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danganronpasurvivoraskblog · 2 years ago

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The Doctor.

Here. Some warm drinks.

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*Taichi enters the Foundation meeting room in the Tower, with a cup of warm tea for Seiko. He hands it to her and she drinks it with a smile.

So how have things gone down here?

We unfortunately haven’t made much progress. The lead researcher just went to grab 404 and Saihara, but Seiko hasn’t said so much as a word to us.

I see...Well, I did just contact Chihiro to inform him of everything that’s happened, including your safe arrival back and the sudden appearance of Ms Kimura.

Hehe...Mr Nidai certainly sounded excited in the background.

...

Nekomaru’s been keeping Branch 4 afloat while you’ve been gone Seiko. I think he should get an award once you have the chance to meet with him again.

Hmph...No pressure.

That’s not what I meant!

Yeah, I know, I’m just fucking with you...

I see that Ms Asahina decided not to join us...

Hina said she would stick around, but...since she decided to quit Future Foundation, she’s choosing not to join these meetings.

So it’s official...Hina really did quit?

No. She has yet to sign any resignation documents...However, that’s simply because we haven’t found the time or place to.

Still, if she’s not in the mood to participate, I won’t force her to.

...

You know you could...like...say something...right?

...

Has she lost her voice by any chance?

Even if she’d lost her voice, we’d still be able to get a bit out of her.

*Byakuya sits down on a chair opposite her, everyone watching.

I’ll go easy on you of course, but I hope you know we need to ask you a lot of questions.

...

Feel free to take your time with them, but we need to know...How did you escape Zetsubou’s base...and do you know where it is...

What’s the status of the other kidnapped people should you know it? Do you know anything about what Zetsubou are planning?

Jeez Togami. Ain’t that a lot right out of the gate.

Well to be fair, he did give a warning.

I...

Hm?

I...want to...tell...but...I...don’t...know if...if I can...

What do you mean by that?

And why are you speaking so slowly?

Kamu...kura...the...pill...he...

Pill? What pill!? Spit it out!

I...he...Gh...

GHLEARGH!

!!!???

SEIKO!?

WHAT THE HELL!?

!!?

*Had Seiko not been wearing her mask, she would have vomited blood all over Byakuya. As it stands, she loses her strength and collapses to the floor.

I...spoke too...EUARGH!

What happened!?

Seiko, are you ok!?

Stop! STOP TALKING!

*Rei suddenly rushes over to Seiko. Everyone goes silent thinking she’s speaking to them as a collective, but she crouches down and moves Seiko’s body in an interesting way. Within a few moments, Seiko’s breathing returns to normal and her face regains what little color it has.

...Thanks...

Stop...talking...!

...

What...the hell was that!?

Rei...is it really the same thing?

Hm...It seems so...the circumstances seem different, but there’s no doubt it’s the same affliction. Kimura...Did Uchui Kamukura do this to you?

...

*Seiko nods.

Was it using a machine?

...

*Seiko shakes her head.

I see...

Hold on a second, we need to take a few steps back!

Mekaru...What just happened to her!? Do you know?

It seems to me this was the cost of Seiko Kimura’s freedom.

To make a long story short, Uchui Kamukura has taken...or rather limited...Seiko Kimura’s ability to communicate with us. Should she try she’ll feel nauseous and...well you saw for yourself what happened.

But why...!? And HOW?

And more to the point, how do you know about all of this?

...Because I’ve seen it in action before...During my own Killing Game.

The Kibougamine Gakuen?

How much to you all know about that Killing Game specifically?

Information on the Kibougamine Killing Game is mainly in the hands of the Kisaragi Foundation. Most of what Future Foundation knows is limited to three things.

First, Tsurugi Kinjo, Teruya Otori, and yourself, Rei Mekaru, were the only three survivors.

Second...The mastermind of the Killing Game was the Ultimate Maid, Akane Taira, and Utsuro, the boy with the power of Divine Luck.

And third and finally, the Killing Game itself was a ploy by Junko Enoshima in preperation for the “First” Mutual Killing Game between the 78th Class at Hope’s Peak.

Yes, that’s all accurate. But since it wasn’t broadcasted like the other Killing Game’s, a lot of things happened during it that don’t really get talked about.

One such thing was a situation involving Mikako Kurokawa, who now works with us in Kisaragi Foundation, and her adoptive brother, Yamato Kisaragi.

