#suguru shimura

[theoldworldsrunnerup]

Here are some more of these

[fndmfrenzy]

I rewatched Death Note focusing on the japanese 1st person pronouns the characters use (because I'm an otaku and I find it interesting). I'm not an expert, so I'm mainly going to point out everyone's pronouns and add a little analysis/opinion based on what I know or read online about their usage. Some characters probably won't get explanations because I have nothing to say. Also: since this is a piece of fiction the pronouns can tell us more about someone's personality. Also: I can only analyze the formality of the pronouns not the rest of the speech, because I don't know japanese that well!

Warning: like half of this post is about Higuchi because he's funny to me. And I included all of Yotsuba, who are pretty minor characters.

Kira Task Force:

Light Yagami Starting with Light as the main character, his pronoun of choice is 僕 (ぼく/boku). Boku is typically used by boys and young men. It's considered polite and humble. If I'm not mistaken only 2 other characters in Death Note use boku (Matsuda and Hatori from Yotsuba). It's a fitting pronoun for the perfect student and son, Light Yagami. It also gives a funny contrast to his ego-driven Kira speeches.

There is a couple of situations when Light uses 私 (わたし/watashi) (because it's gender neutral, and more... neutral in general). It's when he acts as L or Kira on the phone with someone, so in situations where he's trying to hide his identity.

L L uses 私 (わたし/watashi). It's gender neutral and usually used by men in formal settings. L comes accross as wanting to sound polite (he always uses honorifics for people, even correcting himself one time when he forgets to do so with Matsuda).

He yells out "Matsuda", but then corrects it to "Matsuda-san". He also calls Light "Light-kun" or "Yagami-kun". It's a funny contrast that he cares about this, because otherwise he isn't very polite (especially to Matsuda).

In the anime (sadly I don't think he uses any pronouns in that scene in the manga) when he calls Matsuda (who's in Yotsuba building) and pretends to be his friend he uses 俺 (おれ/ore).

Matsuda As I said earlier, he uses the same pronouns as Light - boku. He's the youngest member of the Task Force (save for Light and L) and his pronoun gives him that youthful feeling.

One situation I've heard him use a different pronoun was when he got busted by the Yotsuba Group, and introduced himself with 私 (わたくし/watakushi) - an even more polite version of watashi. Oh, he also uses watashi on Sakura TV, for similar reasons to Light's usage of watashi.

Soichiro Yagami 私 (わたし/watashi). I don't think he's ever shown using a different one? We only see most of the Kira Task Force at work, so it's expected that they all use formal pronouns.

Aizawa 私 (わたし/watashi). Except for when he's quitting the Task Force, then he switches to 俺 (おれ/ore). Ore is a masculine informal pronoun, considered more rude and rough. He's angry at L and it shows.

Mogi 私 (わたし/watashi), I think, but he doesn't talk much.

Team Kira:

Misa Amane Misa's main pronoun is her name. She basically talks about herself in 3rd person, which might sound silly in english, so most translations don't include it. It's cutesy and childlish and she probably does this as part of her idol persona.

She also uses 私 (わたし/watashi) at times (which is basically the most common pronoun used by women). As I mentioned before, it's considered formal when men use it, but for women it can be both formal and informal. Well, she uses it formally (when it's weird to just use Misa) for example in the Yotsuba interview. And of course, just like Light she uses watashi when posing as Kira (on the tapes in Sakura TV, on the phone in the 2nd part of the series).

Here's Misa using watashi during the interview:

Teru Mikami 私 (わたし/watashi)

Kiyomi Takada 私 (わたし/watashi)

Shinigami:

Ryuk 俺 (おれ/ore)

Rem 私 (わたし/watashi)

Yotsuba Arc:

Most of my research comes from Yotsuba arc (like all the specific examples above...) so I'm including the Yotsuba Group guys. But first, others from this arc.

Aiber 俺 (おれ/ore) usually, 私 (わたし/watashi) when acting as Eraldo Coil.

Wedy 私 (わたし/watashi)

Yotsuba Group: First I have to say that we see them most of them only at work, so they're going to use formal pronouns.

Hatori 僕 (ぼく/boku), but he uses watashi once when keeping watch on Matsui.

