#seishi answers

[maoam]

"Kishimoto make sasuke and naruto gay intentionally and not on accident" Okay then so why did he go on multiple interviews insisting that naruto and sasuke's relationship is brotherly and is inspired from his twin brother and that people shouldn't interpret their bond as romantic but platonic?? Source : https://twitter* com/uchihassasusaku/status/1419104011265974275?

If a writer writes homoerotic subtext in his material and expects people to read the material as romantic, he doesnt go around calling the characters "siblings" and asking people to not interpret their dynamic as romantic because then people wont read into his queer subtext like he wanted to

Ship what you want to ship. But stop acting like everyone should buy into your delusions. Kishimoto never said or implied that he wanted naruto and sasuke to be seen as gay but he did say many times that their relationship is brotherly

Ah, another shipper who ships a ship where creator implied twice they never kissed. And whose couple never had a meaningful conversation in a 700 chapter manga. And linking me to some SS stan who gave Elon Musk money for bluecheck mark. 🤣 A good ground to stand on. Okay, I will guide you by the hand since you don't seem to understand. It's okay, illiteracy is a common problem these days. I will put this in easy sections for you, with added links.

Also you and your "queer" nonsense... we are talking about gay, homosexuality. Not slurs.

About the interviews:

The Kizuna thing isn't even written by him, it's an article by another person. These books aren't written by the mangakas ever, they do not have the time nor is the article written from Kishi's pov. Shocker, people write a lot of things in anime merchandise that the creator isn't even involved in. [link] If it were written by Kishi, then an interviewer wouldn't have had to ask Kishi years later whether brotherly relationship was what he was going for with Naruto and Sasuke's bond, and Kishi wouldn't have had given such a cryptic answer where he mulls over it. Because he would have given the answers years back already. Also the fact that he's asked to define their relationship shows how weird it is to the readers. He NEVER told people to not interpret their relationship as romantic. And personally, I have seen movies and a comic where two characters referred to each other as brothers, and their creator referred to them as "soul brothers" but later revealed them to also have romantic feelings.

But I don't expect your mind to be able to comprehend things like this, it does require a little bit of 1+1=2 math. The interview about Seishi is about the feeling of empathy, not that they are literally Naruto and Sasuke's characters. It is one aspect. Kishi has joked about how Naruto and Sasuke are him and his editor too, because he will try to impress his editor. So? And he has said Kushina is based on his wife. So Naruto is him and Kushina is his wife? Why aren't you freaking about this freudian stuff? I know why. I also remember someone saying if Kishi REALLY saw his relationship with his brother as the exact same as Naruto and Sasuke, his brother would need a restraining order against him. It was funny and accurate.

I have wrote about the inconsistencies in his interviews and what shows that he definitely didn't write their dynamic as the same as with his brother despite having one aspect of it [link] and here is another post talking about it more deeply (they also linked my post I just mentioned) [link]. This post also explains how Kishimoto wrote Naruto constantly to do what Sakura can't for Sasuke, and she also included many links to my other posts where I talk about how Kishi wrote Sakura and Sasuke's dynamic, which you can also read if you feel like it. Unless you are scared of being proved wrong, you will read those right, or at least the linked post itself?

About how the audience perceives their dynamic:

The thing is, you and SS fandom don't understand how stories are written. Authors don't do stuff randomly. They use narrative and literary devices to tell their story. Kishi himself has remarked on it many times how careful he is about writing characters, how much he does research, how careful he is about angles etc. [link] If Naruto and Sasuke's relationship was written as brotherly in the text, in the manga, it wouldn't make a bunch of people uncomfortable. There wouldn't have been meltdowns after specific chapters nor would we have people saying when the manga was going on that they are annoyed by the "gay stuff". [link] [link] [link] (there are many more, but here's some collections for an example). Here's one more talking about the Japanese fandom. [link]

When Luffy was saving Ace in Impel Town/Marineford arc, no one in the dudebro community was uncomfortable nor saying it was gay. Eventhough it was a touching and dramatic storyline that showed us how much the two cared about each other. When Alibaba and Cassim were having their past and relationship unravelled in Magi, no one was uncomfortable. Eventhough it was tragic and dramatic and touching yet again. Because despite neither of these pairs being blood-brothers, they were WRITTEN to have a brotherly dynamic/development/relationship in the text, in their behavior. Which is why this also translated to the audience successfully.

If Naruto and Sasuke were written to be brotherly, they would refer to each other as such, including in Boruto, and would tell other people such as well. Hell, they would be proud to tell other people that this person they respect and admire the most is like a brother to them. But they don't. Naruto even told Hagoromo they aren't siblings, but friends. Sasuke said he has only one brother and that is Itachi. If they were brotherly, Kishi wouldn't make Naruto kiss Sasuke, even if accidentally, and have that to be their first interaction. He wouldn't say he wants to be the first one to have rivals kiss in shounen. Not a single brotherly relationship in media is written like this. You know, tropes matter. He wouldn't have Sasuke think fondly about the kiss as one of his most precious memories when he is dying, while years later implying more than once Sasuke never kissed Sakura lol. He wouldn't say Sakura had her first kiss stolen by her rival Naruto. He wouldn't make Sakura be jealous of Naruto's importance to Sasuke, while also giving her zero importance in saving Sasuke. He would not constantly make fun of Sakura by having her be thirsty/desperate for Sasuke's attention, any little crumb from him, while Sasuke ignores her and focuses on Naruto. Kishi knows how his writing comes off. Plenty of people, both men and women who weren't shippers, made jokes about Sasuke going "where's Naruto? hey Naruto" whenever Sakura speaks. Because Kishi made it such a constant dynamic with the three of them. People who have the basic amount of media literacy will get it, and thus all those jokes and memes were born. [link] [link] [link]

If they were brotherly, the anime studio wouldn't have them make eyes at each other while lyrics "please kiss me all night" play in the background, aside from all the other gay ops/ends with romantic lyrics to them. And since Kishi watches the anime, he would have probably point out it's weird. That's what I would do if I wrote about my relationship with my brother and people did that. Magi anime didn't have Alibaba and Cassim in romantic endings...

Kishi wouldn't put this in the movie he made if he wanted them to appear as brothers. Everyone was saying this looked gay/homoerotic when the movie dropped. I saw men on forums say "lol this looks so homoerotic, why did he have to catch Sasuke like that" and even in Chinese theaters people were giggling during this scene. Because it's so in your face fanservice. And Kishi said he cares about angles a lot in his story and that he redraws them if they aren't good enough to drive the message home. So what exactly does that tell you?

People usually aren't sexual about their brother

He wouldn't sexualize and put so much homoeroticism surrounding Sasuke's character, if Sasuke was solely inspired by his brother. You know, unless he had a questionable obsession with his brother. [link]

He wouldn't make Naruto literally get sexually excited when about to fight Sasuke lol [link] [link] that's so obvious Japanese men got amused, uncomfortable and even angry about it, if Sasuke and Naruto were him and his brother.

Romantic tropes/brotherly tropes are not the same

The fact Kishimoto's het couples parallel Naruto and Sasuke's dynamic is very evident. If "brotherly" relationship resembles romantic couples by the same author instead of the other brother dynamics he has written, guess what, it's not written as a brother dynamic lol. Again, proof that he didn't write their dynamic as brotherly. Both Mario/Saori [link] [link] and Minato/Kushina [link] [link] parallel Naruto/Sasuke and have the same tropes as them.

