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Jakurai Jinguji from Hypnosis Mic is a she/her gay!

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Well, it sure didn’t take long to find myself drawing these two again, huh? These matching icons were commissioned by @lynnnngie during the Valentine’s Day sale! I’m very very happy with how nice these turned out ☺️☺️ —

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too much cute, ilove~~ (cre if use,tks)

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jakurai anon 💖

i always wondered if the ramuda 109 hair colors were deliberate in canon since he was quite literally designed to be the shibuya guy.... so I don't know about sasara but oh I see the vision!!!! very good eye there!!!!!!!

I love the idea that Ramu is designed to be a love letter to Shibuya’s culture and everything in it !! It’s such a cute concept 😩😩😩

Fling Posse (at least from what I understand) is also the only division to have a callback to their division in their logo too- with the little dog being a reference to Hachiko.

Again, most of the character designs have to do more with their character personalities and development but I like how Ramuda especially envelops his city of origin </3

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Boueibu Rewatch

Thursday's for the Boys! 8

Season 2 - Episodes 10-12

CW: I dont like s2 very much and talk about it pretty openly, please don't read if that's a bummer for you

Episode 10

THE HOME STRETCH YALL

tawarayama being piloted by womsan is me after work

maybe ive been watching too much of game grumps playing danganronpa but why does binan land immediately make me think of the theme park in danganronpa 2

deadpan, without looking up, my gf about yumoto: 'why is he screaming'

i just realized how strange it is they made the choice to make it a cloudy day - like its so normal for anime to automatically go 'oh theme park ep? its sunny!' but...its cloudy! im reading too much into this!

i dont hate the 3d shockingly but in this era 3d usually meant they were running out of time to animate haha

YEAH YUMOTO BACKSTORY NEEDS DRAMA TO BE EFFECTIVE hmmm i wonder what they couldve been forshadowing

probably the most nothing monster in the whole show

omg its seitokai <3

at least they know theres a ton of exposition lmao

p sure the crab guy is jakurai?

NANDATTE moment, iconic

En said yeah yall can talk to my lawyer

ok. gora sleeping beauty moment does slap i must say

Episode 11

oh boyyy more backstory

good to know theres deadbeat dads and bullies in space

i do LOVE the twins kinkshaming eachother lmao

aaaaAAA the student coucil music makes everything ok <3

ok kinshiro's bed placement has such terrible feng shui

oh boy weirdly sexual dadacha torture time!

this episode is wild actually

dadacha omorashi fanfic when oh wait its canon

the composition of a lot of these shots is so fascinating, they were definitely running out of time to animate...boys are all standing so close together. and some things look really good! im wondering if they got help from another studio or animator or smthn

god i keep remembering the plot as it happens.....

i must say im proud of them for not using any 3d for the idol moments, that wouldve been a huge bummer

ah yes classic dead boueibu

seitokai!!!! yay!!!!!

the show immediately gets better when they show up

KINCHAN LEGGGGG

AKOYA PRETTY HAIRRR

aaaand the ep is over

Episode 12

hhhhhh one more;;;; i can do it;;;;

kinchan i miss you no 3 meters disagrees

"the seitokai doesnt sing" just say we couldnt pay hiroshi kamiya enough for him to sing again this season

oh wait;;;; they did use a bit of 3d :,)

imagine if HK spent this much time on kyoata backstory T_T

i am sitting with the seitokai watching all of this passively rn

ok vepper calling them Bimbos is very good

LOVERS QUARREL

aaaa kinchan so cute, hes all red

'have you ever been part of a show where the writing sucks' a little too self-aware there

i dont even know what theyre fighting about at this point

kinchan thanks for the help with understanding whats happening

akoya wouldve loved having those wings :(

i made it;;;;; i made it to the end;;;;;

the good news is i never have to watch s2 again!

in all seriousness, i know boueibu is supposed to not be taken seriously, so my expectations of s2 are impossibly high. i am glad there are those that get enjoyment from s2 ^_^

OVA next week! then HK time! Ata's beautiful face! in 2 weeks!!! yippee!!!

