#reiji's scarf

[outoftoucherlocksholmes]

ironically i came down with a fever while working on this so like don’t worry phoenix i get you

[arainmorn-art]

We are sleeping together, your Honor!

Oh gosh, ahahaha! A pre-Facade and pre-Deciphering little comic I did last year :D Gee,  I remember I was testing out what type of art-style I prefer for drawing gay lawyers. I’ve tried a really cringy soft brush one, a sweet yet not challenging cell-shading one, and then looked if I could paint a fanart with Photoshop watercolor brushes, would I feel comfortable with it. Aaaaaaaaaaaand right after that I’ve started writing Facade~!

Dude, that Wolverine hairstyle on Pheenie, I haven’t noticed before...

[parasitoidism]

Full-page Ilustrations- Megami Ibunroku Persona: From The Sea Of The Soul (Manga Anthology)

Shirow Miwa, Sumino Hirune, Beluno Mikawa, Kuori Chimaki, Erika Kari, 御巫史

[pinkprimrose05]

Reiji for the blorbingo.

I can't believe he of all people made me unearth my deck of cards so I can draw an accurate Ace of Diamonds. Oh my God

[afra-blueraz]

A beautiful trip to the ancient and historical land of devils with all brothers and family members.

Yui is very excited for this trip because for the first time all the brothers have agreed to this proposal and she hopes that they will have a great time on this trip as a happy family.

This land is also known as the antique promiseland. A place full of old and beautiful antiques and souvenirs.

The weather is cold and it is the last days of winter. All the boys wear warm clothes and Yui wears the long pink coat Reiji gave her along with a scarf that covers almost her entire face.

Yui's clothes are too big and baggy and she gets lost in them and Ayato and Kino laugh at her. Subaru gets tired of Ayato and Kino's laughter and helps Yui arrange her scarf.

Yui thanks Subaru with a sweet smile and Subaru blushes.

After reaching the promisedland, Yui is very excited to go to the market, but Shu finds it boring.

Due to Yui's insistence, Shu agrees to go to the market with her. In the market, an old necklace catches Yui's attention and Shu buys it for Yui and gives it to her.

The triplets join them and Kanato yells at Yui for leaving him alone in such a boring place.

Yui takes Kanato to a sweet shop to make him happy, but Kanato doesn't like any of the sweets and complains that there is no cream on them.

Ayato wants to go to a restaurant and eat takoyaki, but Yui tells him that this is an antique market and there is no takoyaki here.

In retaliation, Ayato tries to suck Yui's blood, but Laito stops him, smirking that he would like to do it alone with Yui.

A cold wind blows and Yui shivers and Laito hugs her from behind and blows inside her ear and softly whispers: Yui-chan, if you like, I can warm you.

Subaru and Kou, who were looking for Yui all the time, find her, and Subaru, seeing this scene, punches Laito and separates Yui from him.

Kou likes to explore the whole market with Yui, but Subaru doesn't like noisy places.

Because the weather is getting colder, they decide to go back to the hotel.

At the hotel, Yui joins Ruki and Reiji to make lunch and Reiji treats Yui with a hot tea.

Yuma, Ayato and Subaru can be heard fighting and it makes Reiji and Ruki angry.

This sound bothers Shu and he just puts the headphones in his ears and turns the volume up to the last volume.

Kino enjoys the fight of these three people and takes millions of photos and videos of them. Yui warns him that this is wrong, but Kino enjoys his moment.

Carla and Shin, as proud founders, did not like to be in the same room with the Mukami and Sakamaki brothers, so they reserved a separate room in the hotel.

Carla wants Yui to be in his room at night but everyone disagrees that Yui should be with them.

Carla threatens them with his power and takes Yui to his and Shin's room.

Carla and Shin get Yui a special gift from the antique market and give it to Yui.

A brooch that was a sign of pride for the founders in ancient times, and they present this brooch to Yui as the Queen of the Demon World.

Azusa couldn't find a special gift for Yui. But he saw a beautiful flower in the market that was very beautiful and bright.

The beauty and brilliance of the flower reminded Azusa of Yui and he bought it to give Yui as a gift.

At night, when everyone was asleep, Azusa sneaked up to Yui and woke her up. He took her hand and they went to a beautiful garden together. There, Azusa gave the flower to Yui and kissed her forehead.

Azusa smiled at Yui and said: Eve is always my beautiful flower. I love her more than anything and anyone.

At night, when the moonlight was full, Azusa and Yui hugged each other and drowned in each other's arms.

This was the best trip Yui had ever been on. She wished that all the brothers would always be kind to each other and travel more often.

[carlatsukinamistolemyhamsandwich]

Fanfiction Masterlist: Multichapter Fics and One Shots

Shuu Sakamaki

One Shots

Shuu Sakamaki x Reader x Carla Tsukinami Love Triangle (4k+, complete)

The mansion is in chaos when you awake, or at least you think it is from the shouting and the sounds of furniture and glass breaking. Shu’s unusually serious as he tells you to stay in his room before slipping outside. You hurriedly tug your clothes on while you wait for him to come back, wondering just what the hell is going on.

But when the door finally opens again, it isn’t Shu who walks through it. It’s a tall man with a scarf covering the lower half of his face and long, flowing white hair stained a dark pink at the tips. He’s terrifying—and he’s looking at you like you’re a piece of gum stuck to his shoe.

Reiji Sakamaki

One shots

Soulmate AU (Reiji Sakamaki x Reader) (~5k, complete)

The moment his lips touched your skin, a jolt of fear shot through him. Some kind of mortal terror, the likes of which he’d never experienced before. He drew back and the feeling vanished, leaving him breathless. What was this? Your scent was that of an ordinary human, you certainly shouldn’t have the power to affect him in such a manner.

Experimentally, Reiji ran a bare finger over the skin of your neck and the same sensation filled him. Flinching back as though he’d been burned, he tightened his grip on your wrists to the point where you cried out.

“What exactly are you?” he hissed, scanning your eyes for any indication of deception.

“Human,” your voice shook, “I’m just a human.”