Raikage/Killer B is written as a normal brother relationship. Itachi/Sasuke is written as a complicated brother relationship with a lot of tragedy. Shikamaru/Choji is written as a normal friendship. Kakashi/Obito is written as a complicated friendship with a lot of tragedy. Naruto/Sasuke resembles the romantic relationships Kishimoto wrote, instead of these ones I mentioned. Even in their world, Naruto's actions are seen as irrational and obsession, and the weirdness of it all is constantly pointed out, by Sai, Kabuto, Sakura, Raikage, Itachi. This is a choice Kishi made when he wrote them. [link]

He also made a homage to Devilman and Akira/Ryo relationship that even people in the Japanese fandom noticed. [link] He specifically picked the chapter where Ryo admits having romantic feelings for Akira, and the fight (which parallels Vote2) ending with Ryo realizing how deep his feelings for Akira lie. Kishimoto would not do that if Naruto and Sasuke were based on him and his brother. Why would he pick a character famous for being gay for his best friend/enemy in a chapter where we finally get to see inside Sasuke's head?

Aside from paralleling Hinata's feelings towards Naruto in the Pain arc with Naruto's feelings towards Sasuke in the very next arc, he also foreshadowed a romantic double-suicide with Naruto and Sasuke during said arc. ROMANTIC. [link]

Sasuke on the other hand, was never satisfied with Naruto calling him brother or friend. If their relationship was strictly brotherly, they wouldn't need to ponder about the nature of their relationship, because that's not how any brotherly relationship is written in media. [link]

Kishimoto dislikes SS and talks about Sakura's "love" negatively more than once. [link] Sakura's love is selfish, toxic... yet this doesn't mean anything. Sakura wanted to save Sasuke, yet the one Sasuke said saved him was Naruto.

Now think hard. Use the modest intellect you possess. So aside from Kishimoto having Naruto show sexual attraction towards Sasuke to the point it made Japanese men uncomfortable, he also used romantic tropes (one of them being double-suicide which a writer Kishimoto admires is famous for because he mostly wrote romantic plays ending in that) and romantic parallels to show Naruto's feelings towards Sasuke multiple times, which he did not use for other male friendships in the manga. To the point many Japanese men wondered why Kishimoto "has to push homosexual agenda with Naruto's character", despite the fact he's supposed to be " a normal/good guy". All of these things somehow do not mean anything, nor do the multiple other things I have pointed out on my blog.

I'm not asking you to "buy" into anything, because understanding Naruto is a love story between Naruto and Sasuke and that Kishimoto does not even like Sakura let alone SS would require a little bit of reading comprehension and common sense. Which you and the person you linked sacrificed at the pink altar of Sakura worship, because to you not having anything in common with your partner nor having anything meaningful to talk about nor knowing anything about each other is somehow love. To you having someone else help and understand the person you love because you can't somehow makes an ideal relationship. You mistake Sakura's onesided melodrama for love. She has never said anything meaningful about Sasuke's character, neither has Sasuke said anything meaningful about her. Yet you believe Kishi wrote some deep relationship between them. How am I supposed to reason with someone like that? But your gaslighting doesn't phase me, I have seen all this before many times, it's old news by now. You can call me delusional all you want, but I trust my own understanding thank you very much. It's not like that much is even required, as proven by how many people, even the ones that don't have any need to (casual viewers, straight men, etc.) see it, still see it. Because it is that obvious that only desperate need to not see it blinds someone like you from seeing it.

I'm actually working on another post about Narusasu and Kishi's writing tools regarding it, so stay tuned 🩷

[killerandhealerqueen]

Catch Up Meme

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Favorite color: Green, mainly jewel tone greens

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Last movie: I haven't seen a movie in a while

Currently reading: Fanfics (need to get back to reading my Seishi Yokozimo mystery series)

Currently watching: Killer and Healer, the Spirealm (I'm up to ep. 70), Kei x Yaku: Abunai Aibou, Will Trent S2, Shogun (I haven't watched the last two eps. so I'm behind)

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@clawbehavior @jianglouyue @friendlynbhddevil @nineninepetals @noraigo

@hyperbolicgrinch @randomingoftherandomness and anyone else who wants to play

[linkspooky]

Hey congrats on continuing the Inugami Clan, I thought it was dope you used a Twin Peaks quote at the start of the new chapter, really set a unique atmosphere of its own. I know this is a bit out of the way of what you usually write about on here, but do you have any thoughts on Twin Peaks you’d want to share? I really like your takes on things, and Twin Peaks has always been a series I’m both interested in and enjoy, but also find myself repelled by at certain points, perhaps due to not getting what it’s going for

Thank you for reading the Inugami Clan! I'm glad you got the twin peaks reference I was making. The Inugami Clan has three main inspiration, which is the horror movie Lake Mungo, the mystery novel the Inugami Curse by Seishi Yoko Mizo, and Twin Peaks.

If you want my interpretation of Twin Peaks I am glad to give it, because it is one of my favorite television shows. I think to understand Twin Peaks, you have to understand Laura Palmer. She is the central character of Twin Peaks despite the fact she is dead at the beginning of the story the plot and the story's themes all rest on her. Laura Palmer begins as a plot device, and ends as her own person and one of the most complex characters in fiction especially by the end of the Return.

1. I Killed Laura Palmer

As Bobby Briggs shouts at Laura's funeral, Twin Peaks is essentially the story of how one town with their collective ignorance kills Laura Palmer, not only the murder victim at the central of the plot's driving murder mystery but the central victim of the story.

Bobby Briggs: “You damn hypocrites. You make me sick! Everybody knew she was in trouble but we didn’t do anything. All you good people… You wanna know who killed Laura Palmer? You did! We all did.”

As stated above Laura Palmer starts as a plot device. She is a corpse that washes up on shore. She is the portait of Laura Palmer as the Prom Queen that appears in the Palmer House Living Room, and the end credits. She is the enigmatic video of her and Donna dancing.

The murdery mystery that Dale Cooper is their to solve is not only answer the question of "Who Klled Laura Palmer?" but "Who is Laura Palmer?" The first thing we learn in the first episode is that the Prom Queen is likely dealing cocaine. That she was dating a boy on the football team, and also two timing him.

Laura has a dark side, much like the town of Twin Peaks has a dark side. In fact it is investigating the events that led up to Laura's death that reveals this dark side. Laura worked at One Eyed Jacks, the brothel owned by prominent town businessman Ben Horne. Laura was involved in the cocaine trade ran by Leo, and dragged Bobby into it as well to get cheap Cocaine. The more we learn about Laura, the more we learn about Twin Peaks in turn.

Laura is a character of many different identites, every character basically has their own image of Laura in their mind. Donna despite being her best friend had no idea what Laura was gong through (though this in part Laura's fault for never telling her anything in an effort to protect her).

James only sees Laura as the love interest to his sweeping love story. Bobby genuinely loved Laura, but also was scared of her more manipulative side as she did use him to procure herself cocaine and laughed at him the first time he told her he loved her.

Bobby still feels something for her, but he pulls away from her the more she reveals herself to him. No one really knows the whole of Laura. She's many different things to many different people, and this results in the town collectively ignoring Laura's problems happy to believe the image of her instead of the real girl suffering.

However, despite learning some extremely dark things about Laura she remains a victim all throughout. Her sexual promiscuity seems like a negative trait until you remember... she's a high schooler and these are adult men that are taking advantage of her. Laura is basically one of the best written sexual assault victims in fiction and its because even if she dies this is her story, she is the human beings at the center of it and the tragedy of Twin Peaks is how hard she tried to live with her trauma. Sheryl Lee says in an interview, Laura is a character that reflects very real cases of victim sexual abuse and incest that are extremely common but go unspoken about.

It was only upon revisiting the world of Twin Peaks for research prior to The Return that Lee realized her own life experience, and especially her role as a mother, had sharpened her perspective of what Laura went through. “I had so many emotions watching it,” she shares. “I was enraged that the statistics of sexual abuse and incest and violence had gone up significantly. It was almost like there was this deep primal maternal force in me that was like: Okay, this is a movie, right? But this is happening every single day.” Grateful that giving Laura a voice has inspired others to join in the conversation, Lee’s thoughts turn to how we as a society can possibly start to heal and prevent others from becoming another one of those statistics.

