#meanwhile tsuki is like of course he's just like me

[tower-of-erinyes]

Time to Go To Work | Mika | Trial 1.1 | RE: Akihiro, Kesley

Okay, this was looking a bit Extra, to say the least. Really? A hexagon? Creative, she figured, but… utterly tacky. Not to mention, umm… utterly incomprehensible??? Hello? Are we just going to accept this without question here? This whole room, pillars included, just sent shivers up her spine. And also… This trial deal. While it felt like this outcome was inevitable, it was still more than a fair bit chilling. She'd just been coasting along, content in her helplessness, waiting things out until something happened. Meanwhile, Tsuki, her junior, was probably running herself ragged trying to figure out something, always thinking, always trying to come up with some way out of this. And look where that got her, huh? Wow, that's a really pathetic mindset, huh, Mika? Of course it was. Maybe it was the wiser move to wait it out. Or maybe it was cowardly. Maybe at Tsuki's age, Mika would have approached this with the same mindset. Maybe then she would have wound up just as dead. Ugh, there was no point in dwelling on this for too long. For the girl she'd wished to get to know better, for her junior in the industry, she'd do her best here. As she stood there, ready to force her biggest smile and start to work the room… Akihiro decided to be the spoony bard? Well, alright then. She clapped to his little ditty, beaming.

"Wow, wooow… One weapon lies, the other tells the truth, huh? Yeah, yeah, you're really on to something, huuuh…" Her angry neighbor quickly snapped back at Aki, and her investigation partners took charge of the discussion, thankfully. Her posture straightened, expression growing more serious as she followed along with their information. Not much to add right now, honestly. They covered the bases pretty well. And plus, even better, Zenith took things in a good direction, too. "Around that time?" She blinked. "There's not exactly any way to tell time here, to my knowledge." She was considering rephrasing the question, but Kes made a good point, actually.

"You're right, that would make sense with what he told us. Given he discovered Tsuki, and went back and forth to his room a few times, to do right by her." Shrugging, she shook her head. Wasn't her story to tell, really, but she wanted to at least try to paint it in a good light. She didn't really think he had any bad intent; though she did find him a fool. "Me, on the other hand? I heard someone running around my end of the barracks some point in the night. Hmm... running, then a door shutting, then... nothing. That's about it. Not sure exactly where around me it was, but..." She shrugged. "So, how was everyone holding up in that cold, huh...?"

[crsinclair]

@balentay and @ibelieveinahappilyeverafter both wanted to know what happened next after this part and in my Daemon-Soulmate AU, so I typed up the next scene! Scene thing.  The part that comes next.

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Shouta is sullen and so upset with himself because of what he did and will barely speak a word to Sunshine, who is increasingly more worried by the day.  (Because how can he trust himself to look after Sunshine when he can't even touch his own daemon without hurting it?)

Hizashi has no clue what has happened, just that Tsuki is quieter than usual after the Sports Festival.  He can't figure out if it's because of the pain medication or because he spent a long time yelling at Tsuki for being a self-sacrificing idiot (and then crying for nearly a whole day after that, the jerk).  He does know that he shouldn't have won that last fight.  The other kid, Aizawa what's-his-name, was really good. Amazing, even.  And he definitely should have won that fight instead of him, who only won because Tsuki had jumped in at the last second.

After school a few days later he goes to talk to the teachers, trying to give up his spot as first place, trying to tell the teachers that Tsuki had disobeyed him and shouldn't have been anywhere near the fight to begin with, but the teachers shake their heads and tell him, “Heroes fight with their daemons all the time.  What happened in the Festival was no different.”

A week after that, the teachers tell Shouta that he's transferring into the Hero Course after being vouched for by the winner of the Festival.

Shouta feels. Angry?  Insulted?  A lot of things, but most of all he feels like his soulmate is taking pity on him.  Because surely Tsuki had told the blonde kid who he was, and now the blond feels like he owes him.  He hates it.  He doesn't need pity, he needs space, he needs to be alone, he needs to not hurt anyone -

So after the first day of class in the Hero Course, Shouta takes Sunshine, turns to Hizashi, and (carefully) shoves the tiny bird into Hizashi's hands.  “Take your stupid daemon.”

And walks away.

.

.

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Sunshine is a shrieking, squawking mess.  “No!  No no no no no!  Shouta can't be left alone!  He's, he's gonna, and then it'll be, but then we - “  Sunshine is making no sense, whatsoever, and Hizashi is having so much trouble understanding what's happening.

Because he felt that spark when he touched the bird.  Natural and perfect and like he'd found a piece of himself after searching for so long.  But at the same time, watching the new kid walk away was like half of him was stripped away and tossed aside. Was this.  Was this his daemon?

Was that...his soulmate?

He can barely keep up as the two daemons argue about what to do, walking home on auto pilot and only letting himself react to his chaotic emotions after shutting the door to his bedroom.  Tears well up and spill over and what if that was it?  He meets his own daemon and his soulmate turns his back on him?  Does he not like him?  Did he do something wrong?  What – what happened –

“Hey. You okay?”

Hizashi blinks and looks up, seeing the tiny bird looking at him with concerned eyes from the blankets beside him and Tsuki nowhere in sight.  He sniffs, wiping at his face.  “Where's Tsuki?”

“The cat?  He went to go after Shouta, try and talk to him.  We're just gonna wait for him to come back, hopefully after talking since into him.  Shouta's been in a mood for a couple weeks – I think it's because of the Festival and how he met his daemon.”  The bird hops closer and tilts it's little head to look up better at the human. “Probably beating himself up – which is silly, it's not like he knew that was going to happen, I've told him over and over – “

“Wait. Meeting his...?”  Hizashi furrows his brow and thinks, pushing his confusion and sadness aside to think that over.  It's not like the new kid and Tsuki had really interacted, the only time they've ever been in the same spot before today was –

“Oh. The Festival, when Tsuki jumped in.  Is that.  Is that when they knew?” And that explains why Tsuki had been so weirdly quiet. Hizashi pouts, tears welling up again.  “That's just.  Stupid.  Why didn't Tsuki say anything?”

“Shouta tends to take his time to process new things, so the cat might be similar,” the bird says encouragingly.  Tentatively it reaches up with a claw and climbs up onto Hizashi's pant leg, shuffling up until it can rest on his knee.  “So.  You're my human.”

Hizashi sniffs.  The bird sounded so hesitant yet excited.  “Y-yeah, I. I guess I am.”

“It's nice to finally meet you!” The bird hops in place, little crest fluffing up in happiness.  “I'm Sunshine!”

And Hizashi can't help the small giggle at that, wiping at his face and reaching out to brush a finger against a tiny, feathery cheek. “That's.  That's my name,” he says.  “That's my name, only English.”

The two of the chat quietly for a long while, getting to know the other half of their soul for the first time in over 15 years.

[bokubear]

hq boys with a clumsy s/o

feat. atsumu miya, hoshiumi kourai, daichi sawamura, yamaguchi tadashi, oikawa torū

warnings ; one curse word..?, slightly suggestive on torū’s part

a/n ; ah, this one was relatable :)

_atsumu will laugh. he feels bad in the end but he laughs every time and then offers you help. especially when you fall down the stairs which you do every morning, he usually spits out whatever he’s munching on just to giggle then run to your aid. at this point, getting mad at him is kind of futile. of course if you do get injured he’ll patch you up and kiss it as the cherry on top. “don’t worry babe ‘m yer hero, yer safe with me.” he states proudly, you simply roll your eyes. a lost cause in all honesty.

_hoshiumi takes every clumsy misshapen to be his prize opportunity to be your ‘knight in shining armor.’ don’t get me wrong, he truly things he is all handsome and heroic even though you’re perfectly fine and just stare at him with this blank and unreadable expression. hirugami tries SO hard not to laugh but he can’t help it, kourai is so whipped for you it’s laughable. meanwhile he’s probably more hurt than you if you get hurt, staring down at you like it’s your last breath. ah, apart hirugami whispering “with you till the end my love~” in kourai’s ear.

_daichi is the knight in shining armor. he usually ends up catching you mid fall or somehow managing to ease wherever perilous situation almost occurs. the king of “being there to stop every disaster.” every single time. he has this meek smile whenever he catches you, especially in an uncomfortable position while he frantically apologizes. a gentleman at heart but sometimes his haste actions don’t really help out. such a cutie and will have this bright red face if you kiss him or even bat an eyelash at him mainly because of how pretty you are, he just can’t resist.

_yamaguchi unfortunately arrives late to the clumsy mishaps. he’ll race over to you and usher you towards the hospital despite only hitting your foot on the side of the bed. he doesn’t necessarily know what to do, so he’ll try to do the one thing he knows best. which is calling tsuki. “tsuki i think she’s dying ! what am i gonna do…? !” leading to tsuki explaining that you should be fine with a bruise on your knee for a little bit and it isn’t anything serious. the worried expression becomes replaced with intense embarrassment when you cup his face, assuring him that you’re grateful for his concern… but you’re not dying.

_oikawa holds back this sinister smirk. if you spill something on him or yourself he makes it seem like you’re just there to flatter him. sorry, but the setter is a massive pain in the ass ( iwa agrees ). let’s just say something went down the other day with your white button up shirt getting coffee on it accidentally. oikawa just smirking because you KNOW what he’s looking at, the liquid making the fabric of your shirt see-through. “you did that on purpose.” he hums with his drink in hand and eyebrows cocked arrogantly. “no, i spilled my coffee you creep, and i liked this shirt so don’t get any ideas.” you hiss, glaring at him. he only hums in reply, obviously pleased with himself.

-maak

plagiarism, repost, and editing is prohibited

[cyxnidx]

I JUST READ YOUR NAHOYA X READER THINGY AND I JUST WANNA KNOW — SMILEY AS A FATHER?

YES.

character pairing: nahoya x f!reader

warnings/contains:chaotic children & father,slight cursing,i got a lil bit distracted lol, !TIMESKIP!

plot:you and smiley finally made mini you’s after a bit of teasing went too far. If you want to read, link is here.

Mini Me’s

»»————-　♡　————-««

Almost four years and a half later, you and Smiley had twins. Two boys. And today, was their birthday, they were turning 4 years old.

Tsuki and Haru. That were their names. And despite being twins, they were polar opposites in personality. And, on coincidence, their names were opposites as well. Tsuki translating to ‘moon’ and Haru translating to ‘sun’.

While Tsuki was calm and seemingly introverted, Haru was quite wild and a big social butterfly.

You heard Smiley talking with Haru once saying he acted just like himself when he was younger, and Tsuki resembled Angry the same way.

Haru mostly resembled his father, his eyes were a pretty red so you guessed Smiley’s was as well. Meanwhile Tsuki resembled the both of you, having your lips and nose, and Smiley’s hair and eyes.

You walked into the living room after hearing Tsuki screech, waking you from your nap. While you expected the two brothers to be fighting and Smiley, no matter how loud they might get, to be asleep somewhere on the couch or somehow passed out on the floor.

Though, what you didn’t expect to see was Tsuki in a corner, Smiley holding a dinosaur and Haru reaching for it.

“‘Hoya.. the hell’s goin’ on?” You asked, looking around. You watched as Smiley turned to you and chuckled, pressing a button on the dinosaur.

Tsuki screamed and ran towards you as the dinosaur let out a rawr. “Mommy!” He cried out, tears visible in his eyes.

You picked him up and sighed. “Nahoya, turn that thing off and stop scaring Tsuki.” Haru began pouting as his father switched the toy off.

“Haru, don’t be like your father, okay?” You sighed, walking with Tsuki to the fridge.

“Oh come now, he looks just like me. Of course he’s gonna be like me.” He said with a triumph tone. “I don’t think Haru being like you is a good thing.” You corrected.

“‘M gonna be like mama and dad!” Haru beamed. You heard Smiley chuckle, “Why isn’t that somethin’.”

“Mama, can I hurt Haru?” Tsuki spoke quietly, a tear running down an eye. “Try me!” Haru dared. You watched as Smiley picked up Haru. “No picking at your brother, okay?” He turned his head, “If he’s anything like your uncle, you’ll get your ass beat..”

You laughed at Smiley’s side statement. “It’s okay, honey. There’s no need.” You watched as Tsuki’s red eyes began to slightly glow, taking on a bright red color.

You looked over to Smiley and Haru. Smiley’s back was facing you, holding Haru up. He was grinning like his father, eyes closed as well. You walked over to get a better view of it all. You saw Smiley having his usual smiling expression, his son copying him.

“‘Hoya?” You spoke, catching his attention. “Hmm?” He put Haru to the side, setting him on the couch.

“Can you see me?” You asked, curious. He tilted his head, “Yes.” You looked at him and tilted your head in the opposite direction of his. He copied you. “Smiley, can you see us?” You asked, referring to you, Haru and Tsuki. He chuckled, “Of course.”

“How can you see us without opening your eyes?”

“I do open them; just when you aren’t looking.”

You hummed, now curious. “Have they ever seen your eyes?”