Reiji took a deep breath to see if there was anything he’d missed in your scent, but it was utterly mortal, laced with fear. Wait, fear. Those were your emotions he’d sensed, but how? Vampires were capable of many things but this wasn’t one of them. Unless…

Azusa Mukami

One Shots

Bathtub Merman (Merman!Azusa Mukami x Reader) (6k+, complete)

TW: self-harm

The scales were the first thing that caught your attention, shades of blue and silver dimmed by the shade of the pier. As you neared, you were able to make out that they formed a long, sleek tail, ending in a delicate fin that was splattered with some sort of dark liquid. It was only when you had almost reached the pier that you managed to make out what the tail was attached to, however, the sight enough to make you stop in your tracks. A man’s torso, his skin deathly pale under the moonlight, the tail replacing where his legs should have been. Your breath caught in your throat. Mermaids and mermen were the stuff of fiction, there was no way the creature lying sprawled on the sand before you could be real.

Seeming to sense your presence, his head lifted. A pale hand stretched out towards you. “Please…” the desperation was clear in his voice. “Help me.”

Carla Tsukinami

One Shots

Forgotten Gods (Carla Tsukinami x Fem!Reader) (one shot, 2k+, complete)

“Woman,” a voice like rolling thunder said, snapping you out of your spiralling thoughts. “I shall accept your proposal.”

Whatever you’d been expecting the entity in front of you to say, that hadn’t been it.

“I… What?” You muttered faintly, blinking at him from your spot on the floor.

“I have decided to accept you as my wife,” he replied without missing a beat. “Be grateful.” 

Shuu Sakamaki x Reader x Carla Tsukinami Love Triangle (one shot, 4k+, complete)

The mansion is in chaos when you awake, or at least you think it is from the shouting and the sounds of furniture and glass breaking. Shu’s unusually serious as he tells you to stay in his room before slipping outside. You hurriedly tug your clothes on while you wait for him to come back, wondering just what the hell is going on.

But when the door finally opens again, it isn’t Shu who walks through it. It’s a tall man with a scarf covering the lower half of his face and long, flowing white hair stained a dark pink at the tips. He’s terrifying—and he’s looking at you like you’re a piece of gum stuck to his shoe.

Shin Tsukinami

Multichapter fics/Series

The Demon Prince (Demon!Shin Tsukinami x GN!Reader) (two-chapter fic, 15k+, finished)

TW: Gore, horror, body horror, brief description of vomiting in chapter 2

All of a sudden, you couldn’t blame the animals and insects for abandoning you to face him alone, if it weren’t for the markings that felt like a lead weight wrapped around your wrist, you were pretty sure you’d turn tail and go to ground somewhere too. The demon had been terrifying in the overcast light of day, but at night he was something else entirely.

•  Chapter 1: The Deal •  Chapter 2: The Game 

Amaryllis (Human!Shin Tsukinami x Vampire!OC) (multi-chapter fic, 7k+, on hiatus)

“And finally, perhaps the most damning of all,” she said casually, as though she hadn’t been choking the life out of him only moments before. “I have very, very sharp fangs,” a grin revealed her teeth and even through his swimming vision, Shin could see that they looked deadly. “And now, Tsukinami Shin, you’re about to find out what I use them for.”

• Chapter 1: Blood and Peaches • Chapter 2: Spoils of Tragedy 

Siren’s Song (Siren!Shin Tsukinami x Reader) (series, complete)

TW: choking, discussion of drowning, discussion of consumption of human flesh Part 1: Siren’s Call (one shot, 12k+)

You felt a set of claws trail down your leg. It clearly wasn’t intended to injure, closer to a lover’s caress than anything else and yet that didn’t stop your heart from leaping into your throat. Whatever was in the water with you could drag you down easily enough and it clearly hadn’t lost interest either. No, as cold dread filled your veins, you had a certain feeling that it was toying with you.

Scales brushed past your feet and you could almost hear it urging you.

Run. Go on and run. Run so I can chase you.

Part 2: Siren’s Reflections (one shot, 3k+, covers the events of Siren’s Call from Shin’s POV)

Letting out a low growl of frustration, Shin lay back, floating so he could watch more stars flicker into existence above him. He was getting very very sick of waiting—somehow the closer he got to his goal, the more he itched with impatience.

Truthfully, he couldn’t say exactly how long he’d waited for a chance to leave the lagoon. His sleep in it’s depths had been deep and dreamless and so it had been with some confusion that he’d woken to the scent of human blood in the water around him—your blood.

Demon!Reader x Shin (series, ~4k, complete)

TW: Imprisonment, non-explicit torture, mind break (Shin), non-explicit dubious consent

It was the moments of pleasure that had broken him in the end. Shin didn’t know how long he’d been in your dungeons for, parts of him being stripped away through pain and humiliation, exposing something vulnerable and raw.

At some point, the touches from you, the occasional praise, had stopped feeling like acid was being poured on his skin and had become more like a balm, a break from the pain of loosing his pride. And eventually, he’d given himself over to you, admitting that even sitting at your feet was better than being left alone in the dark to be eaten alive by shame and misery.

• Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3

One Shots

Throat Full of Flowers (Shin Tsukinami x Fem!Reader x Carla Tsukinami) (one shot, 3k+, complete) 

TW: Major character death

A hanahaki one shot written mostly from Shin’s POV. Heavy angst.

Remnant (Ghost!Shin Tsukinami x Vampire!Reader) (one shot + prequel headcanons, 2k+, complete)

Halloween 2021 one shot. Set in an AU.

• Prequel headcanons

Lost Eden (Shin Tsukinami x Reader) (one shot, 2.5k+, complete)

An alternative take on Shin’s Lost Eden Manservant ending. You don’t have to have read the route beforehand but be warned this fic contains a lot of spoilers for it.

(Yandere!Shin Tsukinami x Reader) (one shot + epilogue, 3.5k, complete)

TW: Yandere content

“Shin, please stop, you’re hurting me.” It was a pathetic plea, especially given how little trouble he’d had hurting you when you first met, but your wrist was throbbing to the point where your eyes were filling with tears.

“Oh.” Shin lifted your wrist so you could see it. “It hurts does it? Maybe I should just snap it. This is your dominant hand, isn’t it? If I made it completely useless, so you had no choice but to rely on me, would you only look at me then?” The pressure on your wrist increased and you cried out.

• Epilogue

[niftukkun]

What's in a Name, a short Pokemon Mystery Dunegon: Explorers of Sky comic featuring team North Star!

an exploration on the power of a name, and a lampshade on how characters can tell the difference between two pokemon of the exact same species

(to be named is to be known. to be known is to be loved. to be loved is to be changed.)

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details!! :

reiji and circe are, as player character and partner respectively, named from the start.

that faded naming screenshot is from my actual playthrough of the game. heres a clearer version!!