“So often there are signs that someone is hurting or that something is happening,” she says, an empowered devotion in her voice. “We don’t pay enough attention to those signs and what if we did? What if one hand reaching out can really help save someone’s life? When I was shooting The Return that was what I was living with, these moments in our lives when someone else has reached out a hand for us or we have been there to reach out a hand. How do we collectively dare to reach out more for each other?”

Doctor Jacoby (one of her rapists, just by the way) says that Laura wanted to die, but Sheryl Lee her own actress makes it clear that Laura is someone who could have been saved by something as easy as someone reaching out a hand to her. Which is where we get to Dale Cooper's role in the story.

My absolute favorite Twin Peaks quote is said by Cooper, shortly after Leland's suicide.

Briggs: An evil that great in this beautiful world. Finally, does it matter what the cause. Cooper: Yes. Because it's our job to stop it. Briggs thingks, agrees, nods. Albert: Maybe that's all "Bob" is. The evil that men do. Maybe it doesn't matter what we call it.

Dale is an extremely likable and personable man, but he's not just the incorruptible good, goodness. His true strength as a character is how he is determined to face the darkness of Twin Peaks, even though it is unpleasant and grueling. Of all characters, it is Dale who learns the most about Laura in the process of solving her murder.

Ironically, it is the detective who solves her murder after Laura is already dead, who cares to know the real Laura. The one who doesn't flinch or look away from the darkness of her situation.

THe relationship between Dale and Laura is the center of the story, and yet they never meet.

Donna Hayward : Do you think that if you were falling in space... that you would slow down after a while, or go faster and faster? Laura Palmer : Faster and faster. And for a long time you wouldn't feel anything. And then you'd burst into fire. Forever... And the angel's wouldn't help you. Because they've all gone away.

Laura is not just a victim of terrible circumstanes, she is convinced that no one in Twin Peaks cares to know her, that no one will ever know what is happening in her life and this eats away at her identity until there is nothing left.

Laura Palmer : Open your eyes, James. You don't even know me. There are things about me - even. Donna doesn't know me. Your Laura disappeared. It's just me now.

Of all people it's a complete stranger who cares enough to get to know her, to learn every dark secret about her and still keep caring because Laura is ultimately a victim and someone who deserved to be saved. Which is why the quote about the angels is so meaningful in Fire Walk With Me, because Dale is her angel when Laura believed there were no angels left.

Laura and Dale's relationship heavily reminds us of Orpheus and Eurydice, because no matter what Dale does there's nothing he really can do to save Laura she's already dead at the beginning of the story. Yet, even if his quest is futile his actions are not pointless because Dale himself showed that someone cared about Laura. That she didn't die without leaving anything behind in this world. It's a show about how the confrontation of the darkness may seem fruitless but in the end there is a point to it because if we look at that darkness and fight against it we might be able to see someone in that darkness that needs our help.

Laura Palmer: Hello, Agent Cooper. You can go out now. Do you recognize me? Dale Cooper: Are you Laura Palmer? Laura Palmer: I feel like I know her, but sometimes my arms bend back. Dale Cooper: Who are you? Laura Palmer: I am Laura Palmer. Dale Cooper: But Laura Palmer is dead. Laura Palmer: I am dead. Yet I live.

Laura is dead yet she lives. Her life ended yet that is not the end, because Dale was there, because Dale cared. Because, in revealing what happened to Laura Palmer we may still save people suffering under circumstances who we would rather look away from who still can be saved.

[sneezemonster15]

I knew not to engage that anon who kept insisting Sasuke and Naruto were based on Kishi and Seishi. Yes there is an interview where Kishi said his and Seishi's relationship did inspire Sasuke and Naruto's. But reading that interview, it was obvious that he was talking of feelings of deep empathy and attachment. It's possible to get inspired by a close relationship and borrow some characteristics of it to render your writing believable and impactful. Writers do it all the time. Writing doesn't pop out of isolation and alienating it from real life. But Sasuke and Naruto's relationship is obviously not brotherly. One can say they are everything to each other. Friends, lovers, brothers, companions, partners, kindred souls. Because in principle, that's how intense and deep their relationship is. But antis can only think in proportion to how much their brains allow them. One dimensional, in terms of binaries. Cannot comprehend higher notions. Or narrative. Or visual language. I keep stressing on narrative and visual language because that is the only legit source of gleaning information and not interviews or databooks. Even if the interviews themselves don't really do any damage like antis think they do. Lol. I can understand Kishi's context. But well, I didn't wanna engage them because I didn't wanna waste my time. They don't want an explanation. They just want to get attention. Antis struggle so much understanding anything layered and complex. I would be bound to oversimplify everything, like I have done before. But it's a lot of effort for very little gain. I don't wanna deal with their layers upon thick layers of heteronormativity and homophobia to answer a question that doesn't even need asking if one has really read my content. And if one has common sense.

In any case, I am not saying anything here that I haven't said before. But I am done putting so much effort for someone who doesn't do their homework. It's not fun to repeat yourself n times for fans like that. Not worth it.

[danganronpasurvivoraskblog]

Zen Katagiri.

...

Akeru.

Hm?

*Everyone returns to the camper. Toko and Komaru have already tucked Akeru into bed.

Are you ok?

...No, not really...But I’m doing better than I should be.

I wanted to meet Seishi Yodogawa for a while now, but I never thought it would be like this.

Akeru...

...

404...

*Toko stands up.

Who...is that guy?

Pardon?

That bastard we saw in the holograms. Zen Katagiri. Who IS he?

Hm...Well, he’s bad news. That’s the be-all-end-all of it.

But...if you want the FULL origin story...Ask your boss.

Huh?

I had a feeling...

*Makoto turns around.

...

Kyoko. You know who Zen Katagiri is, don’t you? You’ve been dropping hints about him for a short while now.

...I might...

That’s not an answer.

*sigh* Ok, yes, I do. But his files were secret. I signed an NDA with the Samidare Detective Agency after they investigated the case.

Well, in case you forgot, Samidare’s dead now, so balls to that NDA.

Kuripa!

WHAT!?

...!?

*Hina bites, but Kuripa bites back twice as hard. She backs down immediately.

...

You are right...but you could stand to be a little less insensitive.

Not my style Bosswife. Normally I wouldn’t be like this, but in case you forgot, I’m PISSED OFF!

Whoever or whatever Zen Katagiri is, he deserves to HURT. And the sooner we take care of him, the better.

*He looks over at Rantaro.

Assuming that Agent 404 here upholds his end of the bargain, and helps us track down our BIGGER enemies.

I fully intend to.

Oh, that’s right. This was part of the deal.

Honestly, I’d be down to stomp Katagiri in the dirt even if it wasn’t.

But we’ll need more information before we do, so SPILL! IT!

...

Fine...Although I must warn you, the actual amount of information I have is far more limited than you might think.

We’ll take whatever we can get.

Alright. I suppose first things first is that I know of the relationship between Seishi and Zen.

They were classmates at Precepts Peak Academy. They attended the same year, and I believe they were somewhat close.

So Katagiri was an Ultimate too?

Makes sense. It takes a genius mind to come up with something like this. A DISEASED mind, but a genius one nonetheless.

So let me guess. Katagiri was the Ultimate Programmer, or something along the lines? It would explain why he was so good at tech.

...No, not by a long shot.

Then what was he...?

The Ultimate Hitman.

I’m sorry...the WHAT!?

HITMAN!? He’s an ASSASSIN!?

It’s all true. Zen Katagiri...Precepts Peak Academies Ultimate Hitman.

Famous for using his aptitude with technology to commit his bounties. Automated AI drones and turrets that make killing quickly, security cameras that gather information...He could do it all.

So right from the early days, he was using his technology to kill. Why am I not surprised.

