#shiki

[thehauntedhousewife]

Shiki.

I'd recommend watching Shiki (both seasons to the full end, trust me) if you can get your hands on it

thinking again about vampirism as disability

[bl00dyghoul2]

[melonchews]

[dwgarrettart]

Title: Shiki Ikebana - Flower Arrangements of the Dead Size: 24x36" canvas with acrylic paint. Description: This painting features a skull surrounded by nature, symbolizing the cycle of death and rebirth.

[sitraxis]

Make a Wish 🕯️(Happy Birthday, Shiki!)

Hi-Res on Kofi | Also on Twitter

[roabe]

Shiki redux

[sy5tem3rr0r]

Shout out to

Shout out to whatever this genre of girl is

[whoishotteranimepolls]

"Who's Hotter?" Anime Vampires

[coffindollie]

𝔪𝔢𝔤𝔲𝔪𝔦 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔷𝔲 - 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔨𝔦 (2010)

[lunierunie]

Yeh… I still have terrible taste as usual…

[limsaetheryte]

meow

[fossuchi]

it hurts my heart how non-recent anime that fill up my whole heart at a single thought just aren't on most new and/or young anime fans' radar

the feeling of comfort i get from remembering some older anime spreads from my heart all the way to my brain with a rush of "why hasn't everyone watched this"

but also most people watch a normal amount of shows so

started listing off all the anime in the tags in this post but that was an unreadable block of text can the whole worl please just watch everything in the tags

[chirpingchorus]

I’ve been thinking about similarities between Shiki and Joshua. During the events of TWEWY, both of them are deceiving others with their appearances and personalities, and they both know it. Joshua has more control over this than Shiki, but regardless…

Neither of them want to be themselves. I’d say they both loathe themselves, really. Shiki envies everything Eri is and does, and is glad at first to be someone else. Joshua’s disillusionment and dissatisfaction with the city is closely tied to his understanding of himself; he is its Composer, as well as someone quite similar to Neku, the proxy he’s chosen to represent the city.

After their time with Neku, they value themselves more as individuals. To Neku, it doesn’t matter what Shiki looks like or what Joshua’s done. (Well, that last one matters a little, but not as much as it probably should.) He cares for them and trusts them all the same.

And it’s all so beautifully connected, because it’s Joshua’s fault that Neku’s in the game and met Shiki, and Shiki’s why Neku learned to open up, rendering him able to connect with Joshua. Neku passed from one pretender to another, and they never interacted, but they did, in a way.

What really gets me about this comparison, though, is how they differ in the ending. Shiki’s at Hachiko with Neku and everyone else. Neku invites Joshua, but he doesn’t come. From Shiki’s perspective, Neku hasn’t seen the worst of her until he’s seen the real her. Joshua? I can’t imagine there’s anything worse Neku could learn about Joshua… But he doesn’t show. Maybe he’s not able to, and maybe he doesn’t want to. If the wiki is to be believed, Mr. H’s “Some people can’t take no for an answer” in the secret ending was originally about Joshua needing to be honest with how he feels. I like to think about what that localization could have meant, though; try and connect the two ideas.

Some people can’t believe it when someone says, “No, I don’t want you dead, not even after everything you’ve done. No, I couldn’t kill you to save the city, even if you killed me and you’d do it again. No, I can’t forgive you for what you put me through, but I do trust you. And despite it all, I’d like to see you again.” Whether he looks “down” (ENG) or “lonely” (JP), something about the Hachiko reunion’s made Joshua sad. But he won’t do anything about it. He can’t be honest with himself and do what (I imagine) he wants to do. Shiki’s able to move past her self-hatred if it means doing what she wants to and reaching out to Neku. Joshua isn’t. He’s much better now in terms of self-worth than he was three weeks before, but there are some things you have to settle on your own. Some people can’t take no for an answer, even when that’s the answer they want to hear more than anything else.

IN CONCLUSION: I think Shiki and Joshua should be bestest friends and go to the mall and make fun of Neku’s clothing forever and ever and give each other advice of varying quality. PLEASE.

[callmemerry00]

Nekogawa in his CG be like: Oh you don't like my service? Then how about...FANSERVICE!

[ravewoodx]

Eden zero chapter 221

[pizcesar]

mm mmm mmm mom?