#ryuji day 1

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My contribution to BrosWeek2024

I know it’s just the newsona bros buuuut

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Pride Month, is it ⁉️✨️

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Hello everyone and Welcome to Bonizumo Week 2024!!!

Today is Day 1 - Height Difference!!! I struggle to think about what to draw for this day because I do loved the height difference between Izumo and Bon but I do not know how to translate it into an art piece. Took me so many trials and errors to get me to make this composition.

I always figured that Izumo, while brave, do not like to be in high places so I decided to drew her while being a bit composed, she is still clearly nervous being piggy back on Bon. Of course, Bon will be careful and he makes sure that Izumo is doing fine. But he cannot resist how cute and brave Izumo is despite being a tad scared of heights.

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day 2: marriage

[transcription under the cut]

ANN: You guys looked so so gorgeous & happy today I couldn't help but cry... my mascara's ruined but it was worth it!!!

SHIHO: You were a mess *beautiful

ANN: SHIHO!!!!!

FUTABA: POGGERS

RYUJI: I can't believe that you guys are hitched now. this guy -> was freaking OUT about it the entire time. it was kind of gross. Still I gotta support my bro + bro in law. CONGRATS

YUSUKE: Such a natural dichotomy of light and dark. A marriage of chiaroscuro. Pure ardor.

RYUJI: What.

SUMIRE: i don't even know what to say i'm so happy right now!!! it feels like my heart is going to jump out of my chest. i know that it's the same for you Akechi-senpai ... i hope this feeling never dies

SHIHO: Im really proud of how far you've made it from that gloomy boy in room 101. It's been hard and ugly, but you've never been one to admit defeat. Here's to that road that never had an end in sight (P.S. I totally won that uno game)

HARU: Congrats to you and Akechi-san, it was such a lovely experience

MAKOTO: Congratulations. Both Sae and I are ecstatic.

ANN: Cute !!!

RYUJI: GAY ->

FUTABA: NO U.

YUSUKE: Interesting composition.

FUTABA: Circa > Joker's notebook 2017. Mr & Mrs Akechi

SUMIRE: ^ｏ^ ❤️

FUTABA: Mona says he wants to go w/ Akechi in the divorce [so do i]

MAKOTO: Divorce? That's illegal.

HARU: No divorce allowed.

RYUJI: Hell naw!!!

FUTABA: Akechi buys us food. Always.

YUSUKE: Always?

FUTABA: ALWAYS!

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Cringetober day 1: Screenshot Redraw !! :3

I'm kinda late bcuz of school + I wanted to do more detailed drawings but I've already taken care of the school stuff and I decided to do simple drawings / doodles which are more fun to me so I hope I'm able to do the rest of the days that I missed (⁠^⁠^⁠)

[bonizumoweek]

Smol but rugged

Tall but delicate

With such a solid height difference - funny scenarios are bound to happen~

Let's imagine them all during the Day 1 of #BonIzumoWeek2024

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Pegoryu week day 6: Racer (totally on time Dw about it)

You know ya boy loves a good metaphor, so that’s exactly what I did and we’re fuckin goin with it fellas ✌️and as always please go look at this art right now bc @agalnamedlunasea is killin it as usual

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for kiss ryuji week day 1 - lucky/gold/fate !

yusuke would say he's lucky to have someone take him out for meals so often, even if ryuji's wallet suffers drastically from it :>

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Theory: Ryuji was popular, before.

I'm not entirely sure if anyone has really talked about this but I maintain my interpretation that, in the canon of Persona 5, Ryuji used to be very (or at least moderately) popular prior to the events of the story.

This is something I've gotten into before when talking to friends who like the game and the character, but I haven't really considered writing it down until now. The main argument I have is based on three things:

Things Ryuji alluded to in canon (but no one believed him on)

The deliberate choice of making him a track athlete

Typecasting for voice actors

1: "There were girls all over me!"

I don't really have the time to go on a deep dive through all the instances in which he hints at his reputation before the Kamoshida incident, but I think the most clear-cut representation of this was during the scene where he and Ann spend the day with Futaba during her post-palace social rehabilitation:

So here's the thing...I don't think he's lying about this. Nobody in the room would be that impressed to find out whether Ryuji was popular since they are already friends (or in Mona's case, he really just doesn't care), so it wouldn't make sense for him to lie.

Regarding everyone's reactions though, here's my impression: Ann was simply not aware of what was going on with the track team, being predominantly focused on dealing with rumors, her friendship with Shiho, and her modeling career (and eventually Kamoshida's advances once he started doing that shit) and she mentions a few times that she and Ryuji weren't actually close before joining the PT; they were just in the same class in middle school. Futaba hasn't interacted with anyone her age in years and isn't the most reliable source when it comes to what people generally find attractive; just because she doesn't have any interest in Ryuji doesn't mean that nobody her age would. And Morgana is a cat that brags constantly about how cool he is, so he shouldn't be throwing rocks.

There are many other times in the game when you get little glimpses of his social savvy, and from my understanding of Royal (I'm an OG vanilla P5 player and haven't done 3rd-semester yet, so don't kill me) when the track team returns to "how it was", he is getting along extremely well with everyone. Not only was he the team's ace: this kid was also expected to become the captain by his senior year (as briefly mentioned when he bumps into his former senpai at the gym, iirc). That's huge! If his team held him in such high regard, then the general student body of Shujin surely had a similar opinion. This brings me to my next point:

2: Girls like boys that run fast(???)

This is honestly something that baffles me. It's also really difficult for me to substantiate; any source material on this is obviously in Japanese and if I could find any of it, I sure as hell can't read it. The only English-language source I know of I cannot find anymore; I think it was an old Tofugu article? However. If you've watched any romance anime set in a high school during the last 20 years, you might have seen this trope at some point: the school sports festival is happening, and the relay race is kind of a huge deal (it's the final event! a make-or-break moment for the class!). The boy thinks to himself "If I win this race, I'll be able to win her heart/ask her out/etc." Low-stakes drama ensues. Maybe a confession happens.

This is (from what I've been told) based on a long-standing trend of girls and women self-reporting in surveys about how, oftentimes, their crushes in junior or senior high school were simply "the boy who ran the fastest in the races". I have no idea what this means in a broader cultural context. It makes no goddamn sense to me at all. Do not cite me on this. But I think it's worth keeping in mind, even if it's almost entirely speculative (and possibly outdated) information. And even if it's just based on rumors, don't you think it's pretty in-character for Ryuji to go for a track scholarship—despite being adept at other sports like baseball and football/soccer, as mentioned in P5 and P5D—because he was aware of the potential of being more popular with girls? Of course, his priority would be getting the scholarship and paying his way through school to lighten his mother's burden, but hey, getting a girlfriend on the way up wouldn't be half bad!

I think this could also inform us as to why Kamoshida (as a predator who wanted attention from high school girls) felt so threatened by the track team in particular, and why he felt a need to specifically knock Ryuji down a peg and sought out a weakness to do so (as opposed to targeting any of the probably just-as-popular boys on the many other athletic teams and clubs in the school). Just some food for thought on this one! Also, if anyone can find a source or has any insight on the relay race thing, please share. I am so confused about it.

3: Typecasting

So this is something that you really only notice if you are very into keeping up with seiyuu in Japan. I am not one of those people. But I do have some favorite voice actors! One of these being Mamoru Miyano.