“Yep.”

“Then why can’t I see your eyes!” You began to pout.

“Simple; they’re used to ‘seeing’ my eyes since they basically have them. You, haven’t seen anything like them.” He explained. “So.. technically I have seen them?”

“Technically, yes. The only difference is mine are a darker red than theirs.”

“But I wanna see them!” You whined.

“Later.” He said. “Why not now??” You questioned him. “I wouldn’t want to scare you while holding Tsuki.” He sighed, “Come, Haru, let’s go get you and Tsuki’s cake. Yeah?”

“Dad! I wanna come too!” Tsuki whined, wiggling out your arms and dropping down. “Alright, go get your shoes.”

»»————-　♡　————-««

Sometime around 30-35 minutes later, the three were back from the bakery. Smiley carrying a cake, and the two boys rushing in front of him. “C’mon mama!” Tsuki called for you, “I got the candles!”

You came from the bedroom and looked down at your son, taking the candles. “Thank you, honey.” You sighed, “‘Hoyaa, I need help.” You whined. You spent a good 5-15 minutes trying to get a bracelet and necklace on.

“With what?” He asked, taking the cake from its bag. “I’ve spent about 15 minutes trying to get a necklace and bracelet on.” You heard him chuckle, “Give them to me and I’ll help.”

You placed them in his hand and turned around. “How loose do you want it to be?”

“Just enough so it’s hanging a bit. Probably the third or fourth hoop.” You said. Once he put your necklace on, he put your bracelet on.

“Alright, let’s light the candles!” You said excitedly, watching as the two brothers jumped up and down.

»»————-　♡　————-««

After you and Smiley had taken the boys out for their birthday, you ended up returning home around 10:00 at night. Haru ended up falling asleep while Tsuki watched his tablet on the way home. “Tsuki, can you wake up your brother for me?” You asked him, opening your car door. You watched as he nodded, reaching over to poke his brother.

Once you got in the house, Smiley ended up carrying Haru while Tsuki helped you get everything out the car. “Alright, set the bag on the table over there, get your stuff out of it and go get ready for bed, okay?”

After Smiley had put the kids to bed, he joined you to help put everything away and in their respective places.

You looked over at Smiley, “Can I see them now??” You asked. He sighed, “You won’t ever let me go about this, will you?” You shook your head ‘No’.

You watched as he placed his hand over his eyes, “Peek-a-boo.” He said playfully. On ‘boo’ he separated his middle and ring finger, revealing a deep red eye. You stared at him and reached for his hand, pulling it from his face.

“Woah..” you said, looking at the pair of beautiful red orbs. “They’re so pretty..” he stared at you for a moment. “..you aren’t scared of them?” You looked at him surprised.

“Sure, they can be creepy if you consider it, but they’re also just really pretty~” you went to hug him. “Keep them open, they make you look pretty.”

[amimimi]

Hi it's actually my first time requesting 💀 can you do like the reader is a volleyball player from a different school who came to their school to compete and is hella intimidating cause they're really quiet and doesn't really smile that often and their team won. Maybe do yamaguchi, tsuki, tendou, bokuto and suna?

I'm sorry if it's messy i get nervous cause it's my first time requesting 😭✋

hey angel! thank you for sending this in!! And don’t worry, this wasn’t messy at all!

also, i didn’t know if you meant reader’s team played the guys’ teams so i’m sorry if i misunderstood!

the strong, silent type; yamaguchi, tsukishima, tendou, bokuto, suna

synopsis: in which you somehow manage to catch a certain someone’s attention without having to say a word (well, barely a word)

pairings: yamaguchi x reader, tsukishima x reader, tendou x reader, bokuto x reader, suna x reader

warnings: swearing

notes: this is my first haikyuu request!!

YAMAGUCHI

baby boy is intrigued to say the least

he’s also, you know, very intimidated

karasuno is hosting volleyball camp for the weekend so a few of schools from the area come over

karasuno lost a match so they go do a lap up the hill and back down

yamaguchi shakily walks back into the gym, panting and sweating profusely from the run

two other teams are playing so he decided to watch and catch his breath

it’s getting pretty intense until your team’s setter sets the ball for you

you run up and leap in the air, your brows furrowed with determination and tongue sticking slightly out, and you spike ball, slamming it to the opponents ground

and it’s slams so fucking loud

yamaguchi mouth drops, impressed by your raw power

by then tsukishima has joined him, standing alongside yamaguchi

“sheesh” tsukishima mutters at how hard you struck the ball

meanwhile, yamaguchi’s jaw is still on the floor as he watches you with sparkles in his eyes

your teammates erupt in cheer while you’re just like 😐👍

yamaguchi tells tsukishima that they should congratulate your team (he’s talking about you mostly)

and tsuki is like “okay have fun doing that!”

and yamaguchi is like “w-wait! please go with me? they’re scary 🥺”

and tsukishima is like “this is so stupid...” but he ends up going with yamaguchi nskdicnwiwjs

you’re drinking from your water bottle when you feel a slight tap on your shoulder

you whirl around to see tsukishima and yamaguchi LITERALLY standing like—

⠀ ⠀ ⠀(\__/)

(•ㅅ•)

　＿ノ ヽ ノ＼＿

`/　`/ ⌒Ｙ⌒ Ｙ　ヽ

( 　(三ヽ人　 /　　 |

|　ﾉ⌒＼ ￣￣ヽ　 ノ

ヽ＿＿＿＞､＿＿_／

　　 ｜( 王 ﾉ〈 (\__/)

　　 /ﾐ`ー―彡\(•ㅅ•)

　　/ ╰ ╯ \/ \>

yamaguchi pipes up from where he stands, slightly behind tsukishima

“that last spike you did was really cool!” he squeaks, mentally slapping himself for how he voice cracked on “cool”

you blink in surprise before you gently smile

and yamaguchi, in his head of course, is like “HOLY SH*T THEY SMILED??!&)&8:9:”

“thank you” you reply, “i don’t think you told me your name”

TSUKISHIMA

when i tell you this man is not FAZEDDDDD

like he does not give a shit how intimidating you are

he notices that you’re a great volleyball player and that you’re a great coordinator

but that’s where it ends

he’s not intrigued enough/doesn’t care about the motivations of other people

you both walk up to the lil fountain outside the gym to refill your water bottle at the same time

you both sorta halt, before tsukishima motions for you to go first

you nod and thank him quietly, moving to refill your water bottle

tsuki feels his eyebrows furrow when a loud yell suddenly splits the silence, already recognizing who that might be

he turns around and of course, it’s hinata yelping and dodging kageyama’s blows, while the latter yells profanities at hinata

tsukishima sees that you’ve turned around too, trying to see what was going on

“what a couple of morons...” tsukishima mutters to you

you blink at tsukishima, straight faced as ever, before saying, “you shouldn’t bad mouth your team mates”

MY BOY SIEZES UP SO F*CKIN QUICK DUCHDKDJD

he thought since you were quiet and serious looking, that you kinda hated everyone/were pessimistic

you thought WRONG

he turns back to you with raised eyebrows, a little surprised and slight embarrassed about being scorned

you just smile at him and tsuki is surprised for a second time

“see you inside” you nod politely and before walking past him

get rekt tsukishima

TENDOU

yes, my slightly odd looking yet handsome son

he is NOT intimidated by you—AT ALL (have you seen his bestie? 😭)

in fact, the first time tendou sees you, he watches you for like 17 seconds and is like “oh...oh i’m bout to ANNOY TF OUTTA OF THEM”

i feel like he just wants to single out serious people and f*ck around with them—all in good taste though!

will try and goad you into messing up from across the net

but you’re just like 😐😑😐

switches tactics by trying giving you odd compliments

“y/n, right? i like the curvature of your spine,,,very unique 😌”

or “you have such delicate earlobes, y/n!”

if anything, he’s annoying both his teammates and yours

but he’s not done

starts crooning these lil songs about you, that he’s making up on the spot

he’s still not throwing you off your game but you are glancing over at him with a strange expression on your face

that just encourages him even more

eventually, semi smacks the back of tendou’s neck and gives him the “stfu” look

tendou glances over to see your lips twitching into a smile and he’s just smiles real big and wide at you

BOKUTO

my precious boy

he’d probably see you, standing there off to the side from where your teammates are huddled

and he thinks “omg,,,they’re shy,,,and lonely,,,I HAVE TO HELP THEM!”

but you’re just zoning out or something, completely fine

bokuto is trying to collect introverts like they’re f*ckin pokemon cards

he thinks he’s good with all kinds of people (and he is!) but he thinks he’s especially good with quieter people

after your match, bokuto bounds up to you with akaashi trailing behind (he’s there for damage control mostly)

“hey there!” bokuto smiles and your eyes slightly widen at how his voice booms throughout the whole gym. “your team did amazing out there! i couldn’t believe how coordinated you all are! and the way that you flew? your spikes could use a bit more force but you’re amazing either way—”

you generally feel overwhelmed by hyperactive people, but you’re REALLY feeling it now

especially considering how tired you are after that match and how fast Bokuto is talking

you honestly can’t keep up with what he’s saying to you, his eyes glimmer are glimmering and his whole face is lit up and DAMN you don’t have the heart to interrupt him

so you just nod at him with wide eyes like “yup, mhm, yea, that’s right, of course”

when he finally finished his spiel, you take the opportunity to ask for his name

and you’re like “oh! yeah! you’re one of the top 3 aces in the nation right?”

bokuto’s grin widens even further, but before he can respond, akaashi cuts in with “top 5 actually”

and bokuto whirls around with a look that screams utter betrayal—like B*TCH!!&/8:73?

“that’s really impressive!” you smile and bokuto’s mouth drops because DID YOU JUST MAKE A FACIAL EXPRESSION???

he’s hyping himself up like “aha, didn’t even talk to them for FIVE minutes and i already cracked them 😤”

SUNA

he’s just gonna stare at you

like a creepy ass owl or something

he sees your minding your own business respectfully and he’s like “...this feels insulting”

he thinks that YOU think that you’re some tough ass b*tch

MF, I’M JUST MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS 😭

suna: they’re trying to intimidate us

ojiro: ...they’re just standing there

suna: you think they’re trying to intimidate us?

ojiro: no, i don’t actually—

suna: nah, they’re definitely trying to intimidate us

so suna tries to intimidate YOU—reverse uno that b*tch

will stare at you from across the court with his hands shoved in his shorts like—🧍‍♂️

it honestly is a little unsettling because you just see this tall ass, lanky figure in your peripheral vision and your turn to see this guy STARING AT YOU LIKE—👁‍🗨👄👁‍🗨

he scares your teammates too dkfjdkshs

if you’re team is playing his, he will forcefully block your spikes and then just stare back at you LIKE DAMN, YOU GOOD?

the whole thing lets up, when your teams go to shake hands

you take his hand in yours and give him a firm shake, genuinely smiling

“you play well!” you compliment

“...you do too” he says hesitantly and you nod slightly before letting go of his hand and going to shake Osamu’s

he tells ojiro later that you had a “firm grip” and ojiro’s like “...mhm 😒”

notes: i wanna write more haikyuu (specifically timeskip)! also not me projecting the odd feeling i have for suna where it’s like a cross of “everything about you annoys me” and “damn u kinda hot 🙄”. my love/hate relationship with aquarius men 😌

[tsuki-sennin]

Hello, Tsuki here~! Things are certainly going ass over backwards in Revice Land because of [SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS EPISODES] and [SPOILERS FOR LAST EPISODE], but when you think about it, it really fits [SPOILERS] because we've known [SPOILERS], and that's why I'll never eat at Applebee's ever again. And neither should you. But enough about that~! It's time for America's favorite live blog/reaction video without the video part format...

Spoilers, I guess...

-Anyways yeah, I said that Hiromi's self-sacrifice is the perfect end to his character arc even if it did nothing to stop Olteca, but from a narrative standpoint, this opens up a lot of possibilities going forward. If a major character dies, they should leave an impact on your story. How do the heroes grapple with losing their friend? What kind of character will come to be focused on in their place? Is there opportunity for post-mortem development?

-Oh hi, Kagero~! I missed you for the past like... how many episodes? Shame, I really liked your stabby slashy moves.

-Guess Daiji's definitely still

-Oh, cool, Olteca has a creepy mannequin collection. Why focus on the hands?

-And meanwhile Aguilera's just vibing out here in the open. Gonna get ice cream?

-Oh, neat! I was right!

-Ohhh, don't do Tamaki like that, he's a... well, I'm kind of hesitating to call him a good boy, but he bought that for you! With his own money presumably! Y'know how much cash an (assumed) high school graduate has without any real job? It ain't a lot, and I know that for a fact! :(

-And of course, we have Ikki-nii, obessively cleaning because what else can he do?

-Fuck you George :<

-Don't drink the bath water!

-Future fossil? Oh, right, the movie! With Ichigou and that really cool looking Century guy! Yeah, the subs for that one aren't gonna be out for a while, but if I did do my usual format for that one, the run time'd be bumped up from your average DCOM to Ben-Hur, so...

