#midori blah

[oldmidori]

lol who couldve seen that coming

[ibusukiss]

Ata's birthday this year is on my T injection day, happy pride month everyone 🙏

[oldmidori-art]

got plans to eek out my last couple pics for umatani gift fest tonight and then back into the mines of personal projects 🫡

[saotome-michi]

Because this past month has been so busy, I've been doing what I usually do when I'm stressed and emotionally haggard... binge reading romance manga

So here are my rapid-fire romance manga reviews!! (note: yes these include spoilers)

Yubisaki to Renren

Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon

Hotaru no Yomeiri

How I Met My Soulmate

Oneechan no Midori-kun

You Might As Well Be The One

Pink to Habanero

Yubisaki to Renren by Morishita Suu

I can see why this is popular, but frankly I find the main couple to be kinda bland. The two leads both have potential as individual characters and I enjoy their interactions with the side characters (that one chapter where the Male Lead goes to the public bathhouse with the Female Lead's Dad? Probably my favorite moment in the entire series thus far), but when they're together?? It's the innocent, shy girl with less world experience x more confident guy with a lot more world experience dynamic that so many romance stories have, just with sign language added on top of it. (Rating: 6/10)

Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon by Kousaka Rito (Art) and Agitogi Akumi (Story)

This is very much your typical "abused girl gets into an arranged marriage with the Nation's No.1 Bachelor who seems cold but actually has a heart of gold" romance. Just with a magic side-plot. Like, it's cute. But there's not much else to say. (Rating: 5/10)

Hotaru no Yomeiri by Tachibana Oreco

I was honestly really enjoying this one—the art is fantastic, Tachibana-sensei really outdid herself, and the main couple is cute in that devoted yandere way—but then there was a plot reveal that completely broke my sense of immersion. So basically the premise is that the protagonist, Satoko, is a noblewoman with a serious health condition and may not live much longer. She's of marrying age and she does want to get married to benefit her father, who she loves, however she wants her marriage partner to be aware of her health condition and the fact that she might not live that long after they're married. In the first chapter, she gets abducted and her captors take her to a lawless island full of brothels and sex workers. It's owned by some rich and powerful people so law enforcement turns a blind eye to the crimes here. The question is, who hired the criminals to abduct Satoko? The leading candidate was her stepmother and she is somewhat involved. But then we find out that the mastermind was actually her father and that he did it because he wanted, no needed, her to get married. His plan was that she'd meet a certain nobleman there and he'd save her, which would cause them to fall in love and get married. ... What? Dude what? ... WHAT???? It's one of the most ridiculous and needlessly risky plans I've ever heard. If he wanted to marry her off to a reputable family of high social status, why send her to PROSTITUTION ISLAND?? What if she died, got injured, or was raped?? She literally almost gets raped in the first chapter because of this!! Even just being to that island would damage her reputation, surely?? Was there really no easier and less risky plan?? I refuse to believe there wasn't, especially since it wasn't like Satoko was averse to getting married. Given how much she loved her father, I think all he had to do was pressure her more and give her the ultimatum, and she would've caved. Instead dude decided to go through this whole rigmarole instead. What the fuck. (Rating: 7/10, would be an 8 if this hadn't happened.)

How I Met My Soulmate by Anashin

This is a fairly solid romance manga, but I have some things I need to rant about: I have no complaints about the male lead, he's a decent, green-flags man overall. But he did inadvertently lead several women into suffering dental trauma, and while the brunt of that blame falls upon the god-awful dentist he's working for, I do think he should've confronted her more harshly about it instead of just being like "please treat them gently like you're capable of doing" :) I don't know maybe some people would call that the mature response, but I would've reported her ass to the dental board. What kind of medical professional deliberately inflicts pain on her patients because she's jealous of them??? Also oh my god again no complaints about the male lead, but HIS BROTHER??? Crazy man, who the fuck leaves for three years because he's convinced his (fake) girlfriend is actually fated for his brother??? Mind you, the gf and the brother have never, EVER expressed romantic interest towards each other, he just made this whole thing up in his mind because his brother was the only guy who didn't trigger the gf's anti-male allergy rash attacks. As for the female lead, she's fine, but it does annoy me when she gets insecure about things the male lead never gave her reason to be insecure about. Like I said, he's a pretty decent guy, so it's usually just her imagining problems. (Rating: 7/10)

