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There's many examples of the winged lion being manipulative and lying by omission or implying an untruth, but I particularly like this one. In chapter 75, it suggests that Marcille summon monsters to track down her friends, a strategy that takes several more chapters to reunite the group.
But in chapter 84 the winged lion just straight up appears to Laios through Kensuke and starts talking to him! It knew exactly how to get in touch with him!
In fact, Kensuke even takes action in chapter 76 to return to Laios when Kabru briefly takes the sword!
The winged lion was playing both angles. Keeping constant watch on Laios, its first pick, its favorite, making sure not to miss any chances to manipulate him. But at the same time cultivating Marcille as dungeon lord by isolating her, ominously reminding her that she's surrounded by enemies, making her feel cornered and afraid for her friends and encouraging her to keep making new monsters for self-defense. It's a clever strategy and the execution is sophisticated, but I think it's funny that the group spent multiple issues fooling around with walking mushrooms and giant skyfish trying to find each other just because this guy so shamelessly played dumb. Tee hee, I have nooooo idea where Laios could be :3c
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wait a minute, if resurrection is only possible in the dungeon, then how did they revive falin on the surface? or am i missing something?
i already went through your compiled post about resurrection btw, and i tried looking for any other canon mentions but im confused as to how they revived her outside of the dungeon đ i thought it was only possible within them
or could it be some sort of lingering effect since the dungeon expanded to the surface? (like how yaad in delgal's body didn't immediately die after getting out)
Anonymous asked: Did the Golden Kingdom ghosts pass on (or whatever) at some point? Or is Laios stuck with a haunted castle??
Answering these two together cause the answer is similar but yeah! It's the lingering effect because the dungeon "spilled out" into the surface
Since that was the case it was still possible to resurrect Falin, that's why they had to do it fast (besides the fact she was melting)
And same for he ghost they imply they'll "eventually" turn into dust along with Yaad and the rest of the golden kingdom citizens but we know it took at least some years before that happened from the kensuke monster tidbits so yeah, most likely he had a haunted kingdom or maybe the ghosts got to be free before the living ones? As far as I know we don't get info on that.
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Yan Kafka x F Reader.
Synopsis: Kafka is waiting for a supernova to appear.
Warnings: Yandere themes, implied future kidnapping, not SFW implications, and stalking.
Word Count: 1k.
Ten Songs Like This Piece:
Lust for a Vampyr by I Monster
Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie
Merry-Go-Round of Life - from âHowlâs Moving Castleâ by Joe Hisaishi
Stalkerâs Tango by Autoheart
The Four Seasons - Winter in F Minor, RV. 296: I. Allegro non molto by Antonio Vivaldi
BLOODMONEY by Poppy
Fight of the Crows by Jhariah
Bernadette by IAMX
Smells Blood by Kensuke Ushio
Enemies to Lovers by Joshua Kyan Aalampour
âShe's a Killer Queen; gunpowder, gelatin; dynamite with a laser beam; guaranteed to blow your mind (anytime).â â Queen, Killer Queen
*~*~*~*
âHey, I like them!â You huff, grasping the bouquet of spider lilies closer to your chest, making the paper wrinkle up. At your response, Aina crosses her arms and sighs, looking at the other flower arrangements sitting on the shelves behind you.
âThose are too expensive.â Aina rebuts. She points, and you turn around to follow it, and in turn frown.Â
Because of the low supply, the price of spider lily bouquets has increased to 700 credits per arrangement.
Kafka, pretending to look at the roses in the corner not facing the two of you, does not try to hide her smile and slight chuckle as you gasp at the signâs words. âCuteâŠâÂ
Once more, you exhale with a mix of frustration and disappointment, forcefully planting your foot on the ground. Gradually, your stance transforms into that of a despondent balloon losing its air.
Utterly adorable.
âWhy seven hundred? Flowers grow from the ground and they take hardly any effort to bundle up!â Aina puts her thumb and pointer finger on her temples, rubbing them like your question and exclamation just gave her the biggest headache in all of existence. She sighs.
You sigh too, grasping onto the spider lilies even harder.
âSpider lilies also represent bad luck.â She says, almost groaning.Â
Neither of you know if you can be reasonable enough to let Aina be your impulse control as she always has been. âThe red shade is really pretty and the tendrils are pretty too!â
âPlease put them back, it is a bad financial investment.â You shake your head. âPlease. [First]. [First], please. We still have to go and buy ingredients for dinner tonight. If it makes you feel better I can also help you bake dessert.â
Kafka already knows what you are going to make tonight. Pasta with bechamel sauce along with apple cake.Â
â[First], at least choose a less expensive bouquet. That way we can afford everything. Plus we maybe can get something else small that is not on our grocery list.â Aina tries her best to put on a more gentle smile. âPlease.â
Kafka moves to near the entrance of the food section of the store, waiting for this little trifle to be over with. She pretends to be looking at the meat aisle as that is the area closest to the flowers, ironically enough.Â
âSighâŠâ She purrs, imagining your hair loose and gently wrapped around her fingertips. âI wonder if you would prefer blush or velvet⊠maybe burgundy?âÂ
She imagines the way you will place your lips on hers and slowly but surely⊠move down.
She will do the same to you with her own.
