#juuni taisen tiger

[haykiuu]

Song: Static - Steve Lacy

Character: Kanae Aira (Tora) - Jūni Taisen

hope this one reaches the few juuni taisen/zodiac war enjoyers out there! also not a ship edit and well obvious spoilers

[duckielover151]

I'm watching Juuni Taisen, and I feel like something clicked for me today. A distinction I was never really looking for but which I see now...

(For the uninitiated, it's this battle royale anime where each of the twelve combatants come from a warrior family meant to embody the attributes of the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac.)

I give you... the difference between a character meant to be sexy:

And a character who's been sexualized:

But I want to specify that I'm not bringing this up to say that being sexualized ruined Tiger's character or anything.

(On one hand, it would not be out of character for her to not be self-conscious about charging into battle in a bikini... On the other, you would be totally right to mock the creators for making that decision.)

But! She actually gets the most extensive background of any of the competitors-- one that absolutely paints her in a sympathetic light and goes out of its way to show that-- at least her alcoholism-- is a direct result of PTSD and there's more to her than how she first appears.

I feel like sometimes people immediately write off characters who are designed the way Tiger is, and I'd urge you not to!

Don't avert your eyes.

The writing for/depiction of a character may not be perfect... but it doesn't always fail on all fronts.

I think this train of thought really started with seeing some of the critiques people have for One Piece. I watch people bemoan Nami and Robin's designs and can't fathom how that's the biggest takeaway they have for those characters when their backgrounds and personalities are so strong.

Maybe it's the asexuality talking, but most of the time... a nonsensical outfit for combat feels like such a minor detail when the writers are getting everything else right.

[warrior-of-the-tiger]

Tora Meme Template

[jazminetoad]

Sharyu: You're looking a little unsteady there

Tora, drunk: Says the one with three heads

[aquachan13-blog]

Pikachu, I choose you! 🐯

[thecrazyanimegirl]

[bosco-reforged]

A dumb show like Juuni Taisen shouldn’t be able to make me cry, but...

Ushii didn’t recognize Tora because he viewed her as a child when they first met. He would never guess she was the same person, because this time he acknowledged her as a warrior. 

[a-delightful-bran-muffin]

At first you think she’s just a silly drunk but after her back story you realize that this poor women has been completely destroyed

[aki52usagi]

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[its-more-than-just-a-fantasy]

This year is her year

Happy year of the Tiger 🥳🥳🥳🥳❤️❤️❤️❤️

[nekojirou]

I thought the horns were real... :'(

[strawberry-venomous]

Tora, nombre real: Kanae Aira

[warrior-of-the-tiger]

[jazminetoad]

Tora As A Teacher Headcanons

Probably comes in class hungover most of the time

There has been a few times she came in actually drunk

It doesn't happen often though

When she first started teaching she was completely clean and happy to have the job, excited to teach kids

Well, now she's happy when it's the weekend and doesn't have to be in the classroom

There's a lot of boring paperwork and class clowns she had to deal with

This woman needs sleep

There are those few kids who make her day

By either being sweet or just being helpful

Is the kind of teacher to play educational videos in class as she grades papers (or sleeps)

Is very disorganized which is also why she plays videos

Will absolutely let her students listen to music as they work

She will even play music in class if her students ask

The first time they ask for her to play a certain artist but-

"Wha-? You want me to play this guy's music? Nah, Nah, I got something better for ya guys."

The students thought she'd play some boring music BUT BOY WERE THEY WRONG

This teach got the good music

After that, she is officially a cool teacher

Her students got to know her a bit more and discovered how down to earth she really was

They love her for it!

She started to enjoy teaching again

On each Friday at the end of the month, if they behaved she would hold a party in the classroom

Now if a student is having life issues, she doesn't sugar coat anything

She understands stands these things suck and people shouldn't force them to be happy about a situation if they're not

Will tell them how she felt it she went through something similar

"Yeah my old man was hard on me too when it came to my grades, I had to work my ass off to get them back up, those sleepless nights weren't helping"

She will remind her students how important sleep is and uses herself as an example of what happens when you don't get sleep

If she catches her students at lunch doing weeb or drinking, she doesn't report it

She's not a snitch

"Make sure you sober up before class and don't forget to cover the scent"

If a student did some crazy stunt at lunch (ex. steal the principal's lunch) she will give them a high five

She got a soft spot for little rebels

They remind her of when she was young

But she also tells them not to get out of hand

If any students skip her class, she'll get offended

Then she'll have a party at the end of class and have the students who were there emphasize how awesome it was so no one skips her class again

Will be proud of her students if they're improving their grades in another class

Gives the encouraging proud mom her student deserves

Will drive her students home if they missed the bus

Or to the arcade if that's where the student wanted to go after school

Just don't make it a habit

Her car is a mess and she gets embarrassed about it

At the end of the year, she'll have a big party for all her students and makes a big speech

"-and I'm so proud each and every one of you! I'm going to miss you all."

Then next school year starts, new group of students, and we're back to square one

[medakakurokami]

[thecrazyanimegirl]

"But... Nothing could stop me.

I couldn't really tell whether I was alive or dead anymore.

There was nothing... nothing... nothing that could stop me."