#meanwhile ranma... yeah

[danaty-consolation]

DANATYYY I randomly got nostalgic for DBGT tonight and it gave me a question about Mermaid Hunters/Reasons to Live/basically anything that includes GokuSere with the gang. If things got the GT treatment, would just Goku be turned into a child by Pilaf, or would the whole gang be? 🤔 Both outcomes are hilarious to me honestly fjkhgkfj

First of all, it has great taste because Dragon Ball GT is iconic even though it has flaws.

AND LET ME TELL YOU!

@artistefish and I have a plan for a small but funny arc with that.

Right now the idea is that it only affected the men of the group and it's thanks to the magic mushrooms of the Ranma 1/2 manga, where the centimeters represent an age (I need to reread that arc, it has been more than a decade so if there is an inconsistency in this anyone can correct me)

AND HERE IS SOME ART OF THAT ARC BY YOURS TRULY!!! However, they are old so aslkdnsa

On the left, we have Black Jack, Meisuke Nueno with little Goku and little Rinne hiding in his legs and then Yuta.

and before you ask: IS THAT TEACHER NUENO OF HELL TEACHER NUBE?! The answer is yes, he is part of MH, but he just doesn't stay in the main group for important reasons but helps them occasionally.

Now on the right, Ranma, Ataru and Inuyasha. Aka Ataru trying to keep them from fighting.

The girls find their boyfriends cute

And some of Arty's drawings about that arc!

So yeah, we did plan that idea in MH; it just sounds so far away right now on the writing side. Meanwhile, I can throw right now our concept art, hopefully close in the future we finally get to write this!

[casliveblog]

Custom Toonami Block Week 204 Rundown

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture: So despite the cliffhanger last time, the fall of the Damocles is only a problem for like two minutes before they drop it in a park and minimalize casualties, so all that shit about how this was really the bad guys’ plan the whole time was either bunk or it was just a really bad plan. Discount Char is fine with the outcome for some reason presumably because we can’t go killing Knights every time a mission fails or the series will only be three episodes long. They send Nina off and it’s kinda weird for her to be the legacy character that gets the most focus of all things, like yeah she probably does have the most impact on the future but now they’re pretty sure there aren’t any more Fleijas so it’s just a weird choice to go “hi, bye” for. Sakura asks Catherine to help her be stronger so she can face everyone that’s been hurt in this conflict and we get kind of a cute moment of Catherine getting flustered by her strength-based hierarchy being challenged by someone who’s essentially powerless trying their hardest to do what they can. Meanwhile Sakuya’s taking her parents’ death anniversary off and so we have more maid café shenanigans with her and Ash. She bugs his jacket and overhears a conversation when he and Narah cross paths that he didn’t really kill her father and just harbors guilt for it happening and has a martyr complex. Narah also tells him she stays on the evil side so she can protect people from Anti-Britannian racism since there were understandably some hurt feelings after the thousand year empire of racism came crumbling down and apparently the orphanage she and Ash grew up in got caught up in it and also Discount Char is Ash’s adopted dad. This whole conversation is a lot of infodumping and it’s made all the funnier by them awkwardly trying to keep pointing guns at each other while driving and Sakuya chasing them on a motorcycle in a maid dress. Sakuya ends up rethinking her plans to kill Ash while Sakura muses over hearing a coded message that Sakuya is doing well and turns out the new guard replacing Catherine for the day knows about her not actually being Sakuya and confronts her about it while she’s naked because what kind of show did you think this was. Also the stinger seems to imply that Ash was the one that murdered all the orphanage people.

Ranma ½: It’s the end of the ice skating arc and okay there’s a lot more ice left than they were showing at the end of last episode, like before it looked like mostly water with some ice islands, now it looks like mostly ice with some ravines of water. Either way hijinks ensue as Ranma and Ryoga do their fakeout shenangians against the ice skater couples’ fakeout shenanigans and it’s all very silly until Ryoga manages to lift huge chunks of ice that basically KO’s everyone else and puts this whole silly arc to bed. Akane gets hit in the crossfire of the fight after the fight and Ryoga jumps in to save her from the water because she doesn’t know how to swim (headcanoning that Akane at a Devil Fruit rn) and Ranma covers for Ryoga and gives him the credit for saving her. Wasting absolutely NO time we jump right into the next arc as Ranma’s death challenge amazon woman Shampoo (seriously was Ms. Rumiko just looking around her house for these names, Tofu, Shampoo, like this lady’s Chinese it doesn’t make any sense) who has a vendetta against girl!Ranma for breaking her insular warrior code and defeating her but loves male!Ranma when he accidentally does the exact same thing, Amazonian double standards are weird. Still I like the language barrier shenanigans they have with her and she has a fun design and of course it’s yet another character to have the exact opposite reaction to the different Ranmas, it’s just the sword guy in reverse.

Arcane: It’s Viktor’s episode and that means I have to actually learn his name instead of calling him Jayce’s boyfriend the whole time. He’s busy sulking over his impending death and reminiscing his start into the sciences while Jayce is kind of having a breakdown and being very vulnerable with his new girlfriend and seems a lot more comfortable with the whole thing that she does, like I get the vibe Mel’s taking this as more of a friends with benefits thing and Jayce seems more serious. Meanwhile Vi and Cait are fleeing Silco’s men and giving them the slip which is making enough noise for Jinx to find out Vi’s back and/or not dead, apparently that was Cop #2’s thing to tell Silco she was dead but he just put her in prison and never bothered to put a “do not release under any circumstances” on Vi’s file, like I’m pretty sure Silco will have had guys in prison at some point, like he’s gotta have connections in there he’s a criminal there’s gotta be ties to get people in/out if they get captured how did he not know this? Like he can do all the ominous daughter block playing he wants but part of that’s on him, police dude hid someone the criminals were looking for in the place where criminals go. Vi takes Cait to the… Undead Burg I guess and hide out from her stab wound and they get some sketchy venom liquid from one of the local Hollows. Meanwhile Professor Porg hears Jayce say “Magic that learns” and is ready to shut down that generative AI shit before it gets out of hand but of course people aren’t ready to give up their Hexphones that easily and there’s the whole saving Viktor’s life with Human Transmutation thing that has Jayce on edge which gets Professor Porg kicked off the council, like Jayce I get and Mel’s got her thing with him and we established the dumb king guy just goes with whatever she does but idk about the other two, just peer pressure I guess. Vi recovers and faces off with Silco, stapling his grasp again and finally meeting up with Jinx after she sends up the flare to reunite with her. Things are cool for half a second before Jinx’s neuropathy kicks in and Vi has a moment to let it sink in what a Harley Quinn monster her sister has become and like girl you said you knew she’d do what she had to to survive and she wouldn’t be alive at this point if she wasn’t at least a little bloodthirsty. Either way Cait loses the Hexphone 2.0 in a fight with the Firelights and they take Vi so Jinx is back to being alone and crazy instead of together and crazy.

Dandadan: Picking up right where we left off last time, I’m glad the series isn’t glossing over the “how do they live after being caught naked at school” dilemma, ironically Okarun’s the only one unaffected which is ironic since he was the only one actually naked but he is a male and has no friends so I guess no one’s interested in calling him on it. The beginning half is mostly just arc cleanup and we get the fallout with various friendgroups because both main girls have exactly two secondary friends to react to stuff and Momo’s friends get a funny little moment here where they were thinking Momo and Aira were dueling naked to the death for Okarun’s heart, good stuff, most of the time these sorts of characters are just glorified background characters that exist solely to confirm that a character has a social life and I’m glad they’re getting fleshed out a bit. Okarun also theorizes that ghosts and aliens kind of keep each other in check and supernatural stuff basically protects the earth from all the sci-fi stuff, given that the alien stuff is also slowly getting more fleshed out and it’s looking like a very scary, silly Rick and Morty universe this is probably something good to nail down for the intersectionality this series is based in. Aira meanwhile as the most socially conscious of the group does have to deal with the fallout of her lies about Momo and does come clean even though it hurts her image, showing her growth as a character even if she won’t admit it to Momo’s face. They come across the Shrimp Alien and we get his tragic backstory about his son needing daily blood transfusions and it’s very silly because it turns out their blood is milk and they prove this by giving him a glass of the stuff and telling him to drink it. Idk how shrimp blood works but if aliens gave me a glass of blood and told me to drink it to check and see I’d be like ‘wtf you people are monsters, drinking blood is not good for you’ but it turns out to be a good enough match so Seiko sets him up with a cow to abduct and as long as nothing ever happens to that cow and it lives forever they’ll be fine, I mean I’m just saying he’s probably just gonna be back in a few years for another cow, prolly should’ve given him a breeding pair at least to keep him going for a while. Meanwhile while everyone’s on cooldown and back in hijinks mode, Momo’s childhood friend/crush Jiji stops into to stir up trouble and cause drama because this romance arc was going a little too smoothly.

