#hana rant

[emero0]

Ight im analyzing Bake no hana or “flower of transformation” cus its in my brain

Spoilers for mizu5 (obv but heres your warning)

(Lyrics from project sekai wiki)

This is mostly line distribution but feel free to add more

So the first lines are about mizuki (obviously)

Probably about people looking at them weirdly and how they’re used to it — and how they’re cute but its “wrong” its “a sin”

Also this is a music thing but enas lyric “its off” is off beat with the song as well

Then more about mizuki crumbling and breaking sown with their secret because it was revealed before they could reveal it themselves

Next, i find it interesting how every time this lime is sung its by kanade, mafuyu, or both (+kaito)

Which could be in reference to the fact that neither of them were there when everything went down

They also seem to take on more narrator roles like in the beginning

Following this, Ena sings this line every time as well — likely in reference to her not being able to say anything to mizuki and being unable to take back the look on her face when mizuki found her—a face that could be seen aa disgust or “ugly” - “makeup” because its not how ena truly feels

(Which btw—i believe was mainly in part to “oh shit i just found out the secret ive been patiently waiting for before i was told and now i feel awful” and not “oh my god mizuki is trans” or whatever your interpretation of that is considering THEY STILL HAVENT CONFIRMED ANYTHING—which is slightly frustrating but alas we can wait)

Next, either mizuki not wanting to go back because they are tired of running—or even (and im leaning towards this one) they cant go bavk to being a kid, to being “how they were”,

“Blossoming” into this flower, they cant go back and not be trans, theyve bloomed into who they are, even if its “off” and “a sin”

(Im trying not to push trans stuff (NOT /neg) and just look at it as it is but its really hard to see it another way for me /lh —a trans person)

Next, another song thing—when mizuki tells everyone to disappear—they do

No one else sings except kaito, and then when they sing “stay with me” they come back

Then they repeat lines with kaito which could mean something-but it may also just be adding kaito to make it different the second time around because music theory

Nearing the end—this may very well be 1: mizuki not knowing the future and mafuyu-ing into sekai

But it could also be a nod to the player—not knowing the future-and until they do mizuki not showing up in the “real world”

And finally—the curse of being born the way they are, they’ve had enough of running (away from their problems, their mistakes) and have essentially done the game equivalent of —well— disappearing

Overall i really want a full version and i think what we have so far is very interesting—i dont have jpsekai so im probably missing some stuff-but i have seen mizu5 so thats where most of this came from

(Will be avoiding most social media tho cus the arguments over this are—interesting… tumblrs been good so far tho ^^’)

[rotating-pebbles]

guys do we think we vilify ford too much

Look I KNOW the 2015 stan wars lore. I know the IMMENSE amount of ford hate that existed (and still exits somewhere) when not what he seems first aired. I know. i KNOW.

But with the modern fandom I feel like a lot of people make Ford a lot more crueler in fanart, fan fic, any type of fan work, specifically to try and avoid making him seem like a 100% good character.

I don't know if that makes sense, but i feel like so much of the modern fandom want to avoid the "trap" of worshipping a character that has done morally grey things, in this case Ford.

I'm not quite sure if my point makes sense here, but the over villification I've see in SOME fanworks (no disparaging!! They are still all so good don't stop) and I'm not talking about the evil ford aus, I'm talking about canon adjacent fan works that make ford more mean than he is. To the point where when I rewatch the actual series, I get whiplash from how silly canon ford actually is.

I have no examples and I actually don't think this ramble makes too much sense, but I just think a lot of the fandom over vilified ford to try and avoid making him seem over heroic.

Also I think a lot of people do this in fear of making twink ford. Which. Ok fair.

Fors is a flawed, sometimes morally grey character. He is led by paranoia and insecurity. But he isn't mean or cold or kid hating, (especially post weirdmagedon) he's just a lil autistic

Read the tags for extra stuff

[surreal-duck]

day has passed but anyways ygs should read.the most peak manga ever today 👊 for me

[arilynn170]

You know what makes me sad and upset about Ren

He lost his siblings, then get kidnapped by Strade and getting r worded, cut and hurt and treated like shit and he had to suffer from that asshole then Ren got Stockholm Syndrome, PTSD and trauma, even Strade teach him how to kill and torture a person and kidnapping someone he was only 19!?

