#least the jp merch is cute

[faunandfloraas]

okay but following rockstar which had (in my opinion) some of the best and coolest concept pictures with the magic school and toy world stuff which, again in my opinion, are some of the most aesthetically displeasing is so 😭

[akkivee]

i like the cheebs i drew for jyushi’s bday last year lol

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Heyo! Do you have a personal ranking of all TWST (JP) events?

Though another random thing I want to say is about the events, do you think some events are more forgotten about than others??? I say this because I think the Sunset Savana Tamashina, Endless Halloween, Wish upon a star and Beans Day are usually not talked about as much as other events like the Ghost Marriage and Fairy Gala events.

Unless this is all just the TWST stuff I'm usually fed...

I haven't ranked all of the events myself since a lot of them fall into a "they're okay" middle ground category. (Besides, my rankings would be outdated and I’d have to come back and edit my list every month when new events come out.)

What I will say is that my favorite events right now are the following (in no particular order): Glorious Masquerade, Fairy Gala: If, Wish Upon a Star, Ghost Marriage, Beans Day (I + II), and White Rabbit Fest. I give more in-depth thoughts about my favorite events here!

I personally have not noticed a significant skew towards certain events over the others, though of course this could vary a lot depending on the smaller TWST circles you run in and/or what your social media algorithms feed you. The general trend tends to be a huge burst of discussion or related fan content during or around the time of the event's run or rerun, then the hype dies down once the event ends. Most of the event-specific content you'll see after the events (at least in my experience) are theories/analyses calling back to details mentioned in the events. TWST itself certainly doesn't discriminate against certain events; to this day, they still sometimes come out with merch for their earliest event, Beans Day. There's probably going to be another wave of event-themed merch to coincide with the later events.

To explain maybe why you may perceive certain events as more popular than others: not all events are created equal, and not all events drop interesting lore that people find worth discussing. The endings for Tamashina Mina and Endless Halloween Night were, as I recall, contentious or not well-received by pockets of the fandom. This could explain why they're not talked about much. Wish Upon a Star was notable for being the first time ever we saw the boys' individual rooms, but other than that... there wasn't anything that exciting to most. A lot of their wishes were self-explanatory or expected, and Idia's conflict is also one that is explored or otherwise mentioned many times over, which could result in a lack of fandom interest.

Beans Day has its age to consider. As the oldest event, it has maybe just eroded in memory due to the passage of time. Additionally, it's one of the few events (outside of Halloween ones) to prominently feature the entire cast, meaning everyone is fighting for the spotlight and thus makes it harder for specific events or interactions to stick out in people's minds.

And as to why Ghost Marriage and Fairy Gala are popular? I'll be 100% honest, I'm pretty sure it's because of the aesthetics. FG does not have a fantastic story, but man, do those outfits look good. GM is in a similar situation (who doesn't love a cute guy in a suit?), and it has the distinction of being the one and only TWST event with an overt "romance" theme (which appeals to the dense population of yumes and/or shippers in the fandom).

[sterkeyra]

The Origin of "Little Hare"

In "Her Love in the Force Season 3" the title introduces Tsugaru as MCs new boss. At first he has little interest in the new rookie and lacks respect of her. He ends up giving MC the nickname "Little Hare" (Usa-chan in JP). At first it's certainly mocking given that Tsugaru gives nicknames to remember someone by, however with the story ongoing the Nickname starts to get cute as well - in his own route at least.

How did Tsugaru get inspired to call MC a rabbit, however? He actually has a different reason, in every route! I wrote it down for you, so you don't have to look it up ;) Gotos Route: Subaru Ichiyanagi mentions she looks like a rabbit because she spaced out and didnt notice him. He poked her forehead when Tsugaru returns and notices them. Ishigamis Route: Tsugaru laments that she bounces around like a bunny only focusing on the ex instructors. When she complains he offers "Thumper" as alternative. Kagas Route: After a fight with Kaga, Tsugaru finds her in the rain crying and shares a taxi with her. Her eyes are bloodshot, which reminds him of rabbits. Somas Route: When Tsugaru shows MC the "Lemmings Cry" app, she comments that the Lemmings would look like rabbits if they had longer ears. It could be like an animal raising game. That connected her to rabbits for him. Shinonomes Route: Tsugaru sends her off to the Traffic Safety division after she implores him to give her work. She has to dress up in a mascot costume for the children. The mascot is a rabbit called O'Hare. Nambas Route: When MC moves in her new apartment she washes her laundry and hangs up her underwear. An unlucky gust of wind blows her rabbit-patterned from the balcony and it just had to land directly in front of Tsugarus feet, who just returned home. Their first meeting is awkward and it only gets worse when she finds out the next day, that he's her new boss and they live in the same building. Tsugarus Route: On her first mission with Tsugaru and Momo they drive by a bakery, where MC notices her favorite mascot Baked Bunny. It's known because its ears are made of baguettes. Tsugaru struggled to remember her name, and came up with a nickname for her, because he deemed it unlikely that she will stay in the Force long enough, to be worthy of having her name remembered.

Tsugaru can be quite nasty about it, but little does her know that he'd soon eat his words. In his own route he even beats himself up several times for his actions. He also gets addicted to Bunny merch himself.

I am very curious how MC will get her name in Kurosawas route, but we'll have to wait and hope that his upcoming S2 is doing well! Fingers crossed!