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no one asked but here r my opinions on the new outfits since mayhaps they are the new Official Outfits??

ichiro - an improvement. i like that it's very true to his og outfit and i think it looks better with just red (rather than the red + blue), plus that weird white undershirt that i always hated is gone <3

jiro - BB YOU LOOK SOOO GOOD it's a p small change but i like it, i like the hoodie more than his prev jacket and i love that they kept his stupid nonfunctional flannel <3 but most importantly the HAIR AHHHH im OBSESSED WITH PONYTAIL JIRO. the only small thing i dislike is the lack of hat </3 rip jiros hat (2017-2023) you will always be remembered

saburo - i liked his overcoat from his prev outfit so this fit is a bit of a downgrade for me :[[ he still looks good though and v true to his character so i dont mind too much

samatoki - oh thank fucking god, an outfit worthy of his hotness. ive been mourning tdd samatoki ever since i knew of him and this blue leather jacket is SUCH a good look, and we didnt even have to sacrifice his tits out shirt. it's perfect

jyuto - good!! he looks hot as he should. the red gloves were iconic and will be missed but overall i think i like his new outfit better, it's a little less stuffy looking

rio - an upgrade bc he looks somewhat more like an integrated member of society and less like a permanent navy seal. i like that he got to keep his camo but also wear some normal-ish clothes

ramuda - this seems...p much the same except the jacket changed and he has a hat now? i think its a hat? i dont like the hat. the jacket looks good and i understand why its yellow but... i miss the turquoise... the turquoise and pink was iconic... :[ overall not bad but miss the old 'fit for sure

gentaro - idk i dont look at gentaro enough to know what exactly changed but he looks fancier. i guess he looks better? idk and idrc sorry

dice - SOOOO GOOD. like took all the essence of his og design but makes him look less homeless bc what was that trench coat. he looks so stylish im obsessed

jakurai - idrc about him but i think this outfit is def an improvement bc theres a bit more flair beyond just 'i am a doctor'

hifumi - i like it! white is a good colour on him

doppo - i think its an upgrade!! he looks a bit more loose and comfortable which i think is like...symbolic maybe. and he just looks better. good for him.

sasara - FUCK THIS WHERE IS HIS HOUNDSTOOTH. IT WAS ICONIC???? give him his full suit back cowards. also the bowtie is not giving. im sorry i just do not like this outfit. only good part is that he matches w rosho (they r in love)

rosho - again. i do not like this pattern. his old pattern was better. also he managed to look nerdy but still hot in his old fit now he kinda leans too much into nerdiness??? idk i just do not like it 😭

rei - i mean...it's okay but he looks so. neutralized. like he got an office job or smth. where's the dramatic fur coat and gold accessories and white pants and the red shirt and-- it's an ok outfit but as an official outfit i feel this is definitely a downgrade

kuko - i really like his new outfit, i LOVE the hoodie thing? i like how it keeps his casual yet buddhist look. his og outfit is also rly good tho and a bit more colourful so...idk, im torn on which i like better

jyushi - it is ... ok. it's pretty similar to his og outfit but i feel the execution is just...slightly worse. i prefer the original :[

hitoya - good! keeps the essence of his character, i mean i feel like it's p much the same except slightly diff jacket and he's draping it over his shoulders now lol. which is definitely a look and further increases his sex appeal-- imo--

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★ Hypnosis Microphone ★

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rambling about the tdd manga because i can lol:

the entire thing sure did reinforce how convoluted chuuoku’s schemes are lol all that just to test run and create the drbs bruh 😭😭😭

the line at the end where ichijiku and otome are discussing how much more poignant the battles are because they brought them together and then forced them to fight is all sorts of fcked up y’all 😭😭😭😭😭😭

anyway from the beginning lol the mic otome uses is a different mic from even just the next chapter, i wonder if it’s just an non-finalized design or an early iteration of the mic???? like rio has a prototype mic and this is not that lmao. aaaaah but rio’s might be military grade prototype and otome has the version rei presumably finalised on his own???? a different version altogether???? hmmm 🤔

nemu is 16 in that first chapter and ichiro is 17 which would mean all the territory disputes, fixes, and mozuku’s plot to usurp mcd took place in a week lol hypmic’s timeline is SHAKY