How could Yodogawa trust someone like that!?

Seishi’s faith was indeed misplaced, but...let me turn that question back on you.

Why did YOU trust Mukuro Ikusaba. She’s a mass serial-killer/terrorist, right?

...!

...

Sorry, we were just talking about not being offensive to the dead...I just needed an example, that’s all.

No, it’s ok. You’ve made your point.

Mukuro was a valuable classmate to us. Back then, pre-killing game we might not have known her history, but we would have known she was a soldier. And we still got along with her.

However, we were unknowing that she and Junko were in cahoots at the time, and that she was unknowingly against us.

I see...Our situation with the Despair Sisters isn’t too dissimilar to Yodogawa’s with Katagiri’s.

And because Katagiri was skilled, when Yodogawa was suffering, he went to him for protection.

Protection from what?

From the people hunting him. Yodogawa did have altercations with the Yozora Clan before Shinitani’s death, in case you forgot.

...Right.

So he was under the impression that the Yozora Clan was still hunting him.

It’s not like he could have known about Shinitani Yozora’s untimely demise.

It disgusts me though...He sought out his old friend for help, only to be used in such a horrifying way.

But you see now what I meant? That’s the extent of what I actually know about Zen Katagiri.

All I know is that he was the Precepts Peak Ultimate Hitman, and he and Seishi knew each other, hence why Seishi would have gone to him for help. 

Also, according to what information I read, Katagiri vanished and hasn’t been seen in years. This was concerning, but no crimes reported in the years after matched his modus operandi. Everyone was willing to think that he might have given up killing, or that he’d died.

I see now the truth, but the problem is most of Katagiri’s past isn’t on file. So there’s nothing I can really share aside from that.

Actually, the information IS on file. You just need to know where to look.

Huh?

Allow ME to fill in the blanks for you ma’am. I’ll send you a file complete of all of the information I was able to dig up on Katagiri.

None of it is really essential to my cause, so it’s not worth mentioning right now. Really, it’s just nitty-bitty parts of his childhood.

How did you FIND that...!?

Let’s just say that Agent 404 is a title I deserve.

The biggest problem, and I mean the BIGGEST problem, is that I’m missing the most crucial piece of the puzzle.

Katagiri’s location.

Exactly.

I KNOW he’s here in New York. Given the circumstances, he can’t exactly leave...

What do you mean, “given the circumstances?”

Togami. We’re the only people in this country that know Seishi Yodogawa is Zen Katagiri in disguise. Unless Katagiri somehow found a way to steal Yodogawa’s body, he can’t exactly go out in public.

But if no one recognizes him, what’s the problem?

Didn’t you hear the part about Katagiri having gone missing for years? I think he’s trying to keep it that way. General public might not recognize him, but he’s gotta be on some sort of government list.

Fair enough.

Besides, his company is here, and he kind of needs to hold it down here to run it properly.

By the way, if I had nickel for every corrupt tech company that I tried to take down in the last few months, I’d have two nickels.

Which isn’t a lot but...y’know, it’s weird that it happened twice.

...

*Akeru suddenly sits up straight.

I might know where Katagiri is.

What?

Huh!?

Excuse me!?

...

*Akeru reaches into her pocket and takes out her phone. She hands it to Rantaro. Makoto peers at the screen.

What’s this? A text message?

It’s from Dad...

What...!?

Before I shut him down he...he sent me a thread of text messages. When I tried to reply to them, it didn’t work.

He...He agreed to send me Katagiri’s location if I deactivated him. I did, and before he vanished, I got sent this.

...

Wha-hey!

*Kuripa snatches the phone. He looks at the text and starts to read it aloud.

“Akeru. I must apologize that we didn’t have much time to talk after you discovered the mansion...”

Woah, hey, why are you reading it out loud?

Should I not? Better than passing the phone around to everyone one by one.

Besides, isn’t hearing Yodogawa out the entire reason you ditched the FF and came to the USA in the first place? If you don’t want Akeru to hear this, then cover her ears.

But I think she should listen. This message is for her after all.

...

...

...

*Toko and Komaru don’t take action. Akeru just sits still and listens.

“Due to what he did to me, my vocabulary as an AI was very limited. Zen didn’t feel it would be important for me to use words that weren’t relevant to the role as his housekeeper. Hence why I felt the need to send this written text to you before I passed.”

“Zen had a bad history, but to be betrayed by him like this still stings. But this isn’t about me, or him.”

“Truth is, I wanted to apologize. I know I haven’t been a good father, and I can make no good excuse. All I will tell you is that I had no idea that my daughter had survived. I left Shinitani and her clan behind shortly after she became pregnant, and knowing her, I thought she would abort the child.”

“But after seeing how strong and healthy and brave our child became, I’m eternally glad that she didn’t.”

...

“No, in fact, I have no right to call you my child anymore. Whether I was running from the Yozora Clan or not, or whether I was suffering from my disease or not, I should never have abandoned you. My unborn girl.”

“This does not make up for any of my misdeeds, but I must repay you for finally putting an end to my misery. You had no right nor reason to deactivate me like I asked you to, and had you refused I wouldn’t have blamed you. Nevertheless, you did what I asked, so I will return the favor.”

“I do not know where exactly in the institute he’s hiding, given that it’s an open area, but Zen Katagiri has a secret facility hidden in Central Park. THAT’S where he’s concocting his experiments and the development of AETHER.”

Central Park...! YES! That’s what I’m talking about!

A PARK? He’s not using some sort of building or facility...!?

No, and that’s why it’s so clever! If you’re looking for a lab, you’d naturally look at every famous building in New York. Central Park would be one of the LAST places you’d check, even if you were to do a city-wide scan of the entire Big Apple.

“I apologize, but this is the last time I’ll be able to speak with you. So before I go, I just want to say one more thing.”

“If this message ever reaches the ears of Akeru’s new parents, I just want to let you know something.

...!

...!

“I have nothing but gratitude for the both of you for making my daughter so happy. You did what I could not.”

“Believe me, you and I both know that despite being the victim, I am hardly the good guy in this situation. So you have no right to answer any of my requests.”

“Nevertheless, Akeru seems genuinely happy to be with you both. So please...Keep up the good work.”

...

That’s it.

...

...

...

*Toko, Komaru and Akeru don’t know what to do. They just sit and snuggle.

Right...That’s that then.

Woah, hey, where are you going?

Sorry, but I think I’ve overstayed my welcome.

After hearing all that, you Naegi’s need some time to recover. I wouldn’t want to come in crashing your family time.

Besides, now that Yodogawa’s given me a place to look, I need to find out how Katagiri was able to mod Central Park.

AND I need to find a way to access it. Give me some time, and I’ll be back later with my results.

Alright. Good luck out there.

And please. Next time you need to contact us, don’t do it through your creepy website.

Haha...I got it. See you soon.

*Rantaro exaunts.

...

...

...

...

*And Makoto just quietly watches his sister and her family as they mourn together...

[review-anon]

Why do you not like Ayumu?

Okay so full disclosure when I eventually answer the Danganronpa protagonist listing he’s rock bottom. But here’s the general rundown.

I find Ayumu’s powers and his personality to clash so much it becomes a complete disconnect. Ayumu’s whole thing is he’s a walking natural disaster, to the point the Japanese government have declared him a national threat. The fact that anyone you meet could suffer a horrible death means naturally someone with this power should be quite scared and nervous around people knowing you might doom someone to a unknowable fate. And also be subject to several assassins.

That could be a interesting take for the protagonist but Ayumu just has the exact same traits as a normal Danganronpa protagonist has; kind, naive, trusting of others, wanting everyone to be happy and quite the pushover. Yes Ayumu is slightly more depressed than average but nothing that implies the reality of the situation. Heck even the crossdressing was handled poorly. When I first heard Ayumu crossdressed as a girl, I initially thought it was because he had been targeted so much that he has to change appearances to avoid detection and even his gender had to be hidden. If you are looking for a boy who curses everything a girl won’t be on your mind.

