuff like this. Love you all! Sorry if I’ve been quiet/slow to respond.)

Tagging some moots to show you: @physics-of-one-piece , @tuquidflamingo , @saracrossing02 , @donquixotehomura , @coralpeanutdragonfruit

[konjaku]

木蔦[Kizuta] Hedera rhombea

木[Ki] : Tree

蔦[-zuta|Tsuta] : Ivy

There are three main designations for つる植物[Tsuru-shokubutsu](Climbing plants).

蔓[Tsuru]

General term for plants that extend their stems longer as they grow. The kanji 蔓 is often written as つる in hiragana or ツル in katakana because it is to avoid misreading as there are other ways to read it. Some species are named with tsuru or -zuru, such as 蔓梅擬[Tsuruumemodoki](Celastrus orbiculatus var. orbiculatus ), 蝦蔓[Ebizuru](Vitis ficifolia), etc.

蔓|葛[Kazura]

General term for cleeping plants. The species with the name kazura are 定家葛[Teikakazura](Trachelospermum asiaticum var. asiaticum), 吸葛[Suikazura](Lonicera japonica), etc. 葛 is also read as kuzu(Pueraria lobata subsp. lobata) and tsuzura, such as ��葛藤[Aotsuzurafuji](Cocculus trilobus), 熊葛[Kumatsuzura](Verbena officinalis), etc.

蔦[Tsuta]

General term for species of cleeping plants that grow by attaching themselves to other trees or walls by roots called holdfast. 木蔦 is one of them. 蔦 also means Ivy and Parthenocissus tricuspidata. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnvQ1OWfF3g

[sweetddwrites]

knight au wip. lawlu

(The first meeting.)

The sound of quickly approaching footsteps made Law whip his head around, and he saw a little boy sprinting towards them as if he was being hunted. And hunted he was, because hot on his heels were a group of servants frantically chasing him, towels and robes in hand.

“My prince! Please, stop running!” A maid yelled, despair clear as day in her voice. “You must bathe!”

“Nuh-uh!” The boy turned around to make a face at the servants before he finally spotted Sengoku and Law, his eyes brightening with curiosity as he ran past them. Law supposed the boy knew he couldn't stop to investigate because that meant he would be caught, and the apparent prince seemed awfully against being bathed.

Lady Tsuru did not bat an eye at the strange happenings, as if this was something that occurred regularly. 

“At last, you have met the crown prince. In a moment less than befitting of him.”

Sengoku cleared his throat. “I have heard tales of the prince’s father being quite rebellious, as well.”

Lady Tsuru ignored his remark, and Sengoku winced. 

“Dinner will be brought to your chambers at dusk.”

“Very well.” Sengoku bowed his head. “You have our gratitude, truly.”

She eyed Law again before turning around to leave, and she moved with graceful steps. Law didn't quite understand the concept of grace, but he thought she embodied it with the way she spoke and carried herself. 

Still, Law could not make sense of her, unsure of whether her choice to not address him meant anything. Perhaps it was due to his lower status or his young age, perhaps both. 

Sengoku moved around their chambers, curiously inspecting the large mahogany desk tucked into a corner before he started to unpack piles of letters and documents onto it from his satchel. Law stood awkwardly in the middle of the room, his eyes once again straying towards the crest on the banners.

“Wash up, then rest,” Sengoku said suddenly, and Law’s gaze darted towards him. 

“Yes, Lord General.”

[1000sunnygo]

One Piece Academy chapter 42: My Only Little Brother, part 1 (Quick translation)

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Cover note: Is chilling on the rooftop also a part of training... ?

"Wh....

WHO THE HECK ARE THEY??!?"

Trebol: Corazon with Law!? And Straw hat!?

Lu Feld: Aren't these the students of New World Middle school?

Background #1: They gotta be Joker's minions!

Background #2: Whoever they are, if there's a slim chance that Joker betrayed us...

Not a single soul will leave this place alive!

Usopp: *whisper* Calm down~~! Don't say something stupid. Let's pose as newbie thugs who came here to play bingo with Doflamingo senpai, and then...

Luffy: I'm Luffy! And that's Mingo's brother Corao! You guys better not make Mingo do bad things.. I'll kick your asses!!

Usopp: OOOOOI~!!

Minions: Joker, You!!!

Sanji: Not letting Doflamingo become friends with the guys from the dark world..

So, is the mission complete?

Doflamingo: First time since that day, eh? Corazon...

Why don't we discuss this first?

Betraying me, disappearing, and now tagging along the kids from worst generation...

What are you here for?

Cora: Student Code 01746, Rosinante..

...I have been investigating your activities since that day.