(the official timeline helps this a little actually lol)

(maybe)

kuukou, swinging red flags from the beginning making fun of ichiro’s mom lol, also fcked around making fun of samatoki’s dead father and found tf out lmao

kuukou is an entire menace in the tdd manga i see why i had a hard time telling myself not to like him when he first showed up lmao

that theory kuukou might have some sort of brain damage wound up slightly reinforced when kuukou remembered sasara reused an old joke when he seemed to have forgotten that sasara is not funny by the time they reunited lmao he has a great memory in the tdd manga

(that joke sasara reused was only in samatoki’s presence too so kuukou also broke some sort of dimensional wall lmao)

speaking of sasara!!!!!!

ikeBOOBkuro????? really????? and then he had that dumbshit d🍆ck joke he made in dod the clowns DO NOT have rights!!!!!!!!!!

lol tho every time i read these early chapters with sasara, aramaki-san’s track 3 sasara always comes to mind lol like mcd sasara was intimidating actually that’s exactly why track 3 sasara is like that 😭😭😭😭😭😭

hmmmm are the special forces or whatever that tried to hijack the hospital jakurai worked at the same as rio’s special forces???? i’ll have to keep that in mind reading bbmtc manga lol

I STILL BELIEVE JAKURAIS WAVE TECHNIQUE WAS THE VERY FIRST ITERATION OF THE HYPNOSIS MIC TECH

still a little pissed mcd vs nb was the first drb in structure and symbolism (forced conflict created by a higher ruling power used to gain/reinforce power by said higher power and wound up entertaining the masses) and yet sasara and kuukou were booted out of the narrative like that

there was a moment where i Almost Almost considered that ramuda had started to consider bringing sasara and kuukou into his plans in chapter 11 based on how pissed he looked after ichijiku told him they brainwashed them. it’s more likely that ramuda’s mad another ‘him’ died more than anything but it’s nice to consider lol

the terrorist scene where nemu and the baby yamada bros got kidnapped is still insane btw

iconic samajuto first(?) meeting lol lemme just handcuff myself to this man who is already listening to me said juto lmao

NEMUS NERVES OF STEEL FR AN OLD MAN THREATENS BODILY HARM TO HER BUT LITERALLY NOBODY IS SCARIER TO HER THAN HER FATHER SO SHE NEVER FLINCHED

JIROS FIRST BETRAYAL ITS NO WONDER HE STARTED ADOPTING SOME OF ICHIROS SELF PRESERVATION LESSONS

THE FACT SABURO BLOCKED NEMU OUT FROM HIS MEMORY SO LIKELY THIS ENTIRE KIDNAPPING????? PLS PROTECT THE CHILDREN HE HAS PTSD YALL AT 11

and what was UP with that orphanage director in the first place???? who do you choose: money grubbing, child labour exploiting for hoes orphanage director or murderous, gets off on torture and sells children for their superiority complex orphanage director

like WTF????

(also: that extra bb tdd chapter is fcked up too you know mozuku only told ichiro about that first director wasting funds because he wanted to replace him with his associate 🤬)

the face nemu makes when samatoki starts kicking her kidnappers while they’re down help 😭😭😭😭😭😭

in the final tdd bonus, they adapted jakurai’s story he told to dohifu during their championship celebration and used that story to show jakurai had already been slowly awakening his ability. so i think it’s incredible smic didn’t suffer from hearing loss after slamming sticks into their eardrums lol maybe that’s where sensei’s ability started forming

kuukou in chapter 9: man check out all these cute girls!!!! 😁

kuukou in the nb drama track: why tf would you pay to talk to women????

