#search out people with cool gender expression and similar body types to you

[101queer]

psa that 'skinny' is not a gender

[cozy-autumn-moth]

💀 Scary Girl Headcanons 💀

Personality & Interest Headcanons

-She’s pansexual though she finds it difficult to express love in general because her way of showing love is physical pain and that's a turn off for most people, though she doesn’t discriminate for any gender, race, or type of person because death doesn’t discriminate either.

-She owns tons of really ugly plushies, some of which she ended up making herself by ripping them apart and then stitching them back together so they end up as this Frankenstein Esque abomination in plush form.

-Loves Halloween a lot and has made home made costumes every single year. They freak out lots and lots of people and have made tons of children cry.

-If you couldn’t tell I feel like she’s fantastic at sewing and anything in that ballpark. I like to imagine she made her own dress.

-Likes to draw and has made her own really weird world with her super freaky OC’s that she probably kept around since she was extremely little. The lore and story is overtly complicated and the only person who is capable of even understanding or finding appeal in this is Lauren herself.

-She was totally obsessed with things like creepypastas and FNaF when she was younger. I feel like nowadays she still is very much into them but it got toned down a lot more as time went on and she found more horror related stuff to be obsessed with.

Family Life Headcanons

-She doesn’t actually live in a funeral home like she says in S2Ep4, but her family does own a family run funeral home which acts like their family business.

-At home she basically only lives with her single mother with her dad being out of the equation for the most part. Though on occasion some members of her decently big extended family visit for a few days if it's a holiday or something but they mostly meet at the Funeral Home more often than not.

-At work she is usually the family embalmer, which means she disinfects and dresses the bodies before putting them in their caskets, and has been practicing it for years. She finds it very fun and has had interest in it since she was able to properly think and walk.

-Her family holds a sacred form of respect for the process of death as a part of life and they see a funeral as a celebration of how someone lived and not a mourning regarding how someone died. Lauren is the outlier as one who is almost obsessed with the ways people die and feel pain and has taken incredible special interest in it as a whole, though I like to imagine that she has one elder family member who acts very similar to her and they bond a lot.

-Lauren genuinely does love her mother and expresses this love really weirdly, basically she makes really weird and creepy gifts or says some super suspicious stuff. Her mom is fine with it because in her head it’s just how Lauren operates, though she is mildly freaked out.

-Anyone who is closer to Lauren's age or younger legit hates her so she more or less has become more comfortable talking to her mom, aunts, uncles, and grandparents rather than people her own age even though the adults in her family find her just as weird but they tolerate it thinking she’ll grow at if it despite acting like this since she was very young.

-Lauren used to be bullied and isolated a lot at her elementary school and because of it her mom never properly enrolled her into school after like the third grade and so she was just homeschooled for the rest of her life.

-Joined a circus at one point in time for some inexplicable reason to the point where her family thought she was missing and there were just people trying to search for her. Anyway she did lots of weird things there and ended up blowing up a clown which was completely by accident, also she got really good with athletics and acrobatics so that’s cool.

Total Drama Experience Headcanons

-Was always the first to wake up in her team's cabin and totally got close to peoples faces just to spook them when they woke up.

-Since Damien was the person to give her the name of Scary Girl, which she actually loves a lot, she took it as a form of friendship and only harasses him as much as she does as a sign of affection and respect. She totally believes Damien is her best friend.

-Knows a lot more about the contestants and their lives not out of them telling her but because she just stalked them.

-The skull she got in episode four is now just in her room and the major reason why she even thought about giving it a makeover was out of compulsion from being her family's embalmer for so long.

-Once she got home she totally made a tier list based on how fun the contestants were to hurt or how good their screams were. It’s also basically just a ranking of the contestants from favorite to least favorite.

-Respected and liked Emma for how enthusiastic she was in wanting to hurt Chase.. She got sad when they ended up getting back together and then was very happy when they broke up again. Would love to beat the shit out of Chase with Emma someday.

-Least favorite contestants were Ripper and Millie and that’s by an incredibly wide margin, her feelings for Millie became mixed after the whole slide incident with Damien.

-When Lauren came back after season one and her mom watched the first season she realized her daughter’s behavior in full and obviously needed to say something but is so overly scared to upset her that she basically is like, “Lauren, not that it’s my place to judge and you totally don’t need to take my advice but maybe just tone down your scariness a little bit, it’s not your fault but maybe it will help”.

-Lauren and her mom definitely went to the store to buy some “normal clothes”. Her mom found it fun but Lauren probably hated every last selection her mom gave her and only wore them because she loved her mom so much and desperately wanted to be normal so she could be liked.

-Since she got eliminated super early the second time around she did a lot of introspection and basically came to the conclusion that she wasn’t going to let people influence the way she acts because to her it just isn’t worth it if she can’t be who she is in her own life and people aren’t even going to like her for it. She also realized that she couldn’t stand most of the cast members and by the end most of the contestants just made their way into the bottom tiers.

-Was probably forced to get a therapist when the second season finished, it’s up to you to figure out how well that experience is going for her.

[impalementation]

Not sure if you’ve talked about it before because I couldn’t find anything from tags but, what’s your opinion on Faith in each season and her dynamic with Buffy?

I’ve gotten a couple different asks in this vein! Sorry for taking so long to answer them, this response got out of hand. Consider this my official thoughts on Faith. Putting it under a cut because it got long.

I think Faith is a crucial addition to the show. Admittedly, she isn’t someone I spend a ton of time thinking about, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t interesting or important. I like Faith for two reasons: first, for how she affects Buffy, and second, for how she ends up transcending the role of “someone who affects Buffy.”  

Regarding the first, a lot’s been said about what a classic foil she is, as well as how she’s an example of doppelgänger-type anxiety. Faith is someone that, simply by existing, makes Buffy conscious (even possessive) about her identity, in ways she’s never been before.

Which is one of the big themes of season three: Buffy’s relationship to identity, especially slaying as an identity, and slaying as a symbol of identity. In Anne Buffy abandons her slayerness, abandons her life and name, and fights a villain that literally takes away its victims’ personhood (“Who are you?” “No one.”). She loses her powers in Helpless. Her slayerness makes her an object of social retribution in Gingerbread, and a hunted animal in Homecoming. In Lovers Walk she toys with the idea that she could leave Sunnydale and have an identity that doesn’t have to do with killing demons.

And then you have Faith, a slayer who is presented as an alternate version of/path for Buffy. When Kendra was introduced, the show didn’t do much to emphasize what she and Buffy had in common; if anything, the show emphasized the ways they were different. Kendra was more rulebound, less social, and had accepted the idea of being a slayer a long time ago. Whereas Faith regularly plays up her and Buffy’s similarities: “We’re slayers, girlfriend. The chosen two.”, “You know it could be you.” Buffy herself admits that “it could be me.” I think it’s pretty deliberate that Buffy in The Wish has a jaded, Faith-like swagger. Or that the season features the concept of alternate-universe selves in general.

(That said. Despite the fact that I don’t see Buffy and Kendra as foils to the degree that Buffy and Faith are, I do think season three features Faith for much the same reason that What’s My Line introduced Kendra: both are about being at a crossroads of identity. Buffy in The Wish is a bit like Kendra too.)