(also the comic panels look like the in-game text boxes and that was very intentional)

naming easter eggs!!

>reiji was a misspelling - i forgot that the japanese for thunder was rai, not rei, so reiji ended up as reiji rather than something playing off being an electric type. a spikey design and feeling for the speech bubble to contrast circe. also thats a pecha scarf because i like not being poisoned. >circe, in mythology, is the daughter of the sun god helios. fire type, daughter of the sun, you get the idea. a more rounded and curly design and speech bubble to contrast reiji. i forgot if circe was wearing the band that increased attack or the one that increased special attack but she certainly is wearing one. >phosphor's name is taken from a game called Oneshot!! the lamp visible in the last page is inspired directly by the lamplighter guys lamp and their speechbubble features a lightbulb, a big plot-important object in Oneshot

>fey is a reference to maya fey from ace attorney!! a purple scrunchie to reference that maya is purple, a magatama both around feys neck and in her speech bubble because thats plot important. the chains in the speech bubble are also a reference to ace attorney and the magatama. the background silhouette is the hazakura temple gates because that case was sure memorable.

>basilisk is a reference to the common water basilisk! so hella water motif and an attempt to merge a wooper with a basilisk. hell yeah.

>rivulet!! rain world rivulet!!!! i gave rivus big ol eyes to a surskit and stuck their axolotl-esque whisker on top and put pink highlights to make a surskit design with a very obvious inspiration. i didnt want to go with a water motif cause basilisk already had that so i made the background silhouette rivulet the slugcat and gave the speech bubble a more wavey look for fun.

>(in hindsight basilisks (walks on water) and rivulets (axolotl) names should have been swapped. that wouldve fit better. but oh well it is what it is and i dont wanna change it)

[bones4thecats]

If it's okay can I please ask for romantic Carla and Reiji and Yuma with kianna

And this request you can make it however you want it to be about

To be honest I see her actually sparing these characters

Type of Writing: Request Characters: Carla Tsukinami, Reiji Sakamaki, and Yuma Mukami Name: Reader Sparing {Character} Requester: @nunezs-stuff

A/N: I love writing for Carla, and in all honesty, Yuma has to be one of my favorite characters in the Diabolik Lovers franchise! Well, lil bubbles🫧, have a nice rest of your days/nights!

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"Why was life so goddamn unfair?!" You screamed internally.

First, your father sends you and your sister, Yui Komori, at a house full of vampires, who, by the way, basically tried killing you oh so many times. Secondly, these brothers were horrendous to be around. From Ayato's constant narcissism to Laito's perverseness, it just riled you all up to the brink of insanity.

And that's why you were here, holding the last remaining drops of Shirubāraitopoizun, or Silver-Light Poison, which was said to destroy the insides of any demon that ingested it, and that included the ones you had already killed.

"Silver-Light Poison? Is that what caused their deaths?" A male's voice echoed from behind you, making you turn around and glare.

Oh, he was here...

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🦇 Carla had just appeared, as he was in need of an answer from the eldest Sakamaki boy, Shu

🦇 When he saw the brothers all sitting in their respective spots with their veins darkened beyond belief, he looked with a deadly glare to where your room was located

🦇 It wasn't like he cared for the boys, but you were held in high-regard to the First Blood King

🦇 He walked up the stairs and down the hall to find your room, and when he stumbled upon it, he lightly opened it and lowered his dark scarf from around his neck and began to speak

" Silver-Light Poison? Is that what caused their deaths? "

🦇 You glared at him for a second, but when your eyes met his, you sighed and nodded before sitting down on the edge of your bed, which was covered in the clothes that you wore when attacking the boys

🦇 Carla sighed and sat beside you before wrapping an arm around your waist

" Karlheinz will not be pleased with this. You know this, correct? "

🦇 He watched as you nodded and began to shake, your emotions seemed to be taking over your mind at the moment he mentioned the brother's father

" How about this as a compromise to help us both out, hm? I shall handle Karlheinz while you come and reside in my home from now on? What do you say, Miss. Komori? "

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☕ He watched as his brothers' veins became dark and he realized what was happening

☕ Reiji stood up and excused himself before taking off to your room, hearing the chocking sounds of his brothers dying breaths, to which he just shrugged and continued his walk

☕ You must have still been upset about Kanato and the others 'accidentally' draining your sister dry a few weeks prior

☕ He opened your door and sighed, crossing his arms and coughing to get your attention from the book you were looking at

" Silver-Light Poison? Is that what caused their deaths? "

☕ You looked up and when he heard the light sound of water dripping and hitting something, he realized you were crying quietly, quieter than your sister ever did

☕ He sighed and walked up to your side and looking into the book you were holding tightly in your grip

☕ It wasn't just a book, it was a picture book, one covered page to page in photos of you and Yui growing up

☕ Yui and you were far closer than he and any of his brothers were in their lives, and that includes the triplets when they were children

☕ Reiji pulled up a small stool you had and sat down to look at you, his hand reached out to hold your chin and pulled you to look into his eyes

" Was there any of that in my tea or food? " " No, Reiji. There was none in either items... " " Are you speaking the truth? " " Yes. "

☕ He nodded and pat your head, he may not be the best at comforting, but right now, there was nothing better to do

☕ He'll have to explain to his father on what happened to his brothers later, but, it'll be caused by an assassin, he can't have you getting beaten in place by someone else, now can he?

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🌱 He and his brothers were doing God knows what when they arrived at the Sakamaki Manor

🌱 Yuma was hanging at the back, making sure one of the Sakamaki brothers didn't jump them from behind so they would 'get out of their way', as many put it

🌱 Ruki paused his steps once they reached the dining room, which the others found out why when they either looked over his shoulder or they walked in front of him

" Holy shit... what in the name of hell happened here?! "

🌱 Yuma had to close his eye so Kou's voice didn't make him smash his head in with his fists

🌱 He and his brothers walked around the other set of vampires and began to look at their physical looks, veins completely black with their eyes fogged over with blood and a white substance

🌱 The others, on Ruki's orders, went on to find whatever caused the death of the multiple spawns of Karlheinz, while Yuma was sent upstairs to search if there was someone else in the house, since he was the most physically intimidating

🌱 He heard the light sound of water hitting the ground and followed it, which led him to the room that Yui Komori once inhabited

