#just an extra pic of riku!!!

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Riku playing cupid!

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Iori Izumi RabbiTube Rabbit TV Part 1: Spending Time With Iori

Part 2 | Part 3

Staff: …Now, on to the RabbiTube project.

Staff: Our plan is to introduce the videos by featuring clips on NEXT Re:vale!

Staff: We’d really appreciate it if you could show a side of yourselves that people don’t usually get to see on TV. It’s a pleasure to be working with you!

Momo: We’ve got high hopes for you guys!

Yuki: Feel free to fully expose yourselves to the public.

Mitsuki Izumi: Ahaha, please be gentle with us! Looks like I’m gonna have to do a RabbiTube study marathon..!

Gaku Yaotome: By the way, Tenn, I saw you watching RabbiTube videos the other day. Do you know any good ones?

Tenn Kujo: …I was just watching cat videos.

Gaku Yaotome: Cats, huh. That’s not gonna help us learn anything.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: …I think they might help! You could learn ways to entertain and soothe people…

Gaku Yaotome:  Ryu, not all of us are gonna be able to do that…

Yuki: …I’m liking the idea of Kitty Gaku.

Tenn Kujo: …Pfft…

Gaku Yaotome: Tenn, why’re you laughing!?

Riku Nanase: Kitties..! So could it be like a video of Iori going into a cat café?

Iori Izumi: Why do I have to go to a cat café!?

Yamato Nikaido: I’m not too excited about making videos like that, either…

Tamaki Yotsuba: I wanna do a pudding tasting!

Sogo Osaka: …Personally, I’d like to rank my top 100 spices from all around the world…

Nagi Rokuya: And I shall hold a Cocona watch party!

Mitsuki Izumi: You guys aren’t bringing anything new to the table!

Iori Izumi: …Actually, I suppose animal videos do have their appeal, despite how banal they are…

Riku Nanase: Did you say something, Iori?

Iori Izumi: No, nothing.

Momo: Ahaha! Great, you’re already brainstorming ideas!

Momo: You’ve all got the right idea! We wanna see you act natural for your RabbiTubes!

Yuki: Let’s have a fun year doing this.

IDOLiSH7 & TRIGGER: Yessir! 

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Riku Nanase: We’re going to be RabbiTubers for our birthday project this year..!

Sogo Osaka: All the group chats up until now were fun, so it’s kind of a shame that we won’t be doing one this year.

Mitsuki Izumi: …Fair enough. It’ll be awesome to make videos for our fans, but I wish we could have our own celebrations too!

Yamato Nikaido: It’s become kind of a tradition by now.

Nagi Rokuya: …We do not work together as much as we used to. Though I understand that it is difficult to match all our schedules…

Tamaki Yotsuba: Do we not get to eat Mikki’s cakes this year?

Mitsuki Izumi: The cakes are the one thing we’re gonna make for sure! Right, Iori!?

Iori Izumi: Yes. I’ll help, too.

Riku Nanase: Hmm… Celebrations…

Riku Nanase: Ah! Why don’t we all go somewhere together for our birthdays?

Riku Nanase: I guess we probably can’t all go… But we can get our manager to arrange it so at least some of us can hang out!

Mitsuki Izumi: Going out, huh… That does sound like a nice change of pace from all the group RabbitChats!

Yamato Nikaido: It’s a shame that we won’t all be able to go, but getting to choose a spot does make it feel more special. …You should take me to a beer brewery, by the way.

Mitsuki Izumi: Sounds like you’ve already got one in mind!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Let’s take lots of pics and videos for the guys who can’t go. We can send them over RabbitChat.

Nagi Rokuya: OH! A wonderful idea. It will make us all feel as if we are there.

Iori Izumi: I’m sure uploading them to Rabitter would make many people happy, as well.

Sogo Osaka: That sounds fun..! Let’s ask our manager about it tomorrow.

Riku Nanase: Yep! …Looks like we’re going to have pretty fun birthdays again! 

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Mitsuki & Riku: Strawberry picking!

Iori Izumi: ........

Iori Izumi: ...Er, Nii-san, Nanase-san.

Mitsuki Izumi: What's up, Iori? Want some condensed milk?

Riku Nanase: You'll need to eat quickly, since we've only got 30 minutes here!

Iori Izumi: No, I...

Iori Izumi: I just wanted to know why we're here to pick strawberries in the first place.

Riku Nanase: Do you not like it here..?

Iori Izumi: That's not what I'm trying to say.

Mitsuki Izumi: Remember that conversation we had about doing smaller group outings for all our birthdays?

Mitsuki Izumi: It just so happened that the two of us were free today, so we decided we'd take you strawberry picking!

Mitsuki Izumi: Isn't that right, Manager?

Tsumugi Takanashi: That's right! It would've been too difficult to free everyone's schedules for the day...

Tsumugi Takanashi: And we were lucky to find a strawberry farm not too far from the city!

Riku Nanase: It's January, right? And what rhymes with January? Strawberry!

Iori Izumi: THAT's why you brought me here!? You can't be serious!

Mitsuki Izumi: Ahaha! Well, he's not wrong about the rhyming part!

Iori Izumi: ...I feel like I would've been better off not knowing all this...

Iori Izumi: But, since we're already here, I suppose I'll make the most of it.

Riku Nanase: Great! Time to stuff ourselves full of delicious strawberries!

Tsumugi Takanashi: I'll be over here, taking pictures of you!

Mitsuki Izumi: Thanks a bunch!

Riku Nanase: Let's get picking! 

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Iori Izumi: ...Nanase-san. Are you sure you'll be able to eat all of that?

Riku Nanase: Of course I can! I'm a man!

Mitsuki Izumi: Iori, they said we could take our harvest home. Wanna grab a little extra for Mom and Dad?

Iori Izumi: Yes. I'm sure Mom would like that.

Iori Izumi: And... we should get some for the rest of IDOLiSH7, as well.

Mitsuki Izumi: Oh, right!

Riku Nanase: Tamaki was so jealous he couldn't come. He made sure to tell us that we HAD to bring him souvenirs!

Iori Izumi: I don't see what there is to be jealous about, but we should probably grant his request.

Mitsuki Izumi: ...Look, guys! Don't you think this strawberry's shaped kinda like Kinako!?

Riku Nanase: Wow, it is! This part looks like her ears!

Iori Izumi: To think that we'd find such a unique strawberry here...

Mitsuki Izumi: You can't find anything like this one at the store, that's for sure. ...I almost don't even want to eat it!

Tsumugi Takanashi: We should take it back home! I'll take some pictures of it, for good measure!

Iori Izumi: Right. Our president definitely needs to see this one.

Riku Nanase: ...Okay, so whoever finds the strawberry with the funniest shape wins!

Iori Izumi: Huh!? Since when was this a competition..!?

Mitsuki Izumi: That does sound like a ton of fun, though! And the Kinako one doesn't count!

Riku Nanase: Heh heh heh. I'm going to win, just you see!

Iori Izumi: ...Good grief... I won't take this lightly, either. It is my birthday, after all.

Riku Nanase: Well said, Iori! Okay, ready... get set... go!

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Riku Nanase: Time to show our results!

Mitsuki & Riku: Yaaay!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Well then, Mitsuki-san. Let's see yours first!

Mitsuki Izumi: Sure thing! Take a look at... this! A star-shaped strawberry!

Riku Nanase: Wow, it's almost like a live starfish!

Iori Izumi: It's... very impressive. You can clearly make out the star shape.

Mitsuki Izumi: Heh. I know, right? It stood out among the rest so much, you'd think it was actually shining.

Iori Izumi: That sounds like something Rokuya-san might say in reference to his anime blind boxes.

Tsumugi Takanashi: We might already have our winner..! Riku-san, you're next!

Riku Nanase: Okay! Mine is, um... Ta-dah! It's shaped like the number one!

Mitsuki Izumi: The number one?

Riku Nanase: Yeah! Since January is the first month, and Iori's name has the symbol for 'one', too...

Iori Izumi: I-I suppose I see a resemblance...

Riku Nanase: Right!?

Mitsuki Izumi: Uh, well, I guess a really long strawberry's still pretty interesting!

Riku Nanase: Why does it feel like you're both only saying that to make me feel better!?

Tsumugi Takanashi: I think it looks adorable..! Iori-san, you're the last contestant left!

Iori Izumi: Right.

Iori Izumi: Mine is shaped like King Pudding.

Riku Nanase: Whaaat!?

Mitsuki Izumi: Holy crap, the stem even looks like his crown!

Riku Nanase: You're right! And these are his arms and legs...

Mitsuki Izumi: How do you even have a talent for this sort of thing, Iori?

Iori Izumi: It is my birthday, you know.

Riku Nanase: What does that have to do with anything!?

Mitsuki Izumi: Well, Manager..!? Who won!?

