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helter-skelter-re · 6 years ago

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Thoughts on Furuta's character arc as an almost complete whole?

I don’t even know where to start. Furuta has one ofthe best character arc I know, his great complexity and gradually revealingfacts about him are things that I love about him.

Let’s start from the beginning then.

We saw his face for the first time back in theoriginal manga when Touka mistook him for Kaneki at Kami university. I bet thatno one thought that it would be a main antagonist later (personally I didn’tthink about that).

We have much more Furuta in the manga while Roseextermination arc. Firstly shown as a kind investigator and obedient to hisboss, Kijima Shiki. Not much later we see his completely opposite face. Furutadoesn’t hesitate to use one of his workmates as a meat shield and while killingMatsumae he apologizes Tsukiyama (using his nickname known at ghoul restaurant,Mr. MM, implying he knew him from that place). It was a complete mindfuck forme back then, and I guess it was the moment I really got invested in thatcharacter.

Another big point in his character development can benoticed in Post-Rose Extermination arc when he talks to Eto in her cell. Wefinally got a confirmation that he is actually one of the clowns, Souta (Ithink Ishida-sensei did it very smartly and in a right moment, because manyfans suspected it anyway back then) and we got a hint that he’s related toWashuu clan somehow (which caused many new theories, I personally wassuspecting he’s Yoshitoki’s son, only time showed up later that I was so wrong:D)

The meeting with Eto triggered him so much, revealing hisworst traits: bad temper and misogyny. It didn’t make me dislike this characterthough, it raised even more questions in my head why he’s like that. A shortmemory caused by Eto’s words showed his connections with Rize when they werekids. It didn’t answer to those questions yet.

Next, Third Cochlea Raid arc was a peak of developinghis character. Furuta is a master of a comedy here, he’s fooling around Eto,Kaneki and V agents. He wasn’t bothered by a broken tooth (that he put on hisplace right away, implying he’s more than a simple human). He performed Nimudash and claimed that all he wants is superpeace (readers may or may notbelieve that it’s his true motive). I guess it was the best time for all Furutafans, I remember a massive amount of memes and chatting about him back then, ohsweet memories. Anyway back to the subject, we got a real bomb at that moment,a confirmation that Furuta is actually a one-eyed ghoul. Ishida-sensei in a perfectway showed us a duality of this character in that one picture, a real milestoneI think.

Another significant moment in his character arc, wasdeclaring himself as the Washuu. He took the power over CCG, assassinating hisown biological father, Tsuneyoshi. What for? As turned out later, it was a partof his master plan. Soon after, there was also revealed his motive: to be withRize and have a bunch of children. Again, it was so well-written that leftreaders with only assumptions: was he serious or was it some kind of metaphor?

Furuta is a real mastermind in this part of a story,he manipulates investigators at the same time plotting with the Clowns. Itreally makes you think: which side is Furuta? I don’t think he’s on anybody’sside, he’s fully on his side, trying to accomplish his own goals. He doesn’treally care about his family, work mates, clowns, ghouls, humans.

During Clown Seige arc he was shown as a great,charismatic leader, leading CCG to the success. If only somebody was aware itwas his well-prepared plan! Again, his double personality is well showed.

After Clown Siege, Furuta shows his comedy side to allCCG while a promotion ceremony. I guess he finally got confident enough to doit. He also changes his name to Kichimura Washuu. He presented the Oggaichildren and now everything became clear what did he mean by having kids withRize. He proclaimed a complete annihilation of ghouls and reaches his goal inalmost 100%. He became a real celebrity. It only shows up how much personalcharm and magnetism he has, that he appealed to so many people. And he workedfor it from the very beginning. On the other hand, it makes me think how onearth so many people are willing to follow a person who has such a destructiveimpulses to destroy a whole kind? In the end it was him who brought a real disasterupon a Tokyo: Kaneki turning into a Dragon. From now on anybody can become aghoul by infecting with a poison released by the monsters coming out of theDragon.