Gleipnir: So the Hobo Boss has the group dead to rights and honestly what follows reminds me a lot of Negan’s intro in The Walking Dead, guy gives his philosophy, tries to make it sound reasonable and then tells everyone to pick a sacrifice to apologize for hurting their man. He quickly realizes what a fucking psycho Clair is and takes a liking to her personality (among other things) and he explains his method of gathering scumbags and pooling coins to dump into him and he does whatever they want him to do with that kind of power, making sure that anyone who joins them has the resolve to do nasty things as well as the compliance to bend the knee. Telescope guy quickly realizes no one likes him so he’s basically dead anyway but instead of being honorable and doing a heroic sacrifice he decides to be a bitch to the very end. Clair makes flower guy make poison flowers to smoke them out and poison everyone basically doing the Hunter x Hunter Rose Bomb plan on a budget, I mentioned Negan earlier but this whole episode did get very Walking Dead with the “I’ll do what I have to to make sure the group survives” theming, I don’t necessarily have a problem with Clair using her natural psychopathy for the greater good I’m just a little concerned with how quickly she had this plan ready like she has a twelve of the most dickish war crimes in her back pocket in case she needs them, even using the guy’s one redeemable trait against him in trying to save his group. Telescope guy tries to warn them but that activates Sayaka’s noose quirk thing because we had to see that in action at least once in the series. Clair goes on about how her sister feels the same way about all the bad shit she’s done and how she thinks she wants Clair to be the one to set her free from it by killing her and I’m very doubtful of that given we’ve established Clair’s sister’s character is full Shuichi yandere and barely even registers Clair as a player and Clair seems to think she’s a lot more important to her than she is so this is all probably a heft dose of cope.

Trigun: We actually get a neat little bit of continuity to start the episode off as Vash gives the credit for catching last episode’s escaped convicts to the town that needs the money for their plant restoration, did feel a little odd that plot thread was left open though it begs the question would Vash even be able to claim the bounty? Like no one seems to know who he is anyway and the convicts did seem to think they could claim Vash’s bounty so maybe they don’t care who brings in the bounty idk. Either way Meryl is trying to cope with the fact that the bozo they’ve been following around and she’s slowly gaining attachment to really is the legendary outlaw she’s looking for and part of her still doesn’t believe it. Meanwhile a woman comes on a giant sand ship to fix the town’s plant and it turns into a segment of “The author’s barely disguised fetish” as she treats Vash like a pet dog while using him as a bodyguard while in town. We get some more lore about the plants and how they do… science stuff… to basically make life possible on the desert planet this show takes place on, nobody knows where they come from and the IT guys that fix them are basically illuminati taking their secrets to the grave and passing the knowledge through generations. Vash manages to defeat the assassin coming after this lady but she locks them both in the plant while triggering it to melt down because Vash destroyed her town when she was little and amazingly didn’t kill anyone but still caused the whole amount of economic strife that you’d imagine a whole town getting blown up would caused, and even worse he hasn’t aged a day despite this girl easily being in her twenties, almost like he’s some sort of Plant Man or something. Either way he… absorbs the plant’s… science light and stops the meltdown, saving the woman from destroying the town like he did to her and apologizing for not being able to oblige her request to kill him. He says he can’t remember if he did or didn’t destroy the town and aside from backstory fragments being in the town’s ruins are the first thing he remembers at all. She initially just wants to kill him to make herself feel better even if she can’t be sure if her revenge or justified or even properly directed, but bemoans the target of her spite being such a kind and honest man. Lots of extra lore stuff this time around and hints at Vash’s mysterious past which I only have vague memories of but yeah shit’s starting to ramp up.

Revolutionary Girl Utena: It’s a Wakaba episode and it’s kinda unclear whether or not this’ll be a filler episode or not until the very end. Wakaba meets up with her old childhood friend who’s actually going after Utena romantically atm, given the guy is a guy he doesn’t have a chance but Utena senses Wakaba is the one that likes him so humors things to get them to talk out their feelings. It’s kind of unclear how much of their past is glamorized by Wakaba since even in the flashback he’s not exactly enthusiastically playing along with the prince role she gives him, Still Utena does sit them down and get them to talk things out, convincing the guy Tatsuya to go confess to her after he admits that he was confessing to Utena to get to Wakaba because they’re so close which idk that didn’t seem to be the case but if that’s what we’re going with sure. The two meet on a romantic hill at sunset and do their confession and Wakaba “If only there was someone who loved you”s him like damn bro, I thought the scene was a little to sincere to play completely straight but this show is also old and awkward sometimes so I wasn’t sure so it completely caught me off-guard. Tatsuya goes to the Black Rose Clinic and just when you think they’re gonna have a five second fight with Utena to round out the episode, his psychoanalysis stops when they go as deep as they can and he doesn’t have any desire to hurt Wakaba for hurting him, he believes in true love and thinks she’ll find him in the end which may be a bit delusional but point being there’s no actual malice in his heart for her and nothing for the Black Rose to latch onto so Souji has to awkwardly stand there like “Bro wtf you doing here, you can’t Revolutionize the world, gtfo” like I’mma be honest, I thought Tatsuya was boring as fuck but the fact that he’s so boring they can’t twist his character to hurt people is kinda endearing, like weaponized blandness, like he’s not a great soul and still kinda feels entitled to Wakaba tbh but he’s a good enough egg that he blames himself for not being good enough for her and doesn’t bear her any actual ill will. Instead we get a small scene of Wakaba returning hom and oh fuck Sayonji’s back, he’s done his Chazz Princeton rich boy humbling arc and has hopefully got over his domestic abuse habits and Wakaba is now in a secret relationship with him and took Tatsuya’s confession to mean he knows about Sayonji and asking him to keep it a secret because he’s so roundabout about it. I love these episodes where they twist the formula up because I did NOT see any of that coming.

[maneaterwithtail]

[QUOTE="krspaceT, post: 106565591, member: 306174"]

Did that ever come up in Ranma?

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Most merely talking about dating and see a "rival" and attack them.

So yes and no

Much as transsexuality not really come up but know tanma id as boy as asserts such and only surrenders to female part as a form of maturity (not being tsun and needlessly reckless)

Ranma isn't accurate to life in late 80s Japan, family dynamics, high school, martial arts, etc nor intended to be. So any other issue fail at harder if exoect to stop and be serious or the core point with everything else a wrapper or foil for delivery you will be very disappointed. It's not smuggling lgbt+ past your parents into your screen like Steven universe ir owl house. It's bosom buddies or nuns on the run.

But can understand for some the point being sheer entertainment from the absurdity of wild boy martial artist (archetype even when goku was new) gets forced into marriage and girlhood, isn't funny but offensive as it pokes at their ongoing traumas of own gender dysphoria and denial and family abuse as a result.

But to others its genre with light social norm mockery as might been more intended.

So Ranma 1/2 hurts when its not gateway to gender theory or trans visibility or whatev like say other 2010s flapjack descendant cartoons have been.

Moreso if it is the most popular representative of a gender non-conforming person in their fan circle.

Only ranma more closer to someone gender conforming who during puberty finds they are intersex as to someone rejecting gender norms. And even then Ranma 1/2 not intended to represent things but make fun of or play with conventions and objects or assumptions know or heard of or take for granted

Which might be literally why poorly aged to some

Refer to Akane

even by anime standards is a weak tomboy or tsundere by contemporary comparison (fuck girly girls wear more pants nowadays)

And gender assumptions major focus and some barely subversive. Again. Akane the long haired "mouthy tomboy no man will want" who...jogs, curvy, young, has long hair, doesn't wear pants outside of traditionaloutfit for such, athletic and kicks ass? Truly what man ever want this sexless overly masculine girl???

*looks at Sakura from Naruto just a few years later with petite frame, flatter face and five head and much louder and sharper personality. Or just the shy, short haired, pants and heavy jacket/hoodie wearing Hinata who is INTENDED to be extra girly and resembles Akane much more.*

Meanwhile nabiki who who gropes girls, insults men, emotionally disengaged or cruel, and scams for money, is above any romance or softness and uses conventions like tools with no sentiment mocks her sister's femininity?? I mean over the years my assumptions must have changed. Because I would by surface impression assume Akane just an average girl who feels unmatched and nabiki the man hating asshole who is possibly queer and seeking or building to some independent accomplishment as unable rely on society or family for her own ends so emotionally disengaged and money obsessed. And while shorts she wears pants not skirts or dresses and associated with modernity and mercenary sexuality with no sincerity (selling pictures of others under false pretense) or openness.

That is much much more feared/hated by even immature womanhaters (raises hand) of women than an athletic martial artist girl from martial artist family tradition who thinks boys her age are beneath her.

So yeah Ranma really only works as entertainment but if 'active ' doesn't share your assumptions or values

[abluescarfonwaston]

I'm gonna be completely honest, I don't know what Ranma 1/2 is, I just needed a hitting gif XD

Valid. But it proves the 'putting aa onto everything you see' mood.

Anyway Ranma 1/2 au where Phoenix falls into Spring of drowned dog and turns into a dog every time he's sprayed with cold water. (He turns back with hot water) Miles Finds him during a rainstorm and takes the Poor Poor pubby in. This is Missile- Oh he likes you! That's very good. Lets get you dried off you poor thing.

Feenie gets Lots of snuggles and convinces himself that Bratworth can be saved.

Miles Does try to give him a bath tho and he has to run away.

Feenie becomes the dog that Miles constantly runs into. He bares his soul to this dog. Multiple times. So Feenie Can NOT let him know that it's him or else Miles will never forgive him.

