#kaoru x kojiro

[doginahat]

the matchablossom + miya found family i just wrote is maybe driving me a little crazy i can’t wait to post oh my Lord

[pochiikou]

[strathbox]

Take it, Kaoru being a badass,Kojiro being in love with himmmm.

2000s fashion ? It fits young matchablossom so well😳😤💞

[ryanthel0ser]

When I was writing my fanfic braindump I went to look at the trivia for Kaoru and Kojiro and...

hm (see number 3)

mhm...

oh uhuh..

uh huh...

right yeah

hmmmm...

yeah okay

yeah his friend yeah...

[undinoble]

Drink after a beef with you lov- I mean, your rival

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[shoopsart]

[pixe7ed]

🍵"Until there is just Us and the Seabrise" 🌸 My piece for MB Bang 2024 event (on twitter)!

[cjs-51703]

Joe: We're like a big, happy family! And I'm the Dad, Kaoru is the Mom--

Cherry: How am I the Mom? What gender roles are we pushing here?

Miya: I know you're going to say I'm the son, but I'm not! I'm the Gay Emo Cousin.

Reki: I'll be the son! The hot shot whose only dream is... to be a hero!

Tadashi: I feel like I'd be the Fresh Out of Jail Uncle.

Adam: And I'm the Sassy Aunt who talks shit about everyone.

[jliaartz]

May I interest you in some matchablossom, even if the sk8 fandom is hibernating until s2?

Well you're getting it anyways.

:D

[modxto]

Years later ♥

Also guys I'm in Cherry Bomb! a fanzine specially made for Kaoru. We have two of them, SFW and NSFW and gosh there are so many beautiful and spicy artworks!

Can we bring my stickers to life too? 🥺

More info.

[zilebastikevdeyoktunuz]

Teacher: your son is so smart but he doesn't study

Cherry: *looks at teacher then reki then he returns to the teacher and points reki* this, sir?

Reki: *he was trying to lick his elbow* look look dad I'm licking!

[doginahat]

my bread and butter. my boys. my guys. they’re fucking back baby

[pochiikou]

[strathbox]

Any kind of matchablossom is good matchablossom, that’s why today I offer you fem matchablossom 😌

[ryanthel0ser]

How I think Cherry and Joe's relationship works in the present (aka my headcanon technically but your honor they can't prove it's not canon yet until that OVA comes out)

Neither of them realize they have feelings for the other. That much is clear based on how they interact and how neither outright pursues the other. However, they do care for each other. Especially Joe. Joe deeply cares for Cherry. He worries about Cherry's race, he rushes to Cherry after the injury, he has that moment after the outro in episode 9, he is the one pushing Cherry around in the wheelchair.

But there's more than just those more obvious moments. Note that Joe says he will race Adam AFTER Cherry says he's going to race Adam. Joe wants to race Adam to "punch him in the face." Like I said in my initial analysis of the themes of this show and how it's reflected in the main relationships, Joe hates Adam because Adam is ruining skating. However, I think Joe really decides to race Adam because he knows why Cherry is racing against Adam and he can see the danger in it (like I mentioned in that post linked). Joe knows that all Cherry is looking at is Adam.

This is where some one-sidedness comes into Joe and Cherry's relationship. Joe is looking at Cherry, but Cherry's focused on Adam. This becomes very prevalent in the scene of them talking at their old hangout spot and in the flashbacks Cherry has of Adam. Cherry was, and to a degree still is, completely enamored by Adam. The scene of him watching Adam skate when they were younger parallels how Reki watches Langa skate, it's meant to tell the audience that Cherry is feeling the same way Reki did watching Langa. Pair that with "we're friends" and the catch by the waist, now there's a strong romantic undertone to their relationship based on that flashback. Cherry is wrapped up in this old flame and wanting to know why Adam refuses to interact with them after what they had. And he wants to make Adam regret it.

Joe is watching Cherry watch Adam. Joe is watching with a pit of worry in his stomach because he knows Cherry is completely focused on Adam during that race. On beating Adam. He's afraid of what will happen to Cherry, what Adam will do to him. What might happen to Cherry if he does win.

Then Cherry gets hit by Adam. We literally see the image of Adam Cherry thought he knew shatter. When Cherry says "I can still see right through you," he was never more wrong. You can't see through him at all. I could even bet you never did. The Adam that Cherry thought he knew is destroyed in that moment as Adam tells him "you're boring." Cherry is forced to face the reality of the situation.

And who is there immediately? Joe. "I'm gonna laugh when you lose" Joe panicking as Cherry is unresponsive.

Then we have the post outro scene of episode 9 (a scene I've already dissected). This is where Joe's focus on Cherry is clearest. Joe has this heartfelt moment with Cherry that Cherry is not an active participant in. It almost feels like a confession of how much Joe cares for Cherry. "At least we got this, we're not alone. You know what I mean, Kaoru?"

And then one final moment. Joe laughs with Cherry as he laughs and smiles in a way he hasn't done in the show at all. He celebrates with Cherry the downfall of Adam's legacy to the rain. The fall of this man that hurt him not only physically but emotionally.

To me, Joe is clearly in love with Cherry and doesn't realize it. Cherry definitely has feelings for Joe, but he's been so wrapped up in Adam that falling for Joe hasn't happened yet. Now that Adam is out of the picture though...

[isolabellz]

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