Takahashi He doesn't use any in the Kira Meetings (because he doesn't talk much). I'm pretty sure I heard him using ore (maybe at the party?), but I couldn't find it in the manga.

Namikawa 私 (わたし/watashi)

Mido 私 (わたし/watashi)

Shimura He actually is only shown using 俺 (おれ/ore). Even at the meetings. He's a very unassuming guy, so I feel like there's a contrast with him using the informal ore with his coworkers, when most of the others use watashi.

Namikawa and Mido still use formal watashi, even when the three of them are hanging out at Mido's house. The only one using ore is again, Shimura.

I think thanks to his kind personality his usage of ore gives a sense of familiarity, instead of sounding crass.

Ooi 私 (わたし/watashi) in the meetings. In a call with Kida, he uses 俺 (おれ/ore). I want to add that in a work setting ore can be used by people that are either older or in superior positions. Ooi is the oldest in the group, and de facto leads the meetings, but idk if it means anything. Maybe he uses watashi with the group, but ore one-on-one? Maybe that's the etiquette?

Kida 私 (わたし/watashi)

Higuchi We get more scenes with him and we get to see him switching pronouns. One of them is 私 (わたし/watashi). He uses it in those situations: - talking to Rem (and/or himself). He seems to respect her so he's usually formal when talking to her. This might be also him talking to himself, but since Rem's there let's assume it's at least half-aimed at her... Anyway, here Higuchi talks about marrying Misa:

Even when giving this ego-driven speech (again, about marrying Misa and some more...) he uses watashi:

Talking with Rem in the car:

- thinking. He's kinda inconsistent because he thinks with both watashi and ore. Mostly watashi though. Maybe he uses ore when he feels more confident? Here after confessing to Misa he's Kira:

And some more:

At least in two of those he's like "my life is over, i'll lose my job... oh and go to jail and maybe die... but my job...!"

- in formal/business setting. Ok that's a stretch, but before making this post I was convinced he used it more in the series. We can assume he would in a formal situation, but it doesn't happen in the manga so I have no proof. Huh. Here he pretends to be a lost businessman before shooting Light's dad:

Then there's 俺 (おれ/ore). It's typically used by men around family and friends. It can sound cocky, and indicates a sense of masculinity. Situations where Higuchi uses ore include:

- talking to coworkers. Higuchi doesn't talk that much during meetings and if he does he doesn't use any pronouns. I was wondering if he's more like Ooi (watashi during meetings, ore outside meetings) or Shimura (always ore). I think it's the second based on these two panels:

At least I think it's him talking to Shimura? This moment was cut from the anime so we don't know who's saying it, but it fits Higuchi (and the person saying it uses ore so that excludes most of the people there). The panel below it shows him responding to Mido with ore.

Below are other moments he uses ore with coworkers, during the Misa interview and on the phone with Mido:

Like with most things Higuchi does I think he's going for nonchalant, but it comes across as sloppy and disrespectful. Just look at him here:

His chair is so far back, he's leaning in it with crossed arms. He's trying to show how much he doesn't give a fuck about this interview... Even if it's in his interest to get info about L from Misa! Talk about posturing.

- date with Misa, including his Kira confession. I think it's common for men to use ore when talking to women they're pursuing? I've read about a shoujo manga where the male lead usually uses watashi, but it's a big moment when he switches to ore with the female lead to show he's serious about her (/interested in her romantically).

- thinking. This one happens before he confesses he's Kira:

And he uses ore after making the eye deal when he's like "I'm invincible" (lol). I don't know what to get from this, but there's like 3 panels where he thinks with ore as compared to 6+ with watashi.

Wammy's house:

Near 私 (わたし/watashi)

Mello 俺 (おれ/ore). He's the odd one out when compared to formal L and Near. Well, he is a thug and works with the mafia.

Matt 俺 (おれ/ore). I was surprised to find it so easily considering his lack of screentime.

[astrallogic]

I love how much you love Higuchi! He needs wayyy more content (all the yotsuba group does)

Aw, I'm happy to hear that :^) Yotsubas are pretty niche but I like seeing stuff with them... Since it's on topic I'll share this drawing (I feel like it was cooler in my head so I never posted it)

[sugurushimura]

the yotsuba group’s reactions to you coming out as trans

“WOW, YOU’RE TRANSGENDER? THAT’S GREAT! I LOVE THE TRANSGENDERS! DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?”