Meanwhile Phoenix keeps meeting this beautiful long haired woman who always seems so nervous around him and has all these so familiar mannerisms but he just can't put his finger on it. but she keeps drawing closer and maybe- maybe- maybe she's the one-

But then she pulls back. "this isn't right. I'm sorry."

"No! Don't go!" He grabbed her wrist to stop her retreat. It was so small in his hand. "what's wrong. Tell me what's wrong. Please."

"I'm not who you think I am."

"Heh. My last girlfriend said something like that too. Is your twin sister going to try and poison me?"

"Wha-What? No I'm- I'm a man."

He blinked. Studied her- no. No him. "I'm bi so like. It's all cool. He him then?"

"Wha- Wright!" She turned to him. They. He? He really needed to get Meter's pronouns. "That's not! That's not the point!"

"Then talk to me Meter. Please."

She held his eyes for a moment. Grimaced. Gripped her elbow and looked away. "I just wanted to see you again. I didn't mean for this to get out of hand. But then you talked to me and I... I couldn't stop. I knew I shouldn't. He told me not to but... I couldn't. I just wanted to see you again. Every time was meant to be the last but... But it never was."

"What- Meter what are you talking about. Who told you not to talk to me- we knew each other- What- Hold it!" She fell silent. Eyes lost to the floor. "We knew each other? Start there."

She reached her free hand down to her tea on the table. Still steaming. "It would be easiest just to show you. It all stared when I fell into this strange pool."

She put her fingers directly in the water.

The wrist his hand was wrapped around was no longer small.

"Sorry about this Wright."

Miles Edgeworth stood in front of him. Taller than him. Loose shirt pulled taunt over the berth of his chest.

"Oh." Breathlessly escaped him. "Spring of drowned girl."

"You... You know of it?"

"Yeah. Yeah I do." He let go. Grabbed a cup of water from the sink. "Because I fell in one too."

Lifted the cup over his head. "I just wanted to see you too."

Dropped the water onto his head.

Opened his eyes and watches as Edgeworth realized. Covered his mouth. Shaking.

Pressed into Edgeworth's leg with a whine.

"Pess." He whispered. Fell to his knees. He whined and pressed into him. Licking at his cheek, trying to pull color back into it. "Wright." Miles wrapped his arms around his neck. "How I've missed you." His tail started to wag.

Yeah. I missed you too.

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48 notes • Posted 2021-10-19 20:04:24 GMT

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56 notes • Posted 2021-02-22 12:04:48 GMT

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My Favorite Girl

Finally wrote an InoAoi fic! I hope you enjoy!

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It was dark. Snow was falling softly outside. The Butterfly Mansion was quiet, since its residents were asleep. Or rather, most of them.

Aoi Kanzaki was enjoying a moment alone after a very long work day. Winter had come, and with it an outbreak of viral illness in the village nearby. Up until now, Aoi had been constantly busy with ailing patients. She’d hardly even had the time to greet Tanjirou, Nezuko, Zenitsu, and Inosuke, who had come to visit.

Presently, Aoi sat down by the kotatsu with a thick blanket around her shoulders, drinking a hot cup of tea and watching the snow fall outside. Just a bit alone time, she told herself, then I’ll turn in for the night.

However, her solitude wasn’t to last. She heard the shuffling of tired feet before she saw who owned them. Inosuke trudged into the room, his eyes half-lidded and sleepy. “Hey.”

“Hey.” Aoi replied, arching an eyebrow as Inosuke plopped down next to her. “Do you need something?”

“Nah.” Inosuke yawned. “‘ ‘S just chilly in here.”

Maybe if you actually wore a shirt, Aoi wanted to retort, but she decided against it.

Meanwhile, Inosuke could observe that Aoi wasn’t as cold as he was, so he scooted closer to her until their shoulders were touching.

Aoi tensed slightly, feeling an all too familiar blush creeping onto her face. “You know where the extra blankets are.”

“Yeah.” Aoi felt Inosuke shrug. “But you’ve been holed up in the medical ward all day. I’ve hardly gotten to talk to you yet.” I missed you, was what Inosuke might’ve said, had he not conditioned himself to never admit something that might sound needy. He turned to look at her again, and Aoi saw his brows furrow in confusion.

“What?”

“You’ve got Kanao-Face.”

Aoi turned fully to him now. “I beg your pardon?”

“You’re all pink here.” Inosuke gestured at his face. “I know you can’t be sunburned in this weather, and I can’t sense any sickness. You’re doin’ that thing Kanao used to do. Y’know, when she thought Tanjirou wasn’t lookin’? She’d look at him and get Kanao-Face.”

Aoi sighed. In the privacy of her own mind, she could admit that she’d had a special fondness for Inosuke for many months now, as dense and bullish as he could be. This had led to him noticing her embarrassed blushing a few times, and he never failed to comment on it. “I’m surprised you’re not calling it ‘Zenitsu-Face’.” she finally said, completely dodging the accusation. “He blushes way more than Kanao does.”

Inosuke shook his head. “Zenitsu-Face is different. His face goes completely red, like a tomato. It makes him look like an idiot.”

Aoi stifled a laugh at this, shaking her head in amusement. Because of this, she didn’t notice that Inosuke was still looking at her, almost thoughtfully. On top of that, he’d gotten a touch of ‘Kanao-Face’ himself, and he didn’t know why. For a few months now, Inosuke too had noticed he felt different around Aoi. He’d chalked it up to her being his “favorite girl”, but somehow it felt like there was still something missing; something he didn’t yet understand. And for some reason, not understanding frustrated him. A lot.

“Hey, Aoi?” Inosuke broke the short silence, surprising Aoi that he’d gotten her name right on the first try. “Speaking of Kanao… Is Kanao Tanjirou’s favorite girl?”

Aoi looked at him strangely. “Besides Nezuko, I guess.”

“That’s different, though. Nezuko is Tanjirou’s kid sister.” Inosuke glared at the floor, his cluelessness beginning to irritate him again. What made it different, exactly? Well, there were things Tanjirou did with only Kanao, like… “If someone has a favorite girl, does that mean they love her?”

Aoi nodded slowly, still unsure of what Inosuke was getting at.

“Then…” Inosuke turned fully to Aoi, no longer hiding his ‘Kanao-Face’. “Since you’re my favorite girl, does that mean I love you?”

Aoi’s eyes went wide. Her heart began thump, thump, thumping. For a few moments she was lost for words. After a few moments of staring, mouth agape, she managed to croak. “I dunno… Do you?”

Inosuke thought about it. He thought he loved a lot of things. Fighting and food, for example. And yet, what he felt for Aoi felt like that and more. “Yeah… I think I do. I, uh, think I love ya, Aoi.” He didn’t understand why it was so hard to say. It seems so easy for Monjirou and Monitsu…

Testing to see if it felt right, Inosuke mimicked something else Tanjirou did, one last time, leaning forward and giving Aoi a quick peck on the forehead, which left her stunned. He sat still, waiting for her response and resisting the urge to poke fun at her quickly-evolving ‘Zenitsu-Face’. But then, he noticed tears brimming in the corners of her eyes. Aw, man, I messed it up!

But then, with speed that frankly impressed Inosuke, Aoi suddenly dove forward, throwing her arms around him. “You dummy!” she cried, and yet her voice sounded utterly delighted.

Hesitantly and a bit awkwardly, Inosuke rested his hands on Aoi’s back. “Whatcha cryin’ for?”

“I’m not crying!” Aoi protested, not lifting her face from his chest to prove it.

Inosuke frowned a bit grumpily at that answer. “Yeah you are. Did I… hurt your feelings?”

“No!” Aoi looked up at him, wiping her eyes. “What made you think that?”

“I dunno…” Inosuke rubbed the back of his neck. “I just… didn’t know how to say what I wanted to say, y’know? I thought I said the wrong thing.”

Aoi smiled, a bit charmed. He could be really sweet on the inside, even without meaning to. To reassure him, she gathered the courage to kiss his cheek. “You didn’t. I’m proud of you. These are just happy tears. I’m happy because I love you too…” Her voice became uncharacteristically small at the end as she averted her eyes, still a little embarrassed.

Inosuke blinked, a bit surprised at her answer, before grinning slightly. “Heh.” Not much of a response, but it was all he could come up with at the moment.

What a profound effect they had on each other.

64 notes • Posted 2021-04-23 02:08:54 GMT

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My List of InoAoi Headcanons

We're back for another one!! Beware of spoliers!

Aoi was the first one to get a crush. I fully support @demonslayedher 's idea of her having an internal "oh no he's hot!" crisis upon seeing Inosuke without his mask for the first time.

She didn't realize her crush until much later tho, probably after the final battle.

Inosuke started crushing on her after their last scene together, but he didn't quite know what to make of his feelings. He just chalked it up to her being his "favorite girl", as I stated in my fic of the same name.

He confessed his feelings in his own way a few months later, mostly by asking Aoi directly if his fondness of her meant he was in love. Of course, Aoi felt the same way!

Kanao is the #1 InoAoi supporter

We all know Inosuke shows affection by giving ppl acorns. With Aoi, he eventually learns to make all sorts of different things out of acorns for her. We're talking bracelets, necklaces, all that good stuff. It may seem strange to some, but Aoi thinks it's very sweet

Canon fact: Inosuke makes Aoi laugh!

