#nanao x kaito

[pandamito]

Tsurune - Kaito Onogi & Nanao Kisaragi

TSURUNE IS COMING BACK!!

[yup-thats-me]

—foreseeable forever ● T. Seiya

a/n: I cannot thank you enough for being so patient with me, anon! I truly had fun writing this and i hope you enjoy reading it too! <3 not proofread

pairing: Takehaya Seiya x fem!reader

summary: maybe opening her heart a bit late was not too bad <3

rules

“Y/n, I need you to sign this form as the Kyudo Vice President. The homeroom teacher has asked for it.” Seiya Takehaya gave a piece of paper to his best friend.

Y/n’s eyes glided over the form before she thrust the paper into Seiya’s chest, making him stumble back from the sudden force.

“I’ll do it later,” she declared as she hastily took her bow and began shooting at the targets. The other club members seemed to observe them with bated breath, the atmosphere thick.

“Is something the matter with you all?” Y/n questioned, making them turn around and get ready to shoot. Y/n was known to be friendly and although she could be loud, she never lashed out at them like this. And most of the club members knew the reason why.

Seiya gave troubled looks to the boys they could only shake their heads and resume practicing in fear that Y/n might scold them again. She did seem on edge for the past few days.

Takehaya had noticed something; Y/n had been ignoring him for quite some time now. The two would not spend their recess talking about literature, nor did Y/n visit him with baked goods like she used to. Was it because the club activities were too tiring for her? No, she works well under pressure and she loves her position as much as she loves kyudo. Was it because Seiya had not returned the book she lent him? No. That’s not it.

Seiya now made it his mission to make Y/n open up. He couldn’t bear Y/n avoiding him, he needed her to live, no that’s too cheesy. He needs her to—continue existing. For the next hour, Seiya spent the club hours not shooting arrows but pestered Y/n with all sorts of things in hopes that she will finally give in and say what’s wrong.

“Y/n can I come over at your house for the math homework?”

“No.”

“Do you want to drink something? I’ll get it for you”

“Nope.”

“Want to go for a walk on our way home?”

“I’m busy.”

“Y/n, can y—” She cut the boy off. “Takehaya Seiya, I don’t know what you’re up to but leave me alone!”

Ouch, the full name, Seiya thought. He’s really in trouble now. Nonetheless, he held the girl’s hand firmly. “But I want to know what happened with you!”

Y/n shook her hand to get him off but Seiya was persistent. “Nothing happened, now let me go.” Y/n said or ordered him but Seiya still held on to her.

“Let me go, I have to practise. Unlike you, Seiya, I’m not a genius in everything I do.”

“Is Kyudo more important than me?”

Tears pricked Y/n’s eyes. Seeing thet, Seiya could no longer hold her anymore. “If only,” Y/n walked away from him, taking her bows and packing them.

“Takigawa-san, can I leave early today?” The coach could only hum out a ‘hmm’ before the girl stormed off the Kazemai kyudo hall.

The girls too started to pack their things and the boys gathered around Seiya. It took him a few minutes to compose himself before he asked the guys if anyone knew anything. It was only Nanao who commented.

“You don’t know anything about girls, do you?”If it was any other time, Seiya would have laughed it off but he’s not in the state of mind to joke.

“Now’s not the time, Kisaragi.”

“But he’s true though,” Kaito said as he ran his hair through his auburn hair. “What do you mean?”

Nanao giggled. “Honestly Seiya, do you need another par of glasses to see it?’’ The poor boy was dumbstruck once again. “See what?”

“That  Y/n is in love with you.”

It did not matter who said that, all Takehaya could feel was his heart beating so loudly against his chest that he felt it would burst out. “She…does?”

Kaito sighed, patting Seiya at the back. “If I were you, I’d run after. Would not want for her to get stolen from me,” he said with a smirk.

Almost instantaneously, Seiya charged out the door and ran towards the bus stand where he quickly spotted Y/n walking with her head down. Before he would lose sight of her, he sprint and caught her wrist, making her turn around.

“Seiya…!”

“Y/n, please tell me what’s going on, please! I need to know!”

His demand made the girl look down at the floor. How could he expect for a girl to open up her heart only for it to be broken? What’s the point? He’ll only end up hating her, but she needed to tell him. She needed to tell him how her heart skipped a beat whenever she looked at him, how she always imagined them to be together before she went off to sleep, every day, and how jealous she would get whenever she would see Seiya talking to other girls. She needed to, even if it meant it would break her heart. He had to know.

“Do you really want to know?’’

“More than anything.”

“Then listen,” she breathed in. “I hate you, Takehaya Seiya. I hate you for making me this way. I hate you for you have made me choose my heart rather than my head. I hate how you make me feel, hate how I cannot help but smile whenever I look or even think of you. I’m so in love with you, that it hurts,” her tears fell uncontrollably as she finally bared her heart open.

Seiya could not form a response, all he could do was pull y/n close to him and let her cry her heart out, he could only caress and play with her hair and wait for her to calm down. It was now his time to wait, and he would do so until however long.

When she finally did calm down, he made her look at him. “How long have you loved me?”

“…2nd  grade of middle school,” Y/n replied hesitantly making the boy “Wow.”

Seiya pulled her for a kiss, startling her but once she realized what was happening, she quickly kissed him back. “One,” Seiya said when they pulled away before pulling her back in. “Two,” he did this for a total of two more times.

“That,” he said as he lovingly caressed Y/n’s face, “was for all those years that I have not loved you. I’ll love you everyday for our foreseeable forever.”