After Strade died he kept those teaches in his head and he was about to drug Lawrence but if MC takes Lawrence's drink MC gets knocked out then taken to used to be Strade's house but now Ren's house, then Ren puts a shock collar and chain MC. Look i know there's different endings on the game but still and on the other endings he cried because he was he killed Strade which he didn't then he said he should've saved him and think Strade loved him that's a huge sign of Stockholm Syndrome it really upset me makes wanna cry because Strade doesn't love Ren he just loves hurting him

Than when Ren hit 47 years on TPOF he turned into a human trafficker selling MC to Derek, Celia or Mason but if you chose to pick Fox/Ren he would kill you and torture you more violently then the other characters ever did

This is why I feel awful and sad for Ren that's my rent...

It hurts my heart

[skipbeatlover]

Volume 1 ~ Chapter 5: The Emotion She Lacks

“Wanting to be loved seems hopeless the more you yearn for it.” The most heartfelt and relatable line in volume 1 of skip beat. There is nothing in this world I understand and relate to more than heartbreak. I’ve experienced every type of heartbreak a person could experience but much like Kyoko up to this current chapter, I’ve never experienced love being reciprocated. You spend so much time loving and caring for another person that you happen to lose yourself in the end. Love feels like such a basic human experience that everyone has felt at least once in their life and you for whatever reason can’t possibly experience what it feels like to be loved, no matter how bad you want to. So much so that the emotion that everyone has within them “love” turns into the exact opposite “hate”. Hatred for love, hatred for yourself for being incapable of being loved, and hatred for the people who get to experience it with ease. Yoshiki Nakamura did an excellent job at capturing this feeling and putting it into words. It almost makes you feel like Kyoko can speak, feel, and react to the thoughts you yourself can’t even express. I think this is the best panel in volume 1.

[hanafubukki]

It’s really the little things in life.

I was able to escape for a bit and bought some bread and ice cream from this Japanese store and it was such a nice breather and now I have comfort snacks too

I really needed it. 🥺

[mizu-amia-akiyama]

Bake no Hana [Ghost flower] English lyrics :]

[based from the translation on the PJSK wiki]

~

What is with those eyes?

Oh, now I recognize

What a displeasure to meet you

What is with those eyes?

C'mon, stop it!

It's the flavour of sin,

Nothing cute but it stings

Something's off, something's off, I'm crumbling

Something's off, almost out of my mind

I'm collapsing with my secret in my hands

I'm breaking down

I'm sorry

Without seeing it, you cant understand

The flowers bloom, but I know that this story will end

I can't say anything, but I can't erase this

No matter how ugly my makeup seems to you

Without seeing it, you can't understand

The flowers bloom, but I know that this story will end

I can't go back to being my old self again

What is with those eyes?

You say it's no surprise

Don't say anything else,

I need you to disappear!

Please just disappear, please just disappear

Please just disappear

Wait, don't leave me here!

Without seeing it, you can't understand

The flowers bloom, but I know that this story will end

I can't say anything, but I can't erase this

No matter how ugly my makeup seems to you

You won't understand this, not anytime soon

And then the flowers will disappear, I hope I do too

The curse of my existence is killing me slowly

So now I'll just stop breathing

I've had enough!

~

[chiisana-lion]

duality

[soureggs]

god

the money i would pay to have a realistic replica of ren henna's right hand. DONT TELL ME "oh lulu but ren hanna isnt real"

SHUT UP YOU WHORE

you dont think i know that ? do you think i would ever be such a simp for a irl man ? build an irl man up? the way i meat ride for a fictional character i would an actually man>? thats actively crazy of you to think that .

i NEED the portable realistic replica made with specific detailing and spects of what his canon hands would look like . even skin texture

are his cyclicals cut ? dose he have boney knuckles ? dose he have unspent and hand nails ? are his cuticles dry and chap ? how long are his finger's ? how about the spacing ? how small or big are his nail beds ?

ARE HIS LUMBRICAL MUSCLES NOTICBLE ? CAN I SEE THEM MOVING UNDER HIS SKIN

? vains....can you see the VAINS

I WANT THIS HANDS AND I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN WRAP MY HAND AROUND HIS SLUTTY WRIST ! DUDE dude i would go bankrupt with it

this isnt sexual btw , i KNOW it may seem like it is

its not this time i promise

if gatobob drew out , his canon hands up close with details

i would by that print so fast holyshit dawg

[hana-yori-dango-forever]

Unpopular opinion : I know it's 19 years already lol but Matsujun playing Tsukasa was just... Weird. (Finally saying this out loud 😆)

Physically he looks like tiny shrimp compared to the rest of the actors playing F4 guys whereas in the manga, Tsukasa's strength is constantly compared to a beast and that he's the tallest and strongest among his friends.

Even the rest of the official and unofficial Hana Yori Dango/Boys over flowers drama adaptations of several countries, the physical fitness of the actors matched with F4.