âMaybe white.â She muses, thinking of different types of fabric to put on you. âOr perhaps black.â
Kafka wonders what you would choose if she brought you to a boutique rather than going by herself.
âHmâŠâ She murmurs, her mind going through many, many possibilities of the future ahead.
Then, she hears your triumphant laugh and then turns around to see you hugging Aina with the bouquet in tow. âI love you!â
âUh-huh. Sure.â Aina mutters, crossing her arms and looking away from your happy face with a blush. âJust put them in the basket. Weâve used enough time here as it is.â You kiss her cheek, and her face only gets redder. âL-Letâs just go already.â
You only hug her tighter.
âSir, yes, sir!â You exclaim, saluting, and Aina rolls her eyes.
Kafkaâs smile falters.
âTsk. Young love, I suppose.â
Of all the future possibilities, none of them will result in full success if Aina is still in the picture.
âJuliets.â
At the sight of you kissing Ainaâs cheek again, Kafka resists the urge to bite her lip.
âBut with great risk⊠comes great reward.â
She imagines how you would look under her.
Aina eventually manages to pry you off of her. âAlright, thatâs enough, youâre praising me like I just saved your life or something.â
âYou did!â You pout, almost cooing and still laughing joyfully. âThis bouquet is the only medicine that can ever heal me of what ails me!â
Both Kafka and Aina sigh at the same time but for entirely different reasons.
But Kafka is the one who also licks her lips afterward. âI think perhaps a chemise would suit you best.â
âLetâs go to the fruits first!â You exclaim, pulling Aina along by the hand while she holds the basket.
âWhich type of apple?â Aina asks, but Kafka already knows the answer. âBe sure to not get the very expensive ones this time.â
You two go past Kafka.
She takes out her phone for a split second and clicks the button.
It has been the closest you have ever been to her while you were conscious. But she hopes that soon, you will be even closer.
Wait, no. She knows that you will.
âCute.â She whispers, booping the picture of youâs nose.
This has already become a favorite amongst the many, many photos she has of you.
Where you go, she follows. âCute.â Surely, eventually, when you know of her, you will know that all too well. âSo cute.â
She sees you pointing to the apples with a pinkish tint. Rose apples. Quite rare, if Kafka remembers correctly.
As Aina reads the sign next to them, she immediately shakes her head. âWay too expensive.â
Due to the cost of importation/exportation as well as the rarity of this species, the value of this type of product is quite high. One apple is worth 1600 credits.
You surprisingly show agreement this time, promptly diverting your attention to the assortment of apple varieties, accompanied by a hint of nervous laughter.
You end up choosing the Honeycrisps. They are good for baking cakes, you tell Aina as Kafka eavesdrops as she always does.
She imagines you baking for her and sitting on her lap.
It was only a matter of time because regardless of who is with you, one thing about you never changes; your naivety.
âAll that is left is to be patient.â
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Dungeon Meshi Chapter 51
Love the title image. Primary informational takeaway is Izutsumi is a Tallman. There was a horribly missed opportunity here due to dwarf women not having beards. I would have loved if Marcille became a bearded dwarf and had styled her beard like she does her hair.
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Why did Chilchuck not notice the gaps and uneven terrain? Is it because he can't hear the difference in the ground in his footsteps or maybe because his vision is so far from the ground that he can't register it? It could also be because his feet are large enough that the gaps aren't an issue.
So Laios is 26 and Half-foots live to about 50 on average, meaning Chilchuck only has another 20 years most likely.
The looming terror of everyone else's mortality creeps into Marcille's mind. She has just discovered that she has far less time with them than she thought.
Laios still thinks he can resolve everything by talking to Thistle and getting him to understand the error of his ways.
Why not try changing her lower half into a human?
The translation notes for this volume say "The mushkhushshu is a creature from Mesopotamian mythology said to have scales, hind legs like an eagle's, the forelimbs of a lion, a long neck and tail, horns, a snake-like tongue, and a crest." It fits Laios's sense of taste, but I think Falin would be the one pushing to try turning into it.
Gargoyles are non-living things based on how the party eventually beats them, but they have a clear ability to learn and adapt. Last chapter, Marcille destroyed one with her magic. And during their rematch, the gargoyles keep trying to kill her specifically.
At first, one gargoyle knocks Kensuke out of Laios's hands and then continuously divebombed the others to keep them away from Marcille. Meanwhile, the second gargoyle took Kensuke and threw it at her.
When that failed and Marcille regrouped with the others, the first gargoyle decided to immediately target her. And when it got caught and defeated, the second gargoyle also chose to target Marcille specifically but waited for a chance where attacking wouldn't come with the risk of getting stuck in a floor grate.
I can think of the potential mechanics behind when changelings release their spores, but I'm not going to even pretend I can understand how or why they would transform something. That part's magic. Don't worry about it.
Anyway, mushroom caps are the reproductive organs, effectively the "fruit" of the mushroom. It stores and releases spores. What Changelings likely do is they have some means of sensing when something walks into their ring and that triggers them to expel their spores onto whatever it is.
This makes sense for the changelings you find in the ground, but it kind of falls apart when it turns out a ring of anything coated in the spores has the same effect. The spores cause the transformation seeing as how you can wash them off and revert back, so being able to cause the transformation by forming a ring implies that changeling spores can make more spores. Maybe the spores can just launch themselves from host to host?