(very unrelated instances lol but hilarious out of context tho)

kuukou and sasara going home in the same direction gave them time to talk and get to know each other and i wanna know what their conversations were about soooooo bad bro 😭😭😭😭

mcd/nb break up Did Not Happen I Do Not See It 😑

that moment where samatoki tells nemu ichiro’s kindness is his weakness because he saw ichiro’s breakdown over kuukou leaving him is— it’s kinda— 😭😭😭😭😭😭

yotsutsuji is an unsung mvp in this manga lol look at all the legwork he put in managing territories and finding intel

tdd was the group ramuda made and it was the group he made for himself but it was never his in the first place 😕

but if yotsutsuji never found out ramuda’s secret, or here; if yotsutsuji didn’t manage to send jakurai an email about it, idk if rmjk would have separated???? like what was the plan for jakurai??? ramuda said jakurai was his nirvana so i guess until chuuoku forced it, kp likely would have stayed together huh?? 🤔

ramuda: chuuoku kidnapped your brothers ichiro!!!!!

ichiro: AGAIN?????

me: damn took the words right out of my mouth lmao

samatoki’s beef with ichiro came from the lies they had nemu tell samatoki but like,,,,,,,,,,,, i kinda wanna know how the damage would have shaped if nemu hadn’t been brainwashed and went on her own will,,,,,,,,,,,

like ichiro admitted he likely would have done the same thing as samatoki but that hurt and betrayal at that moment……..????? well ig it’d go the same way in the end lol

chapter 9 had a conversation with rei and otome where rei praises her son for having balls lol so dice was on the run by 18 and making a name for himself lol i need to keep that in mind for a certain few chapters in both fpmtr runs

i thought it was interesting the battle that brought japan under tdd took place in osaka lol

also came out of this experience wondering once again when did ichiro get his hypnosis ability lol like ramuda already had his jakurai’s developed throughout the story, as did samatoki’s on the dl, but ichiro????

also came out of this very concerned for what this story has in store for nemu again lol like the way rhyme anima put focus on what she could possibly do as well as the end of this manga having otome and ichijiku musing her ability and skill might rival ichijiku’s 🤔

ooooooh and that kp bonus chapter!!!!!! ramuda had jakurai suffering under that waterfall lol like he was about to contract hypothermia after a little bit and ramuda ‘reasons’ it’s good training for taking hits without being knocked out SO YOU KNOW WHO REGULARLY TRAINS UNDER WATERFALLS FOR HOURS AT A TIME WITH A FOCUS BASED ABILITY HARAI KUUKOU—

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Another one of them is you narrating your Leo coded friend(?) adventures backpacking through Europe because that made me anxious and it was a third degree knowledge type of thing and they had to get to a place before a certain time because it was their birthday??? I think??? And they also lost the bus or a train one time and that's why they had to resort to hitching a ride with some randoes??? That's like all over the place because you kept saying different things as they traveled so I only remember bits and pieces but it left... An impression....

There's also the fact that I have a clear distinct memory of you regularly talking and/or posting about hypmic or at least seeing you in the asks of a hypmic blog with a jakurai icon (I think it was jakurai but actually it could have been Yuki as well) but still with the same url as now and at this point I no longer know if it's a made up memory or not...

It mustve been a yuki pfp, i dont think i ever had a jakurai one. But i also dont remember talking to many ppl about hypmic...hmm. im curious when that couldve been.

As for my friend...ok here's the story as i remember it. She was supposed to fly from spain to belgium and attend a week of some socialist youth meeting camp in a forest with ppl she had met in highschool during an exchange semester. She had been partying the days leading up to the flight (i remember the day before the flight she showed me the cut she got from climbing some? Barbed wire? To tresspass to a rave? And in that same night she also fell asleep in a field?) Anyway she missed the flight, bought another one, but then didnt have enough money to buy one back. She didnt want to borrow money or, like, tell family that she messed up, so she lied to them that she has enough money for a bus instead, when in reality she started hitchiking (it was also tricky cuz she needed to still buy food and stuff, and she really was pretty much broke).