I posted before about how seasons three and four introduce the idea of Buffy making choices about who she wants to be, rather than choices about who lives and dies. And how Faith is central to that. Faith makes Buffy aware of choice by (a) being a slayer, meaning that unlike any other character, she’s under the same constraints that Buffy is, (b) openly having desire for things (food, sex, slaying), © making different choices than Buffy, and (d) tempting Buffy to use her powers non-heroically, whether in the Bad Girls sense, or by forcing Buffy to potentially kill her in Graduation Day. Also, by encroaching upon things that Buffy considers “hers”, like her friends, lovers, or family, Faith clarifies for Buffy that she even considers anything “hers” at all. In other words, she makes Buffy notice both her identity as it is, and her identity as it could be.

But for all that Faith has nice symbolic and dramatic reasons to exist, what I actually really like about the way the show uses Faith is that she becomes a character in her own right. It ties into the show’s existentialist themes in a really effective way. I know, I get tired of myself as soon as I bring up the existentialist stuff, but I don’t think it can be understated how existentialist Buffy is. It’s why Buffy is a vampire slayer specifically, even though most of the time she isn’t even fighting vampires. She’s a vampire slayer because vampires are the opposite of existentialism. They’re nihilism. They’re thieves of agency, identity, and life. By virtue of lacking souls, they are incapable of moral choice. They don’t age, they don’t mature. They’re the opposite of “growing up.” They fill the open-ended eternity of their existence with destruction and death.

(You might point to Spike and Darla as exceptions to this vampire symbolism, but I genuinely don’t think they are. Both characters realize that their vampiric nature causes harm to those they love, and this realization leads both characters to self-destruct. Darla by staking herself, and Spike by getting a soul…which also results in his death a season later. Them achieving the ability to make a true moral choice leads directly to them ceasing to exist as soulless vampires.)

To bring this back to Faith, I see something vampiric in the concept of a doppelgänger or foil, the idea of this empty vessel that takes your identity because they have none of their own. Someone whose identity exists only as a reflection of someone else’s. A grasping, black hole of self.

The problem is, a real person can’t be a foil. That’s a literary construct. In real life, seeing yourself as a reflection or extension of someone else just means that you’re afraid of creating your own identity. Maybe for good, understandable reasons, and maybe not. Who Are You? is one of my favorite episodes because it makes this problem explicit. It turns Faith from an abstract foil figure into someone who literally steals Buffy’s identity, and is shown to not have a solid sense of self. I posted earlier about the similarities between Anne and Who Are You?, but I like those similarities not just because they create thematic continuity around identity-related ideas. I like them because there’s this kind of awful, tragic irony to the fact that even Faith’s identity crisis episode uses pieces from Buffy’s arc.

Speaking of using pieces from Buffy’s arc, I also love the way that Buffy’s role in Who Are You? mirrors Faith’s role in season three. Just as Faith threw Buffy’s identity into relief, Buffy now throws Faith’s identity into relief. Being Buffy frees Faith to act in ways she wouldn’t ordinarily let herself, and being treated as Buffy forces Faith to confront whether she actually does or doesn’t want to be treated in those ways. You might say that by fully confronting the ways that she sees herself in terms of Buffy, Faith is able to start moving beyond it. The episode is basically an exorcism of Faith’s foil-ness.

Unfortunately I can’t speak very well to Faith’s arc on Angel since I haven’t seen most of it. Just Five By Five and parts of Sanctuary. But there are a lot of things I like about Faith’s return in season seven. I love that in her introduction she asks whether she’s “the good slayer now”, and when she and Buffy talk in End of Days she tries to pull a “maybe we couldn’t exist at the same time” thing. Because she’s literally talking about herself like she’s a literary device. But by this point she’s also developed enough that it’s only semi-serious; she’s quick to accept Buffy’s point that no, her choices were her own.

I think it’s perfect that season seven includes Faith, because season seven involves Buffy once again grappling with choice, and what it means for her to be the slayer. I think it’s perfect that Faith gets the opportunity to finally understand Buffy’s loneliness, and that the two of them are able to commiserate about being “hot chicks with superpowers.” Because it’s them finally getting to have their slayerness just be something that they have in common. Instead of this big complicated identity thing. It foreshadows Chosen, and the way that being a slayer goes from being something that isolates Buffy, to something that Buffy can share with people. I also really like the reversal of the fact that in Empty Places Faith isn’t the one who wants to take Buffy’s leadership away from her. She no longer wants to take Buffy’s role or Buffy’s friends. Instead it’s everyone else that is determined to perpetuate the idea that only one of them can be in charge, or that Buffy can be replaced. It fits with the way that the season frames isolation as not just a personal problem, but also a social and systemic problem. Even though Faith has grown past many of her issues, that doesn’t mean that the people around her have, or that the fundamentally, systemically solitary nature of being a slayer has changed. See also: Andrew mythologizing Faith’s background, and Caleb calling her the “Cain to [Buffy’s] Abel.” Of course it would be an avatar of the First that tries to get Faith to see herself as an archetype again.

Other things I like: The fact that Faith reveals to Spike that she was in Buffy’s body, because it’s yet another case of her finally owning up to being herself, instead of a reflection of Buffy. The fact that when the night out goes badly in Empty Places, it’s not because of anything that Faith did (that night), the way it was in Bad Girls. The fact that Buffy hands Faith a blade as an expression of trust in Chosen, a reversal of gutting her with a blade in Graduation Day.

Overall I just think it’s a really cool statement on identity that the character who was introduced to give Buffy identity issues, then has to go on her own search for identity. No one in Buffy is exempt from the project of self-creation, least of all the vampires and the doppelgängers. But it’s especially appropriate that Faith go on that journey because she’s a slayer, and slaying is arguably a metaphor for existential striving. It would be weird if she didn’t grow, really. She’s the rare case of the female redemption arc, especially a redemption arc that doesn’t involve her becoming less violent or sexual (or dead) afterwards. Just less unethical about it. She gets to play that role in a more-or-less gender-neutral way, the same way Buffy gets to be a hero in a more-or-less gender-neutral way. Buffy and Faith both start out as archetypes, and both end up humanized in a way that transcends and complicates those archetypes. 

[Your ask didn’t mention Buffy/Faith, but a couple others did, so: as far as Buffy/Faith goes, my feelings are the same as most Buffy pairings, which is that I don’t personally have any investment in it, but I can certainly see the appeal. It sounds like a fun thing to ship. I would’ve been totally on board from a story/character perspective if the show had ever tried to make them non-subtextual. Partly because I’d be on board with anything, as long as it was interesting. But also because I can see it making a lot of storytelling sense, given that Faith’s whole job is to shake up Buffy’s sense of identity.]

[gfriend-daily]

[INTERVIEW] GFRIEND for Cosmopolitan Korea

SOWON

 It has been more than 5 years since GFriend’s debut. Teamwork is as important as group activity is more important than individual activity. We’re really close (with each other) like sisters. Instead of being considerate and not saying what needs to be said, I say what I want to say every time.

 Looking at the album cover, the atmosphere changes a lot this time.