Though I have to admit Matsujun's acting was great but I'm sure there are good looking and *tall* actors in Japan that could have played Tsukasa's part great too.

[helenrourke]

And so it begins...

Let me start off by saying this arc is the reason I hate amnesia plots. Like it’s the ONE TROPE I absolutely despise.  You want to know why I started hating this trope.  This amnesia plot.  Now when I see media with it, it gives me the ick.  Seriously though I dislike Umi with passion.  I’m sorry but I do.

(Spoilers for the Game Lover Pretend below)

Now I’ve mentioned to a few of you over messages (you should totally message me; I love talking about fic and HYD in general). I like Otome Games.  Now you are probably like Helen, what does this have to do with Hana Yori Dango.  Let me tell you, Otome games like to use the Amnesia trope quite frequently and it’s almost caused me to rage quit.  It is also the reason why I only just played Amnesia, and its fan disks the past year.  Which let you tell you Toma’s route is wild.

So back to my discussion of the Amnesia Trope. There was this one game I played called Lover Pretend and let me tell you. I disliked Kazuma already, but when he woke up at the hospital and he forgot the main heroine, I lost it. That game is one of my least favorite games I've ever played. I also think it’s the reason I dislike modern days games now.

See what that plot has done to me. I can't even enjoy media with amnesia plots now. When I was dragged to go see the movie The Vow years back, I walked out of the movie pissed. Yes, I get it's a true story, but still I didn't enjoy the film and its ending. So, thank you Hana Yori Dango for writing a plot that I will never ever use in any literary work I’ll write because of how much I despise this arc.

[yourdicc]

"jjk female cast is the best, stop hating!"

i don't like nobara she's rude loud & annoying, I hate the way she treats yuuji *vine boom sfx* yuki's most pronounced character trait is asking what someone's type is *boom* miwa has blue hair but no pronouns *boom* shoko is constantly being overshadowed by gojo & geto *boom* utahime's personality is hating gojo, what's her relevance to the story? *boom* tsumiki is a human-shaped plot device *boom* mai is depicted as a weak sorcerer plus she's a hater for the sake of hating, she reminds me of misogynistic women *boom* riko is a plot device in human form also *boom* uro is basically ecchi fanservice *boom* momo has been as relevant to the story as a pair of socks *boom* I have no words for remi *boom* hana's whole motivation stems from being a simp for megumi *boom* yorozu's personality literally is being a sukuna simp *boom*

maki is the only female character that has achieved real character development

I like mei mei, she's strong, independent & evil, she keeps serving cunt & boss bitch realness. I am pretending ui ui doesn't exist. *several vine boom sfx in short succesion*

[folklore-girl]

lost my earphones lost my will to live

[spacexbug]

[arilynn170]

Im sorry for that post I made that post I sounded petty and stuff on that post, i have the worst jealous issues ever 😞 i just love him and he's my comfort character i shouldn't be jealous but I'm trying to fix it i go therapy, I been going to therapy after I got out of the mental hospital but anyway i have a bad stomach and that made my jealously come like that im sorry

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

Every time I think "there's just no way Webtoon can get worse, I can handle how annoying it is now" the company takes it as a fucking challenge. Like in what world does everything they've done make users want to stay??

Legitimately you could put a gun to my head and I could not tell you the difference between any of the series they keep screaming at users to read. It's either boring badass anime boy with a unique and suuuper powerful ability or generic anime girl in a fantastical world dealing with a taboo romance. Or it's Lore Olympus which is somehow both.

Like I went into the app just to count and immediately it opened up some random series preview and threw an ad for another series on top of it. And often when I'm in the app it'll just give me an ad while I'm reading.

Like without reading any of these, could you honestly tell me what the fuck the difference is between them. And fucking read the description for The Last Airbender Adventurer.

I mean do I even have to say it. Bro just copy-pasted it directly from GPT to the desc and not a single person stopped them.

This is sort of a deep cut but for any real ones who know Choices: Stories You Play, this looks fucking familiar doesn't it. I mean who cares about legitimate creativity and good stories your users WANT to interact with when you can have "The Nanny Affair 9".

Being constantly bombarded with ad after ad for these stories doesn't make anyone want to read them more, it just makes me want to uninstall the app and never think about it again. Which sucks! There is a lot of genuine creativity on here, and those are the stories that I want to read. The problem is that Webtoon has gotten so far into the Content Farm Mindset™ it's no longer worth trying to look for those. Like most of the series I'm reading are plot-based and when they end, I'm not looking for more. I'm throwing it all in the dumpster where it seemingly wants to be.