PS: Momo is also a nickname of Momose, and he is the only friend in his gang that he doesn't address by first name. If Momo would be able to choose his own nickname/codename he'd choose Cerberus.

[jasdiary]

[ Juvia Idol Profile (AU) ]

Au by: @starry-night-rose and @rosietrace ,Tagging (Co)-Connect💞: @fumikomiyasaki @nem0-nee @authoruio @sakuramidnight15

“Let’s dance together!”

Stage Name : Juvia 🪞

Birth Name : Juvia Yuyi Espejo

Age: 16 (left for story purposes)

Birthday: 12/13

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 160 cm (5’3”)

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Idol Division: Ramshackle Division

Idol Group: [ (Co)-Connect ]

Position: Lead Dancer and Maknae(Youngest)

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Fun Facts:

Favorite Food: Shrimp Alfredo

Least Favorite Food: Anything mushy or with ketchup

Favorite Artists: UMI, Kat Deluna, LE SSERAFIM, Chanmina, ZEROBASEONE, and many more..

Likes: Drawing, learning choreography, listening to music, dressing up, Cute hairstyles

Dislikes: Unnecessary comments on her appearance, math, being scolded, Having slow days

Talent(s): Multilingual, Singing, Dancing, Styling hair

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Singing Voice Claims:

Riria.(JP)

Sabrina Carpenter(EN)

Kim Chaewon(KR)

Speaking Voice:

Ueda Reina(JP)

Felecia Angelle(EN)

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Relationships:

Ellis: Casual and friendly

Even before joining (Co)-Connect, Juvia and Ellis were close friends! Juvia considers her one of her best friends <3

Carol: Respectful and Casual

• Juvia really respects Carol and admires her maturity! She hopes she can be as levelheaded as her one day.

Chizuko: Casual and friendly

• She thinks Chizuko is super cool and really likes her style. Some call Juvia and Chizuko the sun and moon of the group!

Miren: Playful and casual

• Juvia loves hanging out with Miren. Sometimes, they have snacks or late night meals at 3 am while trying not to get caught.

Yuuta: Friendly and playful

• She and Yuuta have one of the more comedic relationships within the (Co)-Connect fandom, but on the softer side. Partners in crime as one (Juvia) might say.

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Trivia:

-She’s known throughout the fandom as (Co)-Connect’s moodmaker, as she’s described as airheaded and endearingly goofy by those around her!

-Juvia’s been given the nickname “Sunshine” for always being so optimistic and energetic.

-Juvia’s merch consists of uniquely mirror-esque designed jewelry and brown bunny plushies with yellow accents!

-She’s the definition of head empty only (Co)-Connect

-Whenever the group finished practicing/a show, Juvia runs around making sure the members are ok while singing praises. Her members come first!

-Juvia’s outfits can be all different styles and aesthetics, but she’ll always find a way to include yellow.

-When dancing, Juvia’s movements are really strong and sharp in contrast to her appearance. She picks up on choreography extremely fast.

-She’s very expressive on stage, Her fancams sometimes going viral for her facial expressions.

-Juvia worries a lot and isn’t very confident in herself, but she tries to stay positive!!

-She got braces a while after (Co)-Connects debut and was a little insecure in them, but fans think she look super cute with them!

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Idol outfits and outfits from au’s within the (co)-connect universe!

[berry-red-memories]

at least with sanrio and popular anime, there’s always a good chance to find an item you want being resold on jp mercari or fril, even if it’s marked up at least it’s available… but getting into jp indie artists who have the most adorable artwork and merch, it’s so hard to find older things that get sold out like instantly and sold out forever, like i don’t think most people want to let go of their stuff cuz it’s too precious

and the worst thing happened… like it’s kinda good and exciting in a way, but i found the cutest twitter account that just posts cute stuff they like and bought, but it’s the MOST ADORABLE things ever by indie artists i’ve never seen… also there’s a Sanrio merch site that has the cutest girly exclusive merch and i had no idea about it until now

i’ve been waiting for this too, but now i’m filled with so much want… and i spent all my birthday money lol shipping from japan is expensive

[monarch-boo]

Okay that Splatfest theme the UK Twitter posted better not actually be what we're *all* getting outside of Japan, please let the US be a different one because I'm like irrationally annoyed about it, this is actually the lamest theme in S3. Like people thought the greeting one was boring but that ones actually decent compared to this one. Like I know this game is E10+ but like I can't even see a little kid getting actually invested in... "what's the best day of the weekend". Couldn't have at least given us something even tangentially related to Valentine's Day? Or something anywhere near as nice as the JP one is? They get like a super cute dessert theme and we apparently get... this?

And they get a color scheme that seems really pretty to boot, and our colors are basically the same blue yellow red we've gotten like three times at least now just barely hueshifted a little and swapped around and yet again they get cute merch that's exclusive to them and other countries will never see unless you order through some proxy site like UGHHHH

[floorpancakes]

randomly dropping this in but i do have a web store now at BOOTH! its like redbubble but japan based, you can order abroad and it has all sorts of cute stuff. i only get like £2.60 per sale and it requires proxy if you buy outside japan (including for me) so you might be like 'why would u do this?'

well.....