Everyone except Marcille understood the plan, and Marcille was not happy when she finally realized what the plan was.
The gargoyles got transformed into two real-world structures. The first one is the Bocca della Verita. The second is Manneken Pis.
The party is not taking any chances with the Manneken Pis. They tied all its limbs and tied it to a wall.
That moment where Senshi dipped his thumb into hot oil in chapter 5 implies he, and maybe dwarfs in general, has a high heat tolerance. That tolerance did not transfer over to his elf body.
Elf Senshi has no nipples.
After gathering all the nipple data, here's my conclusions:
Half-foots and elves do not have nipples
Dwarfs have nipples their entire lives and they grow bigger with age
Tallmen have nipples but they aren't visible when exposed to extreme cold
The dumpling in the back was probably made by Senshi since it's the most well wrapped. The middle one is obviously Izutsumi's work since there's hair in it. The front could have been made by any of the others.
Instead of trying to convince Izutsumi to eat something even if she doesn't like it, Senshi is trying to find ways to prepare food in a way she would enjoy. It reminds me of something I like to tell people - you don't hate vegetables; you hate the way your parents cooked them.
Bocca della Verita is also called the Mouth of Truth. The legend is that if you stick your hand in its mouth and tell a lie, the mouth will bite your hand off. This one is much less dangerous.
Turning the dumplings into a variety platter greatly increased the nutrition content. The hippogriff potstickers provided mostly protein, iron, and vitamin b2.
This honestly seems like the funnest thing Senshi has made so far. Pick a random dumpling and get surprised by the contents.
She doesn't yet have a full handle on how to hold them, but Izutsumi is using chopsticks correctly rather than using them as skewers.
Laios has a scar from when the dragon bit off his leg.
Izutsumi IS the kind of person who will refuse to wake up in the morning.
Laios has such a gaudy aesthetic taste. It also looks like something you'd see Edward Elric create (minus the mushrooms).
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So, as I had pointed out in numerous posts before, the way Daikenyako is framed - or rather Miyakensuke, to keep the correct yearning order -, is pretty damn insane to me.
I still haven't decided whether I find it "too simple" or "just right", because while the framing was incredibly obvious in my opinion, it was still done in a way that didn't feel overbearing. Not only did a big chunk of animation budget go into their scenes specifically, but the dynamics were also played rather consistently.
I had once made a "joke post", implying how the order of yearning basically goes like this: Miyako > Ken > Daisuke > Ramen. And while it was meant to be a joke... Upon rewatching it, it is rather accurate to be honest.
The main theme of these three is usually the following: Daisuke does something brash - like interrupting Miyako, screaming, complaining - OR something inspiring - like giving friendship speeches - and Ken and Miyako react to that in some way. Mostly verbally - but also through physical touch. Miyako and Daisuke have quite a bickering theme going on; Ken is usually softer, but he ALSO has more opportunities to touch Daisuke...
They are literally acting as his "voices of reason", who add to the discussion. In general, Miyako is very responsive to basically everything that Ken says and does, so she is almost always framed next to him - or at least close to him in some capacity. I will outline how Miyaken in particular is framed in another post, just know that she is very obviously and actively trying to reach out to Ken, calming him down, reassuring him, getting his attention.
That becomes even more blatant by the fact that she is getting in between Kensuke moments TWICE - usually to tell them to get their grip together or focus. Technically, this could be seen as her being well aware of how focused Ken is on Daisuke - and that a tiny bit of jealousy may have been involved here. On the other hand, she may just enjoy teasing him/them gently, because, "ya know how the boys are".
Either way, most of the time, whenever the group is together - and Daiken aren't off on their own with Rui -, Daisuke, Ken and Miyako will be together in the same frame 90% of the time.
It's interesting too, because Miyako - while obviously being more thought-driven in comparison to Daisuke's heart-driven actions- uses very similar terms to reach through to Ken. As mentioned, she is actively flirting with Ken through the course of the movie. And Ken, while being mostly oblivious to that - while still being thankful for the reassurance - is trying to reach through to Daisuke on his own behalf. (This is also very nicely framed visually by how much "hand on shoulder" moments there are, with Miyako being very inclined to touch Ken, whereas Ken - as mentioned - is very often seen touching Daisuke.)
Miyako herself notices how Ken had been flirting with Daisuke and acknowledges that by calling them out.
Who does not acknowledge it though? Right, Daisuke doesn't. Either because he simply isn't aware of the blatant flirting - or because he may or may not want to get in between.
I had already lost my mind in the cinema during one of the Miyaken focus moments in which Miyako told Ken that they shall not stop thinking and will find a solution - just to see Daisuke walking out of the frame.
One may argue that this means that Daisuke's true love simply is Ramen - as he keeps bringing it up time and time again -, or that he just wants to give the other two some space, as he may have felt like a third wheel before... Who knows.
To sum it up: I feel like the creators did a very interesting job here. Not only did they acknowledge and portray Kensuke's very ambiguously romantic-platonic relationship, but also committed to making Miyaken more obvious - a ship we know will end up together eventually, but hadn't gotten that much focus previously. Not to mention the blatant use of bisexual lighting here...