Tsumugi Takanashi: ...I have no choice but to declare all three of you as winners!

Riku, Iori, & Mitsuki: Oooh..!

Riku Nanase: ...Ahaha. Looks like we didn't get to eat any strawberries, after all!

Iori Izumi: We can take some back to the dorm and eat them with the others.

Mitsuki Izumi: Iori, did you have fun today?

Iori Izumi: ...Of course. Thank you for bringing me here.

Iori Izumi: We should come here again. All of us.

Riku Nanase: Yep! Totally!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Let me take one more picture of you all with your findings!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Say cheese..! 

End of Part 1.

[romijuli]

Taruchi? 🥺

GAMER MAN did u know he shares a birthday with mister chel. Double gamer man birthday—

(Honestly I’m vaguely tempted to answer these in-universe as if someone was asking me about taruchi the STREAMER except I refuse to headcanon Real People, even if they’re not ACTUALLY real in this case)

Favorite thing: he’s a Mood. Also like…I love that he’s allowed to separate his Corporate Self and his Gamer Self, and that the idea of him outting himself as taruchi is seen by the rest of spring troupe as a BAD thing. I don’t owe it to the world to show Every Aspect of myself to Every Person! And neither does Itaru!

Least favorite thing: CLEAN YOUR ROOM…

Favorite line: “fine then. Keep your secrets.” I KNOW it’s a play line but it’s fucking funny. Also “my in-app purchases won’t betray me” from gamer’s high. Ow.

BROTP: GAMERS…. Also just everything in spring troupe. Chuunis…whatever he and Tonooka have going on…

OTP: god SO many. ChikaIta, CitoIta, ItaTsumu…honestly you could sell me on a lot with him

NOTP: the obvious, also this is less of a notp/squick and more of a I Don’t Get It but I genuinely don’t get itaru/Izumi, it feels like x reader fic for people who think x reader fic is cringe. (Note: I don’t think x reader fic is cringe it’s just like THIS IS SO MANY EXTRA STEPS GUYS.)

Random headcanon: he definitely does those, like, game trailer reaction streams. Everyone in the dorms knows when a new kniroun announcement happens because itaru’s screaming echoes off the dorm walls. They heard it at GODZA once.

Unpopular opinion: I don’t know what opinions are popular!!!!

Associated song: pretty much any video game track lmao. Riku’s theme from kingdom hearts comes to mind?

Fave pic:

GAMER MAN…I ADORE the lighting on this

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I honestly love how well you draw medical devices and got kinda glad to see Ven with a good drawn hospital wheelchair as I need a wheelchair but still don't have one

“Aw, come on Ven! I’ve always wanted to do this. Let me race you down the hall, please?” Namine pleaded, rocking him back and forth a little as he laughed. At least the small wheels on the back would prevent her from going too far back. But she had seen so many pictures of people rushing their friends down the hall in a wheelchair and it always looked so fun.

“Okay, okay! Just- stop rocking me!” Ventus gasped between laughter, trying to keep his balance and not feel like he was going to fall over.

“Yoooo~” Namine cheered, scooting him out into the hall and getting ready to run. She didn’t get to even start before a familiar face showed up around the corner.

“And where do you two think you're going?” Riku asked, being able to guess already with Namine’s frozen running pose. He had a quirk of a grin that made the other two not sure if they were in trouble or not.

“Um… a race…?” Ventus answered, hesitant and knowing they were probably in trouble but never being one who could lie.

Namine also had an expression betraying she knew they were caught, but tried to put on a puppy eyed expression instead. “Please Riku? Just once?”

“Absolutely not. You know someone could get seriously hurt if you ran into them in the hall,” Riku declined, shaking his head and folding his arms. Namine knew he was right, but that didn’t stop her from lowering her head and sagging her shoulders in a disappointed pout. Ventus could only look apologetically over his shoulder, feeling bad but also knowing it was probably better this way.

Then Riku surprised them when he spoke up again. “That’s why you should go to the upper floors that are open, and have way less people. That way there’s less risk of running into anyone,” he suggested, giving a little wink even as Namine’s expression lit up in a smile.

“Awwww, I knew you were cool Riku!” Namine cheered, rushing forward to throw her arms around him in a hug. Riku ended up blushing slightly, but while one hand reached back to rub the back of his head the other returned the hug.

Namine could barely keep from running to the elevator with Ventus, and would end up running up and down the halls of the upper floors for quite awhile. And of course Riku followed them, for while they needed someone to keep an eye out for them, they also would need someone to race against.

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Ahhh, this actually makes me happy to hear XDD Sometimes I get worried that I draw too much, and it might be uncomfortable for some. I grew up with a medical assistant for a mom, and a dad that needs a lot of extra medical care compared to the average illness, so there’s some things that I’m more accustomed to that I’ve come to realize are not an average household event. XDDD Not everyone has been given an IV by their mom, or had suture kits in their parents’ closet that have definitely been used before. XDD

That’s really cool that you get to have a wheelchair though XD I hope you’re able to get it soon, and slap some stickers on it or something. I remember my dad having one when I was a kid, and I always wanted one too. Not as much anymore since I don’t actually need one, but they’re still cool. It’s a friggen chair on wheels afterall XDDD Must be fun to zoom down hills and stuff.

I’ll let you all in on a little secret though ;P The more complicated medical devices like the wheelchairs and beds I totally just google the objects and find a pic that I want, then roughly trace over it and make modifications where I want. X’D it makes it so much easier to draw modern day objects quickly. Of course having familiarity with the objects still helps a lot, but for a speed doodle it works.

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Yees, character game, how about one of the donquixote brothers? Either would be great ;)

Yes, yes, yes! You’re going to get both. I’ll do Rosi in another post. This one’s for the pink feathered bastard. 🕸🕷

I was hoping emojis had a flamingo emoji, but no such luck, so spiders it is. ↑

favorite thing about them:

Oh man, he is so super over the top extra. He just reminds me of Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous, except he gets better lines. Of course, Oda layers all of his villains, so Doff’s our chorus, in a way, even while being an instigator of a lot of harm, possibly in reaction to harm.

I think he’s amoral, but with that he’ll invest enough in people and infrastructure to get what he wants and some good can come from that. 

Your work has made me view him in a more nuanced way, but he’s still my go-to villain cos he’s so much fun to write and explore.

So, apart from his personality, let’s say his pink coat. I love those coats (his and Rosi’s). 

least favorite thing about them:

Well, he’s a bastard, right? Caused and inflicted a lot of harm. For the purpose of story though, as said above, he’s got other aspects that mean he definitely isn’t two-dimensional. 

He was so chaotically evil, or indifferent, at Marineford, he really caused a lot of trouble. With the Whitebeards, with Oars Jr. (ah, his leg), but it was wonderful too. We particularly saw how he mistreated Riku Dold and Bellamy—so, y’know, as a real person he’d be pretty low down on my list of favourites, but Oda just went to town on making him a form of likeable and evil, whereas say, Walpole os Spandam don’t have the backbone or the sexy factor (backstories help of course).

Look, if he wasn’t an arsehole I wouldn’t have any writing material. So um, just the fact we haven’t seen him more often in Wano Arc (in reflection, feedback, or in the Reverie interlude), but that’s fine too. Doff will have his chance to cast his ito ito web again. Gonna edit my favourite pic in here, cos I’ve got an ‘after the cut” in this post.

favorite line:

His three speeches are golden. The one about justice and the child of war and child of peace, and the victors writing history tells us so much about the OP world, but also the world in general.

In the brig—when he’s soliloquising to a very unimpressed Tsuru, about the ushering in of the huge era of chaos, now that he’s been taken down and the ties that have been holding all the governing bodies or powerful bodies in some form of detente (so the World Government can do its thing) are fraying like crazy. And then his Impel Down speech. I put it in a drabble but can’t remember it now. Ah, about power not lasting. Back to what do I like about Doffy? Even though he regards himself as a god, he also seems to have a pretty good handle on how quickly the winds of fortune change, and how ephemeral things are. He’s definitely a fighter, and not often at the bottom of the pack.

brOTP:

Does Doff do brOTPs? Yeah, maybe Vergo. It’d be good to learn more about their early days, and Tsuru in their own way. From your A Test of Endurance, I loved that chapter where I think you had Mihawk, Croc and Doff interacting, I think, or maybe just Croc and Mihawk, anyway, I remember having a discussion where you said they were all batshit crazy at Marineford, and it’s true. So I don’t know if these guys are supportive of each other in a brOTP way, but they’ve definitely got that frat competitive energy, albeit with a more sophisticated edge (or bigger cutting power). 

I mean, I’d like to see him interact with a few others of that generation—Shanks, Marco.

OTP:

Doffadile: If we’re talking about healthy ships. 

