#reiji's scarf

[outoftoucherlocksholmes]

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

[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, Mikanagi Fubito

[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...

[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.

[krispycreamcake]

hihi could u do sakamaki with like a former (or current!) idol s/o? also i LOVED your x reader fic i think ive read it like 3 times 😭😭

From author: OH MY GOD THANK YOUUUUU I APPRECIATE THIS SM

Sakamaki brothers with an ex idol s/o

Shu Sakamaki

🎻- I don't imagine he's the type to keep up to date with pop culture or any celebrities nowadays. He'll know some mainstream artists simply for the fact that he literally can't avoid hearing about them

🎻- Unless your music is suuuper popular, he has no idea who you were

🎻- Now depending on why you stopped being an idol, this could be a good thing since he wouldn't recognize you and have assumptions about you

🎻- Now on the off chance that he DOES know who you are, he'll either tease/make fun of your style of music or compliment you

🎻- I beg, do not take his mean girl bs to heart, this man listens to classical music, he of all people shouldn't be judging anyone's music. Ever

🎻- He'll definitely ask you to sing for him just so he could hear your vocal range (perhaps for other reasons than just curiosity)

🎻- Now when he does inevitably realize you were an ex idol, his immediate question is why'd you stop even though he won't voice it

🎻- He'll be glad that you told him as it relieves him of the hassle of getting in your personal business

🎻- As your boyfriend, his top priority is keeping you alive and safe, and trust that he knows how creepy fans can be. Which is why when you're out in public, he makes sure to always know where you are 24/7, keep your face covered with either a scarf or a hat or even his chest

Reiji Sakamaki

☕️- I'm sorry to all you Reiji fans out there, but his top concern is the fact that you both are involved romantically

☕️- Now I'm not saying he doesn't want to be in a relationship and all that, but similar to Shu he knows how obsessive fans can get and is slightly worried that because of that, you'll eventually find out who or what he truly is

☕️- And the only reason I say this, is because of the influence his father has due to how well known he is throughout Japan, and if anyone were to connect the dots and realize that Reiji was his son, with sufficient research, certain things mightn't add up (well that's his biggest fear at least)

☕️- If anything, he's proud that you were able to make something of yourself with your musical talent unlike a certain someone

☕️- The obvious question is why you stopped being an idol, and not like his brother, he'd outright ask you what happened

☕️- He'd do his own research on you and wouldn't even realize that he's spent about an hour and a half looking at fan pages of you and your official website

☕️- When he does realize however, he'd get slightly embarrassed by the fact that he was infatuated by a screen version of you when he has the real you at his fingertips

☕️- If you didn't tell him you used to be an idol and he had to find out on his own, he'll think you're hiding other important parts of your life from him and he'd have a bit of an issue trusting you

Ayato Sakamaki

🏀- Yours truly is dating and idol?? Of course he's bragging to his brothers any chance he gets

🏀- Jokes about how you meeting him was destiny since he wouldn't like his s/o being fawned over by the entirety of Japan

🏀- Asks you about your experiences as an idol, like if you ever had any creepy fan interactions, your type of fan base, how dealing with your managers used to be

🏀- Just know that both Ayato and Reiji are on their s/o's wiki page late up at night (day?)

🏀- Is honestly in love with your stage costumes and absolutely adores your choreography (I have a small hc that ayato can breakdance so he has an appreciation for modern dance styles)

🏀- Gets extremely jealous and annoyed that you used to be shipped with any other pop idols

🏀- Remember that wiki page thing I mentioned earlier? Yeah he'll see the recommended search being "Are your name and random idol dating?" And literally never recover

🏀- "Who do those bastards think you belong to? Ore-sama's your one true match so those other fuckers can piss the hell off!"

🏀- Badly imitates your performances as a means to make fun of you but you always end up laughing with him by the end of it and even joins him

Laito Sakamaki

🃏- He probably knew you were an idol before you did honestly

🃏- Okok jokes aside, he knows who you are and if you think you can lie to him about it, he WILL find a way to contradict you in your own lie

🃏- Honestly, he sometimes even listens to your music

🃏- Laito pegs me as the type of guy to let all your fans know who you belong to

🃏- BEFORE YOU BLOW MY HOUSE UP, yes, I am aware that that's more Ayato's schtick

🃏- But hear me out, if you were Laito and you were dating a super hot, super talented ex idol, would you not leave hickeys in places all their fans could see?