-Man, shit's crazy.

-Oh frick, a threat!

-The funnymen are dangerous.

-Bodyguard!

-Go Ikki-nii!

-Yabai, Revice Manzai.

-Alright, I really like the set up to this episode. It seems like it'll be a breather, so that's good for me personally, since I'm definitely still reeling.

-Oh no! Cringe! (*C'mon! R-R-Rex!*)

-Funny Man!

-Katamari and Mogura. ..."Clump and Mole?" Is that Atmosphere Stairway? Or perhaps Kuuki Kaidan would be more appropriate, since that's the name of their actual duo.

-Celebrity cameos are always so surreal for me to see in a non-American thing. Like, of course they're a thing!

-WHY DID HE FALL ASLEEP IN THE DOGEZA

-Please teach us how to comedy, Mogura-san!

-Purikura? Oh, like the photo booths! I thought you just got robbed by the Delicious Party cast. I haven't seen either episode that came out yet, but that seems a bit out of character for them.

-Speaking of PreCure, I've been considering dusting off my fanfiction skills to try my hand at a fan-season! Like, y'know how Super Sentai loves them their cars, right? And how Showa Rider put special emphasis on racing before motorcycle and road laws changed? I think perhaps I could explore that idea through the kind of lens PreCure usually does, and uh... Oh, Sakura! You okay, girl? I uh... didn't mean to go off like that.

-Yeah, it's a lot to think about, huh.

-TAMAKI WHAT

-SHE DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THE FUCKING ICE CREAM

-Pavlov Dogs.

-Kashiwamochi. ...I personally prefer Sakuramochi myself, but I assume there's some Children's Day symbolism in your act.

-These Pavlov Dog guys have like the exact same energy as Ohsugi-sensei from Fourze. But like... half of it. No wonder they bombin'.

-Kashiwamochi guys seem like good fun though.

-Double up!

-Oh my god, Vice dabbed. Good on you for that Eitoku, that got a laugh out of me.

-Oh, I mention Fourze and they use the Kong stamp. Funny.

-Oh god, they're really using the Zero-One because comedians.

-Baisu ja... naito!

-Man, the lightning effects look great.

-Ohhhhh, that's a nice callback.

-STAMPING IMPACT!

-Jesus Christ, what is happening to this man?

-Them!

-HAS IKKI KEPT THAT DUCKY ON HIS SHOULDER THE WHOLE TIME

-Do you need to see a doctor, Vice? Perhaps lie down?

-Director Man.

-Ok, assistant lady, you're mad sus too.

-I hope Kagero comes out and fucks shit up soon.

-DON'T DRINK THE COFFEE

-Oh god, not the bees!

-Girl, don't do it.

-Guess we're fighting.

-Oh boy, Vice meds!

-You could punch somebody with that thing.

-Whaddup, sis?

-Orifu, huh?

-Keep them glasses on, Tamaki-san.

-Can you even feel that fist?

-"Busy", huh?

-These're a lot of... bizzarely effective

-SUDDENLY DEADMANS

-Thanks, god!

-BOKO BOKO!

-Let's gooooo!

-Help us out, Dai-chan!

-My man really likes this Manzai thing. Good for him :)

-Let's stampin'!

-OOOOOH. Nice punch!

-Ohhh, it's a paint roller! That's so cool!

-VICE UP!

-Hey look! It's Revice! Vice! Vice! Vice!

-WAIT

-Ikki...?

-GODDAMN

-So, the paint splotches on the Rolling Vistamp. They look an awful lot like Evil's airbrushed paint. And that raises a lot of implications.

-Inky.

-You rolled the shit out of those motherfuckers.

-Oh God, Vice, bro, don't do that.

-He's free now. Lock your doors, latch your windows, and bust out the big guns.

[cottegecorepanarabread]

what am i waiting for- tsukiyama

I’m an extremely touch starved person with a love language of physics touch so this was me projecting my issues. of course I wanted to write my comfort ship. luckily my best friend facetimed me and let me fall asleep while he was typing an essay (he has a picture of sleepy me now). also let boys be soft and cuddle and show emotion. it’s so important

title from pool house by the backseat lovers

cw: mild panic attack

Tadashi pulled Hinata into his lap at practice. They were very openly affectionate people. Someone who didn’t know them might they they were dating but Hinata had a boyfriend and Tadashi was helplessly in love with his best friend. 

Hinata moved to face Tadashi, wrapping his legs around his waist and buried his face in Tadashi’s neck. Tadashi felt himself getting sleepier by the minute. His love language was physical touch but he only ever got it from Hinata and occasionally Yachi, so he always relaxed into their embraces. 

Tadashi ran his fingers through Hinata’s hair softly, knowing how much he liked it. If only Kei would do this for him. Wrap his arms around and nuzzle into his hair. Kei, Kei, Kei, Kei, Kei.

His thoughts were interrupted by Kageyama coming to collected his sleeping boyfriend so they could go home for their Friday sleepovers. Kageyama made sure no one was looking before he leaned down and started rubbing Hinata’s shoulder until he woke up.

“Boke?” He said softly, “it’s time to go home. We can nap when he get back.”

Hinata nodded, “Bye Tada!” He jumped up and bounced after his boyfriend.

Ever the ball of energy. Tadashi sighed. Kei was still practicing blocks with Daichi and Suga. He waited a little while longer before Kei came over to him. 

“You’re still sleeping over right?” Kei asked like he had every Friday afternoon since elementary school.

“Tsuki,” he laughed, “you know you don’t have to asked it’s been 3 years since I wan’t able to come sleep over and that was because of Christmas.”

Kei frowned and turned to leave. Tadashi scrambled to get his stuff, running to catch up with Kei. 

They sat on Kei’s couch eating ramen after being to be careful by Kei’s mom like she did every week. Tadashi had warn Kei down and he had finally agreed to watch Howl’s Moving Castle with him. 

Even though he had been waiting for this forever, Tadashi couldn’t pay attention to the movie. He was very aware of Kei’s every move. He wanted to snuggled into his neck. NO! Bad brain!

He sighed. The played on. Kei got up and came back with a plate of mochi. 

“I got you the matcha and coffee ones that you like.” Kei wouldn’t met his eyes and Tadashi swore he saw a blush. 

Tadashi happily took the mochi. He avoided the strawberry one because he knew they were Kei’s favorite.

Close to the end of the movie Tadashi finally got the confidence to lay his head on Kei’s shoulder. Kei tensed up.

“Yama Yama my shoulder hurts from practice.”

Tadashi sat up. He bit at the corners of his mouth trying to keep his emotion in check. 

“Sorry Tsuki,” he mumbled.

Tadashi couldn’t stay still. He rolled around on his side of Kei’s bed. He was a bad friend who had let his feelings get the better of him. He brain wouldn’t turn off. He wouldn’t have been surprised if Kei had asked him to sleep on the futon. 

‘I’m such a bad person. He will never like he now’ tadashi’s mind screamed as tears threatened to spill over.

’The way he reacted I bet he didn’t like you in the first place.’

Tadashi burst into tears. He couldn’t breath but he still coved his mouth to muffle the cries. 

“Dashi?” He felt a hand on his back, “What are you doing.”

Tadashi couldn’t look at him, “Ignore me. Just go back to sleep.”

“No, you are gonna tell me what’s wrong.”

Tadashi reluctantly rolled over, “Do you hate me?”

“Why would you ever think that?” Kei deadpans.

“Cause yo- you didn’t want me to,” he tried to take a breath in, “lay on your shoulder. I was just so comfortable with you and I was sleepy and you were warm. I just like you so much.” Tadashi clapped his hand over his mouth. 

No, no, no, no, he did not just say that.

“You really like me,” he sounded almost shocked, “but how?”

“How could I not. I really don’t know why. It’s probably everything about you that I like.”

“But you aren’t kidding, right?”

“You are really stupid, of course I do.”

Kei scooted closer to him, “I like you too..

Tadashi smilled.

“Dashi, can I kiss you, please.”

Tadashi nodded and Kei leaned forward giving him a soft quick kiss.

“Do you want to cuddle?” Kei asked blushing.

“I thought your shoulder hurts.”

“Yeah but it won’t hurt if you aren’t laying on it stupid.”

“Sorry Tsuki.”

Kei slowly pulled Tadashi to his chest and wrapped his arms around him.

“I’m glad you’re in my arms and not Hinata’s” Kei placed a kiss on Tadashi’s hair.

“Someones jealous” 

“Maybe”

 Tadashi nuzzled into his neck. He felt right at home in Kei’s arms.

Meanwhile at the Kageyama residence…

Hinata and Kageyama sat on the kitchen counter eating cookies they made together. 

“Yama was extra snuggly today. I wonder if he finally got the courage up.”

“Courage to do what dumbass”

“Confess and finally get Saltyshima cuddles.”

“You are an idiot. Shittyshima wouldn’t show physical affection to anyone”

[kaminarisimp9000]

movie night

A/N: bruh the movie night trope is my f a v o r i t e and it’s 100% because ahem netflix and chill has caught me off guard one too many times. n e ways i barely know how to use this website nd this is the first post on the Blog and i totally did not write this because this concept is living rent free in my mind so i hope you enjoy??

pairing: bakugou x female!reader

word count: 2.2k

warnings: strong language

summary: You get really cold during the Weekly Class 1-A Movie Night™ due to your quirk and it’s up to Bakugou to warm you up

You rushed down to the common room, arms full of snacks, taking care so as not to spill anything. A smile bloomed across your face as you took in the scene before you. The common room was a mess of blankets, sleeping bags, couches and the like, as the students of Class 1-A worked together to set up today’s movie night. These movie nights had been born out of a collective need to relieve stress, and by now, had sort of become a weekly thing that you looked forward to. Your smile only grew wider as you realized that today, even Big Bad Bakugou had shut his mouth for once, opting to actually cooperate with his fellow students. 

Bakugou. 

You couldn’t ignore the subtle heat that rose to your cheeks as your thoughts lingered on your best friend for just a beat longer than necessary, when you were abruptly shaken out of your second of stupor. 

“Sweet! Y/N’s got the snacks!” Kaminari yelled, as he plopped down on one of the couches, ready to begin this week’s installment of Class 1-A’s Movie Nights™.

“Hell yeah I do. You’d better help me set this up, though, unless you’re not getting any!” You retorted. 

Kaminari waved you off with an alright, alright and headed towards the kitchen to find some bowls, while Tsuyu and Midoriya helped you set everything down. A few moments later, you were all but surrounded by an array of colorful bowls filled with all sorts of movie-appropriate treats.

Satisfied with your hard work, you scanned the common room for any available seats, letting out a chuckle as you realized that the only empty one was that which was next to your probably half-pomeranian half-human friend. 

(There was actually another space empty, but it was next to Mineta, so we’re not going to talk about that for obvious reasons.)

“Scoot over, Katsuki, I’m gonna sit here”

“Fuck off, Y/N,” Bakugou replied, moving to the side nevertheless.

“You wish,” you mused, gently sitting down next to him, “So, what’re we watching today?”

“As if I care.”

“Ugh, would you stop being so emo for once and answer the question?”

“Fuck, I dunno, it’s some shit about a cooking rat, or something.” 

“Was it that hard to say Ratatouille? I swear to god, Katsuki, you’re so fucking difficult sometimes.”

“I’d wager the poor boy just doesn’t know how to pronounce Ratatouille, Y/N ☆,” Aoyama interrupted from across the room.

You let out a laugh, “You’re probably right, Aoyama. The boy’s ~uncultured~.” 

Your relationship with Bakugou was comfortable to say the least. Sure, you did have a tiny crush on him, but above that, he was one of your best friends at UA. It’s anyone’s best guess as to how that even happened in the first place, with the boy’s hostility shining through in his ever-present frown, but here you are. Perhaps it’s because you were one of the only ones in the class who could actually put up with his less-than-desirable behavior, or because of the numerous times you practically begged him to spar with you (to which he gave in after a full month of persistence). You didn’t really have much of a crush on him in the beginning, but as time passed, and as the two of you grew closer, you felt your heart beat that much louder for him with every frown he sent your way. 

Sometimes, when you looked at him, you even felt breathless. 

But now was not one of those times. Hell, you were too distracted by the movie to give too much thought to the fact that you wanted Katsuki Bakugou to pin you against the wall of your dorm and kiss the living daylights out of you. Yes, you liked Bakugou, but you loved Ratatouille. 

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Your Ratatouille-induced bliss was fairly short-lived, though, for midway through the movie, you began to feel a bit chilly. Moving your arms to hug your sides, you tried to ignore it, but you knew where this was headed. Your quirk, Body Heat, converts your temperature into pure energy, which does make you quite powerful in the training arena, but also requires a great deal of cooldown time for your body to reset to its natural state. This usually happens quite painlessly, but sometimes, especially when you’ve overused your quirk, your temperature severely drops, as your body attempts to regenerate what it has lost. 