On a more light-hearted note: Ken is either caught in a bisexual triangle or we can just assume that this is a very fun depiction of a poly relationship in which all parties allow each other some space - or actively tease each other about it.
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my thoughts on evangelion 3.0+1.0
(as someone who only recently finished it)
as much as i loved shin eva, something about it didn't sit right with me. i've been doing a lot of reflection lately, and i think i've sort of unpacked it?
theres a lot of incoherent rambling here i think but i don't care, i'm not editing shit
spoilers for the rebuilds, don't read if you haven't seen them.
to start, i think it was a- no, not excellent, uh ... it was a satisfactory conclusion to most? i liked it, cried my eyes out obviously.
shinji's character got a great conclusion. i don't think that's a hot take by any means. seeing him actually talking to his father, having a real conversation with gendou, and in turn making that character, who'd probably felt like a walking plot device beforehand, human? that's powerful shit.
â please excuse my pathetic whining below
but... oh, mari. she was definitely a fun character, if not a little shallow and fanservicey. her presence never really bothered me though, not until shinji ended up with ...her??
that final scene genuinely shocked me. i guess i sort of get the idea?? like, his only other romantic options were the following:
A: Rei Ayanami
a clone of his dead mother that barely understands the concept of being human, and whose care for him clearly, at least to me, stems from her practically being his family.
B: Asuka Langley Shikinami
an angry redheaded girl who, unlike her version in the original series, is also a clone. this one's backstory is much more shrouded in mystery, but regardless, she's violent asf with shinji, tried to force feed him, etc. as far as we know, she no longer has feelings for him after the 14-year timeskip and is implied to be in a relationship with kensuke.
C: Kaworu Nagisa
(we'll get to him in a minute)
A and B... not great options. A is a weird dynamic, and they give off a sibling vibe to me anyway. B is jusy plain fucked. i've never thought asuka and shinji's relationship was remotely healthy, not with soryuu OR shikinami.
but did the writing team just forget about C? i understand it was established towards the end that kaworu didn't truly understand shinji's happiness, but ...that doesn't fit with the relationship i saw, at least.
to me, yeah, he fucked up a couple times. his existence ended up causing more pain to shinji but this was through no fault of his own.
"all he wanted was for shinji to live and be happy."
kaworu realizing that maybe it was not just a selfless act, that maybe it was also for himself, and acknowledging that, is absolutely character development. in exchange for becoming human, he acknowledged his own flaws.
and that is beautiful to me.
so why am i weirded out by shinji ending up with mari, you ask?
it's because she does not have depth as a character.
she feels so utterly flat to me, and that is not a dig at her, i'm not a mari hater by any means, but OH MY GOD. how do you just end like that? with this one person who doesn't feel like a real person?
and it's not like i'm mad about it because she's new, hell no. it's because she has no flaws. she feels like this perfect shell of a character to me. and maybe that's the point? i have no idea. i have no idea what was going through anno's head when he was cooking up this film.
again, to clarify, i still LOVED the movie. but mari becoming important is weird. kaworu was right there and they just kinda ??? tossed him aside ???
to me at least, it should've been him, or shinji's love life should've been left up to interpretation. mari didn't earn that ending.
(this is the only real criticism i have about the movie btw it was fine)
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Can you make up some shenanigans related to Shinji cooking / baking? Hikari, Asuka's best friend, also loves to cook if it helps
Okay, so I was thinking: what if it's Asuka's birthday? Hikari wants to throw her a party and Shinji does also so they join forces to plan her a German feast. The problem is that Shinji has tried to make her German food in the past but he put a Japanese spin on it because he followed a Japanese recipe and Asuka was kind of a bitch about it. So they are committed to authenticity, which means they have to make sausage and whatnot completely from scratch and a lot of the ingredients are not easy to get in Japan.
Asuka, not knowing why Shinji and Hikari keep traveling all over Japan together, is in an absolute snit. She's been talking about her birthday to everyone but no one seems to care??? Are Shinji and Hikari dating? Oh, she hates him so much!
They have to do the prep work at Hikari's house so she doesn't discover the strings of bratwurst and liverwurst or the jars of sauerkraut pickling.
Misato is charged with keeping her busy on the big day so she takes her shopping and Asuka complains the whole time and Misato keeps trying to gently imply she needs to chill but Asuka is not getting it.
Meanwhile, Toji and Kensuke have been enlisted to help cook and they are absolute disasters. Shinji has to keep dropping what he's doing to stop them from adding the wrong ingredients to the schnitzel or doing a complete hack job when they slice the cucumbers, which means Hikari needs to watch his pans as well as hers. Eventually, they kick Toji and Kensuke out of the kitchen and put them on decorating duty.
At some point Rei shows up with the karaoke machine and party hats and helps set the table. Kaji arrives with the cake right before Misato and Asuka get back. They turn out the lights and wait.
"Shinji is such an idiot!" Asuka is in the middle of shouting when Misato pushes open the door and Kaji flips on the lights.
"Surprise!" everyone shouts.
Asuka snaps her mouth shut, overwhelmed for a moment, then immediately starts chortling like, "I knew you were planning something for me all along! Of course you were! How could anyone forget my birthday?"