I'm here to stop you, New World Middle School 3rd Year Class 10 Doflamingo, from entering the Dark World.

Cora: Let's leave this place with us, Doffy!

The meaning of Tsuru sensei coming there that day...

[Flashback

Tsuru: Stop it! Doflamingo!]

Cora: You get it, don't you?

Doflamingo: *clicks gun*

Man: Yiiiek!!

!!

Doflamingo: I wondered what you have to say, you disappoint me again.

As soon as I pull the trigger, the contract is set. And after that...

Law: No. You won't pull the trigger.

Doflamingo:

What makes you think that?

Doflamingo: Law.

Trebol: Law, why are you hangin' with the Straw hat? You forgot we adored you?!

Law: Firstly, that man at your gunpoint,

Trebol: Don't ignore me you shitty brat!

Law: ...He's a minion of those guys at the back. It makes no sense that you'd be the one to punish him.

Secondly...

Law: You have no plan to do what they say, or to become pals with them.

You make sure to get what you want without giving up on control.

Doflamingo: Fufufufu....!

Good job, Law.

You're correct.

Continues in Reblog ⬇️

[allmightskitten]

I am BARKING over your Doffy/Tsuru WIP, I cannot wait for whenever you get to it!

ill post my list later today ;)

Hi, hi! I'm looking forward to seeing your list when you post it omg, your works that I've read are so delicious and yummy 😳👀👀

Hell yeah, more doftsuru content is NEEDED! Thank you sm, following the rules of the game let me share a little snippet from the WIP ;)

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'I am not calling you a good boy Doflamingo that Warlord meeting was shit' - wip

tags: Doftsuru, suggestive (for now– the complete fic will be actual smut xd)

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Tsuru had lived long enough to see almost everything the world had to offer. Really, being in the Marines since her teenage years, she'd seen it all; the way governments collapsed, every possible iteration of controversy or scandal within the organisations she worked with, the different generations of pirates and the turn of the era– Tsuru, like many of the senior Vice Admirals, was in a unique position to no longer be surprised by anything.

Or so she had thought.

"I'm truly sorry for the inconvenience I caused, Vice Admiral," Doflamingo purred, following closely at her heels swaying in his hulking, towering form. He loomed over her like a thundercloud, maintaining the same bad posture with seemingly no discomfort as the relentless pursuit continued. "So here I am, voluntarily turning myself in– disciplinary action is warranted for disrupting the meeting, is it not?"

This brat.

She had given him the benefit of the doubt, earlier. Tsuru had seen a lot of remarkable and ridiculous things, but she had not entertained for a second that Doflamingo targeted her for that reason. It seemed too absurd to be true despite everything.

Except a lot of time had passed since he was a newly-minted Warlord, and she couldn't deny it anymore.

"I am not the authority you should be reporting to," Tsuru said flatly, not even sparing him a glance. The corridor was too damn long, and empty, to shake him off just yet. There was no one here she could use as an excuse and simply telling him to leave never worked.

Doflamingo tsked, mischief and smugness bleeding into his tone.

"Is there a higher authority on this base than a Vice Admiral, dear Tsuru?"

Tsuru paused in her tracks. He wasn't wrong.

No Admirals had attended the Warlord meeting this time, every one of them currently preoccupied with other tasks in different parts of the sea. Herself and Garp had been the most senior officers present at the meeting, and Garp wasn't much help– it had pretty much become her responsibility to oversee everything.

She turned around to face him slowly. Most surprising of all was the implication that Doflamingo had actually read the rule book, where it stated vaguely that some form of disciplinary action was warranted for disrupting official proceedings above a Level Four. The Warlord meetings were a Level Six.

She was technically the officer in charge of today's disastrous meeting where very little was accomplished because Doflamingo couldn't restrain himself from picking fights with or provoking the others at the table like some overgrown child. And with the Warlords, when one of them started acting out, the rest followed suite like their pride couldn't take the hit, at which point no Marine could effectively contain the situation.

"I am responsible for this month's conference," Tsuru conceded, keeping her tone carefully neutral. She narrowed her eyes at his mirrored lenses, picturing a delighted expression to go with the smile stretching his face. "I'd like to ask that tomorrow's meeting will not be a repeat of today."

Doflamingo leaned closer, hunching more to bridge the large span of space between them. The edges of his grin were razor-sharp.

"Asking nicely isn't going to cut it, Vice Admiral. When was the last time you enforced something by asking a pirate nicely?"

Tsuru's lips twitched. Partly in irritation, partly in reluctant amusement. Hell, he had a fucking point.

"Don't test me, boy."

