#kotoko my beloved

[rouwaa143]

that’s why I became your fangs

day 23 - kotoko/animalistic

[harrowharr0w]

Harrow like the milgram song? :D

yes harrow like the milgram song!! :D

[moonlube]

i'm so happy to have gotten to know you! and here's a late ttmy delivery

KOTOKO THIS MADE ME START CRYING IM SO HAPPY?????? I LOVE THEM AND ALSO YOU SO SO SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO MY LIFE!!!!!!

[knarwc]

Omg she's perfect

first time drawing kotoko.. preparing to work on my next ask which involves YONAH! kotoko is so pretty..

[milk-ly]

Quick drawings of all the MILGRAM trial 2 covers!!!

[galaxity]

Tokomaru taking care of the children lives in my brain.

They needed new parents so bad and Komaru obviously wants to help them she’s so mother like 🥰

Toko on the other hand- is Toko yk? But I love her 🫶

[polarmary]

What do you mean this never happened?

[good-beanswrites]

Hear me out:

Kotoko adopted Es, and Fuuta went ballistic.

Rip Fuuta... he can never catch a break... Asdfsdf thank you for this, it was a blast thinking of all the ridiculous ways this could have played out! (One possibility I toyed with was Fuuta's competitive instincts take over, he fights her for Es, only to realize too late "*I* don't want to be responsible for a whole child WAIT") It's a similar format to the last one, with a knock-at-the-door reveal, but I still think it works 😂

“Don’t fuck with me, Es.”

“I would never.”

Lying brat. Fuuta knew they would every chance that they got. It was the reason he was so relieved that Es decided to find somewhere else to live after Milgram’s end. Fuuta had nothing left to fear from his former warden, but the others’ suggestions that Es become his new roommate still made him shudder. Three interrogations in a closed space with the rude kid were enough for him, thank you very much.

However, it wasn’t all a relief. He couldn’t help feeling concerned about who they’d gone to live with. Given how cryptic they were being, Fuuta would have been convinced they walked into the woods to find a furry family of Jackalopes or something to raise them –except, they showed up for this walk with clean clothing and internet access. 

“I don’t believe you. You’re fucking with me right now. Why can’t you just tell me who it is?” 

“It isn’t any of your concern. Hey, I thought you swore to stay out of others’ business. You turned over a new leaf and all that?”

“Tch. I meant other people’s business. You’re different.” 

If Es had vanished off the grid like some of the other prisoners, Fuuta wouldn’t have cared. But they were here, near enough to arrange some lame meetup, which meant they were going to remain in his life for a while longer. And that meant, as the model citizen that Fuuta was, he felt responsible for ensuring they didn’t get themselves kidnapped by some creep. 

He asked, “how much do you know about them, anyway? I mean, what kind of person can house a random weird kid on incredibly short notice? That’s definitely suspicious.”

Fuuta pulled the mask up on his face as they turned down a more crowded street. He knew people were going to gawk at his eye anyways, but it still helped him feel like he was blending in. With his thoughts on the injury for a moment, he was glad that bitch Kotoko was one of the prisoners who had gone off the grid. Good riddance.

“I promise, she’s fine. Not weird with children at all. In fact, she’s really good with them, which is why she could help me on such short notice.” They muttered, “but it’s not like I’m that young…”

“That’s still not normal. Is she some old housewife or something?”

“Ah, are you trying to do the interrogation this time? Actually, I’d say she’s around your age.”

“It’s just you two living alone? I’m still worried about Milgram coming looking for us again – can a girl like that really protect you?”

“Is everyone supposed to live with a big, strong man, like you?”

“Wha–!” Fuuta’s cheeks burned red. “That’s not what I –!”

“I’m only teasing. It’s cute that you care about me.”

That only agitated him more. “It’s not cute! I’m being realistic! One of us has to think about your safety while you’re just distracted by some pretty girl.”

“What makes you think she’s pretty?”

“Well, why else would you be so careless in deciding to live with her?”

All of the sudden, he saw it in Es’ eyes: that spark of mischief that Fuuta had come to loathe. He could never tell what they were plotting, but it was never a good sign.

Es held up their hands in mock surrender. They put on a ridiculous, overdramatic voice. “Ah, you caught me, Fuuta! I’m hiding her identity because she’s the most beautiful, capable woman in all of Japan, and I want to keep her all to myself!” 