🃏- Think of all the drama you could cause, hearing all their futile guesses on which famous idols could have done it

🃏- He would have a fielddddd day with you, listening to all the gossip about the kind of person you are when he knows none of it is true

🃏- Like all others, he's painfully aware of how weird and obsessive fans can get, so he takes time out of his day to scour the sketchiest of accounts making sure none of your private info is leaked

🃏- He follows you around like a lost puppy just to make sure you aren't idolnapped

🃏- Genuinely sings your songs really well and has at home duets with you

Kanato Sakamaki

🧸- I don't think he keeps up with pop culture THAT much, but he knows general artists

🧸- When he finds out who you are (if you decide not to tell him) he would be pissed ngl

🧸- It's not like he's just a random stranger that you just met, you're supposed to love him and trust him with any and everything

🧸- He'll probably ask you to do some dark twisted thing to prove yourself to him

🧸- He's so in love with your style, like he WISHES you were still an idol so he could sew your outfits

🧸- Actually scratch that, he still makes them for you when you need to do a random ad that a company paid you to do

🧸- He treats you as his own personal mannequin

🧸- From hair, to clothes, to makeup, to nails, he'll do it all

🧸- He asks you to sing with him and it's become his favourite activity

🧸- Sitting on the balcony edge at night with no one to disturb the both of you as his hand cradles yours, your both voices singing in absolute harmony, he physically cannot get enough

🧸- "Mother would make me sing until my vocal chords bled, I doubt you had to do anything as extreme, right doll? Besides, I'm the only one who should be causing you pain."

Subaru Sakamaki

🥀- I know he doesn't look like it, but he's very up to date with pop culture

🥀- He could spot you instantly in a crowded room

🥀- Yes, he's one of your biggest fans ever

🥀- He literally knows the lyrics to most of your songs and would sing them at karaoke

🥀- If you don't mention that you're an ex idol, he'd be glad since that gives him less of an opportunity to embarrass himself

🥀- Stays up thinking about how he's literally dating his idol

🥀- This however makes him wayyyy more of a tsundere than he already is

🥀- He'll act like he knows absolutely nothing about you but somehow knows your favourite colour, animal, food and whether you prefer coffee or tea

🥀- Yeah he will pretend he's never heard of you before but you'll soon catch on when you hear him humming one of your songs when he doesn't think anyone's around

🥀- The only person that can confirm your suspicions are Shu since it wouldn't be the first time this has happened

🥀- Once everything was out in the open, he'd slowly become just a tiny bit more confident in himself and ask the age old question "Why did you quit?"

🥀- Gets jealous with how many of your fans are freaks that make thirst edits of you

🥀- Please reassure him that he's enough for you

🥀- When you're dating a literal pile of talent, you begin to second guess yourself

[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—

[cyberdragoninfinity]

A while ago, you did a thread on Yugioh rival symbolism, but it was early enough in your Arc-V watch that you didn't have anything major to say on Reiji/Declan. Now that you've experienced Arc-V in full, what do you think about Declan and his symbolism?

OHHH GOOD QUESTION!! god i love declan so much. i feel like i still need to Really Ruminate on him to fully grip all of the potential symbolism he's got but there's definitely some stuff I'm already locked on that I really like.

I dont think I realized until someone pointed it out that the Akabas all have a card suite motif but it rules so hard; Declan's definitely got such a kickass design especially with that in ind... the diamond earrings, his bangs, the red in his color palette. It's subtle, it's tasteful, I really like it. I like that his character goes hand in hand with what the Diamond suite tends to symbolize too (progress, prosperity, career advancement--diamonds are also apparently associated with the element of air sometimes too, which is insanely funny considering Declan's scarf that can achieve flight in the manga (?!??!).)

