#post-kizuna

[rockthistowninsideout]

Going through the Digimon tag on my blog, I came across the post for Mimato Year by @mimatoweek from last year. I had promised in the tags to participate but then totally forgot about it (oops!). Last year in February I had an idea for March/White Day, and reading the post, I once again had one for it (though it's probably not the same).

Anyway, here's my little ficlet for White Day, I hope you like it!

Clean and neat

Word Count: 607 Audience: General Additional tags: swearing

„You should wear white“, Mimi said off-hand while painting her nails a vibrant green colour.

Yamato, who’d been sitting on his bed strumming his bass, blinked. „I have no idea what you’re talking about.“ He looked up to see her still only paying attenttion to her nails and not even giving him so much as a glance.

„Duh! I mean for your video shoot of course! It would look so cool if you were all wearing white. I was thinking maybe tuxedos but that would be way too formal. You’re still a rock band after all. But white blazers and tee-shirts, white chino pants and white sneakers would be the way to go. I can see you performing in an otherwise all-black environment like in that new Halestorm video, The Church or The Steeple or something. You know, I’m not a big rock fan but Sora likes them and this song is absolute killer, as I guess you would say. – Or would all-white be better? With black you’d of course had a stark contrast but with white it would look all clean and neat…“

While Mimi was still rambling, creating the vision of Knife of Day’s next music video as she was talking, Yamato got up to put his bass away. He closed the clasps on the case before padding across the room to where Mimi was sitting on his desk, legs dangling in sync to her musings.

His initial reaction to her idea had been to snort. Knife of Day wearing white! How ridiculous! They were a bonafide rock band whose members wore nothing but black, a bit of leather, here and there some checkered slippers, and maybe a bit of blood red or deep dark blue. But white? No way!

But the longer Mimi’s ramble went the more the idea grew on him. He could see it before him, his bandmates and him in a bright white room, similar to The Hives in their Walk Idiot Walk video. Their style would be somewhere between formal and casual, like Mimi had described. Maybe there were accents with some red flower petals floating around but otherwise it would be just like she had said: clean and neat.

He reached her now, standing before her. Her dangling feet hitting his legs lightly finally made her look up. She tilted her head curiously, halting in painting her video vision in the brightest (or better say) whitest colours. But before she could ask why he had suddenly come over she was stopped short by a kiss from Yamato. It started out tenderly but grew more and more intense, Mimi entangling her legs so that Yamato could press his body against hers, reassuringly and needily.

Coming up for air, both faces flushed red to the hairline, Mimi still managed a cheeky grin. „What was that for, Casanova? Not that I don’t enjoy kissing you. On the contrary, I do very much indeed. But that seemed a little random.“

Yamato shook his head as an answer, the wisps of his fringe falling into his eyes. „It was not random at all. This was for your brilliant idea for our new music video. It’s perfect. I couldn’t have come up with a better concept.“

Mimi smiled, it swung somewhere between the expression of a cat that got the cream and genuine gratitude over his compliment. „You know you can trust me in all things fashion“ she said with a toothy grin before her face turned soft. „And I’d be more than happy to help you set it up.“

Yamato replied with a similarly soft smile. Then he said „I hadn’t expected anything less.“

[skapplebees]

Happy (?) Odaiba Memorial Day (and 25th anniversary of Digimon animation)

This is where I'd put a clever caption about cycles and rebirth and friendships lasting over lifetimes, but I don't think I'm poetic enough to fully express my thoughts

[laugtherhyena]

Since y'all know I can't think of them separately for very long, here's Kizuna's sprite gallery

This redesign has grown a lot on me and i hope you guys enjoy it as much as i do! Feel free to use the sprites on whatever you please as long as it's not anything gross and credit is given (no need to actually tag me tho)

[shieldherostuffs]

Therese: So Naofumi kissed you? L'Arc: *Staring woefully out the window* Therese: And you said 'Thank you'? L'Arc: Yep. Therese: Well, that was very polite of you.

Meanwhile:

Naofumi: "Thank you"?! WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?! Kizuna: He's stupid, Naofumi. You know that.

[pluto-bop]

Behold, a mere fraction of my MANY DRA/SDRA2 memes

I have so god damn many from contributing nothing but memes to Reddit and now the people of Tumblr must pay the price

[iistardust-and-sprinklesii]

Danganronpa Textposts: DRA/SDRA2 Edition 🥳🎉

[mizzical]

F it, im compiling all my dra sketches below because i kind of miss drawing dra stuff

[glittergoats]

Part One of a bunch of AITSF and AINI art and shitposts from my Twitter (circa March-June)

[lavina-arts]

[kanamejun]

Jun Kaname as Yukinari Togami in Ryusei no Kizuna

[slipery-bastard]

Man anime intros go so hard and they have no business being such good songs

[project-sekai-facts]

Oh yeah Rui no longer has the least Kizuna. I got caught up in the movie trailer and forgot.

[geee-three]

Why don't Shiho and Mizuki have a kizuna yet? Here is my humble suggestion, ignore my rantings below...