They were standing close enough that she didn't miss the way Doflamingo shivered. It was subtle, but she noticed; she noticed also how his demeanor turned into something a little less playful and a little hungrier when the authoritative words had left her mouth.

This was the most absurd thing she'd ever seen in her career. Something was horribly wrong with this man. He had to have some deep-rooted issues.

He was a bad idea. Such a bad idea that it was almost promising– because Tsuru hadn't seen something quite this new in a long, long time.

Tsuru scoffed. Why was she entertaining this?

"Miss Tsuru–"

"Drop it, Doflamingo. I am old enough to be your mother."

If anything, the air around him only became more charged. He licked his lips. Tsuru noted distantly that he had piercings on his tongue– she thought she saw multiple.

She massaged her temples tiredly.

"You can't be serious."

"I have never been more serious about anything," the Warlord said shamelessly, his tone dripping desperation. He took another step closer. Surprising herself, Tsuru didn't back away, not really.

Don't entertain this, she warned herself sternly.

Doflamingo looked ready to drop to his knees before he asked again. That shouldn't have been as thrilling as it was.

The rulebook does not say how discipline must be implemented.

An absurd idea flashed across her mind. What, exactly, would a powerful Warlord look like on his knees before a Marine?

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Thank you for the ask!! I hope you liked this, it might be a while yet before this WIP is done because I've got exams going on BUT it shouldn't be too long...‼️

(Psst– tagging @heliostears in this because you asked about the doftsuru wip as well🙈)

[kacievvbbbb]

Idk why I find the fact Mihawk writes Y/N Reader inserts so funny but so true and I have reader inserts blocked on here like I hate them but oh my god so in character for him.

And he does not give a shit. Absolutely go king and getting fantasy dicked down by all the hot guys in one piece world I support! Also him being a sengoku shipper iconic. I was say maybe he thinks about Kuzan but I think he’s out off by his general laziness and apathy and not in a fun apathetic way like Barsolino in a depression way. ( he’s looking in a mirror and does not like it.) but if he learns Dragon used to be a marine and friends with Akainu he’s making the most toxic relationship of them friends to enemies to nemesis type shit.

He’ll write a new book and it will be a sensation and no matter the fact he changed the names everyone with a brain cell will be able to figure out who it’s about.

Sorry this took so long to reply! but

YES YES YES!!! I don't really like self insert stuff either but it's so in-character for him I'm so obsessed.

And yeah it really is just the adventures of reader as they travel across the grand line getting dicked down is definitely one of his most beloved and acclaimed series. Shanks goes hot and cold on that series a lot because while the idea of watching mihawk getting dicked down by another man is very hot Shanks is also a jealous man and he is very jealous of these "fictional" men. He tries to find out if mihawk has ever fucked any of them in real life and maybe 👀.

Also yeah I just threw in the marine thing because I thought it was funny but I'm glad it stuck out! 😂. I don't think he self ships with any of the marines (maybe in his GILF era sengoku or fujitoro) I think because none of the really strong marines appeal to him but he would fuck smoker if he was stronger. and just because I remembered dude and I think it would be so funny imagine if his only self x marine ship is with Ryokugyu (the tree admiral) I think he'd hate him in life but he's not blind. I think this realllllly pisses shanks off because he does not like him and honestly its a bit of a snake eating his own tail because a lot of the reason he doesn't like him is because of Mihawk's fanfiction of him.

I think Mihawk's natural reaction (mostly because it's mine) is to ship Sengoku with Garp but he hates Garp and even the thought of picturing him in that way is enough to make him want to pour his ears to bleach his brain. I think it be funny if during one of his lackadaisical checking out marine headquarters rooms (because realistically who is going to stop him) he stumbles upon and old picture of Garp Sengoku and Tsuru when they were young and he is very intrigued by thetwo hot young men then he notices that one of them is Garp and he almost throws up, the thought wont leave him alone tho.

Also yes i don't think Mihawk actually knows dragon but he has definitely heard of him and being Garps son is enough cause for pettitness in his eyes. Dragon's identity is a little harder to parse out I the books but Akainu's is so fucking obvious. And it is a loved and well-cherished series. Anytime that Mihawk attends a warlord meeting or just genuinely has an unpleasant interaction with akainu (which is every interaction) he puts pen to paper. It'd be funny if this was the most "tame" series though more focused on the fictional romace which confuses dragon and pisses akainu off even more because what? do they think he can't take it? and mihawk is very pleased with himself. he drops a new edition right before he goes to any warlord meeting so he can watch akainu seethe in real time as the new talk of the town takes root (this series specifically is very popular in marine towns)

