#liden films thank you so much for this

[chaoticdelinqueerwithglitter]

Okay, I'm still in the minute four of the episode but....

THIS WAS FREAKING PERFECT 💜💜💜

(yes, it's recorded directly from my tv and the quality is shit, but the scene.... Ahekejehddmdjshehdndjssjhd)

THANK YOU LIDEN FILMS, FOR NOT CENSORING THIS SCENE AND FOR MAKING IT SO SAD, SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO PERFECT!!!

They deffinitly did justice to the manga, specially to the brilliant color edition 💜

And yes, I'm already crying because the divorce is hard 😭

[zaenaris]

Quick thoughts on 2x04

⚠️There will be manga spoilers⚠️

Backstory for Mitsuya (part 1, we know there will be more, but not in this arc lol)

We learn that Mitsuya is a single mom that works two job, no! That’s Taka, Luna and Mana’s actual mom  a very busy older brother that has to care for his little sisters due to a complicated family situation

Everything like in the manga, too bad for Mana and Luna hair color, I’ve always imagined it lilac like Takashi’s. Such a shame but whatever.

Mitsuya really made an impression on Hakkai, he really saw him as the ideal big brother, the one he would want to have.

I have to say they did an amazing job focusing on Hakkai’s abuse from Taiju.

While it was perfectly clear in the manga as well that Hakkai was terrified by Taiju, we saw it in the facts and by his own admission, in the anime, thanks to the music, the animation, the voice acting it was so much more impactful

Yuzuha, as we know, is the actual MPV of the arc, I love that the ending is dedicated to her. I love her arc and her as well of course. 

Mitsuya thinks he did the right thing, but while she’s grateful to Mitsuya, he doesn’t have the whole picture and he cannot know what is actually going on. Yuzuha words “hopes like that are what cause suffering” always left an impact on me because it’s basically the same thing is often say (quoting I don’t really know well who, but whatever) : the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Mitsuya’s intentions were good and appreciated, but he didn’t know Taiju and the Shiba household situation.

I always appreciated Yuzuha’s mindset and spirit. She was forced to grow up soon due to her mother death’s, his absent father and Taiju’s violence. She is really a good, well rounded character, she’s very dear to me.

And for me, the light of the episode was Koko, my snake-kitten🖤🐈‍⬛🐍 

He was simply perfect, the animators loved him in this episode and Natsuki Hanae perfectly captured his essence.

We see for the first time his money obsession. 

I remember that the first time I read the manga I didn’t pay much attention to that. Koko at the time was a new character, a minor antagonist, I would have never though he would have become one of my favorites lol

Anyway, I appreciate that his money obsession was presented early on and in a such subtle way, at the beginning you don’t really pay attention to it, but then you connect the dots. Wakui did a really good job with the Black Dragon Arc.

 Overall, I’m enjoying the season until now, sure the animation is not the best but not everything can have MAPPA/Ufotable quality. (I hope at least Liden Films employees/free lancers animators have better working conditions :’) )

Next episode, the Hanmas and TakeHina

[that-sex-girl]

Hey, it's pregnancy-anon again. (just gonna call myself that so you know what I am referring to) your answer was really really helpful. I feel way too young to have a baby cause I'm under 25, but in the past few weeks or months the topic has just made me incredibly curious. Don't know why, I just am curious but not looking to prepare myself or sth. I know it's v individual. So yeah, I've actually got a few more questions. :)

I feel like so many women struggle with nausea and I'm thinking like... How bad can that be? Cause personally I hate no illness more than anything related to throwing up and I'd be scared of that. Also, when did you first feel the baby? I remember seeing a film in which the woman said she was sure she had felt something, just an unknown presence, a few weeks along, but that physically it doesn't make a change really.

Also I was wondering what else changes during pregnancy or what changed for you? I mean except for the typical no alcohol no coffee stuff. I've been going the possibility of becoming pregnant one day through and through in my head, and I realised that I'm really scared of my life and body (stretch marks etc.) changing and that this defo is a sign i am far away from ready.

And last. Pregnancy sex. This is probably stupid but should the guy still come inside you or is that somehow bad? How deep should he go anyways?

I hope this isn't all too weird to ask, it's just. A lot of questions on my mind and in rl I don't have a woman present I could talk to about it. 😊 Let me know if this is too much or I'll probably come up with more asks

Hi! Please feel free to ask anything!

So my nausea was probably slightly above average bad. Just for perspective: I lost 30lbs in a single month, couldn't eat anything other than bananas and crackers, and would also vomit from smells, empty stomach, too full stomach, or just because sometimes! Mine lasted until about week 22. I was able to take prescribed nausea meds that definitely helped me keep food down and introduce new foods. As much as it sucked, by about the third week of puking 5+ times a day, I got so used to it I would puke in a bag in my car right before walking into a client's house, swig some mouthwash, and go do my job. It just became another thing! Some people experience nausea so bad it lands them in the hospital for a large portion of or the entire pregnancy. Some people don't experience it at all, some experience nausea but never actually vomit. It really can vary from nothing to as bad as you can imagine.