I was at pride when she called me to say she set off on this journey and then for the next 2-3 days id get updates whenever she caught wifi. I dont remember every single connection but highlights include: the french family who asked if she could stay with them as a nanny. The brazilian guy who invited her to a party in luxembourg (and she went). The police picked her up at some point and brought her to a gas station or truck stop. Some other cars inbetween where nothing crazy happened. And finally in the last day, a truck that was going from france to barcelona, which was where she was supposed to return to. Because, yes, she had a birthday party to attend. Her own (combined with another roommate's, but still. I did not know whether she'd make it to 21 at the rate in which things were going). I love her so much and im glad it all worked out... she's the one with the cat named messi, if you're keeping track of my friends' cats. Messi's an icon, im sure you know him

[slugtranslation-hypmic]

And part 2!

Kuukou is the one main cast member who is undeniably a devout Buddhist. We see him following acetic practices, reciting sutras, quoting (often fake) Buddhist texts, and praying to the Buddha. Hmm...praying? Don't some forms of Buddhism discourage treating the Buddha as a deity? And the kind of harsh, acetic training he endures isn't universally practiced, right? Plus, he talks about reaching paradise or multiple forms of Buddhist hell...not to mention Buddhist deities/mythological or religious figures like Yama and the nagas. Which some forms of Buddhism reject altogether! Again, there are many different types of Buddhism in Japan, and Kuukou appears to practice...all of them. I doubt this decision was made to reflect a particular aspect of Kuukou's character so much as to avoid any stickiness in regard to real life controversial topics. (Hypmic is pretty keen to avoid IRL political issues, hence its aversion to pursing LGBT topics, avoidance of most serious discussions of gender, and jokey portrayal of Dice's homelessness and gambling addiction.) A syncretic mix of Buddhism prevents accusations of favoritism or misrepresentation. Plus, it also allows Buddhist readers of all types to identify with the character!

But you asked about Christianity and Jakurai in particular. Does Christianity exist in Hypmic and Japanese media in particular? There certainly is a non-insignificant number of Christians in Japan, but it's generally considered a minority religion. The Christian God, Jesus, and other major parts of the religion are common knowledge via Western domination of international culture and thought, but Christianity is often assumed to be a "Western" and therefore "foreign" religion by non-Christian writers. Hypmic characters would be aware of Christianity but are unlikely to follow it.

They might, however, consider it a cool aesthetic. Enter Juushi! In the vkei world and other youth subcultures, Christian symbols abound. One of vkei's main inspirations is the British gothic aesthetic, and Western religious or mythological icons. Juushi drops a ton of Western ideas and images (Cerberus, Arcadia, random French, Shakespeare references--just off the top of my head) in his speech and raps, and I wouldn't be surprised if Christian icons start showing up at some point too. There's nothing reverent about it; it just slaps. Iyogi, Juushi's middle school bully, wears a chain of crosses but is almost certainly not Christian. He just thinks they're metal as hell.

Therefore, Jakurai isn't Christian either. He's definitely "godlike" but not in the Christian sense of the term. In Japanese, it's common to refer to someone very good as "kami" or "god." This technically refers to the Shinto kami, but I don't think it's any more connected to religion in casual speech than someone saying "oh my god" in English. Shinto kami are also not the same as the Abrahamic God. While there are powerful, creator kami, most kami are simply viewed as otherworldly or slightly more powerful than humans. You might think of existence as a spectrum of talent or ability, with humans at one end and kami as the next stage onward in the spectrum. If Jakurai is compared to a "kami," it doesn't mean he thinks of himself as a creator, judge, or ruler of life. Nor is he completely almighty, as would be suggested by associating him with the God of Abrahamic religions. Instead, Jakurai is so very good at what he does that he's transcended humanity. This, in turn, makes him difficult to approach or empathize with on a human level--which is Hitoya's core struggle with him. (There's a bit at the end of their DRB match where Hitoya says "You seem so human now" and I struggled w/ that in the summary. Because that's what this refers to--you don't seem so removed. You seem like you're on my level. You normally do everything so well I never see evidence of your struggling, but now I can see that you're just like me, and I can empathize with you.) Incidentally, the shining light around Jakurai is indeed a motif of the divine, but it isn't the light of heaven. That is, it's not inherently benevolent. Light is a common motif in Japanese works for being very, very talented--again, like the Shinto kami. If you ever see works where translators keep being like, "This character is shining!" that's what they mean. This character is very, very good at whatever they're doing. If you see works where translators keep being like, "This character is dazzling!" then that's the exact same thing, but they just found a more natural way to phrase it. Ha ha ha.