1. im not well enough to pay for and run my own merch store

2. i dont have the clout to do kickstarters

3. most of the characters im making merch for have JP exclusive fringe fanbases and i wanna contribute to the community

4. i want to at least pretend i have a job

and the actual exciting one

5. THEY HAVE LIKE EVERY KIND OF ANIME MERCH YOU GUYS YOU CAN DO CHARMS AND ACRYLIC STANDS AND DAKIMAKURAS AND AAAAA CRAZY!!!!! ISNT THAT CRAZY?!??

its mostly hasumi merch and iphone cases rn but im gonna make more stuff with time and hopefully post regular updates! wooo

https://meltyatelier.booth.pm/

[holdharmonysacred]

anyway amiami’s got acrylic keychains of morgan and the fairy knights up and i caved. i preordered. they won’t ship until late may so i’ve got time to save to pay up at least, I don’t like how JP-made acrylic charms always have unprotected art but these ones are cute and I’ve been starved for merch of the gals.

[the-nysh]

BONES poked the bear/pulled the lion's tail too much this time. Bakugou's fans have been the most tolerant (at least compared to Deku's subset of vocal JP Mom fans) considering what they have had to put up with from the adaptation, Movies and OVAs, and its interesting how the mischaracterization started from day 1, died down a bit in S2+3, then has flaired up again to get steadily worse since. Its probably more intolerable for JP fans considering what Kacchan is going through in the manga too.

Early departures in characterization could be dismissed/ignored as typical 'anime adaptation weirdness,' but then those occurrences kept adding up, to the point how back in s5 (during the peak of the World Heroes Mission movie weirdness affecting production) the inclusion of him saying 'ore-sama' there was immediately jarring like he was an imposter even then. And NOW the way BONES chooses to reintroduce watchers to the core 'essence' and 'appeal' of his character in the first two eps of s6 is thru that very same, most shallow, disrespectful way possible (by insisting on giving him a worse narcissistic trait than what his middle school self never used even at his nastiest, while trying to sell that as something 'good'/cute/funny his fans will even like), DURING the very season he's supposed to display his biggest sacrifice and selfless growth as a hero, concurrently while he's fighting on his deathbed in the current manga - OH YES even his Japanese fans lost their tolerance in confusion/anger at BONES continuing to mishandle his character this carelessly & late in the game for no reason - because that ooc distortion's now unacceptable. You'll see how even his most avid manga lovers will admit they hate his anime counterpart, because who tf is that; the difference in personality at this stage, in the opposite direction of who he's supposed to be, feels like a rancid mockery of everything positive Hori's labored to show he represents.

The characterization of Bakugou is the number 1 reason I don't support the anime (and most of the merch) unless I know Horikoshi has been involved (aka Heroes Rising). It feels so arrogant and disrespectful of the writers to actively undermine the managka's carefully crafted characters so crudely especially as Horikoshi has made it clear Bakugou and Deku's relationship is the important core of the story with Bakugou's character on his own being a huge part of that.

It really does, that his character's handling, which is a fine line to accurately portray already, feels like a litmus test to gauge the overall quality, and you can immediately tell the difference in 'official' content where Hori's involved or not, as he conveys his heart & soul (including the projects he shows his passion & support for) vs shallow imitations that lack that which endears fans to his work in the first place. Anyway, only Hori can be trusted to 'handle his own characters with care,' because we see the glaring result of what happens when BONES doesn't - when they're given free rein to write flanderized derivations without his input...but this has been the case we've known since forever. :') It's just unfortunate they have to repeatedly cut corners double down on tired stereotypes and additions for the worse that no longer fit or work in favor of the story he's trying to tell, rather than improve or meet Hori with the same level of care/respect his work deserves.

[airisu7425]

August Shopping

Time really flies! The summer is over... :( But at least, goodies are still pouring in. Some were shipped in the spring & came by sea, but after paying the 27% VAT (still hurts ;_;), they finally arrived. At least the Banana Fish calendar will last until next April, I just missed a few months... The other sea mail package only had the SK8 jigsaw puzzle, can’t wait to play with it.

No JP manga this past month, only 2 English editions. I was reluctant to buy the DFI one but since the reviews were good and my picky friend also liked it, I went for it. It is an interesting set up for sure and the armors are really something else. XD

As for merch - only a small LanReki stand (came together with the BF calendar) and a few gacha sets. The Pokemon ones are for sale, the KNY onemutan and the JJK cord figures are to keep.

And now to the figures/nendos. The tiny Nyanko sensei set is covered in a soft, plush-like material, they are super cute.

The 2nd JJK hikakke set was also a must - Nanami, Gojou and Getou in chibi form. XD

Galo finally got his other half, Lio Fotia, they are sitting on my shelf ever since, facing each other and getting lost in each other’s eyes... XD

Last but not least: Gojou and Sesshoumaru nendos! Sesshoumaru was one of my first anime crushes, Gojou is one of the latest. XD I struggled a bit with the set up of Sesshoumaru, either his sword or his fur kept falling off. Gojou is real fun to play around with, it was hard to settle with his final look for display.

To be continued...

[fatelotusorder]

VA: JP -Daiki Yamashita  -Naranica  Child - Ikue  Otani  - Sanji (Young) ENG - Anna Graves  - Naoto Shirogane

Quote:"What Kinda person do You Take Me  for ! I'm Not someone Who Backs Down  from a Fight just because of  a Setback  ,I'll Fight Until someone Makes Me Stop!"