Oneechan no Midori-kun by Meguro Amu

THIS IS A GEM. Really was not expecting much from this because of the premise—young girl falls in love with her older sister's boyfriend—but it's actually explored in a very sensible, mature, and heartfelt way. All three characters involved in this love triangle are very sympathetic and likeable characters, and you never doubt for a second that each one loves the other two wholeheartedly, and just want what's best for them. I've only read up to Volume 4 so far, but I'm already so fond of these characters and I just want them to end up in a good place. Also, the art is adorable. Sui-chan (our protagonist) is adorable. I just want to pinch her cheeks. (Rating: 9/10)

You Might As Well Be The One by Seto Megumu

College girl who wants a serious relationship falls in love with a guy who flat out says he doesn't do serious relationships. Imo this is an easy set up to mess up and spiral into melodrama with, but I think this manga makes it work by clearly showing first how well these two characters click together. From the moment they meet, the chemistry is evident, the conversation flows smoothly, they have shared interests, a similar sense of humor; they just clearly like each other and enjoy each other's company. Connections like that are rare, so you can understand why the female lead continues to pursue a guy who bluntly tells her he only fools around with girls, or why the male lead is unable to draw clear boundaries and continues to hang around a girl who he knows has romantic feelings for him. Neither behaves the way that they should... but you kinda get it. Depending on your past relationship experience you might even find it relatable. (Rating: 8/10)

Pink to Habanero by Satonaka Mika

This is a cute highschool romance, so I can see why it's popular, but to be honest I didn't find it interesting enough to keep reading (I dropped it after volume 5) It's your typical clumsy, nice girl x blunt, cool boy dynamic. (Rating: 6/10)

[goblin-the-clown]

Honestly idk why some people seem to think that Midori had a perfectly normal childhood and she's just a horrible monster for absolutely no reason. Sure there are a lot of people who are evil for the sake of being evil but from the way Midori's character is presented there's very clearly more to her than that. Blah blah blah mandatory "this isn't me trying to come up with excuses for her actions i just think her behaviour makes a lot more sense if you look at it from this perspective". If you're only willing to view any villain from an angle of "this character does bad things" and nothing more you're probably going to have a very hard time understanding that character and their actions.

Idk if this makes any sense or if I'm just spouting rubbish. I'm not a professional just a very obsessed fan.

[dailymidori]

shins like the moon cuz he can’t exist without the sun and blah blah blah corny ass shit here midori is the sun cuz he’s HOT AS FUCK

[the-faramir]

Extinction Curse Session 2024/06/26 (part 2)

The Siege of Willowside

Day 4 (Part 2)

Following the Redeemer, who rode on his pet velociraptor, the heroes once again entered the sea caves.

Rounding a corner, Midori caught sight of the tangled metal wreck that used to be Buffy. Her panels had been bitten clean through and torn off. Her potion stores had been shattered, and their contents spilled onto the ground.

"BUFFY," Midori lamented, "NOOOO!"

Looking at her suspiciously, the Redeemer asked, "You...know this vending machine?"

"Guys, guys," Midori entreated her fellow adventurers, "let's pour one out for Buffy."

"Pour what out?" Lysander asked. "All of her potions are already poured out onto the ground!"

Midori stood up straight and put her hand on her heart. "Buffy was a veritable gift from the gods. A Machina ex Deus, if you will!" The heroes bowed their heads for a moment of silence.

