#guren ichinose: catastrophe at 16

[lightninggravity58]

Can I make a bold statement?

Shinya's childhood was much sadder than Guren's.

There, I said it.

For those of you who haven't read Catastrophe at Sixteen yet, you can stop here.😊

Shinya's childhood literally wants to make me cry.

He had an amazing life, good friends, he was top of his class and the best at everything, with loving parents. (Yes, they loved him. Just... not enough. His parents couldn't defy the Hiragis. They even asked them to take good care of little Shinya!)

Anyway, he was living a happy, child-like life that every kid should!

And then he was taken away. His parents had given him away for money. He never saw his family again. For all we know, he could even have a sibling that was born while he was away at the Hiragi school! We'll never know. HE'LL never know.

He was 5 years old.

A child.

Forced to study harder than an average child, forced to learn how to fight, how to use spellcraft, combat, fighting techniques, illusion spells, you name it. Pleasures of life? Gone.

And then he was thrown into a gladiator-style life at the age of 5.

He made friends.

He killed them.

Repeatedly.

Until he plastered a smile to his face and continued like that. He found that, if he smiled, everything was easier.

He was terrified.

For 5 years.

Kill or be killed.

And then, he survived but was thrown into a forced engagement. And Mahiru wanted absolutely nothing to do with him.

This adorable, blue-eyed child. And she was so love-struck by some other kid that she didn't even bat an eyelash in Shinya's direction.

And he had to endure her incessant gushing about Guren for years following.

All this time, Shinya had never met his adoptive father once. Nor did he have any mother figure.

Parentless.

Forced to be the best.

Living in a family where he was treated like a dog.

Guren had a loving father.

Guren had a good (ish) childhood.

Guren was loved by his entire clan.

His only problem was forbidden love. He wasn't strong enough.

Well, guess what. Neither was Shinya.

...

I love Shinya so much, and his story makes me wanna cry. He deserves so much, and he's just tossed into... ugh.

He needs more love in the main series.

That's my rant.

Bye! ♡♡♡

[crispychickenwings]

I might aswell die istg

[black-sapphire57]

I had to!😂

[gureshinweek24]

Hello Gureshin fans, it's time to start getting ready for the best time of the year :)

Gureshin Week 2024 dates and prompts have been decided! It's between November 17 and 23 so mark your calendars✨

/you can check the pinned post for the rules/

[withoutzeuzey]

the comforting scene we needed that chapter :')

[schneereggen]

I'm late to the party... But the English translator seemingly also gave up at this point 😂

Husband...? Husband?! I mean, you could have chose partner or spouse. And we all know shinya is flirting. But HUSBAND?!?!

[mymoonlighthouse]

Mikayuu & Gureshin matching icons

- like or reblog if you save

[highway-road23]

This is Admin talking

You can't be serious.

Guys, what we are reading now is A manga after years, what we had before it was NOT a manga, it was a fanfiction.

Sorry to inform you that this is how a manga is.

A manga is about ALL characters, shows their back stories, gives details and information and doesn't focus on only 2 characters for years😑

I think you read that fanfiction for so long that you forgot what an actual manga is and you simply just get used to that shit that now it backed to what it must be, you suddenly feel strange about it.

If takaya wants to put alllllll flashbacks in the light novels, then what would have been left for the manga? So many people don't even read Cat16 manga and novels which are the most important novels and then you want ALL vampires flashbacks on another light novels? You know if it would be like that we must seriously say bye bye to ONS anime new season forever???

Who would watch an anime that explains nothing about its characters and you must read them through a light novel? So many people in our fandom already don't even want to have a Cat16 anime which I insist to say it again that it is the MOST important light novels then did you think outsiders whom may only watch anime will accept to go read everything about vampires back story throughout light novels?

If we want to remove even this one from the manga then what would be left of it honestly?

Only M*kay* are you seriously after it? Then please check on AO3 and read fanfictions and let the manga BE a manga after all the bullshits it went through, you had M*kay* for years wasn't it enough???omfg🤦‍♀️

[mxvstpn]

— satosugu & gureshin parallels; pt. 7

pt. 1 / pt. 2 / pt. 3 / pt.4 / pt. 5 / pt. 6 / pt. 7

[nayruwu]

my god, mahiru. you can't just say that

[lightninggravity58]

Oh-

Spoilers ahead~

Well.

Heart shattered.

[cta-nagito]

[rialene]

Catastrophe at 16 - Light novel and manga colorings

About the fourth coloring, I found the panel which I extracted the line art from in DailyShinya on Twitter.

And, there's a reason I left a blue spark on each of Guren's eyes in the first one.

[sonchop]

Guren was crying collection

the fact that half of them are dead shinya flashbacks is kinda funny (heartbreaking tbh)

[withoutzeuzey]

[schneereggen]

Ok. I need more dominant Shinya NOW