Hi Slug!! I'm curious about some of the religious imagery in hypmic! Kuko is obvious and I think Doppo has talked about not believing in gods before but what's up with Jakurai? Is he meant to actually be Christian or is it just an aesthetic thing?

This ended up being so long Tumblr wouldn't let me put it all in one post. Hoo boy. Under a cut for length.

Usual disclaimer that I don't live in Japan, so I'm not talking about IRL Japan so much as Japanese media. Media isn't perfectly synonymous with real life and, of course, it's foolish to draw conclusions from the general (media and culture) and apply them to the specific (individual persons). With that being said, media is indicative of real life values and cultural concerns--for example, the American high school experience is a lot less interesting than in movies, but these movies reflect a romanticization of teenagehood so widespread in the US and areas with heavy US cultural influence that filmmakers take it for granted in their audiences--so I can talk about what assumptions inform the portrayal of religion in Hypmic.

As in a lot of Japanese media, religion is present but not explicitly mentioned outside of Kuukou. It's what I would call culturally religious as opposed to actively religious. Similar to how many works in the Anglosphere are steeped with Christian ideas and phrases even if the authors/works themselves aren't Christian (the Christian concept of sin, using "God" or variations as an interjection, etc.), many works written in Japanese are influenced by Shinto and Buddhist ideas. Some people in Japan are active worshipers of Shinto, Buddhism, or both, but many more have a somewhat relaxed approach. It's not uncommon for people to have a belief in a higher power, but the nature of this higher power isn't terribly well-defined. Many people will attend religious ceremonies for holidays or funerals but rarely pray to a higher power outside of moments of great stress. That is, being culturally religious. Traditions are fun and comforting, especially if they involve dressing up in fancy clothes, eating yummy food, and seeing friends and family. Even if you're not especially devout, it doesn't hurt to pray for a bit of luck before a big test, that your child will grow up healthy and strong, or that your recently departed ancestor will be at peace. For those in predominately Christian areas, you probably see plenty of this in your community--people who maybe go to church occasionally for companionship or holiday celebrations but aren't active worshipers. Or, perhaps, people who pray like, "Hey, if anyone's listening, can you lend me a hand?" Maybe you're even one of these people yourself. We can generally assume that most of the cast falls into this camp. Doppo and Hifumi go to a festival with a religious element--charms and rituals to bring good luck by appealing to Shinto deities--but I doubt either of them have a firm belief that these particular deities exist. They may think that there's some higher power...or not. But what's the harm in a good luck charm, right? And more importantly, it's fun to play games, eat, drink, and horse around with friends! But wait, does that mean these two are only Shinto or...Shinto-ish? Probably not. There's an expression that most Japanese people are "born Shinto, but die Buddhist." Shinto rituals tend to focus on matters of the living (although Shintoism has its own distinct funerary rites, sometimes combined with Buddhist rites), while non-devout Buddhists usually participate in Buddhist ceremonies only when loved ones die. We see Juushi and Hitoya with loved ones buried in Buddhist cemeteries, but it's safe to assume both observe Shinto holidays and customs in some fashion. We also see in the very beginning of TDD that Nemu and Samatoki have what appears to be a butsudan--a Buddhist altar--in their home dedicated to their deceased parents. "But wait," some might say, "I thought spirit worship isn't a part of Buddhism." That's true for some forms of Buddhism, but not all! Buddhism is enormously varied, and some of the (many, many!) forms of Buddhism practiced in Japan accept aspects of Shintoism. There's plenty of mixing, just as we see within individuals themselves. Again, the Hypmic characters may not fully believe that spirits exist. (Well, outside of Ramuda...) But it's a comforting thought that one's deceased family members are around in some form and can be a positive influence on one's life.

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