But nope, it’s because his sister literally bullied him into doing it. Which it’s just so weak and something that a normal protagonist should have but not again, the guy who the government want dead because he could accidentally destroy cities. And that’s not getting into the very much not okay Japanese version which everyone in the Rebirth cast openly mock Ayumu about it. This scene has been slammed as extremely transphobic and I kinda have to agree there.

The crowning jewel of Ayumu’s wisdom though is the fact he decides to trust Seishi wholeheartedly and when he finds out Seishi was an assassin who tricked and tried to kill him, he felt really bad for the assassin. Like bro, he tried to kill you. And that’s not even getting to why you trust others. Especially so easily, when you have a power people have literally tried to kill you over.

So in short I don’t like Ayumu because he’s wasted potential, his character and powers clash on a massive tone deaf level and all in all he’s treated like a normal average Danganronpa protagonist even though his bad luck is so severe there’s government sanctioned hits on him.

[thisisalwaysmorethanoneknows]

It is Often that the Unexpected Happens

Chapter 9

Word Count: 1066

Summary: Ash the BeetleWing has died to what would later be called the Othermind. Unfortunately, by means outside his understanding, he has been brought back in 7426 as, far from his time, and far from the extinction of his tribe. He doesn't belong in this time, he misses his friends, and he knows that the friends he left behind aren't safe. With the help of Darner and Poseidra, Ash goes on a quest to return home.

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"Well, that's all there it to tell," Poseidra said, without much emotion to the line, "are there any questions?"

“So… Queen Karasu is finally dead?” Seishi asked.

“Yep,” Poseidra simply answered.

“Poseidra, I wish you had told us about this sooner,” Olivine said, “we would have helped you.”

“I just… didn’t want to risk anything,” Poseidra said, “although I guess I really fucked that up.”

“Yeah you did, but we can give you a second chance,” Hagane said.

“… Thanks…” Poseidra said.

“Well, now that that’s over, I have a question for Hagane and Seishi,” Rainstorm said, “what kind of dragons are you?”

“I am a Glassling (don’t ask, really long story), and Seishi is a mix between a BásClaw and a BeathiaTail,” Hagane said.

“Wait! BásClaw? BeathiaTail? Poseidra! Didn’t you mention something about those kinds of dragons?” Darner asked, “something about the uh, Death Swamp or Light Forest?”

“What about those places?” Seishi asked.

“Oh, see Ash, somehow got stuck here, so we need to get him back where he belongs,” Poseidra said, “so a dragon named Meishu handed us a book and it mentioned stuff about those places.”

“Could I see the book?” Seishi asked.

“Oh yeah, definitely,” Poseidra said, “Ray, could you hand them the book?”

“Yep,” Ray said, handing it to Seishi, “look for the part that talks about time travel.”

Seishi flipped through the book for a bit trying to locate what Ray was talking about. After a bit they seemed to have found it and they read for a bit. Afterwards they looked up from the book.

“Time travel, huh,” Seishi said, “and you have to go to all of these locations to do it.”

“Yep,” Ash said.

“I’m going to guess you want my help if your friend mentioned this?” Seishi asked.

“Yes, it’s the only way I can think of to get home,” Ash said.

“Alright then, but if I go your friends will have to stay behind,” Seishi said, “I can’t get spotted and if I have a large group, I will absolutely be seen.”

“Actually, I want to go, I helped Queen Washi abit ago and I may be able to get you out of shit if she catches you,” Poseidra said.

“Urg, fine, you can come too,” Seishi said, “although telling me you’ve worked with another Queen who is against me doesn’t help your chances.”

“I know,” Poseidra said, “so let’s just get this over with.”

“Hey, if you three are dealing with two places by yourselves, we could get that sand,” Darner suggested, “that way Ash can get home sooner.”

“Darner could we not, I’ve barely had a break from walking and flying for the past week,” Ray asked, “I get you want Ash to go home, but that’s never going to happen if I die.”

“How much have you guys been flying?” Hagane asked.

“Well Poseidra, Darner, and Ash are from Pantala’s west coast, and I am from a island off Pyrrhia’s east coast, and Dewdrop and Rainstorm are from a town in the sky kingdom,” Ray explained, “so all of us have flown kind of far.”

“Kind of?” Olivine said, squinting, “three of you flew over an ocean and two continents, you flew over one entire continent, and two of you flew over the whole desert. That’s pretty far, you six should stay for the night.”

“No, I’d rather get this over sooner than later,” Ash said, “besides, I was trained for long distance flying.”

“Ok, and what about you Poseidra? Based on when you betrayed us, I can’t imagine you had much of a break between that and meeting Ash,” Olivine said.

“Oh, I’m kind of tired but I’m fine, I’ll be fine,” Poseidra assured, “I just want to finish with this first.”

“Urg, fine, but once all of this is done, you’re taking a break,” Olivine said.

“Alright,” Poseidra said.

“Now that that’s over with, let’s get that wood and water,” Seishi said, holding out their paws.

“Yep,” Ash said. He and Poseidra took the paws, and for the first time, since he had left Pyrrhia, he was pulled into the shadows left by the torchlight.

Ash looked around, the shadows looked much different from what he remembered. In his time shadows were empty. Now, he could make out a city, and what seemed to be the dead recreation of biomes. It was so full and to Ash it seemed wrong. Ash tried to shake it off, but it might as well have been a part of him.

Poseidra and Seishi noticed what he was doing, Poseidra spoke first, “Ash, is something up?”

“It’s nothing, just different from what I remember,” Ash said, dismissing it, “let’s get that water.”

Seishi opened their mouth to speak but then closed it and shook their head, “yeah, come on, let’s get you to that marsh.”

So the three of them walked. The small group size felt weird to him. He occasionally glanced over at Poseidra who had been watching the dark city for some reason. He was broken from any thoughts when he felt marshy soil under his talons.

“Welp, you two, here we are, the dead marshlands,” Seishi said.

“So, what do the Dead Marshlands do?” Poseidra asked, “the name sounds ominous and this is the BásClaw kingdom, so I don’t trust it.”

“You two’ll be fine as long as you two do what I say,” Seishi said, “so don’t drink the water, don’t stay here too long, don’t follow any animals, and please don’t die in any way shape or form.”

“Why, what’ll happen?” Ash asked, concerned for their safety.

“Let’s just say, if you fail at any of those things, you’ll never leave,” Seishi said, “understood?”

“Yep!” Ash said.

“So did either of you bring something to carry water with?” Seishi asked.

Ash and Poseidra looked at each other then back at Seishi who gave a very audible sigh, “I take it neither of you grabbed something?”

“I didn’t bring anything, and I’m pretty sure we didn’t give Ash anything like that,” Poseidra said.

“Urg, how did you two plan on getting water, without something to hold water in?” Seishi asked.

“I could ask the BásClaws,” Poseidra suggested, “I sort of helped them too.”

“You are a dragon of many mysteries, Poseidra, but sure, go ask a BásClaw for a bucket,” Seishi said, sounding tired of their shit (which was fair).

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[sociieties]

his stomach turns. happy / unhappy. relieved, not. angry, not. seishu says he's in love with him, but why? why, he wonders, and grasp on wrist tightens, sudden as he tugs him closer. ( does he want to kiss him or slap him? ) " why? " again with that question, the one loudest in his mind as he asks through gritted teeth. why? why, why, why, why, why, why -- why now? fuck. anger, " why the fuck would you say that to me? "

why curse him like that, shining something that could be hope in his face as if seishu wasn't the one to walk away. ( maybe not back then, but now, surely. not even five minutes ago when he wasn't even trying to hear what koko had to say, certainly. all those times ago when seishu show face with someone else in hopes of it pissing hajime off and every single time, it worked. )

it's working now, too.