As Munakata stated, the Killing Game was hosted as a test for Yasuke Matsuda’s memory erasure technique’s that he used to erase the academy memories of the 78th Class. Before he used it then, he tried it on us.

However, Yamato had found out about Utsuro and Taira’s plan in advance, and had prepared a countermeasure in case anything went wrong. One such countermeasure, was the MRD.

“MRD?” What’s that?

It stands for Memory Retention Device. And as the name implies, using it completely blocked the effects of Matsuda’s brainwashing. Allowing those who used it to retain their memories of before the Killing Game.

This came at a cost however. Say, most of you have met Kako before, right? What was your first impression of her?

Well...She has a gloomy and sketchy appearance, but she seems to mean well.

Well, before the Killing Game, Kako was a confident and defiant spirit. She wasn't afraid to speak up against anything that was wrong and always had a strong sense of justice and hope.

But thanks to the MRD, that changed. The machine had some side effects that severely altered both Kako and Yamato’s personalities, and not only that...

They also both suffered from afflictions that made it difficult to communicate with us, hence why neither could tell us the truth. In Mikako’s case, if she tried to communicate at length with us, it would result in massive migraines and brain damage...

Damage so severe that in the end...it basically killed her.

Wait...so you’re saying that Seiko-!?

...

I doubt Kamukura has recreated the machine, but there’s a highly probably chance that he’s used another method to recreate the effects.

On top of migraines being caused by speaking, it also makes sign language and writing on paper impossible. And it hurts your body to try in equally terrible ways.

Basically, Kamukura has rendered Dr Kimura’s speaking skills useless.

...Uchui...

Damn that albino motherfucker...! How could he DO something like this!?

Actually Leon...not that I’m trying to defend Kamukura or anything but...I think he might have actually saved Seiko’s life with this method.

What? What do you mean?

Put yourself in Zetsubou’s shoes for a brief moment. You’ve finished using Seiko for what you need her for, and there’s no reason to keep her around any more.

But if you let her go free, there’s nothing stopping her from running back to her friends here at the Future Foundation, and telling them everything she knows about Zetsubou’s secret plans, and the location of their secret base. In that situation, what would you do?

Well...I’d probably either keep her locked up forever or...

Or KILL her...

And I’m willing to bet that Shirogane was going to do exactly one of those two things.

Seiko might not be able to spill the beans about Zetsubou, but at least she’s ALIVE and SAFE. Right?

Yeah, you’ve got a point.

Yeah...and on top of that, there actually is some good news.

*Everyone looks at Setsuka.

Oh yeah? What’s that?

Kisaragi Foundation were able to salvage Yamato’s old machine after the end of the Killing Game. We destroyed it, but before we did, we ran some tests on it’s properties.

And we found a cure to the affliction it causes.

...!?

So assuming Seiko’s affliction is along the same lines, we can help her!?

...Yes.

What’s the catch?

Huh?

The way you said that sounds sus. You hesitated for a second there. The good news is that we can cure Seiko, so what’s the bad news that comes with it?

Hmph...You’re annoyingly perceptive...But yes, unfortunately, there is a catch.

It’s not just being perceptive. We just can’t have nice things come to us for free like...EVER.

Sad as it is to say, Kurafto is right...All of our victory’s lately always come at a cost...Chances are we’ll need to work for this one.

Alright. The catch is that even though we know there’s a cure, neither Setsuka, nor myself, nor any key member of the Kisaragi Foundation can actually FASHION said cure...

Except for one person.

Who?

Dr Hikaru Ando.

...!

Makoto: That name sounds familiar...

Taichi: Yes, it would do. I’m sure everyone is aware of it by this point, but before his escape, Nagito Komaeda confessed that Organization Zetsubou had ressurected Kanata Inori, the Ultimate Surgeon, as part of their plan to mass-produce Ultimate Hope’s.

Setsuka: Hikaru Kanata’s father. He adopted her after he saved her from a car crash that also killed her birth parents.

Rei: And then there’s the real problem...Dr Ando has been missing for 7 years now.

Sayaka: 7 years!? What happened?

Setsuka: I don’t know. But ever since you brought me back to life, it’s the primary case Tsun-Tsun has me working on. Ando just up and disappeared one day, and what’s more, the Kisaragi AI that used to manage the Foundation went with him.

Leon: Kisaragi AI?

Kyoko: Yamato Kisaragi made an Alter Ego of himself, and just like Chihiro’s Alter Ego, it came to be the CPU for most of the Kisaragi Foundation’s network.