While they eat, Hikari tells Asuka how hard they worked to find everything for the meal, and that Shinji especially wouldn't give up, calling all these shops to see if they had what they needed to make Asuka's favorite foods from home. Asuka blows it off at the time, but after everyone goes home and everything is cleaned up (Kensuke and Toji are a lot better at washing dishes than cooking them), they turn on the TV. Asuka sits down next to Shinji and puts her head on his shoulder and mumbles, "thanks"
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Anyone else think Ryota Mitarai and Shinji Ikari are really similar?
-Has a shitty dad (Canon for Shinji, implied for Ryota)
-Works to save the world from destruction
-Does have some people around them, but they're not enough to cure the trauma
-Extremely realistic (And realistically voice-acted too!)
-INFP!!
-Timid, shy, introverted
-Is in some sort of a trio (Toji and Kensuke for Shinji, Impostor and Mikan for Ryota)
-Has some sort of repressed anger, but isn't shown directly until the end of the series
-Hated by most people for being realistic (??)
-Works for an organization that fights against the destruction of the world, and is one of the 'important' people too (Shinji pilots one of the Evas, Ryota is a division head)
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Some weird Corpse Party AU starring my OC's
I literally got bored and did all of this with wheeldecide.com, with varying results of either 'this is fitting' or 'oh no this is fitting'.
Every character is in Read More, enjoy this image if you just want the main 5's results!
(L-R): Jessica (Ayumi Shinozaki), Tameron Ryne (Yoshiki Kishinuma), Maxwell Ink (Satoshi Mochida), Fiona/Fuchsia Robot (Yuka Mochida), Blue Belle (Naomi Nakashimi) Changes: ~Jessica is gothic and is the one that suggests the ritual, easily convincing Tameron to help her with it (because he's a simp). ~Tameron is a bit flirty towards Jessica, and overall nice and calm. He's known as the detective prince in their school! ~Maxwell has a father-daughter relationship with Fiona. Which yes, implies he made Fuchsia Robot in this AU. ~Also because Fiona's a robot, she gets possessed more easily than the others. ~Blue Belle is the redesigned Prim Rose. Being prim and proper, and nervous (especially after Sally dies!). And also like.. the only other animal aside from the Sonic OC's.
Kisaragi High School: Seiko Shinhara - Sally Snaps (aka Sugarsnap Cookie, but humanized) Mayu Suzumoto - Poppy (also humanized, she's that fan-made Toppin Monster that I made) Sakutarou Morishige - Bow (also humanized, he's like.. from the early point of this blog, apart of the opposite felt) Yui Shishido - Quinn the Kumiho (the only one not randomized, because i wanted to introduce quinn through this way)
Byakudan High School: Yuuya Kizami - Enkah Clipse (aka Eclipse Cookie) (he's a freshmen instead, and is also super into robots.. and also may or may not have been possessed by the real Kizami.) Kensuke Kurosaki - Lost (de-AU'd, so he's a goat that gets killed.) Tohko Kirisaki - Flake Woman (Yes, this is Ice Woman, but redesigned. And also now a DWN!) Emi Urabe - Golden the Hedgehog Mitsuki Yamamoto - Cyprien (also a freshmen, and an android in this AU. she gently put down enkah's crush, but he didn't take that well.. especially after getting pulled into the haunted school.) Masato Fukuroi - Baritone (de-AU'd, basically a wolf who takes his student council president role seriously. way too seriously at times, which gets him 'bullied' by Flake Woman and Golden.) Kai Shimada - Copy (yeah remember that Copy Robot design for Fully Charged? that's him.) Tomohiro Ohkawa - Milo Ryousuke Katayama - Veradae
Musashigawa Girl's Junior High School: Nana Ogasawara - Twisty Teacup Chihaya Yamase - Meddi (yes, it's MHS based) Nari Amatoya - Gianna Peppaire (aka Ghost Pepper Cookie, with no parasite attached to her hair. good thing too!)
Kibiki's Group: Naho Saenoki - Cocoa (who''s also humanized) Kou Kibiki - Archer (humanized) Shougo Taguchi - Pory-Guy (Doesn't talk much, and only points out the basement before... killing himself before he succumbs to the darkening.)
Ghosts: Yoshie Shinozaki - Brione (that old Sonic OC that looks like a Brionne) Sachiko Shinozaki - Sine the Deer
Others: Kokuhaku Akaboji - Ferrum Fruitbat (not a Sonic OC, but intead a major antagonist in Aria's Fruit Farm) Hinoe Shinozaki - Maize (She.. only gets mentioned. In her life, she was Mary, who was Jessica's younger sister before her life was tragically cut short.)
Demons (only listing the species so people can run with it): Original Seiko - Succubus (Do I need to state what this is inspired by? Honestly offended that she was turned into a Succubus.) Original Mayu + Morishige - Futakuchi-Onna (Morishige is the main spirit, whilst Mayu is the mouth on the back of his head. He cannot hear where she is coming from, and he also will never believe she's lying to him. Poor guy thinks Mayu isn't affected by the school's influence..) Original Yui - (She's a Teaching based one, with the wings of an barn owl. She is actively trying to help these characters break free from the cycle.) Original Kizami - Oni (He looks hot, not gonna lie. But man, now he's gonna kill more people now that he was made immortal.) Original Naho - Kuko (She's also malevolent, and was the one that trapped everyone in the cycle. But like.. was she really the maker of the cycle?)