🌱 Opening the door, he saw your smaller form sitting seiza-style on the ground

" Silver-Light Poison? Is that what caused their deaths? "

🌱 That was when he noticed something resting in front of you as you began to cough and hunch over

🌱 Yuma jumped up and picked you up before hurling you downstairs to his brother Ruki's arms, yelling at him to lay you on the couch and for Kou and Azusa to gather things from around the residence

🌱 When he gave you the proper cure, that being a special pollen found in a very old flower the boys somehow had

🌱 While he was thankful you were alright, he made sure you stayed by his side from then on, and it started with moving into the Mukami Manor with him

[redbullgivesyouwingedkuriboh]

Since y’all liked me getting beaten down by GX characters so much, here’s:

Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V Characters ranked by how easily I could take them in a fight

same rules apply: fisticuffs only and my personal feelings about the characters do not matter

also since ARC-V is WEIRD AF when it comes to characters this will be characters that are exclusive to ARC-V. so no repeat of Asuka. We already know I bite harder than she does.

without further ado, here we go:

Reira Akaba. No shit. is literally a baby. if I was a baby kicking kind of person I could punt her into the sun. However as I do not kick babies I am more inclined to wrap her in a lil blanket and put her in the corner.

Yuya Sakaki. Bitch. One good step on his toes and he’s going “reaction shot?!” I pull on his stupid fuckin goggles and snap them back onto his face. he’s down. count to ten.

Yuzu Hiragi. Canonically the bracelet girls really suck at holding their own at any given moment. Yuzu is the weakest physically because she has never seen war or hardship to the level of the other three. I could take her in four seconds. pigtail tug time.

Yuri. The second weakest physically of the Yu boys. has been coddled by Leo for years. probably sparred with Sho at the academy to make himself feel better about having 0% body weight from muscles. eat shit you purple motherfucker.

Dennis McField. not only would I beat him, I would enjoy doing it. I’d love to curbstomp that motherfucker off a boat, except he already did that to himself. physically he is a fuckin twig and I am five feet seven inches of pure unadulterated god complex. he’ll wish I turned his ass into a card.

Reiji Akaba. the scarf works to his detriment. I do two laps around him holding the end of that thing and suddenly his face is turning blue and he’s calling for papa. unfortunately for him I have zero mercy.

Rin. again, the bracelet girls are notoriously bad at being strong independent women. we literally don’t see Rin for most of the series because she got herself kidnapped off the cuff. that being said she could probably hold her own against me, but I think she’s too sweet for that.

Z-ARC. We’ve established I bite. even outside of human form, if you look at him, he’s got a fuck ton of exposed veins, both as regular Z-ARC and Yuya Z-ARC. chompy chompy motherfucker you’ll pass out from the blood loss before I can kick your ass properly.

Yugo. Canonically relies on his motorcycle for fuckin everything. lost to Yuri because he rolled a nat one on his constitution saving throw. even though he’s probably physically in shape from motorcycle stuff I could flick him in the forehead and he’d be whining like a baby. If I got the first shot in, I’d have a 99% chance of winning. If he got to me first it would go to about 60%. again, I bite.

Leo Akaba. Here’s where we get into characters that have a greater than 50% chance of beating me. Leo is canonically ripped and also has zero emotions. I would only win if I got close enough for a nut kick, but there’s only one person who wants to be that close to Leo Akaba and it sure as hell ain’t me.

Sora Shuin’in. Holy fuck who let their feral cat off its leash. Sora is literally insane and I am requesting backup. He’d shove that lollipop so far up my ass that I’d be able to tell whether it was lime or green apple. I live in fear of Sora suddenly materializing in my room

Ruri Kurosaki. Remember how I bite? She bites harder. She puts up with No Shit and also has No Fucks To Give.

Serena. No further explanation needed. I fear that explaining it further would cause Feral Child #2 to burst into my brain and start kicking.

Yusho Sakaki. Sweet mother of blue eyes white dragon. remember how I said my personal feelings don’t matter? now they do. smash. next question. wait what were we talking about?

Shun Kurosaki. kinda lost the plot on Yusho but we’re back on track now. Shun canonically took out armed guards by Batmanning his ass up a wall. There’s posters up for him that say “lost dog” and the caption is just “if you find him please keep him”.

Yuto. Everything that Shun is + Ruri taught him how to effectively bite.

Noburu Gongenzaka. he is actually ripped and wears cement shoes for funzies. he could probably just stomp once and my shaky joints would give out on their own. bye.

Yoko Sakaki. canonically beat the stuffing out of people in her past life and I would let her. angry mom energy means I barely make it out alive. smash. wait— shit—

[svxlua]

reiji and scarf-kun

[bloomboxygo]

Day 3: Duetto of Duelist and Spirit

@arcvmonth

Hello there, apologies if I've bothered anyone with my previous prompt, I'm bad at Tumblr. But I've learned.

But enough of that, let's move on to my main star! This'll be an analysis post o my favorite Monster, and I don't think there's really any other choice in my case.

The one bringing the power of flower and the strong in the song! Angel's song and supreme genius as one!

Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir!

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So, Bloom Diva... She's a fascinating one for sure. So well designed, so deceptively powerful (in the anime at least, powercreep's a bish), yet pretty much the embodiment of the Melodious archetype's biggest thematic shortcoming.

Quite a daunting intro for sure... But it wouldn't be an analysis if I didn't include everything. So... Let's get through listening to her song fully, piece by piece, verse by verse.

Verse 0: Setting the script (history)

I'll have to confess right away... I haven't played with her that much. Historically, the times I've played YGO were before ARC-V was a thing. I had left YGO as my circle of friends all stopped playing, and that was with Duelist Alliance. So only when Aria, Sonata and Mozarta were available.

I only discovered Bloom Diva in 2022, when I came back to YGO via Master Duel. And I gotta say, I was particularly hooked with her, but not immediately. Also I haven't played her much, because trying to play Melodious past gold in MD is pain.

The REAL kicker was when I watched her work in the Anime as she devastated pretty much everyone she came across (including Yuzu herself). But I think I'll hold off on it for now.

Verse 1: Costuming for the Concert (Design)

She's super cute, first and foremost. I'll admit that I have a soft spot for gentle looking girls and classical music. The Melodious definitely piqued my interest back in the day for those two things alone. But Bloom Diva's... Particular.