In other words, if you didn’t find a source of heat soon, you would be shivering as if there were no tomorrow. 

As your body began to shake, you searched the room for Todoroki, who usually helped you when you were like this, using his left side to warm you up until you were a functioning human again. You found him rather quickly, only to see that his eyes were closed, chest gently rising and falling through a peaceful slumber. 

Of course he’s fucking asleep, you thought to yourself, shivers intensifying, I’m so stupid! It would have taken me literally two seconds to grab a few blankets and now I can barely fucking move I’m shivering so bad. 

Reluctantly, you resigned yourself to this fate, deciding that you would just let your body do what it needed to do to regain your natural energy, and bear through the cold, when you felt a sudden shift to your side. 

Through your peripheral vision, you saw that Bakugou had gotten up and had started walking away. 

Probably cause I’m shaking so violently, you thought, rolling your eyes as much as you could, Can’t blame him, though, even I’d be annoyed. 

He returned quickly, though, throwing a plush blanket over your curled-up form. 

“Stop fucking shivering,” he whispered angrily.

“S-hut t-t-the fuck up you b-bitch, y-you know it's b-because of my quirk” You replied, with great difficulty.

“Where’s that half-n-half bastard? Isn’t he the one who gets rid of this shit for you.” 

“He's s-sleeping r-right n-ow—stop! d-don't wake him up h-he's probably t-t-t-ired.”

“Jesus Christ you can’t even fucking talk, can you,” Bakugou deadpanned. 

You shook your head as vigorously as you could, the blanket doing little in the way of warming you up. 

“It’s-it’s fine, ‘T-Tsuki, this’ll b-be o-o-over soon.” 

“Yeah, but it’s damn annoying.” 

“Then d-do something ab-b-bout it! I d-d-don’t know wh-what to t-t-tell you, I literally c-can’t m-move!” you snapped. 

Letting out an exasperated sigh, Bakugou maneuvered himself until he was under the blanket that currently surrounded your shivering body, pulling you into his lap so that you were facing him, your cheeks growing hot in response to your compromising position. 

“K-Katsuki—”

“Shut your mouth.” 

You obliged, as he brought his hands up to your face, palms glowing orange as he carefully activated his quirk just enough to warm them up, but not enough to create an explosion. He figured that your inability to talk was currently the most annoying thing about you, so he decided to stop the incessant chattering of your teeth first. 

Meanwhile, you were, for lack of better wording, dying on the inside. You knew Bakugou was hot, but shit, you’ve never seen him like this before! Were his eyes always that fucking beautiful when he concentrated? Was his skin always this smooth? Did his nose always look that kissable? 

As you began to regain feeling in your face, you really hoped that Bakugo couldn’t sense your heartbeat running at a million miles per hour, as his hands left your cheeks to run down your arms. 

“Thank you for this, Katsuki, you really didn’t have to,” you sigh, basking in your newfound warmth, letting your head fall onto his shoulder.

“Tch,” Bakugo grunted, as his hands softly grasped yours, lingering until their natural warmth returned. 

You stretched your arms out, enveloping your friend in a tight hug, suddenly feeling a wave of tiredness wash over your body. 

“Yeah~~ I can finally use my hands again~~ What would I do without you, Kacchan?” you giggled, as his cheeks grew red in response to the cutesy nickname. 

His hands moved down to grip your thighs as he warmed your legs up, while you settled your head into the crook of his neck, cuddling into his warmth as you finally let sleep consume you.

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On the other side of the room, Kaminari’s eyes were glued to the television screen, thinking about how Remy was able to control Linguini’s cooking so accurately with a few simple tugs to the hair.

I mean, maybe that’s just his quirk, but like—does this mean that he has a hair pulling kink? Imagine your girlfriend having to marionette you in the bedroom. Would that be embarrassing? Would any of the girls be down to try it? he wondered. 

He reached into his lap to retrieve a piece of popcorn, sulking when his hand hit the bottom of the empty bowl. Sighing, he tore his eyes away from the screen, reaching for a refill, only to freeze at the sight in front of him.

“Yooooo, what goes on” Kaminari whisper-screamed, elbowing Mina in the side, gesturing towards you and Bakugou. 

“No. Fucking. Way.” Mina replied, mouth agape, “Are you kidding?! They’re so cute!!” 

“Damn. Would have never thought. Like?! I knew they were friends but I didn’t think Kacchan could pull a girlfriend!” 

“Are they actually dating though?! I’ve never heard Y/N talk about him like that even once! When did this happen?” 

“I don’t fucking know and I don’t fucking care. I swear to god I’m never gonna let him hear the end of it.” 

“Can y’all pipe down? I’m trying to watch the movie here,” Jirou whispered, annoyance written all over her face.

“No I cannot pipe down Jirou, just look over there and tell me you aren’t shook,” Kaminari fired back. 

“Holy fuck.”

“Right!!!”

Eventually, Kaminari’s whispering spread around to the entire class, as they, one by one, turned to take in the events that had unfolded right underneath their noses. Even Todoroki had awoken from his sleep to gawk at the both of you.

“Awww, they’re so adorable,” Uraraka squealed.

“They really are quite cute,” Momo remarked.

“Honestly, I wouldn’t have seen this coming. I had no idea the two of them had feelings for each other,” Midoriya wondered. 

With every passing line from his classmates, Bakugo could feel himself getting angrier and angrier. 

What the fuck do these damn extras think they’re doing? Shut the fuck up and watch the movie!! Bakugou thought, blood boiling.

“Y’know, Bakugou, I didn’t think you of all people would know how to treat a woman right,” Tsuyu chimed in. 

That’s it, Bakugou got up violently, This fucking ends here. 

Being careful not to drop you, Bakugou shifted you onto one arm, as he picked up the blanket that was once covering you both with the other. He headed out into the hallway, pressing the button to call the elevator, and brought you up to the fourth floor. 

He pulled out his keycard as he reached the end of the hallway, stopping in front of the door to his room for a moment as he unlocked it. Pushing the door open, Bakugou made his way over to his bed, and set you down gently.

Or, at least he tried to.

As he lowered your unconscious body to his soft, black sheets, you let out a quiet groan, wrapping your arms tighter around his neck, making it clear that whatever happened, you weren’t going to let go.

Fucking great.

He shook you, trying to wake you up, but to no avail. The most he could get out of you was a soft Kacchan, let me sleep, as you snuggled impossibly closer into him. Sighing, Bakugou defeatedly peeled back his comforter, sliding both of your intertwined bodies under his sheets, tucking both of you in to the best of his abilities. 

As his head hit his pillow, he couldn’t help but stare at your soft features as they were illuminated by the moonlight streaming in through his window. He couldn’t help but admire the way your long eyelashes fluttered over your cheeks with every breath, the way your H/C hair seemed to perfectly frame your face, the way your lips…

The way your lips looked so damn kissable. 

Bakugou didn’t want to admit it to himself, but, as he lay there, eyes drinking in your every feature, he could feel himself falling harder and harder for you. He wrapped his arms around you, holding you close, synchronizing his breaths with yours, until he too fell into a deep slumber. 

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You awoke gently, groaning in response to the sunlight hitting your face. Rubbing the sleep out of your eyes, you attempted to sit up.

Huh? you thought, I can’t get up. 

You opened your eyes, and immediately realized that something was wrong. The walls, the ceiling, the window, they looked unfamiliar to you. This was not your room. Looking around, you noticed some neatly organized school books on the desk, black t-shirts on the back of the chair, All Might figurines, and—wait, was that shoujo manga on the nightstand? You suddenly notice an arm wrapped around your torso, possibly the reason why your efforts to sit up failed earlier.

And then you realized that that arm was connected to a very certain spiky-haired blond. Who happened to be your best friend and your crush. And who was currently holding you in a death grip. With his face very close to yours.

You felt your cheeks burning up. 

holyfuckholyfuckholyfuck

[markestapasgirl]

Karasuno Dream SMP

I had this idea the other day and if the Haikyuu boys watch the dream smp or not. So that’s is what this is I hope y’all enjoy the hc

Hinata Shoyo

Hinata doesn’t watch the smp

This boy just recently got out of his minecraft phase

Like he just stopped watch DanTDM

He litteraly says to himself “I refuse to go down the black hole again”

He gets so frantic about it 😀

Kageyama Tobio

Kageyama’s recently watched on YouTube is all volleyball games

Let’s be honest with ourselves here

He would not

And when other talk about it he just stands there 🧍‍♂️

Yamaguchi Tadashi

YES YES YES

100% watched the smp

Him and Tsuki send eachother animatics and fan art

He cries over the whole Tommy being exiled thing

THE COMPASSES KILLED HIM (me too🥲)

His streamer is Wilbur

He loves Wilbur and his music

He played your new boyfriend in repeat for 3 days

Tsuki had to tell him to stop listening to it

When Wilbur did the chorus for your new boyfriend on stream HE PANICKED

Like he was so fucking exited

Lowkey adorable

He didn’t know the smp was scripted, he cried when he found out

He really went 😀😶🥲🥺

But yes he watches the smp

He also cried when he first meet ghostbur

Tsukishima Kei

Like I said he definatly watches the smp

He sends yams clips he likes and they talk about it all the time

Like yams gets so excited and Tsuki does only internally

They both watched since day 1 for sure

Proud of the fact he watched it before the hype

His streamer was Jshlatt

He liked that he was a tryant

Now since Jshaltt is 😵 he likes techno blade

Yams was like “tf? Why? He is the bad guy”

And Tsuki went “and? Hero’s are boring”

And he left HENSYANSIS

But another yes 100% watches the smp

Nishinoya and Tanaka

Ok I grouped these two bc I honestly think they are the same when it comes to the smp

Both watch of course

They don’t care about the plot line

They are there for the crack part of the smp

God typing that was so weird

THEY STAN QUACKITY

They love him💕

Honestly same

But they only watch quackity’s streams

They both retweet all of his tweets too

Defiantly considered getting shorts that said el rapids on them

They both ditched practice early bc quackity was streaming

Benchwarmers 1,2,3

Idk there name

One of them is enoshita and ones name is like naruto?

Idk but they don’t watch the smp

So when Noya and Tanaka talk about el rapids

They legit went “rapids? As in like Hilary Clinton, Cedar Rapids?”

Lol they had no idea and are so lost

Daichi (insert last name)

Idk how to spell daichi’s last name so 🤷‍♀️

He doesn’t

He is a boomer

don’t come for me

But like the rest of the team talks about it and he goes ?

He asked kiyoko what “honk” means bc she said it one time

She died laughing that day

Asahi (last name)

I also don’t know how to spell asahi’s last name shm

But he watches the smp

He never knows what is happening in the plot line though

Like he watches it but has no clue what is happening

Still finds a way to be emotionaly attached to the characters though

THE FAN ART MAKES HIM CRY

But his streamer is niki

He has the FATTEST crush on niki

Like it’s the cutest thing ever

He is in love with her

And her voice, he thinks it’s the best thing ever

#1 niki fan girl

Sugawara Koushi

Watches the smp!

I know this for a fact (he told me😼)

He understands the story line and makes conspiracy theories about what will happen next

Like he is so on point with them that he predicted Tommy’s exile and him seeing things

LIKE HOW TF?!?!

He just knows

Definatly tried to get whitelisted for the smp though

He is trying so hard, like just let him have this

His steamer is Karl

Like come on, they are practically the same person

Both have that caring side when need but also chaotic

Recks havic in the third year group chat with smp stuff

he hates tommy

Tommy makes him lose 10 years off of his life

When tommy eas staring at the lava, Suga closed the stream

He was screaming “JUMP! I MIGHT GET 30 YEARS OF MY LIFE BACK!”

ABJSHSGAHS why can I picture that perfectly

Overall, good smp fan

KIYOKO!!!💕🥰💕💕

LOVE OF MY LIFE

Made me realize I was gay🙊

n e ways

Kiyoko watches the smp

She only watches for the storyline though

That and she watches Karl

I think kiyoko would really like the vibe karl gives off yk?

Also she loves when he plays jack box games

She finds them so fun and it’s the only time she will laugh out loud

She loves him tbh

Also cried over fan art that Asahi sent her

They both cried over it together

Suga was laughing at it bc it was tommy exile art

IM SORRY

Extras

How Noya and Tanaka found out kiyoko watches the smp

Noya and Tanaka had rushed out of the gym after practice one day bc quackity was streaming. Those boys really said ZOOOOOOMMM. Anyways, the rest of the team had left shortly after them and kiyoko stayed back to clean up a little more for the next day. Tanaka got half way home and realized he left his jacket in the gym. So like any sane person, he turned on the stream on his phone and the two boys booked it back to the gym. Meanwhile kiyoko was cleaning up and found a keychain that fell off someone’s bag. She said “what the honk is this?” (I would think kiyoko is so fuckin cute saying that) little did she know that the two simps walked in the door right when she said that. !initiate Noya Tanaka panic! they both feel in love with kiyoko again that day 💕

Ok this was fun to think about and I hope you guys enjoyed it! Let me know if I should do the other team!!!! Omg dream smp kenma 🥰 but yah

[nelvana]

In which there is one last break

First [ARC 1]: In which the human is transformed First [ARC 2]: In which a present is prepared Next: In which the dreams are nightmares Previous: In which there are no anomalies

    “They… are still here.” Ceebee was the first to speak up after Primal Palkia had left, ending the battle without a true winner. “They’re deeper in the cave, like Dialga is.”