as for the real life identities. I think he definitely makes it a bit hard not to protect anyone. Still, because he thinks it's fun to make people guess and adds to the mystery so there is definitely a fan club (which Shanks leads) dedicated to putting the clues together on just who all the different men are (shanks needs this for....research purposes 👀) some of them are obvious if you're in the know like the Benn ones or Crocodile while others are just plain obvious because the Red Haired Emperor is definitely shanks like if you know shanks you know its him there is only two people with hair that red. It's not kidd( it does give both kidd and shanks a bit of a reputation of some islands because his book counterpart is infinitely more dashing and "masculine" that shanks' bum and kid's manica energies) and I think he makes the Akianu ones very obvious to anybody that literally even if you've just ever heard of him you know its him just to fuck with him.

[mjrtaurus]

Monkey D Family headcanons to make up for Doomed AU Urpi 🫶🏾

- Bogard is their go to babysitter. Sengoku's usually too busy and Tsuru, while generally adored by children, still thinks turning them into laundry is an appropriate punishment. Bogard loves using the story-time portion of bedtime to tell tales of how goofy and lovesick Garp and Urpi (mostly Garp) were back in the day.

- The house that Dadan and her bandits live in? Built by Garp hilariously enough while Dadan “supervised”.

- Garp, contrary to popular belief, wasn’t the Vice Admiral that scared off Dadan's birth parents. He wasn’t in the East Blue at the time and also “doesn’t waste his time on small fries like bandits.” Him and Dadan got into a spat about that.

- Have mercy upon the soul that is *gasp* late for family dinner! If they’re on the island, their butts better be in those seats come dinner time! It’s one of the few ironclad rules they have and by Nika it will be followed! Lest you want a lecture on proper health and taking care of yourself.

- Both Dadan and Kuzan have favourite Den Den Mushi Snails from the garden.Hers is a fire engine red one with spikes that go up the shell and his is a soft purple one that’s almost always daydreaming. Dragon physically cannot pick one and get very distressed when asked.

- Every year the kids and Garp make an effort to get up extra early and surprise Urpi for her birthday and every year it works because she always forget when it’s her birthday

- Hide and Seek is no longer just a game, it’s practically a ritual ESPECIALLY so if Garp is the seeker think promised neverland but the only high stakes here are pride.

- Garp has definitely asked Dadan to be a Marine or at least he’s tried…she runs away whenever he even slightly gets to that topic and begs Urpi to intervene.

- Kuzan and Dadan hate Saturday cleaning just as much as Urpi and Dragon do! Losing precious sleeping hours and singing Marine songs? No way in hell! As strong as their alliance is they are, unfortunately, no match for Garp.

- Sabo reallllllly wants to spar against Urpi. He knows she’s older now but she’s a kickass Shandian warrior so it kinda cancels out the whole being old thing! Urpi is fine with it but Dragon is vehemently against the idea.

- Urpi cannot stop smiling when she first meets Robin, even if she doesn’t have technical proof that’s her granddaughter she can just feel it. She doesn’t mention upon first meeting so it makes her look a little weird.

- Garp loves taking the kids fishing and hunting and the best of out of all of them is Dadan. It weirdly brings them a little closer.

- When Sabo regains his memories and is telling Dragon all his stories about Luffy and Ace he does mention Dadan and Dragon is so surprised and relieved that Luffy grew up with someone like her looking after him.

- During her initial years on Elbaf, Urpi would mention her family any chance she got, to the point that most of its residents could probably write accurate biographies about each and every one of them.

- The total pet count round to 1 cat, 1 vulture, 1 raccoon (Courtsey of Dadan), 1 penguin (nobody knows where Kuzan found him), and a couple dozen snails

- There’s an open door policy for injured animals but it’s also known they can’t all be future pets. Garp is usually the one reminding everyone of that rule.

- When Dadan joined the family Urpi bought a bunch of books on maintenance for curly hair and cute hairstyles, she was a pro by the time Kuzan came around. Bonnets, silk bedspreads, combs and brushes of every style and color, she was beyond prepared for wash day.

- The day of Dragon's deployment his favourite foods were cooked, his uniform was washed, dried and pressed, his bags were packed and naturally the atmosphere was a little sad. Urpi had exhausted herself trying to keep it together, to give him a happy sendoff! Those plans were well and truly dashed when Dragon quietly asked if she’d walk him to the docks one last time.

- Nightmares were Garp's territory. He’d take the sleepless kiddo outside for a walk around the property and begin discussing the stars and the navigation tricks of old they employed with them. By the end of the walk he’d always be carrying them back inside and tucking them back into bed.