In general, there's a shift in design with the Melodious Monsters. They've changed from exotic, weirdly colored fairies with the maestras having whole eyes and wholly classical looks, to more human looking chorus girls, with various normal skin tones, and Bloom Harmonist was the extreme... Vanilla side of things.

Bloom Diva is peak exotic here. While she is of fair skin, the three pronged silver hair, and the lines on her shoulders, arms, and under her eyes do give off a more mystical vibe to the design. Like... What other musical motifs are on her body? There are some examples out there such as a small pentagram on Aria's right knee. Yet it's a thing no one really knows (especially because fanart of her is pretty much all her wearing her usual dress. Well, all that isn't my commissions AFAIK) Her whole eyes are also full of life, but have the potential to be quite creepy actually, and it's a really quirky detail which I enjoy in a design. Both of these details also belong to Mozarta, and suddenly having a Maestra as required material makes sense.

The musical themes on her designs are somewhat subtle, but still stand out. Those are the two symmetrical hairpins that resemble treble clefs, and pentagram lines both on her arms and on her huge, floating veil that could give Reiji's scarf a run for its money.

However, the flower themes on her design are quite strong. She is "Bloom Diva", after all, so there are various kinds of them! Yellow flowers as her earrings, second necklace and bracelets (6th bracelet girl?), and these are made of petals which, bonus, scatter all over the Field due to Bloom Diva controlling the wind around her at all times. A less noticeable flower theme would also be her dress. A two-layered white and azure dress which resembles a campanula, actually! But of course, we can't overlook the flower stage. A lotus flower which emphasizes the bloom theme excellently as her entrance as her bloom on the stage! Also she's the only Melodious Monster who comes with her own stage, so that's fun. It's clear quite a bit of effort went into this design, and I'd personally rank it S tier were it to be a tier list or something, I dunno.

Verse 2: Taking the Stage (gameplay)

Bloom Diva had been dubbed as "Yubel 2.0" when she first debued. Then again, her anime effect is purely destroying any Special Summoned Monster that battled her and reflecting battle damage, and making her indestructible by battle when you activate the effect. The anime Bloom Diva could be destroyed by any Card Effect or any Normal Summon just fine.

Now, let's get on to the OCG effect, which is... Quite weird.

Can't be destroyed at all and you take no battle damage from her battles, so more defensively viable for sure. But instead of reflecting battle damage, she burns for the difference between the battling monsters' original ATK, and IF she does, the Monster's destroyed.

This... Creates some interesting differences.

The Bloom Diva in the OCG is generally more solid and consistent. However, there's a few things she suddenly got worse at compared to the anime.

First and foremost, how you Summon her. The non generic Melodious material was changed... From Songstress to Maestra. This means that the bricky Maestras are needed as Fusion Material, but at least Ostinato makes things easier, even if Summoning Bloom Diva with it isn't the best option unless you are in Duel Links.

Second, how her damage works. The fact of it being consistent burn damage instead of reflected battle damage means that any modifiers that don't modify the ORIGINAL ATK of either Monster simply won't matter, INCLUDING TAMTAM! Tamtam is designed to work perfectly with Bloom Diva, lowering her ATK to deal more damage. In the anime, that works just fine. In the OCG, it doesn't. (Though Pianissimo actually works with her. Still, it's kinda redundant making her indestructible when she already is!)

Then just nitpicks in general because of the environment around her. Mostly, the other Melodious Monsters, who in the anime... Suck overall. COMPARED to the OCG version. In the actual game, making Bloom Diva is redundant unless you are facing an enemy indestructible by battle: her method of damage is slow and her innate protection can be covered by Aria and Elegy, and they work better as they provide global protection as well as targeting protection. Also if someone negates the burn damage in any fashion, Bloom Diva won't destroy anything.

Verse 3: Following the ARC...V (Anime presence)

This is where Bloom Diva truly shined. Albeit... Not exactly due to competition on her part. While she is a considerably powerful monster, especially in the context of the anime... She certainly stands out more because of how little the other Melodious do. Not only because of their lack of power, but because of a lack of what I would like to call "Character Synergy".

By that I mean, how a Deck relates to the character they're assigned to. Are there traits in there that could be directly compared to traits in the Duelists' personality or history? I would say ARC-V excels in that regard! Here's some examples of why!

Sora is a textbook example of a "Monster revealed under a cutesy guys", and the Fluffals and Frightfurs follow. Doesn't come out as well after his face turn, but eh.

Shun has Raidraptor Falcon XYZ Monsters that are perfect for battling against adversities and superior forces, which he surely had to all his time in the war. And each of them causes certain destruction whenever they enter. Raidraptor Falcon, having a much tamer and more defensive effect, is the fruits of Shun gaining trust in Crow and developing his friendship with him.

GONGENZAKA MIGHT AS WELL BE A SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI, DANGIT (He kinda became one!). Attacking while in defense is the pinnacle of standing your ground. No spells/traps in his deck to achieve their full potential because he has to hold the line and can't run around and search for Action Cards. It's PERFECTION.

So... How does Melodious perform in this category? Very poorly in the anime. They have very much a lack of cohesion in their effects there (the theme of Special Summoning being purely beneficial to them was pretty much exclusive to the OCG). Besides the music theme they share with Yuzu (and even then, she doesn't show it outside of the note pin and pink pentagram draw) they don't have a theme to make them stand out, as their effects are just too weak while not being that gimmicky. It was said around that even then, the theme was swarming, but I dunno! While Mozarta can Special Summon a Melodious from Hand, if you need to spend your whole Hand to have Mozarta and Canon on the field, then something's wrong. (In the OCG, that same hand would have been a full board.)

So... With that ranting out of the way, I can say Bloom Diva fits in this segment because I would say she had "character synery" with Yuzu. Maybe I'm stretching a tad, but please listen to me.

Bloom Diva is the fruits of Yuzu's growth. When she was humbled by Masumi and decided to train under Sora's wing, this is what it would all leave up to. Sure, Bloom Diva came out because Yuzu wanted to fight against Fusion, and she's sure to be active against every Fusion. However, there's more than that.

She learned Fusion, she gained Bloom Diva, to protect her Friends, so she could make her mark and do her part in the grand mystery that would eventually become the Interdimensional war. She's a little fish in a big pond, but she's determined to do her best and face things much bigger than her head on, as long as it's to protect or console her friends with her numbers.