The group moved onward up the stairs to the library. The Redeemer examined the circle on the floor. "That circle definitely looks like a trap to me. The outline is faint enough that it might be hard for people to see in this light. They could step over the boundary and inadvertently activate it. Fortunately, this is the type that only summons a creature for a limited time. Perhaps ten minutes or so."

Lysander asked, "Can we disable it?"

The Redeemer responded, "Oh, certainly. For any competent, skilled individual, it shouldn't be too difficult." The party shot annoyed looks at Lysander who just shrugged and grinned. Well, maybe he grinned. It's hard to tell because he's a skeleton. "But probably easier to just avoid it altogether."

Lysander changed the subject. "All right, let's search through the books."

Zookdar suggested, "Maybe there's a recipe for coffee cake."

Midori's ears perked up. "Coffee cake? I'm on it!" She started to rummage through the shelves. "Hmm, no recipe, but here's information. 'Old ones.' 'Bokrug.' 'Eternal slumber.'"

Lysander shouted out, "Yeah, I got something on Bokrug here. Big lizardy thing. Oh, a water lizard, like in all of the decor down here. THE Water Lizard. Tentacles on its throat. Spiky tail. See the picture?" He held up his book for the others to see.

"Oh, yeah," Midori called out, "that's the monster from my nightmare I saw in that other book yesterday."

Zookdar read from his book. "Something here about Bokrug: 'Iä! Iä! Bokrug fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Bokrug Willowside wgah'nagl fhtagn!'"

Horrified, Midori exclaimed, "What in the H. P. Lovecraft does that mean? And why are you speaking those words out loud?"

Lysander continued, "Says here in my book that if Bokrug is awakened, he will destroy everything in his path except for his followers. Hmm. It seems that the fine folk of Willowside once worshipped Bokrug."

"Maybe we can become followers of Bokrug and be safe, then point him at the xulgaths and dinosaurs," Zookdar suggested. "Are there any downsides to following him?"

Lysander thumbed through his book. "Mmmm, nope! We should be good."

Midori's face fell. "Are we in a cult, now?"

Zookdar noted that, since the team appeared to have found all of the relevant information in the books, they should move on. He led the party to the watery cavern in the northwest. This particular room had only a few inches of water covering the floor with a deep, dark pool in the center, surrounded by a few small benches. Carvings of scales and teeth, similar to the other rooms but with many more teeth, covered the walls.

Midori read some of the writing on the wall. "'Blah, blah, blah, blessed be the Water Lizard, who gives us the oceans. Blessed be the vengeance giver, who helps us smite our enemies.' All right, maybe you were on to something, Zookdar. Whatever. That seems like our best plan to defend Willowside. Oh, and it looks like there's another secret passageway in the wall to the northeast. We should check it out."

As the party splashed through the shallow water toward the secret passage, a churning sound came from the deep pool in the center of the cavern. The top of a giant azure worm emerged.

Zookdar alerted the heroes, "An enemy!" He let out a war cry to demoralize their new foe.

Midori followed up with a verse to inspire courage in her allies:

🎶🎶🎶 Rally your courage, let it take flight Strike the cave worm with all of your might Be the early bird to slay this worm Unleash your attacks and make it squirm! 🎶🎶🎶

Before she could continue, though, The Redeemer interrupted. "Wait! Perhaps it is merely hungry. You could try to feed it—"

Midori finished, "Yeah, I'll feed it all right! Feed it some rocks! HYAHH!" She telekinetically launched a sharp rock at the monster which ripped at its thick skin. Turning toward the noisy one who hit it, the worm stretched out of its hole and grabbed Midori in its toothy maw. Midori shrieked in surprise and terror, kicking her legs to no avail, as the worm lifted her up into the air, straightened up, and swallowed her whole.

The Redeemer nodded. "Yes, it appears that it was just hungry."

Lysander cast Rip the Spirit at the worm to no effect. Zookdar followed up with a strike from his gnome flickmace, but missed. The Redeemer ran toward the base of the giant worm, pulled out some mechanical components and assembled them into something, then shouted, "Fall back!"