Finally, he meets with Kaneki. Furuta is reallysurprised to see him alive, but is it for real, or is it just an act? I’m surethat you can except anything when it comes to this character. I think that thismeeting was planned by Ishida-sensei long before. Like the ultimate clash ofmain protagonist and antagonist. It has to be epic. And it is: we finally see Furuta’skakuja and his real motives. Thanks to the flashbacks we can see he was a verypromising investigator, the best child of Sunlit Garden, he was even comparedto Arima. He was loved and loved others. So what happened? I can’t imaginewhat’s going on in a mind of a child when they discover they won’t live long.The feeling that you are cursed because of your blood, because you were born inthis one particular family, not in the other. How is to lose the friend thatyou loved? Furuta knows the answers to all those questions. As a kid he decidedto have as much fun as he can during his short life. His definition of fun israther unconventional, but that doesn’t bother him. He just wants to createruckus and doesn’t care about consequences. He’s like a person with a deadlydisease and wants to live his life to the fullest. He’s fully aware that he would neveraccomplish what he truly wants (that is settling down with Rize, I guess that’sit from the last chapter). He knows it would never worked out. Does it justifyhis actions? No. But I can understand his motives and I think it’s believable.

In my opinion Furuta has one of the best character arcI know. I absolutely adore this character and his development. I’m aware of hisflaws but I think they made him only more interesting character. I love thefact that we know so little about him in the beginning. Revealing that we knewhim sooner as Souta was just a damn clever of Ishida-sensei. Getting know allhis secrets was a great fun (especially when Furuta got troll mode) andsometimes even a shock. I don’t know what happens with Furuta after chapter174, the situation doesn’t look good for him, but it can be anything. I justcan’t give up on this character, I want see him to rehabilitate, maybe evensomeone could discover a cure for him so he could live longer and find apositive goal in his life? That’s what I hope for, but I know that Tokyo Ghoulis a tragedy and Ishida-sensei loves plot twists so I can’t really predict afuture. I just can’t imagine this story without him.

I’m sorry for such a late reply, it took some time until I got written down all my thoughts about him! Anyway, thank you for the ask! ^^

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clearui · 7 years ago

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神凪ノ杜 / Kannagi no Mori [Characters]

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"There are lots of things I don't understand. I may cause inconvenience, but I'll do my best."

木南瑞希 / Kinami Mizuki (Name can be altered.)

Likes: Aji-furai Hobby: Playing Go

High school second year. Since early age, she can see what people normally could not see, but she listened what her mother taught her and hid it. She is not good at being open, but she is decisive especially in holding her own opinion.

Additional Information ◆ Birthday: November 18th ◆ Height: 158cm

"Even without parents, you still can live the same life as when your parents were still here...... at least that's what I think."

仁科直 / Nishina Nao CV. Umehara Yuuichiro Capturable in Youko-kitan

Likes: Elaborate or unusual food Hobby: Cooking

Third year high school student who possesses spiritual power. He doesn't like interacting with others, but he has a serious and straightforward personality. He is in charge of Nanjou family's finance and food. He is told to take care of the heroine by her grandfather.

Additional Information ◆ Birthday: March 5th ◆ Height: 177cm

"It's been a while. I'm glad to meet you again."

沢木宋太 / Sawaki Souta CV. Yashiro Taku Capturable in Youko-kitan

Likes: Ramen Hobby: Occasionally playing with Aoi

Second year high school student who possesses spiritual power. He has excellent grades and sportsmanship. He is always liked by everyone around him due to his considerate nature to others and his bright smile. When he was younger, he went to the same grade school as the heroine.

Additional Information ◆ Birthday: August 10th ◆ Height: 174cm

"The work of Yorozu-ayakashi is not a charity work. If you just want to help people, do it elsewhere."