I don’t mind him with Vergo either, healthy or unhealthy ship. I’ve read fics of him with Monet and Viola, and that’s fine, but he needs to keep that edge he has. I actually like some of the crackier ships like Luffy and Doffy, which are obviously with canon pretty subverted. 

Unhealthy ships, and I won’t call it an OTP, but yeah, I write Doff///Law and read it, but I don’t want Law to stay in that situation.

I’ve seen some crack ships of Doffy and Tsuru in fanart, with a love sick Doffy smitten for Tsuru, and Tsuru patronising him like crazy, and Doffy lapping it up. That appeals to my sense of the absurd and something that could possibly happen cos Doff’s all about thinking outside of the box.

nOTP: 

Okay, I’ve read these ships, and sometimes I enjoy the work, and each to their absolute own. I know some folks don’t like what I write either, so I’ll just plunge in.

Not really keen on yes-con Doff///Law, though there’s some good stuff out there. The main reason being that it seems that Law never had the chance to make an independent life for himself so I kinda get a feeling of being trapped or of claustrophobia when I read it. So yeah, I know it doesn’t work for me. 

If they meet as adult strangers I don’t mind so much, but the power imbalance usually means it’s not a go-to.  I mean, they really didn’t have a sweet relationship in canon.

Doff///Cora is not my go-to, but there are some stories I like, and I really like some of the art. Cora’s already had a tough life (same as Law). I kinda want the both of them to have some space to themselves at some time.

Otherwise, no-one really. 

random headcanon:

Doff...hmm, I write him as such a bad villain...oh, I know! He definitely wears a g-string. He’s kinda vain like that (I mean, we’re talking about blowing Doffy all out of proportion here). I wouldn’t put it beyond him to wear a mankini and to wear it proud! 

(I know you love him. Me too, but he has so much potential for any situation). He’s shameless. Also, yeah, he’s also on some step or stage of the sociopathic/psychopathic spectrum.

unpopular opinion:

I’ve seen it mentioned before, and since Dressrosa was published, but I think that some fanfic glosses over the fact that Doff’s done some pretty heinous things in canon, like redeeming him beyond recognition. Crack fics and fluff fics, AUs are another thing. But it can tip the other way (guilty) of making him even more heinous than he already is.

song i associate with them:

“Da ya think I’m sexy?” Particularly the lines: “If ya want my body, and ya think I’m sexy, c’mon sugar (NOT that Sugar) tell me so”

and

“I’m too sexy for my shirt

Too sexy for my shirt

So sexy it hurts”.

fave pic:

There are so many good ones, but I’ll go for the Croc and Doff one as fashion designers from the One Piece magazine, and I’ve posted that above.

Hope the above’s okay. I love a crack Doflamingo, but also a complete bastard, and also the amazing layered characterisation you have of him too.

Thanks for the ask. Law, Tashigi, Usopp, Zoro, Luffy, Marco Kid, Chopper and Doflamingo are completed!  Rosinante is lined up.

Just taking a few more (one or two) if anyone’s interested. One of the OP ladies?

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character asks (one piece only)

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Kingdom Hearts - Riku's Possessiveness and Jealousy

This is something that has been talked about to death for those in the fanbase who love Riku's character but it's one I wanted to re-cover as we head into Kingdom Hearts Re:Mind and future titles. The main reason I want to write this is to show that Riku's feelings for Sora have been there since the beginning of the series though Riku exhibited those feelings in a toxic manner. I'm not here to tell anyone they're right or wrong but I'm hoping this will help dwindle down a lot of the comments that flat-out state it's "impossible" that Riku loves Sora for whatever the reason. Hopefully the in-game evidence I provide will be strong enough. There will be some repeated points that others have talked about but I'll strive to also shed some light on details not many have discussed before. Anyways, I don't wanna drag this out any further because this post will be LONG so buckle in and let's go.

Exploring Riku's Jealousy with Extra Depth

We'll start with the scene where Riku's jealousy is the most obvious: the scene where Sora first finds him in Traverse Town after their island was destroyed. When the two first meet Riku is jovial, his tone is upbeat and he's smiling. After Sora wonders if he's dreaming Riku says "I hope not, took forever to find you." He flips his hair playfully (possibly even flirtatiously depending on who you ask). He had spent his time looking for Sora and the extent at which he searched for him is made clear in the conversation with Maleficent following this scene, we'll return back to this in a bit. Sora replies that he had been looking for him everywhere too with Goofy and Donald's help and Riku's demeanor immediately changes. He finally acknowledges Donald and Goofy with a hard side-eye (see the title image above) and asks "Who are they?" He stops smiling, stops playing and when Donald refuses to allow Riku onto their ship he stops talking altogether and leaves silently while Sora argues with Donald.

The jealousy is plain as day but it also crosses over into possessiveness. Many think Donald's rejection of Riku was what made him jealous but Riku was clearly already jealous as soon as he saw the two of them with Sora. Riku shut down as he sees Sora traveling about the galaxy with new companions, disregarding that they could have been nice peop-err...animals. Donald aside, Goofy never said anything bad to Riku to warrant his jealousy. Riku was jealous that these two new beings were by Sora's side in his place, and Donald's remarks towards him only made it worse. Maleficent then plays with Riku's feelings about the matter immediately following. She directly states what Riku is feeling deep down.

Riku wasn't just searching for Sora, he "toiled away" restlessly looking for him. For clarity, the word "toil" means "to work extremely hard or incessantly" meaning Riku went crazy looking for Sora. His fear is clearly stated - he didn't want to be replaced by someone else, he didn't want to see Sora cherish someone else. His sole focus since the island was destroyed was to find his dear friend, not "friends" which implies that it wasn't Kairi who was on the forefront of his mind but Sora and I'll return to this point later on in the next part. It makes me wonder how Maleficent found Riku and what conversations they had up until this point. We see that Maleficent told Riku to stop worrying about Sora and it's implied that he couldn't and searched for him endlessly. We can deduce that Maleficent found Riku shortly after he embraced the darkness and sank into the dark portal and she most likely tried to push him to embrace the darkness from the time she met him but with his thoughts on Sora her efforts didn't work..at least until he grew jealous of Donald and Goofy. She finally succeeded. From this scene on Riku continues his downward spiral into darkness, constantly reappearing to antagonize Sora and guilt him for abandoning him "and Kairi", so Riku says but he himself left Kairi's side multiple times to antagonize Sora and left her vulnerable body with the main villains whom he showed he hardly trusted, especially Maleficent. (This parallels with Sora sleeping in 358/2 Days and Riku refused to disclose his location and trusted hardly anyone with taking care of him and getting his memories back. He would have never left Sora defenseless with a bunch of villains, unlike poor Kairi). His jealousy grows until Ansem seizes complete control of his heart.

So we see Riku's jealousy and possesiveness of Sora is clear, we see how it all started midway through the game but what about Riku's initial darkness? The darkness that surrounded him on Destiny Island? That darkness too most likely stemmed from jealousy but not from anyone Sora met but from who he already knew: Kairi. But how so? Aren't they friends? Didn't Riku say he wanted to confess to her with a paopu fruit? I was going to make one giant post but I'm close to the photo limit of 10 pics so I will continue in a 2nd Part!

[vatsunara]

Okies so one day I saw a post that said the part of Rikus pants in kh1 is for fishing and showed pics. Then I saw a pair of kh1 Soras shoes and I thought... Okies if Rikus pants are like that then maybe their shoes...

So I looked up different shoes and saw that. Yea in kh1 the trios shoes are insane and curved up and why? Aside from Aoras shoes playing on Mickeys red shorts and giant yellow shoes that is. So I thought after seeing that... Maybe they're running shoes...? Weirdly styled and exagerated running shoes.

They share the same curved dynamic. Supposedly that curve is to put energy into ones running. Which I understand since if ones shoes are flat and they need more traction, which tends to come from using your toes when pushing, I'd want the same thing on the beach. When running on the beach with lots of sand that doesn't take well to any shoe. I want extra traction.

Who hasn't tried running on the beach and it sucked? I tend to dig my toes in more for traction but that doesn't work since I'm wearing sandles or flat shoes where there is no curve. I have to more room on my shoes for traction in order to do a good run. So if I were to wear Soras shoes on thr beach, the huge curve up would give me the traction I need when running on the beach.

So TLDR: the trio in kh1 are just wearing exagerated running shoes. Running shoes made for the beach.

[idolish7rabbitchats]

Nanase Riku: Fly Away! Rabbit Chat Part 4

Riku: Iori, are you already asleep?

R: You’re still mad huh? You didn’t meet my eyes during dinner either.

R: I also couldn’t properly say sorry...

R: But I served you a little extra curry. I hoped you’d notice my apology.

R: I’m sorry about this afternoon. I wasn’t very mature.

R: I was regretful when I heard from the others that you searched for me after that.

