#kaname arisugawa

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Whoa, whoa, what “time” are we talking about?!

[lars-n-drix]

So on one of my nuked blogs, I had started an anime boardtober that I never finished and have been slowly working my way through. Basically was making a mix of moodboards & stimboards for 30 of my favorite anime characters. Now just doing moodboards for the rest.

Anyways w/ this batch we got;

Megumi Tadokoro [Food Wars] + country farming & food themes

Sinon [Gun Gale Online] + sharp shooter & yandere themes

Inosuke Hashibira [Demon Slayer]

Kaname Arisugawa [Fly Me to the Moon] + outer space, bath houses, & school themes

Asako Shibasaki [Library Wars] + libraries/books, calligraphy, & journaling themes

Pinga [Brand New Animal] + albatrosses & aviation themes

Be at 24/30 rn

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Folks, in honor of Kayli's upcoming 29th Birthday, allow Me to share a little something, right over here, complete with the inclusion of the Jacksons/Jackson 5ive/Jackson Five's Can You Feel It and well, have a very Happy Early 29th Birthday to Kayli Mills (1994-present), Ladies and Gentlemen!

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this one goes out to the meduca and utena gays <3 xoxo

[mahougirlys]

me: :(( so sad

lesbian character: hi im lesbian

me: :)) oh wow a lesbian!!!

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Magical Girl Bracket

Written list under the cut

Polls will be posted later this week

Madoka Kaname from Puella Magi Madoka Magica vs. Valerie Amaranth from Magical Warrior Diamond Heart

Arisugawa Himari from KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode vs. Sora Harewataru from Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure

Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail vs. Cocona Cocomine from Flip Flappers

Yugi Muto from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters vs. Ahiru from Princess Tutu

Zatanna Zatara from DC Comics vs. Koyuki Himekawa from Magical Girl Raising Project

Ben Tennyson from Ben 10 vs. John Constantine from DC Comics

Doremi Harukaze from Magical DoReMi vs. Momoko Akatsutsumi from Powerpuff Girls Z

Andromeda Shun from Saint Seiya vs. Max Owen from Magical Boy

Luz Noceda from The Owl House vs. Jem from Jem and the Holograms

Momozono Love from Fresh Pretty Cure! vs. Ruru Amour from HUGtto! Pretty Cure

Mari Maya from Samurai Flamenco vs. Madoka Aguri from Doki Doki! Pretty Cure

Tinker Bell from the Pixie Hollow movies vs. Ryuko Matoi from Kill la Kill

Flora from Winx Club vs. Aelita Schaeffer from Code Lyoko

Himeno Awayuki from Pretear vs. Amu Hinamori from Shugo Chara!

Danny Fenton from Danny Phantom vs. Ayumu Aikawa from Is This is a Zombie?

Luluco from Space Patrol Luluco vs. Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Ichigo Motomiya from Tokyo Mew Mew vs. Undine Wells from Sleepless Domain

Marinette Dupain-Cheng from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir vs. Chocola Meilleure from Sugar Sugar Rune

Shirayuki from Snow White with the Red Hair vs. Myoudouin Itsuki from  Heartcatch Pretty Cure!

Adrien Agreste from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir vs. Dante from Devil May Cry

Minami Maki from Majitora vs. Alear from Fire Emblem Engage

Sally Yumeno from Sally the Witch vs. Talia from Lolirock

Korra from The Legand of Korra vs. The Guardian of the Veil from W.I.T.C.H.