" we're not children anymore, seishu, " name feels like poison on his tongue and hajime ignores it. eyes still search his face, looking for something, anything that says that he's not serious and this is just some sick joke to throw back into his face for whatever sick reason.

" this isn't funny, " but he softens all the same. grip loosens all the same and he still stands close, chest to chest and breathes out, frustrated. " the only thing that could make this worse is if you were a cop. " not because seishi's a good guy now, but because hajime refused to be, not that he has to explain nay of this to him. " don't be stupid, don't do that to yourself. " finally, he lets go of his wrist, frowning into a future they can't have / a life he refuses to drag seishu into. he got out. he should stay out.

" don't -- don't ask me that. " he sighs heavily, looking towards the sky for answers he doesn't get. " you know what i want, and why i can't have it. " because every time he pursues something he truly wants, the world rejects him and the universe reminds him that he can't get what he wants, ever.

it's not very often that koko is surprised - he's been hiding his reactions since they were kids. ( quietly wanting / quietly getting what he wanted. ) inui quite likes it. he huffs out an air of amusement. seishu is greedy / even greedier when it comes to koko. ( he wants and he wants / and if he's got to pop out with someone else to get what he wants from koko than he does. it's simple like that. ) it's what gets him into trouble saying things like they should run off together - give up the gang and the shop - and just be happy, with one another. he wants and he's greedy and koko isn't wrong. " i've tried telling you a million and one times, hajime. " before their lives turned to shit / back when they were younger, back in different gangs / back when they fought together / back when they were on different sides / back when koko left him, because they thought the separation would do them good. ( it didn't. ) he's unbothered, lighter - feeling now, actually. and when koko grabs his wrist, blonde brow lifts as he looks down at it - fingers that circle his own, and back up towards the person he loves the most. " always, stupid. " from when they were children / from when koko first got his tongue pierced and seishu had an identity crisis about the whole thing / from rebuilding the black dragons for koko / to taking more kisses than what was originally planned. / from koko going off with another gang and --- from always. ( always, still. ) " no one else is you, " he says thoughtfully, gaze moving upwards to look at clear sky. " no one is as greedy as you, " except for maybe inui himself, " or steals my food like you, does tarot readings - " not that seishu believes in any of it, but koko does, and seishu believes in koko. " or doesn't really like riding bikes but does it anyways for me, " he glances back down, " or as interesting or intelligent. " he pauses, " you can't just tell me that you're in love with me, hajime and not expect me to reciprocate. what do you want from me ? " he steps closer, head tilting. " you've got to tell me. "

[bpd-seishi]

It’s nice to see you back here! The other day i was thinking about rebirth and the fact that i miss it as well!

aaaaa, yay, i'm so happy to hear that!! i'm really glad i'm not the only one, haha, this series has been such a comfort to me and i'm really happy to return to it, even just temporarily ^-^

[maoam]

how do u explain to anti sns people when they bring up interviews? i'm sns but it's true that in interviews he labelled them as brothers so 😭

I feel sneezemonster15 has talked about this to death (because everyone kept asking her about it lol).

[link] Here's one post from her, I'm too lazy to look for the rest. Except for this bit under:

"Kishi is giving vague ass answers to interviewer's questions about the nature of their relationship. The interviewer is being so insistent but apparently Kishi finds it hard to put in words. More brothers than blood brothers, nice Kish, real smooth. Heh. Strange, for someone who has been writing these characters for such a long time, he certainly is struggling a lot to explain it.

He wouldn't talk about the nature of their relationship explicitly, for obvious reasons. So he is hedging, being careful about how much information he can relay without sounding suspicious. I wish he was as careful talking about Hinata and Sakura in his interviews, calling Sakura a bad word for 'addicted' and openly saying folks like Hinata for her big breasts. Such respect." - sneezemonster15 (I won't link this post because the rest of the post is discussing an article that wasn't even written by Kishimoto so it's irrelevant)

Also this post talks about how Itachi refers to Sasuke as his one and only brother but Sasuke refers to Naruto as his one and only.... friend. While Naruto omits the word friend and just says your one and only. Also if they were brothers they would be referring to each others as such in Boruto and after their fight in general, and they don't. Even Boruto calls Kawaki brother all the time. Naruto and Sasuke don't.

The Seishi interview is misunderstood. He talked about the feeling of empathy, not that Sasuke was modeled after his brother lol. They had a normal sibling relationship, no terrible angst or separation. It should be obvious Naruto and Sasuke's loaded and longing relationship is nothing like Kishi's with his brother. And as mentioned above, Kishi called Naruto and Sasuke closer than blood brothers. So that goes totally against them being him and his brother, who are blood brothers.

This whole discussion is headache inducing because if SS/NH were sensible they would be able to tell Naruto and Sasuke don't act brotherly, and the fact there are so many memes and threads and posts discussing their gayness even outside of shipping circles should be proof enough. But no. They are too heteronormative and too caught up in their wish fulfillment fantasy.

[dragondraken]

hi :D my name is keith and im ur best friend and i would like t t to request bf hcs wif seishu ): plez ): i wuv u

ur welcome for the inupi brainrot and no i’m not sorry HAHAHHAHA also did u notice every single requests u have ever sent has that meme .

BOYFRIEND HEADCANNONS WITH INUPI

so here’s the thing

you love and hate boyfriend inupi

because boyfriend inupi is incredibly

tedious

hes very attentive

he’s quiet which means that rather than talking or being involved he watches and listens

he knows when you’re sad or upset or angry

he isn’t exactly the greatest at helping you deal with those things

but he’s always good at giving you space when you need it

he’s so so considerate

he takes the time to properly understand you and helps you get to the bottom of what you’re feeling

he tries his best to communicate but sometimes he’s bad at it

however

the irritating part is that

you cannot get SHIT past him

you haven’t done your homework? no games or tv until you get it done

havent eaten today? you don’t get a kiss until you eat

“sweetheart did you shower yet like you said you were going to?”

“uh..... yes”

“... let’s go shower together”

boyfriend inupi does not fuck around

he actively helps you try and be your best self and do your best all the time because he’s just so kind like that

he knows you want to succeed and he does his best to help you because he knows sometimes you lose motivation

his way of taking care of you is to make sure you’re taking care of yourself

he has a habit of kissing your little nose

also loves kissing your hand it makes him feel like a gentleman

he likes to cook for you, and when he does he’ll wear a stupid little apron and he makes you set the table for him and expects you to give him cheesy back hugs

he likes it when you fall asleep on him because it means you trust him and feel safe with him

he doesn’t really say i love you often because it’s not words that he just wants to throw around

be he shows you he loves you through little gestures like how he takes care of you

he also writes you little notes or sends texts that r like

“don’t forget to eat today”

he tries really hard not to question you

he has to remind himself a lot that you love him and accept him for who he is

sometimes it’s a little harder but you always reassure him

if theres something that’s bothering him, he won’t just bring it up to you

but if you ask him about it he’ll tell you because he doesn’t want to worry you

let’s just say

other girls don’t even bother looking at him because the entire world knows how whipped seishu inupi is for you

and honestly, he’s glad

he wouldn’t have it any other way

[marshmellowtea]

marshy I swear to god if you don't talk about your "nikei in the re birth kg" au asap, I will cry. (from irlyomiurinikei! also hi ily now go talk about what makes you happy)

FJDFLKJDSFKL @irlyomiurinikei​ HI I’M SORRY FOR NOT RESPONDING RIGHT AWAY PLEASE DON’T CRY :’) 

i probably should do the general seishi+nikei sib headcanons first but screw it we doin’ this out of order lmao 

but honestly i’m,, not really sure what to say? partially because i don’t wanna say too much cuz i,, kind of wanna make a fic of it (but knowing me i’m kind of a disaster when it comes to actually writing so idk hasdfklsjdfl) but also because i haven’t figured everything out yet RIP. i’m more of a broad concept guy, y’know? 