Like Tanjirou, Inosuke is actually a big cuddler once he and Aoi get together

After TanKana and ZenNezu get married, Inosuke's visits to the Butterfly Mansion become longer and more frequent

Eventually Inosuke asks Aoi to marry him, in his own special way like before

After their marriage, Inosuke goes to live at the Estate permanently

He helps around the Estate as best he can

In my historical fanfic The Real Monsters, they have three kids. I think they stop there

Is Inosuke a fun dad? Absolutely. Is he a good influence? Debatable, but he tries to be!

Aoi's a bit strict of course, but she's a very good mom!

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My List of Tankana Headcanons

Tanjirou was enamored when he saw her at the Butterfly Manor for the first time (I mean it at least seems that way judging by his expression in the manga upon seeing her)

He had a crush on her basically from then on, but he didn't realize it himself until they were standing under the sakura tree

Basically canon fact but Kanao started crushing on Tanjirou after the whole "follow your heart" scene

Kanao went to sit by Tanjirou's bed a lot while he was unconscious after the Red Light District arc.

They became a couple at the end of the series, either in a part of the sakura tree scene we didn't see or shortly after

This means they're dating in the little snippets we see of them in the second fan book

I've already said this but Tanjirou is a big cuddler. He is very very affectionate and I also hc that he gives GREAT hugs. I've said this too but his specialty is hugging Kanao from behind. Sometimes he does this to greet her if she doesn't find him first

They get married after a few years of visiting back and forth, and Kanao goes to live on the mountain with Tanjirou

They don't have to share the house much bc I hc that by then Zenitsu and Nezuko were already married and had moved elsewhere. idk how long Inosuke stayed but he eventually goes to the Butterfly Mansion when he marries Aoi

When they have a baby, Kanao is actually kinda scared of the idea of giving birth, so around the time she's due she goes to the Butterfly Mansion to be with Aoi, whom she wants to be her midwife

Aoi ends up being her midwife every time

Tanjirou is a very emotional new dad. You bet he was a blubbering mess when the baby's finally born

He's like that with every single one of them

He's also so excited to see his kids grow up, little by little. He loves every last milestone.

Not to get angsty but Tanjirou's trauma really starts to show as their family grows. He has nightmares often about demons attacking Kanao and the kids

Kanao is able to reassure him over time tho, by reminding him that she is a pretty capable fighter

Tanjirou is a great dad

Kanao is a great (and rather protective) mom

They have quite a few kids (Tanjirou had a lot of siblings and Kanao had a lot of adopted sisters, so it makes sense)

I will most likely add more as they come to me.

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The Mirror Match

The Advanced Player of the Tutorial Tower (APTT) has reached a trope that shows up with a lot of powerful characters, particularly if they’re cocky.

A favorite line on the topic comes from Minmax in the comic Goblins! where he says, “Oh god, it’s the one guy who’s butt I’m not sure I can kick!”

To some extent that sums it up, right? The reason behind your Negaducks and other shadow selves is sometimes to delve into a “there but for the grace go I” scenario, but also it’s kind of a chance for the series to delve into or reveal its core philosophy.

If it’s a true Shadow Self instead of just a pure copy, it often wins at first. The lesson expressed is that from a logistical standpoint evil, cruelty, and violence can be powerful but burn through their resources too fast. The support of friends, belief in something greater than oneself, or desire to protect, meanwhile, can be slower to come to full power but reaches a greater height.

It’s honestly hard to tell how much writers want to express these ideas as philosophies, because there’s a natural tendency to write the scene this way anyway, because having the hero lose a bit at first and then have a come-from-behind win is good storytelling.

Another benefit, back to what Minmax said, is that it neatly gets around the typical issue of the OP Protagonist; That is, the “being OP” part. The reason I said it can reveal the underlying philosophy is that it removes a lot of the more mundane comparison-points, math-style, by putting them on both sides of the equation so you can zero them out. Your hero can punch for 22.3 mountains worth of damage? The same is true of the mirror. He can access Lightning Force? Also true of the mirror. You have to then work out what makes the hero a winner independent of those physical attributes. If you don’t have an answer yet, this may be a case where the shadow wins the scene, and your hero has to back off, lick his wounds, and learn something better. 

I’ve talked about a few ways copycat characters can go awry before, when I watched the Copycat Ken episode of Ranma 1/2, but you definitely have to be careful about weird edge cases to avoid making some kind of on-the-spot rule for a neat individual scene that then spreads like ink to ruin your whole worldbuilding tapestry. There was a filler episode in Naruto where the villains made perfect copies of some of the heroes who could use all their moves. After a bunch of nothing back-and-forths with bad animation (it was a filler episode, after all) the conclusion was the heroes won because they could learn and get more skilled over time, and the copies couldn’t. As an idea this is actually pretty cool. The problems are a) This was merely told to us. The movements don’t reflect the idea that the heroes have gotten better at anything; We don’t have a sense that their movements are more considered, or their blows any sharper. b) Almost all of the heroes copied had moves they could use to burn themselves out for temporary extra power. There isn’t a sense that the copies had agency or a strong desire to survive after killing their originals. So why wouldn’t Evil Rock Lee immediately use the gates to power up and either win or force Good Rock Lee to use the same self-damaging power just to keep up? c) It was far less interesting to have the mirror copies split up and fight their own originals only. The team was supposed to be a team, so why didn’t they fight as a team? Given the horrible animation, this answer at least is clear: It would have been harder to animate, and they didn’t have budget for that during this episode.

But yeah. By removing the idea of one side or the other winning because they can punch through walls or whatever, the mirror match trope gives the writer a chance to essentially have one side win on philosophical grounds. They won because they’re always improving themselves. They won because they have friends who can cover for their own weaknesses. They won because they actually have something to fight for. They won because of some immutable qualtiy about who they are that can’t be copied and have the copy remain antagonistic. There’s all kinds of neat ways to go with it.

[dancingkirby]

The Sim(ps) GX Part 9A: The Horny House

I decided to start doing these writeups a little differently...it got boring and repetitive when I went by strict chronological order, so I'm going to try doing it by household instead.

WARNING: Sex. Lots and lots of sex (but as usual I try not to have the naughty bits showing.) Also a mention of abortion.

Sooo remember how I was all enthused about Fubuki and Rei's relationship? Well, it didn't last. Things were going great, and then they started arguing with each other all the time. I didn't notice how deep into the red they'd gotten until it was too late.

And then, in the midst of all that mess, THIS happened.

The stupid aliens went on ahead and impregnated Rei, bypassing her birth control pills! At first, my plan was to just have them find a way to deal with things, but then Fubuki and Rei couldn't tolerate each other any longer and broke up. Rei had no choice but to move back to the Harem, where she could more easily afford to terminate the pregnancy. This all happened on Thanksgiving Day IRL. I was kind of sad at dinner that night.

Meanwhile, Camula was getting pretty lonely, and wanted to have a big family of her own to restart the vampire race (despite the fact that she's a human in this universe), so I decided to try her with Johan.

Camula: "Hey Judai, I'm about to lose my virginity to Johan on Rei's bed. Is that okay with you?"

Judai, hunched over the computer and clearly not paying attention to a thing she was saying: "Yeah, sure, whatever."

He and his housemates continued to not notice that anything was amiss to a hilarious extent:

Aaand then THEY started insulting each other too, so I said, "Okay, I lost Fubuki and Rei, and I'm not going to lose this one because of some stupid bug too!" So I downloaded MCCC and turned off mean interactions until they fixed the bug a few weeks later.

As it turned out, Johan and Camula didn't work out, but I could accept them simply not clicking. So I had Fubuki go to the Harem to try to patch things with Rei, only for her to wander off to have sex with Johan in the middle of his visit.

Okay then.

So I decided to try things out with Camula and Fubuki, and FINALLY had success, ending up with probably the most devoted couple in Sim Nation.

Here they are confessing their love in a park bathroom (which would become the scene of many orgies in the future, but more on that in a later part.) Also, this was the time that my computer's fan started screaming at me, and I found that a clump of cat fur had somehow partially blocked the vent. I was just hoping I could get through this damn scene without my computer dying on me! (Which I did.)

Rei and Johan soon had a baby boy, Ranma. Here is Judai taking care of everything while Rei doesn't have a clue.

Fubuki and Camula wanted in on the baby-making too. So, after this VERY flexible sex act in the shower (seriously, I'm not even sure where all their limbs are supposed to be),

Camula got pregnant and Fubuki proposed to her at the park where they had their first successful date.

This reminded me of that scene in Friends.

Fubuki: "You have no idea how hard this is for me!"

Camula and midwife: :/

Fubuki: "Okay, BRB, I have to go kill Kenzan." (Actually, this seems to be a minor bug...Tatiana proved to look very much like her father when she aged up. She was a National Treasure (TM), with a penchant for randomly taking her clothes off.

But Camula wanted more kids, and so did Taniya, and there wasn't enough room in the house for them to both do that. So Camula, Fubuki, and Tatiana decided to move into a house with Johan, Rei, and Ranma, and...*to the tune of the Brady Bunch theme song* That's the way they became the Horny House!