Kiana Kaslana from Honkai Impact 3rd vs. Hotaru Tomoe from Sailor Moon

Utena Tenjou from Revolutionary Girl Utena vs. Steven Universe from Steven Universe

Atsuko Kagari from Little Witch Academia vs. Meimi Haneoka from Saint Tail

Anne Boonchuy from Amphibia vs. Adora from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Laura from Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure vs. Anthy Himemiya from Revolutionary Girl Utena

Star Butterfly from Star vs. the Forces of Evil vs. Hoshina Hikaru from  Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure

Chibiusa Tsukino from Sailor Moon vs. Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho

Rose Lalonde from Homestuck vs. Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura

Iris from Lolirock vs. Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon

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Additional examples, from the Spring 2023 anime season:

Akina Kubo of Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai is the title character's older sister. She's introduced relatively early, but she definitely covers the Interloper traits of saying the quiet part out loud and trolling a bit to get things moving. Her main trick is setting up deliberate misunderstandings, but in ways that progress rather than push back on the relationship.

Tonikaku Kawaii is a different sort of romcom. It's about a young married couple and so it lacks the will-they-or-won't-they element. Nonetheless it has an Interloper in Kaname Arisugawa. Like Rika of Haganai, she's the designated naughty-minded character. Despite the different setup, she still fulfills the role of pushing the core couple together. In this case it's just toward things like "get proper wedding rings" and "did you know you can kiss people in places other than the mouth".

Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru is shoujo for gamers, but a few of the character roles from the male-focused romcom I described are still present. Eita Sasaki says explicitly he wants a "romcom ending" for the main couple. To this end, he gives his sister specific instructions for Interloper actions to take, such as engineering a "lucky pervert" moment to force the two to reframe their relationship. He also pulls a "what if you two were going out? Haha just kidding... unless?" later on to great effect.

The Interloper

So, expanding on something from Toradora! is Perfect, Actually. In a romantic comedy, there needs to be some sort of pressure pushing the principal characters together. If the premise or protagonists themselves don't fulfill this need, the work can make use of a character I call the "Interloper". This is the one who usually shows up last and whose role it is to keep the plot from being stable. In general, a character who shows up at the start of a later season is not the Interloper, even if their shenanigans have the effect of pushing the plot forward. Rather, the introduction of the Interloper is the point where the story has all the pieces in place. When it comes to making things happen the Interloper is the finger that pushes over the first domino.

To be an Interloper, the character's actions need to be both deliberate and effective. By this I mean they have to be causing trouble or progress on purpose, and the results need to be at least partially an intended result of that effort. For example, if a character is trying to sneak a truth potion into someone's food and it ends up in the wrong one, that's just shenanigans, not actual Interloper activity. However, if someone sneaks truth potion into someone's food and it results in the target voicing something they kept hidden (perhaps even from themselves), that's an Interloper at work. Some Interlopers start more on the shenanigans side of things and move toward actively shaping the plot later. Regardless of where they start, pretty much every Interloper ends a series making active direct effort to put the characters in place for the resolution.

Ami Kawashima of Toradora! is one of my two original examples for the type. She is the last of the five main characters to be introduced, and is initially presented as a certified Mean Girl. She starts her Interloping from her very introduction, treating Ryuuji like a toy in order to mess with Taiga. She goes through a lot of changes over the course of the series, but she never stops being the Interloper - the way she acts just changes. At first her trolling is more about her own satisfaction, but her actions are already pointed at stirring up the status quo of relationships. As the show goes along, her actions come to be motivated by the good of others, and she changes from merely stirring things up to openly pushing toward the conclusion everyone wants. At each phase her actions shape the plot, defining more than a third of the story arcs. Ami may not be the star, but there is no Toradora! without her.

Rika Shiguma of Haganai is my other original example. Haganai is a much more shenanigans-focused show than Toradora! and Rika is all about shenanigans. She's the designated sex maniac in the cast, taking everything in the most lewd way possible. In her introduction episode she shows up to the club room and propositions Kodaka right in front of everyone. This might seem like just a joke, but it's very clear that by saying that out loud, she forced everyone else in the room to reassess their own relationship with Kodaka in those terms. This is the end of the beginning of Haganai, the point where the plot starts to move incrementally forward. Most of the time Rika plays the shenanigans part of the Interloper more than the progress-pushing kind. However, at the end of the season one special episode, she is once again the one who prompts everyone to think about what kind of relationship they want with Kodaka. By the end of season two she pulls out all the shenanigans she has and uses them to beat some progress out of Kodaka whether he likes it or not.