The club members who were watching could no longer hold in their happiness as the girls squealed, giving away their hiding spot making the boys facepalm.

“You guys can come out now,” Takehaya smiled, as they ran towards them to congratulate.

Y/n was happy, truly happy. Maybe she should have been more confident in herself, but even though it was a long wait, it was worth it.

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[magical-boy-bracket]

Finally, it's here! The Magical Boy Bracket round 1! Polls will start being posted hopefully some time this week, with one post every 5 minutes.

Polls will last one week. Any losers for this round will be sent to the losers bracket the week after.

Please be reminded of this very important rule when reblogging or commenting on posts: "Don't be an asshole to me or to anyone else in this tournament, and please no excessive hate towards a specific character or source material. Otherwise, you will be blocked."

Text version for easier understanding under the cut! Has full names of characters, alter ego names where it applies, as well as source titles! (Some longer titles are shown in full the first time they appear, but are then shortened the in their next appearances (which will also be done for the polls). Also, please let me know if I wrote any names or titles wrong.)

Top left (matches 1 - 16):

Akito Hibino / Lofty Purple (Bokura wa Mahou Shounen) VS Aoi Shibuya (Tokyo Mew Mew Ole)

Hojo Omamori (Fairy Ranmaru: Anata no Kokoro Otasuke Shimasu) VS Kazuki Yasaka (Sarazanmai)

Ikuto Tsukiyomi (Shugo Chara) VS Nagihiko Fujisaki (Shugo Chara)

Masayoshi Hazama / Samurai Flamenco (Samurai Flamenco) VS Natsuki Nanahoshi (Mahou Shounen Natsuki x Loveits)

Jake Long (American Dragon Jake Long) VS Ren Amamiya / Joker (Persona 5)

Idia Shroud (Twisted Wonderland) VS Tsuyoshi Kijino / Kijibrother (Avataro Sentai Donbrothers)

Kaito Hinomiya (Dear my Magial Boys) VS Kikyou / Fragrant Rose (Magical Boy Troubles)

Sougo Tokiwa / Kamen Rider Zi-O (Kamen Rider Zi-O) VS Alice "Azz" Asmodeus (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun)

Asahi Minamikawa (Mewkledreamy) VS Kaito Odagiri / Thrilling Pink (Bokura wa Mahou Shounen)

Chrono Harlaown (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha) VS Erio Mondial (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)

Jotaro Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders) VS Chiaki Nagoya / Kaitou Sinbad (Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne)

Kairi Sanjo (Shugo Chara) VS Tadase Hotori (Shugo Chara)

Mahad / Dark Magician (Yu-Gi-Oh) VS Mem Mem (Delicious Party Precure)

Andromeda Shun (Saint Seiya) VS Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya)

Orion Eden (Saint Seiya Omega) VS Shuu Rei Fuan (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers)

Vanitas (Vanitas no Carte) VS Ben Tennyson (Ben 10)

Top Right (matches 17 - 32):

Akihiko Beppu / Melty Luna (Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!) VS Akoya Gero / Chevalier Perlite (Boueibu)

Atsushi Kinugawa / Battle Lover Epinard (Boueibu) VS En Yufuin / Battle Lover Cerulean (Boueibu)

Gora Hakone / Maximum Gorar (Boueibu) VS Haruhiko Beppu / Salty Sol (Boueibu)

Ibushi Arima / Chevalier Argent (Boueibu) VS Io Naruko / Battle Lover Sulfur (Boueibu)

Ryuu Zaou / Battle Lover Vesta (Boueibu) VS Furanui de Shakin Honyalala (Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Happy Kiss)

Ichiro Dougo / Spazio Kiss (Boueibu HK) VS Karurusu de Yutari Honyalala (Boueibu HK)

Kyotarou Shuzenji / Fiore Kiss (Boueibu HK) VS Maasa Shirahone / Ritter Amethyst (Boueibu HK)

Nanao Wakura / Luna Kiss (Boueibu HK) VS Ryouma Kirishima / Stella Kiss (Boueibu HK)

Taiju Unazuki / Ritter Rosenquartz (Boueibu HK) VS Taishi Manza / Neve Kiss (Boueibu HK)

Callum (The Dragon Prince) VS Danny Fenton / Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)

Chris Kratt (Wild Kratts) VS Martin Kratt (Wild Kratts)

Farran (Lego Elves) VS Gus Porter (The Owl House)

Guy Hamdon / SheZow (SheZow) VS Sinedd (Galacktik Football)

Prince Adam / He-Man (He-Man) VS Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon (Lego Ninjago) VS Mephisto (Lolirock)

Sulfus (Angel's Friends) VS Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Bottom Left (matches 33 - 48):

Link (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom) VS Lucas (Mother 3)

Arthur Aguefort (Dimension 20: Fantasy High) VS Evan Kelmp (Dimension 20: Misfits and Magic)

Whitney Jammer (Dimension 20: Misfits and Magic) VS Kingston Brown (Dimension 20: The Unsleeping City)

Billy Batson / Shazam (DC Comics) VS Carter Kane (The Kane Chronicles)

Nico di Angelo (The Heroes of Olympus) VS Perseus Jackson (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

Anselmo Flores / White Knight Heather (Dame Daffodil) VS Basil Caraway (Magical Boy Basil)

Reo Menezes (Majestikal Mistake) VS Sage (Strawberry Seafoam)

Sara / Adora Flora (Magical Mom) VS Kento Fukamiya / Kamen Rider Espada (Kamen Rider Saber)