however! i do have some ideas, and i’ll kinda just,, put them here: 

first off, this au is based off miwa’s version and death order because uhhh. yeah lmao 

also my version of seishi is sort of based off voice’s earlier version with a heavy dose of mental health issues and intricacies because what they were planning on doing with his character is absolutely awful and bs okay?? as badly as maki’s character arc was handled, her trauma and recovery (as botched as it was) is infinitely more compelling than just “evil guy does bad things” SO here we go 

i think it’d be interesting if when they run into each other in the school after being apart for a while and their last meeting was uh,, not great. so there’s a lot of emotional baggage there lol 

seishi sees nikei and starts running for him because he’s relieved to see his brother in this weird creepy place and nikei immediately bolts away from him as fast as possible because a b*tch loves avoiding his problems smh 

poor ayumu walks in on them arguing and is immediately exposed to all this family drama can we get an f in the chat 

akira wasn’t planning on having sixteen students in his kg so when he realizes nikei and seishi were siblings he was like “nice let me just put another bed in this room” 

so now they’re back sleeping in the same room again just like when they were kids. send help 

tbh i’m not sure how nikei’s development is gonna go in a killing game without void? obviously he’s not gonna go on like. a murderous revenge planning spree without that stupid wizard there hasdkfjsdlkf. there’ll definitely an arc involving him reconnecting with seishi but other than that nothing’s really planned but i’m working on it okay 

even though there’s still some hard feelings between the two of them i feel like with nikei being the only one knowing seishi’s secret he would have some protectiveness over him, y’know? 

he’s a good brother he just won’t admit it 

he probably has a rivalry with mikoto because how dare she stalk his brother and be “suspicious” of him i mean she has good reasons for it of course but still hdlfkajsdlfkdsf

and seishi is definitely protective over nikei. fight me if you don’t think seishi’s the loyal type okay 

i have like. ideas with seishi being a little trigger happy and self-sacrificing on nikei’s behalf and nikei’s just like “uhhh what did they do to you were you always this messed up??” 

also. something something seiyumu cuz you can pry them from my cold, dead hands (but obviously they don’t get together like. right off the bat or anything that’s not healthy. there’s a process, pfft) 

they’re both gonna have their own story going on but a lot of the focus is on them rekindling their siblingship because i’m. weak 

that’s probably all i should say for now because it’s getting late and i need to get to bed lol. i’ll definitely probably talk about it later and maybe write it but we’ll see haha- BUT tysm for letting me babble about it aaaaAAAAAAA 

[sneezemonster15]

i sort of get weirded out when u say kishi intended to depict naruto and sasuke as gay. Because theres a whole authentic interview where he says he based the sns bond on the bond he had with his brother seishi. He had an emotional attachment with them and couldnt put the feelings into words because of that immense attachment. What do u think?

Hmm. I think you lack basic comprehension and common sense. I know this sounds rude but I don't even care. I have written many times about the whole thing, IN GREAT DETAIL. If you have really consumed my content, like you say you have, you should know. I am not even going to link you to the relevant content here to answer your ask. You find it on your own. I put enough energy and resources to write this blog and tag it properly. I do my part. You do yours. Happy New Year.

[strawberry-dangancanons]

r, rin,, seishi and marin friendship headcanons,, hand them over— (from i bet u can guess who uwu)

well, since the very mysterious anon said that i must hand them over, let’s get down to business with this right away!

under the cut they gooo~

if you didn’t happen to know this fact already, it’s universal law that marin and seishi are best friends across all timelines!

since it’s a personal headcanon of mine that seishi’s a lil bit of a tsundere, marin would 100% playfully tease him about his crushes

and like a classic tsundere, seishi always becomes a bright red and extremely pouty ;w;

the two absolutely would snack on dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets together.

never leave these two alone with stickers. ever.

the others once made this fatal mistake, and they came back to see marin, seishi, and the whole entire dining hall covered in stickers. 

randomly, marin tends to surprise seishi with gifts that are usually plushies, gel pens, small snack foods, or stuff that she finds interesting at the dollar store >w

these two nerds also tend to nap together while platonically cuddling!

and as one can expect, this is one the cutest things ever.

marin’s kinda like seishi’s personal cheerleader cuz she encourages and cheers him on, even with the smallest of things. 

“c’mon, sei sei! big sis knows you can do it!! >w

“mizuta-san, i’m just sharpening a pencil-”

in a nutshell, these two are absolutely adorable babies and the best of friends and i love them.

[incorrect-drrb-quotes]

Maiko: Time sensitive question how flirt boy

Akira: Throw rocks at he

Mitsunari: Hot dogs

Seishi: Kill him

Maiko: Thanks guys

[wintergojo]

cherry blossom (dad!gojo x mom!reader) [modern au]

synopsis: gojo spends four days of lockdown with his family.

tags: no curses au, covid era, fluff, slice of life, domesticity, college professor gojo, college professor reader, working from home, kissing, gojo jr. loving his parents too much

wc: 2.2k

navi

note: apparently japan didn’t enforce lockdown during the outbreak of covid in 2020, but i'm gonna say they did to make this fic work lmao.

sunday

"what about this, baby?” you held up a flashcard showing a cute cartoon white jellyfish with light blue spots sporting two sparkly eyes and a cat smile, the characters ‘jellyfish’ printed below in black ink.

seishiro stands in front of your sitting form on the round fur carpet, staring intently at the flashcard while holding his panda stuffed toy.

his face lights up after a while, grinning with his milk teeth as he answers, "jewifishies!"

you pinch his chubby cheek. "great job, seishi! and where can you find jellyfishies?"

"mr. sea!"

"that's right! aaaand this…?"

you were shuffling the cards in your hand trying to find another animal when you suddenly heard the door click. you paid it no mind, you know it's your husband coming back from buying groceries to stock up, but you can't greet him from the door as usual.

your toddler begged to differ though.

seishiro was no longer standing in front of you in less than a second, prompting you to swiftly stand up and get to the genkan when you heard running little footsteps against the hardwood floor followed by "dada!!"

"no, seishi!"

"dumpling, stop!"

you grabbed your son away from almost touching his virus-laden father, maybe a little too roughly, because he started crying (which doesn't happen a lot) as you carried him and walked away from the front door.

"shh, baby. i'm sorry. mama didn't mean to hurt you." you rub his slightly red little arms before wiping away his tears, kissing his forehead in the process.

seishiro hiccups and sniffs. "mama and dada… shouted at seishi…" he weakly responds, burying his head on your neck.

you feel your heart break as you apologize once more to your baby, explaining that you both didn't mean to raise your voice at him as well as why he couldn't touch dada if he's from the outside.

since the pandemic just started in japan, your 29-month-old baby has not yet fully grasped the concept of what was happening outside the comfort of his home, why the three of you can't go to the supermarket together (or anywhere, for that matter), and why every day is not playtime even though both of his parents are home.

while you were talking with your son, satoru disinfects the bags of groceries and himself in the doorway, making sure every inch has been sprayed before going to the kitchen and putting the bags on the counter.

he passes through the open door frame leading to the living room on his way to the bathroom and sees you cuddling the dumpling on your lap while wiping his tears. seishiro spots him instantly, pouty lips jutting more.

satoru exaggeratingly pulls his lips down and dramatically bats his eyelashes at the toddler, before raising his right arm and making grabby hands in the same manner. seishiro cries again upon seeing his father's fake sad face as he unsuccessfully attempts to get out of your hold and run to your husband.

the older man flashes the both of you a grin as he puts his arm down and sends a flying kiss. "dada will hug you in a while, dumpling! just wait for a few minutes, okay?"

your husband makes his way to the bathroom without waiting for response, leaving you to calm the crying baby in your arms once again.

you brought your sniffling toddler into the kitchen and sat him on the counter, before asking him to help you take the groceries out as a poor attempt to distract the toddler from his father's momentary absence.

you were in the middle of explaining to the curious boy what you use the bottle of sake he's holding for when your husband suddenly appeared on the door, freshly showered and snowy hair still damp.