Ai Hayasaka of Kaguya-sama: Love is War fills both sides of the role with aplomb. As the deadpan servant character, it is her duty to say the quiet part out loud. This alone has an Interloper effect by forcing the target (usually Kaguya) to at least react to something she's trying not to know. As things go along Ai starts to actively intervene in the core relationship of the story by challenging Miyuki's love for Kaguya directly. She does this by secretly acting as an alternate love interest. This is done with love for Kayuga, but also more than a few ounces of jealousy. Obviously shenanigans ensue, but the real result is Miyuki affirming, both to himself and to Ai, that Kaguya is truly the one he loves and not just the closest target of potential affection. By the end she's providing massive pushes toward resolution.

Working!! is another shenanigans-heavy show, and it has multiple characters who could be described as Interlopers. Yamada Aoi is the late-arriving character and primarily a shenanigans-type Interloper, but Souma Hiroomi is there from the start and makes the most active efforts of anyone in the show to move the plot in some direction or another. One of his tricks is slowing down the Yamada family arc in order to squeeze more shenanigans (and progress) out of Kirio's interaction with the Inami-Souta relationship. On the Jun-Yachiyo relationship he takes on a more classic Interloper role by pushing shenanigans with the overt intent of putting them in proximity as much as possible and pressuring Satou to make progress through his own actions.

It's possible in general for multiple characters to do Interloper things. The supporting cast of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten is so frustrated with the lack of romantic progress that it turns into Oops All Interlopers. The closest to the usual archetype are Amane's mother, who designates Mahiru as her future daughter-in-law from the moment they meet, and Chitose Shirakawa with her elaborate and decisive progress-pushing.

There are also plenty of romcoms out there without an Interloper. In some none is necessary because the structure of the show provides constant forward pressure directly. In Fuukoi, for example, the central conceit of the "marriage practical" does this by providing both a motive to make changes and a deadline for action to be taken. In some cases, like Wotakoi and many shoujo shows, no Interloper is necessary because one or more characters (often the male love interest) are sufficiently driven by their own desire to need no encouragement at all. Romcoms that are all shenanigans tend not to have a designated Interloper (just think how many characters regularly cause problems for no reason in Urusei Yatsura but lead to only more shenanigans) and actually need to avoid progress-forcing most of the time.

Given that an Interloper is disruptive by their very nature and often a little antagonistic, you might think they're generally considered annoying. In at least the cases I've listed, that's far from the case - some of them are as popular as the protagonists, if not more. In a world of endless, directionless drivel, there is real appreciation for the character who makes stuff happen.

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I've gone through all the submissions!

Submissions: 105 (a few of which submitted multiple characters)

Re-submissions to add more detail: 2

Characters submitted: 92

Characters nobody submitted who are being included because I think they should be included (mostly because I would have submitted them if someone else was running the bracket): ...um...18

Most-submitted character: Eri, My Hero Academia (4)

Most-submitted character I had not previously heard of: Naru Kotoishi, Barakamon

Franchise with the most entries: Pretty Cure (9)

Individual anime with the most entries: The Case Study of Vanitas (4)

Characters named "Maria": 2

Dragons: 4.5 (not all from Fire Emblem)

Still a lot of stuff to do before I start posting polls, not the least of which being how to efficiently run a double-elimination bracket with 110 members. (I guess I could track down 18 anime kids to make it an even power of 2, but then I'd be running a poll that's ~¼ characters chosen entirely by me, which feels kinda ridiculous.) But I figured I should let people know how things are going.

Full list of characters in the bracket below the cut.

The following list is in alphabetical order. For characters with both personal and family names, I alphabetized by family names. (Except when I mistook which name was which, because the internet cannot decide whether to use Japanese name order or European name order, which isn't a problem except when it makes people like me worry about whether they're naming characters wrong.)

Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Mamoru Amami (GaoGaiGar)

Mafuyu Asahina (Project Sekai)

Astro Boy (Astro Boy)

Rei Ayanami (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Toph Beifong (ATLA)

Biyoo (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint)

Maria Campbell (My Next Life as a Villainess)

Alice Carroll (ARIA)

Chito (Girls Last Tour)

Cola (Scissor Seven)

Cosette (Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette)

Damian Desmond (Spy×Family)

Denji Chainsawman (Chainsaw Man)

Diona (Genshin Impact)

Elda (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure) (not Edomae Elf)

Alphonse Elric (Full Metal Alchemist)

Eri (My Hero Academia)

Emma (The Promised Neverland)

Fae (Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade)

Filo (Rising of the Shield Hero)

Anya Forger (Spy×Family)

Lee Gilyoung (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint)

Gon (Hunter×Hunter)

Akechi Goro (Persona 5)

Hitori Gotoh (Bocchi the Rock!)

Hime Gotoh (no relation) (Kakushigoto)

Astolfo Granatum (The Case Study of Vanitas)

Hau (Pokemon Sun & Moon)

Arisugawa Himari/Cure Custard (KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode)

Shirayuki Hime/Cure Princess (HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!)

Koichi Hirose (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Forever)

Itona Horibe (Assassination Classroom)

Lily Hoshikawa (Zombieland Saga)

Hop (Pokemon Sword & Shield)

Anthy Himemiya (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Miyuki Hoshizora/Cure Happy (Smile Pretty Cure!)

Saki Hyuuga/Cure Bloom (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star)

Ib (Ib)

Shinji Ikari (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Ines (Mad Father)

Yamabuki Inori/Cure Pine (Fresh Pretty Cure!)

Tsumugi Inuzuka (Sweetness and Lightning)

Ira (DokiDoki! Pretty Cure)

Kyouya Izumi (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Jean (Fire Emblem Engage)

Julio/Rio Kuroki/Pikario (KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode)

Nadeshiko Kagamihara (Yuru Camp)

Shigeo Kageyama/Mob (Mob Psycho 100)

Mokuba Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Kanna (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)

Sophia Keren (So I’m A Spider, So What?)

Rayfa Padma Khura'in (Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice)

Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Komekko (Konosuba)

Naru Kotoishi (Barakamon)

Kabane Kusaka (Kemono Jihen)

Kevin E. Levin (Ben 10) (very specifically NOT the 2016 reboot)

Yotsuba Koiwai (Yotsuba&!)

Kirby (Kirby)

Kukrushka (Gnosia)

Lillie (Pokemon Sword & Shield)

Link (Wind Waker)

Lucas (Mother 3)

March (To Your Eternity)

Megumin (Konosuba)

Memempu (Sakugan)

Retasu Midorikawa/Mew Lettuce (Tokyo Mew Mew)

Mikhail (The Case Study of Vanitas)

Asa Mitaka (Chainsaw Man)

Mashiro Mitsumine (Engaged to the Unidentified)

Renge Miyauchi (Non Non Biyori)

Myrrh (Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones)

Nah (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Naruto (Naruto: Naruto)

Nowi (Fire Emblem: Awakening)

Yugo Ohda (Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens)

Last Order (A Certain Magical Index)

Luca Oriflamme (The Case Study of Vanitas)

Platelets (Cells At Work!)

Riko (Made in Abyss)

Miharu Rokujo (Nabari no Ou)

Roy (Pokemon Horizons)

Ryuu (Snow White with the Red Hair)

Sabi (Pokemon Legends Arceus)

Louis de Sade (The Case Study of Vanitas)

Ericht Samaya (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury)

Sagara Seiji (HappinessCharge Pretty Cure!)

