#his relationship w shinobu is also very funny

[alcordraws]

Sometimes I will see giyuu referred to as a "stone cold badass" and I have to resist the urge to be like. Noooo he's just a little loser guy. That's a man who is so bad at socializing but wants to makes friends soooo badly. His best friend is his adopted little brother (who gently bullied his way into that position), and he very badly wants to tame (befriend) the feral bastard who stabbed his adopted little sister. I don't think he's ever understood a social cue in his life

[sunsetsmakemesad]

Anywayyy I'm gonna analyse something again and it's gonna be Shinobu cause I really really really love her. Some spoilers below.

So uf, Shinobu is probably one of the more complex characters, which makes her so fun!

I guess the first place I'm gonna go with this is her relationships with other people.

Some of the most relevant ones would be with: Giyuu, Kanae, Kanao, the rest of the butterfly girls, and maybe Tanjiro??

Her relationship w giyuu is rlly fun to see, he's super stoic and friendless and she relentlessly teases him for it.

I saw many people in the past say that she bullies him, which is simply...not true. And it's not like we see her "bullying" have any lasting effects on him, most of the time he says ppl do like him(false) though he's never outright hurt by her comments. (To the gacha community, no she would not make fun of his sister's death, and no she wouldn't burn his haori). Well most of the relationship is Shinobu's teasing and Giyuu's "😐" additude. But we do see that they both care for one another, and I think it's safe to assume they are at least friends. And my guess is that Giyuu WOULD participate in the teasing, it's just that he has the emotional capability of a rock. But at the end of the day, she keeps him at arms length and doesn't tell him about her plan.

We also have the Kochou sisters, whom I love dearly. Their dynamic before everything happened was so funny. In one of the fanbooks, it says "Although she doesn't admit it, she's a natural airhead" when talking about Shinobu. We can assume she was pretty straightforward, Kanae was always understanding and cheerful, and well, Kanao was SUPER quiet due to her trauma, but I imagine it's also just part of who she is. Quiet girl with a pretty vulgar inner language(headcanon). Altogether, they make a pretty funny trio, and we see that they are all very important to each other. I've never written fanfiction before, but I might someday write one just for them, living their lives with a lot of shenanigans.

Kanae obviously meant a lot to Shinobu, so much that she tried to impersonate her completely to fill the hole of her death. If you've read "One Winged Butterfly" you can see that she acts a lot more different now than her actual self. The actual Shinobu is stubborn, gets flustered at praise, and very loud.

She was a bit bratty too, but she's older now so maybe she grew out of it. I've seen a lot of people saying that they like or dislike her personality, but if you're referring to her always-smiling self, then that's not her personality.

I think Shinobu is very strong, even if she's physically a little weak. She took up the responsibility of taking care of 5 young girls at the age of fourteen, and did a relatively good job. It takes a lot of energy to change who you are, at least on the surface, and even if that's not healthy at all, she was pretty strong-willed to do it till the end.

Not only that, she also came up with a whole new way to kill demons when she realised she could never cut of a demon's head.

In one panel she says "why are my hands so small?" And basically questions her strengths. I've seen people say she has an inferiority complex and honestly they're not too far off. She probably believed that Kanae was better than her in some way, but hey come on most younger siblings think like this (speaking as a younger sibling).

When it comes to impersonating her, she goes as far as to try to befriend demons(also partly because of her desire to understand Kanae's sympathy) though she always ends it quickly, since, at the bottom of her heart, she is still bitter and despises demons who took her family away.

Honestly something that's so intriguing about her is her outer elegance and inner rage. She almost always smiles, but you can often see her veins popping when she's losing her temper. Even when she fights, her movements are swift and light, like a butterfly. However, her sword is dipped in poison and cuts at demons with barely any mercy. (More symbolism wooo!)

Something I wanted to end this on is her relationship with other people. As I said with Giyuu, she keeps everyone at arms length, not letting them in. Even her own little sister, Kanao, barely gets to see Shinobu's true self shine through. She plasters a smile on her face and doesn't allow anyone to see beneath that. She never even told anyone of her suicide mission to kill Douma. Only near the fight did she tell Kanao. She sometimes gets too caught up in her grief for Kanae, trying to keep her alive through herself, that she forgets about the living people around her. Inosuke and Kanao after her death are the reminder of people who loved her, who she left an impact on.

I think thats about it?

You could also read "The Wasp's Nest" by Buriko on AO3. Really good fic focusing on her unnamed tsugokos.