I personally started feeling the baby around week 15/16. I wouldn't feel him everyday, just every now and then when I would drink something sugary or eat something spicy. But by week 18 I was feeling every day, all the time. He would be still for 10-15 minutes at a time but he was very very active. I had what's called an anterior placenta, which means my placenta was in the front of my uterus instead of the top, so my husband very rarely got to feel the kicks because of the extra layer of "padding" but for me I felt them even more in my ribs and stomach, which when he was practically fully cooked could hurt like a motherfucker 😅 Most people start to feel their first kicks at 4 months and other people can feel them by 6 months. They say you feel them earlier with your second because then you know what to expect.

As far as changes, the biggest one for me was daily subdermal injections in my stomach of blood thinners. I have a genetic blood disorder called Factor V Liden, which essentially means my blood is thicker and likelier to clot. Being pregnant raises your risk of clots and therefore risk of miscarriage, so my doctor put me on injections as soon as I knew I was pregnant (8 weeks). My husband did them for me because I could never work up the courage. I was constantly sore and bruised even though my husband did his best to do it with care. At 32 weeks I had to start getting them twice a day and kept that up up until 2 weeks post partum. It REALLY sucked. As far as my body changing, I already had stretch marks but I definitely have more. I don't mind them though, I've done a lot of work on my body image with the help of therapy and body positive activities ❤️ I was 28 when I gave birth to my son. Its definitely not something I would rush into, and part of me even wishes I would have waited a little longer. Pregnancy is the easiest thing in the world compared to caring for a baby... and then a toddler.... and then a kid! 🙃

For pregnancy sex, nothing really is different! When you get pregnant your cervix becomes covered by something called "the mucus plug" that prevents anything from leaving or entering your uterus. So your partner can cum inside you with no worries. This mucus plug falls out right before you go into labor. And your partner can still go as deep as they did before, as long as it's comfortable for you it's fine for the pregnancy. Although you may have an active little baby kicking you in the ribs for a little while after because of the disturbance and rise in your heart rate!

Thanks for the ask!

~TSG

[recentanimenews]

Kawaii as Hell: Comedy and Cuteness in As Miss Beelzebub Likes it.

  The year of 2019 is drawing to a close, and with it comes the conclusion of the Fall 2018 Review by “Cruising the Crunchy-Catalog”, a retrospective of a selection of anime series from the previous Fall season that stood-out as special in some way.

  Rather than dwell on the melancholy promise of winter, we're going to keep our spirits toasty and our thoughts infernal, because this week we're going straight to Hell for a tour of the unceasingly, inexplicably cute afterlife in a little show called As Miss Beelzebub Likes it.

    What's As Miss Beelzebub Likes it?

  Based on the shonen manga by matoba, As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. is a 2018 TV anime with direction by Minato Kazuto and animation production by Liden Films. Crunchyroll describes the story of the series as follows:

  Banished from Heaven, Beelzebub rules over Pandemonium where former angels that turned into demons work. One day, Beelzebub gets a new attendant named Mullin. Beelzebub seems wise and cool... but she's actually a girl that loves fluffy things! Mullin is shocked at this revelation but still tries to get closer to Beelzebub every day. They are surrounded by various other unique and clumsy demons, and in this story might be about the demons giving a certain emotion a name... maybe.

    Set in a Hell that most closely resembles modern Japan (with a few European architectural flourishes, such as Beelzebub's palace), As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. is one part supernatural office comedy and one-part puppy love romance, filled with a cast of demons whose inner feelings (and love of all things cute) contradict their fiendish sensibilities.

    Gap Moe

  Cuteness is king in As Miss Beelzebub Likes it., and the primary expression of a kawaii aesthetic (aside form the gentle color palette and breezy character designs) is the show's sense of “gap moe”, or the evocation of blooming feelings via the gap between outward appearance and inner character. For example, Beelzebub seems to be collected and regal at first glance, but inwardly she's obsessed with fluffiness and she's also a bit of an airhead and a slob. Even the strong, silent, gruff-looking Azazel and the severe and sadistic Sargatanas worship at the altar of kawaii.

  The romantic aspects of As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. are also surprisingly chaste for a show involving demons that are supposed to tempt human beings into sin. Even though they are the main characters and they grow closer as the show progresses, Mullin and Beelzebub never quite broach the topic of romantic attraction, instead staying confined to an orbit involving lots of embarrassed blushes and chibi transformations.

    Demonology 101

  You don't have to be an amateur demonologist to appreciate that gags in As Miss Beelzebub Likes it., but a little occult trivia goes a long way towards contextualizing certain jokes. For example, Belphegor's constant incontinence makes more sense if you know that this particular demon is traditionally depicted as perched upon a toilet or chamber pot.

  Similarly, in myth and legend Azazel is associated with the wilderness and animal sacrifice, so the Azazel in As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. instead loves stuffed animals, while Astaroth is traditionally seen as an arch-demon that corrupts by laziness and sloth, so the Astaroth in this anime is constantly ditching work to fool around. Decoding these demonic references adds another layer to the show's comedy.