R: I really was planning to apologize when Iori came home but I couldn’t quite say it...

R: I'm sorry I got mad and left. I said I invited you for your sake, but actually I just wanted to play with you.

R: That's why I got sulky when you compared me with Mitsuki.

R: Are you still mad?

R: I want to reconcile with you, is that bad?

T: Good work Riku-san! Sorry! I was in the bath!  [T/N: Both Tsumugi and Iori use a formal style of speech called keigo, meaning they text in a similar manner.]

R: Oh, it's totally fine! I'm really happy, to receive the reply. Aren't you mad anymore?

T: Hm? Riku-san? What are you talking about?

R: What, about this afternoon. Did you forget?

R: Oh, you mean you forgave that? You mean you aren’t mad anymore?

R: If so, that’s great! See you tomorrow then! To avoid catching a cold, you should properly dry your hair then sleep.

T: Ah. Yes… I got it...

R: Good boy. Well then, goodnight!

T: Please wait!

R: What is it? Did you want to talk more? Should I go to your room?

T: Riku-san! I’m not Iori-san, I’m your manager Tsumugi. See my profile pic closely! 

R: Eeeh?

R: Ah

T: Have you noticed?

R: Uwaaaaaaaaaaa! I’m sorry! Please forget it!! This is super embarrassing!!! 

T: Don’t mind it! I hope you can reconcile!

R: Hiiiiiiiii. Thank you! ><

T: I will properly dry my hair and sleep so it’s okay!

R: Waaaaaaaa! I’m sorry for saying something weird!

R: Uuuugh, embarrassing… I'll reconcile immediately....

[mysticdragon3md3]

Stayed up all night and practically wrote several essays, trying to convince myself to not/buy KH3 Nendo Kairi. Sorry, Kairi. Maybe if you weren't $62. Maybe if you were KH2 version. But as it is, spending that much, after also preordering other things, including a more expensive Nendo Aqua,...I just can't spend that much on a KH3 Nendo Kairi without feeling guilty. Sorry, completionism. But $62 is too high.

12:23 AM 6/22/2021

Yknow what?

If I had the choice between only having money for a 2nd Nendo Joker or a 2nd Nendo England, I'd choose Joker in a heartbeat. So what am I trying so hard to decide here? Do not preorder Hetalia World Stars version Nendo UK! Even though he's blond, you haven't had need of that. And if you really needed him blond in a photo, you could Photoshop him! but let's be serious, people want to see authentic Nendos in photoshoots, and his non-blond hair will mark him as authentic. So you don't get called a bootleg buyer! But what do you care what others think? You care that Nendo England looks like the England from your nostalgia...and for that, you need blond. And I can do that through Photoshop. Because seriously, you've barely used or looked at your current Nendo UK, you haven't been compelled/obsessed with more USUK photoshoots, you haven't even been playing with Nendos US UK much. YOU WOULD NOT EVEN _NOTICE_ IF YOU HAD 2 NENDO UK. You only need one. Your Nendo US doesn't even have sandy blond hair like your anime nostalgia! So what does it matter if UK is off-color!?! ...It matters because you have a chance to get proper-color UK hair. But I don't want to spend all this money. When I first saw this figure announcement for Hetalia World Stars version Nendo UK, my immediate thought was that I don't feel the need to have 2 Nendo UK. I already barely play with the one I have. It wasn't until I realized this 2nd edition Nendo UK has blond hair, that I started thinking I had to have it. But if that's the only reason, then I don't really need to. I don't actually have such an intense need to have it. I've barely had an intense need (anymore) to have my current Nendo UK. So I definitely don't need a 2nd one. And if saving my money on this, will allow me to get possibly a better Nendoroid later, well then, this is an opportunity to revisit that "lost battle" where I wasted money on Bayonetta, 2B, etc---*This* time, I could win that "battle". And then maybe in the future, there'll be a 2nd Joker Nendo or Nendos for Claude and Dimitri! *o* In any case, so many figures end up in the Available Now section, that blond Nendo UK will probably end up there. Or, if you're worried to not have a blond UK ready if GSC later releases a properly sandy-blond Nendo US, then I'm sure if they ever announced a 2nd Nendo Amerrica, then they'd re-release the Nendo UKs. This is not even your last chance, you might have extra money to afford a 2nd Nendo UK in the future, but for sure you know, you don't have the money to waste on a 2nd Nendo UK _right now_. So don't. Save your money for that hypothetical 2nd Nendo Joker in his school uniform, or Nendo Dimitri and Claude, or whatever gets announced from the Nendoroid Select '21 survey results. Remember, that still needs to get announced. So, no on preordering Hetalia World Stars version Nendoroid UK.

As for Kairi...Let's be honest (again). I haven't been obsessed with Kingdom Hearts in years. And even when I was, Kairi was barely in them. I don't have that much of an attachment to Kairi. Even though Oathkeeper is my favorite Keyblade because it came from Kairi, sometimes I fear that emotional impact was more the effectiveness of that plot point in that moment of the first game, more than a reflection of my attachment to Kairi. I have attachments to Riku and Sora. When their Nendoroids were announced, I preordered ALL of them right away. Even though I didn't really like KH2 Sora's outfit. Even though it pained my wallet to buy 3 pairs of the same characters, back to back. Even after all these years, those 2 were the characters I was sure of feeling attachment towards. I can't keep judging whether to buy Kairi's KH3 Nendo, based on possible attachments I might feel towards Kairi in KH3. Because I've had that game for months and I still haven't even opened the case yet! O~o! That should be my strongest indicator of my attachments towards Kairi and willingness to buy Nendos for her, especially KH3 Nendos of her. Admit it: Your KH nostalgia is all wrapped up with KH2, Birth by Sleep, and earlier. I shouldn't be making $62 purchase decisions for Kairi, based on KH3---a game that I'm apparently no longer interested in enough to play immediately. Not getting KH3 Kairi's Nendo feels bad as a completionist and as someone who has real life personal attachments to sibling-like groups of 3 friends. But I knew when she was announced that I still preferred her KH2 look, because I've just always liked long(er) hair. And I love her dress in KH2. Yes, I have to gamble on GSC eventually announcing a KH2 Nendo Kairi, and then when I get her, all my "groups of 3 friends" figure photoshoots will be limited to Sora, Riku, and Kairi's KH2 depictions...even though I don't really like KH2 Sora's look...But am I even that compelled to take photos of Sora/Riku/Kairi in the first place? I barely take pics of my current, KH1 Sora/Riku Nendos right now. But if KH3 is my last Kingdom Hearts game (even if my status is still to "eventually" play it), wouldn't I want Sora/Riku/Kairi's last depiction in my memories to be what I own as Nendoroids? I mean, it would be the perfect end-cap image to the series for me. And Square said that KH3 is the end of the Xehanort Saga or something. It's the end cap. ---There I go, basing a Nendoroid purchase on a game I haven't even played yet, while I ALSO already know I prefer Kairi's KH2 look. Y'know what? What if they do eventually release a KH2 Kairi, a KH1 Kairi, even Terra and Ven as Nendoroids? They'll definitely choose some previous Nendos to re-release alongside them! And if they release another version of Kairi, then guess what? The re-release will be KH3 Kairi. And maybe by then, I'll have the money for this. Or at least, the results for the Nendoroids Select '21 survey would have been released by then, and then I can know whether my money can go towards a character I want more, or towards a KH3 Kairi re-release. I mean, it'd be different if Kairi played a bigger role in KH3, and though I've been staying away from most spoilers, I did hear that she got sidelined AGAIN. And sure, it seems she might be the protagonist of the upcoming rhythm game, but I may not get that. I'm stopping at KH3, remember? So if she's getting sidelined in KH3 again and in the rhythm game, she's like asleep or something, reminiscing, just being used as the overall story's framing device,...then that doesn't sound like a lot of screentime for me to get attached to her. I mean, when I was younger, I thought Kairi did a lot in KH2, but I didn't cry when she reunited with Sora, I cried when Sora and Riku reunited. (I don't even ship those babies! LOL) ---I feel really bad writing all this to convince myself that I don't like Kairi enough to spend $62 on her. It's not like I hate her. I don't even *dislike* her! I LIKE her!!!! It's just...I've been retroactively organizing my Nendoroid

inventory lately, and I've been seeing all the money I've wasted on figures that I only bought out of completionism, that made me cringe inside at the pain this would cause my wallet, because I didn't love the character enough to jump and thrash in my chair with excitement, when I saw their figure announcements and "DAMN THE COST!"... If KH3 Kairi Nendo can't make me feel that way, then I shouldn't be buying her.