In general it's really funny to me that Declan kind of has this "business and corporate hierarchy" motif, with the diamond symbolism and also that thing where D/D/Ds have like corporate titles and are just as much about the landscape of business as they are about Sickass Demons. And I think it's fun how even though Declan is a businessman first and foremost, he isn't really like.... a corrupt businessman, especially not in the way businessmen in yugioh can be. i could write an essay and a half about how declan is such a genuinely caring person but that's it's own story for another time. He's crafted his wealth and business connections into a weapon to fight his father and his deck also weaponizes contracts and businessmen to destroy opponent, it's a cool parallel.

GOD SO MUCH OF THIS IS JUST "WHY DO D/D/DS HAVE LIKE 8 MOTIFS GOING ON WITH THEM" but like practically all of them relate back to Declan as a character in some way! It's so cool! Cuz you have these Different Dimension Demons, but theyre all named after ancient kings and warriors and great scientists, and Declan in general has such a vast Medieval Warrior King/Prince/Royalty type symbolism. The Lancers are his knights right down to the logo. He assumes the 'throne' (LID Presidency) after his father fucks off to Evil Duel Academy. He fights a goddamn dragon (Zarc). Hell even the paler grey in his hair looks very crown like. It's making me a little sicko mode to think about especially through the lens of viewing Arc-V itself as a creation myth or a fairy tale. BUT THAT AGAIN IS ANOTHER KETTLE OF FISH.

hang on wtf is the symbolism of the King of Diamonds, actually

OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ALRIGHT!!!!! YEA THAT'S DECLAN BABEYYYY

hey haha also i didn't know Akaba means 'red horse.' hahah which horseman was that again

AH.

also. one more thing. does make me a bit ill thinking about how his deck is entirely Fiends and he uses them to spar with Yuya (who of course has devil motifs whether he wants them or not)....something in there maybe....blinks wet eyes

[projectaconitum]

Lovely Diabolik Elysium

{ Hell || Abyss || Chasm || Schism: BRUTE || Schism: MANSERVANT || Schism: VAMPIRE || Elysium }

Ankle to ankle, Death has shackled me, Easy to entrance, easy to fall, and yet - "Hope" is no longer an Absentee

"...Reiji, what'd you do?" were the words from Laito's mouth as his emerald eyes drifted over Viola's form. Her color had significantly improved in the past few days, and she actually had the guts to speak a few short words to people other than Reiji tonight, with the exception of Shu. Not only that, but... Laito's eyes lingered on a smile.

"I've no idea what you're talking about," was his automatic reply as Viola tried her best not to scarf down orange-tinged linguine like ramen, ignoring the feeling that she was being quite heavily watched. Which, indeed, five out of six of the brothers were watching her eat.

"You kiddin'?" Ayato asked, irritated as he pointed at Viola with a fork. "That wench was practically a walking corpse a week ago."

"Viola, I'm not going to take it from you. Eat slower," Reiji chided, ignoring Ayato. Though he had never given Viola a reason to think that, as preventing her from eating after he'd deigned to give her food was one of the few cruelties he hadn't inflicted upon her.

"Vitamin C and iron is great, Reiji, but I need some damn carbs. And, anyway, it's your cooking; why are you complaining?" Reiji glanced at her with surprise. As did his brothers. "...sorry."

"No... it's fine." Then it was Viola's turn to be shocked as the sound of Reiji adjusting his glasses reached her ears. "But if you like my cooking so much, then savor it."

"Yes, sir." Satisfied, Reiji took a sip of his tea.

"I don't think I've been so unsettled in decades," Shu muttered, and Reiji shot him a glare.

"Shut up," Viola's voice came out before Reiji's, and again, several astonished looks.

Shu softly yawned, "Since when did you have teeth?" Oddly, Shu had smiled rather than furrow his eyebrows, and Reiji bristled at the obscene sight.

"Viola, enough," Reiji barked when she opened her mouth for a retort, and she flinched as if he'd struck her. Guilt writhed up into the chambers of his heart, taking hold of the tissues and squeezing from the inside.

"I apologize for speaking out of turn," she replied softly. He ached to inform her that fear had shaken his mind he didn't want Shu to take interest in her, but how could he do such a thing in the moment?

