#meifu sankyoudai

[pianobandit]

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[savingthegeneration]

[poladraws]

excited for the new episodes! here’s some meifu sankyoudai

[kb11rd]

lightning is unfornutely and as a matter of fact. ephemeral.

[braemjeorn]

hearing ouken beg for his brothers to help him just reminds you how young he actually is

[miceart]

Some ousama ranking’s fanart from twitter

[miikpal]

ourankweek22 day 3: family! meifu3 beloved

[marejorie]

dropping some of the stuff i made as ousama ranking/ranking of kings aired... might have a bad case of hokudoma bias,,,,,

[irashideout]

Found this beautiful, the sweetest, mostly pre-war, 10 parts fanfic series of Meifu Sankyoudai on ao3 and I just had to draw them more! 🥲🖤

So here’s a little something, the ot3 in their teens I guess.

[carrion-carry-on]

Whumptober No. 21

Famous last words

I recently have been getting really into Ousama Ranking, which started out as an interest in Japanese web series (kind of like manga but not quite) and then I found out there was an anime and it’s been downhill from there.

Here I am, posting a fic during Whumptober, because the situation for a lot of these characters really kinda sucks, but man did Ouken’s story hit me hard. And it continues to gut me from the inside out. This story was written with help from the official Ranking of Kings soundtrack.

AO3 Link

I am not what I say I am.

My mouth lies.

I am not who I appear to be.

My eyes lie.

I want to remove it - tear it all away. I remember faces and names, ones I do not want to remember. I feel betrayed by the ones I know, and even my body betrays me now. My mind if fractured. This is who I am, who I am doomed to become. I want to scream, to beg, to cry. It does not happen.

...

When Ouken awakens, he does so with a shout. His body is rigid, muscles pulled taut. It’s been like this, ever since that fateful, horrible day. The day he’d discovered his immortality. He remembers the pain barely. The physical pain. The mental is still with him, and he tells himself that is good. So long as he has pain, he has his humanity, has himself.

On shaken feet the youngest of the Meifu Sankyoudai stalks the darkened halls of the castle. Once belonging to Satun, their fearsome father, these corridors now housed Desha and Ouken. Despa thought the place too painful, too dreary, and instead retired to the surrounding town when war-time came to an end. On nights like these, Ouken wished he had accompanied Despa.

The hateful, dreaded thoughts that plagued Ouken whilst he slept are with him even now. Can he claim them to be nightmares still? A curse for which his father had fought for, had killed for, is now his. Through no wish of his own. No fault of his own. No fault, save that of being born to a monster.

Ouken’s face is wet with despondent tears. There is no way of escaping his fate. A creature waited in his future. Something devoid of empathy, of reason, of logic. Everything that made him human, stripped away in the face of endless existence. It could not be called “life.” What was life without purpose, or joy, or sadness?

The one spark of hope he retained was one he clung to with desperation. His brothers, consoling him. Despa telling him that he could be counted on and would research everything he was able. Desha insisted that he would find a way to break him of this damnation.

“You will always be our brother, Ouken. And we won’t give up on you. Never.”

[irashideout]

This lol. Clown guy was exactly what I called him because I couldn’t find a name anywhere. I was like, search: Who’s the clown guy in Ranking of Kings/Ousama Ranking what’s his name I need. He’s only referred to as the assessor from the ranking-thing association (episode 4 I think, based on the sub/translation I have).

ALSO OF COURSE this :-))) Our meifu sankyoudai <3

Clown guy: Do you trust what Lord Despa says?

Desha: My brother may be a fool, but he is trustworthy.

Translation: I can either trust my brother - a brother with whom I have had my disagreements but whose insight, analysis and wisdom cannot be disputed and which has served me and my kingdom well for many years, including in our darkest days... a brother I still care for, who has stuck by me through everything despite our disagreements, and who loves Ouken as much as I do - or your clown ass, who talks to me about 'ifs' and 'maybes' in regards to Ouken's life and keeps trying to coax me into some deep dark treasury like Bobo the Sex Offender. YES, I trust Despa!

[pianobandit]

Oh darn, forgot to post the summer treats and summer is over.

💰 “The camera eats first! The camera ah-!”

[braemjeorn]

full on crying when ouken came back

[braemjeorn]

*bangs door like Rickman's Snape in PoA* since it seems I will be loitering in the fandom for a while...

*pulls down presentation screen* ...i have much to discuss concerning episode 4.

might contain spoilers beyond season one and the 13th (12th?) volume so either sit down and take the popcorns or swipe on.

Well now. I have a few points and questions to present.

First. This.

Why didn’t they include the curse? It's important because I feel like it's the reason for all of the brothers' challenges we see in Bojji's story? (Like darn it, you got one brother back but you lost the other then you lost them all—? Sorry, Aide.)

I've been making up the voice for this line and it came out more feral and deranged. Like Coraline’s Other Mother.

How he grew a moustache so fast!? Did his battle campaign run for so long?

I didn't realise Desha zapped his cape to rags so... the robes did not precisely decay because of time. Ouken's captivity might not have been that long when Miranjo came to picked him up. Or even if ten years have passed, it makes no difference.

I overthink how the first time we saw Meifu's mama she wore purple and in the painting there - ya'll see her necklace!? Do you know who else wears those designs?!