“Lili Elbe was the first person to undergo a documented sexual reassignment surgery. Elbe was a Dutch artist born in 1882 who

“that’s okay y/n, a hole is a hole”

“ok”

“what does that mean?”

"thanks for telling me, y/n. do you want me to give you the paperwork to get your name changed in the employee registry"

“fascinating.”

“Oh, so you’re TRANSGENDER? That’s AWESOME NEWS, Y/N. We at the YOTSUBA GROUP strongly value our DIVERSE FAMILY of employees and customers, which is why we’re offering these LGBTQIA+ THEMED DEALS for a DISCOUNTED PRICE of

[dont-call-me-algernon]

Once every few months I go back to rotating in my mind ideas for a fic in which Shimura’s guilt over the whole Yotsuba Kira situation manifests as hallucinations of Hatori.

Until I manage to turn it into something with a semblance of plot here’s the abridged version

[widowspeakconnoisseur]

Do you have a music playlist for Kyosuke Higuchi?

I didn't before, but I do now.

To be fair, I've been meaning to make one for quite some time now but Higuchi (for me anyway) is kind of a hard one musically. And its not because his music taste isn't insanely predictable, that's not the problem. I just find it hard to pick a wide enough selection of songs while still going "yeah, these ones right here". I chose these songs based off of what he'd probably listen to but also if the songs scream Higuchi. I like to imagine he was a rivethead as a young adult (which is how he met Namikawa as the goth scene and industrial scene heavily overlapped in Europe. I like to imagine that Namikawa was travelling and met Higuchi while he was staying in Germany for a while in an underground nightclub, but that's a story for another day lol). As such, he'd probably listen to industrial, EBM etc. and get a taste for bands like KMFDM. I imagine he got a taste for metal later (think 30s, probably through industrial metal like Rammstein and maybe Rob Zombie if you want to argue that) and likes extreme metal and death metal in particular, but I didn't add much in at all because this is off the top of my head.

I did this on a burner account because my main Spotify is shared and also cringe so.

I also have a Shimura playlist if you're interested (which I think is way better).

See, this one's 10x better because it has a massive Drab Majesty interlude and then continues with the playlist.

I'm also currently in the midst of making a Namikawa playlist and a Hatori playlist which I'll probably share whether people like it or not.

(The images I used for both playlists I found on Pinterest a squillion years ago so please don't sue me or kick down my door wielding a pitchfork in your hand).

[krishoper]

Wow, that's a lot of letters.

While there's a lull in our creative chat with the girls, I'll be pouring out my thoughts here, if you don't mind. Warning, the author is attempting to analyze the characters.

My first attempt to write something really serious and voluminous led me to a successfully purchased textbook on the history of political and legal doctrines.

As long as I have the spirit, I managed to write an intermediate chapter (again, because I had half of the material ready in advance, otherwise I would not have published new parts at such a speed). I'm proofreading and editing for now, I think I'll post today, but when the next chapter will be out is the big question, guys. But it's better to try to immerse yourself in a topic and spend more time than to publish quickly and screw it up.

What I was thinking while I was spelling out the part.

Shimura must be having a really hard time living in Japan. At least after what happened. He's a decent citizen, he knows how to keep his face in public, and he's generally a nice guy. But basically, what he has:

-public shame

-he tends to isolate himself from the few people he has close to him.

-he needs support, but because of his perceived isolation and fear of judgment, he is now more alone than ever, as a consequence of which he has a huge internal conflict. His inner Japanese is suffering a bit (probably suffering a lot) also because he's been affected by the presence of an almost-daughter-American in his life and has spent a lot of time with a half-American recently, and the culture is very different between the nations

I'm guessing Namikawa has influenced Shimura more than anyone suggests, but not enough to make Suguru sick of himself. On the plus side comes Mido, who until recently was an integral part of Namikawa, and the traits of school friends are reflected in each other. I don't know if I did a good job of reflecting it, but Mido is so shy a bit, but emotional in informal settings and a true Shingo not quite up to Japanese standards. And now Shimura feels an inner conflict between the fact that as a Japanese he needs to save face and his inner humanity without gender, nation or age, just a man who wants to be understood and heard. And Shimura precisely lacks the ability (or nurturing) to express all that he feels, and he's simmering in this cauldron of complex emotions that are tearing him apart, alone.