So I freakin' love this dude. He's voiced a lot of my favorite characters, sings incredibly well, and has an unreal sense of comedy. He's stated in interviews that his acting inspiration is Jim Carrey, and let me tell you: it shows. He is also quite consistently typecast into certain roles, predominantly as princely pretty-boy types, Coolguys, or complete fucking nutcases. Sometimes all three at the same time (shoutout to my boy Ling FMA!)

ATLUS definitely cast him for P5 because of his comedic chops. But I think they also cast him because having him voice someone like Ryuji is a great way to subvert expectations for the player. I think it's supposed to give you whiplash—"what do you mean the voice of LIGHT FUCKING YAGAMI is coming out of this guy's mouth?" "why does the delinquent character sound like king of the host club Tamaki Suou?" "isn't that Rin Matsuoka's voice?" etc. etc. etc.

(here's a quick list, just to really get the idea across. maybe you recognize a few.)

This is obviously a non-comprehensive list, but something that a lot of the characters he's voiced over the years have in common is that they were considered cool, handsome, or popular. Not just for fans, but within the canon of their stories! So...what does that mean? What does that say about how we should see Ryuji?

I think players are supposed to expect that he will fall into one of those categories too, and then be surprised to find that it's not the case—that he's been isolated and made bitter and resigned by what happened to him the year before.

Speaking of his tone, I think it's very telling that Ryuji actually forgets to keep up the delinquent act a lot in the original JP audio, which unfortunately doesn't really carry over in the ENG translation. The delivery of his JP lines sounds a bit more subdued in comparison too—yeah he's got a lot of energy and is very hotheaded, but when he gets to talking about serious shit, he sounds a lot more regretful and melancholy as opposed to the EN delivery which depicts him as more resentful and outwardly angry. I think before Shit Went Down, he probably had the Coolguy vibe. Still a bit of a rowdy idiot and a showoff, but I think he probably came across to most people as a very friendly, sincere, and popular guy.

So yeah, the girls probably were all over him, at least for a short while.

[your-blorbos-are-queer]

list of canon/implied canon characters!

the other day, i was counting how many entries on this blog are canonically queer characters, the number totaled over 800! and so i decided i would make a masterlist of all the canon identities, along with that character's canon pronouns.

this list is sorted alphabetically by fandom, with characters within each fandom, also listed alphabetically.

i put the list below the cut, because it is quite very long.

9-1-1 evan buckley (he/him) - bisexual henrietta wilson (she/her) - lesbian

& juliet francois dubois (he/him) - pansexual may bellerose (they/they) - non-binary romeo montague (he/him) - bisexual - implied

16bit sensation konoha akisato (she/her) - sapphic - implied

a kind of spark keedie darrow (she/her) - lesbian

a league of their own (2022) bertie hart (he/him) - transgender carson shaw (she/her) - bisexual greta gill (she/her) - lesbian jess mccready (she/her) - lesbian jo deluca (she/her) - lesbian lupe garcia (she/her) - lesbian max chapman (she/her) - lesbian

a man who defies the world of bl ayato (he/him) - bisexual

abbott elementary ava (she/her) - bisexual - implied

adventure time (and fionna and cake) fionna (she/her) - bisexual - implied marceline (she/her) - bisexual marshall lee (he/him)- bisexual princess bubblegum (she/her) - sapphic

alfred j. kwak ollie (he/him) - transgender

alice júnior alice júnior (she/her) - transgender + bisexual taísa (she/her) - bisexual

all for the game andrew minyard (he/him) - gay jean moreau (he/him) - bisexual neil josten (he/him) - demisexual

amphibia anne boonchuy (she/her) - sapphic sasha waybright (she/her) - bisexual

another life zayn petrossian (ze/hir) - non-binary

apex legends bangalore (she/her) - lesbian bloodhound (they/them) - non-binary catalyst (she/her) - transgender fuse (he/him) - pansexual gibraltar (he/him) - gay loba (she/her) - bisexual mirage (he/him) - queer seer (he.him) - pansexual valkyrie (she/her) - lesbian

assassination classroom touka yada (she/her) - sapphic

avatar: the last airbender (and the legend of korra) asami (she/her) - bisexual korra (she/her) - bisexual kyoshi (she/her) - bisexual

avenue q rod (he/him) - gay

back to 15 camila (she/her) - transgender + polyamorous

baldur's gate 3 dame aylin (she/her) - lesbian isobel thorm (she/her) - lesbian karlach (she/her) - bisexual shadowheart (she/her) - bisexual

barbie barbie (she/her)- asexual ken (he/him) - asexual

barbie (dolls + animation) barbie (she/her) - bisexual

batman: the telltale series the joker (he/him) - bisexual

battle for dream island winner (they/them) - non-binary

bbc ghosts captain (he/him) - gay - implied

bbc sherlock eurus holmes (she/her) - queer - implied irene adler(she/her) - sapphic

be more chill richard goranski (he/him) - bisexual squip (it/its) - non-binary

bee and puppycat toast (she/her) - bisexual

beetlejuice beetlejuice (he/him) - pansexual

bfb four (he/they) - agender

black butler alois trancy (he/him) - gay - implied grell sutcliff (she/her) - transgender - canon - bisexual - implied joanne harcourt (he/him) - gay - implied

black hammer mark markz (he/him) - gay

black jack kei kisaragi (he/him) - transgender

bleach giselle gewelle (she/her) - transgender

bloom into you seiji maki (he/him) - aroace yuu koito (she/her) - lesbian

blue lock kunigami rensuke (he/him) - bisexual oliver aiku (he/him) - bisexual sae itoshi (he/him) - achillean - implied shidou ryusei (he/him) - gay

blue period ayukawa ryuji (any pronouns) - non-binary + bisexual

bob and rose bob (he/him) - homoflexible

bob's burgers bob belcher (he/him) - bisexual - implied

bocchi the rock ikuyo kita (she/her) - lesbian

bojack horseman kelsey jannings (she/her) - lesbian the cardinal (she/her) - transgender - implied todd chavez (he/him) - asexual

bones angela montenegro (she/her) - bisexual haru tanaka - non-binary - implied roxie lyon (she/her) - lesbian dr. temperance brennan (she/her) - polyamorous - implied

breakfast on pluto patricia braden (she/her) - transgender

bright young things miles maitland (he/him) - gay

brooklyn nine-nine rosa diaz (she/her)- bisexual

bubble comics oleg volkov (he/him) - achillean - implied sergey razumovsky (he/him) - bisexual - implied

buffy the vampire slayer kennedy (she/her) - lesbian tara maclay (she/her) - lesbian willow rosenberg (she/her) - lesbian

bully jimmy hopkins (he/him) - bisexual - implied

camp here and there jedidiah martin (he/him) - gay - implied marisol yuchengo (she/her) - bisexual + transgender rowan chow (he/him) - bisexual + transgender sydney sargent (he/him) - transgender + gay

cardcaptor sakura nakuru akizuki (she/her) - non-binary - implied sakura kinomoto (she/her) - pansexual sonomi daidouji (she/her) - lesbian syaoran li (he/him) - bisexual tomoyo daidouji (she/her) - lesbian touya kinomoto (he/him) - bisexual yukito tsukishiro (he/him) - achillean