When dancing on the stage, we didn’t really care about the trend and just wore something fit to our body, but this time we make a bold attempt. I was worried that I will look like a ‘어깨 깡패 (lit. shoulder gangster, meaning having a broad shoulder)’ with an over-sized jacket but unexpectedly it looks stylish on the screen. When we were doing the jacket shoot, I also wore loose shirtdress something that I unusually wear and everyone said it looks awkward but it came out good in the picture. I look good with this look so I wore boyish white shirt on stage too. Music obviously, but we also try a new challenge with fashion.

The name ‘GFRIEND’ is friendly but in another side, it’s also hard to search. Personally, I feel bad. The group name obviously, and my name ‘Sowon (lit. wish)’ are words that are commonly used. If you search ‘GFRIEND Sowon’ results that are not related to me, come out a lot. I hope there is a technology where we can search exactly what we want to search. I mean so that the person who wants to know us can find something only about us.

GFRIEND has a similar fans gender ratio, right? About 6:4. Actually since we were debuted, I was worried if the female fans would have a prejudice because of our group name. It felt like we only aim for male fans but actually it also has the meaning that we want to be a good friend for female fans. But thank god as we do promotion we can worry about it less.

Is there any keyword that you want to be titled to GFRIEND? For me, I always wanted ‘Improving GFRIEND’, ‘Cool GFRIEND’, but now I want ‘GFRIEND is GFRIEND’. Bang Sihyuk CEO said to us recently, “GFRIEND do the music only GFRIEND can do and I want to hear ‘As expected, GFRIEND is GFRIEND’”

YERIN

 What is the performance concept for the title song ‘Crossroads’? We have a choreo that represent crossroads. If you see our performance, you can recognize what I mean right away.

Because all members are the youngest in your family, living together must have ups and downs. Maybe because we spend time together, we become like a family and good friends now. Each member is different but there is someone who I’ve been friends for more than 10 years. Actually, when we’re together is the most comfortable and fun time. I’m thinking ‘Where can we meet friends like this?’

When members have different opinion, how do you manage it? Actually, I really hate dispute and tend to follow the majority opinion. When I’m not certain of something, following the majority opinion is not bad. I’m not the decisive type so, if this seems right, I’ll choose this, but If I feel that I’m right, I’ll choose that.

What is the thing only GFRIEND can do? I think GFRIEND is really good at expressing the concept that suitable for that age. When we were debuted, we were still minors but without our notice, we’re already at our 20s now. Now, it feels like the girls with school uniform concept is growing and standing on a different road. I think we’re going with something matches our age.

Is there any lyrics you like from GFRIEND songs? I always say this but I like, “I’m definitely not going to break” part from Glass bead. I also like members’ young voice, and it looks like the lyrics contain our ambition. Just like the lyrics, we don’t want to break till the end. We’ll definitely not break!

Is there any change with the early debut days? Long before, going to the broadcasting station, standing on the stage, standing in front of fans, everything was for the first time. Because it was the first time, I still couldn’t get used to it. But now, I think I’m getting proactive, ‘I should do this during this (situation).’ My attitude changed.

SINB

 GFRIEND does more group activity than individual activity. I think everyone wants to have a solo/individual activity. But we decided to focus more on this album promotion as a team.

GFRIEND lyrics are so lyrical. When I keep thinking while listening to the songs, we have a lot of touching songs. Especially for me, I like Eunha unnie’s part ‘All the moments I’ve been waiting for pass by today. The night where I endlessly chasing for you. The night I can’t reach where I miss you.’ in ‘Time For The Moon Night’. The melody is good, the whole song composition is also good. As we perform it, I get touch with it.

What do you think people expect from GFRIEND? As we take up various concepts, I think a lot about what we should do next. I saw the comments, they said this is the most GFRIEND-like album. There are a lot who say that only GFRIEND can do express the concept of overflowing emotion. I think GFRIEND’s color is firm in front of public’s eyes. And without throwing away that expectation, we want to show you our growth. A well grown GFRIEND.  

UMJI

 If you have to introduce this album concept? This album has 2 themes. ‘Coming back(回)’ and also ‘Labyrinth’ with a meaning of a maze.  That’s why the album name is 〈回:Labyrinth〉. It’s painting the growing up story of the girls from the debut days until now, and in the process of growing up, while looking back at the pure days and thinking about what to do next, we come into a conflict. It’s similar with our real situation, and also something we want to tell.

Rather than team, I think there are times when you want to show your personal talent. We didn’t really show each of our personality on our early debut days but as time goes by each of our personality become more distinct. We are on different broadcasts but on the same frequency. Even we have different disposition our code matches well. So, I think we found the common ground well.

Is there any lyrics you like in GFRIEND’s songs? I like the first line from ‘Fever’ refrain, ‘I want to show you right at this moment without regret.’ There’s no strong word in that phrase, and it’s just a simple words combination, but I can feel the ambition and strength from it. In that part, Eunha unnie’s voice seems soft but it feels solid and powerful. It also contain something GFRIEND wants to tell. ‘Fever’ choreo is intense but, when I listen to that part and start performing, I just ‘Right, let’s show it without regret!’ and make up my mind.

Among the nickname given for GFRIEND, what is your favorite word? Trust and listen to GFRIEND. Other group’s fans also said that. We changed company last year* but I haven’t felt it until before the preparation of this album. Our company changed but the compositions are the same so, there is no big change. But while preparing for this album, we got support from the company and Bang Sihyuk CEO also participate in the album making so I thought that we can show a better side.

 *Umji was talking about the BigHit acquisition.  

YUJU

GFRIEND is a group with a definite concept. Our choreo is originally intense. We keep the intensity in this album too but also I think it’s a stage where each part can show our individual performance.

The strong teamwork is also famous, right? Actually, there’s no one without persistence and ambition. Everyone has their own ambition but when we have to choose something as a group, we think differently (throwing the personal ambition). GFRIEND is not mine but belong to all the six of us. So, most of the decision made by majority vote. But it doesn’t mean that we ignore the minority opinion, if that opinion seems right, we’ll listen to flexibly and make a good choice. So, at some point we don’t think about ‘why we don’t make the decision my way.’ Each member has her own skill, we’ll try to listen the opinion from someone who’s good at it. Fortunately, our team has a good distribution of talent. What do you think when it comes to ‘GFRIEND’s only color’?

Start from something small like, we used a lot of pretty expression in the lyrics with our language. To the point where there are lyrics published in textbooks. Among the lyrics in ‘Crossroads’, when I sing ‘No matter where I go, it all turns into you’, when I listen to it, and when I just looking at the phrase it’s good. Also, I heard that GFRIEND’s vocal is agitating. It looks like you’re doing it together as you listen to it. The vocal and the strength on the choreo are different. I think something like that is the GFRIEND only color.

 EUNHA

 The teaser video came out before the photoshoot. The response is very good.

Among the lyrics that came out on the teaser of the title song ‘Crossroads’ this time, ‘Even if perhaps you pass by quickly/I’ll find you/Then I’ll go back to you’, I don’t have the feeling of really liking it when I recorded it. But when it comes out on the music video together with the song, I feel like it really suits and really well expressed lyrics.