市丸 / Ichimaru CV. Okitsu Kazuyuki Capturable in Youko-kitan

Likes: Udon Hobby: Reading

A spiritualist who has taken care of the heroine's grandfather, the current Yorozu-yoya for several years. He has a high self-esteem and hates to lose. He does not stay with people, he is often alone.

Additional Information ◆ Birthday: April 1st ◆ Height: 180cm

"It's alright...... I'm here."

旭 / Asahi CV. Eguchi Takuya Capturable in Ryuujin-kitan

Likes: none Hobby: none

A shiki-ou belonging to the heroine's grandfather. Even though his words are big and cold, but his heart is really gentle and kind. He was the person who took the heroine to Ugetsu village.

Additional Information ◆ Birthday: May 12th ◆ Height: 173cm

"Who are you!? Get away from her right now!"

日向 / Hinata CV. Kakihara Tetsuya Capturable in Ryuujin-kitan

Likes: What the heroine makes (especially meat dishes) Hobby: Strolling, basking under the sun

A dog spirit. He has been living with the heroine since she was young. He cares about the heroine and always stays by her side. He does not laugh often thanks to his grumpy attitude.

Additional Information ◆ Birthday: July 2nd ◆ Height: 169cm

"Now, it's pretty sudden, but cute little girl, would you tell me your name?"

東雲 / Shinonome CV. Matsuoka Yoshitsugu Capturable in Ryuujin-kitan

Likes: Daylight, sweets Hobby: Watching sports channels while eating sweets in the room

Tsukumo-gami that suddenly appeared in front of the heroine. He is a lazy person who is self-paced and he loves to eat. He always has problems with her grandfather because he always tries to escape. He is kind to girls, though he can be a little over-familiar.

Additional Information ◆ Birthday: June 6th ◆ Height: 182cm

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Translated by clearui

#rui translates #matatabi #kannagi no mori #otome #otome game #otoge #character info

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kaibutsushidousha · 7 years ago

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What is the type of characters that you hate? (Feel free to show examples)

Now that’s a really interesting ask. I never expect I would ever get to talk in lenght about the concept of character hate and that’s a really fun subject to tackle. The read more here is because the answer is very, very long, not because it has explicit V3 spoilers. It does have chapter 1 spoilers, but only at the last paragraph and with a warning beforehand.

There’s not really any “type” of characters I inherently hate. It’s difficult to create something completely original when almost everything have already been done, so all characters tend to fit into archetypes, but any mildly competent writer will make their character grow beyond their archetype. Of course, I’m not saying it’s not impossible to create unique characters. Iruma, for example, is a character I can’t think of any character similar to her. It also doubles as an example of how this sort of uniqueness doesn’t make your character automatically good.

Anyways, as you want examples, my approach to this question is to name 4 archetypes I dislike, give examples of good characters who overcame their unlikable archetype and tell how them did. But before that I’ll have to say that bad archetypes never make me truly hate a character. When I see a character on an archetype I don’t like, I just don’t care about the character initially. I can’t bring myself to hate it because I believe in the character’s potential to become much more than what they were introduced at. And if they don’t by the end of the story, I have no reason to start caring about them now of all times. After I’m done with this for bad archetype examples, I tell you what you need to really make me hate a character.

Example 1) I don’t like rude/brute characters, specially when they are not villains. This is very broad and nearly omnipresent, so it’s hard to think of specific examples, so let’s go with the basic DanganRonpa. The brutest characters in the franchise are Oowada, Kuzuryuu, Owari, Sakakura and Momota. I’m not counting Iruma here because is a completely different brand of rude. I also don’t think I need to talk about Sakakura because almost every reacted to him the same way I did, so we’re left with the other 4.

Out of all of them, I feel like Owari is the only one who didn’t manage to grow over her archetype. In fact, I feel like her further character construction only made her worse, for reasons I talked about just yesterday. Oowada and Kuzuryuu however, managed to become one of my favorite characters of their respective games. Momota didn’t go that far, but he is pretty good too.

