#please let them be OK though Ichikawa that's all i ask

[regularme12]

Twilight Out of Focus Tickle Asks

This anime is SUPERB!!!

1. Who's the most ticklish character?

Inaba. Dare I say more? Yes. Yes I dare. I just LOVE it when stoice emo male characters turn out to be the most ticklish, so that's why I said it. Even though he's insanley ticklish, and a tickle fight broke out among the 2nd and third years he some how manages to escape while he still can. And he always does it effortlessly until one annoying pink haired man came along. Yet another tickle war broke out, and Inaba started inching his way to the door without being seen, until his boyfriend was like "Where you think you're going, Mr. Hopeless Romantic?" And he grabbed him by his sides and started screaming. What Yosino thought would be a small chuckle, or no chuckle at all because he doesn't even look ticklish, came out as a squeall and hard giggles. Everyone looked at him in awe, since this was news to them. They haven't even decided the fact Inaba was ticklish, so they were all suprised at the blue haired's reactions. Safe to say, No one would let him live it down.

2. Who's the character that everyone would assume was ticklish, but really wasn't?

Mao. Only bc he has that personality that everyone would love to tickle, bc he looks like he can create really cute and hilarious reactions. But on one faithful night, Hisashi went to ticklr him bc Mao tickled him first, he came to a conclusion that Mao wasn't even flinching. So yet again, Hisashi became Mao's tickle toy, and it wasn't fair bc Mao isn't ticklish.

3. Who's the character that everyone gangs up on and tickles?

I was gonna say Inaba but it's gotta be Hisashi. The blonde haired can cackle and snort doesn't matter if they tickle his worst spot, or not. And everyone finds it funny, leading him to be ganged up on, with no help to Mao. Mao just casually told every 2nd year who was apart of the film club, that his loving boyfriend sounds like a pig when getting tickled. And what's the best way to find out if he wasn't ganged up on?

4. Who’s the character that somehow knows everyone else’s tickle spots and reveals them to others?

I feel like it's GOTTA be Yoshino. Yeah, he wasn't there for a long amount of time, but still. He manages to find a tickle fight, somewhere somehow, and goes and tells everyone else. He even goes and tickle someone, it being Inaba bc they boyfriends your honor. And that did NOT help Inaba and Yoshino to get closer. No sir.

5. Who’s the character with one specific tickle spot that only one other person knows about?

Ichikawa. It's his ears. Him and Jin was having their usual love routine, until Jin started licking and biting his ear, his his hands was down the latter's pants. Jin heard and felt a lil giggle and his chest rise so he asked him, "Are you ok? Or does this... tickle?" Ichikawa started protesting and pushing on Jin's shoulders, to no avail. Jin kept doing what he was doing to his boyfriend. Safe to say, after Jin got done, Ichikawa made him lose boyfriend priveleges for 3 weeks, 1 if Jin promises not to tell anyone bc that's his worse spot.

6. Who's the more likely to win gang tickle wars?

Mao. Bc he's in fact NOT ticklish. Such a disadvantage, bc he can get ANYONE and EVERYONE if he so much as pleases to, and yes. He does please to.

7. Which character has a kink for tickling?

It's a tie between Ichikawa and Yoshino bc they're both into bl and there's a lot of tickling in bl, but my gut's saying Yoshino. The pink haired just finds tickling really cute and affectionate, he even wants his beloved bf to tickle him, but Inaba never gets the hint, so Yoshino decides to provoke him by tickling the blue haired first, but still. He's so oblivous all the time. Sorry Yoshino.

8. Which character didn’t even know they were ticklish until another character tickled them?

I'm gonna throw you guys a curve ball and say Rudy, though Jin is second up there. Rudy didn't know he was ticklish bc he didn't have a lot of affection growing up (this is gonna be a hc) So he really wasn't tickled since he was 10. He thought he grew out of that by now. But it was haunting when all the 3rd years ganged up on him, tickling him to peices.

9. Which two characters have tickle fights all the time?

Ichikawa and Jin. After Ichikawa kept requesting different bl mangas to the other, Jin always happens to read a tickle scene and think to himself. "Yeah, I'm gonna do this to Ichikawa." So it leads Ichikawa to tickle Jin afterwards, creating this one huge messy tickle fight. And it happens. All. The. Time.