Bloom Diva is very much the same way. A mere Level 6, 1000 ATK Monster... Such a low statline and level are fitting of a little fish, but that little fish strikes back pretty much every big important Monster in ARC-V, things that are much bigger than her. In particular, it would work very well against two things: Academia Monsters who love to inflate their ATK numbers to ridiculous levels, and most of the dimensional dragons!

Fun fact: assuming there are no damage modifiers or nullifiers, a Tamtam boosted Bloom Diva, in the anime, would ONE-SHOT Z-ARC AND ODD EYES. This is because Odd-Eyes doubles any battle damage he would deal to Bloom Diva... And that's reflected, and Z-ARC has 4000 ATK and he still takes the damage, unaffected or not.

Bloom Diva demonstrated her prowess, and thanks to her, Yuzu went on a hot streak.

Bloom Diva dealt the finishing blow to Masumi, Mikiyo, and Olga in the tournament, with De-Fusion making sire Halil would also be OTK'd as he was participating with Olga. Bloom Diva then was STOLEN from Dennis, and he beat her exactly because Bloom Diva became too strong. Oh and she also beat Chojiro, but that was more Score's thing.

Verse 4: Struggling with Theming (En Flowers relation)

Or as I'd like to call it: "Maestra! Konami ate our scripts!"

Bloom Diva more than deserved her title as Ace Monster of Yuzu, even in Duel Links. However, that puts her in a really weird spot when we consider the theme that was assigned to Yuzu as part of the Bracelet Girl theme... Flowers. With the MELODIOUS archetype.

While the other Bracelet Girl archetypes fit with the Characters' assigned themes fine, music and flowers... Aren't the same thing.

However, Bloom Diva is, and later Bloom Prima. Two Monsters that actually follow the theme. But something's not right...

Why are the Fusion Monsters the ones with the flower theme... Assigned to the STANDARD Bracelet Girl?

There can be two schools of thought for that.

The Kachou Fuugetsu theme was decided way too late into Melodious' production so they decided to slap the flower theme on any Monster they could to be done with it.

Yuzu was meant to learn all summoning methods, which all have flower themes, as that would create a message that from Standard Monsters, any Extra Deck stragegy can Bloom, and you need them for that (Runick wasn't a thing yet, shut up).

I'd... Go with the second one. If they could just slap something to fit more with the En Flowers Standard theme, they could always just make a bigger Main Deck boss Monster. But there was a plan here, to have Yuzu grow parallel to Yuya in their journeys... But Melodious just didn't sell. So their support was axed and ended some time after Bloom Diva (easy to assume the other Melodious Cards were in production by that point). Methinks it was a certain situation with Yuzu learning something with a friend who looks like Yuya... But I'm derailing.

So... This concerns Bloom Diva because she would have started that trend. And it became a trend of two, of which she was infinitely more popular (Bloom Prima was omega disrespected). Also another problem: Who should be Yuzu's ace?

When the bracelet theme really came together at around episode 126 and onward, Mozarta was chosen as Yuzu's ace, sticking out of a flower field like a sore thumb in the demonstration image they attached to Yuzu's description there.

However, for everything else... It's Bloom Diva. Individually, she's the best performer of the Melodious group, and is the only source of non-battle destruction Melodious has ever had. Plus she's FAR more popular, especially in fanarts which depict a Duelist cosplaying as their Ace Monster. Bloom Diva is almost always chosen for Yuzu, and there's very little for Mozarta. So... Yeah.

I don't want to end on too dour on a note, but this... Is all I have to say about Bloom Diva.

At least, THE STUFF KONAMI PUT ABOUT BLOOM DIVA:

Improvised Verse: HEADCANONS

We're talking about pretty much my main character of my main fic. OF COURSE I had headcanons about her.

But... I won't go too hard on these. After all, there's both headcanons about Bloom Diva as a MONSTER and as a CHARACTER. For the sake of this Day, and to not derail again, I'll focus on the Monster qualities. Also they'd need some hints on her designs or appearances on the show.

She's the exact Fusion of Mozarta and Soprano. We can see Bloom Diva being an evolution of Mozarta in the same way Odd-Eyes had his Fusions. Sure, Mozarta became much more minute, but with the whole eyes, the lines on her body, the small arms compared to her general figure and the lines that scroll from below her eyes through her cheeks (which Shopina doesn't have BTW) being all the same, it can be said for her to be another form of Mozarta.

If Bloom Diva's effect gets negated for the turn, her voice disappeares for that time, the petals stop twirling around her as she can't perform her Reflect Shout, and if she attacks, it would be a dainty slap, not dangerous at all.

Most would say that Bloom Diva has her feet on the stage at all times, but I'd argue her stage... Is her feet. She did blossom to the stage from there, after all.

She is technically Austrian. Real world locations and earths are established in ARC-V. Since Mozarta existed that must mean that Mozart must have been there. And so, she's technically Austrian. Supported by Bloom Prima theoretically being Shopina's Fusion. Shopina was inspired by Chopin, so Bloom Prima is French. She can talk some French at least, thanks to the Fusion Fright Waltz scene.

WELL NOW... We're actually done. If you read through all of this, thank you for listening to my ramblings about Yubel standing on a flower pot.

Jokes aside... I really, really like Bloom Diva. There's just so much right with her despite all the mess around her. She's the superstar of the wonderful mess that is the Melodious archetype, and no one can take that away from her.

TLDR; Bloom Diva cute and valid, she Yubel standing on a flower pot, dropkicked whoever she faced in the anime, and stands out in Melodious but why are Konami such COWARDS NOT EVEN A SUMMON ANIMATION IN MASTER DUEL Though Duel Links animation was crispy

[moriyuisworld]

“This scarf ? Ah Reiji made it for me.A potential makeshift pillow.

“Please do not misunderstand my intention.I only made it so you can cover your open collar.No human dress like you,especially in this freezing winter.Attention with bring us nothing but problems.

“ Heh you did it because you’re afraid of me catching a cold.Since when were vampires that weak ? Oh,maybe it’s because you are worried for me ? You sure love beating around the bush,just like that woman.

“Please be ashamed of yourself.I did it for the sake of Sakamakis.It also prevents the possibility of you making excuse to nap on her.

“Ah whatever.I’m heading to the music classroom.Bye bye Reiji.

“Wait a minute.The first session is about to begin.You just can’t repeat years like this.

“No,I’m sleepy.What is school anyway?

[oqs-art-corner]

ARC-V Month Day 24: Oh. My. G.O.D.