There's a perfect counter example in this month's preorder interests!!! I wasn't expecting Pop Up Parade Kikyo! I don't even like static scale figures! I like articulated figures! And chibi too! Pop Up Parade isn't either of those things! And I haven't been a fan of Inuyasha in years! I haven't been obsessing over anything Rumiko Takahashi in years! But when I saw Kikyo's Pop Up Parade announced, I knew I had to buy her. I jumped up and thrashed in my chair. I gasped. I uttered "ohmygawd" over and over like I was losing my mind. Even now, I occasionally browse her announcement pics, just to admire my waifu some more. That's how ALL my figure preorders should make me feel.

And I don't feel that way about KH3 Nendo Kairi.

And I don't feel that way about Hetalia World Stars version Nendo UK/England.

I kind of want to be suspicious if Nendo Aqua makes me feel that way, but what's there to be suspicious about? I'm too attached to her. The majority of my favorite cosplay memories are attached through her. On top of that, her character design is so pretty! She qualifies as what I call in my figure collecting, a "beauty piece", a figure whose design or sculpt is so pretty, that whether I even know the character/series is negligible for me to enjoy owning that figure. Aqua's got that AND she's endeared herself to me. Plus, she's a nice character. I got invested in her BBS story, her 0.2 story, and curiosity about her in KH3 is a big part of why I never concede that I'll someday play that game. I like Aqua. And her character design is pretty. I shouldn't feel guilty about preordering her Nendoroid this month. Even if a future hypothetical Ky Kiske Nendoroid gets announced in the possible future, I would gladly spend money on both Aqua and Ky. I'd make my budget work.

So, sounds like I'm preordering:

Pop Up Parade Kikyo

Nendoroid Aqua

and that's it.

1:37 AM 6/22/2021

Y'know the funny thing is that I feel like if GSC did announce a KH2 Kairi, I'd want KH3 Kairi too. ...She is pretty cute... Damn it. This wouldn't be such a problem if she wasn't $62!!!!!

Looking back through my Nendoroid Inventory, most of my 2017 Nendoroids were under $40! That's because the currency exchange rate was to our advantage. Because the US$ was stronger vs the yen back then, we got everything pretty much at least $5 off! But now we buy from GSC Shop US, and their prices don't account for currency exchange rate changes. (But can I justify switching back to preordering from GSC's international shop, when they have $20 shipping vs GSC US's $3/figure shipping, and we're still in a pandemic so I should limit my purchases to as local as possible? I feel like especially in the pandemic, I have to stick to the GSC US shop.) A 4000yen Nendo isn't $35.30 like it was for me in 2017. Now a 4000yen Nendo is probably like $40 at GSC Shop US. Hold on...Browsing through the GSC international online shop...Even the simple Nendos, like this Nendoroid Steven A Starphase, just a guy in a suit, is already 6930yen! These Bofuri Nendo preorders right now? BOTH ARE 6600YEN EACH!!! In 2017, I got the freaking special edition harvest moon Kagamine Len and Rin Nendoroids for $35.30 each!. I thought that maybe Square was charging GSC extra licensing fees since they would prefer to make money off their own figure lines (Play Arts Kai, Bring Arts, Play Arts Mini, etc.). But it seems like Nendoroids are just more expensive in 2021. O______________O!!!!!!!!!!!! In 2017/2018, even the freaking Madoka Magica maiko version Nendoroids were only $42.36, $43.99, $39.71! And those had so many tiny printed floral details! And accessories! O~o! Same for my detailed Touken Ranbu and KanColle Nendoroids back then! O_O!?!?!???????!!!??????????? Nendoroids are just going to be more expense now. Wow.

I guess the important thing is that if I buy Nendo Kairi, that when it comes time to unbox her, I don't get that sickly unboxing feeling in my stomach, where I can't believe I spent money on this. Like, Kiso is cool, but I don't know her and I'm certainly not obsessed with her. I shouldn't have bought her, especially for over $50. Same with the Akizuki sisters. Probably same with Shoukaku, though she seemed nice in the anime. And certainly the lack of attachment applies to my Nendoroid Iowa. More than half my Touken Ranbu Nendoroids, I bought without really knowing their characters. Half of them, I bought just to prove to Good Smile Company, the demand for male figures. Soon after those first few TouRabu toudans, GSC announced their Orange Rouge line: "Good Smile Company and Max Factory's brand dedicated to male character figures and goods." And yeah, I'm super sentimental enough that even though I didn't really know these characters, now that they're in my collection, they're MINE, they're my precious little tsukumogami babies, whom I wouldn't trade away, no matter how much my finances complain. Plus, I have so much anxiety, that selling/trading is too much stress for me. If my reluctant and failed attempts to sell the lesser parts of my manga collection at swap meets have proven, is that even if I wasn't obsessed with the thing I collected, and even if I have an easy opportunity to get rid of them, WHILE making money in doing so,...I still just can't do it. That's why I threw away all my Nendoroids' packaging plastics when I ran out of storage room for them. I knew I was too chicken and too sentimental to ever sell any of my Nendoroids. Even the ones that gave me that sickly unboxing feeling in my stomach, thinking about the $50+ money I wasted.

---Even when I could have instead been spending it on Nendoroids of characters I actually love! What if a school uniform Nendo Joker gets announced? Or a Nendoroid Claude and Dimitri? What about Nendoroids for Ky, Sol, Lady, Lelouch, Rukia, etc.??? Sure, I can squeeze things into my budget right now. But if that time comes later, when I'll want a Nendo schoolboy Joker or a Nendo Rukia, and I don't have the money for them, will a Nendoroid KH3 Kairi have been worth it? I mean, I already prefer her KH2 look over her KH3 look. Why do I have to care if I don't have a matching Kairi to my Sora/Riku Nendos in my figure photos? Why do I have to be so completionist about this? People will understand that not everyone can afford matching Nendoroids. Hell, my Nendo America and Nendo England don't match! One is from Hetalia World Stars! The other is from Hetlaia The World Twinkle! No one cares! What's important is that I have the 2 characters from my ship in the same pic or the same shelf! No one cares if they match! If I prefer KH2 Kairi, then I should hold-out for her and then take goddamn pictures of her with KH3 Sora/Riku if I want! Hell, I prefer KH2 Riku's look too! I'll just swap out Sora and take pics of KH2 Riku with KH2 Kairi, and KH3 Sora! ...That is, if GSC eventually makes a KH2 Nendo Kairi.

omg I'm going in circles again. I need a snack break.

8:15 AM 6/22/2021

I'm too tired now to remember all the thoughts I wrote about and thought through. x~x;

8:43 AM 6/22/2021

If I skipped KH3 Nendoroid Kairi, would I even miss her? I mean, before, I was so hung up on my Nendo UK not being blond, but now I realize that I barely even think about that, nor even often think of that Nendoroid itself, very often. Hardly ever, actually. Will it be similar with Kairi? I mean,I don't look at my KH1 Sora/Riku Nendo and lament about how I don't have a KH1 Kairi Nendo to go with them. I actually don't really like Kairi's KH1 look. I guess I only really like her KH2 look. So why not hold out for KH2 Kairi Nendoroid possibly being announced in the future? But what if they never make a Nendo Kairi besides this KH3 Kairi, and I miss out on this one and only Kairi, while holding out for a Nendo of KH2Kairi? I hate gambling. But if I skipped KH3 Nendo Kairi now, would I even miss her?.......... She's $62 and I should save my money.

10:12 AM 6/22/2021

I think you should buy figures that you feel good about spending $62 on. Figures that you don't feel guilty about buying. If Nendoroid KH3 Kairi makes you feel guilty, like $62 is not worth it or too much, then don't buy her. Wait for a KH2 Nendo Kairi that will make you feel good to spend on.

But I feel so bad to pass her up! Ugh! This is so hard! ;o;

10:30 AM 6/22/2021

Funny the clarity you can have while brushing and flossing your teeth. If I feel bad spending $62 on Nendo KH3 Kairi, then she must not mean that much to me. She's not worth $62 to me.

I remember when I first saw her announced at WonHobby and I felt safe from needing to buy her. I even commented on GSC's Twitter, that my suddenly finding her cute, threatened my original security and certainty in knowing I didn't feel compelled to buy her.

Remember:

1) Don't buy based on predicted attachments to a character in a game you haven't played yet. I haven't played KH3 yet.

2) If Kairi changes my mind after I play KH3, then she'll probably get a re-release later anyway.

3) When you first saw KH3 Nendo Kairi, your first thought wasn't that I needed her. It was that I felt secure that I didn't need her.

4) You don't have money to spare for a Nendo you're unsure about liking to the worth of $62. Because you didn't expect a Pop Up Parade Kikyo nor her unexpected costs, even if it is relatively cheap. And you still need enough money for a $65 Nendo Aqua. You don't have enough money for any half-certain, hesitating likes towards KH3 Kairi Nendoroid.

5) Other people are skipping KH3 Nendo Kairi even though they also want to buy her.