    “Should we go right after them, then?” Tsuki questioned, shaking out her fur, sending some dirt scattering. “They are… primal now, right? We… should deal with that as soon as we can.”

    “M-Maybe we should take a break first,” Edgar suggested, slowly creeping back out from the shadows to join the others.

    “I agree with Edgar. We’re in no condition to go right back to fighting them,” Damien responded.

    Tsuki sighed, “that is true, but we should not stay long. We do not want them to be causing more damage now that they’ve fully turned primal.”

    “Of course,” Alex agreed, then after waiting a few moments to see if anyone else would say anything, he darted over to his partner. “Nel! You evolved! That was amazing!” he exclaimed.

    Nelvana gave him a shaky smile, “wow you’re shorter than me now, this is so weird.”

    Alex laughed, “you’ve been taller than me before!” he pointed out.

    “Not like this!” Nelvana replied, “this… is actually really trippy, I… I didn’t realize I was evolving until it happened, I- oomph!”

    She was cut off as a warm bundle of feathers barreled into her. Unlike Alex, who had stopped at a respectable distance to give his partner some space, Keahi had sprinted from across the room to dive in and give her a hug. Once realizing what hit her and who it was, Nelvana reached out to return the hug, picking up the torchic to properly wrap her arms around zim.

    “Nel! I was so worried when you took that hit and didn’t come back right away but then you did come back except we couldn’t say anything to each other because of the battle, but now you’re evolved and-“

    “I love you too, Keahi,” Nelvana hummed, cutting off her partner’s rambles.

    Taking a moment to catch zir breath, Keahi leaned up to bump zir head against Nelvana’s, the two taking this small moment together to relax themselves again.

    “How do you feel?” Keahi asked.

    “I… I’ll need to get back to you on that one, I’m still processing everything,” Nelvana admitted with a weak chuckle. “This is probably the strangest day of my life. And that’s… saying a lot.”

    “Hey, how about everyone sit down over here, a bit further away from all that damage, and we can talk things through?” Damien suggested, gesturing over to an area deeper into the cave.

    Nelvana smiled at him, “yeah, that’s probably for the best,” she agreed, and then looked back down at the torchic in her arms. “You’re so tiny now!”

    Keahi giggled, “you just got really tall! Hey, can I sit on your head? You must have a nice view from up there.”

    Complying to her partner’s request as they walked over with the rest of the group to sit down, Nelvana placed Keahi atop her head, the torchic fitting in the space between her ears perfectly now. Keahi giggled again, letting out some “oohs” and “ahhs” despite there not really being much to look at, even at that height.

    Sitting down in a circle together, everyone took this time to breath for a couple minutes and check how they felt once adrenaline wore off. Keahi hopped off of Nelvana’s head, but only to settle zirself onto her lap instead. Alex and Damien sat down beside each other, emptying out their bags to sort through the remaining supplies. As Alex shook out his bag, there was the clatter of stones tumbling onto the floor; Giratina’s rock, a fire gem, and that stone from Lapis Cave. Damien eyed the blue crystal momentarily, peeking over at the similar one he still carried around in his own back. Alex chuckled at the latter item before scooping it up and stuffing it back in the bag, but his hand hovered over the fire gem.

    “Oh hey, I almost forgot, Keahi, I’ve been hanging onto the fire gem Ceebee gave you for your birthday. Do you want it now?” Alex commented, picking up the small crystal.

    “I guess so!” Keahi decided, “There will probably be a time I’ll want to use flamethrower for the range again. Better at least get one boost out of it.”

    “Can’t think of a scenario you’ll need it more for anyway,” Tsuki added with a yawn, “there isn’t really anyone that will be stronger than Primal Palkia, I figure.”

    “Well, you never know, but I could always get another fire gem for if something like that comes up,” Keahi responded.

    Meanwhile, as Alex handed the fire gem over to Keahi, Damien leaned over to pick up the other stone, brushing off some of the dirt with one thumb as he turned it over a couple times in his hands.

    “Hey, Giratina, we have a moment to be able to talk again,” he said.

    “…the battle’s over?” Giratina’s voice faded in, sounding mildly hesitant.

    “Sort of,” Alex answered, turning his focus back to sorting through the rest of the items.

    “…I see. I can… sense Palkia still from here,” Giratina murmured, “are you all okay? I can sense that you’re all here… Oh, Nelvana! Did you evolve?”

    Nelvana let out a mix of a chuckle and a sigh, “yeah, I did. Happened right at the end of the fight.”

    “Well, congratulations! I can tell that is… difficult to pull off in these current times. We’ll need all the extra strength we can get, know that…” Giratina paused. “I am sensing that correctly, right? Palkia is… primal now.”

    “Unfortunately, yes. We were unable to defeat them before it happened, and they ran off right afterwards,” Ceebee told them.

    “Why did they leave though?” Edgar questioned quietly, “I thought they were still going to fight us, but they just… went further into the cave, like Ceebee said.”

    “Now that they’re primal, their instinct is to stay that way. Survival is now the top priority. They must have felt threatened by you all, and didn’t think they would be able to win the fight in that moment,” Giratina explained, “they also instinctively want to be at the center of their home, like how Dialga always stayed at Temporal Tower, Palkia now hides here.”

    “They felt threatened, huh? We might stand more of a chance than we thought,” Alex commented, grinning slightly.

    “Yes! Please, do not lose hope! I still have the upmost faith that you will be able to defeat them, even if they are primal now. You went into that fight without the chance to recover after a mystery dungeon. Now you have that chance. Recover, and go out to rematch Palkia,” Giratina responded.

    “That’s the plan!” Keahi chirped, “thanks for the encouragement!”

    “No problem. I only wish I could do more to help,” Giratina replied, “if you have anything to ask me, just let me know. In the meantime… I do not wish to disturb your break. I will check to see if there is… anything I can do from here to assist you more. Perhaps with the fabric of space tearing more, I may find an opening to provide more assistance. We’ll see. Best of luck to you either way.”

    With that, Giratina’s presence faded from the rock once more. Letting out a sigh, Damien set the rock back down on the ground, closer towards the middle of the seated circle everyone was forming together before turning back to help Alex with inventory.

    Keahi leaned back while still sitting on Nelvana’s lap, zir back touching her chest and zir head feathers grazing the marowak’s chin. Zie quietly fumbled with the fire gem for a few moments, furrowing zir brows as zie thought of something, and then looked up at zir partner, opening zir beak to speak and break the growing silence in the group.

    “What did it feel like, to evolve?” zie asked her.

    “It…” Nelvana paused, furrowing her brows as she did her best to recall the short moment. “I felt like a had a lot of energy, like when you use an attack, except just all over me.”

    “Did it hurt?” Edgar chimed in.

    Nelvana quickly shook her head, “no, it didn’t hurt. It felt more like… kinda like being stretched? But it didn’t hurt, and I could still feel myself getting stronger. I feel… kind of lightheaded though now, actually.”

    “That’s normal,” Alex reassured her, “here you should probably have something to eat. Your body both burned through a lot of energy, and created new energy for yourself,” he explained, passing the marowak an apple to eat.

    “Is that why you went to sleep right after evolving, despite talking about how energized you felt?” Nelvana asked him as she accepted the food, without thinking.

    “Yeah! That’s pretty… much… Wait.” Alex looked up at Nelvana properly, eyes wide as a smile grew on his face. “I forgot you don’t have amnesia anymore,” he whispered to himself.

    “I… Yeah, I don’t,” Nelvana murmured back, taking a bite out of the apple to give herself an excuse not to say anything else at the moment.

    Alex paused, his smile fading, “do you not want to talk about that right now? We don’t have to if you don’t want to.”

    “I just… I do but I don’t,” Nelvana sighed, “let’s just… not for now, and I’ll bring it up later when I’m ready, okay? Maybe when I’m done eating this apple.”

    He nodded back, “got it.”

    “Evolution is still a safe topic, let’s stick with that. Hey, Damien, how did you evolve?” Nelvana said, shifting the subject back to what they had been talking about before.

    “Oh, uh… nothing special, really,” Damien mumbled, “I didn’t like… being a gastly, so I did everything I could to evolve into a haunter. Then I evolved right away into a Gengar, since I got a link cable in advance as a gastly,” he explained, “makes me feel the most like myself to actually have arms and legs.”

    “Hey, speaking of having hands, maybe I’ll be able to evolve after this! Or during our next fight with Palkia!” Keahi chirped, “that would be cool! Do you think I’d be taller, or shorter than you, Nel?”

    “Well, I was taller than you even as a cubone, so I’m going to guess that you’ll still be shorter than me when you’re a combusken,” Nelvana answered, “Alex is a bit taller than most of the combuskens at your home, and I’ll taller than him right now too,” she added.

    “Excuse me, apologies for interrupting…” Tsuki spoke up, “do we still have some water packed? I’m quite thirsty,” she requested, looking over at the pair with the two bags.

    “Oh, yeah! That’s one thing we really aren’t low on,” Damien responded, “here, everyone should probably have some water while we’re taking a break, actually. Stay hydrated and all that jazz.”

    Pausing from their previous conversation, they passed out some water bottles to everyone to drink. Fortunately, between restocking back at the guild, and being restored to an earlier state from Dialga before, not much water had been used, like Damien said, so they were able to drink as much as they wanted now. And though they had less food readily available than water, after Dusknoir pointed out that they likely wouldn’t have another break like this until everything was over, they decided to lighten the bags a bit and dish out the remainder of the food to everyone to fill themselves up before what would, hopefully, be the final confrontation.

    “…hey, Alex? Do you think you would have been shorter or taller than me, when you were a treecko compared to when I was a cubone?” Nelvana suddenly asked after the lull of conversation during everyone eating.

    Alex blinked over at her, “oh… I dunno! It feels like ages ago since I was a treecko… I came up to about your knee then, but we can’t exactly use that to compare now.”

    “What did Alex look like as a treecko?” Keahi blurted out, then stiffening slightly and looking up at zir partner to make sure it was okay to ask that now, still uncertain if Nelvana was ready to talk about what she remembered now that she didn’t have amnesia.

    Despite Keahi’s worries, Nelvana smiled back to zim. Truthfully, she still felt uncertain treading this conversation territory, but she knew now that she would need to address it sooner rather than later. She was just thankful that for now they could stick to some easier topics relating to that.

    “He was this tiny boy, with big eyes,” Nelvana began, her voice squeaking as her tone turned to teasing her partner. “You see how sharp he is now? He was rounder before, rounder shapes. He had a rounder face, round little hands, and-“

    “No, stop!” Alex howled, though he couldn’t stop himself from laughing either. “My image is being ruined! Betrayed by my own sister!”

    Keahi laughed, “you’re reminding me of my mom when she gets an excuse to talk about what her kids were like when they were young!”

    “Isn’t that why you asked?” Nelvana responded, sporting a wide grin on her face. “I did my best to tease him as much as I could, did I do well?”

    “…” Keahi grinned back, “yeah.”

    Alex let out a mock gasp, “I knew it from the start, you’re both conspiring against me.”

    “Aww, now I wish I got to see you as a treecko!” Ceebee chimed in, leaning forward and placing her chin into the palms of her hands. “I bet you were adorable.”

    “Alright, alright, the joke has worn out its welcome now…” Alex announced, raising his hands up slightly in front of himself.

    “Fine.” Keahi stuck her tongue out at him playfully, but seemed otherwise willing to drop the subject. “What about you, Nel? What did you look like as a human?”

    “Oh! Well, I… hm, I’m not sure how to describe that, since most of you know what the average human looks like,” Nelvana responded, starting out ready to answer the question before trailing off towards the end, furrowing her brows.

    “You’ve tried drawing yourself before!” Keahi offered, “I have a vague idea ‘cause of that.”

    “Think kind of like… a sawk for the build, except without the blue skin and robes of course, they have hair on their heads…” Alex described.

    “That’s a terrible description,” Nelvana snorted.

    “Bet you can’t do any better.”

    “Too bad we can’t draw that here. The ground is too firm, Nel couldn’t even use her club for that,” Damien commented.

    “I’m not sure how well I can use my club to draw anymore anyway,” Nelvana replied, picking up her club which she had set down by her side to hold it out in front of her to examine more with a small frown.

    “I think we all have a vague idea, with Nel’s old drawings and Alex’s description,” Tsuki said, “if you wish to still go on with your own description of yourself; I’m sure we’ll figure it out.”

    “If not, we can wait!” Edgar added, “I’m sure stuff like this will be easier to draw when we get home anyway!”