Yoruko: How does something like that just go MISSING all of a sudden?

Rei: We don’t know, but it’s made life a hell of a lot harder for us at the Kisaragi Foundation. Hence why we’re searching for both the doctor and the AI.

So if we want to cure Seiko and defeat Zetsubou, our first order of business will be tracking down Dr Ando.

Our connections are limited, but we’ll make use of any we do have to crack down on the search.

We also have Yuki and his Whitecloak companion searching. They’ll bring whatever info from the streets they find right back to us.

So what do we do for now then?

Hm...It might be worth going out and getting Ms Kimura some painkillers and headache medicine. We can’t cure her affliction, but we can certainly settle it.

...

Got it. Since she’s out and about, I’ll grab Hina, and we can go together.

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denimbex1986 · 6 months ago

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kuromochimi · 3 years ago

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hi i saw your requests open and was wondering if you could write a a ghost scenario type for shiratorizawa boys (cos they live in dorms or anyone you're comfortable with) where there is a rumour going around that one of their school bathrooms is haunted and reader (bonus if its their manager) and the boys try to do a ghost hunt at night to see if its real or not but they get scared cos they hear smth and think its the ghost but its like actually the janitor or smth? please thank you 😊

Hi!! This is actually my first time writing for shiratorizawa, and for this type of rrquest actually, I’m excited 😆 also, I’m sorry this took a while T_T but anyway, it’s nearly halloween so I guess it’s fitting that I post this now. Hope you like it!

Halloween Haunt

Shiratorizawa + reader

Content & Warnings: crack, fluff if you squint

“Practice is over, you’re all dismissed” coach washio announced. Once he’s out of the gym, tendou immediately made his own announcement. You were sitting on the bleachers together with the third years when he asked: “Hey have you heard about the rumors? Apparently there’s this one girl who saw a ghost in one of the bathrooms” semi’s face perked up before he added to tendou’s statement. “Yeah yeah I heard about it. Do you know aiko from class 2? She also had an experience with that stuff”

“We should totally go ghost hunting” tendo suggested. Ushijima surprisingly agreed. The others who agreed to join were goshiki, shirabu, semi, reon, and of course, the mastermind of it all, tendo. Others such as taichi declined the offer. Said he had to study .

11:37 pm. You heard a faint knock on your door, signaling that the rest of the guys were ready for your “ghost hunt”. Not that you believed them but might as well join on on the fun since halloween parties weren’t exactly an option when you were staying in dorms. Semi greeted you once you opened the door. “Come on, they’re all waiting for us”. You closely followed him as you couldn’t see well. A few minutes of walking and you finally caught sight of the rest of the team. Goshiki obviously terrified out of his wits, tendo enjoying the jitters from the other members and ushijima all relaxed and calm. Typical of the boys, you thought. “Should we split into two groups?” You asked. “Nah, I don’t think we should. There’s not much of us anyway” semi said, gaining a couple of agreeing nods from the others. “Okay. Where to then?” Shirabu led the way. Honestly, this whole plan was a surprise to you. These guys were usually very keen on practicing and being efficient yet here you all were, hunting ghosts. You walked in pairs, ushijima the one walking beside you at the back. “We’re almost there” shirabu whispered as he took a left turn. Once you all made the turn, everyone halted. The comfort room lights were on. Every other room had its lights turned off. AND, there was a faint humming. You weren’t sure if you were just imagining things but the sight of the others frozen in place and stiff, you knew it wasn’t just you. The humming grew louder and louder, the entity seemed to be approaching the door out of the comfort room. Tendo no longer looked amused. When a foot stepped out of the comfort room, one of the guys shrieked loudly. You weren’t even sure who. Everyone too scared to even try to run away. The entity stepped out completely and it walked closer to where you guys were. You would have ran away had ushijima not been keeping a defensive stance beside you. His presence was somehow comforting.

The tension dissipated and the fear evaporated into mid air when you all got a clearer view of who came out of the comport room. It was the janitor. Which was even worse. Because a ghost wouldn’t have snitched on you but the janitor just did. So now you all have extra practice and community service for the rest of the month.

