#ryougi mikiya

[kaibutsushidousha]

What are your thoughts on Kokutou Mikiya?

Mikiya is aesthetically perfect. Not unlike Soujuurou, he hits that perfect sweetspot between comforting and unsettling. He is that caring presence who is inexplicably incapable of changing his ways no matter how many messed up experiences he goes through. This unshakably anchored kindness and amiability keep making him every freak's favorite guy throughout Kara no Kyoukai and the presentation of it feels completely convincing each time.

But while Mikiya's character concept is flawlessly executed, his roles in the stories he's are often not as likable. His intervening with Fujino's attacks and letting Keita get away with just a scare is very understandably the correct thing but it still doesn't feel good to watch. And A Study On Murder (Part 2) is a whole larger scale version of that. Mikiya spends the whole part arguing with Shiki that he'll never forgive her if she murders Shirazumi, then she very rightfully murders Shirazumi, and Mikiya responds with a casual "Yeah, I'll never forgive you for that, anyway, wanna grab something for dinner?", revealing the high emotional stakes of the finale were fake all along.

Special mention to The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II for featuring Mikiya as the best-utilized one-off guest character in the El-Melloi series. His vibes are constantly in the aforementioned sweetspot and the narrative focus is set heavily on Mikiya's miraculous way of providing a sense of normality to the abnormal without trying. Sanda really nailed this guest appearance.

[fiiib1]

[sakuraswordly]

[tomoyoo]

You turn it into light

[reignsan]

Mikiya and Mana in FGO

[lastencoregraphics]

@giftober 2023: DAY 18 - ROMANCE

You're right. I've selfishly loved you since many years ago. Even now. That's why I've decided to selfishly meddle with you even if you don't like it. Oh, what's wrong, Shiki? You don't like words like those, right? You always told me that you don't like it. That's not true. Mikiya, that's why... I said that the current Shiki doesn't hate those things.

[nero-draco]

[owarinaki]

Kara No Kyoukai 1 - Fukan Fuukei (2007) : Shiki Ryougi 3 END

[backflipstowardstheroot]

sorry i had a vision

(the fem!mikiya art is by mineji sakamoto (the artist for case files/ushiwakamaru/martha) officially published in type-moon ace. the shiki there was also drawn by him)

[pollyxart]

i missed you

[beta-perse]

[nasuversekinkmeme]

Shiki not only cannot drive, but Mikiya learns the hard way she should not even be allowed to, under any circumstances.

[original prompt]

[falsegrailwar]

Assorted edits part 4! These are the last ones congrats I’ll stop being annoying now I just wanted to get all of these crossposted here from Twitter

[studentofetherium]

okay here's my take on it

[inversionimpulse]

As per the last post in my queue, I rediscovered a bunch of Type-Moon (well, mostly Tsukihime) themed A Softer World edits sitting on my hard drive from way, way, way back when those were in vogue

I am going to dump the other approximately half of the ones that are worth posting on you now

[lidatan]

From old sketch, the murderous women and their golden retriever husbands...