[tendous-socks]

۞ surprise surprise pumpkin ۞

little one piece drabble i had as i’m watching the thriller bark arc.

i fucking love this arc and it might just be my favorite ( please make more perona content- please i’m begging you )

obviously not proof read - also low key bad since i’m writing this while watching so

hi just thinking about reader just vibing on thriller bark and never getting caught??

well actually - you threatened to salt them all if they didn’t leave you alone so you kind of have this relationship where they don’t bother you and you don’t bother them..

then again you also help lure ships to them it’s a win win i suppose

( technically an unofficial member of da team 😎)

( also- perona gave you some clothes cause she thought you were ugly and could’ve been cuter. she was right... also needed to get clothes that kumacy complemented. )

but then one day they hear about the straw hats being on the island and causing mayhem and you’re like “ i want to join them. i like their vibes “

and so you politely ask the spider-mice to hang you onto the ceiling. of course they didn’t fail to see the sparkle your pocket and obliged to your one of many strange requests. ( during the part of when franky and robin are running by to get to usopp and chopper )

and you’re just staring at them “ oi- moshi moshi “

( like shinobu from demon slayer )

and they just fucking s t a r e at you.

but like- what - who are you?? why are you up?? on ?? the ?? ceiling??

they don’t fucking know cause you had a dark brown cloak with orange trim and gold buttons with a matching witches hat- that also manage to get stuck ceiling with the webs. and their hat didn’t reveal much either so it was really any ones guess.

“ do you mind getting me down from here? i’m a little tangled up at the moment haha“

“ kinda in a sticky situation ya know, give a man a hand here haha “

( the puns did not amuse them )

that’s a lie - robin liked you already

it took a bit of convincing information giving for them to let you down, but it worked none the less.

tagging along with them, they seemed like a pretty lively bunch as more and more kept joining them.

though you didn’t join them when they went to their ship, feeling as if it wasn’t your place. so instead you decided to tell that mario guy that they’ve woken up 😀

didnt matter to you, you were bored as hell on that island, so what harm could a little entertainment do for the pumpkin witch?

of course they didn’t find your giggly antics funny as you quickly ran that creep hogback and the other uglies.

there was really no other place to go. bored, you waited inside the big gothic mansion busy blowing tiny sparkler pumpkins as you lounged around.

“ eh? when are they gonna get here? i’m borrrrred :( “

light bulb

“ oh! i have a pleasent idea! i’ll leave them a little surprise :D

‘ to robin and franky ♡ from y/n ۞ ‘ was what a small white card read as sanji picked up what was inside of explosive pumpkin. props to whoever gave the pumpkin little sparkler candles

you

though it didn’t help that they were now covered in pumpkin guts - and pretty sure that luffy was eating it while usopp and chopper were practically having a pumpkin-ball fight.

“ :D haha what. where are they. did they not get my directions? :D “

yeahhh luffy ate those before the rest could read what it said. next time don’t make them out of pumpkin

fortunately -you were able to meet the elusive straw hat captain as were waiting in the hallway that lead to moria.

you call it stalking, i call it intuition

as you would at any other time- you were lounging around on your ‘ giant jack ‘ as you causally went back to blowing up tiny pumpkin soldiers with pumpkin bombs

“ ohh more pumpkins ! just what i need before my big fight ! “

oh lo lo ?

“ huhhh are you that straw hat luffy that everyone’s been talking about“

“ yeah i am-are you the person who made that giant exploding pumpkin in the stairway!? “

“ yes i am! i hope you enjoyed my present! :) “

“ i sure did! it was very tasty-“

“ HEY STOP EATING MY PUMPKIN SOLIDERS “

okay maybe you didn’t want to join them anymore-

“ you should totally join my crew!! “

D:

:D

“ ohhhh really?? that sounds fun! “

casuall puts away bag of jewels you were planning to brib them with

but before he could celebrate the joining of a new crew mate- you held up a quick finger.

“you see... i’m in a stinky situation here lies the only way for me to truly- fully join your crew is if can deafeat mister moria-sama lies as you see i’m in a contract of sorts with him.. which means that i technically work under him, if you’re catching my drift “ -more lies

“ hey- you want to fight is what you’re saying “

“ you catch on quickly cap’n “

a smirk could be felt rising on your face as you both got in your battle stances, him saying something about you joining or whatever - not sure as you were already throwing pumpkin bombs at him as your soldiers snuck up on him.

he was already throwing his signature gatling at your bombs.

“ but alas, i am not in a fighting mood so i guess you’ll just have to beat mister moria-sama.. good luck captain er- future captain i suppose “

and with that he fell into the mouth of your ‘ giant jack’s ‘ mouth as it began to turn- gaining speed with each rotation before finally its unclamping his teeth and spitting him out towards the exit of the tunnel to where the red giant was previously.