- Urpi sees Gear 5 Luffy for the first time and can’t stop laughing from shock and joy! She had always prayed for Nika to look after and guide her grandson of course, she just never thought he’d take it so seriously!

- No one in the family cared to hear Urpi's explanations for her disappearance or her apologies, they were too happy to have her back to care. Everytime she tried they’d cut her off with a tight hug.

Fhdjcidieiei!!!

- Bogard looks like he’s the coldest, surliest man you ever did see, but when it comes to the Garpi kids? Oh they bring the very best out of him. Of all Tsuru’s wash-wash punishments, Dadan got it the most. Dragon was too much of a sweetheart, and Kizan was either too clever about it to get caught or had no interest in misbehaving. Sengoku wishes he could babysit the kids sometime… he just doesn’t want to risk work interrupting things and them being exposed to the underbelly of the Marines so young. The thought of it alone has him tearing through rice crackers…

- Garp loves hard, manual work. He likes the process, he likes putting in the effort, he likes the satisfaction. Dadan, however, doesn’t care for it. All of her satisfaction on the physical side of things comes from roughing up rival criminals trying to muscle in on her territory. Garp tells her that she’s gotta keep herself conditioned so she can do that and not hurt like hell the next few days. As she gets older, she’s more prone to follow the advice.

- Garp actually had that Vice Admiral that ran Dadan’s off demoted for terrorizing families. Didn’t matter if the families were bandits or not, you don’t terrorize families on his home turf and expect to get out of it without consequences. Dadan feels a little better about that, and him, when he tells her that.

- Monkey D Urpi knows hers is a family full of many different flavors of ADHD. And as anyone with just about any flavor of ADHD knows, you sometimes forget being hungry exists. Everyone had a den den trained to give a little chitter when it was time to head in for dinner. If you were going to be late, you called ahead. If your tardiness was for unforeseen circumstances (weather or health related among other things) you were off the hook. But if you were just knuckle dragging, you got chewed out. Urpi is very well aware that getting distracted did not count as knuckle-dragging. Distraction just came with the territory and needed accommodating for.

- Dragon doesn’t have a favorite snail. They’re all important and beloved. He is, however, the very favorite human of one particular snail. A little one, pure white with a very round face that didn’t morph like the others do. That one always is the first to slither over to him when he comes with greens and the watering can. He was- and still is- the only person to get that snail to smile.

- Birthdays are a very solemn affair for what’s left of the Shandia. It means you survived another year because you were either lucky or capable. The many who didn’t went unspoken, but the presence of their absence was still heavy. It was hard to find joy in that. But Garp and the kids… they were helping her find it.

- Hide and Seek with the Monkey D family is a very serious thing. It’s fun, yes, but it’s serious. Garp doesn’t want to say he’s preparing them, per say, but Dragon having his wings made him a target. Dadan being a bandit made her a target. Kuzan being avoidant made him a target. He hates why he’s having to teach them, but he enjoys the fun that comes from it.

- Dadan would be excellent for shaping up some recruits, Garp thinks. She can rally people and keep them in line without breaking their spirits, which is a skill many of the mid to upper ranking officers lack in spades. Now if he could just get her to let him say his piece…

- Garp has them doing those call and answer type of shanties that are made for synchronicity on a ship. Work songs, by all definition. Whenever somebody complained, Garp would only give a hearty sounding “then let the music do the working!” Nobody knew what the hell he was talking about until Dragon’s pattern recognition kicked in. The music was meant to be the focus, and the work to be the background noise that your body already knew how to do without much input. The realization helped Dragon a lot, but it never did click with Dadan or Kuzan.

- Sabo has seen Dragon fight in active battlefields. It’s so different from how he’s seen others do it. There isn’t a rigidity to it like he’s seen with most fighting styles. It’s much more free-flowing and adaptive and creative. Sure there is some influence from his Marine training, and his devil fruit, but he keeps it to a minimum to conserve energy. When Sabo learns it’s his mom who taught him how to fight like that… oh he’s gotta find her. He’s gotta see what she can do. Urpi is very flattered by her grandson’s drive and desire, all he has to do is name the place and the time, and she’ll happily scuffle with him. Dragon is going grayer by the second from all of this.

- When Urpi sees Robin using her devil fruit to create wings for herself, she asks what gave her the idea. She has a theory, but she doesn’t wish to assume. Robin explains that some of the only memories she has of her father before his disappearance was that he had a pair of wings. Wings that had one or two primary feathers that grew in crooked or slightly bent, as if from some injury. Robin tells her how nice it was to finally see him again, that first Summer in her two year stay on Baltigo… Urpi’s heart leaps to her throat. That’s her boy. This is her granddaughter.