(https://twitter.com/guttural/status/1406709434592735237) "I want her, but I'm so broke and already ordered the Axel and Roxas Nendos ;_;"

10:38 AM 6/22/2021

I'm going to tell Kuya, I don't need Nendo KH3 Kairi. And then I'm going to forget I was even considering buying her. KH2 and KH3 Sora/Riku Nendoroids are going to come in, and I won't even miss her. Just like I do now, with my KH1 Sora/Riku Nendoroids. And I will wait for a KH2 Nendo Kairi. And when she does get announced, I'll preorder her without regret, because I prefer that character design.

2:33 AM 6/28/2021

I really wanted to get Swacchao Nendoroid Hinata. I was originally just going to get the Swacchao parts since I already have the full Nendoroid Hinata Shoyo. I didn't need a seated Hinata, but as a completionist and Hinata fan, I thought I SHOULD get Swacchao Hinata, or at least the seated Swacchao parts.

But then I had this idea that when I return to an office job, it'd be so nice to have Nendoroid Swacchao Hinata at my desk with me. I had had ideas before about bringing a Nendoroid or 2 to my next office job. I even bought Nendoroid Aoba Suzukaze for that reason. (She's an "office lady" and her accessories include dialogue bubbles of her shouting about doing her best. I thought it'd be really encouraging to have at work.) But I was worried about leaving an actual Nendoroid at my desk, overnight. Would I pack up my desk's Nendoroid(s) each night before I clocked out? Impractical. Should I only use Nendoroids of characters I don't care too much about, to decorate my office desk? But if it's not a character I love, then how is their presence encouraging? And being encouragaing is the entire point of desk decor at a soul-killing job. But then here are these Nendoroid Swacchao Hinata Shoyo announcements! Less than $30! I could have a character I love, from an explicitly encouraging series, and being essentially a dupliate of a Nendoroid I already have, I shouldn't worry too much about him getting stolen from any desk of mine.

But I just can't justify buying a duplicate of a character I already have. I was already cutting out Kageyama and Yuuji from my preorder candidates. I'm in the middle of cataloging my Nendoroid inventory and fully realizing how much money I've wasted on Nendoroids of characters I didn't know, barely knew, liked but didn't love, duplicates of characters I already had, etc. It had to stop. So no Swacchao Kageyama for me. And if we're being honest about my terrible spending, then I really shouldn't be getting either type of Swacchao Hinata either. No more duplicates of characters. ;_; No matter how much I want them. ;_____;

[acdestinyisl]

7/22/20- Day 56

Nothing interesting today. So I decided to play photographer. Got a cute pic of my other 2 player characters. (Yes I jump on the muti user bandwagon.)  But I made it make sense. Since my Island is based off of Kingdom Hearts, here’s Sora and Kairi! And if anyone is wondering where Riku is, I didn’t have a use for him. Sora’s house acts like a type of garden house. Gonna decorate all the inside with any flower based furniture, diys, etc. Similar with Kairi too. Although her house takes care of fruit based things. Basically just use them for extra stuff I can. Money trees, rocks, diys.

[seigyokus]

8.4 - So May We Reach Them

Idolish Seven - Part 3, Chapter 8.4 For more Part 3 translations, click here!

Translation below the cut!

Nanase Riku: How about something like 'cheering on the people trying their best' as the theme? Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: They've been supporting us all this time, so it'd be great if we could return the favor and cheer for them too. We should sing and dance in a way that'll give them lots of energy! Izumi Mitsuki: I want lots of people to sing the song, so I think we should make it something that'll cheer you up as you sing it! It’ll make you more confident and blow your worries away! Momo: I want it to be a song that you can happily dance to with your friends or your work buddies! Full of love and gratitude! Rokuya Nagi: A great, positive song that will help you take on your love life, studies, work, and travels, and face them with excitement. Izumi Iori: Given the people assembled here, I'd like the song to bring out a sense of opulence and completeness. Within the framework of the charity, of course. Osaka Sougo: I hope it'll be something bright and vivid, with all of IDOLiSH7, TRIGGER, and Re:vale's colors mixed in. Yaotome Gaku: All twelve of us will be dancing. I'd like for everyone to show their individuality, and I also want our teamwork to come across to the audience. Nikaidou Yamato: Definitely. Something that'll cheer ya on, like 'You're not alone. Look around you, you're surrounded by friends.' That kinda feeling. Yotsuba Tamaki: That special, fun feeling. Kinda like when you're at a school festival! Kujou Ten: Something that won't bring shame to the charity telethon or ourselves. Yuki: ......That's a lot of requests, but I think I have an idea. Yuki: Let's make it a song that feels like a once-in-a-lifetime anniversary, but brings out the fun from everyday life. Yuki: It'll be special, but also normal. It'll be filled with a wish to cheer on someone out there, or even ourselves. It's our very essence. Yuki: Let's send ourselves as a message to them. (1)

Osaka Sougo: I remember hearing that we'd have design references in this room.... Nanase Riku: Woah! They've got every single one of our stage outfits here! TRIGGER and Re:vale too! Nikaidou Yamato: Hey, Mitsu! You should put on Tsunashi-san's outfits! Izumi Mitsuki: The hell are you excited for! It's really obvious you have ulterior motives!! Yotsuba Tamaki: Rikkun, you should try on Tenten and Momorin's clothes. You're all the same height, yeah? Nanase Riku: If I remember correctly, you're the same height as Yaotome-san, right? You should try on his Leopard Eyes outfit! I bet you'd look super cool! Osaka Sougo: This is amazing! Just looking at the outfits makes me remember all of the songs. Ah! This is his "SECRET NIGHT" outfit! Izumi Mitsuki: I bet you'd look good in that one, Nagi! Here, put the hat on! Rokuya Nagi: I can pull of any kind of clothing. How does it look? Izumi Iori: All of you are acting like women in the Ladies' Section! Stop with the chit-chat and get to work! Yuki: How is it? Momo: It's really good! I love it! Yuki: That's what you always say.... Momo: If it's bad, I'll tell ya it's bad! I'm a fan though, so I'm happy to hear anything you write, Yuki. Yuki: I see.... Momo: Would you like me to critique you more? Yuki: From time to time, yes. Sometimes, when I'm trying to write a really good song, I lose sight of what makes a song splendid. Yuki: During times like that, I feel like I'm lost, all alone. It's painful. Momo: Oh.... Yuki: But knowing there's someone out there that will enjoy what I make, regardless of what it is, helps me keep my hands moving. Momo: Really? Yuki: Yeah. Stay here, and listen. *click*  Nanase Riku: Yuki-san, Momo-san! I wanted to ask you guys about the song so we could match the T-shirt designs to it! Yuki: What's your question? Nanase Riku: We were thinking of using the Chinese zodiac as a motif since there's twelve of us! So how about going with a more traditional Japanese style-- Ahahaha! (2) Yuki: Do you know what happens to naughty boys when they try to drastically change the composition this late in the game? (3) Nanase Riku: A-alright, then how about playing cards? There'll be one extra, but those are also numbered! Momo: IDOLiSH7 and TRIGGER would line up pretty nicely! Wouldn't we be different though? Yuki: What do you picture me as, Riku-kun? The jack? The queen? Or the king? Nanase Riku: Um.... The queen? Heeheehee! Yuki: The theme is love, isn't it? You're going to design it around love, aren't you? You wouldn't put the Chinese zodiac or playing cards into that, would you? Nanase Riku: 'Love' is too abstract, so it's hard to design around that! That's why we-- Ahahahaha! Yuki: I was struggling with the exact same thing! Momo: Yuki, Yuki! Don't threaten our kouhai! Yaotome Gaku: ......I get it, but isn't the demo a little late? When are we gonna start choreographing....... Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: How about I send them a RabbitChat about the tempo and mood of the song? Kujou Ten: Wouldn't it be better if we asked in person? Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: That's true, but Yuki-san's probably stressed right now and might pinch my cheeks if I go. .......Ah! He replied. Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: He says it's like "RESTART POiNTER." Yaotome Gaku: Huh. Ten, can you dance it out? I'll sing. Kujou Ten: Got it. Yaotome Gaku: Lalala la-lala la-lala la-lala.... Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Ah, wait. He says it's like "Leopard Eyes." Yaotome Gaku: Isn't that really fast? Ten, one more time. Kujou Ten: .... Got it. Yaotome Gaku: Da-dada dadada dada, da-dada dadada dada.... Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Wait, never mind. He says it's "SILVER SKY." Yaotome Gaku: Man, it's all over the place! Ten, one more time. Kujou Ten: ...... Hah.... Got it. Yaotome Gaku: Dadada bum-bum bum bum, bum bum bum..... Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Huh? I guess it's more like "Let's☆SUMMER!" then...? Kujou Ten: ......Can he contact us once he has a more concrete image? Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: "By the way, this is because your little brother told me to add in things like the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, the twelve-layered ceremonial kimono worn by court-ladies, the twelve apostles, or magnesium...." (4) Kujou Ten: Magnesium...? Tsunashi Ryuunosuke: Because it's the twelfth element. Yaotome Gaku: Are our T-shirts gonna explode or what......?