    “Ah, alright, well let’s see… I still had blue eyes then, and my hair, which was brown, a bit darker than my fur here, was cut pretty short. Some humans grow their hair out longer, but not that often, at least in the dead timeline; it got tangled in everything,” Nelvana told them, “I had pretty light colored skin, kinda light peachy color… And I was pretty tall.”

    “And by ‘pretty tall’, she means nearly six feet tall!” Ceebee exclaimed, “Alex would sit on her shoulder when we were just casually walking around.”

    “Wait no, before anyone comments about how tall that is, how tall were you exactly?” Damien demanded, jolting up from where he was still sitting.

    “Oh, uh…” Nelvana’s face scrunched up as she thought. “Jeez, I dunno. Not like I got many chances to measure myself.”

    “I’d put your human height around five feet ten inches,” Ceebee decided, “I think you were done growing before we went back in time too, so that should be fairly accurate.”

    “Dammit!” Damien snapped, tossing his hands into the air. “I would have been shorter than you.”

    Nelvana laughed, “how tall were you?”

    “I wanna say five feet six inches,” Damien sighed, “I might have had another growth spurt in me, since I can’t tell off the top of my head if that was my height when I was thirteen or when I was fully grown.”

    “You could ask Gardevoir when we get back,” Tsuki suggested, “she might remember.”

    “Maybe… Don’t wanna get my hopes up though,” Damien murmured, turning back to focus on the remainder of his work with Alex.

    “How are you two doing over there, anyway?” Keahi asked, turning over to the bag holding duo. “What’s our inventory looking like?”

    “Are you ready for us to return our water bottles as well?” Tsuki chimed in, one paw curled around the now empty bottle she had drunken from.

    “Oh, yeah, go ahead and pass them over, they won’t be in the way,” Alex responded, waving towards the others to encourage them to give back the items.

    Taking a quick moment before addressing Keahi’s questions, everyone tossed, rolled, or passed over their water bottles; of which nearly all were now emptied. Edgar was one who passed his over, and as he passed by the center of the circle, he floated down to pick up Giratina’s rock as well, sensing them nearing the end of their break, and likely not needing to speak to Giratina if they weren’t going to in this moment. Passing both items over to the grovyle, Edgar silently floated back over to where he had been laying down before beside Tsuki.

    “Alright, so we’re looking at a slight oran shortage… We still have enough reviver seeds because of how many we got in the guild, those should last just fine. And then all other berries and seeds we have not really used at all, we haven’t suffered from any status effects in these fights,” Alex told everyone, waving a hand over the items laying out on the ground. “We’ll split all the items between us, any odd number extras going to Damien. I’ll hang onto Giratina again… and I think that’s it?”

    “That’s the important details, yeah,” Damien agreed, nodding.

    “So… does that mean we will be going after Palkia next?” Tsuki asked, sitting up and looking over the rest of the group.

    “Well, we still need to put this back away but otherwise…” Alex answered, trailing off as he too looked up at everyone else. “…if everyone is ready now, I don’t see any reason we should sit back any longer.”

    “If everyone is ready,” Damien repeated.

    Keahi nodded, “yeah! I think I’m okay to go to the fight, as ready as I’ll ever be at least, but if anyone isn’t, don’t be afraid to speak up! We can wait a few more minutes to make sure that everyone will be prepared and comfortable enough to head back out,” zie hummed.

    There were some nods and quiet responses of confirmation and agreement before the conversation faded out only having the sounds of Alex and Damien picking up various items and organizing them in the bags to break any silence. Edgar bobbed up and down in place for a couple moments before going to offer to help the pair, and when told “thanks, but we can handle it,” he settled for hovering over them to watch instead. Every so often Alex would relay a packing tip to Damien, but the rest of the group didn’t say much in these last moments.

    Or, at least it seemed it would be that way. Nelvana sat in the silence, her mind running in circles as she stewed with a choice. This would be a chance to address something, but it was challenging to form the words in her mouth and then actually have them spoken aloud. She reached for her club again, which she had set down not long earlier to toss Alex her and Keahi’s water bottles before. Rubbing over the now nearly smooth bone with a thumb as she thought, which soon just turned to her gripping the item tightly. Keahi, still sitting in her lap, frowned as zie watched this, zir feather’s ruffled as Nelvana hunched over zim.

    “Are you alright?” Keahi whispered, placing a wing on zir partner’s arm.

    “I…” Nelvana swallowed her breath. “No, there’s… something I need to talk about,” she said, her voice growing louder and clearer as she sat up again, drawing attention back to her.

    “What is it?” Ceebee asked earnestly.

    Nelvana paused for a couple moments, rolling the words over in her mouth one last time.

    “When Palkia… broke that part of the curse, I didn’t just remember my past before getting amnesia,” Nelvana began, rolling the club over in her hands now, staring at it to focus on what she was saying instead of on the others around her. “I remember what happened after we were erased from time, too.”

    Alex glanced up from his work, a mix of emotion flickering in his eyes, “are you saying that as a good thing, or a bad thing…?” he questioned.

    “I don’t know. Maybe both,” Nelvana answered, “what… happened in general wasn’t that bad. We were in… some part of the spirit realm, obviously not one I’ve been in before. We met up, and found that everyone else from our time was there too. In some sort of, uh, limbo, I guess,” she explained.

    “Like a lobby?” Damien asked, biting his lip as he hoped his input would be more helpful than not.

    “Sure,” Nelvana responded, “and we decided to wander a bit while we waited for Gardevoir or someone helping Gardevoir to come find us. You know, say some final goodbyes to old friends and whatnot while we had the chance.”

    “Did you have your memories back when you were in that moment?” Tsuki asked.

    “No, but it was the thought that counted. Alex and Ceebee would remember, and could fill me in about who it was we were about to talk to,” Nelvana answered.

    “You did mention before that you were good at recognizing familiar people, even with amnesia,” Alex added.

    “Yeah, that too.” Nelvana paused. “We… We didn’t find my family there, though.”

    As she went to look up, to stop staring just at her own weapon, she saw Dusknoir tense from across her. Whether he had pieced together that she knew what happened to her family or not, it was evident by this strangely obvious display from him that he knew what happened. Out of the corner of Nelvana’s eye, she saw the light from Edgar’s eye darken, though she didn’t think much of it; if he knew, it wouldn’t surprise her that much, and she wouldn’t blame him for not telling her before.

    “Dusknoir, why did you kill my family?”

    Her question, though her voice was quiet, spoke louder than any yell in this moment, the intensity of such a question paired with the already generally silent room made these words pierce true and clear.

    Dusknoir tensed more, eye widening at the question being so suddenly and bluntly stated to him, nailing him onto the spot like a wooden plank onto the flooring of a house. Instantly Nelvana’s words, drew everyone to stare at Dusknoir as well, waiting impatiently for his answer. Despite this, he appeared far too stunned to say anything right away, so Nelvana went on.

    “We didn’t find my family there, but we found you. You told me that you killed them, trying to use that fact as a leverage against me.” It was becoming a struggle to keep her own words steady by this point, but she pushed on. “So, now I ask, why? Just because they’re related to me? They didn’t do anything against you, or your cause!”

    The long, tense seconds drew on without any response from Dusknoir. Nelvana was gripping her club so tightly now that her hands shook, but she kept her gaze trained on the ghost-type, waiting for him to say something, anything.

    “I…”

    Dusknoir almost seemed to choke as he tried to speak, his body shuddering. He turned to look away, breaking any previous eye contact with Nelvana to face the ground instead, eye closed tightly. He shook again, and then blinked his eye open suddenly as, to everyone’s surprise, inky black tears dripped out of his eye, slowly trailing down his face. Reaching up a hand, he gingerly touched one of the tears, leaving a dark, wet mark on his finger.

    “I can cry…?” he whispered, the astonishment clear in his voice.

    He paused for a couple more moments, staring at his hand with a wide eye as he cried for the first time; at least, the first time in an incredibly long time. Suddenly though, his gaze narrowed, and he closed his hand into a fist, lifting it up to wipe away the rest of the tears with the back of his hand. Dusknoir rose to his full height, looking back down at Nelvana, who still stared back up at him.

    “No, that… isn’t right of me. This is not my loss, my grief, my right to cry, it is yours,” Dusknoir said, “Nelvana, I killed your family for no reason at all. I grew desperate and frustrated after Cee- Celebi escaped my clutches, and I sought for any way to get back at you all. That is no excuse though. How I felt was no excuse for any such actions. What I did was an absolutely horrible thing, and I am deeply sorry that I did that. You are right, they did nothing to earn such a punishment, to rob them of… the choice of where to go, whatever choice there is, after being erased from time.”

    Nelvana blinked, though did her best to hide her surprise at such a response as she narrowed her eyes back at him again. Again, he seemed in every way to being honest, and yet she couldn’t help but have her doubts.

    “Really? You’re really sorry?” she questioned, unable to keep the bite back from her voice.

    He nodded, “yes, I am. And it is alright if you do not believe me. At the end of the day… I did terrible things to you, to all… to all of you. I wanted to save myself so badly that I harmed so many lives, and there is truly nothing I can do to make up for that. But I would still like to try. I have seen now why you fought so hard to bring this timeline back to life, why you still fight now, even at the risk of your own lives. This is a time worth fighting for, and really… I don’t deserve to be a part of it. So, I truly wish to do whatever I can to make up for the harm I did in the other timeline, and make it so I do deserve to be here,” he told them, “so, yes, I am really sorry. And not just to you, Nelvana, but to Grovyle and Celebi as well. I am sorry. You have every right to hate me, but if there is anything I can do to help more, I will do my best to complete it.”

    Dusknoir bowed his head slightly to them, silently signifying that he was done with what he had to say. He remained standing up, though he bobbed in place for a moment as if considering sitting back down again. There still seemed to be some tears welled up in his eye, but they didn’t drip out again.

    Silence returned as it was now the others’ turn to figure out how to respond. Ceebee had her arms crossed over her chest, mouth closed in a pencil thin line as she fluttered in place in the air. Alex’s lips curled back into a snarl, crouched close to a more quadruped stance as he still sharply glared at Dusknoir. Nelvana still gripped her club tightly, finding herself staring back down at it again as she mulled this over. Eventually, she let out a sigh, releasing her grip on the bone slightly and sitting back up straight again.

    “You are right about one thing; I don’t think I can forgive you. And I think I safely speak for Alex and Ceebee when I say that they cannot either,” Nelvana began, “however… I am going to have to give you the benefit of the doubt, and hope that you are telling the truth about how you feel now. Frankly… I’m still processing everything that I was forced to remember all of a sudden. But that doesn’t change the fact that I don’t think it would do any of us any good for me to hate you over something that cannot be changed. I don’t know how much I can trust you, but at least for now, we still need to cooperate. And it would probably hurt me more than help to be thinking about this endlessly and hating you at every moment. So, no, I do not forgive you for what you’ve done. But I’m willing to see what you can do to become better,” she told him.

    Dusknoir visibly relaxed, as if weights had been removed from his shoulders, “thank you.”

    Ceebee bit her lip, and then exhaled, turning to face Dusknoir, “I’ll think about it,” she said, “for now… you’re still just a temporary ally to me, and an enemy at the end of the day. I’ll want to really see change before I can believe in what you’re saying.”

    Dusknoir nodded to this, accepting such an answer without any complaints.

    Eyes turned to Alex next, who still didn’t seem to show any signs of giving his own answer yet. In fact, as he felt the stares on him, he sharply turned away from the group, from Dusknoir, and staring back down at the bags and the remaining unpacked items. Letting out a sharp hiss through his teeth, he grabbed the remaining items and shoved them back into his bag, slinging the satchel over his shoulder, all without turning to look at anyone else again.

    Time continued to drag on, until it became undeniably clear that Alex wasn’t going to give any sort of answer at all, which turned out to be the loudest answer of all. Nelvana’s gaze softened as she stared at the back of her brooding partner. She wasn’t sure where to go from here. It was important for her to speak and leave things dealt with for now, but what difference would it make for him if he were forced to speak up? He needed more time, she figured, and he gave her time to think before, so she was going to make sure to give him the same curtesy.

    “Is everything packed then, Alex and Damien?” Nelvana asked, abruptly changing subjects.

    Slowly, Alex turned to look back at his partner, his hardened expression fading into something more relieved at being released from having to respond to the previous conversation. Still, it was Damien who answered her first.

    “I think so. We should be all packed and ready for the fight now,” he answered.

    Alex nodded slowly, “yeah… So, if everyone is ready, we should go now.”

    “I’m ready now,” Nelvana replied, knowing that it was her that hadn’t been ready before, and thus now confirming that she was would be helpful.

    And, despite everything, everyone else was ready too. At least, as ready as they would be.

    Everyone standing up, Ceebee directed them onwards to Palkia, even though there were no diverging paths to possibly get someone lost. There was only one way forward, and they headed out.