#haikyuu x reader #haikyuu fluff #haikyuu!!#haikyuu scenarios #ushijima scenarios #tendo satori #shiratorizawa #goshiki x reader #shirabu x reader #semi eita #reon ohira

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izumiyagami14 · 3 years ago

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Rain on windows

Day 13-16: rain/shine

summary: while waiting for the rest of their friends to arrive, Koushiro and Hikari have time to talk about the rain… @koushirohikari

“Looks like we are the first ones here,” Hikari let out a breath, gazing out the damp window at the glowing neon lights from afar. The soft glow of pink and red from the bright sign that screamed Bowling for Ice Cream fell delicately on her pale skin.

“Looks like it.” The response came from the boy in the driver seat as he clicked the car into park. Koushiro’s eyes avoided the warm, naturally radiant figure in the passenger seat and looked out at the cool raindrops slowly drifting down the side of his window. He sighed, thinking about the numerous miscalculations his friends made prior to this moment.

One minute he was over at the Yagami residence discussing different cheat codes in a new game that he was playing with Taichi, and then the next Taichi received a phone call from Mimi. She was in town from America and wanted to see if the group could meet up for a couple rounds of bowling and some ice cream. So the two masterminds on the phones exchanged plans, rather poorly, how the group would meet. Taichi insisted on picking up everyone in his new SUV, but once he realized that his car can only sit six people, it was too late. It was then that Taichi asked Koushiro to drive Hikari to the place while he kept his promise and drove the rest of the group. It took some convincing, but Koushiro complied to the request. He didn’t realize until now how much extra time he was going to have now…

Now he sat there, staring at the falling raindrops sliding down the window, patiently waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. He wondered how the rain could create such an infinite amount of little droplets each reflecting the fluorescent lights to put on a silent show. He pondered on what emotion flooded into his mind when observing such a display. Sadness? Confusion? Longing? He couldn’t pinpoint it.

He looked over at the girl sitting next to him for an answer. She mirrored his actions, except she was tracing the drops with her tiny finger as they fell from view of the window. His eyes narrowed a bit, analyzing her actions to see if he could pick up her thoughts. Was she conducting a race with the water droplets? Or was she thinking the same questions he was? Koushiro caught a glimpse of light in her eyes when she placed her hand down on her lap and kept her gaze to the rain. Was it longing, too? Or was it filled with hope? She didn’t seem to look at the rain sadly, but rather looking for her love in the rain.

“Why do people associate rain with sadness?” She said, quiet enough for him to hear.

Her voice caught him off guard, causing him to look out the windshield. He let out an unknowingly held breath. “What makes you say that, Hikari?”

“Well,” she began, a bit hesitant in her next words. “For most, rain makes people sad. They had a negative connotations it. Connecting bad feelings to something that is not necessarily bad.”

Koushiro slowly nodded his head. “Yeah, make sense. So what are you trying to get at?”

She took a breath and looked at the boy next to her. “It is important to know that the rain can make some people sad, but only until we see closely the beauty of a single raindrop is when we start to appreciate the little things in life.” She brought her gaze up to meet the boy’s dark eyes. A nervous laugh escaped her lips as she shook her head and looked at her hands on her lap. “I mean, I guess I never had any negative feelings toward the rain.”

“So you have positive ones?”

She smiled softly, light from the environment reflecting off it. “With Taichi. We used to wish for rain so badly so we could jump and play in the puddles.” Then she started to giggle. “Or with Sora and Mimi. We went window shopping when it started to downpour. All we could do was laugh like crazy because there was nothing we could do.” She then paused for a moment. “I think those are some of my favorite memories with them.”

Koushiro chuckled at her stories. “I see.”

A hum came from the passenger seat. “Do you have any favorite memories with any of our friends?”

Koushiro turned his head to face her. Their eyes met, making Hikari let out another nervous laugh.

“I mean, it doesn’t necessarily have to do with rain, so anything could do.” The words rushed out of her mouth to fill the vacant air between them.

Koushiro brought a pondering hand up to his chin in thought. “Who were you thinking?”

“Taichi.” His name was the first one to pop in her head.

He stopped and thought for a couple minutes, thoroughly running through all the records and files in his brain to think of a find memory he has associated with that name. “I think when Taichi and I stopped for some snacks on the way to movie theater. He tried to shove as many treats and snacks into his shirt as he can without being suspicious.” He looked over at Hikari’s raised eyebrow. “Taichi paid for them, of course. He just looked so ridiculous!”

Hikari could help but smile and moved her gaze back to him. “How about Sora?”

He again stopped and thought for a couple minutes before speaking. “When she brought me some yellow flowers for my promotion I received at my job.