Oowada is definitely brute and angry and it shows, but he is ultimately a character defined by his inner weakness and put directly into constract against the small and frail Fujisaki’s courage and the breaking point of his story comes from internally admiting defeat against Fujisaki. The tropes I don’t like were put into good use and resulted into a brilliant and emotionally strong story that would be impossible without it.

Kuzuryuu earned mostly by being a character defined by his kindness and how that contrasts with the position he is supposed to fill, but I’ll go in more detail about him when I talk about Peko.

Momota is the least good out of the three, mostly because he doesn’t stray too far from the hero archetype, although he is well used in the good parts of it (mainly being inspirational) and gets a lot of character value out of his interactions with Ouma.

Example 2) Blindly obedient characters. Usually soldiers and maids. This terrible archetype is an easy excuse to make a character’s motivations less personal and they very often tend to feel emotionless. DanganRonpa has easy and convenient examples of characters who didn’t grow beyond the archetype in, you guessed it by the second sentence in the example, Mukuro and Toujou. For the good examples of this, I’ll go with Hisui from Tsukihime and, as I mentioned before, Peko.

Hisui is a character very frequently described by Shiki’s narration as emotionless and machine-like at first, but we as her character is further constructed, we learn that that’s not how she naturally acts and she has very emotinally impactful reasons to act like that. Not to mention she is a central part of Kohaku’s (my favorite character ever) motivations, so I’m naturally inclined to like her by proxy as well.

Peko is most likely the most interesting example in this entire list because the great writing rised a character to my overall top 10 favs at the time(currently still on the 11-20 line) by making good use of archetypical tropes I usually hate. Sure, she was initially present as a type of character I like a lot with only a last minute reveal that she was the archetype I don’t like, but her situation as part of this archetype only made her character extremely better. Peko avoids the pitfalls of the emotionless servant and takes a very unique and unusual twist on the archetype by being the blindly obedient servant of someone who really doesn’t want a blindly obedient servant. As she takes no orders from Kuzuryuu, she has to act based on what she thinks Kuzuryuu wants and she can be wrong about it, as her chapter is a huge evidence of. Her being forced to interpret Kuzuryuu is even more excellent due to what makes Kuzuryuu himself great on his own. Kuzuryuu is defined as someone who is too kind to be a yakuza boss but still has to fill that role while maintaining the image and reputation that clashes with his essence and that conflict is passed down to Peko as well, because she is very aware of that and has to choose between acting based on the wants of who Kuzuryuu truly is or who Kuzuryuu is trying to be. Every single part of Peko’s writing is genius.

3) Yanderes. This one should be self-explanatory, but also come as surprise due to my love for many other obsessive characters. Yanderes are bad because their obsession is specifically with love and their definition of love is completely different from mine. Yanderes are usually associated with a possessive and jealous personality that wants to keep the target only for themselves regardless of how they feel about it. I see love in many definitions, but mainly as being happy with someone else’s happiness, so I think love-centric characters should be selflessly dedicated to make the “target” happy. I’m a huge sucker for characters in one-sided relationships who support their target in a two-sided with someone else and that’s the main reason I tend to say I prefer one-sided shipps (provided the target doesn’t hate the character in love).

Examples of yanderes I like include Sakura Matou from Fate/stay Night and Mikan Tsumiki. Both have superb backstories establishing them as emotionally dependant, their dependancy is not limited to their yandere traits and their properly treat as creepy, if not outright evil for this behaviour. Bonus points for Sakura for being a rare case were an eroge heroine is the main villain of her own route.

As much as I don’t want to compliment Idol Death Game TV, Rito Karasuma from it and Mukae Emukae from Medaka Box are also excellent example of likable yanderes for a different reason. They both are extremely obsessive but they lack the possessiveness that make yanderes suck. On the contrary, they agree with me on what love should be like and are insanely dedicated to their target’s happiness.