- Hunting with Garp is one of those rare moments where he gets disturbingly silent. Can’t really hunt effectively if you’re crashing through the underbrush, but still. Kuzan doesn’t much care for it, but he learns the skills anyway. Dragon doesn’t take any glory from it because it feels disrespectful to the life taken, though he does enjoy the quiet of fishing. Dadan, though, she’s a natural. Whether it’s trapping, chasing, or ambushing, she knows her stuff.

- Dragon is overjoyed to know Dadan was there for not just one, but both of his boys. Ace too, but that one was is Whitebeard’s kid first and foremost, and he will respect that. He’s happy Luffy will have someone in his life with a far different perspective of things than their father did. To make choices for one’s self, it was important to be exposed to different views. He can’t wait to hear it all from Dadan.

- The giants adore storytelling. What was a warrior without the stories and songs that inspired them? And Urpi is a natural at weaving her words, so they grew to love her very dearly very quickly. And what’s more, they grew to love the family she spoke of.

- the vulture is seen by many as a strange pet to have, but they are remarkably intelligent and playful creatures. Dragon actually befriended the culture after it unwittingly taught Dragon how to fly in his Amaru form. They play quite often. The cat is an excellent mouser, and a big cuddle-bug that likes to sit in Urpi’s lap while she knits and weaves. The raccoon was caught in a live trap after getting into the vegetable garden one too many times and Dadan… couldn’t bring herself to hurt the little fella. And Urpi couldn’t bring herself to tell Dadan no. Kuzan isn’t really sure how he ended up with the penguin either, but he likes to keep up the air of mystery and pretend that he does. The snails are attracted by the rain having a little storm-bringing zoan tends to cause. They are given ample feeding and a patch of greens all to themselves so they don’t get into the crops.

- the cat Urpi adores actually came into the family from this open door policy. Poor thing had an injured paw and was wolfing down the food they were given. They got to stay because of the mice that would sometimes show up in the gardening shed.

- Dadan hadn’t even known there was anything outside of “brush out and wash” that needed doing with hair. Nobody had bothered to teach her, and she doubts her parents had any idea either. Most of her childhood she kept it cut short because messing with it was often enough to frustrate her to tears. Now… now she’s growing it out and able to take proper care of it. It’s the nicest thing a grownup had ever done for her at the time.

- Dragon’s deployment was bittersweet. He knew his mother had her reservations against the Marines, and he understood why, but he just… he wanted to help people. The Marines had their issues, yes, but they had resources, and he had ambitions. Put those together and his chances of reaching people in need was greater than if he just stayed in Goa. Asking Urpi to walk with him was both a goodbye and a promise. A goodbye because he very well could die in service, and a promise that he would never forget what he was fighting for. The hug between them before he walked up the gangplank was one of the most painful things either had ever experienced. Dragon might have gotten teased for being a mama’s boy for it, but he couldn’t care less about a few assholes acting tough. He loved his mom and he was going to miss her… There wasn’t any shame in expressing that.

- Garp knows a thing or two about nightmares. You wouldn’t think so at first glance, but he does. He’s good at comforting the kids when they have theirs. Dragon didn’t have too many, but the devil fruit did make his dreams uneasy sometimes. Getting held and gently talked to always soothed him. Dadan and Kuzan have much more frequent, nastier dreams. They also get prickly about being comforted, but Garp knows how to work with that. He’s had a few cadets like that that he’s perfected those skills on. Urpi’s nightmares, though… oh, those devastate him.

- Nika. The sun god. She’s heard tales of him from many different peoples in her time. Her earrings actually depict him, though the smile comes across as a bit more like a baring of teeth. It’s an interesting duality, she thinks… how a smile can also be a threatening display. She wonders what those gorosei bastards see when Luffy smiles at them… she hopes it scares the shit out of them.

- Urpi carries a lot of guilt for having to leave as abruptly as she had. Maybe if she had hidden. Maybe if she had laid low in town for a while. Maybe if she had fought back. Maybe, maybe, maybe… it’s when the maybes come into play when her family interjects and hugs her tight. None of it was her fault. She was frightened, and she had to survive. There were no “maybes” about it.

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I'm curious what Tenshinhan's fighting style is beyond general weirdness lol. I always interpreted it as a "showing off" sort of style back in the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, with most of his moves being visually impressive and/or intended to instill despair in his opponent, but then you have his kikōhō, a move that damages the self for greater strength...

Tenshinhan is fucking weird is what he is.