First [ARC 1]: In which the human is transformed First [ARC 2]: In which a present is prepared Next: In which the dreams are nightmares Previous: In which there are no anomalies

[fox-mother]

Kushina has two roads that her path as an Edo Tensei could follow. She could be summoned by the allies but severely restricted due to their limited knowledge of the jutsu or she could be summoned by Kabuto in cahoots with Madara and Obito, granting her all but full use of her abilities again. It depends on the circumstances surrounding her summoning. Before I go more in-depth with that, I would like to discuss her abilities as a whole so we can get an idea of what she gets back as an Edo Tensei.

Abilities:

Sealing

Kushina boasts many tantalising abilities for both sides. The most obvious is her prowess with sealing. She has more knowledge than the entire Sealing Corps of the Allied Shinobi Forces (hereby known as the ASF) combined. She can neutralise pretty much every single seal they could possibly formulate, she can remove Minato's hiraishin seals and, thanks to her research, she can remove or alter Tobirama's hiraishin seals.

Taijutsu

She has some of the best taijutsu skills outside of those who use the Eight Inner Gates. Kushina could go mano a mano against a fully-powered Gai and come out victorious. Of course, she also has the advantage of being exceptionally strong and quick of her own volition. She could- potentially- take on the ASF on her own or with maybe the help of a clone. This would be a useful tool for either side.

Kurama (Yin Half Only)

If Kushina's death was due to the Kyūbi after she sealed him within herself and her son- upon Minato's request- she would be reanimated with the ability to form the chakra cloak like is observed with Minato in canon. However, due to her intimate knowledge of the fox and how he worked, Kushina would be able to use his abilities far easier than Minato and with more success. 

Sage Mode

One of the few abilities that go unknown by the ASF and Madara, Obito and Kabuto, Kushina would be able to use her Sage Mode to enhance her already powerful abilities. Activating this again for the first time in 17 years would also reactivate her summoning contract with the toads. This would allow her to summon Gamaton- her toad summon- for the first time in that same period. The number of unique abilities that Kushina displays would also ensure that she's a hard opponent to predict.

Chakra Chains

The last major ability I will focus on, her chakra chains could prove to be a help to either side. Considering that they can seal, defend, attack and neutralise without ever really needing to change forms. Strong enough to withstand a full-strength Tailed Beast Bomb from even the Ten-Tails, she could use them to protect the ASF or protect Madara and Obito on the battlefield from the ASF and their attacks. With her infinite chakra reserves, Kushina could have these active indefinitely and she could have as many as she wanted to have active due to there being no real risk to her if she did so.

Now, with that out of the way, let us move on to discussing the two paths I mentioned earlier. 

Path 1

A pawn of the ASF, Kushina is revived by Orochimaru after being cut from the stomach of the shinigami alongside the First, Second and Third Hokages. After questioning Orochimaru, Kushina and the Hokage all depart to the battlefield, Kushina utilising her husbands hiraishin network as she does. She arrives first and observes the battlefield from afar before making an entrance alongside the other Hokage, who have caught up at this point. Kushina is the one who protects the allies with her chakra chains, rebounding the Tailed Beast Bomb back at the Ten-Tails. Upon reuniting with her husband and son, Kushina is immediately thrust into the role of protector once more as she single-handedly forms the Four Red Yang Formation using pre-placed seals. 

Using her chakra chains, Kushina helps Hashirama pin down the Ten-Tails. She also manages to neutralise the Truth-Seeking Balls, being the one to jump in the way of Gai to protect him. She was able to bypass the Truth-Seeking Orbs by pumping herself full of Sage Chakra beforehand. Pretty much everything plays out the same, except Minato is taken with Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Obito and Kakashi when they dimension hop while Kushina stays with the other Hokage. Kushina helps resummon them back to the planet again and is allowed to finally have a proper talk with them.

Hagoromo takes her aside and tells her that- while he cannot restore her to life- he can allow her to stick around if she wants to. She takes him up on this offer and is allowed to remain behind with Minato and Naruto, preventing Minato from following Naruto and Sasuke when their fight breaks out. She also protects the Yin half of Kurama that she was still holding onto- having prevented the extraction of the Yang half from Naruto. They reunite with their son again after the battle and continue to stay with him until Minato steps down and they go travelling.  

This is the ideal path that is taken but it isn't the only one. 

Path 2

The second path sees her being summoned by Kabuto before Itachi and Sasuke visit him. She is promptly thrust onto the battlefield, armed with one of the many Uzumaki Fūinjutsu scrolls that could be salvaged from the Uzumaki Storage Temples. At this time, she is under mostly Kabuto's control with a lot of her abilities being ignored or just not used, instead, he uses her to release the seals that are placed on his other Edo Tensei pawns. She just accepts this because what good is it going to do to fight back? It isn't like she could even if she wanted to. 

Meanwhile, Madara is engaging in combat with the Kage. Kabuto sends her to back him up, even if the Uchiha tells him that backup is not needed. Kabuto manages to force Kushina into activating her chakra chains to stop Tsunade from breaking Madara's Susanoo ribcage. The chains wrap around the Susanoo just in time to prevent it from breaking and then retreat when there is no more threat, alerting the Kage to her presence. Madara swiftly deals with them while they're distracted by Kushina. 

When Kabuto is forced into releasing the Edo Tensei, Madara forces Kushina to release herself from his control- much like Madara does- so that she can continue being of use to him. An Uzumaki is a good ally to have, especially one who seems to be especially talented with Fūinjutsu. They continue onto the main battlefield, facing off against the ASF with little trouble. Meeting up with Obito, who Kushina punches in the face almost at once, they continue with their plan. However, the plan changes drastically when Kushina senses her husband and son on the battlefield. She knows that Minato has probably sensed her by now and the fox would have given Naruto a heads up about her as well. Kushinas immediate reaction is to stiffen up in surprise before staring right at them from where she is atop the Ten-Tails. Taking note of this, the two Uchiha try eliminating the threat of them both but Kushina- being a devoted wife and mother first and foremost- stops them. She decides to join the ASF after much deliberation but not after severely wounding the Ten-Tails with a well-aimed landing on its head. 

(For context: Kushina would leap from the Ten-Tails into the air before rocketing back to the ground fast enough to slam into the Ten-Tails. This causes it to hit the ground with enough force to shatter the land for miles around it. This would have temporarily disabled the Ten-Tails long enough for the ASF to mobilise and contain it. They are not able to seal it away but they can put their plan into action while Madara and Obito are getting the Ten-Tails back in working order.)

No matter what they do, they're unsuccessful and Project Tsuki no Me is put into full effect. The only difference is that Kushina joins them and saves Obitos life. A bit of Talk no Jutsu from everyone's favourite fox mama would help convince Obito and Kakashi to join forces, allowing them to use the Susanoo in a similar way Kakashi does in canon. Everything with Kaguya plays out pretty much the same way from there, except Sakura plays a slightly bigger role in her defeat than she does in canon. They're brought back to the normal world and Kushina gets to speak with Minato and Naruto. They both stick around and Kushina helps reinstate Minatos regenerative abilities while Naruto goes off to fight Sasuke. 

So, as you can see, Kushina ends up following a similar path towards the end no matter what. However, the experiences of being on both sides have changes and consequences on the story as a whole. This is especially true in the case of Path 2, in which the most changes occur.

[bpd-seishi]

for the au ask meme: the drrb talent gamble, pregame drrb, and the sdr2-drrb talent shift? owo - strawberry anon (i'm gonna send in a few more in portions!)

@strawberry-dangancanons i think three at a time is too many oops ;w; 

but!! rin has given me permission to link to the docs for these aus so u guys won’t be left totally in the dark uwu uwu so let’s go 

drrb talent gamble i’d also link the outfit doc but it’s unfinished pfft

1. astronomer seishi has 100% eaten a bath bomb at some point in his life, at the urging of shiori. he couldn’t help it, listen, it had sprinkles! it looked so good! he had to be taken to the hospital immediately afterwards RIP

2. he watched the alien movies when he was six because he was interested in space and he didn’t think they’d be that scary, and also they were just on at the time. he couldn’t sleep for weeks afterwards, but surprisingly, this wasn’t enough to crush his love for astronomy! 

3. for a while after the killing game, seishi couldn’t sleep alone. he had to have someone be there, be it akira, marin, shiori, hikaru or tsuki (even though she’s a robot, she still counts of course! :’0) (and her purr function is pretty comforting too ;w;) 

4. sometimes akira and marin talk about coding together, and even collaborate on projects sometimes. seishi has no idea what they’re talking about, but he loves hearing them so excited, so he usually listens in anyway and acts as their snack/water boy when they’re working really hard on something aaaaa

5. you know those little glow in the dark stars you can get for your room? seishi 100% has those all over his walls and ceiling. it’s partially because he lives for the space aesthetic, and partially because he’s deathly afraid of the dark lmao 

pregame drrb (rin’s posts, + marin and seishi) 

1. seishi’s super attached to his monomi plushy, even bringing her to school for a while until some bullies threatened to destroy her. he still adores her, though, and sometimes he talks to her to soothe himself 

2. most of the fanfics seishi would write for danganronpa involved talentswaps he created with marin, and they were often really long and explored how the different talents/personalities would cause different murders to happen. stuff like that’s always really fascinated him, and it was part of the reason why marin was able to get him into the series uwu 

3. seishi has 100% has cosplays of chiaki and mikan! he just....hasn’t worn them in public, because he’s too afraid to. he also wants a kyouko cosplay, but he has to save up for it. meanwhile, marin also has a chiaki cosplay, as well as a sonia cosplay, and they met ayumu at a con because he was wearing a nagito cosplay :0 

4. seishi’s online friends with a username of stardust-nico-xo who also writes fic for danganronpa! she writes a lot of poetic-y f/f stuff and seishi really appreciates her style. it took him like forever to actually work up the nerve to talk to her outside of fic reviews though RIP (if you couldn’t tell already it’s one himuro nico haha) 

5. occasionally, after a really hard day, seishi will invite marin over for comfort’s sake. sometimes though he’ll start to cry, and one time as a spur of the moment decision marin picked up his monomi plush and started talking to him in character until he started to calm down. it’s kinda become a ritual for them now if he gets really worked up and otherwise inconsolable and yes this headcanon is really self-indulgent let me have this okay i’m ;o;

sdr2-drrb talent shift (+ outfits if you guys are interested) 

1. at some point seishi totally wears chiaki’s swimsuit yes i just wanna see him in a bikini shut up okay? and all of his classmates are confused as to why he wants to wear a “girl’s” bathing suit. he just tells them that he wants to feel pretty lol (may or may not have a fic i wanna write about this scenario but ssshh) 

2. as mentioned in the outfit doc, misuzu has a dragon tattoo on her back. at one point she brings this up to seishi and he gets really excited at the thought (he just thinks it’s neat!) and asks if he can see it. at first she thinks he’s hitting on her though which leads to some. awkwardness lmao but like,, oh, honey....no--

3. akira’s music is a mix of emo rock and screamo. basically think mcr and [insert popular screamo band idk i don’t listen to that genre lmao]. he also sings for the group like ibuki does in chapter 3 and while it scares the absolute crap out of seishi, ayumu’s actually kinda into it. he’s emo leave him alone pfft 

4. i’d like to think that marin, maiko, and nico have a love triangle-ish, ot3 dynamic, kinda like gundham, kazuichi and sonia except healthier and with less stalking lmao 

5. like fuyuhiko, misuzu also wanted kasumi to leave their master-swords woman dynamic behind while being on the island. however, kasumi is much more manic and even less socially inclined than peko, so she pretty much botches that plan immediately when seishi and ayumu introduce themselves to the two of them and she pulls her sword on them :’) 

[julystorms]

Ymir’s Role in SnK: Not Over Yet?

Fandom has been pretty up in arms since we learned of Ymir’s death. Understandable. Here we have another Dead Lesbian on our hands, and worse, she was killed off-screen, probably well before Reiner delivered her letter to the Survey Corps, and all we get is one little image of her.

Also, her motivations have been difficult to pinpoint for the fandom. Was it that she felt sorry for Reiner and Bertolt? That she felt a connection to them (because she was one of them/a mainland Eldian)? That she felt guilty for eating Marcel? That she really felt this could save Historia?

In the second guidebook there is a little information on Ymir’s true motivations for doing this, as translated by @tsuki-no-ura. You can read it here on their blog.

Afraid that Marley’s hand will extend towards Historia, she decides to work together with Reiner’s group.

It both does and doesn’t make sense. Ymir wasn’t “playing” soldier--it was her life, or what she had left of it, anyway.

So why hand herself over to the enemy? How will that help Historia--help Paradis? And while I’m at it, how much information does Ymir have on the state of things in Marley at this point, anyway? She can’t know much; she was a mindless titan for 60 years! And before that, she was a brainwashed child. It seems pretty foolish to hand herself over to Bertolt and Reiner when she doesn’t even have half of the complete picture.

So why go to Marley? Why hand herself over to the enemy? Why give them another weapon with which to smash Paradis, and also Historia, into the ground?