Rito takes part on the Dream of Dream not to win, but to make Ayaka win, because she strongly believes Ayaka is the best idol ever, so everyone else should also get to see how great she is and admire her as much as Rito does. Even after she discovers this actually a death game, she still focused only on making Ayaka win and is perfectly willing to give up her own life for it. Rito’s smile in her route’s secret ending when you make Ayaka win is easily one of the best moments in that shitty game. Rito’s character as whole is a great treasure found in a garbage pit.

As for Emukae, she gets a great character arc about her learning more about Zenkichi’s character during their times together and ultimately decided to support him in his relationship with Medaka. She is exactly the type of character I described here above.

As exemplified with those two, yandere and blindly obedient servant are two archetypes I really dislike, but they go extremely well together, almost completely compensating for each others flaws. The yandere being dedicated to target’s wants eliminates the unlikable possessivity elements and the obsessive yandere passion eliminates the emotionlessness factor and makes the servant character motivations extremely personal. Not to mention the extent of the yandere’s dedication leads to awesome feats like Rito’s “Ayaka-chan is too nervous to perform this show, I should burn the closest building to cancel it” moment and Emukae’s first confession to Zenkichi, which is easily Medaka Box’s most iconic page and my go-to example for when people ask me what Medaka Box is like.

4) Self-insert characters. I never felt like any narrative ever benefitted from immersion or generic “relatability” (relatibility to more unique personal experiences is a different matter though) and that feels like a really lazy excuse not to write your protagonist. There’s really no saving this one, but I really love characters who look like self-inserts at first but then are revealed not to be. The first examples that come to mind are Hajime Hinata, Souta Mizushino from Re:Creators, Shirou Emiya and Shiki Toono from Type-Moon and to some extent Kaede Akamatsu as well.

Proper self-inserts are never good, but they can be at least tolerable if they are being used to make a point. For example, Naegi is literally anyone to push the idea that literally anyone can defeat despair if they are at least a bit optimistic, or Ritsuka Fujimaru is a stand-in for humanity because Fate/Grand Order is a story about celebrating humanity throughout history and about humanity as species surpassing its challenges.

Now let’s move on to what makes me hate a character. As I said, if the character is part of an archetype I dislike and don’t go into a likable direction, I’ll just not care about them, so how do you make me hate a character? Easy, you first bring me to care about the character then take them in a completely unlikable and disappointing direction. Almost all of the characters I truly hate are characters I used to love at some point. If you have been following my blog for a long time, you saw it happen with Angie and Shinguuji. Giving a TLDR answer to the initial question, the type of I character I can hate is: the type of character I can like.

Now let’s move to the example part, let’s give 3 examples of really awful directions you can take your character.

1) Make your character have completely stupid, unreasonable and poorly justified actions and make them to central and relevant to the character to ignore. As for examples, we have the aforementioned Shinguuji and Angie, both who I already explained about.

2) Center your character around a mystery and give that mystery a really underwhelming answer and reveal it in a uncerimonious way that feels like it never really mattered to begin with, then make it never centrally relevant to the character.

An example of this character anti-climax is Phi from Zero Escape. She clearly knows a lot more than she should and seems very involved with the plot, but we can never know exactly why because of VLR’s terrible decision of making the ending a complete sequel hook. Next game, Phi is completely sidelined, the answer to her mystery is revealed (technically) without her presence, it more about Delta than about her even thought she had an entire game of pointless build-up about it, we never get a scene of her reacting to it nor her relation to Delta ever matters to ever matter to anything.

3) Suddenly throw your character into an archetype I dislike. Obviously Peko is an exception to that and is the only one remember right now.

An example where it didn’t benefit the character is Arcueid Brunestud from Tsukihime. Arc is really great in her own route. She is a fun airhead, smart and badass when needed, has a good character arc about her growing humanity and a great dynamic with Shiki. Then the next route we play is Ciel’s. There we see how Arcueid is like when she doesn’t have Shiki’s preference and, guess what, she turns out have been a possessive yandere all along. An overpowered possessive yandere who usurps the role of final boss of the route when it should be Shiki and Ciel’s histories as Roa. I’m glad we never get to see her in any of the next routes.