From her position inside the worm, the party heard Midori sing:

🎶🎶🎶 In the belly of the beast, a place dark as night The worm tries to digest me, but I will still fight With a flick of my tails and a glint in my eye I will shout out, "I'm not ready to die!" 🎶🎶🎶

She followed up with a strike from her rapier, which somehow missed.

Its first snack swallowed, the giant worm reached out to bite Lysander. Zookdar reacted with a retributive strike, saving Lysander from getting swallowed. As the worm reeled from the hit, Midori found an opening and struck true with her rapier. Reeling in pain, the worm shifted, setting off The Reedemer's kobold snare. The sharp teeth of the mechanism pierced the worm's thick hide.

Lysander threw more spells at the enemy and Zookdar struck it with enough force to knock its upper body to the floor. The Redeemer and his velociraptor moved in to attack.

Midori sang:

🎶🎶🎶 Digest me, O worm, if you dare But you'll find I'm more than a snack, I swear! I'm a ringmaster of legend, of myth, of lore And I'll slash my way out just like before! 🎶🎶🎶

She followed up with a telekinetic projectile, spinning and slashing its way through the worm's belly. She slid through the gash to freedom, shouting, "How do ya like me now, bitch?" As she squelched into a puddle of worm fluids mixing with seawater on the cavern floor, she lamented, "Ugh. Now I'm covered in entrails. I've just been down the gullet of a giant cave worm. That's one of a hundred memories I don't want."

Behind Midori, the worm reared its head up once more, shrieking, and lashed at the kitsune to take a bite, prompting her to respond, "AAAAAAH! That thing's still alive?" Zookdar responded with another retributive strike on the worm, allowing Midori a chance to counterstrike. She missed, however. The Redeemer's sickle attack on the worm did find its mark, but it was not enough to finish it off. The worm bit Midori once more, knocking her out and poisoning her.

The worm's jostling triggered the kobold's snare once more, clamping another set of spikes into the worm and killing it.

After Lysander had revived Midori and everybody had a chance to catch their breath, Midori ran to The Redeemer and picked him up into the air out of gratitude. "Thank you so much for all of your help, The Redeemer!"

Confounded, The Redeemer could only manage to shout, "Unhand me, young lady!"

Midori tended to the heroes' wounds, and then they searched the cavern for treasure. Finding nothing of value, Zookdar pulled out some of the worm's teeth. "Fizzarolli will appreciate these as a souvenir. Where did he end up going, anyhow? We haven't seen him in a couple of days."

"Well," Midori slapped her thighs and moved toward the northeast, "let me take a look at that secret passage an' check for traps." She walked up to the passageway, pressed on the wall to open a door, and stuck her face into the secret tunnel. The sound of a dozen zips and thuds echoed through the cavern. Midori emerged from the doorway to look at the rest of the party, her face full of needles. "Hey guys, I found a trap."

Lysander pointed at her, saying, "Hey, you got needles on your face."

Midori brushed the needles off and led the team into the next room: a large cavern with an enormous statue of a lizard with tentacles on its neck and a three-pronged tail. The statue's eyes seemed to be looking everywhere at once, and even its very presence unnerved the heroes somewhat.

Midori pointed to the three humans in the room who were examining the statue. "The Vengaboys!"

"The Banyan Boys!" Leodrick, the leader of the band of enforcers, responded, turning toward the team. "Did the mayor send you down to help us with the statue?"

A conversation ensued in which Leodrick explained that he was trying to bring the statue to life to defend the town. Years ago, the townsfolk of Willowside had worshipped Bokrug as their god. Leodrick was certain that Bokrug would help once more. His brothers, Tashlock and Stirvyn, only shrugged and nodded in acquiescence.

"Wait, wait," Lysander held out his hands in question, "how did you guys get this far into the sea caves without getting attacked by all those monsters or getting caught in the traps?"

Stirvyn held up a large piece of parchment. "We have this map! It showed us where to go to avoid trouble. It was our great-great-great grandmother’s or something. It says Banyan on it."