“Yamato?”

A couple beats passed by before Koushiro could answer. “Probably when he came over to help me study. He started playing his harmonica, and I swear it is the only thing that helped me pass that exam.”

She laughed at that that story. “Excuse me, what? Yamato helped you?”

He chuckled and looked at her. “Yes, I hate to admit it sometimes,but I don’t know everything.”

She laughs hung in the air for a bit before the drops of rain overwhelmed it. A pause intruded before she broke in. “What about me?”

In an instant, Koushiro looked down at her hands and smile softly Hikari could see the memory flowing easily through the boy’s mind as he spoke. “It was at your house. Taichi invited me over, but for some reason, he wasn’t home yet. Just you. You suggested that we play Nintendo in Taichi’s room. After some negotiations, we agreed on Mario Kart. You said you were not good at that game, but you managed to win every round. And every round, you were so happy to take the lead and win. You would laugh, cheer, and pretend to be a sore winner by rubbing it in my face. But I know we were just playing around and buying time before your brother came home. Seeing you smile was better than winning I suppose.”

When eyes reached her, the realization of what he just said hit him the a turtle shell in Mario Kart. His cheeks felt hot and he started to stutter. “I mean, there are so many memories with you, it’s so hard to pick one…”

She leaned toward him to catch his dark eyes in hers again. “I guess we will have to make more then.”

The tiny taps of the raindrops on the roof of the car played with the pitter-patter of his heartbeat. Before he could respond, solid knocks bombarded the pair. Koushiro turned his head to see a taller boy.

“Hey, guys; we’re all here! Sorry it took so long! Let’s get going; I’m hungry!” Taichi screamed through the still-closed window and started to walk toward the entrance of the bowling alley. The group of the remaining Digidestined were right behind the leader. Taichi started splashing in the puddles, gaining some scowls from Yamato and Sora and some light laughter for Takeru.

Koushiro slowly turned to look back at Hikari. She only shrugged her shoulders.

“Ready to go?” She asked.

“I guess so,” he responded.

As they both exited, the rain continued to pour heavily; however, it did not give Koushiro a negative feeling like prior. The rain falling down on him reminded him of Hikari. It was falling rather hard, and now, he was too.

#koukari #enlightenmonth #enlightenmonth 2022 #hikari yagami #koushiro izumi

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skopostheorie · 4 years ago

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understanding fujisaki chihiro’s personality via her talent (thereby explaining her actions in the killing game)

I’ve been having some thoughts swirling around in my head recently about Fujisaki My Beloved, so I’m trying to explain them in a stream of consciousness. Sorry if this is a little incoherent.

Fujisaki’s programming prowess was born out of necessity and adversity. Because she was too weak to play outside, and other kids terrorised her for being feminine and weak, she spent her time alone inside. This led to her messing around with her father’s laptop, and discovering she was actually a computer genius.

They say necessity is the father of invention, and you could arguably apply this to Fujisaki’s character. However, perhaps it would be better to word this as “adversity is the father of potential”. When faced with all these challenges in childhood – bullying, disadvantages, and eventually having to repress a major part of her identity* in hopes of being accepted – instead of completely shutting down, Fujisaki found one thing she could call her own – a programming hobby – and mastered it. In other words, when faced with adversity, as much as she may put herself down and see only her weakness that other people harassed her for, Fujisaki Chihiro rises up in some way or another, making something beautiful under the pressure. This programming genius is something uniquely Fujisaki. It is a core part of her identity, she is known for being the best in the country at what she does, she lights up when she gets to talk about the subject, she pours her heart and soul into her creations - so much so that her ultimate invention, Alter Ego, was made in her image (but we’ll get to that). Remembering that Fujisaki had to repress and hide one of the most important parts about herself – her “gender identity”* – in order to get by, it could even explain why she fell so in love with her programming.

Her ability to code was the one thing about her identity no one could really take from her, because for once no one had a problem with it; hell, it’s even notable that Fujisaki assumed Taichi was going to get angry at her for messing around with his computer (in a similar way to how Fujisaki was terrorised by her peers for everything she did, if not for the fact that it’s typically not very nice to mess with someone’s computer without permission) and her pleasant surprise at being supported and admired by her father for her skill gave her room to continue to hone her skills.