Hikaru / Holy Saint Sungel (Mahou Sentai Magiranger) VS Kai Ozu / MagiRed (Mahou Sentai Magiranger)

Makito Ozu / MagiGreen (Mahou Sentai Magiranger) VS Xander Bly / Green Mystic Ranger (Power Rangers Mystic Force)

Tsubasa Ozu / MagiYellow (Mahou Sentai Magiranger) VS Chip Thorn / Yellow Mystic Ranger (Power Rangers Mystic Force)

Juuru Atsuta / Kiramai Red (Mashin Sentai Kiramager) VS Lucky / Shishi Red (Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger)

Kaito Goshikida / Zenkaizer (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger) VS Stacey / Stacaesar (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger)

Sonoi (Avataro Sentai Donbrothers) VS Antonio Garcia / Golden Power Ranger (Power Rangers: Samurai)

Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader (Star Wars) VS Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon)

Ata Ibusuki / Ritter Diamant (Boueibu HK) VS Blue Knight (Tokyo Mew Mew)

Bottom Right (matched 49 - 64)

Homura Hoterase (Fairy Ranmaru) VS Jyuuka Mutsuoka (Fairy Ranmaru)

Ranmaru Ai (Fairy Ranmaru) VS Sirius Tenroin (Fairy Ranmaru)

Takara Utashiro (Fairy Ranmaru) VS Kukai Soma (Shugo Chara)

Shigeo Kageyama "Mob" (Mob Psycho 100) VS Ezra Bridger (Star Wars: Rebels)

Magnus Chase (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard) VS Gentarou Kisaragi / Kamen Rider Fourze (Kamen Rider Fourze)

Kosuke Nitoh / Kamen Rider Beast (Kamen Rider Wizard) VS Ryotaro Nogami / Kamen Rider Den-O (Kamen Rider Den-O)

Tetsuo Daishinji / Kamen Rider Slash (Kamen Rider Saber) VS Touma Kamiyama / Kamen Rider Saber (Kamen Rider Saber)

Merlin (Merlin) VS John Constantine (DC Comics)

Yumoto Hakone / Battle Lover Scarlet (Boueibu) VS Kinshiro Kusatsu / Chevalier Aurite (Boueibu)

Uruu Seiren (Fairy Ranmaru) VS Adrien Agreste / Chat Noir (Miraculous Ladybug)

Yakumo Katou / AoNinja (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger) VS Liam Farrow / Emerald Heart (Magical Warrior: Diamond Heart)

Henri Wakamiya / Cure Infini (HUGtto Precure) VS Pikario / Rio Kuroki (Kira Kira Precure A La Mode)

Takumi Shinada / Black Pepper (Delicious Party Precure) VS Steven Universe (Steven Universe)

Alex Harvey-Iniguez / Garnet Heart (Magical Warrior: Diamond Heart) VS Max Owen (Magical Boy)

Kouta Kazuraba / Kamen Rider Gaim (Kamen Rider Gaim) VS Haruto Soma / Kamen Rider Wizard (Kamen Rider Wizard)

Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura) VS Tsubasa Yuunagi / Cure Wing (Hirogaru Sky Precure)

[panndesal]

Combined my current obsessions because why not 👍

Tsurune x Ragnarok Online (1) Kazemai Guild GM: Masaki - Inquisitor Deputy GM: Seiya - Archmage Kaito - Dragon Knight Minato - Windhawk Ryouhei - Archbishop Nanao - Troubadour

(2) Windhawk Shuu & Archmage Seiya Respective Deputy GMs of Kirisaki and Kazemai Guilds

Always in each other's hunting grounds, lmao. As consolation for stealing kills, they exchange useful but most of the time weird gifts. Kirisaki and Kazemai guild members: Is this a new form of courtship?

Shuu gifts Seiya random stuff from White Knight egg (???) to Red Herb (?????). Once, Shuu gave Seiya a wrapped costume to match with his [Costume] Bamboo Fox Hat, but the costume turned out to be [Costume] Fox Ears of Tamamo Loa (with the ribbon and flower, cute). Needless to say, Shuu won't be getting any drops for the next three days.

[caeruleumine]

// yume , Takigawa Masaki x Mine

Wajah-wajah saat kepergok lagi berduaan~

Kaito: "Masa-san, there's some trouble with ... wait, what are you two doing?!"

Nanao: "Ah, there you are, Kacchan. Sorry for the interruption, Masa-san, Mine-sensei hehehehe."

link: picrew, my tweet

[mitoposting]

yo guys, very important:

shipname for onagi kaito x kisaragi nanao?

nanaito, kainao, naokai, kanao, others???

nanaito probably is my fave

[enhypensfeyborit]

how come i ain't seeing some masaki takigawa x reader out here or basically just any tsurune x reader content 🤨🤨

[bishonenlover]

Onogi and Nanao - Tsurune episode 08

[moontheoretist]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! KAITO YELLED THAT MASA-SAN IS A WEIRDO! OMG that was gold! Kaito’s instinct instead of going “This damn Minato is taking Masa-san for himself again!” went straight into “MASA-SAN WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MINATO!?” xD That’s a good call xD

It also explains why he doesn’t like Minato for being an airhead. Airheads have a hard time reacting to weird situations which scream “harassment” to others. Or maybe other reason why Kaito didn’t introduce you Nanao to Masa-san was that Masa-san has a bad talent of getting across as someone interested in kids? Maybe he didn’t want him to break your heart, Nanao. Did you consider that? XD

[prettypurplegirl08]

no strings attached - Kaito x Nanao

WARNING: Cousincest, smut

[medea10]

My Review of Rinne

(a.k.a. Kyoukai no Rinne)

How did I get into this anime? Let’s just say the creator of this series, I’m a fan of. Rumiko Takahashi is the creator of this series as well as several other well-known anime series including Ranma ½, Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, and my personal favorite InuYasha. That alone was reason for me to get heavily interested from the get-go. But because of the time it came out, I had too much on my plate to pick up one more anime, so I put it on the back-burner for a few years. And despite the mediocre score and listless hype over this, I’m still interested to see what Rin-ne is all about.