[straightfacedstrangeness]

Pretty sure that Kuno thinking his dad is dead was an invention of the anime. In the manga he realizes's that the Principal is his dad the same chapter he's introduced. (After a gag of not recognizing him because he got a tan and a pine tree instead of a topknot). I'm also pretty sure that Takahashi's intention was that Kuno was an idiot playboy wannabe instead of literally crazy. Kuno's "delusions" about his objects of affection are pretty in line with all the other stalkers in Ranma 1/2.

Meanwhile, with Kodachi. She does say in the manga that she knows Ranma doesn’t like her. Her flamboyance and over the top acting+ her laughter seems to me like she’s basically just having fun with life and trolling everyone (Like her father)

Yeah, I imagine the intentions for Kuno’s character by both Takahashi and the anime staff were pretty harmless (”here’s a goofball loser who thinks he’s a ladies’ man” VS “here’s a traumatized, psychologically messed-up person”)

But at least with the extended denials in the anime—Sasuke aggressively bringing up proof that Principal is his dad and Kuno repeatedly explaining it away (he says something like “my father is in heaven~” in the dub and “he’s a star in a foreign land [America, his last known address]” in the sub, but either way he talks about his father as a noble man with none of the terrible qualities that he associates with Principal)—plus the anime filler episode where Kuno and Principal are teamed up with no mention of / recognition of the fact that they’re father and son—plus the fact that all the flashbacks of their relationship (in the anime, at least) are of stuff like Principal forcibly shaving Kuno’s head and hanging him naked upside-down from a tree…regardless of the staff’s intentions or the fact that it’s played for comedy, it’s really hard not to interpret the whole thing as “Kuno is straight-up dissociating as a way to repress his trauma”, and once you’ve got that reading, it’s hard not to then apply that to the rest of his personality.

(And I am super curious about the anime staff’s decision to withhold the “Principal is Kuno’s father” info for like a whole season, with that “Principal and Kuno team up” episode in between…I’m halfway convinced that either a) they deliberately left it out and had no plans to address it, and someone else on staff hated that decision and wrote the later episode with Sasuke as their author insert, or b) they waited JUST for the sake of the “they’ve been in the same school for months and NEITHER of them recognized each other??” joke)

Anime filler also seems to write Kodachi somewhat inconsistently (a lot of eps make her seem more gentle and more delusional than clever and manipulative), but I definitely prefer your view up there, that she’s playacting for her own enjoyment.  It’s just a lot of fun and provides some entertaining contrast with her brother.

[danaty-consolation]

I really appreciate your patience towards (possibly the same) anon keep asking about your opinion towards Rumiko’s writing 😅😂your analysis makes me even appreciate her more!

The legendary of Rumiko already proved she’s good! She may not be perfect but she’s good enough. Maybe that anon should suggest how will they write Ranma, UY and Inuyasha instead? Maybe you can be a billionaire too 😂

Thank you so much!!

Rumiko's Takahashi stories are one of my faves and as a person who read all of her stories (Because she has so many works that are interesting!) I most of the time try to think logically when it comes to explaining her stories and characters hehehe.

I have to say, a thing that I love about her stories is how she always makes her character stay true to themselves and the same with their relationships.

Besides Urusei Yatsura, where she paired Lum and Ataru (A thing that helped her is that she introduced Lum at the beginning of the story and actually make them interact and develop their relationship and their past lovers also grew in their characters)

She doesn't pair the main character with someone who has almost no interaction at all but is popular with the audience.

The only series that did that and I personally liked it besides Urusei Yatsura was Hell Teacher Nube, where they made Yukime a much more interesting character compared to his original love interest (who also didn't have any chemistry since she always hit him bc he liked paranormal and demonic stuff)

To be honest, Hell teacher Nube could have been more interesting with less fanservice and problematic gags. I only read it bc the designs of the creatures were good, the Nube and Yukime relationship and how Nube was the father figure of the whole class lmao.

Meanwhile with Takahashi...I love her stories as a whole, of course they are nipicks but is mostly about her older series and development but she is more of the comedic side so yeah.

BUT HER SERIOUS ONES ARE SO GOOD.

And lastly, for being one of the "worst" writers based on that anon's opinions, her works are globally loved and have even such an important Harvey award!

Sorry, I wrote a lot askjbdksj

[casliveblog]

Custom Toonami Block Week 205 Rundown

Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture: So the whole knight guy jumping Sakura in the baht thing kinda leads nowhere as they reveal he’s actually an ally of Sakuya’s mother and is willing to help Sakura from the inside so it ends up being a less funny version of that “BARTDOYOUWANTABROWNIE!?” joke from The Simpsons as his very hostile and SA-y demeanor gives way to a loyal knight act. Meanwhile Sakuya uses Geass on the nun who raised Ash and demands his backstory, giving us the framing device for the whole episode. Ash and his sickly brother grew up in the same orphanage and apparently there was a ‘rich nobles adopt war orphans’ act which is a good PR stunt and also basically a free character arc generator. Since Norland is the most Darwin Darwinist possible he immediately wants to throw out Ash’s weak brother but Ash volunteers to carry his weight and become a killing machine, becoming an assassin and learning how to disassociate when killing, though eventually they run into one of their friends from the orphanage because the “rich people adopt war orphans” act is also a tragedy generator. His little brother kills her with a loud gun and puts the whole place on alert and I’m still not sure why the little brother was even on this mission, they don’t establish if both of them went on missions and the brother just managed to avoid fucking up until now or if he took him on this one mission for a random reason but either way he shoulda left him at home. When they’re reporting back to Norland, the brother vents about how useless he was and how he wrecked the mission so Norland’s like “agreed” and kills him on the spot. Ash freaks the fuck out and tries to kill him but gets captured and sent to prison where he just so happens to be cellmates with Sakuya’s father and they have a sympathetic guard so they get it pretty easy. I really like Sakuya’s dad, he’s a really fun character and has a lot of personality for his short amount of screen time getting to know and bond with Ash. He jokes about him marrying Sakuya and tells him if he wants to keep living without his brother he needs to find someone new to share his love with. Turns out Sakuya’s dad’s getting executed for terrorist stuff so the sympathetic guard busts him and Ash out but the guard and Sakuya’s dad both die and Sakuya’s dad reveals he knew he was never getting out and this was really just to get Ash out so Ash’s martyr complex has now come full circle where he believes he killed Sakuya’s dad and is on orders to go find and protect her, just when Sakuya finds him and uses her Geass to force him to protect her anyway in a delightful bit of irony that comes to Sakuya after the flashback is over. While Sakuya’s still reeling from this, the Neo Britannians bust their sting operation, capturing her and the maid café girl and raiding the Seven Stars base, having tracked Sakuya’s Geass usage and developed noise filtering helmets to counteract it, oops.  

Ranma ½: We pick up with Shampoo and yeah it’s basically exactly what you think, since boy Ranma is boy he has to marry Shampoo for defeating her while girl Ranma has to die for defeating her because a society of all women is oddly anti-lesbianism. This leads to some good old ‘the guy gets hit for getting flirted with’ jokes, a Rumiko Takashi classic, like I’m not someone who’s like “People of opposite genders can never hit each other in a work of fiction or it’s domestic abuse” type things like it’s a comedy and Ranma’s obviously tough enough that it’s never more than a minor inconvenience but the premise of the joke being “it’s not his fault but he’s gonna get blindsided anyway” has never really been funny to me even when Inuyasha did it. Hijinks ensue and Ryoga actually has a decent amount of self-awareness and reflection knowing he doesn’t really stand a chance in this love triangle and tries to leave the show before Shampoo tries to cook him live for Ranma’s lunch. Luckily apparently Shampoo is a terrible cook because they’re able to wake Pig!Ryoga up pretty easily but the boiling point has hit and Shampoo and Akane are gonna fight because Akane’s jealous but won’t admit it and thinks punching someone that is actually causing the problem rather than punching someone actively trying to solve it might work better, what a concept. Ranma falls behind and gets to do his best Inuyasha impression running through the halls shouting Akane’s name over and over and turns out Akane lost the fight so bad she doesn’t even have any memory of Ranma anymore… oops.