Another very interesting example is Akane Kurashiki from the Zero Escape escape series, because she incorporates multiples of the 3 examples above at the same, shows how not even my absolute favs are safe from dropping with further characterization and how recovery is always possible down the line.

After I finished 999, I loved Akane’s character to the point she rose to becoming my overall second favorite character. Then we got the unfortunate sequel that was Virtue’s Last Reward. There Akane is quite different. She is not a servant character but she has the exact same problems I have with them. Her very personal story from 999 is replaced with a very unpersonal “save the world” storyline and she acts completely emotionless, even to Junpei, to the point it feels like her fun personality from 999 was just an act to get Junpei to work the way he needed to. (Example 3)

At the end of the game, we get also get some final exposition from Junpei saying that all timelines still exists, his times with Quark will still remain some even if that idea of creating a “perfect timeline“ goes right. What does that mean for Akane’s character? It means she her “heroic“ efforts to fix her history are acutally just her cowardly running away to a different timeline while leaving another version of herself to suffer in the bad timeline instead. That makes her actions not only unpersonal but also unadmirable. (Example 1)

Next we get ZTD, who brings back Akane with her fun teasing personality from the first game and also showing the process of how she steeled herself to become her VLR self, not only confirming the parts I liked about her were a genuine part of her character but also justifying the parts I don’t like, completely solving the example 3 problem. The example 1 part is not solved but it’s acknowledged, questioned and actually has the characters feeling like dicks at some moments for randomly putting their other selves to death. That was enough for me to grow attached to Akane’s character again. She didn’t go back to second spot, but she’s now most likely around 20-30, which is pretty good all things considered.

Well, this is an ask about character hatred, so I think I should talk a bit about the final boss of the characters I hate, a character fits in all of the three examples above simultaneously and didn’t get the redemption Akane did: Kyouko Kirigiri.

In chapter 6, we start things off with a really uncerimonious reveal that Kirigiri’s talent was actually the most obvious guess imaginable (Example 2). Ok, that’s actually not that bad and we get to hear more about this when she talks about Jin. Jin was, in her own words, talented as detective but that was not something he really wanted to do, so everyone in the family unfairly considered him a failure, including herself (starting to dip a bit into Example 1 territory but not quite, Kyouko has the right to be biased in this situation). Kyouko, however, say she is glad she was abandoned because she was proud of her detective carrer and makes a little speech about a detective’s duty of being impartial (Example 3 into the servant character archetype with her being blindly obedient to Kirigiri family, with an extra dose of unpersonal and emotionless because she is actively enforcing neutrality, along with a bit of Example 1 because the focus on impartiality contradicts the family’s biased attitude towards Jin). Last she says she didn’t hate him for abandoning her, she hated because the rest of her shitty family would constantly treat her with pity for being abandoned, which is something completely beyond his control (Example 1 amplified by the fact the neutrality speech a couple lines ago was Kyouko completely relinquishing her right to be biased). That’s all not even considering the very strong implications that Jin was kicked out of the family (which was apparently confirmed by DRK, but we’ll never know how canon that was). It was actually amazing how managed to hit all the points that mostly make me hate a character with only one single scene.

That’s all about the characters I hate, but now I want to talk about something extra regarding an interesting experience I had with character hate as a concept and how it works on different ways for everyone. That’s the part with V3 spoilers.

This is actually about Kaede Akamatsu and how she is received by the fandom. I saw some person complaining about the chapter 1 twist and decided to discuss with them about. This turned into a very, very long discussion about Akamatsu’s character and the direction it took. Before that conversation I was a little bit disdainful of Akamatsu fans who hated the twist, but it felt like they didn’t like the character for who she else, but for what they were expecting her to be. While talking about for hours with a person I deemed a bad Akamatsu “fan”, I came to feel like if I wasn’t the huge of fan of mystery narrator murders I am, Akamatsu could very well fall into my hated character list. The person I was talking to described exactly what happens when I grow to hate a character and yet he was still claiming to love her character. That gave me a lot of thought about how people consume media in different ways and have different factors to define what they like or hate. That guy was most likely the reason why this answer turned to so long.

