#otohata rei

[reading-is-an-escape]

Missing my squad hours

[theqrianana]

Happy Birthday Otohata-kun!

[hotwaterandmilk]

Colour page from the 36th chapter of GALS! as illustrated by series mangaka, Fujii Mihona. Page scanned from my personal collection of Ribon clippings.

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[emmalanna]

Story time !

Hi there ! I wrote this story two months ago but I didn’t know how if I should put it in the Internet or not but anyway I decide to publish it :D It is one of my first fiction in English so please be indulgent with the grammar (I’m french) :D

A low fresh wind was blowing, making my hair follow the line. It would become messy but the atmosphere was so pleasant that I didn't really care. I was sitting on the beach, watching the stars shining in the  beautiful dark sky. They looked so bright that I couldn't help smiling. Sounds childish but I always loved staring at stars. Maybe because they made me feel calm after all my busy days. Not that I didn't like my days with my friends, on the opposite, I loved them. Nevertheless, having a time alone for myself was still important to me. Without noises and moves, just me, staying still and thinking about everything.

In the end, I decided to lay down on the sand and fully enjoy my view. I closed my eyes and decided to ear. Ear everything that I could ear. The waves moving and landing on the sand, my own breathing and... footsteps ? I didn't know if it was footstep since the sand was hiding the sound but it still looked like footsteps. Was it approaching me ? I kept my eyes closed, not wanting to break my soothing position. The noise was definitely coming here but I didn't move. Why would I ? In the end, I felt someone sitting in the sand next to me. For some reason, I understood talking was useless. Just appreciating the moment with this person was enough.

I already knew who this unnamed person was. That's why I was so confident about not saying a single word. Silence was good. Yes, it was good for the two of us. Inhaling and exhaling quietly. I felt so comfortable. Just... I wanted to see him. So I finally opened my eyes and turned my head towards this man. Here he was. Staring at the stars too, putting his arm on one of his knee and letting the other leg on the sand. I was unable to explain why but he was so mesmerizing. His eyes, his hair, his face. He looked so handsome in this summer night. He has always looked like this to me... But this time he seemed even more than usually. Was I tired ? Or just endlessly in love with him ? Both of them certainly.

He turned his head toward me too. Did he feel my stares ? For sure. He always did. I usually moved my head and became bashful when he did that. But this time I didn't. I continued looking at him and my eyes met his. I wondered how long could I watch them without being shy and run away. Staring me that long... What was he thinking of ? I have never been able to read in his mind. He was a mysterious guy even after all these years. But it was a part of his charm so I really didn't mind it. I believed in him and I knew he did the same for me so I didn't need to know what was hiding in his head.

This silence was nice but maybe some words were needed ? Finally, he was the one who broke this calm.

“ Why did you left the others to come here ? ” He asked.

I took a long breathe and sat down, folding my legs in the same way. Then answered.

“ Because I wanted some rest.” I said. “ You're gonna ask me Why here ? You have a room for that. Well, I wanted to appreciate the beach at night and stare at the stars. ” I paused, then continued. “And you ? Why coming here ? ” I asked.

“ For the same reason. These guys are too noisy so I choose a quiet place to stay. ” He answered.

I smiled at his answer and looked at him again.

“ We didn't get to be together today. ” I stated. “ Not that I'm bothered by it. Staying with our friends is always fun and refreshing but I like being alone with you too. ” I continued, smiling at him genuinely.

“ You sure never change, do you. ” He answered with a funny tone.

”Ah ? ” I reacted.

But my surprises didn't end there. He already put his hand on my cheek and came closer. I smiled and lifted my head, closing my eyes and letting him kiss me. I couldn't describe but it always put me at ease and the only thing I could do was appreciating the present moment. He was there, with me, loving me. And no word could replace this. When I moved back, the lack of air begging me to do it, I put my forehead on his and burried my hand on his hair. I was still feeling his breathe due to our proximity but I wanted him to be close. I then opened my eyes and saw that he still left them closed.

I smiled again, letting my hand go down and touch his neck. He seemed happy, I knew that, so I leaned again and kissed him one more time, wanted to touch his lips and feel this man's presence. I didn't expect him to pull me closer and wrap my waist with his arm. I didn't mind it, no, I loved it. It was his way to say that he loved me. Or maybe the message was more like “ You're mine.”. Who knew ?

Whatever.

[shammycruz0711]

Happy birthday to my first fictional boyfriend, Rei Otohata! Have a blast.