Do you have something you feel bad about the group name? At first I do, but now I like it. Actually, before debut I was worried whether we can express the group ‘GFRIEND (girlfriend in korean)’ beyond the common word or not. I thought that it would be hard because it’s something used commonly. And now because people see the common ‘여자 친구(girlfriend)’ and GFRIEND differently, I think that we picked the group name well. Besides, it’s a name really suits us. Which nickname given to GFRIEND that you like the most? B-sides matjib (lit. place with good food)? I like that it means not only the title song is good but also the be-sides of the album.

GFRIEND express the song and performance that match the age, right? After few decades, can we expect to see 60 y.o GFRIEND? Uhmm. If we are all vigorous? Haha. We’ll have to see!

Translation: GFRIENDaily - Jena

source: https://www.cosmopolitan.co.kr/article/44887

[comments-on-kai]

[YouTube] Jongin's viral TEMPO showcase fancam hits 600K views

EXO KAI's fancam is a sensation among knetz; receiving rave reviews & praises for his outstanding stage & keeps impressing Muggles+ Non-fans; gaining even older male fans upon their new discovery + viewers keeps coming back for re-watch with the "1Day1Kai" syndrome

181102 EXO COMEBACK SHOWCASE - Tempo KAI (2 Angles Mixed) by Mr.Destiny

- On Facebook this video is Daebak among Muggles! I think the video on FB has like 490,000 views so if the views for FB and Youtube are combined it's already more than 1 million viewsㄷㄷㄷ If a genius works hard and even enjoys what he is doing the outcome is this incredible result everybody is praising him

- I only know the name "Kai" and his face but I'm so shocked after watching this video. Wow...it's as if he was possessed by a real God of Dance of the Universe...

- This is is not an Idol...isn't he an Artist;;

- Even from a 31-years old ahjussi point of view he is fvcking cool and his charms are amazing. If even I am like this, let alone the people of various age and gender

- The harmony between Kai's body and strength is so good...it's the best. He's not the main dancer for no reason

- Not even a fan but I feel like faintingㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ seriously how are the fans doingㅜㅜ how could such an amazing creature even exist

- I'm not an EXO-L but this appeared in the suggested video so I came to watch it and I'm in shock...this is Daebak.. the quality of the video and Kai's dancing is no joke

- I only know the name "EXO" and have no idea of who are the members and had no interest in them. Recently I really liked the song Tempo and searched for it and came to this point. But honestly this doesn't even make any sense..Of course the other members are all handsome and good at dancing, but Kai's visual, dance, his facial acting, his command of the stage...those are almost at National Treasure level??? I'm so very taken aback at the fact that there is a figure like him among currently active Idols...Of course he shines as a member of EXO but I think he could hit Daebak if he has separate promotions as a Solo

- As I am a guy with zero interest in male idols, I never thought I'd keep coming back to watch a male idol's fancam. How could someone dance with so much flavor? The dance itself is really awesome but in the meantime the facial expressions that was shown is also quite addictive..I have no idea of the other EXO members but as far as Kai goes I will definitely remember him even in the future

- Kai will become the meaning of "more than just an Idol"...although he already is wow it's crazy seriously overwhelming all the dance movements and expressions..Kai the perfect piece of art

- Wow honestly this has the qualities of an American advancement

- This is SO GOOD I've never seen a fancam like this my whole life..

- I'm here again I have to watch this 10 times a day

- Is Kai's smile insured...? If it's not please insure it right now and don't regret later...

- I'm a Muggle but this is crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ his skills are one thing but his talent is unlike a regular human being it's like he's a monster ... not human

- 1 Day 1 Kai (T/n: an expression to describe watching the fancam at least once per day)

- I'm here again to watch this... this is seriously THE legend of legendary male idol fancams world ---->(Reply): EXO's turning even me into gay

- Wow seriously Kai dances as if his life depended on it and he jumps around so vividly on stage...seriously his expressions and details all of it is crazy

- He is playing around (feeling amusement) beyond the dance and the music, like smoothly flowing water. On Kai, not even one beat or tempo is wasted. An extraordinary state.

- Anyone here again to watch this for today?

- seriously fvcking cool...somewhat a Hollywood feel to him

- This is seriously legendary

- Wow...his dancing is too fvcking good I searched all the Tempo dance covers but Kai's dance is engraved on my brain that everything else sucks. The "listen this will be enough" ddun ddun part his control of strength and facial acting FVCK just too cool and because of the outfit it's like Michael Jackson concept..perfect -->(Reply1) That's definitely a homage to MJ...I can see a few MJ's signature movesㅜㅡㅜ sobs...really crazy..the people who covered Kai's parts are really good but Kai is beyond the fourth wall ㅜㅡㅜ ------>{Reply2) Ah I thought I was the only one who thought of MJ and was thinking "Am I being over the top" but when I scrolled down I wasn'tㅋㅋㅋㅋ from 0:35 I went Oh? ㅋㅋㅋㅋYou can see the moving he did for controlling his strength it's based on MJ and his expressions made it even more so..I knew he's good at dancing but watching him through a fancam kind of video?this is a first time for me seriously he's no joke

- I'm thankful for the fact that I was born in a generation where I can see God's Masterpiece moving

- After watching Kai's fancam, fancam of other idols became just a DanceIdol1 (T/n: like a code name, means OP has no interest in knowing the Idol's name) video that feels common and boring. I can't find any other idol that danced from the beginning to end,with the perfect angle and lines from his head down to his feet as a true dancer would. If we consider perfection to be non-existent than he would be the closest thing to being perfection. Total 10 points for both Technique and Art

- I typed "Tempo" and this video was there so I watched it, he dances so well...no I don't think I could do it justice by saying "he danced well" I'm so surprised that there is a dancer like this coming out from idols. It's to the point that the thought of he is the best dancer among idols entered my mind

- Kai!!! This is beyond being cool,should I say it's Phenomenal? This young man is amazing how much effort did he put in...This person is the real deal

- He's similar to that statue in the Greek Temple..the concept this time is really Daebakㅠㅠ

- How is he THIS good...I'm shocked

- I never write comments when I watch but this is Daebak

- His physique is very beautiful

- I'm here to watch this again today..I've been getting my stamps (of attendance) for one whole week now. Kai-ssi you dance so amazingly

- I know he's good at dancing but rather than an idol's choreography it's like watching a modern dance piece

- I want Kai to go on a program that can show more of his dancing and be even more successful ㅠ ---->(Reply) I share the same opinion. Whether in the US or wherever Kai should be shown off more. It is such a waste of his talent (if that isn't done). I have only seen his dance for 1 week and already I have this kind of thought, I think it's even more for EXO fans right? ------->(Reply2) I really hope Kai could be exported worldwide too

- Ah I received such a SHOCK...let's designate Kai as a National Treasure

- Kai's dance seriously slays with the awesomeness I'm not even a fan but I keep looking this up...so cool

- Kai-nim today I'm reporting for duty again here...the song Tempo is so good and I'll keep reporting myself here every day until this fancam hits 1 million views

- Wow....this is simply.. art

- This is my first time seeing Kai dance...this is beyond dancing dilligently, it's because he is enjoying himself while dancing that makes him so much more natural, and with his own unique interpretation of the song, he could carefreely dances the part that he wants to be carefree while powerfully dances the parts that he wants to dance powerfully and it seems like through this he is making the song his own. Could tell how much he's enjoying himself through his expressions.