I guess what I’m trying to say with this last thing is that media consumption is always a personal experience and my way of evaluting characters might or might not apply to how you enjoy things, so you don’t have to think my method is right and all others is wrong. Whether you’re liking or hating characters, decide this in a way that works naturally for you and don’t criticize others for experiencing fiction in different ways.

#I can't believe an ask about character hate turned into such a pleasant write and one of my answers I am the most proud of #should I tag the characters or not?#character hate

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kimbapisnotsushi · 2 years ago

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okay i love volume 3 just for the mimarashi reunion and igarashi fucking with him and mima getting revenge by calling him by his first name out of the blue and doing an absolutely STUNNING job with the movie ad and bringing the most pure joy i have ever seen on a character to igarashi but like. oh my god. VOLUME 4 HELLO HAVE MY FAVE MOMENTS

(this does contain spoilers so feel free to skip!!)

shun's super cute egg shirt . . . i don't even like eggs and i want one so bad omg

hayate's lil "one of us" look is SO CUTE oh my god

the guys playing merry-go-round with the drinks and shun trying them and the ppl watching thinking it causes world peace just bc shun, souma, and hayate all believe in healthy masculinity

shun going "man movie theater seats make you feel like reaching for a seatbelt" and souma going "haha yeah i know" WHILE ACTUALLY DOING IT AND THEN HIS EXPRESSION AND THE WAY THE OTHER TWO JUST LOOK AT HIM AFTER

also can i take the chance to say that like. idk what is is with kokone nata but the way she uses effects and screentones is one of my FAVORITE things . . . like the "booms" and the sparkles and just like. i don't know what makes it different but i love it SO MUCH

shun just being naturally casually touchy is SO important to me. like. we know he's bad with words/verbally expressing himself and gets really embarrassed about it but he slings an arm around souma like it's second nature and it doesn't even faze him??? futami "physical touch is my love language" shun i love you

when shun overhears igarashi and souma and goes "what're you guys talking about, bathroom stuff?" and igarashi goes "yeah!" and then souma goes "NO??" like PLEASE why would igarashi do him like that i KNEW he was a little shit

both igarashi and asami encouraging that spark in souma to grow and create and to wield his weapon and being someone he can be proud of

igarashi texting mima "i stole all your cute friends ^-^" and mima texting back "give them back" like HELLO is that not flirting??

"MIMA BEHIND YOU" and then "NO IN THE VIDEO GAME!!"

"incredible! he's missing every single shot" god that was SO funny why is his coworker so mean

mima asking souta if he can sleep over just bc he nearly shat himself in the restroom

souta calling souma his baby bro is SO cute altho idk if that's just a yen press translation thing

"lasted for: one minute"

hayate helping shun outside of the cafe warms my heart SO MUCH

MIMA THINKING HE GAINED A NEPHEW IN SHUN I'M CRYING

"don't go anywhere with strangers" "do you think i'm five" SHUN PLEASE LET HIM BE FUSSY

hayate thinking "another thing in common with mima-san!" AND HIM BEING ALL WIDE-EYED AND SPARKLY ABOUT IT MY HEART

souma using sakura as his reference for the first tag design . . . and also using shun's absolutely ridiculously stupid adorable dog for the second one

hayate calling shun to tell him he's running late and going "yeah i lost my phone" and shun going " . . . how are you calling me right now"

KOUSUKE?? AN OLDER BROTHER?? SHUN HAS AN OLDER BROTHER?? HELLO?? LET HIM JOIN THE FOUND FAMILY KOKONE NATA I AM BEGGING

DOES SHUN READ FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST PLEASE THAT'S SO FUNNY

instead of actually doing the work shun would rather call up the actual author of the book he is supposed to read i love him

igarashi with a terrible sense of direction confirmed

"do you actually have a job" SHUN. SHUN YOU CALLED THIS MAN TO HELP YOU. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS.