Full Name: Ming Zheng

Aliases: Project : Shi Huang Di   , Ying Zheng  Affiliation:  Chaldea , Cult Yet to be Named(former)

Age: 16-18

Gender:  Male  but Is Mistaken for Female

Elemental Affinity: Mercury  Talents :Martial Arts , Drawing , Singing

Likes: Cute Things particularly Stuff Made by Sanrio   , Chinese  Food  ,  Friends , Anime , 4th  wall Breakage

Dislikes: When  people Question Why He Dresses  so Feminine if  hes Clearly a Cis Male  ,People Harrassing  His  Servants�� or  Anyone he Cares about , His twin  Brother, Root Genesis

Magecraft:  Unknown at this point  Sense He'll often Fight using  Martial  Arts

(Though It's More Than Likely  going  to  be Mercury  Manipulation )

Belongings: Alot of  Sanrio  Plushies and Merch Mainly consisting of My Melody and Kuromi ,Show By Rock and Arrestuko, Many Cosplays and Costumes   most of these were given to  Him  by  Medea , A Sketch pad

Bloodline: Zheng

Natural Enemy: Zhuge Liang ,, Medea ,Gilgamesh ,Hanako

Bio : A Child  born in China to a Cult  that  Seeked  one  Thing , A New  World  order To  Acheive  this  New World  order  they Sought out Reincarnations and Descendants  of  Hero of Legends  and  Experimented on   to bring out the  Heroic  Spirit Inside Them and Trained  the Childern in Battle   .He  was   the only one in  the  Group who  Had  both Qualifications, He was  Experimented on Extensively   and  taught  to  Ignore His  Gender the only Behavior from the Cult  that  Stuck and act like a proper  Emperor but the Cult  Wanted   to  make Him an Exact Copy of  the first  person Who Called Himself Emperor  His  Code Name Was Ying  Zheng   under Project Name Shi Huang Di .Ying  Had  a  brother   Code Named  Zhuge Liang Zheng ,They  were At the Time Identical Twins and the only  Family that   Ying Had and He  had  planned  to  escape .Ying  in  his Current State Vaugely Remembers the Attempt But  Remembers  one moment   ,Ying Fell over  as the Guards  were Chasing  them  and Zhuge  looked  back and then left Him in an Act of Cowaridce and Changed  His  Name to ... Well You Might Know him in other  Universes as Waver  Velvet . Instead  of  Crying like most Children Do,  Ying  Cursed  His   Brothers  Name he   would Never forgive him as He was Dragged back to His "room"    . Years Later the  Mage  Association  Found out about the  Chinese Bases operation After a   Mage they had sent Thier was Kidnapped   by  the Cult Due  his  Bloodline  Tracing  Back    to an Heroic Spirit    , When the  Mage  Association and their Freelance Allies   Broke in an  Stopped the  cruel  operation .  A young at the time  Freelance Mage  by the Name Aro Myorenji or as You  probably  know Him Scandinavia Peperoncino  Noticed  Ying  still his "room  " not   Fleeing    like the  other   Kids and people  Kidnapped  by  the  Cult  ,Upon Finding out   that Ming  pretty Much  thought it  was   useless  to  Escape   Pepe  Scooped  him  up and Basically Adopted him  the  First   thing  Pepe Did was   Cut His  Hair  to  Reasonable   Lenght to  walk without  Tripping and to Actually  See what the  outside  World was  like  and like Pepe  likes  to  Do Told  some  Jokes   as he  Styled His Hair into  The Buns Ying Regularly  likes to But them in . Ying  then preceded to Change  his  Name to Ming  as " It was  Cuter" According to Pepe's Wording  and Ming Became Pepe's Traveling partner and Son Eventually becoming a  Happier person and  More Confident in himself as a result. A few Short Years After Pepe   Was  recommended  by Marisbury  to  Join Chaldea   Which in this Universe is a  Secrete  Multi building  Complex Located In China Styled After the  Forbidden City . There he  Met ,"Old Ugly Mean Hag"( Olga )  ,"The  Peach Doctor"(Romani), The other A team members(though Hanako is called an Ugly Vampire ) ," Creepy Old Guy"(Lev Laniur),"The  two Faced Scientist"(BB) and His 5 Sons . The two Sons Ming Got along with the Most were the Twins  Meltlilith and Passionlip  The Three Quickly became Friends even if their Initial meeting consisted of Ming Punching Melt in the Mouth for teasing   Him.   Fast Forward  to Grand order  Ming was  Set out the  Room For His Lack of Censor  when the  Bomb  Exploded   shortly  after  He  Runs  to  See if  Melt and Pepe  are Okay  ,He Finds Melts  Unconious Under  rumble Holding Olga Marie  whom he  pushed out the Way  and  attempts   to Save Him at least as the  two and  Olga  as sucked  in the Singularity F . Upon Which Melt Finds  out  he  Had  Fused with the prototype  man made  Servant  Chaldea was in the process  of  Summoning ,not knowing  the Class Ming Dubs Melt  the Assassin Class   and  as  the  Events of Singularity  F  go on  Olga is Killed By Lev Lanuir triggered the Anger of Ming  Who Attempts  to  Attack Him But  is Held back By  Melt. Once Again  Ming  Vowed  Vengence Against Lev  the  Difference Is  that Ming Got  that During  the America Singularity  ,The  Pax Romana  singularity  they couldn't  Defeat him so  He escaped  while they Dealt  with   Altera  Okeanos  Passionlip Came with Him and Melt 