Izumi Mitsuki: Woah! You're really good at drawing, Tamaki! Yotsuba Tamaki: Is it too empty? What should I add? Whatever it is, I want people to be happy when they see it. It's really hard to make people happy.... Izumi Mitsuki: That's such a grown-up thing to say. Did something happen? Yotsuba Tamaki: So like, the other day, I was strolling around on my way back from school. Yotsuba Tamaki: And this random older dude told me, "You've been such a goody two-shoes lately, Yotsuba. It's boring." Izumi Mitsuki: ....... Yotsuba Tamaki: You know how I was like before. I used to think stuff like 'shut up' or 'I'm bored' and didn't really care. Yotsuba Tamaki: But sometimes, you just wanna make the people watching you happy. You feel? Well.... That's me right now. Yotsuba Tamaki: So that's why.... Like.... Umm.... Like...... Yotsuba Tamaki: You know how you're always tryna make your fans happy, Mikkii? Izumi Mitsuki: Yeah..... Yotsuba Tamaki: I thought that was just you being nice, or a good guy, but.... Yotsuba Tamaki: You're not all bright and sparkly like that, it's more like, someone who gives you that really strong gut feeling.... Someone who works really hard.... That's what I think.... (5) Yotsuba Tamaki: Now, I'm just like, 'Wow, he's really got guts. He's really, really strong.' Yotsuba Tamaki: I gotta be a good kid, gotta be strong, gotta be funny and interesting. Yotsuba Tamaki: That's why stopped thinking stuff like 'I wish they'd shut up' or 'what a pain in the ass'.... Because I wanna be all of those things. Yotsuba Tamaki: Man, I wanna be like that.... Izumi Mitsuki: You can, and you will. Yotsuba Tamaki: Really? Izumi Mitsuki: Of course. Izumi Mitsuki: When you try really hard to make people happy and the opposite thing happens, it eats away at you. I was really down in the dumps back then. Yotsuba Tamaki: You, Mikkii? No way.... Izumi Mitsuki: Yeah. I was really, really sad. It was awful.... Hell, I wanted to disappear. I'd think stuff like, 'What the hell are you doing?' or 'What should I do?' Izumi Mitsuki: I was distressed about all sorts of things. But because I love you guys and the fans so much, I was able to stick it out. Yotsuba Tamaki: ......I really love everyone too. Izumi Mitsuki: Haha.... I know. You've become such a great guy, Tamaki. And to think you used to be such a selfish beast back then! Man.... Yotsuba Tamaki: Oh! He praised me. Izumi Mitsuki: You're the coolest! If it were possible, I'd cover your ears so you won't have to listen to all of those mean voices. Izumi Mitsuki: But you're not gonna lose to them, because I know you're a strong boy. Yeah? Yotsuba Tamaki: Yeah! Izumi Mitsuki: Ahaha! Aw come on, you can't just draw a pudding on there! Yotsuba Tamaki: Haha! this one's mine.

To be continued....

TL Notes/comments:

thank u @kuriiii for proofing!!

(1) This is actually what the title is referring to but I modified title since a direct 'Let's send ourselves' would've been... A little....... Strange. 

(2) Just wanted to point out that there is indeed a SSR set where all of the i7 characters are dressed up in zodiac-themed clothing! Also, 'Chinese' is there to clarify that they're doing the animal set and not the virgo, libra, etcetc zodiac. 

(3) translating it directly ("So I guess this the mouth of a bad kid who tries to make drastic changes this late in the game?") would've been kinda weird so I went with my [tamaki voice] FEELING 

(4) juunihitoe = probably easier to visualize than explain, so here's a pic!  

(5) tamaki literally says 'makes you clench your stomach/abdomen really hard, that feeling' and i searched high and low and it's not some idiomatic phrase (Dont Ask Me how many 'how do i flex my abs :c' chiebukuro questions i sifted thru what the Fuck) so i went with my best interp of it?????? chikara wo ireru can also mean to try hard so Classic Me, I put in one line with the stomach part tl'd and another bit without the stomach part tl'd so pls correct me if Im wrong

As usual, if you see any mistakes/mistranslations/etc, please message me!

Thank you for reading!!

[kvths]

20 questions, 20 answers

thank you to my smols @teamom and @studylilacs for tagging me <3

rules: answer 20 questions and tag 20 followers you would like to get to know better.

name: sandy (i dislike my name)

nickname(s): sand, sandu, sanddune, sandapl etc etc.

zodiac sign: gemini .... (yesterday i did a compatibility test and ofc i’m barely compatible with any of the other signs rip typical gemini)  

height: 5′3″ or something like that

orientation: something along the lines of bi + grayace

nationality: i’m chinese-canadian (i’m chinese but i was born in canada)

favorite fruit: I LOVE FRUIT any fruit really ... but a few favs would be watermelon, mango, durian (it stANK but it taste good oka y), blueberries etc..

favorite season: autumn, my guy

favorite book: i’m too indecisive to have a favourite whoops

favorite flower: i love flowers they’re so beautiful i can’t pick only one :’// a few would be peonies, camellias, lilies, magnolias, frangipanies, freesias and lilacs

favorite scent: well for me,, something soft and warm?? if cuddles could be a scent that’s what it would be?? with notes of sandalwood and something slightly floral, not too overpowering.

favorite color: being vague,, certain shades of blue and pink. but i love black .. but that’s a shade whoops

favorite animal: but i love animals :’/ uhh lets see... a lot of my favs are felines or canines so like; snow leopards, lynxes, wolves and foxes. but i also love my og panda bear :’/

coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: i’m gucci with all 3 but i drink coffee and tea a lot more than hot chocolate.

average hours of sleep: um... idk it depends lmao

cat or dog: *insert why not both meme*

favorite fictional character: oh my god i had to answer a question like this for another tag i did on my anime blog and just ... wow okay it’s super long because i’m Extra... ima copy and paste;

anime characters: - my og fav girl sakura // naruto - my og fav boy sasuke // naruto - yamuraiha // magi - morgiana // magi - hakuryuu // magi - yona // akatsuki no yona - okuni // rengoku ni warau - baren // rengoku ni warau - shirasu // donten ni warau - oikawa // haikyuu - kuroo // haikyuu - almost everyone from pandora hearts um .. - i have more but this is getting long rip game characters: - kairi // kingdom hearts - aqua // kingdom hearts - riku // kingdom hearts - lunafreya // ffxv - noctis // ffxv - max // life is strange - chloe // life is strange - tifa // ffvii - cloud // ffvii - yuna // ffx

- this is all i can name off the top of my head lol

general characters: - moana // moana - sophie // howl’s moving castle - howl // howl’s moving castle - calcifer // howl’s moving castle - …… markl // howl’s moving castle i love howl’s moving castle okay leavijfiasjdiasd - marnie // when marnie was there - mulan my og // mulan - hana // wolf children - kermit the frog // muppets (okay listen i have like 100 kermit reaction pics on my phone i asidhais love him.. my son) - others i probably forgot idk

number of blankets you sleep with: like ... one lol

dream trip: again... i did this in another tag so i’m gonna copy and paste bc it’s kind of long lol;

oh boy,, okay i really want to travel so i want to go everywhere basically … but the first few places i want to go to first are;

- korea - japan - hawaii - italy - thailand - indonesia - spain - england - greece - greenland - iceland - morocco - egypt

blog created: uhHhhHhhHh 2015 or 2016 idk something like that

number of followers: -1 i have no friends :/

I’m tagging: @ffsnamjoon // @rosymyg // @junglecork // @iget7 // @agustdia // @sugaredmarbles // @hyunqvwon // @jiminssi // @study-ksj // @sugadaddykook // @playboyjungkook // @jwimins // @jiminslilmonster // @innohurry // and idk whoever else lmao i dont got friends :’)

[osakaso5]

Nagi Rokuya RabbiTube Rabbit TV Part 1: Spending Time With Nagi

Part 2 | Part 3

Staff: ...Now, on to the RabbiTube project.

Staff: Our plan is to introduce the videos by featuring clips on NEXT Re:vale!

Staff: We'd really appreciate it if you could show a side of yourselves that people don't usually get to see on TV. It's a pleasure to be working with you!

Momo: We've got high hopes for you guys!

Yuki: Feel free to fully expose yourselves to the public.

Mitsuki Izumi: Ahaha, please be gentle with us! Looks like I'm gonna have to do a RabbiTube study marathon..!

Gaku Yaotome: By the way, Tenn, I saw you watching RabbiTube videos the other day. Do you know any good ones?