"I didn't know you were such a possessive freak, Reiji," Shu remarked, lazily leaning back in his chair, his blue eyes meeting his little brother's magenta ones before he stared up at the ceiling instead.

A confused air rippled from the others as Reiji stiffened. How? How could that good-for-nothing realize it? They rarely spoke, so why...?

"Do you think I'm an idiot?" he added, interrupting Reiji's short, angry rebuttal. "No, of course you do. There is no universe where you would rebuke someone for displaying dislike towards me, and yet you did. Because you're terrified I'll kill her in retaliation for what you've done."

Reiji resisted the urge to groan. Even supposing he refuted Shu's claim, there was a high probability he would try to kill Viola regardless. And if Shu knew for certain...

"Reiji." A tug on his sleeve, and Reiji turned towards his woman with some surprise. "It's fine."

The careless remark made the vampire snap.

"No, it certainly IS NOT!" he growled at her, standing and yanking Viola up by her arm. He was walking away from the dinner table, into the next room. He didn't even see Shu's eyes widening, not that he would have cared. "What does it take for you to understand that I did not spend time keeping you alive just to have you die?!"

"I... was thinking about it, and... ultimately, you will live and I will die. Even if you were to give me every life-prolonging drug under the sun, and I do not suffer some kind of accident, I would still die. If such an accident were to happen sooner rather than later, then..."

"No!" Reiji shouted, and Viola jolted as he took a fierce hold of her shoulders. "I would far sooner kill every last one of my brothers, starting with that worthless good-for-nothing!"

"Reiji..." The vampire breathed in irregular bursts, his fangs on full display as his eyes wavered. Viola gave him a sad look. "You spent so much time berating me for pursuing something that would bear no fruit for all my labor, but why are you doing the same?"

"I am not you!" he retorted hotly, and she shriveled a little. "Why must you insist upon underestimating my abilities?! Stop being so conceited to think that we could possibly be compared!"

Viola fell silent after that and stared at the ground in a mixture of shame and doubt. Reiji continued regardless.

"You are blind, incompetent, and dependent. Someone of your caliber could never manage to do something like prolonging your life!" Reiji paused, as if he had suddenly realized something, before a wide grin stole over his face. "Ah... Viola, I can assure you will not die while you continue to live by my side. Even if it means I must take measures that would be normally be unacceptable."

"Assure?" Viola inquired, shocked as she looked up at the vampire. Why? Some relaxation had entered his face. "What makes you so sure...?" Reiji softly chuckled to himself.

"I don't believe you need to know, as I certainly have no plans of doing such a thing now... Particularly considering it is irreversible, and I certainly don't favor the idea of-" Reiji stopped himself, prompting even more of Viola's curiosity as he flicked his glasses off and compulsively cleaned them. He found himself feeling glad for not the first time that she was blind.

"Reiji?"

"It's nothing. I imagine my brothers have left the dining hall without me to keep them there, so you will collect all of their dishes, dispose of their uneaten food, and wash the ceramics carefully. I do not want a single chip on any of those plates, or you will be punished accordingly."

"...understood."

"And," Reiji added as he pushed Viola back in the direction of the dining hall, "If you actually perform well for once, I may decide to reward you." Viola's mouth dropped open, and she turned to look back at him.

Impulsively, Reiji brushed his lips against her cheek, only deciding halfway through, in his surprise at himself, not to kiss the flesh before he dragged his mouth to her ear instead. "Is there something wrong with that?" It was a surprisingly genuine question.

"No, I just... didn't expect it." Viola backed away, and Reiji found himself feeling a ridiculous amount of pride in the fact that she seemed to be self-conscious with those pinkened cheeks of hers. "I didn't think I'd hear the word 'reward' from you." Reiji scoffed and pulled her back towards him with a smirk.

"And yet I believe I told you that I was the only one who could give you any form of pleasure." Viola reddened further, her ears starting to burn crimson.

"Don't say it like that!" she protested, and Reiji let out a short, amused laugh. "I'm not a masochist!"

"I never said you were," Reiji teased, and Viola spluttered.

"Weren't you always talking about me being a whore for pain or something?!"