to  provide Himself  and   Just  like  His Twin Became  a  Psudeo Servant  however We don’t know how It have but it was probably during the Explosion as well he just didn’t know , Ming Dubb  Lip  a  Beserker Class Due  to the Large  Mechanical Hands .They  also  Met Alexander  The  Great    along with Sailing  Along the Seas  with Drake . Right   after  Is the    The  Tudor  Rose  Singularity   , In  Which  the Group Meet  a  rather Battered, Scared and Nervous    Elizabeth  Tudor being  Held  by  Francis Drake  .Through the Singlaruity they Gradually  Get  Bess's Confidence up to where it was   before  Mary Tudor Tortured Him through Using the Grail  to Summon Various  "King" Servants  Including  Richard Lionheart  ,Charlemagne , Artoria  ,Ozymandais , Nitocris,  Caesar ,Gilgamesh, Gustavus Adolphus ( Who is A woman who wears fake beard Oc of a good friend on deviantart )and Wu Zetian.Its  Eventually Revealed that the good  queen is  a Male a  Secret that was Kept by  Drake among others  til the  Day they Died  .Ming  begins to  Develop a More Startegic Fighting  Style  due to  Bess  and Before     Ming  Faded  away from the Singularity Bess Give Ming  his Crown as  Token .  When they  Summoned Bess They Discovered   that people that are Alive  at the Time of a Singularity  Experience the Memory of the Singularity but as a Dream , Bess Remembered  Mings Face But only Due to  Dreams  in his Life . E plurbis Um  is  Set in the  1920's America  Thier  two Important Events  Happen  one they  Find out  that  Lev Lanuir  is Weak to  The power of  Alter Ego Which  Turns  out are  the  True Classes  of Melt and Lip    because Two  They  Met a Master  and His  psudeo Servant Girlfriend  Akio  ( an another good friends Oc )and Mashu  whose Chaldea Mistook  His  E plurbis   Um  as another Sub-Singularity and Sent  them there to Resolve  it , of Course  Akio Scolded Ming for  Being too Rash and not planning  . Which  made His  Strategies  Even  more   planned  how in Ming nature Still rather  Unexcepted  like Having Mashu  perform her Noble  phantasm  in the Air after the Singularity  Ming and Melt When to Sleep in their own  Chaldea   only  for Akkio  to Find the two  Sleeping  in  his  Bed ,Though Not  before  Sleepily Snuggling Inbetween the  two   and then  Waking up to Find  two  boys (well What he  thought was a Girl and a Boy)  in  his  Bed  and  that he had  Slept with  them . After Saving Humanity ,They Met the Newcomer to Saving the World  Rin ( the friend who owns Gustava’s master oc ) in the Raiding Singularity    and after that Met  Bruno Buccellati, a Former  Mafia  Capo  Turned Master   along with a Mysteroius girl named Kotori Kosuke . And Several Psuedo servants who had escaped Root Gensis in the First Raid Like Mushu, Fengxian ,Draven and Bryn.

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something important to mention

Jing Ke used to be a go to servant of Mings however at some point he woke up in the night and attacked her violently . Jing Ke is okay but cant bring herself To stay alone with Ming.

Ming remembers none of this and It’s suggest that Shi Huang Di may have taken over while Ming was sleep and Just didn’t know they were Allies know.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

I am kinda surprised that people overlook Sebek and somewhat Silver despite a lot of content that we have gotten for the two through the story, events and card stories. Maybe I am reading more into the characters then most would but idk i find them very interesting. I would love to know your opinion if you have one about them being overlooked? /gen

I've sporadically talked about this topic in a number of posts, so I'll reiterate those thoughts and try to expand on them here.

It's not exactly a secret that some characters are more popular than others, it's just how it works. Part of the reason why some characters are more beloved than others is simply because of exposure. It's mostly the dorm leaders that appear in marketing and in merch releases, so the dorm leaders as a group are popular. Another part of it is the hype; Malleus, despite not showing up for large chunks of the main story, is still extremely popular due to how his reveal has been steadily built up in the story and alluded to via other characters.

Silver and Sebek get neither of those boons; being non-dorm leaders, they feature in far fewer marketing materials, and being members of the final dorm in the game, there was scarce content of them for the first 2 years of TWST JP. It was only around the 3rd year and/or the beginnings of episode 7 that they started getting a sufficient amount of new content. The power of the main story is tantamount here: most players will read the main story because that is what is the most well-known and accessible content in the game. Far fewer players will play events (which are limited time and require tedious gameplay) or seek out vignettes (which, again, are limited or may not have a translation out yet). Think about the roles they have in the main story as well: we see Malleus and Lilia play small but significant parts, often giving advice or providing useful exposition. All Sebek and Silver do in the main story (at least up until episode 7) is wander around looking for Malleus. It doesn't give either of them a chance to shine, and as a result they just come off as boring and/or one-note bodyguards. It's only players that were already curious about Sebek and Silver who will actively seek their stuff out and see the full extent of their characters (this is the "reading more into the characters" that the Anon is unintentionally referencing), not the players who just follow along in the main story. This is likely why Sebek and Silver are often overlooked. If you don't go out of your way to look for content that features them, you're left with only a surface-level understanding of who they are. The disinterest only further compounds due to how long it took for episode 7 to come out. It creates a general preconceived notion of, "Silver is the sleepy prince-like one, and Sebek is the loud, rude Malleus fan boy, and that's it" and an unwillingness to delve beyond that. You don't get to see their highs and their lows, their cute sides and their petty sides, which all come out in the bonus content--content which not everyone will have seen or will have the ability to see, unlike that of the main story.