Simon (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)

Somali (Somali and the Forest Spirit)

Asuka Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Suika (Dr. Stone)

Utena Tenjou (Revolutionary Girl Utena)

Hanazawa Teruki (Mob Psycho 100)

"That kid" (Erased)

Minamoto Tiara (Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun)

Yuuta Tomonaga (Brave Police J-Decker)

Nina Tucker (Full Metal Alchemist)

Maria Ushiromiya (Umineko: When They Cry)

Miri Unasaka (Buddy Daddies)

Yoite (Nabari no Ou)

Shin Yoosung (Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint)

Ayumi Yoshida (Detective Conan)

Yukine (Noragami)

Yun (Yona of the Dawn)

Yunyun (Konosuba)

Yuuri (Girls Last Tour)

Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter×Hunter)

Killua Zoldyck (Hunter×Hunter)

Please let me know if you notice some kind of mistake in this list. Like a name I spelled wrong or an alias I associated with the wrong character or if one of the characters I didn't recognize is a dragon or something.

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Many anime muses here;

All muses are of age & the mun is 30 +

Starter Calls !

Rules & muses below

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Rules !

1.Please read all my rules carefully before messaging me.

2. I will NOT write with anyone who is under 18.

3. I may or may not take request. not 100% sure yet. xD

4. Do NOT rush me with replies. i tend to be slow from time to time. but i promise to get something out to you.

5. I do write smut but WILL NOT do it with anyone under 18.

6. If you aren't sure about something please message me, my inbox is always open.

7. Please no drama, i can NOT stand that shit.

8. I am a shipping ho. BUT please DO NOT force your ship on me if I am not down for it.

9. Please have fun!

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The Muses ;

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon ; Usagi/Sailor Moon, Haruka/Sailor Uranus, Michiru/Sailor Neptune, Setsuna/Sailor Pluto, Hotaru/Sailor Saturn, Chibiusa/Sailor Chibi Moon, Seiya/Sailor Star Fighter, Princess Kakyuu, Sailor Galaxia, Human Luna

Revolutionary Girl Utena ; Utena Tenjou, Anthy Himemiya, Juri Arisugawa

Code Geass ; C.C & Euphemia Li Britannia

Death Note ; Misa Amane

Castlevania ; Lenore

Castlevania Nocturne ; Drolta Tzuentes & Maria Renard

The Rose of Versailles ; Oscar

Elfen Lied ; Lucy/Nyu

Puella Magi Madoka Magica ; Madoka Kaname & Mami Tomoe

Clannad ; Nagisa Furukawa, Kyou Fujibayashi, Tomoyo Sakagami, Girl in the Illusionary World

Air ; Kannabi no Mikoto { Kanna } & Misuzu Kamio

Inuyasha ; Kikyo

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms ; Maquia & Leilia

Princess Mononoke ; Moro

More to come

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TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 05 (Onsen Trip!)

TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 05 Tonikaku Cawaii: Fly Me to the Moon Season 2 05 Tonikaku Kawaii S2/トニカクカワイイ SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Kaname and Aya’s mom makes a surprise return home. After a sarcastic response from Kaname, Arisugawa-san gives her youngest daughter special tickets to a luxury onsen resort. Kaname gives them to Nasa, who eventually accepts. Both Nasa and Tsukasa are…

[njotaku]

Top 10 Females from the Autumn 2020 Season

10. Akira Kotokawa - One Room

9. Saya Orisaki - One Room

8. Scarlet - King’s Raid

7. Sora Narukami - The Day I became God

6. Izanami Kyouko - The Day I became God

5. Arisugawa Kaname - Tonikaku Kawaii

4. Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX - Our Last Crusade

3. Yuna - Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

2. Claudia Bruford - Warlords of Sigdrifa

1. Tsukasa Yuzaki - Tonikaku Kawaii

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Could you not, please?

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Tonikaku Kawaii - Episode 11 Preview

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Tonikaku Kawaii - Petanko Acrylic Straps by Penguin Parade

Release: December 2020

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