god. shun is the ultimate teenager. kokone nata absolutely NAILED it. he hates being emotionally vulnerable. he makes the most unnecessary the most wild comments designed to stab you in the heart. he thinks all the adults are cool and have cool adult powers. but he's actually incredibly so kind and considerate and UGH i love shun

asami envisioning a future in which souma, hayate, mima, and igarashi are there to celebrate shun's birthday with them makes my heart so FULL

THOSE THREE PANELS OF HAYATE BEING THE MOST SOCIALLY AWKWARD I HAVE EVER SEEN I AM LOSING IT

shun calling an indirect kiss between two guys boring and igarashi going "oh so YOU want an indirect kiss with a girl??" and shun calling him stupid

igarashi is the older bro who mocks you and teases you and is absolutely petty to all hell and hayate is the older bro who gives you the last slice of pizza even if he's hungry and it has all his favorite toppings

"hayate . . . look this way" i'm. why did kokone nata write him like that genuinely WHAT i have so many questions

i think it's funny that momosaki got excited with souta about mima possibly going to the summer festival with a girl when in the last volume she wanted him to stay single and everyone's mima

EVERYONE'S FACES WHEN MIMA SMACKED IGARASHI THINKING IT WAS A MOSQUITO

igarashi and mima taking turns to pay for "the kids" you honestly cannot tell me they aren't a married domestic couple with three children

hayate you beautiful beautiful absolute disaster

no bc. kokone nata REALLY set up the funniest dynamic where hayate has a crush on BOTH people who are also like. latently pining for each other and it's so hilarious to watch play out

"i'm here because i was spurred on by one man" oh my GOD just ask for his hand in marriage already igarashi PLEASE

shun just straight up wearing his swim trunks from the beginning of the beach trip and bringing absolutely nothing else i love him so much

the word chain game is really interesting bc i'd love to know how it went in japanese honestly

HAYATE SAYING SOMETHING NOBODY HAS EVER HEARD BEFORE AND EVERYONE GOING "what the fuck is that"

SHUN WITH THE FULL CAP AND GOGGLES I'M YELLING

"i'm able to take action because someone else already has" souma just fucking. PERFECTLY summed up how people work

WHEN SOUMA IS ASKING SOUTA WHAT WAS MADE BY PEOPLE AND SOUTA HAVING TO LIE TO HIM THAT ICHIGO-CHAN AND RAMUNE-KUN FROM BEAR CUB LAND ARE IN FACT ALIVE AND NOT AT ALL FAKE

dude if we don't get an onizero appearance or onizero themed merch i will RIOT

mimarashi versus hayate and shun in volleyball is so cute and so funny especially when shun just straight up fucking tells them they suck

SOUMA LOSING CONFIDENCE AND THINKING HE'S TERRIBLE HURTS SO BADLY OH MY GOD

LOSING ALL OF MY SHIT AT THE PAGE WHERE SHUN TRIPS OVER HIM AND DOES A ROLL TO LAND ON HIS FEET

sorry i just. wait. i just. i need a minute. [deep breath]

SHUN YELLING AT SOUMA TO "GET UP" BOTH METAPHORICALLY AND LITERALLY AGAINST WHAT IS THE PRETTIEST BEACH BACKGROUND I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE OOOOOOOH MYYYYYY GOOOOD KOKONE NATA YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN

#I AM SO HAPPY #I AM HEALED #I #UGH #I LOVE THEM SO MUCH #they are constantly encouraging and uplifting each other and i just hnnnggggg #cdd is really just a series that makes you feel like you can do anything #cool doji danshi #cdd #play it cool guys #picg #futami asami #futami shun #shiki souta #shiki souma #ichikura hayate #mima takayuki #igarashi motoharu #sou says stuff

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