- The thing with Kim Jongin's dance is despite the intensity of the dance you can still feel his restraint and gracefulness. It's difference than randomly dancing on the streets and this is why critics of popular culture can't help but to acknowledge him

- his face is half-covered but his handsomeness could be felt just from his jaw also his expressions of enjoying the stage...I love itㅜ

- Wow... can't take my eyes off him...so very outstanding and superior...really...!

- No..what the heck is this...it's at the level where no words are needed this is not idol dance it's like artㄷㄷ

- Cra...zy...wow...my eyes are opened to a brand new world

- There might be people who never watched this for even once, but there will never be people who could watch this only once after they've watched it ㅠㅜㅠㅡㅠ I'm reporting for duty once again today

- A drug-like video

- SM you have someone of Jongin's caliber show us more of his dance!!! what are you doing ! give us the contents!

- Wow. At first the smirks are melting at then towards the middle the part he wasn't smiling ..seriously could feel his force of being focused on the dance and the music...I'm from another fandom but I keep coming here to watch this ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

- he's shooting a Musical all by himself,,, I'm speechless about his dancing lines,, seriously the details of his expressions are amazing,,it's too wow,, it's the level where you should pay money to watch this

- I have a different person as my bias but I just can't take my eyes off him in this video. He is really...the Real deal.

- I came here and he cuts me with his dancing lines... seriously how could he dance like that...too good at dancingㅠㅠ

- Wow what did I just see...I think he's best dancer I've ever seen...he's dancing that well but his face is so handsome and his body is good tooㅠ Isn't that unfair....

- seriously how hard did he work and practice in his own field. I had no idea I would look at a dance video and self-reflected on myself..ㅜ

-???? Are the stans still alive??? I'm not even into EXO and I'm like..dying seriously he's too sexy it's crazy

- They say if the word "sexy" transformed into human form it's EXO Kai..this is daebak

- Ah seriously he's in another class of his own...I'm going crazy

- Definitely the top among all idols I've seen. From the control of strength in his dancing to his facial expressions. Wow

- Can't help but moaned at the ending poseㅎㅎ His physique (thumbs up)

- Amazing...so cool..watching Jongin's fancams means the world to me his expressiveness and his facial expressions, there are no empty portions I don't know where to take a breath ㅠㅁㅠ really makes me want to scream "thank you for dancing"..

- he is totally in a different genre

- he captured art in his dancing

- Everybody knows he's a great dancer but how should I say this, seeing his happiness on stage makes even me feel happy? He is the very person who made someone like me who loves singing a lot realized how attractive a dance could be.

- Kai is a dance genius his overall control and expressions are daebak...;; everything from his head to his feet are moving it's incredible

- Ya...so this is talent! the dancing is art

- I have fallen for Kai

- Even from a man's point of view he's really cool

- Whoa... he dances in such a great way. first off the expressions are already different. wow.

- Wow (for me) as a man Kai is really cool it’s worthy to do a Cover (of this)

- How could every movement that came from his body looks so cool... as expected he dances the best among all the idols I've seen so far...it's not just the typical kind of "good dancing" he's somewhat different

- How many times have I watched this.........

- I could see he's enjoying himself while dancing...he looks happy

- so he's the type to feel the dance while enjoying it. This is the first time I look at a younger man and think that he's cool

- check out his dancing lines I'm reminded of Michael Jackson

- there's a huge joy in watching Kai's dance in nano-scale... his hand gestures, body movement and facial expressions...it makes time passes by so quickly while watching a 3-minute song(performance) that I don't feel bored

- Fvck his expressions are real solid...I felt Michael Jackson's vibesㄷㄷㄷ

- "There are a lot of people who dances but nobody dances like Kai" I really agree with these words a thousand hundred times

- I saw you for 1 second in the mixed-stage edit and came searching for this...wow I thought you danced really well but I had no idea I would fall for you in 1 second you are really sexyㅋㅋㅋ

- Fvck me...seriously this is a real person? Seriously I could empty my soul and life for this

- his facial acting is crazy seriously...is he a genius I keep coming for this I can't even praise his dancing anymore

- Okay so at this timing..how about releasing a solo...

- I'm not the type to comment (on Youtube) but this is a video with a magical spell. I would like to thank the person who took this video.

- as long as I have lived  I've never been a fan of a singer ... is this what people say becoming a stan?

- Ah fvck I'm a BT* fan I think I'm gonna stan EXO ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ truly going crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ fvck this doesnt make any sense but I think I'm gonna be a stan no I think I already am

- Personally I think he dances even better than Rain. I think when Kai comes out as a Solo it's gonna be no joke. He has the feels of Rain+Seven combined (T/n: Rain and Seven are two of South Korea's most loved male Dance Singers in mid-2000s era)

- not saying this simply because I'm a fan but I think his dancing is even more incredible because this is a dance of someone who spent 10,000 hours in his effort. He takes meticulous care for even one simple angle and you need more than talent to do that and Kai has now debuted for 7-8 years yet he could still accomplish that ㄷㄷ I think I know now how passionate he is about dancing

- His dance and facial expressions are fvcking incredible..seriously I do not compare just any dancer to this man but like what the person above mentioned, I saw a bit of Michael Jackson in him plus his outfit and the hat is seriously a miracle move;;

- really I'm not a fan (of EXO) but he's fvcking goodㄷㄷ

- Oh he kinda have the Yoo JunSun Choreographer-nim vibes both of them are really so cool ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ(T/n: Junsun Yoo of famed 1MILLION Dance Studio)

- Wow I had no idea he could dance this well...this is Daebak

-Ohmygod... the moment I saw this I'm reminded of Michael Jackson he's so amazing

- I'm just a Muggle passing by...please save me,,

- The representative of Michael Jackson's Kids who grew up well. The best in the history of South Korea's performers

- Watching Kai's stages, his expressions and overall control of the dance changes depending on the atmosphere of the stage. And for Tempo stage, Kai's expression at the stage for music shows and Kai's expression for the Tempo performance during showcase is different. It makes me think that he's a person who understand the circumstances and songs very well...he's more experienced and seasoned than his 7 years

- This is not a broadcasting station camera but personal fancam??? I'm so shocked at the dancing but what is this camerawork??

- Kai is seriously unrivalled

- Seriously he's the type who dances in the most ludicrous way...like every joint in his body is working organically, each and every part of his body is dancingㅠㅠㅠ his expressiveness is incredible and I think the Korean stage is too small for himㅠㅠ

- Really a dance that can't be described with words...no I think this is the first time I'm completely gobmacked just by watching a dance

- Is this the legendary fancam where even fans from other fandoms come to watch everyday?

- I'm fainting. The best among Idols. Too beautiful.

- This is crazy. Even from a man's point of view he's very sexy. I had no idea  he's to the level that had me constantly overlapping him with Michael Jackson. Are you not going to release a solo!(T/n: this was written in formal speech...like respectfully lol)

- You can see how much he is enjoying himself on the stage and he doesn't do things lightly he always gives his all. Kai is forever the center of EXO nobody could argue with that

- I was going to see Kyungsoo but when I see Kai..Heok! This is the first time I've ever fallen for a male idol's dance..so sexy

- The way idols dance changed a lot before and after the appearance of Kai; especially after Kai appeared there were many dance idols who danced with that possessed scientist(?) vibes but Kai is really that sensational, you know just by looking at this fancam

- what is this...it's a level that doesnt need any words it's not Idol's dance but like a piece of artㄷㄷ.....