The TL;DR of all this is that it was only due to Fujisaki’s problems that she ended up falling into programming, becoming the best programmer in the entire country (at least for her age group, but she is hired by big companies so we can assume she does well among adults too), and creating all these amazing things. No matter what you make Fujisaki face, she will somehow make something incredible out of it. She will deal with hardships in surprising but often beautiful ways.

This is all a preface to the statement that Fujisaki’s actions upon being faced with the secrets motive, then, should come as no surprise. It’s tempting to view her choice to tell a trusted friend the truth about herself in such a possibly dangerous situation when faced with blackmail, as opposed to simply panicking and falling into despair, as her make-or-break moment, the decision in which her personality does a 180 and she changes forever. However, I feel this is doing a disservice to who she always had been, though she doesn’t really give herself credit for it. Fujisaki always had a tendency to take the bad situation she found herself in and produce something good out of it. It happened the moment she turned a computer on due to having no other options, so it obviously happened the moment the mastermind threatened Fujisaki with an outing that could ruin her life and she chose to subvert the Mastermind’s desires and take matters into her own hands. This ability is what granted her the metaphorical strength that towered over basically anyone else who ever held her physical weakness against her, and is an ability that, say, Oowada didn’t possess (but this isn’t about him).

And this is not only subtle but ever-present. Even after she dies. When she finds a broken, good-for-nothing laptop in Hope’s Peak, she (obviously) tinkers around with it and creates Alter Ego. What’s first of note, though I won’t expand on it too much, is that it was made in her own image - the only main difference is that it uses 僕 for itself, in a way Fujisaki could not due to wishing to conceal her true identity**. I’ve already mentioned how programming was basically the one part of Fujisaki’s identity she wasn’t terrorised for or needed to hide and how this most likely contributed to why she liked it so much – and Alter Ego is a demonstration of how Fujisaki therefore used programming as a means of being her true self*; creating a version of herself that she desires to be that lives behind the screen. And Alter Ego’s existence, especially in the Killing Game, is further proof of how she rises up against hardship. Some have theorised that Fujisaki made Alter Ego and put it in the locker that night because she knew she wouldn’t be alive much longer, and I’m inclined to agree. Her desire to help lives on, her desire to help her friends out of the KG lives on beyond Fujisaki herself. Through the bad situation – that is, her impending demise – she built something that helped her friends rise up against the Mastermind.

This disposition of Fujisaki’s is a direct juxtaposition to whatever the hell despair is (though Danron’s writers have a habit of forgetting that despair isn’t just, like, anything that hurts). Despair, being defined purely as “the absence of hope”, is the feeling that there is no longer anything that can be done is an undesirable situation. Fujisaki has been pushed into all sorts of corners and faced with constant ridicule from her peers just for being herself, but has always found some way to shine through. This is why it’s only natural that instead of hitting a brick wall when Monokuma announced the secrets motive, she used it as motivation to change and work towards being the strong person she had wanted to become since the beginning. This disposition surprised the Mastermind almost as much as it pissed her off, only being satisfied again when things turned sour for Fujisaki due to not fault of her own. Of course it would surprise the Mastermind, a brain so hooked on despair that anything which denies it power simply doesn’t add up.

And now we come to the obvious conclusion; that this is why Fujisaki is the character chosen to be “the one that lived on after death”. This one actually comes from an interview with the creators (which I reference a LOT)***, in which they state that Fujisaki’s programming talent was used as a means of making her a “revivable” sort of character. Knowing that what granted the other six survivors their right to survival was to battle against the despair of the KG, its motives, and the truth about The Tragedy, it makes sense that Fujisaki should survive alongside them somehow. It makes sense that Naegi having hope is how Alter Ego managed to save him. It makes sense that she’s a crucial part of the Future Foundation. Fujisaki cannot give into despair by design.

* as portrayed in canon, different to how it is perceived here ** however 僕女 exist *** warning for brief transphobic sentiment in interview

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shihalyfie · 3 years ago

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Would you agree that Masaru somewhat comes off as the leader of the older heroes in the Hunters crossover? At the very least there seemed to be a concerted effort to show off what he can do, what with showing up alongside Taichi earlier and being the first one to make his appearance in the big moment they all show up.