castle swimmer queen nee (she/her) - transgender

castlevania alucard (he/him) - bisexual

chainsaw man quanxi (she/her) - polyamorous + lesbian

changing channels blacklight (she/her) - lesbian spotlight (she/her) - lesbian

claudine claude (he/him) - transgender

close leo (he/him) - gay - implied remi (he/him) - gay - implied

cookie run abyss monarch cookie (they/them) - non-binary ananas dragon cookie (they/it) - non-binary angel cookie (they/them) - non-binary blue lily cookie (she/her) - lesbian candy diver cookie (they/them) - non-binary cotton candy cookie (she/her) - queer cream unicorn cookie (they/them) - non-binary dark enchantress cookie (she/it) - genderqueer devil cookie (they/them) - non-binary dj cookie (they/them) - non-binary + bisexual fettuccine cookie (she/it) - genderqueer fig cookie (they/them) - non-binary ion cookie robot (it/its) - agender lilybell cookie (she/her) - lesbian lime cookie (she/her) - pansexual lotus dragon cookie (they/it) - non-binary milk cookie (he/him) - achillean moonlight cookie (she/her) - lesbian peppermint cookie (they/them) - non-binary pinecone cookie cookie (they/them) - non-binary pitaya dragon cookie (they/it) - non-binary poison mushroom cookie (they/them) - non-binary pomegranate cookie (she/her) - lesbian princess cookie (she/her) - bisexual raspberry cookie (she/her) - sapphic roquefort cookie (they/them) - non-binary + queer sea fairy cookie (she/her) - lesbian snapdragon cookie (they/it) - non-binary snow sugar cookie (they/them) - non-binary sorbet shark cookie (they/them) - non-binary space donut (they/it) - non-binary squid ink cookie (they/them) - non-binary strawberry crepe cookie (they/them) - non-binary timekeeper cookie (she/they) - genderqueer white choco cookie (she/her) - lesbian

cosmosdex apollo v1 (he/him) - transgender - implied athena v1 - sapphic eris v1 - sapphic hermes v1 - m-spec john gaylord v13 - gay

craig of the creek angel jose (they/them) - agender george (he/him) - gay

crazy ex girlfriend darryl whitefeather (he/him) - bisexual josh (he/him) - gay maya (she/her) - bisexual valencia perez (she/her) - bisexual

cucumber quest rosemaster (she/her) - transgender

danganronpa chihiro fujisaki (he/him) - transfeminine - implied nagito komeada (he/him) - achillean

danganronpa: despair time ace markey (he/him) - gay eden tobisa (she/her) - lesbian

dark carnival acro (any pronouns) sydney wilson (she/her) - aroace

dc alexis kaye (she/her) - bisexual artemis of bana-mighdall (she/her) - bisexual catwoman (she/her) - bisexual ghost maker (he/him) - bisexual harley quinn (she/her)- bisexual harper row (she/her)- bisexual jack phantom (she/her) - lesbian john constantine (he/him) - bisexual jon kent (he/him) - bisexual leonard snart (he/him) - pansexual nial nal (she/her) - transgender poison ivy (she/her) - bisexual rebis (any pronouns) - intersex + pangender sarah lance (she/her) - bisexual "spooner" cruz (she/her) - asexual tim drake (he/him) - bisexual wonder woman (she/her) - bisexual yara flor (she/her) - bisexual

dead by daylight david king (he/him) - gay

dead end: paranormal park barney guttman (he/him) - gay + transgender norma khan (she/her) - bisexual

descendants gil (he/him) - gay harry hook (he/him) - bisexual mal (she/her) - pansexual

destiny 2 drifter (he/him) - pansexual

devil's line akihito kanzaki (they/them) - non-binary + asexual + gay

dirk gently's holistic detective agency tina tevetino (she/her) - bisexual

disco elysium harry dubois (he/him) - bisexual - implied kim kitsuragi (he/him) - gay klaasje amandou (she/her) - bisexual ruby, the instigator (she/her) - lesbian

do revenge eleanor levetan (she/her) - lesbian

doctor who bill potts (she/her) - lesbian maestro (they/them) - non-binary

dodgeball: a true underdog story kate veatch (she/her) - bisexual

dorohedoro turkey (she/her) - transgender

dr. stone nanami ryusui (he/him) - pansexuali - implied ishigami senku (he/him) - aroace - implied

duolingo bea (she/her) - bisexual lily (she/her) - lesbian - implied lin (she/her) - lesbian oscar (he/him) - gay

elsewhere dan cooper (he/him) - bisexual - implied

emmerdale liv flaherty (she/her) - asexual

entropic float peri dubois (she/her) - asexual

euphoria rue bennett (she/her) - non-binary + lesbian

ever after high apple white (she/her) - lesbian c. a. cupid (she/her) - bisexual darling charming (she/her) - lesbian faybelle thorn (she/her) - lesbian raven queen (she/her) - bisexual

everything's gonna be okay drea stevens (she/her) - asexual + lesbian matilda moss (she/her) - sapphic

fallout 4 deacon (he/him) - bisexual john hancock (he/him) - bisexual preston garvey (he/him) - bisexual rj maccready (he/him) - bisexual

falsettos charlotte (she/her) - lesbian cordelia (she/her) - lesbian marvin (he/him) - gay whizzer (he/him) - gay

fantasy high riz gukgak (he/him) - asexual

fellow travelers tim laughlin (he/him) - gay

final space ash graven (she/her) - sapphic

fire emblem linhardt von hevring (he/him) - bisexual - implied

fire punch togata (he/him) - transgender

flicker (roblox) adora (she/her) - lesbian alab (they/them) - non-binary amethyst (she/they/ze) - demigirl + trixic aphrodite (she/her) - transgender arielle (she/her)- transgender chidi (he/him) - asexual cody (he/him) - transgender eduardo (he/they) - demiboy + pansexual elaina (they/them) - non-binary ezra (they/them) - non-binary + toric fayola (she/they) - demigirl grace (they/them) - non-binary + aroace halona (they/he/she) - two-spirit john (he/him) - bisexual joshua (he/him) - gay kai (they/them) - non-binary + pansexual kiryomi (she/her) - lesbian lassi (they/them) - non-binary + aroace lukey (they/them) - agender + questioning melodie (she/her) - lesbian mika (any pronouns) - genderfluid + aroace prasiddhi (she/her) - bisexual quinn (they/them) - genderqueer + questioning tamia (they/them) - non-binary trey (they/them) - agender vinny (he/him) - bisexual

flight rising wayfinder merrigan (they/he/she) - non-binary

fruits basket hatsuharu sohma (he/him) - bisexual - implied ritsu sohma (he/him) - transfeminine - implied

generation greta moreno (she/her) - lesbian + asexual

genshin impact jeht (she/her) - lesbian kaeya alberich (he/him) - bisexual - implied kamisato ayaka (she/her) - bisexual - implied lyney (he/him) - bisexual - implied the traveler (male traveler: he/him; female traveler: she/her) - queer - implied venti (he/him) - agender - implied

ghostbusters phoebe spengler (she/her) - lesbian - implied

ginny and georgia sophie sanchez (she/her) - bisexual

given akihiko kaji (he/him) - bisexual haruki nakayama (he/him) - bisexual mafuyu sato (he/him) - gay ritsuka oenoyama (he/him) - gayh

golden kamuy kano ienaga (she/her) - transgender

good omens crowley (he/him) - genderfluid + asexual maggie (she/her) - lesbian muriel (they/them) - non-binary nina (she/her) - sapphic pollution (they/them) - non-binary

gravity falls bill cipher (he/him) - gay - implied mabel pines (she/her) - bisexual - implied wendy corduroy (she/her) - bisexual

grishaverse hanne brum (she/her) - sapphic - canon - genderqueer - implied jesper fahey (he/him) - bisexual nina zenik (she/her) - bisexual wylan van eck (he/him) - gay