I mean that sincerely. Fitting for a man who walks in with three eyes like that's totally normal and no one ever speaks of it, Tenshinhan's style comes straight from the realm of the bizarre and esoteric. He's an outside-the-box challenger to test the limits of Goku's counter-fighting.

He is the drunken boxer. The fighting game character that plays utterly differently from all other characters, making them hard to learn but unpredictable when mastered. Ten forges his own way through martial arts with off-the-wall tricks and game-changing shenanigans.

It's just. Easy to forget how weird he is because the rest of the cast have thoroughly cannibalized his style. Kame-senryu are a bunch of fucking thieves.

This eye-searing image is the most normal thing Ten has in his repertoire.

Ten and Chiaotzu lay out that they're going to be... unlike anything we've seen before right from the get-go, when they use psychic powers to rig the matches.

Already, it's clear that we're about to see some weird shit. Both of these characters are built on the martial arts philosophy of "Okay what the hell even is that, how did you even bring laser eyes to a knife fight?"

Ten in particular is a formidable martial artist.

But as early as his first match, the oddball nature of his abilities start to settle in.

Okay, so Ten can just Nope any Kamehameha thrown at him. Sure. Guess that's a thing now. New rule, guys: No more Kamehamehas.

But you also kinda get it. Like. Tsuru-senryu is the rival school to Kame-senryu, and the Kamehameha is the signature technique of Kame-senryu. So it makes sense that they'd develop countermeasures for the Kamehameha.

Also, they can levitate.

Well, that's going to make scoring a ringout fucking hard, isn't it? One of the two ways you win in this tournament is by making your opponent fall in the grass outside the ring, and these fuckers can fly.

That's unfair, is what that is. They don't even need to use helicopter tail shenanigans or a well-aimed Kamehameha for propulsion to do it. They can just decide that they don't feel like being rung out today.

This is the first technique that doesn't seem so special today because everybody cannibalized their Bukujutsu. But at the time, it was unique. Even Taopaipai, their idol, couldn't fly. He got around by the delightfully comical method of throwing something really hard and then jumping on it and being taken for a ride.

Taopaipai was doing Breath of the Wild rock transit decades before it was cool.

As the tournament picks up, Chiaotzu foreshadows the bizarre nature of the fights ahead when he reveals his ultimate technique: Binding his opponent in place with psychic powers so they can't defend themselves.

That's. Not. Really. A martial art? Even by the incredibly loose definitions already on display in this manga. It's closer to General Blue's paralyzing glare. And there's a lot more of that to come.

Further included in Ten's repertoire of Weird Shit (TM) is his third eye, which serves a vital function in combat until everyone starts ki sensing and it ceases to be relevant.

Ten has enhanced perception, allowing him to see things that others can't. This is notably distinct from being able to sense people by following their ki signatures. A distinction the Muten-Roshi helpfully lays out by stating he can't see Goku but can sense him just before Ten confirms he can still see him.

When Goku meets Popo, we'll have entered the realm where the limitations of human eyesight can no longer keep up with the speeds of the characters, and learning to perceive through ki sensing becomes necessary.

But right now, Ten's enhanced perception lends him a number of edges over other martial artists that have to rely on eyesight to track their foes. Advantages such as thwarting this particular invisibility technique of Goku's.

Or piercing the illusion of the Zanzoken/Afterimage speed technique.

As an aside, I love the way both of those moments draw attention to Ten's two normal eyes looking one direction while his third looks the other. It's such an eerie but effective way of conveying the idea that he can see more than a normal man.

Ten and Chiaotzu play by different rules than everyone else.

Sometimes he has four arms. That's life, man. Again, they make a point of showing us what this looks like as a speed technique:

Both to set up Goku's counter for this and also so that we understand how meaningful it is that Ten is not doing that. Chapa and later Goku perform Hasshuken, moving their arms so fast it creates the illusion of eight. Ten physically sprouted two extra arms. He can just. Like. Shapeshift, I guess. He's a flying shapeshifter who sees faster than everyone because of his three eyes and he hangs out with a telekinetic doll.

Also he can flashbang his opponents as a clincher.

This is another move that seems mundane now because everyone stole it from him. They took his Bukujutsu/Levitation and they took his Taiyoken/Solar Flare. But it's another data point on the list of ways Ten's such a weird and complicated opponent to try and fight.

Even by the standards of Tsuru-senryu, he's weird. Taopaipai didn't do half of this shit. Ten specifically refers to the Taiyoken/Solar Flare as a New Tsuru-senryu technique, which implies that he created it himself.

Which makes me wonder just how much of his moveset is actually part of the Tsuru-senryu curriculum and how much is Ten. Just. Being weird.

Notably, at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai, Ten shows up with something even more absolutely freakish than the Shiyoken/Four-Armed Fist.