They were both in The Gentleman Thief's Thrilling White Day and Next to the Unchanging Warmth. I guess they're waiting for them to both be banner in a Shiho-focus mixed? But that's never been a problem before, look at Saki and Airi, just off the top of my head. It only took one event for them to get a kizuna! And it's nothing to do with how they refer to each other - look at Toya and Kohane, though that's a slightly different situation. Anyway I'm pissed about this. They deserve it colopale! Shiho doesn't have any kizunas with any of the Nightcord kids, and vice-verca for Mizuki and Leo/Need. Like. goddamn. I don't know if the end goal for kizuna ranks is to have every MC have one with every other MC but they really need to get on that if that's the case... If they do want one more mixed before adding a kizuna, we're pretty much out of luck until winter of '25 on JP, because Shiho literally just had a mixed, in Wedding Live ♡ With Everyone but Mizuki's last was Next to the Unchanging Warmth, which hasn't even come to EN yet, though it will pretty soon (read: December). Anyway I love these two and you should too.

[laugtherhyena]

Remember how the infirmary only opens in chapter 3? Sucks that we don't have a doctor anymore

[shieldherostuffs]

Kizuna: Did you guys know what, statistically, one in every 4 people is gay? Kizuna: That means that, statistically, at least one of the Four Cardinal Heroes is gay. Glass: Therese: L'Arc: I hope it's Naofumi, he's cute.

[seventeenlovesthree]

Digimon Writing Challenge - Mix and Match: Taichi + Tentomon + Love

[Yamato] [Takeru] [Hikari] [Sora] [Taichi] [Koushirou] [Mimi] [Jyou]

Summary: Taichi has always struggled to put his feelings into "written" words and letters of all kinds tend to stress him out. Good thing that Tentomon is there to give him a piece of mind - and heart...

Word count: 741

„I’m… Really not made for this kind of stuff.”

Taichi groaned while leaning his head back in sheer frustration, bumping it against the wall a few times – which caught the attention of Tentomon, who had rested peacefully nearby.

“Whatcha mumbling about there, Taichi-han?”, he asked with a yawn as he lazily flew over to his current roommate. Instead of responding, Taichi still stared at the blank texting box he had opened on his smartphone. Which… Had been blank for quite a while already.

“It’s just…” He pulled a grimace. “How do people normally do this?”

Hearing that, Tentomon just tilted his head to the side.

“Well… I’m probably the last you should ask about the matters of human specifics, because… 80% of what your species does appears somewhat odd to me, but… Care to explain?”

Sighing deeply one more time, Taichi finally looked up from the phone, this time with a bashful expression.

“… I am trying to write a message. Or rather… A letter.”

“To whom?”

“… Koushirou.”

If he could have, Tentomon would have tilted his head even further. Even after having spent more than thirteen (human) years with Koushirou, Taichi and all the others, there were still things he simply couldn’t grasp. But – curiosity had killed the cat and he would be damned if he couldn’t bring it back to life.

“Huh. And why would you do that instead of talking to him directly? Like you normally do? Is this some kind of contractual custom where you did something wrong and can’t make up for it unless it is physically documented and signed off?”

Taichi hesitated for a moment – then he sank even deeper.

“… Probably. I’m not entirely sure to be honest, but… It seems that it always comes down to me writing apology letters to people I care about… So you’re not wrong. And it isn’t even an apology this time… Or maybe it is? It’s been way too long, so it feels like I should apologize for being so slow…”

Sensing the dread oozing from Taichi, Tentomon couldn’t help but to climb onto his legs now, seeking some closeness to comfort him a bit.

“Then I understand your problem even less. If you already decided that you’re not ‘made for this kind of stuff’, why are you torturing yourself like that? Seems pretty masochistic to me…”

This time, Taichi just blinked – and actually couldn’t suppress a small laugh.

“Where have you learned that word from…?”

“Koushirou-han tends to use it when it comes to… Nevermind.” The ladybug Digimon coughed, instinctively knowing that this was a boundary he shouldn’t overstep. Better have Koushirou tell Taichi in person what he had meant by that. Speaking of which… “My point is… Whatever it is you want to convey to him, you will probably be most effective if you tell it to him directly. From the heart. That’s what I always tell him too!”

“And it seems to rub off of him, I can tell.”

“Precisely so! If you speak from a place of love, there is not a lot that can go wrong!”

The smile on Taichi’s face grew a bit broader, softer.

“A place of love, huh…”

“And I know for a fact that he always adored that about you too…”, Tentomon elaborated – even if he knew he shouldn’t tell Taichi all of Koushirou’s little secrets, this one seemed to be quite appropriate to reveal right there.

“What?”

“Where do you think he got the ‘talking back’ from, huh? I really wish it was me, but I know it’s impossible not to attribute that to your youthful attitude of jumping head-first into walls back in the day…”

“Very charming. But I think I get what you mean…”

If he was being honest, Tentomon had always perceived Koushirou as being some kind of impulse control for Taichi – and in return, he felt like Taichi was the second best being to pull his human partner out of his shell. So it seemed only natural that he would now push him to come out of his own shell as well.

“Either way, go for it, Taichi-han! Send him a message, ask him for a chat and then talk straight from the heart!”

The cloudy expression had now vanished from Taichi’s eyes, replaced by a surge of something Tentomon wasn’t thoroughly able to describe. But it really felt like it had been the correct thing to do.

“I guess you’re right.”