- he's so good,,,, watched this and kept thinking of the singer Rain during the height of his career and also Sevenㄷㄷㄷ if only Kai could come out as a Solo... I think he could be a male dancer singer that's worthy of anticipation after a long time

- his dancing is amazing but when he takes off the hat I was shocked at his handsomeness

- It's phenomenal I always feel this when I watch Kai dance but there is nothing lacking in either his dance or facial expressions it's like he was born to be an entertainer. He has this special thing that's incomparable to anyone else. Isn't it that specialty his key in successfully still pulling the public in even for a long run?

- I'm reminded of Michael Jackson...just that kind dignity of the dance and the feel of the dance

- to simply say that he dances well is very lacking... his dancing is TREMENDOUS his level is beyond that of an Idol

- This is a Kai-stanning entry video that surpassed The Eve fancam he's like the Devil and also an Angel

- Wow I keep coming here to watch this ㅋㅋ when watching it time passes by real quickly ㅋㅋㅋㅋ his expressions are sexy and because he's enjoying himself as he danced it makes him looks so much cooler. I think I know the reason why EXO is the best. It's because even after they reached the top, they're still presenting the perfect stage

- his strong pelvic bounce and the cute smiles in between, his sexy chest muscleㅠㅠㅠㅠㅜㅜ it's crazy he's so sexy why is his body so good,,, I see nothing but Kai

- Personally, the singer who I think has a very cool dancing line and dance so well to the point it made me think "this is how a dance should be done" was Uknow Yunho, seems like Kai quite formidable too...the feeling is like he is personally showing "this is how Tempo should be danced"

- Really to say that Kai dances the best among idols won't be an exaggeration...his dancing line is so beautiful

- His dance made my heart beat faster....the reason for the saying "Kai is God" is clearly verified in this video..Wow daebak WHAT IS THIS PERSON

- I think I've watched this 50 times just for today..at first I didn't like the song but after watching this video I liked it...he's so good at dancing it makes me keep watching

- I think it has been such a long time since I  thought a male idol looks so cool..Awesome

- The fact that there are still so many people freshly shocked at Kai's dance...everybody as expected this is Kai~~

- His dancing is shocking...I don't think he's human

- The fact that he's good at dancing comes second, even his facial expressions are perfect;;

- Kai's dance is really amazing his facial acting is excellent and he knows how to enjoy dancing and is full of that feeling

- His completely free changing expressions from 0:43 - 0:48 ...God-given body movements and facial expressions

- Wow..I'm from another fandom and I know Kai is a good dancer but I had no idea it is to this level...It's like he's saying "Yo this is what a dance is!"... he's amazingㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

- the kind of dance that SM wants...the ultimate feel..by having the eyes covered that's already half-giving up on expressing things through facial expressions and yet by looking at the comments, compliments of  "his facial acting is daebak, his vibe is good" are hanging on it. This is (why he's) Kai.

- Seriously I had zero interest in EXO and don't even know their names ... and somehow I ended up seeing this,,,, I love you Kai

- I have heard of EXO Kai's name and have seen him once in a drama... but he was actually EXO's main dancer?ㄷㄷ he's a fvking good dancer...damn cool..whoever it was who made him wear that intricate outfit you shall be blessed.. at the end what's up with taking off the hat like that...seriously my heart was almost attacked wow... ------>(2 hours later) Ah I'm getting so angry? Why do I only know of him now... EXO debuted a fvcking long time ago what was I doing  ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I  totally had no interest in EXO ah I'm so mad ㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ seriously he's so cool it's crazy sdjhkfjls;

- So kids this is why y'all go so crazy for EXO huh? Just by chance I watched Music Bank after so many years to check out who are the recent singers of today and I saw Kai with his lunatic expressions on stage and I searched for this. Ha. I need to find more of his other stuffs. ----> Reply(same person who was angry about discovering Kai so late): That's what I'm saying yo kids seriouslyㅋㅋㅋㅋ so this is why you kids kept going around saying EXO EXO to death...I should have listened more attentively...I should've known sooner I'm pathe..

- the seriously fantastic thing about Kai is (the fact that) he IS the center of EXO

- he's fvcking fvcking good at dancing but even the face that was revealed at the end when the hat was taken off is perfect;;;

- I am a BIGBANG fan but honestly this is awesome

- If Kai releases a solo it will be daebak...also kinda similar to Taemin but anyways it's like Kai alone is playing on stage

- Just looking at his lips and I could feel his handsomeness and sexiness

- I had no idea I would feel so touched just by watching an Idol singer's dancing video...I know now why people are always saying Kai this and Kai that- I don't even like Idols but I'm doing this as 3 viewings per day. I have no words except you're the best

[memorybypass]

Stuff About Groj Band I Missed

Somehow these cool things slipped past me in the show Groj Band.

Laney is a transwoman. This isn't proven canon, but the original concept had Laney be a male too if I'm remembering correctly. Judging by how Corey acts for most of the series, Laney hadn't officially come out yet to even her closest friends and when she does it's very passive like expressions/body language and mumbling quietly she's a girl, so they have no idea. Eventually she states her gender plainly to her friends and they all accept her almost instantly referring to her as a girl from then on. I'm not sure it's intentional, but that's honestly what it feels like is going on with her in the series.

Corey is EXTREMELY open minded. This is shown on multiple occasions when they try any and every type of music, try some weird or even crazy stuff without hesitation, etc. One episode they entered who they thought was a boy (Laney) into a beauty pageant for girls going as far to say "you make a really cute girl" and complimenting her geniunely with big smiles, not that they knew about her they just thought she was a dude who wanted to wear a dress yet still we're very supportive. Another episode their psycho super fans kidnapped Coreg and forced him to write them a song, keeping him chained in their garage that is a mirror copy of Groj Band's garage, and Corey wrote a geniunely sweet song about how much he appreciates them then later goes on to constantly be happy they adore their band even to such a creepy degree in all further episodes. Multiple ones had Corey support the twins believes regardless of whether or not they were completely made up.

The show is actually linear, not random that resets every episode like it seems. Some episodes will recall previous moments without even being a flashback. That means everything continues on throughout the whole series. This includes Trina being a literal queen of the bees capable of controlling multiple swarms as long as she holds that staff.

Lenny/Larry is petrified of his gender opposite Laney. I'm not sure he's a transmale because he's meant to be Laney's polar opposite, so he'd be cis.

The Newmans reveal A LOT about the true nature of Groj Band. And likewise. Due to being their polar opposites and all, any exposed trait of one exposes the opposite trait of another. The only real exception seems to be the twins who share similar tastes and personalities with their polar opposites. But Carrie reveals Corey is generally pretty passive and non-competitive, while Corey reveals Carrie to be rather rude and offensive. Lenny/Larry reveals probably the most about his opposite... Normally when we see Laney she's sort of just the sassy skeptical one who points out flaws bluntly. But Lenny/Larry's behavior shows another side to the story... On the surface, he's very awkward shy and cowardly, but when he steps on the stage he becomes kind of sassy and fierce. He's afraid of confrontation, yet is the first to spiral into destructive or even aggressive behavior to impress his band mates. This would mean Laney is only fronting, she's secretly shy and awkward and very unsure of herself. When on stage, she sort of just melts into the band becoming more background unless something ignites her flame. She's very confrontationial but tends to give up really quick, most likely actually sedated by the presence of her band mates. She also wouldn't do anything just to impress them, not even her crush Corey, but rather just do what she wants instead. Though being secretly passive she is easily pushed around by her band mates, just only them as she'd probably literally bite everyone else.