It's easy to ignore Silver and Sebek when you have a metric butt ton of other characters already introduced before them and given far more screen time than they have. But in reality, there's a lot more to the duo than what meets the eye. (This is true of every TWST character if one makes the effort to learn more about them!) Silver and Sebek just ended up with the short end of the stick when it comes to timing and roles in the main story 💦

[akkivee]

aaaaaaaaaaaand bam!!!!!!! here it is the final day!!!!!!!!!!! day 18!!!!!!!!! it’s time to break the wall y’all and wrap this up!!!! can you feel it??? i can feel it!!!!

First impressions: me: *looking at the newsletter from a jp anime goods site*

me: *sees ichiro for the very first time unknowing that this was the start* oh that’s a cute piece of merch!!!!! who’s the guy on it i wonder???? 😲

Current impressions: does ichiro know that i would kill for him. it is important for me to know that ichiro knows i will do anything for him—

man, ichiro randomly popped into my life when i needed him the most; i was really tired from the the previous couple of fandoms i’d been in, looking for a new one unconsciously when he showed up in my email, hugging a cd and utterly adorable with his big heterochromatic eyes. i wish i had a pic of the merch on hand ‘cause it was love at first sight man 💕 and he continues to be an utter delight to know!!!!! he’s the 19 entrepreneur that everyone would be writing about due to his jaded past and how successful he’s gotten all due his hard work!!!!!!!!!! i definitely understand jiro and saburo’s hero worship over him!!!!

Favorite thing:

he’s just a really cool dude man. he’s incredibly levelheaded with an equal amount of brain smarts and street smarts. but that levelheadedness is something he’s working hard to maintain. his personality is closer to samatoki’s and he knows this and wants to be better than the man who let him down and to be a good role model for his brothers with it. he’s an head full thoughts many kinda character and it shows in pretty much everything he does

Least favorite:

his seiyuu is kinda wack lol sometimes it feels like ichiro is one of those bland characters that doesn’t do anything and the surrounding characters are all totes more interesting yet are, for some reason, super into this bland character. thank god this statement is a total disservice to ichiro’s character because he’s incredibly interesting, it’s just ichiro is currently in an ‘after story’ kind of arc in his life where everything is good (for now.) it just sometimes feels like he’s being left behind in the story 😕

What i want to see from this character:

what don’t i want to see??????????????? how is he going to react seeing his father again and on the same team as his old teammate, sasara??????????? does he really know he’s been alive all this time???????? if he has, how is he going to deal with how betrayed his brothers may feel????????????? apparently he and samatoki can make up now since he knows nemu is ‘missing’ and samatoki knows that ichiro has nothing to do with her leaving him but will it really be that easy????????? will he and kuukou make up and be aikata back at again, like how is he going to react seeing kuukou again?????????

Favorite moments:

hhhhhhhhhhhh okay i’m going all in.

it’s not really a favorite moment but something that strikes me as a hindsight is 20/20 kinda thing, but ichiro fully intended to leave his little brothers out of his team and the rap battles. in the very first buster bros drama track, he gave them an assignment each, fully expecting them to fail. it comes as a surprise to him that they got it done and done so well. now, he’s been fully supportive of having his brothers be his team but it’s terribly ironic for him to get so offended when anyone insults his brothers abilities when he was the first to have doubted them.

and say ichiro has known their father’s been alive all this time. rei honestly might as well had been good as dead to them with how absent he’s been in their lives. granted, it’s definitely not something that comes up in casual conversation but with jiro and saburo having to confront ichiro pretty much twice in the course of helter skelter, it really looks like ichiro just doesn’t have faith in his brothers to outsiders and that could really blow up on him man

in our treasure trove of character tidbits called arb, when you have ichiro set as your my room mascot, he comments on his brothers who seemed to have stepped out and it’s something along the lines of:

“where is jiro? i hope he’s not getting involved with any weird people....” and “where did saburo go?? ......well, if it’s him, i think he’ll be alright.”

and if this isn’t the best example of how ichiro feels about his brothers individually lol. i’m sure ichiro is worried jiro’s trying to copy him too much and sees saburo doing things he was never capable of at his age as an inspiration but it’s interesting food for thought

and then in the stage play (*crowd boos*) has some of the best ichiro moments but i’m just going to say ichiro yelling at his brothers for being too loud with their musical number when he was the loudest one on the stage was really fcking funny 🤣

Headcanon:

i’m pretty sure this is canon at this point but ichiro is a clingy mf like once he’s decided you’re one of his peoples, then you are one of his peoples. you see it with how much of a brocon he is, you see it in the stage play when his long lost childhood friend, kazu, rolls into town and refuses to believe that kazu may be trouble, and you see it with ichiro naming his team buster(s) bros after his old team with kuukou who he still thinks about and considers a friend. (and might i add, was willing to change everything about himself in order to keep kuukou by his side and he’s the only person we see ichiro seriously crying over save for when he thought his brothers were dead after he lost the showdown battle with samatoki)