guilty gear bridget (she/her) - transgender testament (they/them) - agender

gundam miorine (she/her) - sapphic suletta (she/her) - sapphic

hades zagreus (he/him) - polyamorous + bisexual

haikyuu hitoka yachi (she/her) - sapphic - implied

hannibal hannibal lecter (he/him) - bisexual will graham (he/him) - achillean

has anyone heard of the left/right game? eve (she/her) - sapphic

hazbin hotel alastor (he/him) - aroace angel dust (he/him) - gay charlie morningstar (she/her) - bisexual cherri bomb (she/her) - bisexual husk (he/him) - pansexual sir pentious (he/him)- bisexual vaggie (she/her) - sapphic valentino (he/him) - pansexual velvette (she/her) - queer vox (he/him) - bisexual

heartbreak high "ant" vaughn (he/him) - queer - implied "ca$h" piggott (he/him) - asexual darren (they/them) - non-binary + queer malakai (he/him) - bisexual missy (she/her) - bisexual quinni gallagher-jones (she/her) - lesbian

hellboy comics ben damio (he/him) - gay - implied

helluva boss andrealphus (he/him) - gay asmodeus (he/him) - pansexual barbie wire (she/her) - pansexual beelzebub (she/her) - pansexual blitzo (he/him) - pansexual chazwick thurman (he/him) - pansexual + polyamorous fizzarolli (he/him) - gay loona (she/her) - bisexual mammon (he/him) - asexual martha (she/her) - bisexual millie (she/her) - bisexual moxxie (he/him) - bisexual mrs. mayberry (she/her) - bisexual octavia (she/her) - asexual sallie may (she/her) - transgender stolas (he/him) - queer vassago (she/her) - gay verosika mayday (he/him)- pansexual

her tears were my light space (she/her) - sapphic time (she/her) - sapphic

hollow knight ghost (they/them) - agender sheo (he/him) - gay nailsmith (he/him) - gay

honkai impact 3rd bronya zaychik (she/her) - lesbian elysia (she/her) - lesbian himeko murata (she/her) -bisexual kiana kaslana (she/her) - lesbian raiden mei (she/her) - lesbian seele vollerei (she/her) - lesbian theresa apocalypse (she/her) - sapphic

honkai star rail acheron (she/her) - sapphic - implied aventurine (he/him) - gay - implied firefly (she/her) - bisexual + genderfluid - implied

houkai gakuen 2 wendy (she/her) - sapphic

hourou musuko shuichi nitori (she/her) - sapphic + transgender

house dr. gregory house (he/him) - bisexual- implied dr. james wilson (he/him) - gay - implied dr. remy "thirteen" hadley (she/her) - bisexual

house of the dragon rhaenyra targaryen (she/her) - bisexual

how to get away with murder connor walsh (he/him) - gay

how to train your dragon gobber the belch (he/him) - gay - implied

hunter x hunter alluka zoldyck (she/her) - transgender

i was a teenage exocolonist nomi-nomi (they/them) - non-binary + demisexual + pansexual

IDOLiSH7 kaoru (she/her) - transgender

idw comics tangle the lemur (she/her) - sapphic whisper the wolf (she/her) - sapphic

ION cracklin (he/him) - gay

it chapter 2 richie tozier (he/him) - gay

it's always sunny in philadelphia mac mcdonald (he/him) - gay

jackson's diary david miller (he/him) - bisexual

jamie johnson dillon simmonds (he/him) - gay

jane the virgin adam eduardo alvaro (he/him) - bisexual luisa alver (she/her) - lesbian petra solano (she/her) - bisexual

jay and silent bob jay (he/him) - bisexual - implied

john wick the adjucator (they/them) - non-binary

jojo's bizarre adventure dio brando (he/him) - bisexual squalo (he/him) - gay tiziano (he/him) - gay

jujutsu kaisen kirara hoshi (she/her) - transgender - implied uraumi (she/they) - genderqueer

jurassic park ajay sidhu (he/him) - gay - implied roland tembo (he/him) - gay - implied

just roll with it ava ferin (she/her) - lesbian - implied elizabeth lafayette (she/her) - lesbian - implied gillion tidestrider (he/him) - asexual jay ferin (she/her) - bisexual jazz drake (he/him) - transgender kian stone (he/him) - bisexual rumi (any pronouns) - genderfluid shilo bathory (he/him) - asexual - canon - aromantic - implied troy lougferd (he/him) - bicurious - implied vyncent sol (he/him) - aromantic - implied william wisp (he/him) - bisexual

kirby kirby (he/him) - non-binary

koisenu futari sakuko kodama (she/her) - aroace satoru takahashi (he/him) - aroace

lackadaisy mordecai heller (he/him) - asexual

league of legends ambessa medarda (she/her) - bisexual + butch caitlyn (she/her) - lesbian nami (she/her) - bisexual vi (she/her) - lesbian

lego monkie kid tang (he/him) - gay - implied the golden-winged peng (they/them) - non-binary

lego ninjago sally (she/her) - bisexual

les miserables grantaire (he/him) - gay

liar game fukunaga yuji (she/her) - transgender

life is strange alexandra chen (she/her) - bisexual chloe price (she/her) - bisexual finnegan macnamara - (he/him) - pansexual lyla park (she/her) - bisexual - implied max caulfield (she/her) - bisexual ryan lucan (he/him) - asexual - implied sean diaz (he/him) - bisexual stephanie gingrich (she/her) - lesbian

lord of the flies jack merridew (he/him) - bisexual - implied ralph (he/him) - gay - implied

lost in space luca esposito (he/him) - intersex

love in hate nation harriet asp (she/her) - sapphic kitty minx (she/her) - transgender sheila nal (she/her) - lesbian susannah sonn (she/her) - lesbian

love is war chika fujiwara (she/her) - sapphic

love lies bleeding jackie (she/her) - bisexual lou (she/her) - lesbian

love me for who i am kotone mizunoe (she/her) - lesbian mei tatebayashi (she/her) - transgender mogumo (they/them) - non-binary satori iwakoa (she/her) - transgender sou suzumi (he/him) - gay tetsu iwakoa (he/him) - queer

lovely complex seiko kotobuki (she/her) - transgender

madness combat hank (he/him) - asexual

magikarp jump "you" - non-binary

marvel agatha harkness (she/her) - sapphic agent piper (she/her) - sapphic alice wu-gulliver (she/her) - sapphic - implied america chavez (she/her) - lesbian angela (she/her) - lesbian ayo (she/her) - lesbian daisy johnson (she/her) - bisexual deadpool (he/him) - pansexual doop (he/him) - bisexual gwenpool (she/her) - aroace hulkling (he/him) - gay jean-paul beaubier (he/him) - gay jennifer kale (she/her) - sapphic - implied karolina dean (she/her) - lesbian kitty pryde (she/her) - bisexual koi boi (he/him) - transgender korg (he/him) - gay loki (he/him) - genderfluid + bisexual mystique (she/her) - bisexual nada van dyne (she/her) - asexual nico minoru (she/her) - bisxual noh varr (he/him) - bisexual phastos (he/him) - gay phyla vell (she/her) - lesbian rachel summers (she/her) - bisexual rio vidal (she/her) - sapphic ruby hale (she/her) - asexual sera (she/her) - transgender + lesbian sylvie (she/her) - genderfluid + bisexual valkyrie (she/her) - bisexual wiccan (he/him) - gay xavin (mcu: they/them; comics: any pronouns) - genderfluid