Shishin no Ken also known in English as the Multiform Technique is another departure from your illusory speed techniques, in that Ten splits his body into four bodies. How does he do that? Fuck you, that's how. This is the evolution of both his enhanced perception and his ability to sprout extra arms - And, in being so, a demonstration of how Goku has left him behind.

It's an admittedly creative solution to the problem that Goku, following his training with Popo, can move too fast for even his three eyes to follow. But now he has twelve eyes.

TWELVE. That's as many as four Tens! And that's terrible.

The Shishin no Ken was another weird-ass technique from a weird-ass martial artist, serving a practical function in enhancing Ten's unique characteristics to compensate for Goku's now godly abilities.

But it was ultimately undone by a catastrophic vulnerability, which is the reason nobody ever tried this shit again.

Splitting into multiple copies of yourself turns you into a team of useless scrubs who can't throw a punch to save your life. It's a bad technique and was written off immediately after this fight, never to be seen again.

...except in anime filler, where everyone stole that from Tenshinhan too.

You guys were both at the tournament when Goku pointed out that this technique makes you throw punches like slow, limp noodles! Come on, guys! These characters would not even try this shit.

But I digress.

Not to be outdone, Chiaotzu invented a technique where he blows himself up and dies ineffectually.

Tenshinhan never let him fight another person again for the rest of his life. This cost him fighting privileges. Straight up left him with the non-combatants during the Android arc. You are done, Chiaotzu.

Look, just because their shit is weird doesn't mean it's all good.

Of course, we can't talk about Ten without talking about the Big Gun. His ultimate technique. The thing he's known for better than anything else, especially by people who never watched or read the material prior to Raditz.

The Kikoho/Tri-Beam is not a Tsuru-senryu technique or a Kame-senryu technique. It's not even a Tenshinhan original. It's a forbidden technique known to both schools but, at least in the Muten-Roshi's opinion, inappropriate to ever pass on. Tenshinhan's going to use it to win at recreational sports.

And people complain about Korra entering the Avatar State to win a race. If Goku broke out the Genki-Dama/Spirit Bomb to punch Krillin out of the ring, Kaio would have his ass for that....

The Kikoho is, so far as we know, the most powerful individual technique in Dragon Ball in terms of the gulf between the wielder's power and the destructive force output by their technique. It punches far above Ten's weight class. Whether that means:

Managing to fuck up Nappa pretty bad.

Holding back Semi-Perfect Cell.

Or even dissipating a shot from Super Buutenks, the Kikoho is in a league of power far beyond anything Tenshinhan would be capable of himself. This technique lends Ten the ability to show up and be occasionally useful even after the power scales leave him far behind.

At least, for a short time.

Sorry, man. You cannot fight at this level. But at least you got that killer shot in.

Tenshinhan and Chiaotzu are wild cards. Not as characters, mind you, but as martial artists. Their greatest strength is their unpredictability. You never know what they're going to pull out of their pocket next, which for a time made Ten in particular into a fun and engaging rival for the ever-analytical Son Goku.

[kookoofufu]

(this is allmightskitten, tumblr is a bitch and won't let me send asks with this blog so i have to do it this way 👎👎) Your LIST,??? PLEASE I'M SO EXCITED !!! it's so difficult to choose one to ask a snippet of, I'm highly intrigued by all of them but if I HAD to choose– either of the dofcora ones or the doftsuru brainwashing one, perhaps?👀👀

I'll give you both! First is the dofutsuru brainwashing fic, rated G, in which Tsuru is ordered to use her devil fruit powers to "cleanse" Doffy's soul, thus turning him "good" so the Marines can use him for their own purposes (and make sure Doffy can never reveal the secrets of the Celestial Dragons). I've had this as a WIP forever, it has more of a serious and somber tone, exploring whether good actions matter if they’re not freely chosen. Tsuru struggles with missing Doflamingo as he was, a monster, when he is now objectively a better person.

Onto the porn! dofcora kisssinggggg is directly inspired by several pieces by Reesh my absolute favorite dofcora artist and general One Piece artist. The brothers get together but Doflamingo refuses to call Rosinante by his name, only calling him Corazon, which breaks Rosi's heart. They want different things: Rosi wants Doffy to love him the same way he loves Doffy, wants to connect with him on a human level, while Doffy wants to own Rosi, wants Rosi to need him (while keeping himself at a distance), because that's the only way he can comprehend love.

Fun fact, I got a lot of inspiration from this 2004 James Bond/Alec Trevelyan fic "Paradise Is Almost Within My Grasp," which I reference earlier in the fic :P