10. Which character only let's one specific character tickle them?

Hisashi only let's Mao tickle him. He think's it's cute how his boyfriend gets all serious when tickling him, but he would NOT let anyone else do that to him. Bc what he thinks about tickling is thag it's a really loving and affectionate thing that one lover does to another behind closed doors. He would feel sp embarrassed if Mao tickled him infront of other ppl. Ichikawa even put in a tickle scene one time and he had to kindly decline it, so the class preisdent of the film club had to redo the scene.

THIS WAS SP FUN TO MAKE!!!

[thatsnotbeautiful]

HNK ch 71 Cairn thought dump

i've seen some ppl be like "ugh Cairn is full of shit, they agreed to the name and they agreed to partner up with Phos" but..... did they, though? Ghost being the dominant personality meant that Ghost automatically had the upper hand, and it easily could've been that Ghost was the one who was full of shit when they said "we were in agreement", if you force someone to "agree" with you you're still forcing them lol.

and have we forgotten that Ghost's inclusions were still in Cairn's eyes throughout all of this. it automatically brings everything Cairn did before now into question, and makes it doubtful that anything they did was through their own will or bc of Ghost. (although i think some in some instances it was pretty obvious that Ghost was the one in control -- when Cairn was offering to give up their own head for Phos for instance.) (Ghost aside, i don't think Cairn even agreed to their name themself! Phos just suggested it and Cairn kinda just went along with it without explicitly accepting the name at all, iirc.) and tbh i think Cairn is probably having the same problem -- not knowing whether what they did before now was because it was what they wanted, or what Ghost wanted, and not being able to split the two apart. again, they've never been in a position where they've 100% had free will, so it's possible they didn't even recognize what it felt like back then.

i've also seen ppl going like "wah they're rejecting Phos and Lapis as their partners, they don't care" and... my impression now is that Cairn is just blanket rejecting everything that came before because of the reasons i just explained. everything is tainted! nothing before now was ever truly "theirs" because Ghost was always there. (and i also want to take what they're saying more literally -- they're saying "Phos and Lapis weren't my partners" but more stating that as fact rather than implying that they don't care? the way Yellow was talking could've also been interpreted to mean that they were surprised Cairn hurt Phos bc they "owed" it to them as former partners to not hurt them, that they were beholden to them, rather than out of caring, but Cairn doesn't want to be beholden to anyone anymore, except Aechmea apparently lmao) but, yeah, i feel like Cairn is just kinda burning everything they used to have or used to be connected to before (including, apparently, their life on earth) because it wasn't truly Them.

("i don't think you can understand, but not having anyone in the back of my eyes is such a relief" < they're right! nobody else understands bc nobody else has had to deal w this before! it's no surprise that to them Cairn's actions don't make much sense!)

do i think this is the best approach? no. do i think Cairn is going to continue to change as the story continues? absolutely. we've already seen a bit of a shift. we've seen Cairn go from being unsure about even deciding on an outfit to running off to earth without permission, to saying "i'm tired of sitting around being pretty, i want to do something".

i think that Cairn has a reached a point in their "processing having free will for the first time" journey where they're flexing their muscles, acting out, seeing how far they can go. i don't think they smashed Phos' face purely out of malice, or bc they were mad at them bc of before, though i think that was part of it. i also think they smashed Phos simply because they could, because Ghost wasn't going to be there to stop them, and they wanted to see what doing that would feel like.

all of that said though... Cairn still doesn't have 100% freedom obviously bc they're still with Aechmea. from the way Yellow was acting, it sounds like Cairn has been living with Aechmea, cut off from the gems all this time. and sure, Cairn was able to go to earth, but Aechmea's reaction was to get angry -- this is the first time his pretty facade has cracked, the first time we've seen him visibly angry/scary!! -- and to make the fuckin landscape shift so that he's physically cutting Cairn off from everyone around them, so that it's just them standing together on the platform. it's also a demonstration of his power. in addition to he leading the entire moon’s society, he apparently can control the moon's landscape, too, even though he's granting Cairn ""freedom"", he's still the one very clearly in control here, and Cairn can only do as much as Aechmea allows them to do, whether directly or indirectly. so much of what was in this scene trips my "abusive relationship" red flags (getting angry when the other person does something they aren't "supposed" to do, having these sorts of rules in the first place, isolating the person from their friends, etc) that i don't think we're supposed to think of it as good at all