mashle: magic and muscles mash burndead (he/him) - aroace - implied

mean girls (2024) janis 'imi'ike (she/her) - lesbian damian hubbard (he/him) - gay

mikagura school suite eruna ichinomiya (she/her) - lesbian

milgram kazui mukuhara (he/him) - gay - implied

minecraft diaries laurance (he/him) - pansexual - implied

miraculous ladybug alix kubdel (she/her) - aromantic juleka couffaine (she/her) - lesbian max kante (he/him) - asexual rose lavillant (she/her) - bisexual

mo dao zu shi lan wangji (he/him) - gay lan xichen(he/him) - gay + polyamorous - implied meng yao (he/him) - gay + polyamorous - implied mo xuanyu (he/him) - gay nie huaisang (he/him) - gay - implied nie mingjue( he/him) - gay + polyamorous - implied wei wuxian (he/him) - gay

monster high cleo de nile (she/her) - queer frankie stein (they/them) - non-binary kieran valentine (he/him) - gay

moon girl and devil dinosaur brooklyn (she/her) - transgender

moral orel daniel stopframe (he/him) - bisexual stephanie putty (she/her) - lesbian

moriarty the patriot james bonde (he/him) - transgender

my hero academia himiko toga (she/her) - sapphic - implied

my little pony sunset shimmer (she/her) - bisexual twilight sparkle (she/her) - bisexual

my next life as a villainess maria campbell (she/her) - bisexual mary hunt (she/her) - bisexual

my time at portia merlin (she/her) - aromantic - implied

neon genesis evangelion kaworu nagisa (he/him) - achillean

nimona ambrosius goldenloin (he/him) - achillean ballister boldheart (he/him) - achillean nimona (she/her) - genderfluid

no. 6 nezumi (he/him) - gay shion (he/him) - achillean

o maidens in your savage season momoko sudo (she/her) - lesbian

object lockdown notebook (he/him) - transgender + gay

omori captain spaceboy (he/him) - transgender

one day at a time syd (they/them) - non-binary + lesbian

one last stop jane su (she/her) - lesbian

one of us is lying (2021) janae matthews (she/he/they) - genderfluid + lesbian

one piece bon clay (he/him) - queer inazuma (he/she) - genderfluid ivankov (he/him) - queers kiku (she/her) - transgender monkey d. luffy (he/him) - asexual - implied morley (she/her) - transgender yamato (he/him) - transgender

only murders in the building mabel mora (she/her) - bisexual

order of the stick vaarsuvius - genderqueer

osemanverse aled last (he/him) - gay + demisexual carys last (she/her) - lesbian charlie spring (he/him) - gay daniel jun (he/him) - gay darcy olsson (books: she/her; tv: they/them) - lesbian - non-binary (tv only) elle argent (she/her) - transgender felix (they/them) - non-binary frances janvier (she/her)- bisexual georgia warr (she/her) - aroace isaac henderson (he/him) - aroace james mcewan (he/him) - gay michael holden (he/him) - pansexual naiomi (she/her) - transgender nick nelson (he/him) - bisexual pip quintana (she/her) - lesbian rooney bach (she/her) - pansexual sahar zahid (she/her) - bisexual sunil jha (he/they) - non-binary + asexual tara jones (she/her) - lesbian tori spring (she/her) - asexual + arospec

osora arias ariguetrez (he/him) - pansexual osora calaveras (he/they) - non-binary + pansexual

our dreams at dusk anonymous (any pronouns)- non-binary + aroace natsuyoshi utsumi (he/him) - transgender tasuku kaname (he/him) - gay

our flag means death stede bonnet (he/him) - gay

pacman "pinky" (she/her) - transgender - implied

paper mario vivian (she/her) - transgender

paradise kiss isabella yamamoto (she/her) - transgender joji koizumi (he/him) - bisexual

parties are for losers kolya reizner (he/him) - aromantic

peep show jeremy usbourne (he/him) - bisexual

phineas and ferb perry the platypus (he/him) - asexual

piemations suction cup man (he/him) - asexual + panromantic

poor things bella baxter (she/her) - bisexual

pripara hibiki shikyoin (she/her) - non-binary

project sekai mizuki akiyama (she/they) - transgender + non-binary - implied

puella magi madoka magica homura akemi (she/her) - lesbian + asexual - implied kyoko sakura (she/her) - bisexual - implied madoka kaname (she/her) - lesbian + asexual - implied sayaka miki (she/her) - bisexual - implied

quantum leap (2022) ian wright (they/them) - non-binary

ready player one aech (she/her) - lesbian

rebelde emilia alo (she/her) - bisexual

red, white, and royal blue alex (he/him) - bisexual henry (he/him) - gay

regretevator mannequin mark (he/him) - gay

revolutionary girl utena anthy himemiya (she/her) - sapphic juri arisugawa (she/her) - lesbian saionji (he/him) - achillean - implied shiori takatsuki (she/her) - sapphic utena tenjou (she/her) - sapphic

rick and morty rick sanchez (he/him) - pansexual

ride the cyclone mischa bachinski (he/him) - bisexual - implied noel gruber (he/him)- gay

riordanverse alex fierro (she/he) - genderfluid apollo (he/him) - bisexual lavinia asimov (she/her) - lesbian magnus chase (he/him) - pansexual nico di angelo (he/him) - gay piper mclean (she/her) - bisexual reyna ramirez-arellano (she/her) - asexual sadie kane (she/her) - polyamorous will solace (he/him) - bisexual

rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles leonardo (he/him) - achillean - implied

riverdale toni topaz (she/her) - bisexual

rocky horror picture show brad majors (he/him) - achillean frank-n-furter (he/him) - bisexual janet weiss (she/her) - sapphic - implied

rocky horror picture show: let's do the time warp again! frank-n-furter (she/her) - bisexual + transgender janet weiss (she/her) - sapphic

roll over and die flum apricot (she/her) - lesbian

rwby blake belladonna (she/her) - bisexual yan xiao long (she/her) - sapphic

sailor moon fish eye (he/him) - gay haruka tenoh (sailor uranus) (she/her) - sapphic + bigender michiru kaiou (sailor neptune) (she/her) - sapphic usagi tsukino (sailor moon) (she/her) - bisexual - implied zoisite (he/him) - achillean - canon - bisexual - implied

sarazanmai enta jinnai (he/him) - gay mabu akutsu (he/him) - gay reo niiboshi (he/him) - gay

scott pilgrim vs the world roxie richter (she/her) - lesbian

scream stu macher (he/him) - bisexual - implied

selah and the spades selah summers (she/her) - asexual - canon - aromantic - implied

shadows over welde argentum (they/them) - non-binary

shaman king gakko (he/him) - transgender

shameless debbie gallagher (she/her) - lesbian ian gallagher (he/him) - gay mickey milkovich (he/him) - gay

shangri-la momoko (she/her) - transgender

she-ra and the princesses of power adora (she/her) - lesbian bow (he/him) - bisexual catra (she/her) - lesbian double trouble (they/them) - non-binary entrapta (she/her) - bisexual glimmer (she/her) - bisexual jewelstar (he/him) - transgender kyle (he/him) - polyamorous + bisexual lonnie (she/her) - polyamorous + bisexual mara (she/her) - sapphic mermista (she/her) - bisexual perfuma (she/her) - sapphic - canon - bisexual - implied rogelio (he/him) - polyamorous + bisexual scorpia (she/her) - lesbian sea hawk (he/him) - bisexual

shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan noko shikanoko (she/her) - transgender - implied