I think it kind of depends on what your definition of "leader" is; Masaru is definitely the most aggressive and go-getter of any of the Digimon protagonists in that lineup, and in that sense he's good at "leading the charge", but it's also interesting that they paired him with Taichi -- of course, Taichi represents name value as the first anime series protagonist, but it's not like Masaru is the pinnacle of franchise iconic-ness either, so it's more like it's interesting how they picked the protagonist with the most aggressive initiative (Masaru) and the protagonist who's best at coordinating people and making big-picture plans (Taichi). Among those five, Taichi is still the strongest at "coordination leadership", and I find it likely he probably might have been more of the mastermind figuring things out while Masaru took charge. It's kind of like how in 02, everyone points out that Daisuke is the best person to lead the charge because of his initiative and forward-thinking personality, but (as I've pointed out earlier) the 02 group doesn't actually necessitate a leader from an organizational perspective, and decisions are usually made in terms of a full group consultation, so the distinction between "leader taking action" and "leader who makes the decisions everyone defers to" is pretty clear.

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brainfilehasstoppedworking · 13 days ago

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TW/CW for mentioned gore(?)

Taichi and Takaaki as Masterminds where Takaaki, who can be considered a yandere/very obsessive person, the first day they started the Despair Takaaki went after Taichi's ex wife first and brought Taichi her heart and head in a brightly wrapped box, the inside absolutely red and full of blood and some guts and parts of her skin.

Taichi fell for Takaaki harder

#sam's talky talks #danganronpa #takaaki ishimaru #taichi fujisaki #taikaaki #taichaaki #Mastermind Taikaaki AU #Taichi just being affectionate to him and falling so deeply in love #Takaaki is very much like Taichi's pet instead of husband in the AU. But also his husband that he loves so much #Though he does keep him on a collar

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deadmandairyland · 3 years ago

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I can’t believe sentimonster!Adrien might actually be true, but I’m not against it either! If anything I’m more concerned with how the show’s going to write it more than the concept itself. The idea itself is fine, I’m totally for it, but I just don’t know if a show like this can actually pull something like that off. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

But I get it’s a pretty controversial theory in the Miraculous fandom, so I just want to say to all the detractors of this theory... if you think that’s bad, you should look up what Mirage did with the original April O’Neil.

But yeah, I’m all for sentimonster!Adrien. And evil!Emilie, for that matter, but to me that’s more along the lines of Mastermind!Taichi and I can take it or leave it. If anything, if there’s a reason why I want Emilie to turn out to be evil all along, it’s because of all the Resident Evil Code: Veronica vibes I’m getting out of the whole situation. ...Maybe not so much the creepy twin “maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s incest” thing, but everything else: overly controlling blonde guy hanging around his empty mansion and treating everyone like ants beneath his feet, who thinks he’s hot shit but he’s actually kind of an idiot, and everything he does is for a secret blonde woman sleeping in a tube somewhere that everyone thinks is dead, so I mean if she wakes up and starts controlling tentacle vines and grows wings and a weird larva body, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

...God, I can’t believe I’m comparing Gabe to Alfred Ashford now. It’s bad enough I keep comparing him to the Major.

#miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #emilie agreste #gabriel agreste #miraculous ladybug spoilers #sentimonster adrien #evil emilie #resident evil #alexia ashford #alfred ashford #probably won't tag anything else i mentioned in this post #i feel like i didn't talk about april taichi or the major enough to justify tagging them #but i also feel like i can't not tag the ashfords after comparing mama and papa agreste to them #if only for the absurdity of it #and i say this as someone who is constantly comparing gabe to the major as i mentioned above

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fizzingwizard · 4 years ago

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Episode 46! Battle-heavy, but pretty good. You could feel the stakes, and we got a pretty big reveal about one of the characters. It’s one I think a lot of us had already theorized about 30 episodes ago ^^; and I think it’s kind of a shame more hints weren’t seeded along the way... but that’s the way this show works. However, it’s pretty cool to have it confirmed finally.

Pic of the day:

Though he’s not the main character this episode, I’m a sucker for Taichi using his telescope.

More below!

We continue to aimlessly travel. Alright, we have an aim: destroy Millenniumon’s fragments. It just feels a bit aimless :P

Curtain opens with Jou getting carsick. The girls loudly egret the seating arrangement.

Turns out these Vademon cult members of Millennumon’s are still in the picture. Totally forgot about them. They’re still mega creepy

Jou goes to get some fresh air and Gomamon adorably rubs his back for him ;_; As someone who also tends to get a bit nauseous on bumpy car trips, I’m actually very much on Jou’s side right now :P it sucks. Of course, living in Japan, I pretty much never have to travel by car anymore. Big plus.