Arcane: We open on a rap video hyping up the Fireflies and I can’t take this seriously it’s so silly they’re vogueing and punching dummies like it’s their own promo video holy shit guys, that had the exact opposite effect it was supposed to, I’m convinced you guys are dinguses now. Turns out their leader is Echo because Vi has to run down everyone from her backstory for callbacks. Meanwhile Viktor is doing mad scientist shit with his mad scientist buddy who claims that combining the two most volatile substances in the world will somehow stabilize both Venom and the Hexphones 2.0, what could possibly go wrong. Meanwhile meanwhile, Jayce is doing his sexy gay steel mill worker thing and for some reason he’s the de facto head of the council now? Like he’s literally the least experienced person there that doesn’t make sense, like yeah he’s Steve Jobs and got professor porg fired but as far as actually doing government shit he’s been in charge for like a week tops. Silco does another menacing bad guy speech to his crime boss underlines and has a confrontation with Jinx about the whole ‘nobody knows what happens in prison despite them all being criminals’ thing with Vi. They finally let Cait out and she explains how dumping another bioweapon on this gang arms race isn’t going to help anyone and Echo agrees to go with her to make the peace offering and return the rock so they can build some good will again. Jayce and Viktor are confronted with making iWeapons out of the new tech and Jayce wants to become Iron Man while Viktor is working on turning into the Incredible Hulk with his combination of forbidden serums. The handoff doesn’t exactly go well as they meet the one person who’s duty bound to keep Silco’s coverup going and Echo gets shot and Jinx descends on the place, seeing Vi and Cait together and assuming there’s something going on despite also seeing her go back to meet Jinx instead of going on with her initially. I mean Jinx must have some kind of shipper eyes because I know Cait/Vi is the big ship of the series and they do have good chemistry idk I don’t think they’re there yet, like they’ve known each other three days and to be fair they get along fairly well for that time but they haven’t developed enough experience or rapport to really be a ship yet imo aside from them both being hot which is all it takes for some ships I guess, but I wouldn’t take Jinx’s paranoid delusions as evidence so soon. Echo and Jinx have an admittedly cool scene of reenacting the play fighting they did as kids but for real and showing how Echo has grown to outdo her tricks, it reminds me of those fights in Naruto where they flash back and forth between the kids fighting and the adults fighting. Though idk if I’m vibing with the music tracks on this one, like the rap stuff thinks it’s going way harder than it is and kinda makes the scene cluttered, idk I’m not much of a rap person so what do I know. Still now Vi and Cait are trying to get the peace offering to Jayce while he’s working on being Iron Man and Jinx may or may not have blown herself and Echo up. Side note but I just really kinda liked Echo in this episode like he barely had anything to do in the flashback but he’s cool and reasonable and his moves remind me of that guy from K Project who fights with a skateboard, it’s pretty cool.

Dandadan: We get the news that Jiji is staying with Momo because his house is haunted and his parents were attacked by youkai, Seiko thinks it may be the result of a golden ball but his place is outside the city so she sends Momo to do it. Meanwhile we get the reverse of Momo’s arc from the last arc and now Okarun’s jealous of Jiji’s relationship with Momo even though he’s a total dork and she doesn’t seem that into him, Okarun’s kinda projecting some jock v. nerd resentment and it is kinda rough feeling left out when someone who’s known your friend longer comes around. Before he can angst too much they’re run down by a living anatomy mannequin because that’s just where we’re at now. I like how even though they’re investigating his house, no one bothered to tell Jiji that Momo and Okarun have superpowers ahead of time so he’s just shocked when they start doing shit. Either way Momo thinks the mannequin has Okarun’s other ball and chases it down where they corner it in the dump professing his love to a female mannequin like that Bob’s Burgers Christmas episode and his determination and devotion get to Okarun to keep trying to get over his jealousy.

Gleipnir: The gang decide to take a break and decompress after committing literal war crimes so this episode is just everyone kinda vibing like that scene in Rick and Morty where they get into the car and just start crying, except our main duo they’re psychopaths so they’re fine with the war crimes. Shuuichi’s a little upset that his one friend that had like two minutes of screentime was apparently one of the dudes that got killed, see it’s only bad when it affects him personally because he’s a sociopath. Shuuichi confronts Mr. Alien and tells him he’s not giving up even though he wants the killing to just stop because he wants to make sure the game ends and will do it himself if he has to. Turns out the #2 from the Mountain Hobo Gang survived and his power is just… katana, I guess so Shuuichi takes him out by himself no problem, becoming more comfortable with his latent bloodlust. Mr. Alien goes on about his own tragic backstory about befriending a girl who helped him brainstorm the structure of the game and how it was an innocent thing until all the murders started happening and she was part of the group that Shuuichi and Claire’s sister were in and now one of the other members of said group has the first girl as a ghost buster sword shikikami thing… this is way too much going on to comfortably wrap up in two episodes, feels like some crunching is going to be going on.

Trigun: Vash celebrates saving the town a second time and leaves on the sand train thing with Meryl and Milly jumping aboard and getting jobs at the concession stand because they’re basically his Team Rocket now. He runs into a little boy who gives him a sob story and knocks him out, disabling the vehicle’s defense system for a gang of raiders to come on board and I really like the design on their leader Neon, like man smokes a sparkler just because and has giant light up shoulder pads, good shit. They find the safe in the middle of the ship and like any sensible person decide they have to crash the ship hard enough to break the whole thing in half to open it (I feel like in a world where everyone has like ten guns on them at all time there’s gotta be a more efficient weapon to bust that open, like someone get a torch or something) the kid refuses to help him since he says the ship belongs to his dad and Vash has to save him from getting shot while Meryl and Milly jump some of the guards and steal their outfits and that’s kinda it, yeah our first two parter, including a brief vision of Vash’s trademark dead backstory girl, looks like things are getting serious.

Revolutionary Girl Utena: It’s finally time for Wakaba’s episode and it’s honestly a really good one, I kinda really like Wakaba as a character, she’s a good friend and weird by any normal standard but in this cast she’s basically the most normal person. Since she and Sayonji now have a little domestic partnership, Wakaba feels like she’s been bumped up to main character status and is reflecting the confidence in all she does. Sayonji for his part seems to be trying his best to not be a burden on her and makes her this cute little leaf clip with his lunch money. This is terribly untenable but things are going pretty good until he asks about Anthy and that invites the Black Rose Order to descend on both of them. Souji meets with Sayonji and promises to get him back into school in exchange for Wakaba’s hair clip and THIS is why a psychology degree is the most dangerous weapon in all of anime. He gives the clip to Anthy and Wakaba sees her wearing it, triggering her downward spiral that the Black Rose is ready to prey on. Wakaba vents about being a background character in a world full of flamboyant and colorful freaks and is inducted as a Black Rose Duelist. She returns home and Sayonji has like IMMEDIATELY reversed his Chazz Princeton rich boy humbling arc, like he’s back on his high horse so fast, though he does still seem to be considerate of Wakaba even if he’s not sensitive enough to understand why giving away her handmade present would hurt her. Now Utena has to fight Wakaba and she just straight up refuses, like it’s a good sentiment and I get it but it’s not like it’s a duel for blood, she says she can’t pull a sword on a friend and like damn I guess everyone else you fought that you were on friendly terms with is kinda kicking themselves now. But still it’s kind of a beautiful moment where Utena tells Wakaba she’s the most special person to her and does this elegant dance move to clip her rose with her own sword, it’s kind of a gorgeous shot and I love it. But yeah, long story short Sayonji is back in school and Wakaba gets to keep the deep crushing loneliness that has taken root in her heart. They play a lot of these Black Rose epilogues relatively happily but mostly it’s just the characters going back to the unhealthy relationships (or lackthereof in Wakaba’s case) that got them in this situation to begin with so I’m not sure if we’re supposed to take these as happy endings assuming they’ll reflect on their breakdowns and adjust the relationships accordingly or take them as bittersweet character developments to be built upon later, this one’s unrepentantly sad though, really feel bad for the girl.

[jeanklemwriter]

Marvel recently made yours truly (and a good number of other people) pretty cross with their recent statements that their attempts at diversity aren’t working and that “people don’t want diversity”.

Let’s ignore how Marvel charts sales only via floppies, and not trade paperbacks and/or digital copies. Let’s ignore how Marvel fails to hire new writers to reflect their diverse characters or audiences. Let’s instead focus on a graphic novel industry that’s currently eating Marvel’s pie while it complains about SJWs and makes old characters Nazis (because women inheriting Thor’s title is cardinal sin, but making them Nazis is A-OK).

Let’s talk about manga.

The Big Two, these being DC and Marvel, have a lot they should be learning from manga. It’s a growing industry! It survived a cataclysmic bubble-burst in 2008, but currently is still in a growth period. Shonen Jump has survived its print parallell being shuttered, as a digital-only publication. What are the likes of One-Punch Man, Please Tell Me! Galko-Chan!, and Attack on Titan doing that DC and Marvel aren’t? Well, for starters (more after the break)...

Manga is cheaper. Used to be, people on Gaia Online would joke that manga was a drug because it was more expensive than crack, but that’s not quite true. When it started, a Shonen Jump trade paperback (commonly called a “tankoubon”, because that’s what they’re called in Japan) would retail at $7.95. Eventually, Viz bumped up the price--to $9.95 a pop. Today, you can expect to spend as much as $12.99 a pop per tankoubon, although Shonen Jump stuff still retails at just under $10, for something between 190 - 256 pages in length. Meanwhile, the MSRP for a 168-page-long Spider-Man trade paperback is $24.99. A lot of arguments can be made here: anime is only in black-and-white, the paper stock is different. But why is an imported comic that needs to be licensed, translated, edited, published, then distributed a cheaper alternative than a comic made in the US? Monthly issues (”floppies”)  are a terrible investment, clocking in at $3 - $7 a pop, only 16 pages, and flimsy/fragile as all heck! Worse yet, in Marvel’s case, digital copies of the same issue cost the same as the print copy. (With Shonen Jump? They’re three bucks cheaper.) People only have so much cash, and they want their money to last: a story that’ll last you ten minutes isn’t going to be considered if that same money can go to a game that’s on sale on Steam. Considering how much work goes into a comic, I’d never even dream to consider that comics should be cheaper, but at least give people more bang for their buck.