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it’s prob not that obvious, but anytime i draw the Yuboys, it’s usually the manga versions of ‘em since i enjoy those part of ‘em more than the anime (no offense to the anime, i still like it)

i’m not great at words, so keep in mind these are just my (badly worded) notes on why i think the ARC-V manga’s neat

(putting this under a read more as it’ll contain spoilers and such)

- alright so starting off, Yuya’s already a fugitive lol (and somehow that’s a lot more interesting than his anime counterpart)

- he’s still a dueltainer, but personality wise a bit more of a deadpan snarker (again, a lot more interesting than his anime counterpart)

- his expressions and actions are a lot goofier (even when dueling!)

- wait how are Sawatari, Shun, and Sora a team in this what

- honestly Phantom’s such a cool nickname

- dude can just materialize a bird, giant paper airplane, and wand he extends to use as a pole vault like it’s nothing (why couldn’t anime him do that)

- he’s got his own hideout i can’t

- also a hacker, which bumps up his coolness

- “yeah, i’m here to find a card called G.O.D. which will destroy everything”

- can pretty much switch into Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri like it’s a regular costume change (just like how an entertainer would do)

- Overscale/Transcend Pendulum just sounds cool too

- imagine your bond being so strong you can manipulate the damn course (no wonder, it’s in the mind)

- honestly not a surprise that Reiji would duel in space of all things

- dang Yuri, you didn’t have to go that deep into that talk

- ah shit, here we go to defeat Eve

- oh this flashback is gonna hurt

- OH, that’s disturbing (muscles exposed?! jesus christ Eve)

- they’re sacrificing themselves cuz they know they’ll always be with Yuya ;-;

- G.O.D. Eyes is here to whoop some ass

- it’s not the end yet ‘til the rival gets one last battle with the protag

- “Divine Go-D/D/D Zero King Zero G.O.D. Reiji” i can’t get over this it’s so stupid plz help

- hehe scarf physics go brrrr

- Yuya won, G.O.D.’s card is ripped to shreds, and both of ‘em gotta go to meet G.O.D’s creator (presumably)

so yeah, those are my notes that more or less summarize what happens in the manga, thus i’ll end this with an unfunny meme cuz i don’t feel like drawing:

[blueeyeswhitegarden]

Day 21: League of Dueling Seriously @arcvmonth

I really like the Lancers. They're a group of fun and likable characters, but I wanted to focus on Reiji for this prompt. I really like his design. I love his long red scarf. It's so ridiculous that it comes back around to being cool. It's some peak YGO fashion. His deck is really cool. It has some great monster designs and I've been using it a lot in Duel Links. I tend to favor power decks, so being able to easily summon something like D/D/D Dragonbane King Beowulf on the first turn can be really helpful. He's also the second Arc V character that I was able to fully level up in Duel Links.

I also think he's pretty underrated among the fanbase. I think at least part of that is because it's easy to misread his character. It's easy to see his calm, distant demeanor as being cold, heartless and basically making him to be a bigger jerk than he is. That was the case with me at least when I was watching the series as it was airing. It took me a long time to like Reiji, especially after his second duel with Yuya where he was being really harsh in trying to push him. But he does care about other people. He spent years preparing to fight against Academia and doing whatever he could to protect Standard. That doesn't mean that everything he did was right, but that he wasn't this heartless person either. Unlike the vast majority of the cast, Reiji isn’t openly emotional. He keeps his feelings close to the chest, focused on what he needed to do instead of his own feelings. This was most likely the result of finding out his father's plan three years prior to the start of the series. Thirteen year old Reiji was a lot more emotional, demanding answers from Leo, while sixteen year old Reiji is more calm, collected and reserved. Finding out that his father abandoned him and his mother to effectively start a war forced Reiji to grow up too fast. There are moments where his feelings break through that demeanor, such as when he was so angry hearing Yuto's recount of what Academia did to Heartland, so he clearly was upset over what his father had done on top of abandoning him and his mother.

I also like Reiji as a rival. He felt pretty refreshing when he wasn't a traditional rival or had a traditional kind of rivalry with Yuya. Not that those are necessarily bad things. Traditional rivals and rivalries can be really solid, but I think I was a bit tired of that format after the past few series. It helped to make him stand out and he's my second favorite rival in the franchise next to Jack. I like that both Yuya and Reiji are polar opposites in regards to how they handle their emotions. They both lost their fathers, even if the circumstances were quite different since Yusho didn't intend to abandon his family like Leo did, and that had a huge impact on both of them. Reiji trying to push Yuya into becoming a stronger duelist was also a different take on how rivalries typically go, even if it did seem like pushing Yuya too hard and harshly after the Battle Royal.

I think that it was smart choice to have Reiji duel sparingly for the first two seasons. Admittedly, I'm sure that it was at least partly due to Yoshimasa Hosoya's busy schedule, but I think it still worked out in their favor. Reiji is easily the strongest duelist in the cast with being able to summon Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Pendulum monsters relatively easy. But he never felt overhyped to me like I think some past and future rivals kind of fall into. He didn't come off as broken or overpowered to the point where I wondered why he didn't just face Academia all by himself. It also fit with his personality. Reiji doesn't jump straight into battle. He observes from the sidelines, figures out the best strategy to go with based on what they know and only take direct action when he deems necessary. Plus, I figured that he wouldn't lose to anyone who wasn't Yuya and maybe Leo, so that would limit how much tension they could get from his duels. While that did limit how much dueling he could do prior to getting to Academia, I thought that it still worked well and he still had some good moments in Synchro even before getting to duel Roger like calling out the City Council and having some bonding moments with Reira.

I also really like his friendship with Yuya. It felt like it was based on mutual respect and was pretty believable. While Yuya was understandably upset with Reiji for a good chuck of the Synchro arc, Tsukikage told him that he wouldn't be working with Reiji if he didn't care for his allies. Afterwards, Yuya stared to call Reiji by his first name instead of Akaba Reiji, which I think meant he didn't see Reiji in the same way anymore. I don't think he could have really argued with Tsukikage when the evidence that Reiji was still keeping an eye on the defeated Lancers was right in front of him. At the end of the arc, Yuya stood up for Reiji, knowing that he wasn't the kind of person that Roger was trying to paint him as after revealing his father was the Professor. And when they confronted Leo at Academia, Reiji returned the favor by standing up for Yuya. After seeing Yuya's duels in the Synchro Dimension, he believed in his skills and chose to help Yuya instead of helping his father. It was a pretty nice moment and I think having a less antagonistic rivalry helped to make that development more believable.