-Now discussing the development of this thought with my psychologist friend, but I'll just leave it here for now. It seems to me that Shima has a new problem in the form of a complicated relationship with Mido in light of recent circumstances

Another goal of writing this piece is to expose as many Yutsuba men as possible as human beings, and so far that goal has not been achieved. So besides the misadventures of the main characters, we'll be treated to mentions of Hatori, Higuchi and his family, Kida doing shit, and Ooi desperately trying to keep things under control.

I've been writing this work for 8 months now. Honestly - I don't know how many pages it takes. I thought I was about halfway there now, but I guess I still have more to write.

Nobody. Nobody at all: Hope: OH DAMN WHY WOULDN'T I WRITE A HUGE WORK ON PERSONS WHO WERE SHOWED FOR 20 MINUTES?

[traumatizedoldmen]

[fuckthispost-andhappybirthday]

July 21: Happy Birthday Suguru Shimura (Death Note)!!!!

[shutupandplayasong]

I'm afraid we're a bit past your average cuteness aggression at this point. I need to commit a cuteness felony. I need to cuteness stab him.

[lxmelle]

Okay since we're in the satosugu-mode what it seems like 24/7 I wanted to bring to your attention the album Chronicle by Fujifabric.

Gege had authors note in chapter 267 that the story is straight up like Chronicle:

It was also the one where this new cover art was born mirroring the Chronicle album cover and Gojo was set in the spot of lead singer who died on December 24.

But that's beside the point, so I listened to that album. It's a banger and with Google translate looked at the lyrics, and oh my god... its straight up the yearning album hiked up to 2000%. All about the loss of a lover, and pretty gay if the translation was right.

So, just wanted to bring you that little bit of the lore I hold close and dear to my heart.

Gege, we know you're a satosugu shipper just like us!

YES! Ahhh thank you for promoting me to write on this.

I noticed this too. And the lead singer? His life was rather like Gojo’s was in a way. I wonder if Gege was inspired. Nanami’s character song was also by them if I’m not mistaken.

The lead singer was really a talented musician and lyricist. As I understand it, he played multiple musical instruments. And he also often sang about a young love he lost <- one of the reasons his music was popular. His lyrics were said to touch the hearts of those who knew the pains of growing up and grief of youth. There were apparently hints of him having a shared dream that he pursued apart from someone he lost & yearned for.

Shimura also apparently loved sweets in particular. The other similarity was as you pointed out: His death date being 24th December. His age was also 29. I think subtly, music being a passion that he tirelessly pursued (it’s possible that he died to a cause related to overwork) also lines up with Gojo...

You’re so right that many songs capture Gojo and the satosugu vibe. I had some screenshots from when I was obsessively going over it (so I might repost with it later!) but I reflected on it with someone and pretty much got blanked, so I thought I was just delulu...

We can be delulu together, right? Haha! Just off the top of my head, I remember that I liked Baumkuchen too in that I think it captures a part of Gojo’s tender heart and why he didn’t chase after Geto - he also didn’t want to face a more forceful rejection.

Also, perhaps we don’t see it discussed much on X/Twitter because there was some criticism in the Japanese sphere about how some people thought have was disrespectful towards Masahiko Shimura’s death with his Author’s Note and drawing, even if it was a tribute to the band and Shimura’s life. I prefer to take it in good faith but... you know... it can be a delicate matter for some I guess.

I also like that Gege depicted Gojo with a bloodhound.

Just going to add a screengrab from my X/Twitter:

I really think we ought to talk about it more! Thanks for bringing up such a quality 👌🏼 subject!!

[nanaosaki3940]

Just went through the fan translation of MHA and JJK's newest chapters...