Manga stories aren’t a messy web. When I started reading Dan Slott’s Amazing Spider-Man run in 2014, there was a whole extra series being sold alongside it that I also found myself needing to read: Learning to Crawl, which was sold as--get this--decimal-issues of Amazing Spider-Man. LtC counted as issues 1.1 to 1.6 of ASM. What. It can be argued that Learning to Crawl wasn’t necessary to understand Amazing Spider-Man, but then an important character introduced in LtC became an important recurring character in ASM. Now, let’s get even messier: ASM continued with the Spider-Verse event, with no less than four comics tying into the darn thing: Edge of Spider-Verse, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Woman, and Amazing Spider-Man. All of those characters and comics were involved, and had a hand in that event. I didn’t read all of those comics, only EoSV and ASM--so I can’t begin to explain why Spider-Woman was hiding in the Inheritor World when she was, or how Kaine appeared. Compare this to 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urusawa’s tale of childhood, post-war Japan, friendship, and political intrigue. If you want to understand that story, pick up volume one (I insist, it’s so good) and start reading. Wanna catch up on Berserk while its on hiatus? Just buy a volume and start reading! Anyone jumping into a comic book has to be ready to read three different books just to get the low-down on one story, which doesn’t combine well with the aforementioned pricing problems. Floppies are already a tough investment, and they feel even cheaper when you’re supposed to supplement them with even more purchases. It gets worse when you remember...

Manga stories don’t come with baggage. Amazing Spider-Man wasn’t as great an introduction to the character as it could have been. If Peter Parker wasn’t such a cultural marker, that story would have left me confused. Who is this guy in the red-and-blue? Why does he have spider-powers? On a deeper level, what happened with him and Doctor Octopus?! Yeah, see, ASM takes place after a period of time where Doctor Octopus switched minds with Peter Parker and took over his body, becoming the “Superior Spider-Man”, and ASM starts with Peter having regained his body and finding the messes that Doc Oc left for Peter--and trust me, not having read the SSM books, I was surprised to see stuff like Electro and Black Cat having a vendetta against Spidey, or Mary Jane having married someone else. In other words, to understand a current comic book character, you’ve had to have been reading about them for over two years--or dived into a wiki. Now, few manga in the US have lasted the forty-plus years that the likes of Captain America, Batman, or Animal Man have, but even after 84 volumes One Piece is somehow still easier to jump into than an alleged reboot (they’re pirates looking for treasure, also yo-ho-ho Luffy took a bite of gum-gum). If your point is to create an entry point for new readers, you’ve failed when people need to read at least one other book to understand the current one.

Manga covers a lot of ground. Used to be, comics in the US had all kinds of genres: besides superheroes, we had romance, horror, suspense, crime thrillers, and comedies. The rise of the Comic Book Code changed all of that; now all DC and Marvel publish are superheroes. Shonen Jump may be the house that’s ruled by Dragon Ball and One Piece, but Shonen Jump still has piles of variety. Besides action stories, they also cover comedy (Cowa!, Gintama), romance (I’’s, Strawberry 100%), horror (Muyo and Rohji’s Supernaural Detective Agency), sports (Prince of Tennis, Eyeshield 21) and thrillers (Death Note). I’m only covering series that are licensed in the US, mind--Japan has weirder stuff from Shonen Jump, like the positively-ancient KochiKame. Too much emphasis is put on capes in the Big Two. Even their attempts at moving away from that are overshadowed by capes: Grayson may have been a spy thriller, but it still starred Dick Grayson, alias Nightwing (and onetime Batman). Gotham Academy was a fun adventure series set in a large prep school--in the middle of Gotham City. The closest we could hope for Marvel to do as a romance would be Spider-Man Loves Mary-Jane. It seems Marvel and DC aren’t capable--or willing--to release anything that isn’t attached to their superheroes. (There’s a lot to unpack with that last statement, and there’s no space and time to cover that--let’s just say you can’t have an audience you don’t cultivate, and you can’t complain about people ignoring you if you ignore them.) Finally...

Manga actually hires women. Two of the most beloved manga of all time, each responsible for an entire generation of manga fans, are Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha. They’re both romantic comedies with lots of action; the former is more comedy than action, the latter is more action and fantasy than romance. Both of these came to be genre-defining works. Their creator? Rumiko Takahashi--a woman. She’s not alone, either: Naoko Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon, Yana Toboso’s Black Butler, CLAMP’s Chobits, xxxHolic, and Tsubasa Resorvoir Chronicles, Hiromu Arakawa’s Full-Metal Alchemist... there is a not-insignificant list of very, very prolific manga that are written and drawn by women. Meanwhile, DCs policies during the New 52 meant that only two women worked with them: writer Gail Simone and artist Amy Reeder. A lot of people on the internet argue for a total meritocracy: that creators should be hired for their talent or skill, and not because they’re women/people of color. But you can’t have a healthy industry without a wide variety of creators. A wide, diverse team of writers means you have a wide, diverse set of viewpoints and experiences that translate to different stories. Ranma 1/2 isn’t a great story because Rumiko Takahashi is a woman, it’s a great story because Rumiko Takahashi is a great writer and artist. But she actually had to get hired in order to make Ranma 1/2. The only reason for Marvel and DC to not have more women in their teams is if they don’t give a crap... and, really, that’s quite telling: you can’t complain attempts at diversity aren’t working if you’re not willing to commit to it. Manga isn’t great at diversity either, owing to Japan’s far-more-ethnocentric population, but there’s still startlingly-more variety with manga than there’s ever been with comics in years. If publishers in the US want to make better business, start looking at how their international fellows handle business. Millions of One Piece fans worldwide exist for a reason.

[danaty-consolation]

Mermaid Hunters

Ideas for the amazing au  @artistefish made:

1. Yuuta and Mana can’t believe this young gang wants to travel with them. like kids were are your parents??? like ya’ll sure you wanna be in this??? We fight almost immortal and immortal people do you know how dangerous that is??

2. The rumic Gang doesn’t care and since they’re teenagers they want adventure and to help people, they are so selfless I love them.

2,2 Yuuta low key adopts them and he and  Manna become the Dad and Mom fo the group because they are older in this Au ( Yuuta is 23 and Manna is 22)

3. Poor souls don’t know what they signed for,

4. Yuuta had to for an old but big bus that later on they customize to be more comfortable to sleep.

5. Ataru and Sakura get trained, by the gang.

6. Mao helps in the fight and being a doctor of the group(until that incident happens) meanwhile Nanoka helps by being a distraction since she’s super fast thanks for her ayashi powers.

7. The girls together are a force to be feared, when they get separated from the guys they can keep it together and fight.

8. The boys are also really good at fighting as a team (Yuuta takes time to get used to it since he was only used to fight with only mana)

9. they pretty much sleep on the customized bus or camp outside it if they want

10. When they were gonna to had their 1 year anniversary for the Mermaid Hunters, they go to  a famous and well now Mansion to celebrate, they eat and had an amazing Dinner, made with a delicious meat that all of them had never eat with the other Resident’s,  they all go to sleep to their respective rooms until  it becomes Midnight, then  strange noises that all of them know so well  wake them up in the night, all of the other Residents transform into lost souls, they fight all of them and eliminate the organization that was under it, they transformed their residents so they could kill them and later on steal their identities and their money, they paid a certain part of the Japan government so they could have a blind eye  about the black market of that organization that is around the world.

11. “Why they transformed?” “Yeah we eat the same thing as them so it will be impossible to,,,,” “Oh No” “ Hey, look out!”

12. when they finished the fight all of them were all  in really bad shape but they see how their scars and deep wounds heal by themselves to their surprise

13. Yuuta and Mana are heartbroken of how their friends end up like them, The Mermaid Hunters are all now officially immortal.

14. They all fake their deaths to their loved ones, it hurts them all  a lot and mourn over for months (excluding Yuuta and Mana of course) since they won’t grow older they will catch bad attention and they can never stick to one place (yes, angst) and they will keep their young appearance for eternity; Inuyasha is 19, Kagome is 18, Ranma and Akane both had 18, Ataru 18 and Lum  was going to had 18 in a few month but now she will be forever 17 with Rinne and Sakura meanwhile Mao keeps his 18 and Nanoka is 17.

15 The group decides to make the organization disappear by going around the world since in Japan they take years to eliminate it for good, they go to all the countries since now they all had the time of the world, they eliminate bad people, bad immortal people, lost souls the organization.

16. There is a rumor about a mystery bus that goes around for year about a group of teenagers that never grow on the internet but they never had solid proof,  but they all call them the Immortal Slayers.

Arty look at what you make me do.

[danaty-consolation]

HUMAN BY ACCIDENT!

A/N: This is a birthday present for @artistefish, happy birthday arty!

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Sakura Oozuno has been married since a half year now with Tsubame and the married life made her happier than ever, Lum felt really happy for her, she deserved to be loved and to be more relaxed after of the craziness her life is connected to.

That’s why when Lum received a call from her old friend to visit her the next day to show her some old artifacts that she found while cleaning her uncle’s house when she went to check on her mother, she couldn’t help to say yes.

“The artifacts are really old, I found a manuscript that had an old date, it was made 506 years ago!”

“That’s almost the period where Inu-chan comes from!”

“Yeah, I thought it was interesting so I decided to give you a call, maybe Inuyasha knows more about them”

“Sure, we will go at 2, love ya!”