“ you think he’s going to beat mister moria-sama y/n-chan? not even you can beat him at your current strength “

“ oh quiet odie, i’m sure hat he’s going to win. and besides- if i truly desired it- i could put more than a few bangs onto mister moria-sama... but where would the fun of a dead warlord be ? hmmmm odie-kun? “

“ HOW DARE YOU SPEK ABOUT MORIA- SAMA THAT W- cindry-chan why are you standing in front of me again “

* help i couldn’t get this scenario out of my head for the whole of my volleyball practice hhhh

side note ; why do i find moria odly attractive... 😀

[lemongogo]

idk putting aside goutouge's horrible additions to obanai (which i disregard bc as you said, his character in the manga showed zero signs of hating women) i feel like obamitsu were very sweet and had a lot of potential if only they'd been developed properly

i agree !! it makes me wonder how kny would’ve panned out had gotouge been able to take a hiatus & come back when they were ready to continue the story in good health. like obamitsu isnt bad w whats given (i think its pretty sweet, too. especially their last moments together !!), but i definitely agree that w the help of more writing & space to interact, it wouldve functioned better in the end. i think part of that is also fault to obanai and mitsuri having so little story time of their own, let alone together. i remember thinking obanai would die w/o ever having a backstory AHAHAH im glad that was eventually resolved though

i hope that if gotouge Does plan to make a gaiden for each of the pillars (idk if that mitsuri&shinobu pic is smth in the works or just a volume extra (?) ), that maybe their relationship could be further explored that way. 

its funny bc i never hated obanai b4 , but i never though much abt him until it became evident that him & mitsuri were endgame AHAHAH her power <3

[darlingthebaka]

Fandom Favorite

Rules: Choose any three favourite fandoms(in random order) and answer the questions. Then tag some friends.

Tagged by both @artistefish​ and @danaty-consolation​

Thank you both for tagging me! Now let’s begin cause hooo boy!

My favs: Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Rinne

The first character I loved:-

1. LUM! She was crazy at first, yeah, but that’s what I liked about her! Plus her shenanigans with Ataru and Shinobu in the beginning were just too funny. But omggg when her personality changed I was like YES! She’s so pure and cute, but she still can act like her old self sometimes, which is fine by me OHO.

2.RANMA SAOTOME. LIKE??? WHEN HE WALKED IN THE ROOM I JUST KNEW HE WAS GONNA BE MY FAVE.  He is just a pure cinnamon roll. Ok sometimes he can be a jerk, but I love him ok? I felt so bad for him when Akane cancelled their friendship in the first chapter/episode after she found out about his curse. Like HOW DARE??? Also, I like how awkward and shy he can get despite being this great martial artist! He’s so cute like ahhhhh! Honestly, I just love his heart of gold and his willingness to help anyone in need. ALSO CAT RANMA IS A CUTIE!!!

3. RINNE! There was just something about this mysterious red-haired boy that made me like him the most in the first chapter/episode of the series. I know! HE’S SO CHILL!!! Yeah, unlike his predecessors, Rinne is so damn chill in the beginning. Plus he respects Sakura the moment he meets her like asdfghjkl!

The characters I never expected to love so much:-

1. ATARU MOROBOSHI- *cRACKS KNUCKLES* I hated this goof ball so much in the beginning, but after episode 44, HO-HO- HOLY SHIT NEW FAVE. I mean Ataru was growing on me after the famous Christmas eve episode and the Imo-chan episode, but episode 44 just changed my entire perspective of him! It showed me a side to him that was compassionate and can very well be hurt. Not gonna lie, the first time I watched that episode I was crying with Ataru when he was on the ground crying cause omg???? NO DON’T YOU CRY! You’re supposed to be the COMEDIC RELIEFFFF.  Before I knew it I was calling him my son lol. Anyone who has followed me for at least a year can tell that I love this idiot so much.

2. AKANE! She honestly frustrated me so much in the beginning. How dare you cancel a friendship with Ranma because he’s not a girl asdfg-. But after a couple of episodes/chapters I began to warm up to her. Especially once she got over her “I hate men” complex. She’s so sweet and kind, but will beat the crap out of anyone who messes with her!  My bad ass martial arts girl!