Ships:

ICHIKUU FOR LIFE!!!!!!!! ICHIKUU SUPREMACY MUST BE REINSTATED!!!!!!!!! like bro how do you have two different types of protagonists mesh as well as they do like they’re both loners with a huge amount of power but where kuukou is kinda nuts ichiro is kinda cool. kuukou is definitely ichiro’s sun but kuukou’s the one who puts himself into ichiro’s orbit like if their relationship turns out to be where if ichiro is struggling or if he’s calling and kuukou comes running, i will actually perish!!!! and then they’re both weebs!!!!! i really wanna know how this current ichiro, who’s a lot happier and not emo, and kuukou are going to mesh!!!!

lol and then ichidice is kinda cute and so is poly 19 year olds, ichiro/nemu/kuukou!! and of courses, i am heavily invested in however his and samatoki’s relationship is going to pan out

links to: jiro | saburo | samatoki | juto | rio | ramuda | gentaro | dice | jakurai | hifumi | doppo | kuukou | jyushi | hitoya | sasara | rosho | rei

[nebulous-wanderings]

Tokyo Trip/Kurenai Enishi October 19-21, 2018

Wow look who procrastinated writing a blog post for this for 2 months (me). I made a mini-post when I got back but I didn’t really explain everything I saw and did in my 48hrs there so I’ll do that here. More pictures and me rambling about Tsukista below~

I only went on this little weekend trip because my friend and I had gotten tickets to see Tsukista’s 6th Stage Kurenai Enishi. I would’ve stayed longer but I wanted to save my vacation days for next year :P Luckily, my friend was able to meet me in Tokyo from the area of Japan she currently lives in and stayed with me for the weekend to watch the show.

I arrived Friday evening and checked into the hostel. It had the best prices for the area and was super clean and easy to check in and out - I would definitely stay there again! After that I met @lavendermintrose at Animate since I wanted to buy a penlight and shop around for a bit. We then made a spontaneous visit to the karaoke place with the Tsukista drink collab~

My other friend arrived at the hostel later that night, and we ate a late-night meal and were up until like 2am drafting fan letters on our phones to write onto stationary the next day.

On Saturday we went to Harajuku for breakfast (see first pic at the top) and scoped out the Tsukipro Harajuku Shop. We had timeslots to enter on Sunday, but we passed by it to take a look at how it was set up. After that we tried to get to the train station as fast as possible in order to get to the theater in time for the merch queue to start but Takeshita Dori was looking like this:

which is sooo much worse than Times Square so we were crawling at a snail’s pace back to the station. After the trainride, we got off in Shinjuku where the theater was and it was a bit complicated to find since Google Maps had us cross through and mall and back outside to find the theater (that’s also connected to a movie theater). The line had only opened up 5mins before we got there but there were already so many people ahead of us:

(the entrance is a little past that white sign board with colored rectangles). The wait didn’t feel too long ince they opened sales a bit earlier than the scheduled time and it moved pretty quickly.

My and my friend’s matching tsukiusas (+ my Sing Together Forever usa). I don’t do itabags so I at least brought these little guys.

The merch form~ They got stricter with the purchase limit for this stage (like one copy of each CD per person). (+ check out that girl's Aoi and Yoru itabag in the background)

The hallway to the merch sale tables/entrance to the theater was lined with Kurenai Enishi posters with art of the nenchuu by Jiku-sensei. They matched the red walls nicely lol.

(My face looks really weird in this pic so I covered it lmao) but I was super excited in line 😂 After buying all of out stuff there was a little over an hour until the show started so we got some food and the food court next door and started writing our letters:

My friend wrote one for Yuusaku and gifted local omiyage from her region. I wrote one for Yuusaku and one for Yuusuke. Technically my friend wrote it for me since my handwriting absolutely sucks and we were pressed for time (I would’ve taken forever to write the kana) but I wrote the whole message and she just copied the Japanese onto paper. I handwrote the English I included at the end and also signed it. I included some gifts I brought with me from NY to give to them as well.

We got to the theater as doors opened and placed our letters and gifts in the boxes then picked up the premium seat bonuses (2 group bromides and a shrine charm in the 3rd pic from the top). The charm was one of six color combos depending on which day it was and luckily for me that day was the Rui/Iku colors! Ours were in the 6th or 7th row off to the right. The stage was very wide and we were right in front of the little side-stage area where the actors come out from.

I won’t spoil the plot but I will say that people cried during one of the more dramatic scenes. I wouldn’t say it’s as sad as Yunemigusa though lol (I saw ver. Red btw). It was really cool seeing the new cast for the first time, and I think they all did a fantastic job!

The Mutsuki-kun higawari had Gaku (Haru’s actor) as some evil guy trying to defeat Kakeru who is trying to become a stronger ninja. At first it was just a pair of sunglasses talking while Gaku did the voiceover from backstage but then he appeared on stage in a white lab coat. It was really funny, but I can’t put my finger on what exactly his character was supposed to be referencing lol. Also random note: there was a reoccurring mushroom joke that I also found really funny lol.

The songs in Kurenai Enishi weren’t my favorite per se (I’m not a huge fan of slow songs) but they matched the mood and tone of the show very well. However, I do love the theme song since it’s catchy and makes me want to chant along with it lol.