I really loved Reiji's reactions to finally meeting with Leo again. Even after he learned the truth about Leo's plans and that Yuya is Zarc's reincarnation, Reiji still stood up for Yuya, called him his friend and tried to help him even with Zarc trying to take over Yuya’s soul. Of course Reiji wouldn't choose to work with his father after all they've went through, but Leo could easily counter Reiji's strategies. Even when his plans didn't go smoothly or there were unexpected problems in the past, Reiji was usually able to keep calm, collected and figure out where to go from there But his calm demeanor was starting to fade here with Leo calling him out for being too honest, straight forward and basically predictable. Reiji spent years planning this confrontation and had more than enough reason to be confident in both his and Yuya's skills, so he was taken aback by Leo calling him out like that. This moment wouldn't have been nearly as impactful as it was if Reiji had struggled against more opponents throughout the series. Reiji is easily one of my favorite characters of the series, as well as one of my favorite rivals in the franchise, and I don't think he gets enough attention from the fanbase.

[pain-suffering-even]

headcanons: Tanaka Kenzo

content warning for sexual assault/rape (of a minor) and cage fights/fight club

Quick headcanons -

Name: Tanaka Kenzo

Age: 22

Gender: Male

DOB/Place: December 19th, 2038 in Kobe*, Japan

Rank/Type: S Rank Tank

Guild/Occupation: - Draw Sword Guild

Past Occupation(s): Cashier

Skills:

Weapons: Lefty and Righty (his fists)

Family: Hamasaki Rin (mom) (unknown)

Tanaka Masao (dad) (unknown)

Tanaka Nozomi (younger sister) (unknown)

Tanaka Shigeru (younger brother) (unknown)

^ biological ^

Kutsuki Manabu (adoptive dad) (deceased)

^ fun fact: kutsuki means decayed/rotting tree and manabu means learn ^

Aikawa Makoto (adopted brother) (alive)

^ white skinny nerdy brunette with the glasses ^

Ebina Susumu (adopted brother) (alive)

^ large pacific islander gamer with adhd ^

Chiba Nanami (adopted brother) (alive)

^ tall black artist missing 3 fingers on his right hand ^

Fueki Takuya (adopted brother) (alive)

^ quiet hoodie kid paralyzed from the waist down ^

sorry he has so much family - i promise it makes more sense when you read the short story about his past, but i admit it looks like a mess seeing all the names together :') i hope the characterizations help a little

Core headcanons -

Hidden talent: Good with fixing watches (and other small appliances) 

Favorite food: Fried octopus 

What motivates them: The desire to prove himself wrong, that he was strong back then in his fighting days and he is strong now too, and that becoming an S ranker didn’t just make him strong, he earned his spot 

Treasured possession: His dad’s red scarf 

Deepest secret: His scars are from when he dealt with underground fights, thus he makes up a story each time 

Best/Worst thing to happen to them: Moving out with his brothers and his friends/

Random memories: Getting a crush on his manager at the corner store he worked at after he moved out, during fight season him and his friends would crowd into one bed despite there being so many of them, playing Minecraft for the first time and being so terrified of the creepers that his brothers have to help him play, everyone crowding into the bathroom to take care of the kids that came back from fighting, him and his friends getting drunk for the first time and absolutely trashing their apartment, going on a road trip to the beach with Atsushi and having the best time of his life digging a hole in the sand,

Best friend/Worst enemy: Atsushi Kumamoto/His adoptive father

Good/Bad traits: Strong, reliable, caring, observant /Insecure, avoids conflict, 

Things they’ve done/like to do: Start the day with a coffee and gossip with Atsushi, chose a lucky pocket watch for each day, wrestle Akari whenever she gets too bossy during a raid, suddenly pick up his friends to scare the shit out of them, mixing energy drinks and coffee in the morning because he likes the “tingling feeling behind his eyes for the rest of the day,” 

Personality type: “Entertainer” ESFP-A (86% extraverted, 14% introverted; 13% intuitive, 87% observant; 32% thinking, 68% feeling; 28% judging, 72% prospecting; 56% assertive, 44% turbulent)

Nervous habit: Rubbing the back of his neck/his face, resorting to a boxer stance 

Things they’re afraid of: Bugs especially flying ones, underground areas, thunder and lightning, 

Things they want to accomplish: Figure out how to restore antiques, find his biological dads old antique shop and see if its still open, try and find his biological siblings just to check up on them, 

Additional headcanons -

Unlike the others, he doesn't mind that he never gets to see Goto Ryuji around the guild because he's very intimidated by the man

He looks tough as shit but the moment you get hurt he's like "Are you ok? You want me to carry you? Here's some water, lemme go get dad," aka Sugimoto Reiji

Him and Akari banter so fucking much it gives everyone a headache. He banters with no one else, usually because he only gets snarky once provoked

Not really an outdoorsy person, hates the heat and the bugs and the dirt. Somehow the team found themselves camping after being convinced by Akari, and Kenzo is unsurprisingly the one who whined the most

He really likes restoring antiques, especially old clocks. Has a small collection of pocket watches he’s restored but unwilling to sell

Spends a lot of time with Atsushi because he feels like Atsushi will never judge him for anything, which leads to him being rather soft around him, something he would sooner die than do around Akari or Tatsumi

Their Timeline -

Age 10: gets adopted

3 years pass

Age 13: first fight

Age 14: the sexual assault first happens

4 years pass

Age 18: Runs away from foster home (Tokyo's Red Gate Incident happens) 

Age 19: realizes he's an S rank + joins the Draw Sword Guild 

3 years pass

Age 22: now 

[cappuccino-blood]

Fun facts about Akame

- She’s a lesbian of heart! She always wanted to date some of the brides but sadly all of them died before she could make a move or they chose her brothers :((

- Her familiars have scarfs! Reiji has advised her about taking those off because it could make her familiars a easy target for vampire hunters but she doesn’t care, her familiars need to look good >:))

- Has easy anxiety attacks so she usually isolates herself in her room until she calms down completely.

- Akame doesn’t like strong smells (candles, perfumes, etc).

- She loves kids :3

- Akame looooves dancing and balls but hates having people’s attention during those moments, dancing with someone is really intimate and significative for her :((

- Has a paint of her mom in her room and her jewelry too.