The world is on a ticking clock to doomsday. As it's proven to be linear, that means several of the life threatening beings set loose are still put there aiming to destroy the planet. Blue Star will no doubt be the one who succeeds as he's the only one we see is not only free but already on the path to his mission at the end of his episode.

Nick Mallery might actually be pan. He has had romantic partners in the past, all female, so he had at least attempted dating. He also flirts, intentionally, so ace is out of the question. Pansexual seems about right since he doesn't seem to care what gender or if their monsters, he still flirts his sort of friendly flirting he does. If I remember correctly he actually mentioned in one episode that he can't date anyone or he'd deprive others of himself and that's not fair in his eyes, not specifically saying female at all.

Nick Mallery treats everyone the same, EXCEPT one person. Corey. Nick Mallery will not do anything anyone tells him to, he can't be convinced into things, and doesn't generally hang out with anyone (though is fine if they hang out with him), UNLESS it's Corey. He will listen to Corey with full attention, believe anything he says, do anything he says, and will never reject hanging out with him. I'm not sure what this means exactly but it certainly is why I ship Nick and Corey.

Mina's younger sister looks just like Trina's younger brother. That would mean Mina is actually the polar opposite of Trina. In restrospect this was obvious, I just never put it together before. What this would mean however is Trina has really low self esteem and the reason she's so mean to Mina is because she's what she thinks she could never be, bossing her around so much out of satisfaction from controlling this perceived perfect version of herself. Mina actually has rather amazing self esteem because she's not at all desperately searching for any kind of gratification or verification, even doesn't doubt herself despite the way her best friend treats her, just simply wants to bring her bff happiness which in turn makes her happy and that's all she needs. Mina doesn't care what other people think of her, Trina is insanely self conscious and the slightest thing could set it off.

Groj Band and The Newmans are dedicated as fuck to being gender opposite rivals. I'm not sure which band started it first, but neither will change out of the matching clothes. I think Groj Band might be the ones who's style the outfits are due to the twins' outfits on both sides being Groj Band fan tees, so most likely The Newmans stole their style to formally challenge them as their rivals/nemesi.

[daizyuyu]

Hi! This post will basically be about my summer of anime and my “reviews” for them. I finished eight animes but wish I could finish more. Currently I am watching Kakegurui and Sakurasou no Pet no Kanojo (is it wrong to be watching multiple animes at the same time???). Although I wasn’t “efficient” with my time, I have to say I watched some pretty good animes. So in the following I will list the anime I watched and my thoughts about some of the animes. Please Enjoy and Comment your opinions too!

*italics: Opinions Below (Warning! Spoiler Alert! However, no revelation of the endings)*

Finished Anime (Not in any particular order)

Fate Stay Night UBW

Shokugeki no Souma

Shingeki no Kyojin S2

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Opinions in Evangelion Rant)

Kimi no Na wa

Koe no Katachi

Erased

Ao no Exorcist 2

Watching-ish (not in any particular order)

Kakegurui

Sakurasou no Pet no Kanojo

Touhou

On-hold (not in any particular order)

Re:Zero

Noir

Himouto! Umaru-chan

Ok the first anime I started, actually more like continued, in the summer is…

Fate Stay Night UBW (9/10)

A quick refresher: Fate Stay Night UBW has a similar plot line to Fate Stay Night but with a different route where Emiya Shirou and Rin Tohsaka are shipped together rather than Emiya Shirou and Saber. In both stories, magicians of a younger generation (after Fate/Zero) are chosen to compete in a fierce competition for the Holy Grail, a magical wish-granting device. These magicians, known as masters in the War, summon up “servants” whom assist the magicians in obtaining the Grail. The main character of the story is Emiya Shirou, who joins the War by accidentally summoning his own servant, whom is of the Saber Class (a pretty strong servant!). Forming a truce with his classmate, Rin Toosaka (Tohsaka??? whichever you prefer) who is also a strong mage and summoned the Archer Class servant, they basically fight together to defeat all the other masters and servants.

With the basic summary in mind, lets start the review:

I like the whole concept of the Fate series in which magicians are fighting against each other to fulfill their own wishes and ambitions. People from many different backgrounds are united by this competition in a twisted way in which they must fight to the death (not necessarily all the time). The servants the masters summon are also based on their personalities. Shirou’s idealism that he is a “champion of justice” are similar to Saber’s idealism of wanting no one to get hurt. Illyasviel’s Hercules represents the repressed darkness and loneliness Illya suffered when her parents never came back for her and she was locked in Einzbern castle.

If you watched the Fate/Stay Night UBW movie, you would know that a lot of information was cut out and everything was mashed up to fit the time limit. Fortunately, the studios realized that the movie is very flawed and decided to make an actual 25 episode anime that actually explained what is going on. The story was more in-depth and covered confusing parts in the movie. The story is not so confusing and for almost anyone. It is better that the audience has watched the previous series but it doesn’t make so much of a difference. The anime was not boring, I had my eyes stuck on the screen watching the plot go down. The story is not very predictable unless you’ve watched Fate Stay Night but even so the story has a completely different ending and also different scenes. Overall, Fate Stay Night UBW has some charm that keeps the audience wanting for more since it’s so interesting and the story holds an interesting concept that was flawlessly carried out.

The art, done by Ufotable (pretty good group), was done pretty well. For some reason I didn’t like how Ufotable drew the noses of the characters. The faces of the characters were more “rounded” compared to Fate Stay/Night’s faces which had sharper tones. The fight scenes are executed wonderfully. The spark effects when their weapons clash are fantastic, honestly anything that involved magic has such a pretty visual. When summoning their servants, the designs of the magic circle used are clearly well thought-out and intricately designed. The lines that glow during the summoning are like a bunch of fireflies trying to push through.

My favorite opening of the series is Brave Shine by Aimer. I was looking forward to this opening to appear since the beginning of the anime. I searched up the OSTs and listened to them again and they are definitely worth it if you want some time to just chill and listen to anime music for whatever reason.

Ok so i noticed the first review was a little long so ill shorten them. You can request a specific anime that you want me to do some analysis on but hopefully i watched the anime

Shokugeki no Souma/Soma (9.5/10)

If anyone hasn’t noticed it yet, Shokugeki no Souma is one of my highlights of what I watched during the summer. Shokugeki no Souma, in a sentence, is “Another anime that makes something that seems boring not. I thoroughly enjoyed the anime since I couldn’t stop laughing at some scenes, I became extremely attached to the characters, and THE ELITE TEN ARE SO GUCCI (well you don’t really get to them know them yet unless you read the manga or seen the recent OVA).