Tenn Kujo: ...I was just watching cat videos.

Gaku Yaotome: Cats, huh. That's not gonna help us learn anything.

Ryunosuke Tsunashi: ...I think they might help! You could learn ways to entertain and soothe people...

Gaku Yaotome: Ryu, not all of us are gonna be able to do that...

Yuki: ...I'm liking the idea of Kitty Gaku.

Tenn Kujo: ...Pfft...

Gaku Yaotome: Tenn, why're you laughing!?

Riku Nanase: Kitties..! So could it be like a video of Iori going into a cat café?

Iori Izumi: Why do I have to go to a cat café!?

Yamato Nikaido: I'm not too excited about making videos like that, either...

Tamaki Yotsuba: I wanna do a pudding tasting!

Sogo Osaka: ...Personally, I'd like to rank my top 100 spices from all around the world...

Nagi Rokuya: And I shall hold a Cocona watch party!

Mitsuki Izumi: You guys aren't bringing anything new to the table!

Iori Izumi: ...Actually, I suppose animal videos do have their appeal, despite how banal they are...

Riku Nanase: Did you say something, Iori?

Iori Izumi: No, nothing.

Momo: Ahaha! Great, you're already brainstorming ideas!

Momo: You've all got the right idea! We wanna see you act natural for your RabbiTubes!

Yuki: Let's have a fun year doing this.

IDOLiSH7 & TRIGGER: Yessir! 

- - - -

Riku Nanase: We're going to be RabbiTubers for our birthday project this year..!

Sogo Osaka: All the group chats up until now were fun, so it's kind of a shame that we won't be doing one this year.

Mitsuki Izumi: ...Fair enough. It'll be awesome to make videos for our fans, but I wish we could have our own celebrations too!

Yamato Nikaido: It's become kind of a tradition by now.

Nagi Rokuya: ...We do not work together as much as we used to. Though I understand that it is difficult to match all our schedules...

Tamaki Yotsuba: Do we not get to eat Mikki's cakes this year?

Mitsuki Izumi: The cakes are the one thing we're gonna make for sure! Right, Iori!?

Iori Izumi: Yes. I'll help, too.

Riku Nanase: Hmm... Celebrations...

Riku Nanase: Ah! Why don't we all go somewhere together for our birthdays?

Riku Nanase: I guess we probably can't all go... But we can get our manager to arrange it so at least some of us can hang out!

Mitsuki Izumi: Going out, huh... That does sound like a nice change of pace from all the group RabbitChats!

Yamato Nikaido: It's a shame that we won't all be able to go, but getting to choose a spot does make it feel more special. ...You should take me to a beer brewery, by the way.

Mitsuki Izumi: Sounds like you've already got one in mind!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Let's take lots of pics and videos for the guys who can't go. We can send them over RabbitChat.

Nagi Rokuya: OH! A wonderful idea. It will make us all feel as if we are there.

Iori Izumi: I'm sure uploading them to Rabitter would make many people happy, as well.

Sogo Osaka: That sounds fun..! Let's ask our manager about it tomorrow.

Riku Nanase: Yep! ...Looks like we're going to have pretty fun birthdays again! 

- - - -

Nagi Rokuya: Wow... Have I died and gone to Heaven?

Mitsuki Izumi: Haha, of course not! This is the hotel that's doing a Cocona collab!

Nagi Rokuya: Such wonderful colors... Ah, it is as if these Cocona panels are welcoming us in.

Nagi Rokuya: It truly is reminiscent of the Pearly Gates...

Mitsuki Izumi: ...Uh oh, he's completely lost it.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Well, Nagicchi? Pretty cool, huh?

Nagi Rokuya: Yes... I am so touched I could faint.

Mitsuki Izumi: You're the one who kept leaving pamhplets for this place in our rooms practically every day.

Mitsuki Izumi: You didn't exactly leave me or Tamaki with any other choice but to bring you here...

Nagi Rokuya: I was simply being a postman of love...

Tamaki Yotsuba: It was super tough to get a stay here, right, manager!?

Tsumugi Takanashi: Hehe, Tamaki-san and I had to keep constant watch on the booking site!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Though the room is technically for four people, I'll be going home for the night. I'll try my best to take lots of pictures of you until then!

Nagi Rokuya: Thanks, Tsumugi! Well then, first...

Mitsuki & Tamaki: First?

Nagi Rokuya: Let us play cards! 

- - - -

Nagi Rokuya: ........

Mitsuki Izumi: ........

Tamaki Yotsuba: ........

Mitsuki Izumi: Tamaki's got the old maid, huh..? He's so easy to read...

Nagi Rokuya: Luck is on my side today. I will not be defeated.

Tamaki Yotsuba: ...Your turn, Nagicchi! Pull a card from me.

Nagi Rokuya: Yes... I choose this one.

Nagi Rokuya: ...OH, it appears my love is being tested.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Yesss..!

Mitsuki Izumi: Tamaki! Now we all know he's got the old maid!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Good, 'cause I don't want it!

Mitsuki Izumi: Neither do I!

Mitsuki Izumi: ...Not like we can have much of a game with only three people, anyhow.

Tamaki Yotsuba: Are you sure you just want to play cards in this fancy collab hotel, Nagicchi?

Nagi Rokuya: Heh. As long as you are both with me, I would gladly have gone anywhere at all.

Nagi Rokuya: However... I must admit that I still feel a bit lonely without the others.

Mitsuki Izumi: Nagi...

Tamaki Yotsuba: ...Gotcha!

Nagi Rokuya: Tamaki?

Tamaki Yotsuba: You pretty much decided that we'd come here for us...

Tamaki Yotsuba: So now it's me and Mikki's turn to do something for you!

Nagi Rokuya: ...Wow..!

Mitsuki Izumi: ...Yep! We'll keep you entertained!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Okay, for starters...

Mitsuki & Nagi: For starters?

Tamaki Yotsuba: ...Uh...

Mitsuki Izumi: C'mon, you can do it..!

Tamaki Yotsuba: L-let's play color tag!

Nagi Rokuya: Color tag!?

Mitsuki Izumi: In a near completely pink room!?

Nagi Rokuya: What is this "color tag" you speak of!?

Mitsuki Izumi: It's a game where whoever's "it" says a color, and you have to touch that color before they catch you.

Nagi Rokuya: That sounds fun..!

Mitsuki Izumi: Don't get all excited yet..! As long as whoever's "it" says any color other than pink or yellow here, they'll always catch  someone in no time!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Hmm, then how about... Hide-and-seek!?

Mitsuki Izumi: In this tiny hotel suite!?

Nagi Rokuya: I shall hide behind this Cocona panel!

Mitsuki Izumi: Don't just announce your hiding spot!

Tamaki Yotsuba: No fair! In that case, I'm gonna hide in the bath tub!

Mitsuki Izumi: Do you two even know how to play hide-and-seek!?

Tsumugi Takanashi: I-it looks like not even you can keep up with them, Mitsuki-san!

Mitsuki Izumi: Haha! ...Geez, if I didn't know any better, I'd say Nagi wasn't feeling lonely at all.

Mitsuki Izumi: ...I guess there's only one thing we can do now. Manager, can you bring that thing over now?

Tsumugi Takanashi: Will do! 

- - - -

Mitsuki Izumi: Ta-dah!

Nagi Rokuya: This is..!

Mitsuki Izumi: It's a Cocona lunch I made especially for you!

Mitsuki Izumi: Tamaki helped me out, and not just with the tasting!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Oh, yeah! We could've just showed him the lunch box!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Check this out, Nagicchi! I cut the eggs into little star shapes!

Nagi Rokuya: Wow! ...So they are not meant to be starfish?

Tamaki Yotsuba: No!

Nagi Rokuya: ...This lunch will keep me warm. So very warm...

Tamaki Yotsuba: I thought it would've gotten cold by now.  

Nagi Rokuya: That is not what I meant... The affection you put into this lunch box will warm my heart greatly...

Mitsuki Izumi: I'm glad you like it. I wanted to do a little something extra for you, since we're not really doing anything other than having a sleepover.

Nagi Rokuya: ...I love you both, Mitsuki and Tamaki..!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Aaagh..! Nagicchi, I can't breathe!

Mitsuki Izumi: Ahaha! Watch out, or you'll spill your food!

Nagi Rokuya: Tsumugi! Take a picture of us with this lunch box, if you may!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Alright..! Stand over there, in front of that panel!

Nagi Rokuya: It makes me so happy to be able to spend such a wonderful day with you!

Tamaki Yotsuba: Hehe. It's still a little early, but happy birthday!

Mitsuki Izumi: C'mon, get closer! Okay, go ahead and take the picture!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Say cheese..! 

End of Part 1.

Translator’s notes..? 

Rabbit TVs courtesy of @rabbit-library