???: Arianna the Lonely Roller - (The young maker of the universe. She's trying to stop the cycle, but someone took the book from her. Now she's fighting to get it back, and is trying her best to hurry.)
#aria's art corner ~ art post#wtf arianna ~ corpse party x lrg au#(this is why there are usually restrictions on aus)#(because then people like me do stupid stuff like this)
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i'm more caught up on laios hugging kensuke. he could have been hugging fallin, but that would have left marcile all alone. this does however imply he has a better relationship with his monster sword (which does consider him hive) then any of his other family / previous connections.
WAITT ok I just realized this is all the characters in their respective familial/pairing relationships âŠ. Omg
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HE HER DAD CONFIRMEDâŠâŠ.
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kimi no iro spoilers under the cut
that yamada naoko-yoshida reiko-ushio kensuke combination really cant be beat omfg. yet another dazzling movie from the trio. theres sooo much to delve into about the movie, it really was fantastic
the colours! of course it was heavily implied from the promotional pictures alone that totsuko - red, kimi - blue, rui - green. but the colours and tones all bled into each other, indicating certain character's presence and influences. for example, while totsuko went to the white cat bookstore, she walked across green grass, indicating she was about to enter a space that rui was in. and while totsuko and kimi were sneaking into the dorms, the blue of night outside and yellow light inside indicated that kimi was about to enter hiyoko sensei's territory.
even though totsuko couldnt see her own colour at first, the signs were so obvious. from the bright red apple she had with her meals, from the red tints that always seemed to find her... it was such a yamada thing to do. i was also reminded of yamada's commentary in tamako love story where she used the sky's colour to indicate tamako's increasing annoyance at mochizou's teasing.
so many things about kimi no iro brought back memories of past yamada works. the hand movements and frequent use of eye closeups were the most reminiscent, but also the casual interactions between the students brought back memories of tamako love story. the blotches of paint were reminiscent of liztori. also hiyoko sensei admitting she was part of a rock band in her youth - i couldnt help but think of sawa-chan sensei! of course im sure everyone working on the movie knew such recollections would happen. it felt familiar despite a completely new set of characters and a completely original work.
to me, this was my favourite piece of ushio kensuke work. from the muted piano, to the bursts of sound at highlighted parts, and the band music of course! it was a story about colours, but i couldnt stop paying attention to the music.
there were many parts of the movie i loved, but my ultimate favourite was watching the teachers and students dance together at the wakuwaku wakusei song. it felt like an ode to youth, almost. students and teachers dancing together in a school hall to music performed by other students. it brought back memories of my high school, even though i never went to a convent school.
i was surprised at the ending - but at the same time, i shouldnt have been. ive said this multiple times but the one theme yamada has always been good at executing is the impermanence of things... so it made sense that, while their band had a great reception, rui eventually went off to college... a build up to a final sparkling moment, that ultimately ends in farewell. that, to me, was very yamada. but the after credits scene where they uploaded their music on the internet gave us hope! and when totsuko takes kimi's hand... that was so liztori when nozomi turned to speak to mizore! so many possibilities could come out of that ending... ah, it really was a yamada naoko work lol
i went into the movie wondering how a completely original script would do, and it ended up being a lot of fun! it very much stayed true to the essence of the yamada-yoshida-ushio trio which i have come to love over the years. i look forward to their next work!
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About what Laios's curse isâI saw a theory about how Laios still actually is his monstersona, but he doesn't look like it or feel like it. Basically, he has his ideal body but is incapable of perceiving that he does, so he never feels fulfilled in that aspect.
Supporting evidence:
One: monsters stay away from Laios; this could be because they can perceive his "true form". The way the monsters act (like the cockatrice in the Kensuke omake) act afraid, but aren't magically repelled like a "curse so that Laios can never come close to a monster" would imply.
Two: the poop thing lol
Three: Laios's insatiable hunger. I always wondered why in the ending when he finishes a giant plate/bowl of food, his stomach didn't burst or anything. If he'd just had the demon's desire of always being hungry (pretty much), then wouldn't it be that he doesn't FEEL hungry, but his body still feels the consequences of it? Maybe he's actually his giant chimera form, so he actually has the stomach of his monstersona, and he never feels full as a result.
Counter points:
It could be that Laios's mana is "tainted/marked" and the monsters can perceive that and stay away for the most part. Though how it's "tainted/marked" and how the monsters can perceive it from far away is still a question. With the Laios is still a chimera theory, it makes a little more sense because its size would be perceivable from afar, but also it's unclear in what way his chimera form would still exist or be perceivable. Is it like on the same plane of existence ghosts are on, so monsters can essentially see a giant chimera at all times? Maybe with the cokatrice in the Kensuke omake, it was in a dungeon so maybe it thought it was hiding sufficiently?
The poop thing doesn't seem to result in Melini just having random forests everywhere, unless they have a plumbing system which I don't think they do?
Laios gets fatter. He likely doesn't eat enough to get a giant monster chimera fat, so it's strange that he gets fatter at all. Maybe it's some top tier illusion magic but idk?