The characters are likable and they all are unique. I really like Soma/Souma’s creativity in his dishes since the dishes reflect each character’s personality: Megumi’s dish creates a sense of home and wellness, Takumi and Isami’s dish represent their homeland of Italy. All of the characters’ dishes show their strong passion for cooking and their competitiveness (mostly Takumi against Soma). The people who attend Totsuki are all strong chefs who believe their dishes are the best. These type of people are trained at Totsuki to further their skills and actually reach their dreams of becoming a world-class chef. The fact that Shokugekis exist show how the school emphasizes strongly on the importance of cooking.

The choice of music put into Shokugeki is selected pretty well. I am still obsessed with the cute ending “Spice” since i brings such a smile to my face when I listen to it. Rising Rainbow is such an energetic opening that gets me pumped. Sometimes I just really can’t skip out on that op and ed like I usually do.

The only thing that really bothers me in Shokugeki would be the “ecchi” part of it. I have never tasted food so good that I would strip (seems like I’m missing out on all the “fun”). Every time the judges taste the food:

Judges: (facial expression changes immediately to shock)

Suddenly, the scenery around them changes to of food heaven and their bodies embraced by the fluffiness of the ____________.

Judge 1: I see! This __________ is made from all the essential ingredients cooked precisely at the right temperature. bla bla bla explaining stuff about food that I don’t really understand but is important to the flavor and texture.

Cook: Exactly! However I put one secret ingredient…

and it goes on.

Although I don’t understand what is going on with the dishes and how the cooks make it, it’s just so cool to see these chefs in high school cooking up dishes that even some pros can’t make. It’s one of the reasons why I enjoyed Shigatsu too because the main characters are prodigies of music. I recommend reading the mange of Shokugeki no Souma since it’s basically the same as the anime but obviously has more content.

Kimi no Na wa (10/10)

It is very understandable why Kimi no Na wa topped MAL’s top anime list for a long time (and still holds its position!). Just by looking at the cover of Kimi no Na wa, you can pretty much see how beautiful the art is. The story is also very unique as the male protagonist Tachibana Taki and female protagonist Miyamizu Mitsuha switch bodies and live out each other’s life (not to mention gender-bent). The irony is that Mitsuha wants to be a boy from the city while Taki is juggling his life in the city. It’s quite interesting to see how the switch helped save Mitsuha’s huge village from disappearing. They even “fall in love” in the end (kind of… but lets just say so). The soundtracks are very memorable (thanks RADWIMPS for great music!). Sparkle is one of my favorite OSTs, I listen to it quite often. The piano version by Theister is pretty cool so check it out when you have the time. Although there wasn’t much character development (correct me if I’m wrong), right from the beginning, the characters are pretty decent. The movie mainly tells of their lives and give the audience a little bit of info about them and their personality. I personally enjoyed the movie and got a little bit emotional at the end. The ending is up to interpretation (comment what you think happened if you watched/ don’t read the comments if you want to watch the anime lol).

Koe no Katachi (10/10)

A silent voice.

Koe no Katachi is such a touching film since it represents true struggles of bullying. Nishimiya Shouko, a deaf girl, transfers into a new elementary school. We hope that she would be treated with care by her peers however the opposite happens. Shouya Ishida, the delinquent of the class, is one of the first bullies of Shouko, leading his classmates on to bully Shouko to defeat his boredom. His bullying gets worse to the point that Shouko is transferred to another school. Soon, his friends turn on him and blame him for all the shenanigans and bullying. In high school, Shouya Ishida is an outcast and tries not to get involved with others. When Shouko reappears in his life, she helps him with his path of redemption. The art quality of the movie is superb. The characters are drawn out well. The expressions on the characters are strong enough to invoke emotions in the audience. The whole concept of the X’s on Ishida’s classmates are great imagery of his choice to avoid others. I like the scenery of Koe no Kitachi since it’s very beautifully crafted like the sakura trees, the school festival, etc. The characters are very important to the movie as it represents Ishida’s growth from elementary school to high school. There are some characters that are more or less likable for example Ueno never really changes and continues to make fun of Shouko even after all the years. What’s really important is the focus of bullying in this movie. The fact that Shouko wants to commit suicide and we see throughout the movies that she attempts multiple times makes the audience feel sad and frustrated with her condition. Personally it affects me since I also share similar feelings of not being able to be like normal people because of my defect. Shouko is such a strong character since she was able to stand all the bullying done to her through elementary school until she transferred. She’s worked hard and gained some friends also. She tried to communicate to Ishida and express that she likes him through her voice even though it’s easier to communicate through sign language. Ishida also is one my favorite characters since he had major character developments. It was frustrating for me to watch all his classmates blame him for ALL the bullying (yes he did destroy expensive hearing aids which is terrible but he shouldn’t get blamed for everything) and they all ended up bullying Ishida (TERRIBLE “FRIENDS”) and that just gets my blood boiling. After Ishida started to get bullied, he started to realize how Shouko must of felt. That is when he closes everyone out and even wanted to commit suicide. Everything that happened to him mirrors Shouko. I gained so much respect for him once he realized he needed to redeem himself. Although the path to redemption was hard, he gained back his friends and decided to stop avoiding people (the X’s fell of people’s faces). I praise this movie a lot in trying to spread the word about bullying and how it affects not only the victim but ALSO the bully.

P.S. The OST Lit is pretty lit (hahaha)

Erased (9/10)

“When your killer waits for you, but your girl doesn’t… ”        – Youtube

I have to say Erased was really interesting to watch. Satoru Fujinuma has the ability to go back in time to prevent an accident from happening. Once his mother gets murdered, Satoru travels back to his elementary days and learns that his mother’s killer is also responsible for the death of his classmate Hinazuki Kayo. Basically he must find out who the killer is and prevent the deaths in the past. Referring to the quote from Youtube, I AGREE 100%. Instead of waiting for Satoru to wake up from his coma after the killer tried to kill him, she either doesn’t like Satoru in that way or idkkkkkk. Like I know Satoru lowkey has a crush on Kayo (christmas tree scene and all the bunch of stuff he did to save her from dying but then again it’s his job to save her). Anyways the plot is interesting on how Satoru has superpowers to reverse time (I wish I had that power) and change the event. I think though the plot was somewhat predictable since obviously if you can go back in time and change all the events, it should be a happy ending (my assumptions). The art is pretty good 🙂 (sorry don’t have much to say about it). I really like the opening and ending song (still listen on repeat today). I heard that the opening revealed a lot about what’s going to happen and even reveals who the killer is?? although i never would’ve guessed from the picture… Erased was pretty good though so I definitely recommend. If you like action and drama and bits of comedy I suggest this anime. Elementary Satoru and Kayo and the others are so cute!

Kakegurui (ONGOING)

OK so an anime that is ongoing during this summer is Kakegurui. So apparently if you are from a rich family it’s important for you to know how to gamble. Your reputation in the school is based on how good you are at gambling. Jabami Yumeko is the female protagonist of the series and seems to be some innocent girl in the beginning. HOWEVER, once she showcases her brilliant gambling skills (mainly her ability to recognize cheats) she turns into some gambling monster. Luckily Yumeko is on the side of our male protagonist Suzui Ryouta since he kinda sucks at gambling. I want to see how this anime goes down because apparently the student council is important to the plot.

Thanks for reading this review!

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