"I was just insulting you. If you really enjoyed it, I wouldn't have bothered with minor punishments."

"Th-Then..." Viola looked around her, comically, before she leaned up to whisper in Reiji's ear. And, steadily, the woman in front of him wasn't the only one pink in the face.

"I..." He rubbed his cheeks. "Your mind is a dirty place, Viola." Although Reiji would begrudgingly admit such an idea would certainly be worth pursuing before he found the need to steal away the warmth of her human blood in exchange for a lukewarm, loosely affiliated variety.

"You're the one saying dirty things with a straight face!"

Reiji couldn't help himself from breaking into laughter, and moments later, Viola's laughter joined it. Though he would not have consciously acknowledged it, he would do anything to restore and preserve such a delicate thing.

There was no real way for him to know the depths of its damage, nor how to repair it in the first place, and yet he found himself compelled - no, obsessed - with it.

With her.

++ Thank you to those of you that managed to read through this shitty short fiction on Reiji despite its inconsistent updates. I created this side blog to curate a mysterious horror collection™, but in the end, I alas cannot resist the allure of my usual notes to my audience. You are always appreciated. ++

[sphinxlosestheirmind]

PET HEADCANONS!!

Paradox has a cat named Mal- short for Malefic. She’s a mainecoon cat because I want one. She’s yellow-orange and has a bad attitude towards pretty much anyone except Paradox, his siblings (Jun & Ryoken- HC!!) and sporadic others. She’s also very spoiled and adored, and often gets lost despite the fact she hates going outside even for a single moment.

Vector in a modern au specifically would have a chow chow named Don Thousand. I perhaps am writing a fic with this concept but we’ll see if I ever finish it. Anyway, it’s the sweetest dog but literally GIANT with very fluffy dark brown fur and a red collar with a dangling bell and bow attached. I’m sorry I just love the idea of him having this huge dog that should by all accounts be a small breed. Love when dogs match the person too, so the brown is a little reddish even though it’s dark.

Can’t see many of the others having pets so I’m just going to list stupid ones below: (cw cursing)

Thomas - Some sort of stupid parrot who just repeats shit. I hate him. He teaches that bird to be awful to people and then it mimics his laugh for no reason so you just hear the two of them laughing at you at the exact same time. Horrible man and his horrible bird.

Reiji - A cat that just knows things. It’s a gray cat and also matches him really well. It just sits at his desk and STARES. Maybe Thomas gets it a mini pair of glasses just for fun and Ryoken ties a mini red scarf around its neck (me when I always manage to shoehorn my favorite ship in..)

Ryoken & Jun - Mal. They fucking love Mal so much even with her bad behavior. Maybe they had a pair of twin cats too that looked like them but with swapped personalities? Like a white cat who gets really pissy and a black cat who just vibes and walks around like he knows shit.

(Btw I HC them as twins- this isn’t me shipping Jun & Ryoken.. I’m too attached to them as siblings to ever do that..)

Antinomy & Placido - HEAR ME OUTTTT! These two would get a huge dog. Idc if you ship them or not but they’d accidentally find some dog abandoned together, get attached, and then be forced to co-parent because neither are fully willing to give the dog up to the other. Maybe a pitbull. Like one of the big gray ones who are just sweethearts even if they look intimidating.

Sherry - Doberman. Next question. No she does not do anything to its ears. She would never. I love her dearly. She probably names the dog something in French and won’t tell anyone what it means so they’re forced to spell it wrong into google translate later to find out. It has the exact same attitude as her. Also Roseknight for the win so it adores Aki and unintentionally wingman’s for Sherry.

Z-One - I can kind of see him being that sort of person who says “no. we’re not getting a pet. no.” then becomes hyper attached to it. Specifically Mal. She entrances him with her horrible l beady eyes and soft little paws. He goes really still sometimes and just won’t move while he’s thinking so she just naps on him. He won’t even feel her because she’s pretty light and does it on the more mechanical side. Paradox & co have so many pictures. He’s so embarrassed but they think it’s really cute and Mal is just too adorable.

Can’t think of any more right now but I might continue later. We’ll see.

[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?