As a child, Mamiya Sakura has been different from other children. When she was a child, Sakura ended up in the afterworld and returned to the world of the living after a day of wandering around. After that incident, she gained the ability to see ghosts/spirits. Fast-forward to the present where she’s a high school student and meets a Shinigami named Rinne Rokudou. Rinne is a half-human (which is rare in the afterworld) and works as a Shinigami like his parents and grandmother before him. He can be seen by regular humans, but if he wears a special cloak, he becomes invisible to everyone. This makes it easy to put spirits to rest without being seen by humans!

Both Rinne and Sakura are able to see what others cannot and this often helps Rinne when he takes on a mission. Throughout the series, Rinne ends up taking on random spirits every episode with a cute mascot that often helps him (Rokumon), a love rival (Tsubasa Jumonji), a girl who likes him (Ageha), and several other colorful characters in the human and afterworld. Check out the afterlife. Just be sure to bring your checkbook, nothing’s for free!

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: Sentai Filmworks is the licensor of this series and by the looks of it, this series has already been released in video formats and has no dub to speak of. So I’m going to assume there will be no dub to this in the future. This is kind of a blessing to me! Because if I’m watching a Rumiko Takahashi series, I would highly prefer hearing the voice actors of Vancouver! That’s right, if this series doesn’t contain Richard Ian Cox, Kelly Sheridan, Brad Swaile, or Brian Drummond, the dub will be scum.

Okay, I admit that’s mean. I grew accustomed to the other Takahashi classics that if this got a dub, I would have flipped if I saw the Texas voice actors on this.

As for the sub…where oh where could Kappei Yamaguchi be? Oh where, oh where could he be? One way or another, we are going to hear him. And we do! BUT, he’s not a main character this time. That honor goes to Kaito Ishikawa. Everything in the last three years has gone to this guy. And who am I to complain? I friggin’ love him in nearly everything he’s in. Yeah, this series does have a lot of familiar voices, including several that have been memorable characters in Takahashi’s other series. Kappei Yamaguchi (who is well known for InuYasha and Ranma) is featured as well as Satsuki Yukino (well known for Kagome on InuYasha) Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

*Rinne is played by (known for Kiawe on Pokemon SM, Genos on One Punch Man, Mitsuo on Golden Time, Urie on Tokyo Ghoul :re, Sakakibara on Assassination Classroom, and Naofumi on Shield Hero)

*Sakura is played by Marina Inoue (known for Sonia on Pokemon Journeys, Armin on Attack on Titan, Yoko on Gurren Lagann, Jessica on Umineko, Kyouko on Skip Beat, Wataru on Hayate, and Rei on H.O.T.D.)

*Rokumon is played by Hitomi Nabatame (known for Serena’s Mother on Pokemon XY, Yukiji on Hayate, Margery Daw on Shakugan no Shana, Saori on Oreimo, Nanao on Bleach, and Raynare on High School DxD)

FAVORITE CHARACTER: I have a guilty pleasure for Kain’s cat, Suzu. She’s just so care-free that she fucks up at least 98% of the time she’s shown on this show. And I gotta admit that she makes me laugh whenever she’s on the screen.

DISLIKED CHARACTER: You would think I would pick that snot-nosed brat (Shouma) introduced in season two for this list. Or Kain for that matter! Both of these boys annoy the living fuck out of me whenever they’re in an episode. But then Rinne’s father peaks his douchey head in.

Oh wow, horrible parent alert! Sabato Rokudou is Rinne’s father and holy shit what a bloody scumbag. He’s on the same tier as the parents from Hayate the Combat Butler. Yeah, that bad! As we all know, the after-world is a capitalist society and everything has a price. This guy has been stealing his own son’s money since he was a little boy. Add to that, Sabato fills his son with false promises (including meeting his own mother). Even in his current age, Sabato finds ways to steal money from his son when he’s trying to earn means while living in the world of the living. Even putting him in a million yen in debt! And just causing life to be miserable for Rinne whenever he comes by! Tamako, how could you birth such an inconsiderate bastard into being?

Nice to see my prediction from when I wrote my Worst Father’s of Anime list over a year ago came true. Sabato remained a dick-head throughout all three seasons. Amazing! I guess the only nice thing about him is that he’s not going to be in a relationship with Ichigo while she’s still a child.

SHIPPING: So Kyokai no Rinne is following the same protocol as a lot of Rumiko Takahashi’s other animes. So we have the male and female main protagonist that’s going to be the main ship (even though it seems more friend-zoned most of the time). There will be a reoccurring girl character to cause friction between this main ship because she loves the male protagonist. And we have to add several boys after the main female’s heart too.

And just for good measure, let’s add a boy interested in the male lead and a couple of secondary ships that may or may not happen.

Hey, InuYasha and Ranma ½ had the same setup. Rinne is just following suit!