Anyway, I thought it was an interesting theory!
Well he's physically wearing his cast off skin after he turned human again so idk about that.
The pooping thing officially stopped having an effect after a while
It is an interesting theory tho. I still think the curse is that monsters avoid him, the unicorns and wargs were there during the feast but not on the post Melini rising bits right? Perhaps they weren't affected right away cause they had already been exposed to Laios idk.
But post king Laios basically cries he can't see real monsters, I doubt he would be so upset if he could still see some monsters. In the end the effect is the same tho, regardless of the reason why.
Also about the Wargs, here's the monster definition from the bible's glossary
I think they still count as monsters.
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Yayy! It's cute for both sides! Yep, yep I hear in the track and yeah the diving is usually before the character drops their big emotional hangup.
Let's see. I think Shogo, Kotono, Ayana, Eiji are the adults (21+). Kensuke I think is in between (18-21) because university feels more fitting for his personal issues. I'd say the rest (Kotaro, Naruko, Mifue, Suzuna) are high schoolers. MC could go anywhere from 17-??? but I imagine the intent is around 17-18. Ayana age gap yuriâŠ
I forgot to mention but the Nameless Girl sublot was fun to follow. Interesting way of wrapping it up. I think the game nudges you towards the unborn child option with all the enigmas and her being nameless but I could maybe see the case for the other two options. It was cool though. Can someone who isn't born have a trauma that pulls them into mobius? Is it something to do with the mother projecting it? Is Mu just grabbing anyone who likes her music? It's open and vague but there's a lot to think about.
On the musicians side. Not too many new eps. One for Thorn and a few for Kuchinashi. Thorn bullying Mu on these dates makes me sad. That said I've now seen Thorn lose it twice. Once when she brought up someone else (Thorn implied she's using their appearance in Mobius) and now when I accidentally quoted Shogo to her. Funny, but also interesting to see she isn't as emotionless as she presents. Kuchinashi's eps were a lot of feels bad. I like how most of the gang at least tries to be nice and accommodating. The musicians definitely feel more independent than the Go-home club but its cool to see them get together. I imagine the Eiji tie in is coming. Speaking of, it looks like the game assumed I'd do the musician library segment before Eiji's eps. Oops.
I kinda expected a heavier plot but Ike-P's arc was very straightforward. Curious where the character eps will go with him. Izuru's part was something I thought would come later, but I liked the moment at the end with his face. I like that the player doesn't get to see it. Makes it hit harder to leave it up to your imaginations.
Now the character eps! Lots of bombshells. Firstly, we wrapped up Ayana. Her gift was very her and also a nice soft confession. Shame on Aria for not being supportive of Ayana being a lesbian though! Still, I like how Ayana is taking steps but isn't just hanging out with the guys like she isn't working through a massive personal issue. Kotono has a Kotokid! Wasn't expecting that mostly because I find that similar settings/stories shy away from the implication that a party member has had sex. Her being a mom makes her pettiness with Mirei funnier. I like how Mu kind of grabs her in a moment of weakness which is totally understandable for a single mom and also another example of how Mu fails to understand people. I wonder what the stalker bit is about though. Hmm. Kensuke's concern about growing up and living a boring life are something I totally get. It's why I think he fits more as a university student. The aimlessness and dread of getting a regular job. It sucks! And as someone who works a job most people find very boring I totally get it. And I like how he's the most torn between leaving and running away from his problems. Aria is actually decent in a lot of these scenes where she tries to be supportive in the ways Mu fails to be. Some of those comments on Naruko's story felt 1-1 to comments I've seen on fics and reviews. Miserable feeling. The troll reveal makes sense with how her behavior was for a lot of the early portion of the game. Kotaro being quiet and defeated in these two eps was rough. It was cute how Aria wanted to beat the crap out of his cousin but I also liked how Kotaro felt a more mature here. It was refreshing with how much of a punching bag he is in the story scenes. Called the Mifue stuff. Mostly. Didn't expect her to be in such bad shape she was in the hospital though. Makes her comment about having those volleyball rewards more depressing. As supportive as Aria was for a lot of these, her randomly dropping the ball with Suzuna sure was something. Suzuna being bullied feels like it was so obvious that I'm surprised it didn't click earlier. Finally made some headway into Izuru's story. So he's clearly got a scar or some sort on his face. Based on Ike-P's comments it wasn't something that was always there. So the real question is if its self inflicted or it was due to an accident. There's definitely some self harm angle considering Izuru tries to cut his own face and implies he's done it before. Him "needing" it as well. Is it just an image thing or is it rebelling against his controlling mom or something else? Invested into everyone's story now! I like how the moments you dive deeper or just see more of the raw moments with the characters its always awkward and hurtful. The game even gives you the options to just be done with them/judge them if you so choose. Harsh and cruel but it fits. Looking forward to the Shogo stuff. I imagine the Eiji conclusion is on the horizon. I should look into the flowers and the imagery on the character art! Hope your week is going well!