This is about to get really long and very image-heavy, so buckle up for the long ride, friends.

I don’t doubt for a second that Ymir went with Bertolt and Reiner to save them and to save Historia, but it’ll take some finagling to get an understanding of it.

Let’s look really quickly at Ymir’s letter.

And then...

Later she takes that “no regrets” statement back and says her one regret is not being married to Historia, but we know she was being watched and was probably not capable of saying everything she wanted to. Still, I think we can take her words at face value, though; in the end she was able to make her own choices.

And for the record, I don’t think she hoped Marley would somehow miraculously leave Historia alone--I think she only expected to buy a little extra time.

Consider the fact that Marley would come after her and the Jaw Titan eventually anyway, that it was thanks to Reiner and Bertolt that she was given a shot at a life that had love in it. If they hadn’t broken down the wall, she would have died outside having never met Historia. She definitely wasn’t grateful for the death and destruction, but eating Marcel gave her her humanity back, and the hole in the wall let her be a regular person for just a little while.

Ymir was never going to have a long life; she knew that. So she used what little she had left of it to repay Reiner and Bertolt and to buy some time for Historia.

The canon all but confirms it back in the 11th volume. When Eren asks who the enemy is, Reiner interrupts Ymir’s answer with, “Ymir!”

At the time this seemed silly and defeatist, but with our current set of knowledge, this actually makes a lot of sense. Marley was always intending to get the Founding Titan and wipe Eldians away like an inconveniently spilled soda. Like I said, sentiments toward Paradis have probably been pretty...steadily terrible, so her world of sixty years ago isn’t much different. The inevitable is coming. I don’t think Reiner is lying. He tells her that they can’t guarantee her safety at all, and in the end that does turn out to be true. But he says if it’s just Krista, maybe there’s a possibility. The End is Nigh, et cetera and so on.

Speaking of Historia, their offer to help Ymir isn’t selfless. Obviously.

What’s really interesting here is that Reiner, Bertolt, and Annie know that Historia is important, but...they don’t know how that is. They just think she may have access to information.

But speaking of Historia, I’ll be the first to admit that what confuses me the most about her right now is that it’s hard to say for sure who exactly knows she’s part of the royal family. Ymir knew, but she’s dead now. I don’t think it’s possible that Reiner figured out the truth.

Marley knows the king was overthrown, but either Marley is conveniently leaving out crucial information or they don’t actually know the circumstances of this uprising. Both are pretty equally possible. You’d think them knowing exactly who was in charge in Paradis would be important, especially considering that she is the very last of the royal Fritz line (minus Zeke, but we know they don’t know that about Zeke).

The Tybur family supposedly has kept tabs on the goings-on in Paradis--though how, I’ve no idea.

Is it possible the royal line doesn’t matter anymore because they no longer carry the founding titan?

That would make sense. Willy says that someone rose up against King Fritz and stole the Founding Titan.

Then we get this line from Willy’s speech:

So Reiner is the one who told Marley that Eren could activate the founding titan power.

We know that in order to utilize the founding titan power, you have to be part of the royal bloodline; the problem with Eren stealing it is “The Vow Renouncing War.”

In other words, Eren is terrifying because he’s not caught by intrusive thoughts of laying down and dying...because he’s not of the royal family. We also know that the only reason he was able to use the founding titan’s power was pure coincidence.

I know this feels like it’s veering way off course, but trust me, I think it could matter. Let’s continue with Eren. After he has this realization, he stands up, freaked out.

And apologizes twice for interrupting the meeting.

Hange’s expression here is so suspicious I wouldn’t be surprised if she was covering for Eren immediately afterward with the “he’s dealing with a stage of life” excuse.

Eren contemplates this further.

I like this scene a lot because it gives us a glimpse at the kind of man Eren will soon become: he’s starting to think things through and he doesn’t blindly trust anyone, not even Mikasa and Eren. At least, he doesn’t trust his half-baked ideas enough to share them, and he also wishes to protect Historia.

The problem here, too, is that if Eren consumes a mindless Historia titan, he may not actually be immune to the will of the 145th King Fritz--the idea being that if he can use the power there’s enough royal blood in him that it should enact the passivity that affected the others who held the Founding Titan before him--most recently Freida Reiss.

So all right, Eren from four years ago has a half-baked idea of what might enable him to use the founding titan’s power. He also knows what let him use it last time: contact with Dina. He knows he has that same power if he works with Historia. And now that he knows who Zeke is, he will have that same power if he works together with Zeke.

Meanwhile, Reiner saw Eren activate the power, thinks he has full control over it, and reported it to his superiors.

So Marley thinks Eren is capable of destroying the world.

He’s probably not--not alone, anyway--but they don’t know that.

Falco does’t understand everything, but he does know that what Marley wants is literally sitting right in front of him. Yikes.

Now, look. We’ve speculated about Eren’s motives a lot. Maybe he’s working with Zeke for some specific reason. And hey, the canon gives us something else interesting, too.

The very nature of the Attack Titan is that no matter what happens, it keeps moving forward toward freedom. Kruger thinks these are memories coming to him, but since the Attack Titan is all about heading into the future, and the first “episode” is called “To You, 2000 Years from Now” what might be interesting is the idea that the Attack Titan holder actually possesses some minor knack for Future Sight.

In which case...maybe by now Eren has seen something that we’ve not been privy to.

Or maybe they really are in a timeloop and my crack ending theory will end up correct. Future Sight makes a little more sense. ;)

Let’s go back to Historia for a second.

Eren of four years ago didn’t feel comfortable telling anyone about his idea. In the narrative it’s brought up in the military meeting and at the award ceremony. He doesn’t want to do anything to hurt Historia. She is his friend. A trusted companion.

And returning to the military meeting Eren interrupted...

When Hange talks about who the enemy is, Eren remembers Ymir...who knew the enemy was the world. Remember Reiner’s words: “Do you think this world has a future?”

So here we have a lot of crossed wires, but the most interesting by far is that Marley believes Eren has the Founding Titan and is capable of using its power. The reality is that he needs Historia to do anything with it. And if Marley knew about Historia, they would know already that Eren lacked that power on his own.

And they would go after Historia--probably to kill her if they’re truly so afraid of the titans in the walls coming after them.

“But Eren doesn’t actually need Historia to do this,” you might be thinking. “He has Zeke.” Assuming he is working with Zeke, yes...he does. But Marley doesn’t know about Zeke’s royal lineage.

So here things could go a few ways: maybe Eren has replaced Historia with Zeke. Maybe Eren intends to eat Zeke to gain both another titan power and the royal blood necessary to wield the Founding Titan. Hell, maybe Zeke’s even in on this plan because of Reasons. It’s also possible that due to Plot Reasons, Historia will become relevant again, either to the Paradis crew because her talent as a member of the royal family is needed, or to the Marley crew for the, uh, same reason. (Or more like, to prevent Paradis from using her.) I’d like to believe that Isayama wouldn’t ignore Historia for the duration of this series, at least.

So back to Ymir and the title of this post. How could she possibly have a role to play after all of this time? Well...through Porco.

Something interesting I noticed is that while Porco is busy being an asshole to Reiner about how “oh if they’d have chosen me instead things would be better blah blah” (easy to talk shit about, of course, because he wasn’t there), Reiner’s angry face does an about-face.

Interesting that this is the first thing Reiner thinks to ask. But it also seems to be the first time Reiner has really sat with Porco and discussed the whole “inheritance” angle--at least, in recent memory. Because you’d think Porco would have told this to Reiner already by this point...

He says he only understood “a bit” about Ymir, but from what little he says, it seems to me like he might have understood much more than that. His expression also turns kind of sad when he relates this information, which points toward him being sympathetic toward Ymir.

It makes sense. He knows her life, now, and so he knows how horribly his people were treated in a past he’s not old enough to otherwise be privy to. He knows that Ymir started out similarly to any of them: a mainland Eldian.

But one thing he doesn’t mention that he may be aware of is Historia. This makes Porco the only person who could have that knowledge, and who could piece it together. Imagine if he saw her--touched her hand?

Ymir may be dead, but her memories live on. Yeah, they’re in Porco, and he’s not exactly the sweetest guy in the world, but we’ve seen his, erm, less than stellar loyalty to Marley. He may dislike Reiner, but with these memories he’s got a lot more to dislike about Marley than he does about Reiner. After all, who put Marcel in a position to die? Marley. Who keeps pushing Pieck to stay transformed for ages and not always giving her enough recovery time? Marley. Who put Ymir out there in the first place? Marley.

Yeah, he’s gonna still dislike Reiner, but I feel like part of that has faded; his jibes just aren’t that spirited, not like they were when he was a kid.

Right now Porco is in a pit, but he’s with Pieck who recognized that soldier...and it’s possible that if Porco accesses Ymir’s memories down there, he might know who that soldier was...and after that, well, the possibilities are endless.

[drink-n-watch]

This one is staying on this site! Starting next week, you will only see Haikyuu on Sundays as the other two series will be over on Karandi’s blog. I’m sorry, I’m not sure what she has in mind for the scheduling yet . On here I will be reviewing Somali on Saturdays and Haikyuu on Sundays. Sounds like fun, right?

I’m not sure how many of you know this since I don’t mention it much here, but Haikyuu is one of my very favourite series. The fandom does scare me a bit though… This said, I love large ensemble casts and this is one of the best with great group dynamics and a lot of characters with unique but consistent personalities and logical interactions. I feel similarly about Durarara!

This is actually something that’s very difficult to do and maintain in a series, and without it Haikyuu would become a pleasant but run of the mill Sports! anime in my view.

This is why I was a little afraid to watch this episode. It was like meeting a crush after not seeing them for a long time or having diner with your idol. The potential for disappointment was through the roof. Not to mention production shake ups and other set backs. And it’s not just the series. I’ve changed too since I last watched this show. I’ve seen a lot of anime. My tastes and standards have drifted, refined, degraded… It’s a different show and I’m a different person so to expect the same effect is unreasonable.

All I can say is, it’s so good to be home.

Although the episode mostly centred on Hinata, as the series tends to do in early season, we still got to see pretty much everyone and had a soft reintroduction to the Karasuno team and some of their rivals. In the first few scenes, I thought the art style may have changed a little. Been cleaned up and standardized a touch. I have to admit that 5 minutes in I didn’t care anymore. These were the kids I knew, that’s all that mattered.

Character consistency is very difficult to pull off, especially in a large cast and through multiple character arcs. But in the end Hinata is still the impulsive, overenthusiastic pest he’s always been, Kageyama is still the stoic yet surprisingly dorky natural, Tsuki is still abrasive and elitist.

But with 3 seasons and a few movies under their belt, Hinata is now aware of his strengths and weaknesses and knows his own potential, Kageyama wants to be a team player and learn from others, Tsuki’s arrogance is as much a front as anything else and his teammates have come to consider him a friend despite this.

They are the same guys we met in season 1 but they’ve grown, but figuratively and literally. The measurement scene was so much fun and what reassured me that I had nothing to worry about as far as Haikyuu!: To The Top goes. It was classic Haikyuu shenanigans and I was thrilled to see them.

Oh yeah, I suppose I should let you know what happened in the episode. Well, Karasuno is going to participate in the Volleyball Spring Tournament so everyone is excited and a little nervous about that. There’s a lot of practising to be done. But Kageyama has also been invited to participate in the All-Japan under 19 volleyball training camp. A huge honour.

Since most people on the team agree that Kageyama is their best player (Noya is very good too but…you know…) the news is met with congratulations and optimism by everyone except for Shoyo who is just full of jealousy.

Meanwhile Tsukishima has also been invited to inter-team practice with some of the strongest high school players in the region and once again, little Hinata is left out.

Side note, from what we learn at the beginning of the episode, Hinata has grown to be 164 cm. He is still one of the shortest but taller than Nishinoya at 160 cm. Both are considerably taller than my 152 cm…

I went on that little height tangent to whine but also because it seems that the decision to invite Tsuki to the practice was due at least in part to his impressive height as the coach in charge is a fan of aggressive and physical players. Naturally someone like Hinata wouldn’t fit in there. So of course he decides to crash the practice!

In just this first episode Haikyuu!: To The Top did a fantastic job reminding us who all the characters are and establishing two different arcs all the while setting some personal stakes for the ones involved. I also noticed that both managers, coach Ukai and sensei Takeda had a relatively good presence right off the bat which is nice to see. Not being on the team, they sometimes get forgotten.

To me, this was a very strong start to the new season. It seems they’ve matched up Tsuki and Shoyo together for the next few episodes which sounds hilarious and good development potential for both characters and they’ve isolated Kageyama in a group where he may end up one of the least skilled. Something he has never had to deal with in any way. Both scenarios are really full of promise.

Moreover, it was just so good to see everyone again and I can’t wait until next week!

Haikyuu!!: To the Top ep1 – A Fresh Start This one is staying on this site! Starting next week, you will only see Haikyuu on Sundays as the other two series will be over on Karandi's blog.