“See you then, Lum!”

It wasn’t hard to convince Inuyasha to go with her since the others were busy; Ranma and Akane went to help Rinne and Sakura out in a martial art case where ghosts were craving to had one last match before they passed away, meanwhile Ataru and Kagome went to buy the supplies for their next nightstand.

Lum was happy to see darling being friends with Kagome, they were smart and had an incredible authority, but it was a fresh air to her to see him  be actual friends with girls, with no flirting and he didn’t ask any of them to a date after the events of when they all had their first adventure together; when they broke Tomobiki’s seal.

And Darling even became more open with her, the guys were his friends and he didn’t felt so left out anymore, it was all going great.

“So, do you think it’s okay to walk around like this?”

“It’s okay Inu-chan, I have seen a lot of persons wearing weirder stuff in these last two days”

And it was true, unknown for the two youkais there was actually an Anime Con in the prefecture, where there was a contest for the best cosplay so there was a lot of cosplayers walking around.

“Hey, both of you have a great cosplay; can I take a picture with you two?” A person wearing what it looked like an armor went to them, Lum nodded and Inuyasha didn’t say no, so the person asked a person nearby to take a photo of them.

“Thanks guys!”

Inuyasha and Lum looked at how happy the person was while he said to them and the person who took the photo goodbye.

“You see?”

“Keh, this era is weird”

As they walked around and got closer to the Ozoono residence, she remembered what her Darling warned her to not touch any artifacts, after his last case with the gloves of hate and love, they decided to be more cautious about those kinda things.

“Oh, Inu-chan, promise me to not touch any of those things!”

“Why, are they dangerous?”

“Not exactly but the last experience we had without being prepared wasn’t good”

When they entered the residence they were received by Cherry, Miss Ozoono uncle and Lum decided to be on guard.

“Where is Sakura, cherry?”

“My dear niece will come back shortly, she asked me to guide you to the living room, where the things where”

Inuyasha hasn’t treated cherry, but he couldn’t help to feel wary about him, his atmosphere was like Myoga or Happosai, it spelled problems to him.

Both at them sat down next to each other at the Living room where a box was, cherry stood in the table on flipped it down, a lot of artifacts went down.

“Look how weird these look even the touch is weird!” Cherry said holding a dragons jade statue on his hands, making it obvious that he wanted to make them hold it.

Don’t touch it Inu-chan

Inuyasha and Lum had a good intuition that told them what the other was referring to or even thinking with just one glance, their connection made their loved ones surprised, calling it ‘sibling intuition’, assuring their special connection.

As if!

Cherry noticed that his plan wasn’t working, it was time to think in something else, cherry knew he wasn’t a bad person, he was a monk who gave himself to Buddha and he couldn’t help feeling curious on these artifacts, he bought a long time ago and he forgot about  them until his niece found them again in the attic, he knew that when humans touched them nothing actually happened but what could happen if youkais touch them or interact with them? Lum was an alien but she was clearly an ogre and her new friend was an interesting person, a half-breed born from a human and a dog demon, so he had the perfect people to satisfy his curiosity.

“Well, this one is really interesting too, it’s an old mirror that belonged to an old Chinese emperor, the legend says that it shows a point of yourself you never saw before” cherry said holding a circular mirror that had gold dragon ornaments around it, Inuyasha and Lum let their guard down a little and came closer to see their reflections, it was ok if they only see right? After all they won’t touch it.

“UNCLE, NO!” They heard a voice said but it was too late, when they saw their reflections the mirror glowed making Inuyasha instantly put an arm in front of Lum in a protective manner, the light was strong enough to make all of the people on the room momentary blind.

When the light dissipated Inuyasha felt different but  at the same time he was familiar with this feeling, he opened his eyes and looked around, two surprised persons were looking at him, the old man being one of them, he was ready to shout at him when he saw the reflection in the mirror the old man still hold, it was him but he had his human appearance.

Inuyasha cursed, that’s why he felt different, dammit!

“What happened?” A female voice said, coming from beside him, Inuyasha noticed a girl with black hair, with a similar appearance as him, she opened her eyes slowly, her aquamarine blue eyes were gone and were replaced with a soft blue, her horns and fangs were nowhere to be seen and her electric aura disappeared.

She looked human.

“Inu-chan, you’re in your human form!” Lum looked at Inuyasha surprised, she knew that Inuyasha transformed into a human in some nights when the moon was in a certain position, but they just passed that day a few days ago and it wasn’t even night!

“Yeah” Inuyasha said slowly, he was used to looking like this but Lum was a pureblood ogre and he wasn’t sure how to say this without scaring her off ”I could say the same thing to you”

“What?” Lum was confused, she then instantly went to touch her horns, she didn’t find them, next were her ears, they’re also different and finally her fangs weren’t there either as she touched her teeth slowly.

Lum then looked at the mirror and gasped, the reflection couldn’t be her! A human girl with black hair and pale blue eyes looked back at her, it was her reflection, she made expressions to confirm that the reflection was her, and it really was her!

Lum touched her face, still in shock.

“Oi, Lum!” Inuyasha moved her shoulder, this was bad.

“Lum!” Miss Oozuno said going towards Lum, her worried tone was evident as she saw that Lum didn’t respond.

“Interesting, so this mirror makes the youkais turn humans” Cherry said looking at the mirror surprised ”this is amazing don’t you think niece?”

“You fuc-“

“UNCLE, YOU DON’T SEE WHAT YOU JUST DID?!”

“What?”Cherry said taken back by the shouts of his niece” they will be fine, it was just bad luck”

“YOU’RE THE BAD LUCK, I EXPLICITLY SAID TO NOT SHOW THEM THIS ONE!”

“You said that?” Cherry felt a bit guilty now.

“I DID AND WHAT DID YOU DO?” Miss Oozuno took the mirror from cherry’s hands and hold cherry’s clothes from the back, she carried him to the open door, he let him down and hit him with her leg strong enough to make him fly to another neighborhood.

Inuyasha was surprised to see that and felt more respect for the priestess; the damn old man deserved it.

“I can’t use my electricity” Lum said staring at her hands and Inuyasha looked at her again, she looked so vulnerable in this state” and I probably can’t fly either”

Miss Oozuno told them that there was an opportunity to revert back to what they were thanks to some manuscripts; in a night of the new moon they needed to see their reflection before the morning came.

They called Ataru and Kagome to meet them at the Higurashi temple and they told them everything that happened.

Inuyasha and Lum excused themselves for the Oozuno residence while Miss Oozuno still apologized; they told to her to not worry and that they will come back to break this curse.

As they walked Lum felt different as she hugged herself, she felt vulnerable, she couldn’t use her powers to defend herself if the situation needed it and she couldn’t fly either, the electricity aura that always makes her secure and warm wasn’t there, making her feel naked.

Inuyasha noticed right away that she felt uncomfortable and the looks some men were giving her wasn’t helping either, he took his haori off and put in on her shoulders.

“You should wear it, since it’s cold now” Inuyasha said with a soft tone.

“But…”

“Don’t worry, you can put it on yourself, you can do it in that part between the buildings, I will guard”

Lum nodded and went in the closest alley, Inuyasha was on guard until he saw her walking off, how she could make his haori to something she looked decent with it was incredible to him, that was enough proof to him that she was friends with the girl he loved, she had the same sense of style.

“Keh, not bad”

“Thanks, Inu-chan” Lum gave him a smile, feeling more relaxed and secure.

Then he gave her his arm and she hesitantly took it, Inuyasha wasn’t strong in this form but at least he was still stronger than her, so he could protect her.

“Inu-chan, is it okay to walk together like this?” Lum said while looking at him” People could misunderstand”

“Moron, have you seen yourself?” Inuyasha said” We already looked related and now, being all human and with the same hair we actually look like we came from the same mother”

“Really?!” Lum said excited, she always liked it when people said to them that they looked like brother and sister, after all she looked at him as her stubborn but good big brother.

Inuyasha always treated the oni girl like his sister, it was when he was with her his parental side shined through, maybe it was because they personalities’ and looks were similar, but he didn’t mind people confusing them as siblings.

“Hey beautiful, let’s ditch your big brother and have some real fun” a guy with a cap and street clothes came closer to them, Lum held his arm tighter.

“Nah, My sister has better tastes and more important things to do than losing time with bastards like you” Inuyasha almost hissed.

“Oh, I was suspecting why both of you looked so similar, so you’re brothers” The guy said still looking at Lum” Man, your sister looks finer than wine”

Inuyasha was losing it.

“You should leave your brother and be my girlfriend, I can teach you new things” his tone made her shiver in the wrong way, the guy remembered her of Megane.

“Listen, Man” Inuyasha said holding the collar of his clothes, raising him up the floor” My sister has already a boyfriend, who is miles better than you”

And with that he threw the guy to the wall, satisfaction filling his body, at least he was stronger than normal humans.

 Ataru wasn’t prepared for what he saw.

Lum was different, her beautiful aquamarine hair was replaced with a pretty black hair, and her electrifying Aquamarine eyes were now a cute blue.

She looked so shy and vulnerable, he couldn’t contain the urge to hug her when she came closer to him, he will definitely thank Inuyasha the whole night for protecting her in this state, she looked so out of place and boy did that make him overprotective.