shiva baby danielle (she/her) - bisexual

skip and loafer nao (she/her) - transgender

smiling friends charlie dompler (he/him) - bisexual

snowpiercer miss audrey (she/her) - pansexual

so let them burn faron vincent (she/her) - demisexual

something in the dirt levi (he/him) - asexual

south park craig tucker (he/him) - gay satan (he/him) - gay tupperware (they/them) - non-binary + gynosexual tweak tweak (he/him) - achillean

spies are forever barb larvernor (she/her) - bi-curious curt mega (he/him) - gay owen carvour (he/him) - queer the deadliest man alive (he/him) - queer

spiritfarer summer (she/her) - lesbian

splatoon acht/dedf1sh (they/them) - non-binary marina ida (she/her) - sapphic pearl hozuki (she/her) - sapphic

spooky month kevin (he/him) - pansexual

star wars amilyn holdo (she/her) - queer ceret (they/them) - non-binary chelli aphra (she/her) - lesbian cinta kaz (she/her) - sapphic flix (he/him) - gay jecki lon (she/her) - sapphic - implied juhani (she/her) - lesbian kantam sy (they/them) - non-binary keo venzee (they/them) - non-binary kho phon farrus (they/them) - non-binary magna tolvan (she/her) - lesbian merrin (she/her) - pansexual obi-wan kenobi (he/him) - bisexual - implied orka (he/him) - gay osha aniseya (she/her) - sapphic - implied rae sloane (she/her) - bisexual sabe (she/her) - sapphic sana starros (she/her) - sapphic sister (she/her) - transgender sylvestri yarrow (she/her) - lesbian taka jamoreesa (they/them) - non-binary terec (they/them) - non-binary varko (he/him) - gay vel sartha (she/her) - sapphic vernestra rwoh (she/her) - aroace vi moradi (she/her) - asexual yrica quell (she/her) - bisexual

starlight express electra (he/him) - bisexual + genderfluid

starlight express (2024) dinah (she/her) - sapphic electra (they/them) - non-binary greaseball (she/her) - sapphic

stars align yuu asuka (they/them) - non-binary + toric

static shock richie foley (they/them) - gay

steven universe pearl (she/her) - lesbian peridot (she/her) - aroace

stop!! hibari-kun geikijiro taiga (he/him) - transgender hibari oozora (she/her) - transgender

stranger things robin buckley (she/her) - lesbian will byers (he/him) - gay

sucker for love: date to die for stardust (she/her) - asexual + lesbian

supernatural castiel (he/him) - bisexual chuck (he/him) - bisexual crowley (he/him) - pansexual rowena (she/her) - bisexual

tangled: the series cassandra (she/her) - lesbian - implied

tarrytown brom bones (he/him) - bisexual - implied ichabod crane (he/him) - gay

team starkid alice woodward (she/her) - lesbian deb (she/her) - lesbian jemilla (she/her) - sapphic officer doug (they/them) - non-binary professor hidgens (he/him) - achillean ruth fleming (she/her) - bisexual schwoopsie (she/her) - sapphic zazzalil (she/her) - sapphic ziggs (they/them) - non-binary

that time i got reincarnated as a slime rimuru tempest (they/them) - agender + asexual

the adventure zone cary fangbattle (she/her) - sapphic hurley (she/her) - sapphic killian (she/her) - sapphic kravitz (he/him) - achillean lup (she/her) - transgender roswell (they/them) - agender sloane (she/her) - sapphic

the amazing world of gumball darwin watterson (he/him) - pansexual leslie (he/him) - gay - implied

the applegates sally applegate (she/her) - bisexual - implied

the book of mormon elder mckinley (he/him) - gay kevin price (he/him) - gay - implied

the disastrous life of saiki k saiki kusuo (he/him) - aroace - canon - transgender - implied

the dragon prince amaya (she/her) - lesbian astrid (she/her) - transgender callum (he/him) - bisexual - implied ethari (he/him) - pansexual janai (she/her) - lesbian kazi (they/them) - nonbinary runaan (he/him) - gay terry (he/him) - transgender

the good place eleanor shellstrop (she/her) - bisexual

the great north ham tobin (he/him) - gay

the imperfects abbi singh (she/her) - lesbian + asexual hannah more (she/her) - lesbian

the IT crowd richmond avenal (he/him) - bisexual

the last of us bill (he/him) - gay frank (he/him) - gay

the loud house luna loud (she/her) - bisexual - implied

the lovely bones ruth connors (she/her) - bisexual - implied

the magnus archives jonathan sims (he/they) - asexual + biromantic

the maze runner newt (he/him) - gay

the mighty boosh vince noir (he/him) - bisexual

the mitchells vs the machines katie mitchell (she/her) - sapphic

the music freaks alexzander whickham (he/him) - gay luke peterson (he/him) - pansexual

the owl house amity blight (she/her) - lesbian eda clawthorne (she/her) - bisexual hunter (he/him) - bisexual lillith clawthorne (she/her) - aroace luz noceda (she/her) - bisexual masha (they/them) - non-binary raine whispers (they/them) - non-binary the collector (he/they) - non-binary the titan (he/him) - genderqueer willow park(she/her) - pansexual

the peripheral aelita west (she/her) - sapphic grace hogart (she/her) - sapphic

the pink corruption circubit (he/him) - gay cube (he/him) - bisexual pyrare (he/him) - aromantic spheer (they/them) - non-binary

the sandman desire (they/it) - non-binary johanna constantine (she/her) - bisexual the corinthian (he/him) - achillean

the shining (and doctor sleep) danny torrance (he/him) - bisexual - implied

the umbrella academy klaus hargreeves (he/him) - pansexual viktor hargreeves (he/him) - transgender - canon - bisexual - implied

the walking dead aaron (he/him) - gay paul "jesus" monroe (he/him) - gay

the witcher ciri (she/her) - bisexual jaskier (he/him) - bisexual

this could be on broadway cole wilson (she/her) - sapphic + transgender

tian guan cifu hua cheng (he/him) - gay xie lian (he/him) - gay

time to orbit: unknown aspen greaves (they/them) - aromantic

toontown corporate clash pacesetter (he/him) - gay

touhou marisa kirisame (she/her) - lesbian - implied

transformers earthspark hashtag malto (she/her) - sapphic nightshade malto (they/them) - non-binary

tsubasa chronicle fai d. fluorite (he/him) - achillean - implied kurogane (he/him) - achillean - implied mokona modoki (white mokona: she/her; black mokona: he/him) - agender sakura li (she/her) - pansexual - implied syaoran li (he/him) - bisexual - implied

twin peaks denise bryson (she/her) - transgender

undertale (and deltarune) alphys (she/her) - bisexual chara (they/them) - non-binary frisk (they/them) - non-binary kris dreemurr (they/them) - non-binary mad mew mew (she/her) - transgender napstablook (they/them) - non-binary noelle holiday (she/her) - lesbian sans (he/him) - aroace - implied undyne (she/her) - lesbian

urinetown senator fipp (he/him) - transgender - implied

visual prison carmilla (she/her) - transgender - implied guiltia brion (he/him) - achillean - implied mist flaive (he/him) - achillean - implied saga latour (he/him) - achillean - implied veuve elizabeth (they/them) - genderqueer - implied