Rinne x Sakura has pretty much setting sail since the end of season two even without a full-on confession from either one of them. Rinne has had feelings for Sakura since season one. Sakura on the other hand, I can’t get a grip on what she wants in terms of a romantic partner. I want to say she’s oblivious to the advances of Jumonji or Ageha’s jealousy, but on the other hand, I feel like Sakura just doesn’t care what happens romantic wise. But the fact that she’s constantly helping Rinne might be a big, fat clue.

Rinne x Ageha is that one-sided ship that you know is never gonna happen (along with Sakura x Jumonji), but it doesn’t stop die-hard shippers from supporting it until their final breaths. I am actually impressed that Ageha doesn’t hold a grudge against Rinne because his father kinda brain-washed Ageha’s sister into giving Sabato money all the time. Several other characters hate Rinne for that alone, yet Ageha is still devoted to loving Rinne.

I do wonder that once Rinne x Sakura are a sure-thing if Jumonji and Ageha are going to hook up.

Rinne x Matsugo was one of the wildest ships I could have imagined. First of all, Matsugo’s debut episode came with a hint of love-hate. But by the end, Matsugo went from hating Rinne over a misunderstanding to going all “Bros before Hoes” on us! After that Matsugo stopped at nothing to get Rinne. Even blowing off the one girl that actually likes this obsessed freak!

Kain x Renge is actually the one ship that doesn’t revolve around Rinne because both Kain and Renge hate Rinne’s guts. Renge likes Kain, but also has to hide some pretty heinous things from him like working for Rinne’s father as a Damashi-shinigami. And as we all know, Kain has a vendetta against Sabato, his family, and anyone affiliated with Damashis due to his own family situation. Kain unfortunately sees Renge as an ally or a friend. He wants her to continue her studies since Kain can’t go to school. Dude ain’t got time for a side-chick! He’s gotta work for a living because his mother gives all their money away to Sabato.

That guy seriously grinds my gears.

RUMIC WORLD EASTER EGGS: Rumiko Takahashi has been around for quite some time and many of her creations have become quite well-known. That’s why when Rinne came in anime form, fans took to the forums to gab about how Ageha is the spitting image of a one-shot villain from InuYasha or that Sakura’s mother has a resemblance of Lum or that Jumonji looks like a modern-day Miroku (minus the perverted charm). Every now and then, we get a special little easter egg shown from Takahashi’s other works. Most notably, Lum shown on the currency and carnival prizes that have a lot of figures from Ranma ½!

My favorite easter egg was of course during a next episode preview where Sabato and Tamako (who are voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi and Satsuki Yukino) end up doing some dialogue that’s…

…You all know what this is…

END OF SEASON ONE: So the final episode, Sakura was able to have something she hasn’t been able to obtain in over 10 years. Three days of peace without having to be bugged by a spirit. As a reminder, Sakura as a child visited the other world and after that experience, she’s been able to see spirits. Tamao gave Sakura some candy to eat so that she would be like every other human around her and not see spirits every waking second.

This couldn’t have come at a worse time for Rinne as he had to take out over 5,000 spirits in the middle of an A-1 run. And because Sakura accidentally opened the barrier containing these spirits, they were trying to come after her. So Rinne had to get rid of all 5,000 (and lose money in the process with special tools). It took three days, but Rinne was able to do that. And because Rinne had his special coat on (where normal humans are unable to see him), Sakura wasn’t able to see him until the candy wore off. Even though Sakura got a whole bag of those candies, she hasn’t used them again.

At the end of the episode, Rinne and Sakura break the fourth wall by announcing that a second season was coming!

SEASON TWO: Oh thank you Jesus, the opening and ending themes aren’t bland bags of genericness like the previous season. Great improvement, especially when you get one of the best singers from Love Live to do the opening theme! Good on you!

Music ranting aside, this season we are introduced to a lot of new characters in the human and spirit world that are going to be seen more often than not. Starting things off, apparently Ageha has a cat employee (much like the relationship between Rinne and Rokumon). Except Ageha and Obero’s relationship is a lot more dysfunctional. Kain also has a cat employee named Suzu. She’s more spazzy compared to Kain’s serious demeanor. Actually, there are several cat characters introduced this series and even a few episodes dedicated to them later on.

One more thing I should mention about this particular season is that we got to see Sakura have a little more growth here. For a while I found her too plain for my taste, but this season we see her become a Shinigami (for a day) and we even get possible love interest with the finale. Now let’s head over to that part.

END OF SEASON TWO: The final two episodes consisted of Rinne being invited to a high school mixer in the Afterworld by a former friend, Matsugo. The thing is Matsugo used to hold a vendetta against Rinne due to a misunderstanding from their childhood. But unlike every other misunderstanding from this series, this one was resolved within an episode or two and Matsugo’s buddies with Rinne again. Actually, Matsugo’s feelings are teetering from childhood friend to full-blown bromance.

How do you get rid of a nuisance who can’t take a hint? Bring Sakura with you to the mixer and have her pretend to be your girlfriend! The big problem here is that Rinne is putting food and money over Sakura. And if you were in Rinne’s shoes, you can see that these two are more important than a girl. Rinne is poor as fuck! If he gets a chance at winning some money or food, absolutely fuck everything else! Unfortunately, Sakura caught wind of all of these ulterior motives and started to question her own relationship with Rinne. And I gotta hand it to Sakura, because if this were an old-school Rumiko Takahashi female protagonist like Akane or Kagome, Rinne would have been destroyed in a matter of seconds. Sakura doesn’t cuss him out or show a resting bitch-face. Actually, she never does! But by the end of this two-parter, Rinne realized that Sakura is pretty important to her, maybe even more than other things.