    Stealth Gourmet?

  If you haven't already had your fill of sight gags, silliness, and pastel-colored cuteness, there's another aspect to As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. that deserves mention: the show is a stealth gourmet anime. While not the primary focus of the series, each episode has at least one deviation where Beelzebub's afternoon snack (or other social meal) is a fancy dessert rendered in exquisite detail, such as mont blanc, cream puffs, or pudding.

One character, the demonic chef Nisroch, even parodies the clothes-exploding culinary arts of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma. Who would have guessed that arch-demons and devils had such a sweet tooth?

    Fluffy-Fluffy

  Crunchyroll currently streams As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. in 205 territories worldwide. The series is available in the original Japanese language with subtitles in English, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, and Russian. If that's not enough diabolical goodness for you, an English language version of the original manga is also available from Yen Press under the title As Miss Beelzebub Likes.

  The unrelenting sweetness of As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. may be too much for some viewers to handle, but if you like your anime on the cute side, if you prefer your romances to be more platonic than demonic, and if the series is available in your area, then please consider giving As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. a try.

    Thank you for joining us for the final entry of the Fall 2018 Review by “Cruising the Crunchy-Catalog”. What will the new year of 2020 have in store for us as we continue to plumb the depths of Crunchyroll's catalog titles in search of interesting anime to watch? Be sure to tune in next year to find out!

  Is there a series in Crunchyroll's catalog that you think needs some more love and attention? Please send in your suggestions via e-mail to cruisingcrunchy@gmail.com or post a Tweet to @gooberzilla. Your pick could inspire the next installment of “Cruising the Crunchy-Catalog”!

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[chaoticdelinqueerwithglitter]

Yes,I'm gonna talk about THE KISS 💜🌈

I'm still jumping around my home and seeing all the Kokonui edits I can find, 24h later and the hype doesn't go away.

So I wanna talk about why seeing this kiss animated (specially in such a beautiful way, really, thanks Liden Films), was so important for me.

I started to watch anime when I was little and, besides Dragon Ball, Sakura and Sailormoon were the first animes that really catch my attention.

Sakura specially will always have a place in my heart 💜

(and yes, I know CLAMP had a lot of dark shit going on on their mangas, but when I was a kid, I only saw the queerness and that made me happy)

I was around eight/nine years old, it was the end of the 90s and the queer representation in occident was... Terrible. It didn't almost exist and was full of "kill your gays" and queerbating.

Suddenly, I was watching a show were it was okay for a girl like Tomoyo being in love with her best friend, were nobody had any problem with Xioran being oppenly bisexual (he likes Yukito before Sakura), were Toya and Yukito became my first ship ever. I used to scream to the tv with their scenes, saying things like "okay, gave Yukito your magic, but say that you love him Toya! Focus! Kiss!"

Then, Sailormoon had Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus that were girlfriends. More than one character with genderfuckery. The three Sailor Stars that were genderfluid in a legendary level.

Ranma was also there. Non-binary dream for me, thanks Ranma 💜

I'm saying that, for a queer kid in the 90s, the level of genderfuckery that anime had made me felt seen. Made me felt like I wasn't that weird for liking the girls in my class, for not feeling like a boy or a girl (even if it took me decades to realize why). This characters, this representations, made me felt less alone. Made me think for the first time in my life, that there was other people like me, that being straight and follow gender roles wasn't the only choice out there.

Edit, because I forgot to mention Utena. The girl that refuses to adapt to gender roles and ends ups becoming her own prince and saving her girlfriend from the abusive brother. Utena was also mythical for me.

Of course, not everything was wholesome in the way of portraying queer representation in anime and manga, I'm not saying that.

So that was what got me into anime, what made me start buying manga with my small allowance.

A few years later, I discovered fanfiction.net, yaoi and BL. I found a place on the internet full of people shipping characters that were like me. A place were it was safe being queer. I also started getting into shonen, were the queerness wasn't as magical as in shoujo, but thanks mostly to the fandom, it was still there. I could ship them even if it wasn't canon, because most of this characters never had a romantic interest, so... Who said they were straight? (Obviously, even if they were in canon, we could ship them anyway)

And this is what I'm trying to say. More than twenty years later of seeing myself in a character like Tomoyo, of starting to ship gay couples in anime...

I COULD FINALLY SEE A GAY KISS BEING ANIMATED IN A SHONEN!!!

(I insist, in such a beautiful and perfect way)

So no matter what you think about this ship, about Koko and Inupi relationship, no matter if you like it or you hate it...

What happened yesterday was really important for a lot of people. Because having referents, can save queer people lives. Is that simple.

So thanks Liden Films, thanks Ken Wakui 💜

Of course, I also had a big hype when this scene happened in the manga and Wakui gave us so much gay subtext (not so subtle most of the time), that I could make a whole post about queerness in Tokyo Revengers. But let's be honest, there is a lot of only anime watchers out there. Or a lot of people that, like me, discovered manga thanks to anime.

[chaoticdelinqueerwithglitter]

@just-sp-in-inginthevoid i did it anyway 😭