Jou sees a straight “green moon” (really, Jou?) and the kids go out to investigate. The huge green ball in the sky then abducts half the team in a ray of light.

“Oniichan! This is why mama tells us not to open the door for strangers!”

Taichi, Yamato, Koushirou, and Takeru wind up inside the ball, which turns out to be Sephirothmon. Another old Frontier fav!

Sephirothmon reads their data one by one and sends clones of Digimon whose data he’s absorbed to attack them. He can apparently materialize as many Digimon as he wants and the group are soon outnumbered.

This is a pretty cool battle setup, however, you can forget about everyone besides Takeru after this point. The battle is just a backdrop. A bit disappointing, since a Taichi/Yamato/Koushirou team-up is high on the list of Things I’d Like To See. But Sephirothmon looks like he’ll continue to be important later on, so the fact that half the team were absorbed in this episode probably does matter to the plot.

Put on yer fight face! Grr!

Pictured: Takeru’s fight face

Angemon under his helmet: -___-;

When Sephirothmon reads the other Digimon’s data, their reflection appears dark and shadowy in the green stone. But Angemon’s reflection is full color. It fluctuates and suddenly morphs into...

Devimon!

Takeru and Angemon figure out quickly that this Devimon is different than the other Digimon clones (which is expressed, I’m sure, by the difference in Angemon’s reflection as well). Rather than being a clone, he seems to be too much like the real thing.

Outside, the others try to rescue their friends, but are hit with attacks from MetalGreymon and WereGarurumon through Sephirothmon.

Devimon taunts Angemon, calling the Chosen Children a “curse” because their evolution and their mission is tied to them. Angemon argues back that Takeru is not a curse, but Devimon’s words seem to have more of an effect than you’d think. Then Angemon reveals that Devimon is actually a part of himself, the darkness and depression he fell into after the great war.

So... yeah. We had a few ideas about Devimon in relation to Angemon, but it wasn’t clear if the show would really take it that far or not. They did something similar with Tailmon and SkullKnightmon, so it’s no surprise that they’ve circled back around to reveal this about Angemon and Devimon as well. At this time, I’m not totally sure how I feel - I do like that they’re complicating what had been a typical “Good vs Evil” type crisis very much though. We can say that our enemies are also our friends, to a degree. It’s somewhat less poignant because Millenniumon is still the mastermind behind all of it and so far he appears to be pure evil. On the other hand! We’ve seen very little of Millenniumon. He’s more an elusive shadow, like Sauron. The way Devimon and SkullKnightmon are connected to the Holy Digimon may indicate there’s more to the story of Millenniumon this season than meets the eye.

Devimon multiplies over and over, until he’s able to drag Angemon down and submerge him in darkness.

Despite his resistance, Angemon starts to transform into Devimon... and then Devimon’s evolutions. My one thought at this time was that Takeru didn’t seem quite freaked out enough :P I mean, look at all those eyes:

Takeru gets a lovely moment where he says that he believes in Angemon, which I honestly liked. His belief rejuvenated Angemon enough to break from Devimon’s hold.

He’s quickly able to destroy the copies and appears to absorb Devimon’s essence into his fist. He then evolves to HolyAngemon and makes short work of breaking everyone out of Sephirothmo xP Deus ex machina Holy Digimon should be no surprise and yet I’m always disappointed by it.

Pictured: Beauty pageant winner who drank too much at the afterparty

Sephirothmon is not totally defeated, though. He first reproduces by dividing into two and then flies off to join the rest of his cells in the sky.

Everyone is mega impressed by HolyAngemon. Tailmon’s like, how come no one gets this excited when *I* evolve?

I mean, he is pretty impressive though.

It’s implied that Devimon is indeed still with HolyAngemon - in his hand - but HolyAngemon ensures Takeru that he can handle it. The metaphor for the lifelong battle with our inner demons is strong with this one.

So, yeah, pretty straightforward episode. I’m really glad to have the Devimon connection with Angemon finally explained and curious to see what it could mean in the future.

Next episode:

Taichi plays Legolas with a scare crow whose face is へのへのもへじ! I instantly like him. Idk what it is but I love scarecrow characters with patches all over their clothes. I hope he’s a good guy.

Super stoked for a Taichi episode!! We had so many for so long that even I, a huge Taichi fan, was glad for a change of pace when we started paying more attention to the other characters. Now I’m ready to see my boy show his cool side again!

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