vocaloid kasane teto (she/her) - non-binary + xenogender

wandee goodday plakao (he/him) - gay + asexual

wandersong the bard (they/them) - non-binary

warrior cats ravenpaw (he/him) - gay tallstar (he/him) - gay

welcome to demonschool asmodeus alice (he/him) - gay - implied

wendell & wild raul cocolotl (he/him) - transgender

what we do in the shadows guillermo de la cruz (he/him) - gay laszlo cravensworth (he/him)- pansexual nadja (she/her) - pansexual nandor (he/him) - pansexual

who framed roger rabbit? jessica rabbit (she/her) - asexual

wii sports gwen (she/her) - transgender - implied

wind in the willows (2017) mole (he/him) - gay - implied

wings of fire sunfire (she/her) - sapphic

wish/kobato kohaku (she/her) - agender

xo kitty florian (he/him) - gay juliana (she/her) - lesbian kitty song-covey (she/her) - bisexual q (he/him) - gay yuri han (she/her) - lesbian

yurikuma arashi ginko yurishiro (she/her) - lesbian kureha tsubaki (she/her) - lesbian lulu yurigasaki (she/her) - lesbian

zoe's extraordinary playlist mo (he/she/they) - genderfluid

zombieland saga lily hoshikawa (she/her) - transgender

zombies a-spen (they/them) - non-binary + bisexual willa lykensen (she/her) - queer

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CHAPTER 1: Twisted Wonderland

CHAPTER 2: Spider-verse (ATSV)

CHAPTER 3: Hazbin Hotel

CHAPTER 4: PERSONA 5: Royal

CHAPTER 5: CREEPYPASTA (pending…)

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[CHAPTER 1]

Twisted Wonderland

“we’ll show you a real happy ending.”

-Heartslabyul(none yet)

-Savannaclaw(none yet)

-Octovinelle(none yet)

-Scarabia(none yet)

-Pomefiore(none yet)

-Ignihyde

and so they lived happily ever after(idia)

-Diasomnia

breaking up with the prince of briar valley(malleus)

the world we knew(malleus)

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series/various

leaving on wild charted waters (story/various) (songs recommended to listen for this series: White Tea - Rozie Ramati, Ex-Girlfriend - No Doubt)

-part 1

-part 2

-part 3

-part 4

-part 5

-part 6

-part 7

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the domestic life (various)

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[CHAPTER 2]

SPIDER-VERSE

“anyone can be under the mask.”

-miles morales(not yet)

-gwen stacey(not yet)

-hobie brown(not yet)

-pavitr prabhakar(not yet)

-miguel o’hara

amor eterno (daughter reader/series)

amor eterno [parte 2](daughter reader/series)

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[CHAPTER 3]

HAZBIN HOTEL

“now that’s the spirit! you’re in hell you delinquent fuck!”

-charlie morningstar(not yet) -vaggie(not yet) -angel dust(not yet) -husk(not yet) -nifty(not yet)(will mostly be platonic) -alastor when memories snow (x overlord reader)

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my angel baby

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-part 2

-part 3

-part 4

-part 5

-part 6

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scarlet and silver lining(story)

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twst oc: Evan Bleu: a normal day for the blue fairy

PERSONA 5: Royal

“show me your true form!”

-akira kurusu (not yet)

-ryuji sakamoto (not yet)

-ann takamaki (not yet)

-yusuke kitagawa (not yet)

-makoto niijima (not yet)

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why would he trust you? (x reader)

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[vashtijoy]

haru: "we'll just take him out again"

Ah, this 1/10 line of Haru's, about what they should do if Akechi betrays them all a second time.

I've talked about Haru and Akechi before—she is overwhelmingly compassionate towards him. She shows him understanding he has not earned and does not deserve. She contrasts, in fact, with Futaba, who takes a consistently harsh tone with him—and well may she do so.

Haru is done dirty by the bulk of the fandom with this flanderised crazy axe mean girl schtick, and this translation does not help. So it's time for another big red....

Let's take a look.

tatakau: "to fight or battle"

Haru また裏切るようなら戦うだけだよ。 mata uragiru you nara tatakau dake da yo Plus, if he does betray us again, we’ll just take him out too.

mata uragiru you nara—"if he betrays us again, then we'll...". tatakau dake da yo—"we'll just tatakau him". But what's that verb; what's tatakau?

戦う tatakau means to fight, or do battle, or to make war on someone, or to oppose them. It's a common word. ALC has a number of examples:

戦うか逃げるかの反応 tatakau ka nigeru ka no hannou, "fight-or-flight response";

戦うことを諦める tatakau koto o akirameru, "to give up the fight";

戦う必要なく tatakau hitsuyou naku, "without even having to fight".

It is excessively common in P5:

Ryuji (before one of the robot minibosses in Okumura's Palace) こりゃもう戦うしかねーな! korya mou tatakau shika nee na! Looks like we're gonna have to fight. Haru (when you try to switch her into the party too early) 私も戦えるよ! watashi mo tatakaeru yo! I can fight too! Haru (before a robot miniboss) こうなったら戦うしか⋯! kou nattara tatakau shika...! It looks like we just have to fight!

tatakau is the word we translate as "fight"; "a fight" is often tatakai, from the same root verb. When the PTs fight in the Metaverse, they are tatakau-ing. And when they fought Akechi in the engine room? They tatakau-ed him:

Ann 同じヤツを憎んでるのに、なんで戦うの!? onaji yatsu o nikunderu no ni, nande tatakau no!? We both hate the same guy! Why do we have to go against each other!? Morgana 戦う前に笑ってたの⋯あれ、本心だろ? tatakau mae ni waratteta no... are, honshin daro? That smile before we fought… Isn't that how you really feel?

See? Let's look at Haru's line one more time:

Haru また裏切るようなら戦うだけだよ。 mata uragiru you nara tatakau dake da yo Plus, if he does betray us again, we’ll just take him out too. And if he betrays us again, we'll just fight him again.

the phantom thieves' ghost murder victim

The other key point is this: though this isn't present in the Japanese, the localisation still says "too". "we'll just take him out too". Who's that "too"?

They're not killing Maruki, despite Akechi's efforts. They didn't kill any of their targets. They didn't even kill Shido, who they all held responsible for the murder of Haru's father, and Futaba's mother, and who knows how many others.

In short: nobody is getting murdered in this line—except Haru, by the localisation.

"take him out"

In fairness to everyone who fast-forwarded all of Haru's dialogue and so thinks she's even worse than Akechi, cold-bloodedly planning murder as a form of revenge, "take him out" is a confusing choice of words.

"take him out" means to disable a target. This is how it gets its primary meaning of "kill him". It means to get something or someone out of your way, in a way that corresponds with its death or destruction—or, as in this case, with extreme violence; remember they KO Akechi in the engine room, just like every other boss.

This is why it's common in so many contexts—sport, business, politics. You take out targets in many fields, but you don't kill them! In the same way, Haru intends for them to eliminate Akechi as a threat, if he ever makes it necessary again.

Futaba makes this explicit to him the next day, on 1/11:

Futaba けどまた裏切ったりしたら、絶対許さない。 kedo mata uragittari shitara, zettai yurusanai BUT if you ever betray us again, we'll make sure you regret it.

Futaba says this right to his face: "if you betray us again, don't think you'll get away with it"; "if you betray us again, you're done for." She tells him this is his one and only chance.

(That zettai yurusanai, of course, is the same wording she uses about the men in black suits, and the men who killed her mother—it's fighting talk, blood debt talk. And it's interesting that she has clearly not yet put Akechi into that category. yurusanai is also the word Haru uses to him in the engine room, often translated as "I can't forgive you".)

context matters

Many common misunderstandings of P5's characters and plot boil down to something like this: an overfocus on one memorable line, at the expense of the bigger picture. Again, in fairness, P5 is a huge game, which makes this very easy to do.