in addition..... i've also seen ppl say Cairn isn't acting anything like themself and, setting aside the fact that it's hard for us to really determine what characteristics are "truly" Cairn based on before bc of all the identity issues... are they really not? haven’t we always seen that Cairn is brusque, frank, direct, more action-oriented (jumping into onto the sunspot to try and get Lapis back -> going to earth bc they determined that the operation would move quicker if they were there to help)? they're continuing to be that way now. i know everything that they're saying hurts but i'm sort of excited about them being selfish, about them shoving everyone aside to focus purely on themself for once. Cairn being all "you don't understand why i'm doing this" and looking all regal ensconced on that seat thingy is such a good goddamn picture. (now if only they could wake up and see that Aechmea isn't someone they should care about either...) (although tbh we've also seen a shift re: how they behave with Aechmea. even though they still appear to be in Aechmea's lap they've gone from fawning all over him to "do you really have to do that in public..." and even though it's small it's still a shift imho)

again, do i want Cairn to continue being like this... i don't, but i'm also pretty sure that they’re going to continue changing. like... ultimately i hope they get to a place where they feel that they can make choices on their own terms, and maybe then to align themself with Phos and the rest of the gems again -- bc they chose to do so, this time, not bc someone else did. i've seen a theory floating around that maybe Cairn is just pretending to go along with what Aechmea wants, and is just tricking him, and... where i'm fairly certain that isn't the case now, maybe it'll eventually happen later.

tldr i know a ton of ppl aren’t happy with how things are going with Cairn, and i can totally see why one wouldn’t be, but personally i’m... kind of cautiously excited about these developments and i’m curious to see what they’re going to do next.

[kyotakumrau]

2021.03.10 USEN STUDIO COAST 1st session with Toshiya and Kyo

They changed the tables for some reason, going from two bigger rectangle ones to four one person round high tables.

Fujieda and Takabayashi came on stage, F greeted fans as usual and asked for the applause for the band members.

After a moment of waiting with bated breath, Toshiya appeared and Kyo after him.

Kyo wore a big light grey coat, white shirt, black (most likely Madara)short shorts, white socks with red print and big sneakers.

Toshiya had white shirt, pearls?, and black slacks.

They sat in order Ta, T, K, F from right to left.

T: [As it's an official event] so, I'm Toshiya, the bassist from DIR EN GREY.

K: I'm Kyo.

F: It's 1st time for T to attend a talk event this year, how do you feel?

T: normal.

F: you've played here even as the venue has a new name. But it's been while. How do you feel K?

K: just usual.

F: you don't feel like it's been a while?

K: not really.

T: playing at Rock-May-Kan definitely made me feel it's been a while. The place is so small. We played with no audience, it was a first time in RMK which felt so strange.

F: rehearsal felt normal.

T: yeah.

F: anything from then?

T: it was nice to see all the staff.

F: how about you, K? We watched the live footage in February, anything feels different?

K: ... I don't remember it anymore.

F: the recording was done a long time ago.

K: Can't remember. At all.

F: I want to ask... (K just started staring at him and that was the end of it😂).

Next, F talked about the leaflet (he also mentioned how awesome it is that camera can move and zoom in this time, was it for K?😆), the photo being quite shocking/impactful. Was shooting hard? Finished really quickly, right?

T: Yeah.

K: it was refreshing. I said it was refreshing/cool, I didn't lie. It's like coolness in summer. It's auspicious/celebratory. Celebrating being born. When you're being born it's never pretty. So I didn't lie before, not even once, I said it's like a cool wind, I just didn't say anything about the celebration part to avoid spoiling it.

F: so far K said Oboro is refreshing, like Taiyou no Ao, Kaoru said it's refreshing, but more like Myaku remix. Shinya said it's like '肉付きに龍(flesh and dragon)' How about you, T?

T: you will know when you listen to it. It's not something that can be explained with words.

F: what about TDFF?

K: it's also refreshing. I listened to the file yesterday, it's like a cream soda, refreshing with a bit of a mellow hint.