3. SABATO- Frick. HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR SON!?  Yeah, he’s an ass, but HOLY HELL HE’S HILARIOUS! I couldn’t help but love him. Everytime he returns I get so happy...and then I feel bad cause that means Rinne is about to suffer ;w;

The character I relate to the most:-

1. Hmmmmmm. Ataru? IM NOT A PERVERT THO! I have the worse luck sometimes, plus I take things for granted just like him. I also relate to the fact that I’m really lonely when I’m not around the people I love. Although in Ataru’s case it’s just one person.(Lum e.e) On the plus side, I can be funny and have sarcastic humor. I am also low-key intelligent. The only thing I wish I had in common was not die if I was struck by lightning. Ataru you lucky bastard.

2. RYOGA- I have A HORRIBLE SENSE OF DIRECTION! And also I can get lonely too as stated before.

3. Rinne- I’m poor and whenever I get money it just goes away so quickly so VERY RELATABLE CHARACTER.

A character I liked at first but not so much anymore:-

1. NO ONE lol

2. Shampoo- Cause at first she reminded me of Lum then it got to the point where I just found her kind of annoying??? I like her more in the anime tho.

3. Everyone in Rinne makes me laugh so once again no one.

A character I did not like at first but they have grown on you (By a lot)

1. Mendou- RICH KID WHO THINKS HE’S BETTER THAN EVERYONE is actually just rich Ataru. I hated him because he was just soooo annoying. He also tried to kill Ataru in the beginning. I didn’t like Ataru during Mendou’s introduction, BUT YOU CAN’T KILL HIM MENDOU! I began to like Mendou more  because throughout the series you can actually see that he starts to care more about the people around him, INCLUDING ATARU fite meeee. He still can be a douche sometimes ofc.

2. Ouo No one...surprisingly.

3. Sakura- Ok so when I first got into Rinne I was one of the fans who hated how seemingly unemotional she was. Plus I low-key hated the fact that she wasn’t like her predecessors. But once I had gotten over that and the anime had kicked off she started growing on me. ESPECIALLY since now that I can hear her speak, I can see that she’s more chill than unemotional. Also her personality adds to the comedy of Rinne!

Three OTPS!:

1. Do I even- ok... ATARU X LUM! THE GROWTH BETWEEN THESE TWO STILL ASTOUNDS ME 5.YEARS. LATER AFTER COMPLETING THIS SERIES! Honestly, their relationship still has me shook to this day.  Like I could watch an early Ataru X Lum episode and then a latter one and it’s so obvious how much they have grown. Their relationship went from dysfunctional to a pure domestic relationship. Like I just get so happy cause in the latter half of the series Ataru and Lum can just chill together and be at ease with each other. Until Asshole Moroboshi flirts e.e That aside, I also like how when they have an argument you can actually see the hurt it causes them both. Especially Ataru since like before he met Lum I’m 99% sure he was a lonely kid. Sure he had Shinobu, but like she didn’t live with him. And if I had a mom who told me she wished I wasn’t born CONSTANTLY I’d be hella depressed. OK OK I’m done. OTP FOR LYFE! 

Shinobu/Inaba- THEY ARE SO CUTE TOGETHER! I’m low-key pissed that the flower arc from the manga didn’t get animated tho...It was so important ;w;

And finally in an au where Lum doesn’t exist or come to earth or something.... Ataru x Mendou ouo’’ Don’t kill me. Not gonna lie...artists on pixiv made me ship this...PLUS EPISODE 131 WAS HELLA GAY FITE ME. And then they were other moments in the series that made me think they’d be a good couple lol.

2. WITHOUT WORDS! YOUR HAND IN MINE’S ENOUGH!! ;W;!! RanmaXAkane! Ahhhhh! These two are my babies! They have honestly been through so much together! Their relationship is hella better in the manga though. I cried during some arcs like holy shit.

Ryoga x Akari- cRIES! IM ON THIS ARC BUT i HAVENT READ IT BUT BASED ON SPOILERS...OTP. 

Don’t kill me pt2...

Ranma x Ryoga: So that fishing rod arc aha AHAHAHAHA. Plus the fan art on tumblr made me ship them even harder lol. 

3. Ghost hunters I MEAN RINSAKU! Honestly, my heart just flutters whenever Rinne acts all lovey dovey around Sakura. She honestly brings out the best in him. Rumiko....you better give them a happy ending like their predecessors e.e

Matsugo x Rinne: PLEASE, THEY ARE SO CUTE??? When I watched Matsugo’s introductory episode I was just making inhuman noises THE ENTIRE TIME. If Rinne hadn’t met Sakura these two would be hitting it off right after the reunion tbfh. I honestly wish there was more content for this ship???

Sabato x Money: :^) 

THANKS FOR TAGGING MEH. ouo’’ sorry if I got too excited with some of these. 

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