Yay yay yay yay! Nanami is such a strange sidequest and a real enigma in Mobius' consistency. Maybe that was the point, I'm still not sure. It's very interesting to think about. Kuchinashi's rank is so much just, 'you live like this' style unhealthy coping to a crazy degree. It's so funny Kotono has a kid, like they sure went and gave her the close-to-gravure promo shots and paired her up with the MC for art and then it hits you with this link. Keeping this very light, because most of my comments on characters are all with future info and you aren't quite there yet but im super glad you're enjoying the chaos club. It's fun to call the stuff because like, even if you do, it's not like it would be polite for the MC to raise it? (mostly) They really like the flower motifs. Hopefully I can finish this article ive been working on between work in order to write about cool fun things. Like Caligula.
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Dungeon Meshi Chapter 19
So my beautiful angel is named Namari.
AND SHE GETS KILLED!?!
Why do you do this to me Kui?
Going back to the start of the chapter.
So it's been about a week since the start of the series? Since they're underground, it's not entirely possible to track the flow of time.
I hope Namari's comment on Kaka and Kiki is more of a "They're always together and I've never heard them addressed individually" and not a "I can't tell humans apart" thing.
Namari's justification for leaving the party after they lost to the red dragon brings a very different question to mind: Why did Chilchuck stay in the party?
Laios is going on a rescue mission with zero promises of getting any valuables and no offers to pay for the journey. I understand Marcille going with him because she and Falin are long-time friends. But Chilchuck has neither told us why stuck around nor do we have any information about him that would imply why he stuck around.
And gnomes are a race in this story. There was a guy in that party that got wiped by treasure insects and piscines who I thought was a half-foot until I saw how tall he was. I guess he was also a gnome.
Mr Tansu is a powerful healer able to resurrect the dead, but it looks like there is some degree of physical stress casting the spell. Mr Tansu's hand was popping a vein when he cast the spell on Namari.
So the whole thing about people's souls being bound to the dungeon is specific to this dungeon rather than being a trait common in dungeons in general.
Like Mr Tansu put it, it's not that the dead can be brought back to life. Death itself is forbidden. I'm going to throw that into the pile of evidence to my speculation that the mage behind the dungeon is trying to resurrect Delgal and preserve the kingdom.
I wonder if this also applies to the monsters. Maybe monster populations are kept stable because their souls stay in the dungeon and the dungeon spawns new bodies for them.
Is Namari a dwarf? She's way shorter than everyone else and she's talking a lot of hype about dwarf craftsmanship.
That interaction between Namari and Laios about choosing and maintaining their weapons makes me super bummed that she's not part of the cast. I've seen plenty of posts about people having an inner Senshi telling them to eat healthy and having an inner Chilchuck telling them to know their rights as workers and not let themselves be taken advantage of. People should also have an inner Namari telling them to take care of the tools they rely on.
Laios taking in Kensuke has been paying dividends. Monster ambushes haven't been nearly as much of a concern since it warns Laios of danger.
Okay, so the sister is Kiki and the brother is Kaka.
Once again, the story is showing that Laios's party managing to get through the dungeon without heavy struggle is not the normal experience. The Tansu party has probably only gotten as far as it has because Mr Tansu is such a powerful healer that they can brute-force their way through the dungeon.
Tentacles was brought up in chapter 15. So it's a grabbing vine. We're not told anything about them though. I' guess it's a species of man-eating plant based on the 'm gonna guess it's a derivative of the fertilizer-type plants like baraselia.
The environment tentacles grow in would be naturally nutrient-poor. The baraselia's method of killing victims close to its root to make them into compost is likely too inefficient for the tentacles. It probably paralyzes its prey to keep the body from rotting for as long as possible while it wraps its roots around them to digest them.
The tentacles attacked Kiki and Laios in response to being attacked. If Kensuke hadn't warned Laios, would the plant have left the party alone? Probably not honestly. Maybe it was more like a sound or touch reaction than an aggressive response.
Some of the vines in the tower are probably just regular vines. Laios and Namari cut them without issue. Tentacles probably blend into the environment and react when it detects anything that could be prey.
I haven't the slightest clue what happened during the fight with the tentacle. Laios's plan was definitely to retrieve Kiki's crossbow so they'd have some ranged combat, but I don't know why it let Laios and Kiki go when Namari shot at it. Maybe tentacles have a release reaction if they detect they're being cut. It wouldn't do to grab something with sharp edges that could cut through it even if the plant manages to paralyze it.
Here's where Senshi grabbed the vine and got stung.
Two whole pages waiting to see what happened to Laios and it was worth it.
After seeing the pictures in Laios's book, I've changed my mind on what tentacles are. This is a specific type called an ivy tentacle. He also called it nematocystic when he explained how the monster paralyzes its prey. I looked it up and that is a trait shared by corals, anemones, and jellyfish. So rather than being a plant, tentacles are probably more akin to jellyfish and the vines were dragging prey toward its main body. Rinsing the stung area with vinegar is also recommended as part of immediate treatment for some jellyfish stings.
Namari is very clearly unnerved by Laios and Senshi casually eating and discussing cooking monster in front of them. This is the first time someone outside the party has actually seen them do this. There was the cockatrice in chapter 3, but that's a giant chicken so it wasn't nearly as strange. Also, the people in chapter 3 were more concerned with the guy who was dying from poison.
Senshi has never ventured past the start of F4 so he doesn't have any experience cooking new monsters going forward.
Marcille is annoyed that Namari works for money and not because they're all a family who help each other.
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