Apparently, Shiggy's dead?? Man, it made me feel so empty inside seeing him disintegrate like that. After all, Shiggy is in my top 5 favorite MHA character list beside Touya, Shoto, Aizawa, and Bakugo. So I guess this is really the ending... 😢😢😢💔💔💔

Also, Gojo's coming back?!?!?!?! Like WTF!!!! I mean I love Gojo and I'm happy he's back, but is he really back though? Or is Gege fucking trolling us again??? 😒😒😒 I swear to god if Gege breaks my heart again, I'm gonna kill his ass off!!! 😑😠😤

[fndmfrenzy]

what if instead of killing people yotsubas met for mahjong every friday.

namikawa - he's good at shogi so how about another japanese game. good at bluffing and reading people's waits. he'll riichi a crap hand and force everyone to fold. somehow always gets multiple dealer repeats

higuchi - decent. he gets really tilted especially when his hand is good but hatori wins with tanyao nomi. hates folding. acts really annoying and condescending when he rons someone

takahashi - higuchi invites him so he isn't the worst. barely knows the rules so he keeps getting hit with chombo

shimura - good at defense, but folds too often. the only one to score a yakuman.

hatori - calls a lot, which annoys higuchi. his wins are usually cheap. once he opens his hand too much he can't defend so he often deals in

ooi - never opens his hand, usually wins big (mangan+)

kida - always plays to his outs even if it means sacrificing value. trusts suji too much and gets ronned by mido

mido - always chooses evil waits, so people will deal into him (suji, honors). often stays in damaten

skill level

best: namikawa, mido, ooi

decent: higuchi, shimura, kida

bad: hatori, takahashi

[chimimon]

Master List

multifandom + fluffy + angsty + suggestive = self indulgent!

fandoms include; Baldur’s Gate 3, Jujutsu Kaisen, & My Hero Academia

Our featured and alphabetically sorted guests are…

Astarion

Your Words

Just Hold Still

What Gave Me Away?

Hiromi Higuruma

Keeping Record

Kento Nanami

Clay Dusted

Suguru Geto

Melon

Tomura Shigaraki

No One Noticed

Baby

Scaredy Cat

Touya Todoroki

Cab Boy

working on it…

☆〜（ゝ。∂）Stay Tuned!

© 2024 chimimon

I do not consent to re-uploads, translations, or use of original content outside of this blog.

[sugurushimura]

yotsubas ranked by how decent they would be to work for

1. hatori: very personable and easy to work for. active listener, goes out of his way to remember details about his subordinates and is generally friendly/encouraging, delegates well. pretty good at his job too.

2. ooi: as long as you work hard and are straightforward you’ll be fine. the downside is he gives very blunt feedback, but he’s a fascinating person to be around. plus, people who ooi particularly likes have a history of getting promoted.

3. shimura: he’s nice but doesn’t talk much. really knows what everyone’s best skills are. when something is bothering him everyone can tell and it sets the office on edge. unfortunately there’s less chance for career advancement here because yotsuba’s work culture undervalues the department and shimura is bad at advocating for himself/his people.

4. mido: doesn’t really talk to you much, basically just delegates work and checks in as necessary. sometimes says incredibly funny things. kind of intimidating but rarely too unpleasant.

5. namikawa: kind of just assumes all his subordinates are idiots until proven otherwise. does a lot of work he doesn’t need to do just because he doesn’t trust anyone else to do it better. intimidating but not outright rude. if you can prove yourself you can definitely tell he affords you more respect.

6. kida: massive control freak, micromanages a lot, similar to namikawa in that he does a lot of work because he thinks he can do it best except kida constantly overworks himself and then gets in a bad mood because of it and the cycle perpetuates itself. at least he’s polite about it. also you get to hear very entertaining office drama because he loves to talk about the other vice presidents behind their backs.

7. takahashi: he’s pretty nice and that’s basically his only saving grace. honestly takahashi is just not equipped to lead and it shows. disorganized, constantly deferring to his subordinates for guidance on things he should know about, assigns tasks seemingly at random, forgets deadlines. if you’re really good at your job you’ll probably be fine but you’ll have to fight the urge to strangle him.

8. higuchi: really rough. constantly gives poor instructions, gets annoyed when asks for clarification, and gets angry when you don’t perform well. criticizes his subordinates publicly, assigns other people tasks that only he has the authorization to do. takes credit for his subordinates’ work while treating them like idiots at the same time. constant mood swings, sometimes he’s strangely nice but often he’s just an asshole and since there’s no way to know which higuchi you’re getting today you constantly have to walk on eggshells. quit your job now

[femboyslim]

doodle dump uhhhhhhh