"At any rate," The Redeemer jumped in, "the townsfolk are really worried about you. The mayor sent us to make sure you were not injured or worse! With the town under siege, you should return to the surface and help with the defense effort."

"Has it really been that long?" Stirvyn mused, "I suppose we lost track of time. We can go, but it would be nice to figure out how to make the statue work first. We did come down here to find anything that might help the town, after all."

Tashlock, who had continued to fiddle with the statue, sighed and added, "Maybe we'll just go back to town with you. I can't figure this statue out."

"Yeah, we can take ya back up to the surface an' we'll go talk to the mayor," Midori offered.

Leodrick looked from Tashlock's face to Stirvyn's and back again. An inscrutable look crossed his face. He turned to the heroes and agreed, "So we'll just go up with the furry one and talk to the townsfolk."

Midori arched an eyebrow. "Furry one? Why are you referrin' to me like that? You know who I am!"

Zookdar nodded, "Well, you are the furriest of all of us."

Midori replied, "Yes, but why not 'the beautiful one'? 'the charming one'?" She threw the back of her hand dramatically over her forehead. "Or even 'the smart one'? Ugh, fine. I'll take them up. By myself. Don't go gettin' into any trouble, you guys."

The kitsune began to lead the Banyan Boys back to the surface. On passing by the cavern with the bookshelves, Leodrick held up a hand. "We should bring the books of Bokrug back to the townsfolk. It would really help us make our case for activating the statue to defend the town."

Midori sighed and agreed, "I guess that'll be all right. Let's just be quick about it." Leodrick took the lead into the library with his brothers in tow and Midori following behind. "Hey, guys," she warned, "be careful. The floor's trapped." The Banyans walked straight toward the summoning circle, ignoring her.

"Guys, keep to the walls of the room. Avoid the center! Hey, don't go near that circle. Watch the circle. WATCH THE CIRCLE! DON'T STEP FOOT IN THERE! NO! STOP!"

With an unnoticed smirk, Ledorick stumbled into the circle. The mukradi reappeared.

Midori shouted, "DAMN IT!"

(Text in blue belongs to Paizo.)

[theothervonkarmagirl]

Clara, Nina, Midori: *having a chat* Franziska: What are you all talking about in here? Clara: Nothing! Franziska: Nothing? Well in that case I am also saying nothing. Blah blah blah. Midori: Clara met this boy and-- Franziska: Boy? *dramatic eyeroll* You should be talking about battle. You should be talking about journalism. What are your five-year plans?

[meowlware]

Intersecting／Motor Show 3 star & 4 star trans pride edits! for youuu <3

[ID: the aforementioned 3 star and 4 star cards from the Ensemble Stars Intersecting / Motor Show event, all edited with the trans pride flag colors on their shirts, belts, gloves, and other various accessories. the 4 stars are full CG views while the rest are still in card format. /ID END]

[turkey-sandwich]

What are you two talking about

[oldmidori]

i am once again thinking about Dance with Devils and how it is actually an underrated masterpiece

[ibusukiss]

historically work has been busy af on Ata's bday so im bracing myself for that to happen again -_-

[gingus-doon]

i still haven't done my homework and i just spent like a solid 30 min at least answering otp prompt questions that nobody prompted me to answer

[midorichan10]

My friend and I went to the Sweets Paradise collaboration for Last Game. We are so fat now...

[blissfulscreamss]

shin!!

Ah yes Shin, We love shin <3

He actually has a playlist! So that makes it easier for me! (sorry in advance for spelling or grammar mistakes as I am far to lazy to spell check this.)

Little pistol - Mother Mother

I think this song fits for a multitude of reasons. It states feeling scared, and afraid. Also the parts talking about brimstones and Roses reminds me of Kanna’s death! Also Gun terminology with Shin just feels right to me; considering the scene in the blue room where he asks for the gun, is a very important part of his character.