📷: Mihona Fujii (Twitter)

[fuckyeahanimebirthdays]

Rei Otohata (Super GALS!)  » March 6

[bunny-hoodlum]

I was thinking of @dayseternal-blog 's fic "Last Chance", how the only reason I know about Para-para is because of this anime:

First ep was in one of my Newtype mags in 2003.

Then I thought about the relationship dynamics in this shoujo anime, in relation to Naruto characters.

These two, Ran & Tatsuki... To me they're pretty much Naruko and Naruto, I'm not lying. I couldn't ship them, but they were official. Ran is a hothead, cannot study, has a delinquent/jock personality. Tatsuki makes her laugh, and he is a goofy guy, the end.

Rei Otohata (Oto"hot"ta, lol), and Aya = SasuHina.

Aya was a stressed out high-achiever who turned to Enjo-Kosai (paid dating between High school girls and men), then Ran saved her from that life and showed her there's ways to be a Gyaru on the cheap, also that she can just have fun with her and Miyu. She is a Mature Gyaru type, soft-spoken and down to earth. Rei comes off as pompous and uber serious, but he really doesn't care about superficial stuff, like how he's the number one hottest teen in Shibuya or Tokyo, or something lol. (Do they still run these popularity contests? I can't believe you can/could become a local celebrity as a high schooler, lol.)

Yamato, cop and Ran's older bro. He's an uber responsible stick in the mud type. Miyu, Ran's bestie and reformed actual delinquent turned lovey-dovey, shall I say, borderline Burikko Genki girl. This dynamic best matches... This going to be weird, bear with me: IrukaSakura, primarily Sakura at her most fawning, which was early Part One.

Okay! That concludes SuperGALS! comparisons!

I just started rewatching Outlaw Star, not enough to say for sure, but I think Gene and Melfina have a similar dynamic to NaruHina. ♥️💙🧡💜 JUST LOOK AT THESE BABBIES!!!

[whiteconfession]

I know this isn't the blog for it but watching Sailor Moon reminded me of how much I loved Gals! or Super Gals! Kotobuki Ran. Has anyone seen the anime or read the manga? The relationships and characters were so interesting and it's a shame it wasn't popular. I have yet to find someone who knows it..

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Guest of Honor - Chris Patton!

Chris Patton has been Voice Acting in Anime, Video Games, and Audiobooks for the past nineteen years. He’s voiced titles for every major dubbing studio in the US, including Funimation, Bang Zoom, Okratron 5000, ADV Films, and Sentai.

Some of his most notable roles include Greed in FMA and FMA: Brotherhood, Ayato in Diabolik Lovers, Sousuke Sagara in Full Metal Panic, Asura in Soul Eater, Kliff in Fire Emblem Echoes, Turles in the Dragonball Z franchise, and Keima in The World God Only Knows. Some his favorite roles are Graham Spector in Baccanno!, Rei Otohata in Super Gals!, Fakir in Princess Tutu, Sasame in Pretear, and Oikawa in Haikyuu!

Chris has narrated over 130 Audiobooks, including the Disney novelizations of Tron: Legacy and Guardians of the Galaxy, and his award-winning narration of the national bestseller, The Dorito Effect.  As a theatrical director, he has recently directed award-winning productions of Green Day’s American Idiot, Silence! the Musical, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Chris is a caffeine addict, cat dad, roller coaster nerd, and 100% Pisces. He is also a newly-relocated resident of Los Angeles, CA!

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Ran and Rei

Image Source : http://www.mymanga.me/manga/GALS/1/25

One of the opinions I often find are many fans upset Ran and Rei didn’t happen. Although TatsuRan is my favorite couple and I ship Aya and Rei, I can see the appeal and how Ran and Rei can happen.

Even so, the manga at the beginning seems to be setting them up for it, started with this meet cute moment and subsequence interactions that follows. And the idea of this couple seems to promise interesting development and dynamics; with how antagonistic relationship turns into love, how a cheerful girl like Ran can defrost Rei’s icy heart; how Rei can knock some sense into Ran and how Ran can stand up to Rei’s callousness. On the surface they seems antagonistic but they can connect on some level, although in my observation the the understanding is more from the Rei’s side rather than Ran (Ran mostly infuriated or losing patience with him, and couldn’t tolerate his bullshit lol). Ran can even get Rei to do things she want. And probably also added by the factor Rei developed a hidden crush on her. It is just need the development for Ran to fall in love back with him.