F: Vanilla flavor?

K: maybe not just vanilla, mixing other stuff in until it almost spills.

F: what do you think T?

T: ...so, refreshing then.

F: ok, it's refreshing.

K: and auspicious.

And auspicious.

F read the info about the May show in Tokyo Garden Theater and fans clapped.

T: it's been over a year since our last show in Japan, I'm really looking forward to it. In this condition holding concerts is not entirely called for, but we as DIR EN GREY have decided to do it. If you're able to please come.

K: it's been a long time since the last concert. But. Isn't it a weekday? Utterly a weekday. It's almost like bullying [the fans]. Shouldn't we try to book a better date for such an important concert? This is really so much like us.

F: it's just after Golden Week (a week long holiday in Japan).

K: people will be so busy getting back to work. (after F encouragement to say something inviting) So, I'm looking forward to the show when people will have to work because it's weekday (sarcasm by Kyo 👌)

Next was merchandise corner. F again asked us and band members to look at the flyer.

F: T, are there any items you really like?

T: all of them.

F: Shinya uses the tote bag in private now.

K: Did you actually saw him use it?

F: he had it yesterday.

K: huh.

Ta: can we really say yesterday was using it in private though?

Next F showed us the hoodie and the towel, holding the towel up.

K: you should present it more properly.

F held it properly so we could see the whole towel, but K continued to give him dissatisfied look😆

Next F talked about the travel pouch saying it's useful when you travel on the tour you can hang it as it has a small hook.

K started to point out the problems with F explanation, where to hang it, isn't it better to just put on the table, the hook is then useless. A hook for a bag you will put on the table, what. You're terrible at explaining the merch.

😂

T: isn't that for shower room?

F: to put shampoo in and so on?

K just stares at F, that face oh my🤣

F: we talked about it being for shower stuff but we worried about it being waterproof.

K: You actually don't know, do you?🤦‍♂️ are you a scam? Why don't you know??? You should know more about the items!

F: I will properly check!

K: with who?

F: with the merchandiser!

K just looked at him😂

F: but you can probably use it safely in the shower💦

Kyo stared...🤣

F: T, do you have any favorites?

T (after giving him a look): I said all.

F: you, K?

K: the hoodie. The picture in the back was done by my tattoo artist, on my request. I really like it.

F passed them their keychains, K just kept staring at them.

T: why are there 2 types?

F: I wonder. It's for Ochita, so one normal outfit and one bloody. Details are really nice.

And then it was time for the questions from fans.

F: there are many questions about movies, anime etc you've watched recently. K?

K: Evangelion. Not gonna spoil it, but please watch it on a big screen.

T: I want to watch Eva!

F: Ta, are you also an Eva fan?

Ta: I watched the old series, haven't seen the new ones.

Ta: there are many Q to and about F. "Most band members are from Kansai, F do you feel alienated by that?"

F: I'm from Tokyo, but not even a bit.

Ta: where exactly? Do you go back a lot?

F: my old neighborhood doesn't change, it's actually around here. Definitely no alienation.

F: "what's your favourite icecream?" There are many Q asking about sweets. How about you, K?

K: Icecream, I like Cola flavoured Sacre. And the melonpan with icecream inside, when I see that in the shop I always buy like 3. Recently not many shops have it.

F: so when you see it you always get them.

K: Yes.

F: get like 3.

K: Yes.

F: how about you, T? Recently it's a bit cold.

T: hah! I don't recently eat icecream. But I like fruity ones. I like rum raisin.

F: any questions you like, T?

While T was deciding which Q to read K just popped his papers on F's desk😂

T: "what was your first impression of other members when you first met? And how have they changed?"

F: so T will tell us about K.

T: the impression when we first met?

K: was it at Farm? In Nagoya?

T: Farm? I went to see some taiban event at GIO and we met there.

F: where is GIO?

T: in Ichikawa. And we talked there. Has he changed? Of course he has, but I thought he is someone who can laugh very carefree.

F: it was a taiban event of different bands.

T: yeah.

F: How about T, K?

K: it's bit muddled, but I remember best T playing guitar. And the strongest memory I have is T going crazy playing guitar.

F: how about other members? Kaoru?

T: I remember we didn't talk much, just said hi.