He groaned, but they weren’t deterred. “She’s got everything, I couldn’t risk you falling for her! She’s quite capable of defending me. She’s very strong, with protective instincts much like your own. She understands our situation like no one else could. She’s got intense eyes, and you wouldn’t believe her singing voice. She enjoys deep conversations, she’s a dog person, she –”

“ – now you’re being the creep! Just shut up, I get it already...”

When they finally had the decency to pull it together, they reassured him. “It’s all true, though. So there’s no need to worry about me. I’m in good hands.”

Good hands, his ass. In only a brief conversation, the caretaker had gone from sounding a little suspicious to sounding way too good to be true… meaning she was extremely suspicious.

“Maybe someday I’ll introduce you, if you’re lucky...”

He turned his eyes away. “At least let me run some background checks on her first.” 

(He would just stalk her on social media, but that still counted.)

“You’re just going to stalk her on social media. That doesn’t count.”

“Eh? I have legit methods!” He hid deeper under his mask.

Even after the topic was dropped, after he and Es parted ways on an awkward goodbye, Fuuta was left thinking about this mystery woman. It took a bit of digging (and maybe a tiny bit of social media stalking) but at last he found where Es lived with this stranger. Contrary to what they may believe, he had turned over a new leaf. There would be no more hiding behind screens or letting others do the confrontation for him. Now that he was a changed person, he’d do the healthy and normal thing with this information: he’d march on down there himself and confront her like a man. 

He made it all the way to the front door with his chin high. He knocked with confidence. 

Then he began to shift nervously. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get the woman’s description out of his head. Sure, he was here to check on Es, but if someone happened to check him out at the same time, it was only right to be prepared… He straightened his shirt collar. He ran his fingers through his hair. He wondered if he should have covered up his eye to look more presentable.

The door swung open. 

The surprise on Kotoko’s face was nowhere near the amount on Fuuta’s.

“Oh, for fucks sake –!”

From somewhere behind her, Es’ laughter rang out.

[thechibilitwick]

「アナタの言葉に溶けるのさ」 命綱

[kitweilon]

she carry

[iridescentscarecrow]

deeply miserable woman drowned in illusion save me save me deeply miserable woman drowned in illusion

[0809sysblings]

can i talk about how Muu is such a great foil to Kotoko. not in a narrative sense necessarily, but on a meta level.

YONAH spoilers !!

Muu is an Amazing foil to the idea of what Kotoko brought up in YONAH.

K: You let their sins off just because they're close to you? You're making the punishment less severe just because they get along with you? What's next? Going to give them leniency for their looks? For their personality? For how long have you known them? translation source

Muu's story is something that could potentially be very relatable to many people, but in the shoes of being a victim of bullying rather than being the bully themself. so instead of what Kotoko said, showing leniency to people you get along with and like, this sets up a lot of people to do the opposite to her, show heightened cruelty to her because you don't get along with her and dislike her (or rather, she reminds you of the original person(s) that bullied and mistreated you, leading to this reaction).

i love it, it's so good.

[good-beans]

Was anyone gonna tell me they picked 5 random characters to fuck up in the trailer and all three of my faves are there 😭

[purgemarchlockdown]

Thinking about Worse Kotoko on this find day…Kotoko you just need to get rid of all the guilt you have and you can be a bit closer to becoming someone who can Truly save the world :D

[taptroupe]

Wing my Way Farland Symphony (2002) x GIGA MEMORIAL LIVE (2023) No matter what may come to pass No matter what the pain I'm sure the tears we shed will someday Line a path of hope for someone else To spread their wings, and journey all the way

i have been obsessed with this song and it's kept me going through many difficult months. how wonderful it is that kotoko recently just sang it again at the giga memorial live.

note that farland symphony was not published under the giga eroge brand but rather their very much non eroge parent company TGL, and it was kotoko's start to a long working relationship with giga.

considering this was her last track of the concert, what a wonderful, wonderful bookend ;-;

otherwise the farland series is very unknown outside of east asia, but dearly loved especially in korea and china where i think it got localizations and novels and all. this song is also apparently really popular in osu too? also farland symphony has an english fan translation patch. not bad for a song that's touched many hearts in many different ways.

[mihai-florescu]

i saw your "bed oriented person" in an ace attorney textpost and in that moment kotoko realised it knew a celebrity

Please send it to me omgomgomg