At the end of the episode, Rinne and Sakura break the fourth wall again by announcing that a third season was coming!

SEASON THREE: Much like the previous season, we’re continuously introduced to new characters that serve some sort of purpose, a new love triangle involving the main or supporting cast, and 2-3 filler stories an episode. However, in the mid-point, we get introduced to 2 new characters that answer some questions that have plagued many of us since the beginning.

You know how nearly every male protagonist of Rumiko Takahashi has a missing mother? Whether it be due to premature demise or she’s a crazy-bitch like in Ranma ½, the mother figure is usually M.I.A. Otome was Rinne’s mother, but she disappeared when he was a baby. Only now, her scythe returns suddenly. Add to that, a mysterious little girl named Ichigo moves into the area (and just like Sakura, she can see spirits).

Long story short, Ichigo is the reincarnation of Otome (Rinne’s mother). I can get over this whole Kikyo/Kagome crap because this is a Rumiko classic. But I just feel ewwie whenever I see Ichigo and Sabato. Thankfully Sabato has no intention of doing anything creepy to Ichigo. He has some standards, so he gets a point with me there. The reason why Otome disappeared was because she wanted to hide her old yearbooks from Sabato, which lead to her being caught up in a stampede of wild animals that lead her to the wheel of reincarnation. And the reason why she was trying to hide these old yearbooks was because she didn’t want Sabato to know the ugly truth.

That she is really two years younger…than her mother-in-law.

Dude…I know Tamako looks extremely young to even be a grandmother…but damn, Otome goes to these lengths to lie about her age.

ENDING: We don’t really get any kind of monumental moment or climax until the very final episode since all of the episodes between Ichigo’s reveal and the finale were mostly just side-stories involving spirits/demons of the day. The final episode had Rinne, Sakura, Renge, and Jumonji taking part of a school festival at Matsugo’s school. But it mostly takes place in a test of courage cave. Apparently this feature is notorious for causing many couples to break up and people can’t turn around otherwise they’re disqualified. But if you make it all the way through, free food! And you know Rinne is not going to turn down a chance to get free food.

But we get another moment much like the end of season two where Rinne has to choose between food and/or money or Sakura. Actually, Rinne ended up choosing Sakura. And unlike a bunch of other pissed off couples, Rinne and Sakura’s relationship (or lack there of) is doing pretty well.

So we end with no love confessions on any front, no happy ending for Rinne in hitting a Shinigami lottery or some crap like that, and no hope in a fourth season.

*sighs*

This was…just an okay anime. I can see why people just think this is okay or mediocre. With me, there were several things that bugged. First of all, I found several things in the anime that felt very inconsistent. Especially when it came to the spirits plaguing the human world! There are some scenes where something out of the ordinary happens and it plays out like you would expect like people freaking out. But then you get these moments where, okay, why are regular humans seeing this? The annoying narrator likes to point out the obvious in literally every episode. Why, didn’t we establish the obvious earlier?

Speaking of the narrator, could you be any more annoying?! How many times are you going to remind us of things in the series? I know there are useful moments with the narrator like when he’s describing all the different items Rinne and other Shinigami use to put a soul to rest. But then there’s this repetitive nature to the narrator where he constantly reminds you of shit you’ve known since episode 1. It’s useful when you want to remind the audience at the beginning of each season, but not every couple of episodes. WE ALL KNOW RINNE CAN’T BE SEEN BY HUMANS IF HE’S WEARING HIS CLOAK! SHUT UP ALREADY!

I’m not sure if the anime covered everything in the manga as I have not picked up the books…yet. I’m sure the manga has gotten a little further with many of these potential ships like Rinne x Sakura to hope that maybe one day we’ll get something from them. I’ve spent a good year and a half trying to grasp at what I really think of Sakura Mamiya. First of all, she’s a huge improvement in the main female role. When you compare her to the other girls from Takahashi’s works like Kagome or Akane (who eat Carnation Instant Bitch every morning), Sakura is quite pleasant.

But then you see Sakura showing no other emotion besides satisfied, meh, and let me put on my surprise face. She hardly ever gets mad. I’m not saying go on a rampage like Kagome when she yells at InuYasha, but for fuck’s sake, tell Rinne off every now and then. Christ-balls, he’s put food and money over you so many times you’ve earned a few yells. And he constantly borrows money from you and you know he’ll never pay you back!

The story is mostly the spirit of the day trope. In later seasons however, we get two or three mini stories an episode dealing with some sort of spirit with no personal growth involving any of the main characters. Rinne gets ahead during the episode, but gets smacked back to where he began and we repeat the same thing in the next episode. So yeah, it got boring when we’re stuck in a slump like that. I even had high hopes in season two when we got that one episode where Sakura was a Shinigami for the day. I thought Sakura was going to evolve a little bit after that, but alas that was not the case. We go right back to the spirit(s) of the day trope!

But I always felt drawn back with several of the colorful characters. I always enjoy Rinne’s grandmother, Tamako. Kain’s cat, Suzu is the silliest thing ever and I love her dearly. Masato will always suck and it’s a joy to watch him fail at everything. And call me a sucker for boys fighting over the girl, but whenever I see Rinne and Jumonji get jealous at each other, I enjoy it. Not on levels like Inuyasha and Koga, but good enough here.

So, I would give it a couple of episodes to make your own decision if you want to drop it or continue watching Rinne.

In the meantime, I’m gonna wait patiently for that InuYasha sequel that’s coming out in October. Thank Arceus Rumiko Takahashi gave us something in 2020.