But that development never happens. I have a feeling that we were purposely misled by the author at the beginning (I was also fooled), that they were actually red herrings. With that aside, I found what I think would be an interesting dynamics doesn’t mean that they would be a good couple or doesn’t mean they are good for each other. Here’s why I can see how they didn’t happen :

We both know that the two best looking guys in Meisho high ended up having a thing for Ran (with Yuuya got it really bad moreso than Rei lol)--it is understandable as beside Ran being an attractive girl, Ran is a girl with really strong personality. However compared to Yuuya, Rei doesn’t choose to pursue it, and that is just how he is, he is not interested in romantic relationship in general especially the deep intimate ones. He’s more focused in pursuing his ambition and passion. Added how Ran is not attracted to both boys at all (even after all the relentless pursuits by Yuuya), it puts Rei at greater odds. And we were shown in the end that both boys grew up of their crush on Ran and found deeper connection with another person (Rei with Aya and Yuuya with Mami).

Ran, as a fiercely independent girl, doesn’t want to get hung up on boys. He mocked Aya for being too hung up on a boy. The problem is, with personality such as Rei, you have to spend more effort to get close to him, and Aya is the only one willing to do it. And respectively, for a girl like Ran, the boy is the one who must put extra effort first in getting close to her, with Tatsukichi succeeding (and failure on Yuuya’s part ^^;).

Ran can stand up to his bullshit, yes it is needed to face his callousness, but unfortunately in her not tolerating his bullshit, she didn’t choose to understand him/doesn’t want to put an effort to understand him either. It is not because she hate him, it’s just her happy go lucky personality XD, she doesn’t want to spend time dealing with complicated things. When Ran was infuriated with Rei’s attitude on Aya, she out of anger seeing Aya got hurt, repeatedly told Aya to break up with him. Other characters has to point to her why Rei did what he did, and still she doesn’t dwell too much on it.

Narrative wise, there are many chances that Ran and Rei’s relationship could develop to romantic, but it didn’t. From the start of the 2nd volume, although Rei having crush on Ran, his romantic relationship development always happened with Aya. In fact, I see the whole series showing the progress how he develop feelings for Aya in return. He was meant to grow out  of his crush for Ran. Narrative aside, Ran and Rei’s personality could also what prevents them for progressing romantically, as both of them doesn’t pursue intimate relationship in general and Ran doesn’t have the patience to to deal with Rei.

Rei stated in the beginning that a casual girl like Ran is his type of girl, because it is much easier for him, because then he didn’t have to take it too seriously. That is actually a problem and the key to his character development. It is a sign that he is going to be given the hard way, so he can struggle and come out more developed after that. He has to learn that he cannot keep his emotionally detached attitude for a serious relationship, and that he has to start considering other people’s feelings, and that is what I think he learned after being romantically involved with Aya, which was actually Ran’s total opposite. It is basically refers to the old saying, “You didn’t get what you want but you get what you need”.

Both Ran and Rei are emotionally insensitive and they both don’t want to get too involved in emotional part of the relationship. This could make it harder for them to get intimately close and could cause rift in the relationship. For people like Ran and Rei, at least it must be initiated by the other partner first. That is why they worked better with partners who are more emotionally sensitive and want to initiate the efforts to get intimately close like Aya and Tatsukichi.

This scene, is the last chance Ran and Rei relationship could happen and also ending any chance of it happening. In this scene, Rei, in his roundabout and passive-aggressive way, basically admitting his crush to Ran. But, whether Ran saw through it or not, she choose not to reciprocate it. And in the last panel, as Ran leaving, coincidentally Aya was approaching him. That is a ‘sign’ for Rei that the girl for him is not Ran, whom he first crushed on, but Aya who loves and cares for him all along.

So this is my take on why Ran and Rei didn’t happen. In conclusion, the are aspects in their personality that could make them work, but also could cause problems, and this aspects also prevent their relationship to progress romantically. I hope this can give a new perspective :).

[theqrianana]

Happy Children's Day!

[hotwaterandmilk]

Colour page featuring Ran from the 7th chapter of GALS! as illustrated by series mangaka, Fujii Mihona. Page scanned from my personal collection of Ribon clippings.

[ayma-nidiot]

HOLY SHIT I just found out that Kamiya Hiroshi (Kinshiro’s seiyuu) did a voice from this anime I used to watch!

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Reading fanfics about Rei and Aya of GALS again. I can almost see Sasuke and Sakura in them. I miss this pair so much.