But the fact that the Phantom Thieves have chosen not to kill comes up over and over. It is absolutely fundamental to them: their justice does not include murder.

Again: the fact that they don't go in for vigilante killings is what makes them better than Akechi! Part of the essence of their conflict is that Akechi has made bad choices that the PTs avoided—such as Ann's fateful choice to let Kamoshida live:

Just as with Ann and Kamoshida, I don't think the Thieves would stop Haru or Futaba, if they decided Akechi should die. But I also don't think it would pass without question, as Haru's "take him out" line does. Even if nobody else said a word, Makoto would say something. Because the Phantom Thieves are not murderers.

when someone shows you who they are, believe them

On top of that, if you want to read Haru's "take him out" as meaning she wants Akechi dead, you have to ignore everything else she says about him—and, frankly, every other time she's onscreen. Because Haru oozes kindness, compassion and thoughtfulness from her every pore.

Remember, Haru expresses compassion for Akechi, not hate. Here she is on 12/25:

Look at that. Commit it to memory. Show all your friends. Haru is glad Akechi is alive. She's glad he turned himself in and thinks he should pay for his crimes—but she didn't want him dead, and she certainly doesn't want to kill him.

In the engine room, when he's at the point of death, she's afraid for him. She runs forward to call to him; note that Futaba does not, and is at the back of the group, furthest from Akechi.

Even when Haru judges Akechi for what he took from her, she is sympathising with him:

When Cognitive Akechi arrives, Haru isn't just trying to stop Akechi turning on them to save his own skin. She empathises with him, and understands how complex his feelings towards Shido truly are—and why that puts them all in so much danger:

Say it again and say it loud: Haru understands Akechi.

but how does she really feel

Haru tells us her secret feelings in the safe room:

See? Just like Futaba, she doesn't want to be around him; she doesn't want him as part of the group. But she doesn't want to kill him.

That's not her nature. Haru is not a murderer. I'll say it again for the kids at the back: Haru is not a murderer. Her compassion is what makes her unlike Akechi. It's what makes her so much better than him.

She doesn't need to be his best friend to understand him. She doesn't need to hang out with him to see herself in his situation—because the two of them have so much in common. She can acknowledge that he wronged her without secretly (or not-so-secretly) wishing him dead. Haru is a better person than most of us, and her feelings about Akechi are complex.

what is the line actually about?

The sad thing is that Haru's "we'll just take him out" is a beautiful line.

Remember, Haru could be justifiably afraid of the prospect of being around Akechi. He's not safe. He's responsible for one of the greatest traumas of her life. But she shuts that fear down: "if he betrays us again, we'll just fight him again".

She removes his power over her—power to control her, to intimidate her, to make her afraid. Haru can stand up to Akechi and look him in the face, because she's surrounded by her friends. And her friends will stand with her. They prove it over and over in the third semester, when they repeatedly prioritise her feelings and Futaba's. It's made clear repeatedly that if either of them have a problem, Akechi will not be on the team.

So Haru is prepared to work with the scorpion by the river. She understands what made it how it is, and that it can only act according to its nature. But she'll be watching—and she'll be ready. Just like Akechi, who steps forward to fire on Maruki when the rest of them are paralysed.

It's just that Haru's bag of tricks doesn't include murder. Akechi has kept that in his back pocket—but Haru never had it in hers. It's a shame that Haru's clearsightedness here, and her readiness to act—something else she shares with Akechi—is so badly misunderstood as "lol funny murder psycho girl".

Akechi's second betrayal looks like them beating the shit out of him. I'm sure Haru would shoot him in the face a second time, and good luck to her. I'm sure the Phantom Thieves would, each and every one of them, make him deeply regret it before he was again turned in—voluntarily or otherwise.

But murder? No. That's never on the table. That's not Haru, and it's not the Phantom Thieves. And, ultimately, that's why they're the good guys, and Akechi is not.

revision history

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[NEWS] Sato Ryuji has been Cast as Matsuno Chifuyu in the "Musical 'Tokyo Revengers' #2 Bloody Halloween"

Preview Video

STAGE INFORMATION

Tokyo Performances

Dates: March 28, 2025 to April 06, 2025

Venue: The Galaxy Theatre

Capacity: 746 people

Kyoto Performances

Dates: April 11, 2025 to April 13, 2025

Venue: Kyoto Theater

Capacity: 941 people

STORY DESCRIPTION

The "Musical 'Tokyo Revengers' #2 Bloody Halloween" is the second installment in the "Musical 'Tokyo Revengers'", and as the title says, will likely be covering the events surrounding Bloody Halloween in the Valhalla Arc.

In the manga, this arc is covered in Chapters 34 to 77, and in the anime, it is covered in Episodes 13 to 25.

Sato Ryuji has been cast as Matsuno Chifuyu, the vice captain of the First Division of the Tokyo Manji Gang, and a close friend of Hanagaki Takemichi.

For more information about the full story of "Tokyo Revengers", please refer to this link: HERE

CAST

Takenaka Ryohei as Hanagaki Takemichi

Kitamura Ryo as Sano Manjiro

Isaka Ikumi as Ryuguji Ken

Suzuki Shogo as Baji Keisuke

Kishimoto Yuta as Hanemiya Kazutora

Sato Ryuji as Matsuno Chifuyu

Sakayori Futa as Mitsuya Takashi

Koki as Hayashida Haruki

Kubo Yudai as Sendo Atsushi

Sasaki Takashi as Sano Shinichiro

Hiramatsu Raima as Kisaki Tetta

Isono Dai as Hanma Shuji

Sato Nobunaga as Tachibana Naoto

Ita Riria (Nogizaka 46) as Tachibana Hinata

NOTE:

[1] Ryuji and Suzuki Shogo have worked together before in the "Engeki no Mouri-san - The Entertainment Theater" where they did "Hoshi no Oujisama" ("Le Petit Prince"/"The Little Prince").

Ryuji played the prince while Shogo played the pilot.

[2] Ryuji has worked with Kitamura Ryo before in the "Live Spectacle NARUTO", the Movie Theatre "Success Sou" and "Kamen Rider Geats".

[3] Ryuji and Sato Nobunaga have co-starred together before in "Itoshi no Hakana" and the "Musical Touken Ranbu".

[4] Ryuji has also been a guest on "Bokutachi no Asobiba", which features Isaka Ikumi as one of the regulars. To watch all the episodes with Ryuji, please refer to this link: HERE

TICKETING INFORMATION

Ticket Types

VIP Seat (all seats in the first 5 rows; stage pamphlet included): 16,800 yen

S Seat (stage pamphlet included): 12,800 yen

Pair S Seat (set of 2 seats; stage pamphlet included; 1,000 yen goods voucher included): 25,600 yen

A Seat: 9,800 yen

Sato Ryuji Fanclub Ticket Application

Application Period: Now to 23.59 (Japan time) on September 16, 2024

To apply for tickets using this method, please refer to this link: HERE

NOTE: A fanclub membership is required for this application. To register for a membership, please refer to this link: HERE

"Musical 'Tokyo Revengers'" Official Twitter: HERE

"Musical 'Tokyo Revengers'" Official Website: HERE

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Day 2574 Crosstober 1: Filbo Fiddlepie as Ryuji Sakamoto

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Here’s the lowdown for Semi-Finals Day 1! Ryuji’s bonkin' his way to Grand Finals!