F: you met them at GIO. what about Die?

T: he was very talkative, very easy to talk to.

F: Shinya?

T: just passed by.

F: you didn't talk?

T: Just hello.

F told them how D described meeting S. Then he asked Kyo about Kaoru.

K: we met at taiban event, he was playing guitar in a band called Charm. I was impressed with his photo on the flyer. I thought he was very cool, and calm.

F: what ablut Die?

K: I found him through a flyer looking for new band members I thought he was cool. and then there was a taiban.

F: what about S?

K chuckled first😂: I remember he had a bob hair and a very long earring, just one, like a chain. And that earring was moving when he was talking. I remember that.

Ta: has he changed?

K: His looks changed, but he didn't change inside.

Ta: oh.

K: Just gradually ...got weirder. I think he hates humans. But he has many friends he does riddles with. He knows so many people, too many, he uses social media so much, I have no idea who he's hanging out with, but he even has photos with Dewi Sukarno. He probably doesn't hate humans, just hates his band members. Hates people who know about the past.

😂

Ta: "S said he's using tour merch like tshirts, how about you?"

T: 使うやつが使うね・I use stuff that's ok to use. From this event I'd use the travel pouch and usb.

K: I use our items a lot, like towels or hoodies.

F: "what's your favourite meat cut?"

K: skirt steak.

T: skirt steak or offal.

F: I love skirt steak too! - he the continued to talk about meat how good are some parts until he noticed both T and K looks🤣

F: " do you prefer bath or shower? What time do you take bath?"

K: in the evening. But when I have a fresh tattoo I can't take a bath for about 2 weeks, then I take a shower.

F: do tattoos hurt in a bath?

K: They hurt or sting. It's like an injury so like a cut it stings in a bath. Did you think tattos are like a stamp?!

F: it seems it's tough.

Ta: you know tattoos are allowed in our company...

I loved Ta's jab, but what came after this from Kyo was just pure ❤️🤣

K: I will even buy a tattoo machine and do it so you F can get a tattoo.

F: what kind of desing?

K: a giraffe. On your back. Wouldn't it be more scary than oni or a dragon? I'm serious (he was trying so hard not to laugh😂), it's the scariest option, a giraffe.

F: you would design it?

K: Of course. A yellow one. Guys who have scribble/doodle like tattoos are the really scary ones! A yellow giraffe.

F: Let me think about it.

K: please do!

🤣🤣🤣

F: how about you T, a bath or shower?

T: sometimes a lomg bath, sometimes a ahort one, sometimes a shower.

T: "do you eat sweets?" I don't really. if anything, then chocolate.

F: what type?

T: My favorite was Kirinokibune (霧の浮舟, a bit like Aero. Has been discountinued).

F: I'll check it, you K?

K: isn't half of me sweets?😆

F: what do you like recently?

K: cookies, chocolate cookies.

F: from Morinaga? (big chocolate company in Japan, you can find it in every supermarket etc)

K: Morinaga? I don't like soft cookies, they have to be hard, chocolate cookie with chocolate. Recently,  near Harajuku station there's a shop with a red fluffy character that looks like MUCC, I love their cookies.

Then F suggested sth only older people would know it and if looks could kill F would be anihilated by K on the spot🤣

F: last Q, let's choose something easy to answer.

F: "what do you like to eat with rice? I like umeboshi (pickled plum)"

T: in Nagano we eat nametake.

F was a bit clueless how to eat it etc and made T explain more.

F: you K?

K: I don't care. Don't you just eat it with side dishes? No one eats only rice with pickled plum? It's not postwar period!

F: so what side dishes do you like?

K: Sushi.

🤣

F: ...sushi?? Isn't that a bit different??

K: you eat fish with rice, no?

F: so what sushi do you like?

K: fatty cut of flounder fin(あぶりのえんがわ)

And finally last comments:

Toshiya: thank you for today, DIR has decided to hold a concert with audience in May, please come if you can. But you have to decide that for yourself. We made our decision.

Kyo: I don't have anything, as usual. ...your t-shirts will increase, it's hard for people living far from Tokyo, nothing much to say.

F: you mean you will like to see everyone in May and so on?

K: I said I have nothing to say, didn't I?!💢