"dada's here now!" satoru cheerfully exclaims, comically walking towards seishiro with his arms wide open.

"dada!!" the toddler automatically stands up from his sitting position and hops into his father's hug, wrapping his own arms tightly around the taller man's neck.

"my precious dumpling! did you miss dada?"

satoru feels his son nodding against the junction of his neck, before the boy raises his head and presses a wet kiss on his father's rosy lips.

you see your husband's ocean eyes change into something with a mischievous glint as he starts exchanging kisses with your baby (meaning just them kissing each other alternately on different parts of their face).

you watch their dramatics with a sardonic smile. satoru has been literally away for three hours tops and they were playing together before he left, yet your baby boy produced so much tears upon not getting to embrace his father after he has been away for a few hours.

your husband looks at you after getting his love (and saliva) all over his dumpling’s face and vice versa, before smiling slyly as he slowly walks towards you. he wraps his other arm not holding your baby around your waist, making seishiro instantly frown over the display.

“did mama miss me too?” he asks, leaning in to press his lips on yours but is stopped by a loaf of bread getting shoved in between you and him. you both turn to look at the little white-haired culprit, who flashes you both a very toothy smile he knows both his parents can’t resist.

seishiro lets out a sheepish hehe before making grabby motions at you and wiggling out of his father’s hold. you take him from your husband, and your baby immediately presses a loud kiss on your lips, earning him a whine from his father.

monday

“yuuji-kun, tell me what you know about bioremediation.” satoru says, looking at the pink, spiky-haired teenager wolfing down his snack (it’s 2 p.m.) consisting of fried rice and egg on his screen. your husband allows his students to eat in the middle of classes even before they had to switch online, and that has not changed even now.

“yes, sensei!” yuuji replies, motioning a brief salute before drinking a glass of water and proceeding to his answer.

satoru listens intently until the teen finishes answering, about to call another student when the door suddenly opens and a cheerful miniature gojo satoru appears into his camera.

“dada!! seishi is done napping!” the toddler says before holding onto satoru’s thighs and climbing onto his father’s lap. your husband’s momentary surprise faded when his students suddenly opened their microphones and cooed, some even greeting the baby verbally and on chat.

satoru clicks the “stop video” option and presses alt + a to turn his microphone off before facing the child on his lap.

“dumpling, dada’s at work.” he says, darting his pupils to the powerpoint presentation and the students on his screen who are now spamming the chat demanding for him to turn his camera back on and show his son.

said son looks at him sadly, “but seishi wants to play with dada...”

your husband’s face fell, slowly starting to share his son’s emotions.

“don’t you wanna have fun with mama? dada will join soon.”

“nooo. seishi don’t want to wake up mama.” the boy sulkily responds, bending down and tucking his head on satoru’s stomach.

he sighs. you’re probably resting after your noon class. the lockdown’s probably starting to take a toll on you (what with work and a super energetic toddler, also your husband, 24/7) and he’s been noticing that you’re getting a lot more tired faster than usual.

“how about the playroom? you have lots of toys there!”

seishiro raises his head up and looks at his father, then shifts it back to where it was. “no…”

“dumpling…”

the boy in his lap sits up straight again, gazing at his father with the puppiest eyes he has ever seen. damn. is this how you feel when both of them flashes you that look? he already knows he won’t be able to say no to whatever his dumpling’s about to ask.

“can seishi have long huggies?” he asks instead, opening his short arms outward.

oh no. his dumpling is asking for cuddles and satoru is a huge fool for his son and he knows he can’t resist him.

but he must.

his class is still ongoing and it’s been minutes since he got interrupted. there are students relying on the wisdom and knowledge (not really) of their great teacher.

“seishi can after dada finishes teaching. have long huggies with mama first, okay?”

“noo!! seishi wants dada.” he firmly huffs, now completely sulking with arms crossed in front of his chest.

your husband contemplates. he’s starting to not care about his classes and just cuddle with his little dumpling for the rest of the lockdown.

the older man was snapped out of his thoughts with a highly familiar sassy voice. "senseei, just hold your dumpling while teaching. give him his huggies. we'd rather see a cute baby than an old man anyways." it was nobara.

satoru whips his head to the zoom, wondering how she knew about those huggies (the dumpling stuff he wasn't, everyone knows that's what your husband calls your son). he saw that his microphone wasn't turned off and that his students all probably heard his whining baby and their professor compromising with said baby.

seishiro looks in the same direction as his father, giggling and pointing at the screen as he recognizes the ginger-haired girl with a shopping mall as her background. "pwetty nee-chan!!"

nobara smirks upon being called by the baby and your husband lets out his last defeated sigh. he opens his camera back on, genuinely a little hurt by that "old man" comment but delighted nevertheless by how his students like his child.

"your wish is my command. just don't tell the yaga about this." satoru then settles seishiro properly on his lap, holding him with his left arm while the other hand controls his mouse.

he hears and sees his students say "yeees" or "hi baby!" while he's telling his dumpling to teach nee-chans and nii-chans with him.

your son's sulky demeanor is now replaced with his usual cheerfulness, although he's rather well-behaved on satoru's lap and content with wrapping his arms around his father's neck and resting his head against his chest.

your husband resumes where he left, discussing the concepts of bioremediation while rubbing seishiro's back in an attempt to get him back to slumber. he noticed some students looked less like zombies now that he's teaching with a sweet baby in his arms.

tuesday

it's been two hours since the three of you ate dinner, one and a half hours since your husband and son went into the toddler's playroom, and 15 minutes since seishiro yawned and told his dada he feels sleepy.

he couldn't remember the last time he tucked his son into bed. was it three weeks ago? a month ago? he wasn't sure.

he admired his son for a while. imprinting every detail of his sleeping face into his mind. how his dumpling's long arctic eyelashes rest against his cheekbones, how cute and boopable his little nose looks, how his rosy lips he uses to kiss both of you and express his love are slightly open to release carbon dioxide.

and most especially how his small chubby hands keep instinctively holding his big ones tighter whenever he attempts to move away.

so he doesn't. the father closes his eyes and leans down to put his head on his son's chest. trying to memorize the steady beat of the boy's heart that he and his wife made.

he's definitely never going to stay late at the university again.

wednesday

it's early morning, your husband has no class (he only has to grade papers he's not in the mood to read), your first class is two hours before lunchtime, which is why he has not gotten out of bed nor woken you despite being up for 10 minutes now.

he woke up early out of habit and he can't go back to sleep, so resorts to watching you sleep in his arms and ponder how much he loves waking up to see your face and your hair splayed out on the pillows.

you would usually be awake at this time too, but classes yesterday must have tired you out more than usual (understandable, you're both still adjusting to this kind of setup).

your husband presses a chaste kiss on your lips before getting up, tiptoeing out of the room, and going into seishiro's. satoru then quietly enters his son's huge crib, kisses him on his forehead, then oh so gently lifts him up and carries him bridal style. just like he does whenever his dumpling falls asleep watching television.

he then lays the sleeping angel next to the angel's goddess of a slumbering mother. you instinctively wrap your arm around your son's little form as soon as his skin touches yours, and seishiro mumbles "wuv mama".

satoru smiles, enjoying the hues of pink and purple slowly illuminating the room as he watches his two favorite people in the world.

ps. i firmly believe that gojo is deeply concerned about global warming & climate change so if he's not a sorcerer he'd teach something related to the environment (u can't change my mind).

thank you so much for reading! feedback and rbs are highly appreciated! 😚😚