My Alcoholic Friends - The Dresden Dolls

This song I feel really reflects his relationship with the real Sou Hiyori/Midori, specifically the ending. “Should I choose a noble occupation? If I did i’d only show up late and sick.” He’s self employed. “And they would stare at me with hatred” He constantly assumes the other participants hate him. “Plus my only natural talents wasted on my alcoholic friends” His only natural talent being, well hacking. He wasted lots of time hacking with Sou.

The Stand - Mother Mother

I see this as conversations he’s had with Kanna. Just, the calmer ones. The way the reactions are fit him really well, kinda fast but explaining his thoughts fairly well. (Not much to say about this one really)

Be Nice To Me - The Front Bottoms

Another song that I associate with him & Sou! “But your a killer, and I’m your best friend” feels perfect. As Sou is a killer and Shin did see him as a best friend. Most of the song is about how the singer feels as though he gave everything to his friend to get very little in return. “Can we talk about this later, your voice is driving me insane” is a lyric thats used multiple times and that just fits how Shin feels about Sou really well I feel.

But yeah! Theres a few Shin songs! (I really like mother mother if you can’t tell.) Heres the rest of my songs from shin’s playlist listed that I didn’t fully explain just for fun! (anything with shin & kanna is platonic, soushin shippers also aren’t welcome here.)

Nobody - Mitski

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing - Set It Off

Anti-Hero - SEKAI NO OWARI

1997 - Saint Motel (Shin & Sou)

Ship in a Bottle - fin

Problems - Mother Mother (Shin & Kanna)

Animal - Sir Chloe

Two Birds - Regina Spector (Shin & Kanna)

Washing Machine Heart - Mitski (Shin & Kanna)

Life itself - Glass Animals

Blah Blah Blah - The Oozes (Shin & Sou)

Rhinestone Eyes - Gorillaz (Shin & Sou)

Dog Days are Over - Florence + the machine

[logicroute]

☠♦★ shin

toby my friend okay bet ☠ ANGER/VIOLENT

god, shin is totally a like, anger crier. even when he tries to seem, anger in the scary sense, he just starts tearing up. a lot of sniffies and hicks ya know like, he is a pretty emotional person outside of the death game, but inside golly gee. he lets anger build up to seem more of a threat, but whoops sometimes it cracks lol! violent wise... he just, tends to push that onto him roughly messing with scarf/beanie.. hope this makes any sense at all

the rest are under the cut

♦ QUIRK/HOBBY

i have said this b4 i think but shin likes to crochet !! he finds it like, calming and a somewhat break of typing 4 so long pfft..

i also feel like in a non-death game sense, he picked up gardening.. (guess cuz of who) he is shit at it but he is trying <3

he also plays a lot of rhythm games.. i like to think he is good at them :) focused on it so much...

he has the habit of just.. messing with clothing items a lot (have it be messing with fabric and such... sometimes chewing on hoodie strings..)

★ SAD

god okay so

i think that shin is still like, xtremely attached to hiyori/midori ya know. its pretty obvi in game but!! i have my own thoughts :3

oh no! im also explaining my shin homelife hc! somewhat!

shin grew up in a rich (i like to think his mom is like.. a lawyer or smthing..) but like, pretty lonely home !! which blah blah lead to him to get attached the only person who was nice to him in his life!! good old silly head sou hiyori (full name)

despite hiyori being nice to shin, hiyori still was like a, pretty shitty person to him!! and and woah wow! some silly transguy (alice) 'kills' hiyori! leaving shin to his lonesome! and shin didnt know how to feel! at the point, shin was still good buddy pals with hiyori at that time, so he was prob still attached in a way.

but hey! he can grow right?

this isnt much of a hc now that i think abt it LMAO....

actual sad hc tho

shin prob has issues with self idenity after the death game... dude acted like hiyori for like, days im guessing, and god, that can prob mess up a guy. a

nd my own personal self projection gives him idenity issues <3