If you want to check out Rin-ne, all three seasons are available on Crunchyro…

Uh-oh! As of this date and time, Rin-ne is removed (along with 76 other titles) from Crunchyroll’s site. Glad I finished before they got rid of it! Just watch it on HI-DIVE.

Now then! That took a good 18 months to get through. Hopefully the next anime is a lot shorter than that one. What’s next on my Sentai block?

Suffering!

Huh? Does that mean Re:Zero? Or Akame ga Kill?

Nope.

Oh, Made in Abyss! But this looks cute and innocent, how could this possibly be…?! Almost had you all fooled! Looks can be deceiving. Yeah, this anime is gonna hurt.

[higuchimon]

7, 18 for the end-of-the-year ask meme please?

07: longest completed fic you wrote this year: For fics I started & finished this year, it's Embrace of Fate, clocking in at 24,724. For fics I finished this year but started in 2018, it's Rebirth of Kaiser, clocking in at 61,940.

18: current number of wips: you asked for all my fandoms, so here we go! Like yesterday, I divided into fics I have actual words written on and fics that I will be rewriting, regardless of if I've ever posted them or not.

I've divided them according to fandom, for easier listing. First up, fics with actual words written.

Digimon Adventure 02 tri

Chains of the Past: Ken, Death Rosemon (OC): 12,377/75,000

Chaos In The Family: Jun, Momoe, Daisuke, Ken: 1,136/15,833

Far From The Tree: Devil's Daughter: Sora, Devimon, Hoshimon (OC): 15,179/79,372

Illness: Ken x Daisuke: 1,264/10,000

Key To A Bad Bargain: Ken x Daisuke, Piemon, Hikari: 1,063/90,000

Monochromon Never Forgets: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 1,347/18,000

Nowhere Like Home: Chosen Children, Digimon Kaiser: 1,016/93,000

Only One Answer: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 3,597/45,000

Path Less Travelled: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 8,212/177,620

Services Rendered: Paying The Price: Digimon Kaiser Ken x Daisuke: 1,324/18,000

Memories and Meaning: Perils of Being Early: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 4,284/45,000

Shadowfall: Let The Darkness In: Dark Masters, Chosen Children: 1,301/200,000

Thicker Than Water: Dark Masters, Chosen Children: 3,607/237,600

Heart of Demon, Soul of Angel: To Fall & To Fly: Taichi x Yamato: 785/42,484

What's Mine Is Mine: Digimon Kaiser Ken x Daisuke: 10,800/18,000

Digimon Tamers

Iceheart: Ruki, Takato, OC: 9,444/56,840

Risk of Death: Ryou, Ruki, Osamu: 8,125/42,484

Digimon Frontier

Shadow Sorrow: Kouji, Kouichi: 5,262/38,274

Storm Spirit: Junpei x Izumi: 1,277/42,484

Thunderstruck: Junpei, Kouichi: 6,387/32,589

Digimon Xros Wars

Hunting The Great Game: Tamed Flames: Kiriha, DarkKnightmon: 3,359/90,000

YGO DM

Attraction To Blonds: Jounouchi x Malik: 2,033/50,000

Smoothing The Road: Seto x Yuugi: 1,584/22,500

YGO Zexal

Bad Company: Vector x Mizael: 7,867/45,000

Beyond All Beauty: Mizael, Kaito: 3,501/45,000

Gifts That Give Themselves: Mizael x Kaito x Chris: 5,084/54,321

In A Tower Room: Vector, Yuuma: 10,888/125,000

Inappropriate Places: Vector x Mizael: 2,529/9,539

Sweet: Durbe x Chris: 1,148/45,000

YGO Arc-V

Another Swing of the Pendelum: Yuuya, Yuuto, Yuugo, Yuuri, Yuzu, Ruri, Rin, Selena: 2,090/32,589

Bloodfire: Shun, Yuuri: 2,082/45,000

Daughter of the Sea: Rin x Ruri: 2,192/45,000

Introduction To Danger: Kaito x Shun: 1,420/90,000

Kept In Shadows: Shun, Yuuri: 18,246/120,000

Kinblood: Asuka x Selena: 1,734/45,000

Brothers & Boyfriends: Not Anything But Everything: Yuuya x Yuuto: 2,687/38,274

Plant Problems: Yuuri x Yuugo: 2,056/18,000

Shirt For A Bird: Yuuri, Shun: 7,822/45,000

Warrior, Prey, Prisoner: Yuuri, Shun: 314/45,000

Wounded Wings: Asuka x Akane: 1,528/18,000

YGO VRAINS

Hugs of Yuusaku: Yuusaki x Ai: 2,361/18,000

Intrafandom Crossovers: YGO

Love Lessons: Fubuki x Otogi: 10,177/45,000

Winter's Cold Kiss: Vector x Mizael: 2,007/18,000

Interfandom Crossovers

Alliance of Fear: Ken x Daisuke, Yubel x Juudai x Johan: 8,224/60,000

What You See Is What You Get: Taiju x Nanao: 2,422/43,200

Love Is Out Of This Digital World: A Digital Mess: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke, Caerula Adamas, Battle Lovers: 4,705/45,000

Vanity's Risks: Akoya, Ranamon: 613/52,000

BKCBL BKCHK

Love Is A Melody: Kinshiro x Atsushi: 351/45,000

No Price Too High: Ryuu x Akoya: 1,029/18,000

Power Rangers

Azure Aquamarine: Tommy x Billy: 2,216/90,000

Melodyweaver: Divatox, Scorpina, Rangers: 3,640/45,000

Unexpected Tales: Hot: Emily x Jason: 1,023/30,000

Unexpected Tales: Sound of Waves: Tanya x Adam: 1,546/30,000

Yellow & Blue: Nature of Fear: Trini x Billy: 2,809/45,000

And now, rewrites:

Digimon Adventure 02 tri

Adulthood Issues: Ken x Daisuke, Sora: 0/200,000

All The World's a Stage: Chosen Children, Dark Masters: 0/200,000

Blossoms of Death: Change: Miyako, Daisuke: 0/18,000

Broken Wings: Ken x Daisuke: 0/400,000

Colors of the Heart: Mimi x Miyako: 0/90,000

Consort: Ken x Daisuke: 0/45,000

Crestfallen: Taichi, Daisuke: 0/90,000

Cure For The Common Cold: Taichi, Takeru: 0/18,000

Etemon's Envy: Mimi, Yamato, Etemon: 0/60,000

Fist of Velvet, Glove of Steel: Taichi x Yamato, Ken x Dasiuke: 150,000

God Granted: Piemon x Takeru: 0/45,000

Heart's Desire: Jun, Wizarmon, Ken, Daisuke: 0/90,000

Just A Suggestion: Ken x Daisuke: 0/45,000

Last Dark Master: Not His Word: Yamato, Piemon: 0/90,000

Layers of Deception: Vamdemon, Daisuke: 0/150,000

Leader Loss: Taichi, Yamato, Vamdemon: 0/90,000

Moonwhispers: Sora x Hikari: 0/100,000

Price of Triumph: Sidesteps: Digimon Kaiser, Daisuke: 0/180,000

Price To Be Paid: Jun x Osamu: 0/9,000

Soulcall: Correct Mistakes: Ken x Daisuke: 0/120,000

Soulcall: Giving Chase: Hikari x Miyako: 0/80,000

Soulcall: Seven Strange Days: Jun x Momoe: 0/50,000

Summons of the Dark Side: Taichi x Yamato, Digimon Kaiser x Daisuke: 120,000

Tangled Emotions: Mimi x Sora: 300,000

To True Love: Moments Without You: Taichi x Yamato: 120,000

To True Love: Subtle Clues: Taichi x Yamato: 120,000

To True Love: Fragile Kisses: Taichi x Yamato: 120,000

Two Days Off: Ken x Daisuke: 0/45,000

Two Made One: Sora x Miyako: 0/45,000

Digimon Tamers

Crystal of Nightmares: Tamers, OCs: 0/120,000

Hunting The Hunter: Ruki x Renamon: 0/120,000

Digimon Frontier

Assistance Needed: Kouji, Izumi: 0/18,000

Eyes of Light: Kouji, Kouichi: 0/200,000

Tales of wind & Water: Sealing The Beast: Izumi, Ranamon: 0/90,000

Godslave: Lucemon x Kouji: 0/150,000

Treasure Hunt of Terror: Takuya, Kouji: 0/90,000

YGO DM

Of The Heart: Mai x Isis: 0/150,000

YGO Zexal

Keys To The Tower: Durbe x Chris: 0/200,000

Long Lost Friends: Alit, Mizael: 0/45,000

Offering: Durbe x Chris: 0/90,000

YGO Arc-V

Payment: Yuuri x Shun: 0/90,000

Torments of Kurosaki Shun: Prey & Hunters: 0/50,000

Soul of the Gem: Masumi x Yuzu: 0/90,000

Way Too Easy: Yuuya x Yuuto x Yuugo x Yuuri: 0/400,000

YGO VRAINS

Son of Trees: Spectre, Earth, Go: 0/56,840

Intrafandom Crossovers: YGO

Shards and Sunlight: Asuka x Mizuchi: 0/90,000

Interfandom Crossovers

Rage, Revenge, & Reprisals: Lucemon, Black Mist, Chosen Children: 0/240,000

Ties to Magic: Dragon Wings & Demon Hearts: Yubel x Juudai, Ruki x Renamon: 0/90,000

Ties To Magic: Bond To Angel, Bond To Demon: Piemon x Yuusuke, Taichi x Yamato, Ken x Daisuke: 0/180,000

Touched By The Moon: Kat Hillard, Selena: 0/240,000

BKCBL BKCHK

Targeting A Cold Heart: Io x Ryuu x Akoya: 0/90,000

Power Rangers

Emotional Damage: Kat x Tommy: 0/75,000

[thefinalcinderella]

A new segment from the Tsurune twitter: Teach Us! Kyudo Boys!, where the main boys will give their thoughts on each other.

Today is Narumiya Minato,

Height: 173cm

Birthday: December 21

Zodiac sign: Sagittarius

Seiya: My childhood friend. I am certain that Minato will definitely return to kyudo. Also, Bear is acting cold towards me lately, what do you think of that?

Ryouhei: To me, he’s a brave hero! I’m super happy to do kyudo with Minato!

Nanao: You should take it easy a little more, okay? Rela~x!

Kaito: No comment.

[discoursecatharsis]

(Tsurune discourse anon): This and "Kaito and Nanao are cousins, don't ship them!" And the most nonsense shit I ever saw that's "Minato x Seiya looks like a toxic relationship"

Oh gawd “Minato x Seiya is toxic” is giving me flashbacks too “Makoharu is toxic,” what’s with people conflating childhood friends to being “toxic”??

[fujoshigirl7]

Tsurune dates~

Study date

2. Park date

3. Drinks date

What's your preferred location? 😉

[bishonenlover]

Onogi and Nao - Tsurune episode 04