Ha-sama, you mama's boy... (*agressively swipes tears*)

Also you know how to wear a cape, sir. Aaah, it was very it was a very cool scene >A<!!!

Look at the princes growing up.

(This confirms the age gap ‐ Ouken is really their baby, huh?)

Their love and hate relationship has so much story to tell.

That's all I think. But this is already the 4th episode and we've already seen all of the brother's scenes from all of the existing trailers so I don't think we're going to see them anymore...ah, pity. The banners are cool tho...

When I was younger my friends kept up with Naruto and from what I get it was a really long journey. I'm not quite prepared to keep up with such an ominous journey for this manga/anime where the ending is still foggy - what if it turned out like GoT? Half raw just to appease fans?

On another note: if they made this episode as Shakespearean as Hiling hearing and looking for Daida in the throne room (another acc's description, not mine), that's gon be bomb, especially when Ouken revealed his immortality.

[braemjeorn]

thinking about how satun was never depicted to wield lightning...

[braemjeorn]

Okay, Despa's girl just AWESOMENESS ( i would like to read MOORE of your Despa/his lady headcannons, really!!!! I love both of them on your writing), but..what about Ouken/Desha partner? Like " some JuSt SmarTTy, prrretty and nUTs wOoman"? Or the tiny murmuring girl, or cold-metallic godness???? What do yu think?)

anonie, have you any idea what dam ur cracking open😀

if i have to describe the pairs in a phrase it'd be:

desha and honi are the steady parents:

i have this fic and these two posts abt them but i don't think this fic is a presentable work to offer the fandom - it lacks so much, methinks. the fic is the story of how they met maybe sometime in the future after desha's curse is lifted and all. but in essence honi almost doesn't care abt the fact desha's a king of like this great kingdom — her subconscious went, he could use a friendly, normal laugh and she just went with a mild quip and after he didn't zap her into ashes, went to befriend him with snarks and teasing.

desha thought she's one disastrous woman - considering she fell down meifu. but she holds good conversations despite that - she's a comfortable company to joke around and talk about nonsensical things like normal friends - if we ignore the increasing pitter-pat of the hearts over time. ["WHY are you proposing to me, i thought you didn't like me back that much!? ...YOU DO!?" "i do love you, you lively spirited thing."] they have some self-esteem issues and mutual acknowledgement to work out on but it was despa who persuaded desha to just make an offer: its not like there's going to be any other woman approaching you and its not like you want any other. surprisingly despa hot away without being zapped for those words and stood as best man for the wedding.

i say they're the parents because i like to imagine they settle quite well in their marriage, with desha's reservations and honi's domestic investment (considering how dramatic despa and teru got around theirs and how giddy and rosy ouken's love story is). they'd nag(desha) and croon(honi) over the younger brothers, and when the heirs were born they'd sit there on the couch in the evenings, his arms behind her back and her head leaning back on him as they watch their kids play while despa teased ouken. they'd have soft murmured conversations - she'd hold his huge hands, and play with the singular ring there, quite content with the momentary wrap on adventures in exchange for domestic bliss.

despa and teru is water and oil:

well, that's what my aunt, the queen says, their only daughter said. they don't necessarily blend but they make good broth, dont you think?

i haven't more to say about their story beyond that moodboard post, yet. honi caught them snogging among despa's shelves like a year before they asked the king permission to wed - who had his reservations (may have taunted despa) but the two were quite adamant (furiosly blushing as they are advancing their pragmatic basis for marriage - the crown's increased income for married royals and maintaining friendship, duh). it was a relationship where they temper each other but the sparks remained to fuel the marriage for decades. occasionally, they have these ten second moments as a pause in between arguments where they look at each other, either contemplating whether to claw the other like cats or kiss furiously—their daughter noticed these stares the older she gets so she'd slip between them and hook each of their elbows to prevent chaos errupting.

ouken and his lady is the vanilla sweet couple:

@potato-imouto made this perfect oc for ouken named paige and i just really like her. she's bookish and artistic, sweet and gentle and ouken is this, warlord, bloody fighter who'd find a slip to kill a god but has a big heart - the uwuness these two hold.

my headcanon is that he came up to the overworld for some diplomatic mission before his 25th year and they saw each other and mutually thought oh he/she's cute... they got along during the visit and exchanged a few letters until the curse fully overtook ouken. despa sent paige a letter explaining the predicament and she gave no reply in shock - it was rather descriptive.

it took him a few more years to see her again obviously, and he was like its fine if she's already married, i just want to wish her well evenifmyheartisgoingtorotandwither but then he heard from her brother that she's not married yet (adding with narrowed eyes: and i think its your fault.)

he found paige in her parlour and she's in a bit of a daze because oh dear gods, i thought i'd never see you again and she slowly smiled with a pretty blush and ouken's red to the tips of his ears. its so nice to see you again, prince ouken, she said and he gave out a weak likewise and that's how they ended up married a year latter. they're like kit and ella in a way, just kindred, kind souls in love with one another and makes such a sweet couple no one can really be against them. desha and honi were rather surprised and skeptical since the two look like they'd melt at any little kiss or touch from each other but then they got two niece and a nephew from the two and desha like they're fine, surprisingly. i can live out my life well now.

anyway, i like to think honi, teru and paige hollers, shrieks, bends-over-backwards over this shorts because of how plainly true it is.