Since I watched the Red version with Procellarum as the focus, the dance live was their group songs and solo character songs from the 2nd season of CDs. The background dancers were the Six Gravity counterparts from the same age group. Rui is my fave and Yuusaku was soooo cute performing “Oh… Yes!” Ryoki did a great job as Iku, and his dancing looked so pro I was amazed. I was really bopping to You’s “Manatsu no Summer” and he went into the crowd for fanservice as usual lol. For the entirety of Yoru’s song, I was just staring at Yuusaku’s face cuz he’s so bright and sparkly~ He had a big smile on just like Tani’s Yoru and looked like he was having fun. During Kai’s “Beast Master,” I was on the side Haru was mostly dancing on, and let me just say Gaku went IN on the hip movements and overall risqué dance moves lmao. Can’t wait to see that again on the DVD 😂 Taka had big shoes to fill as Shun, but he was great throughout the play and dance live (sasuga idols) and his Shun voice was even super similar to Tomoyuu’s.

At the end they performed “Tsuki no Uta” with both groups which was a lot of fun. I was debating whether or not to change penlight colors at each verse but it would’ve been too difficult lol. I had them on Rui and Iku for the whole duration of the song, but did all the name-yelling fanchants which was fun to be a part of (this was my first time at a jp live event). At the end when everyone runs back and forth on the stage waving goodbye, I was sitting close enough to the stage to tell who in the crowd they were looking at, and I got waves from Iku (who probably saw me frantic waving my green and brown penlights) and Kai! Kai also did a finger gun shoot to the girl 2 seats away from me (sitting next to my friend) since she had a Kai uchiwa and she was crying tears of joy all after that lol.

The closing message for that performance was from Yuusuke, and I could tell he was a bit nervous trying to get words out but he looked genuinely happy to be up there on stage. (Honestly, stan Akiba Yuusuke, he’s adorable).

After it was over, I wanted to watch it again, it felt so short! But we met up with Lavender for some more Tsukista collab karaoke and talked about the show and fangirled over stuff. I kept getting Shun coasters when buying the collab drinks, but in the end I ended up with a Rui at least so all was well. I need some more Growth fans to karaoke with so we can all harmonize on the songs 😂

On Sunday, we went to the Tsukipro Harajuku Shop, but I’ll include that in a separate posts since I hit picture limit in this one already. Overall, I had a fun time and I’m super glad I was able to fulfill one of my goals which was to watch a Tsukista show live! I landed back home at 8pm on Sunday and thankfully I was able to wake up in time for work the next day (due in part to me sleeping most of the plane ride back). 10/10 would do a weekend trip (or longer) again for a stage play or concert 👍

[askingexorcists]

From where do you buy all that merch?? Do you recommend any site?

WHERE I BUY MY BLUE EXORCIST MERCH(& other animes):

So some of my merch has been bought at local anime stores near me, so just google if theres any nearby you. I’ve also found items on Amazon, Ebay and Depop.

Amiami: 

http://www.amiami.com

AmiAmi is a japanese store with an online website which has international shipping, AmiAmi usually has preorders for a lot of items. What happens with AmiAmi is they allow you to purchase the item, and then they’ll email you later with shipping costs to your country, you go to your page and pay that, and they ship it to you. They have a monthly photo card of their mascots doing various seasonal things and they’re very cute and nice to collect too! One thing about this website though you are 90% likely to get custom fees from your local post office/mail supplier. Whilst this isn’t the companies fault it is annoying, and something to consider

CD JAPAN:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp

Similar to AmiAmi but a smaller business, who sell things individually rather then amiami who only sell the boxes of acrylic straps, where here on CD japan you can buy them individually. They also sometimes feature items for less money, and items which other sites don’t stock.They also have a mobile app (or for iPhone at least, unsure of other models) which is convenient for those midnight impulse buys. This is probably one of the cheapest ways to buy things from Japan, although there shipping takes a while.

RAKUTEN MARKET JP:

https://www.rakuten.co.jp

This is a great website which has TONS of anime merch which is new/preowned, and unique. This is basically like a Japanese eBay and since its just normal people selling items and not companies your more likely to find a rarer piece such as limited edition badges or plushies. The items are also sometimes put on an auction, so you have the option to bid or buy on certain items. However this website doesn’t ship internationally and it’s language is Japanese, but the website I’ll explain below fixes this for us! Another important thing! When your searching for an anime, unless the anime has an official english lettering title such as, ‘Durarara’, or ‘Yuri!!! On Ice’, you’ll need to write the anime name in Japanese symbols, to do this just google the anime and it’s japanese name (myanimelist provides the japanese name in the kanji/hirigana/katakana) and then just copy and paste it into the search bar and your good to go!

BUYEE:

http://buyee.jp

Buyee is a site which allows weeaboos like you and me to buy items directly from Japan online places that Japanese companies don’t ship internationally too. What the website basically is, you sign up and your given a japanese address (buyers warehouse address) and your given several links to japanese websites that are translated into English (and maybe other languages too?) so your able to browse in your language, and then your able to purchase/bid on the item, and through the app above Rakuten, you’ve bought the item and your details will be the Rakuten company. Then once it’s arrived at the Buyee warehouse they’ll send you an email notification, on how much shipping is due to pay to send it to you! Warning this website is so good but so addicting i just spent over £100 on fucking diabolik lovers body pillows.

There are way better explanations on the sites, and I’ve provided links so please visit the websites :)