#takeru is a mood

[monstrsball]

i love to think about suga with oikawa's sister.... like she loves him i know she does. she tells him he's like the little brother she never had and oikawa and iwaizumi are both like HEY?? and they're besties basically. she's his big sister now.

[chibi-taylormoon]

when Takeru is nervous, he probably overheats and blushes really easily. Especially on a date with Yusaku. He just cannot stop thinking about Yusaku and how lucky he is, because this is really playmaker, someone he idolizes and adores. Takeru's hands would get warm and kind of sweaty holding Yusaku's hand, he gets more nervous and apologizes and tries to pull his hand away.

But Yusaku quickly grabs Takeru's hand again and holds it firmly in his colder hands, when Takeru looks at Yusaku, he can see him also blushing to the tips of his ears. Takeru smiles and squeezes Yusaku's hand. Yusaku also smiles and his hand feels so much warmer in Takeru's.

[kr-han]

HiGH&LOW Random Fun Facts That You May Not Know

Disclaimer: SWORD only and the list is so random, so bear with me.

Cobra loves cupcakes, he probably has sweet tooth.

Cobra styles his hair according to his mood (not like bad or good but more like he's fired up enough or not).

Cobra has A LOT of red clothing. His real name is Hino Junpei (緋野盾兵) and the first character which is 緋 can also be read as aka which means red or scarlet.

He loves Antonio Inoki (a pro-wrestler) so much and make it his whole personality (including his red scarf).

When Cobra is drunk, he would shout, "Inoki-san, genki desuka!?". In MUGEN era, he would do it with Kohaku for the rest of the night.

Cobra admires Kohaku so much because he thinks Kohaku resembles Antonio Inoki.

Cobra has small appetite not even 1/10 of Yamato's. But he eats cupcakes.

Cobra can't draw.

Cobra didn't use sticker on LINE (the messanger).

Cobra and Yamato can't speak English. They're probably the type who'd say, "We're Japanese we don't need English!"

Yamato is afraid of cats. The reason is cat can get long.

Yamato's insult never sounds like one.

Noboru favorite food is sea cucumber. He's sea cucumber maniac.

According to Cobra Noboru type is a girl with glasses.

Dan on the other hand, can draw well. But he can't draw woman.

Rocky is a little clumsy, he forgot small things like key.

Hyuga always sleeps whenever there's no fighting nor something exciting to do.

Murayama loves corndog.

Murayama dislikes sharing his food.

G-SWORD's leaders alcohol tolerance: Cobra is rather low, Rocky is rather high, Murayama prefer to eat than drink (but according to Nakazono, Murayama didn't make any different when he's drinking or not), Hyuga prefer to sleep than anything else, and Smoky can't.

According to Kizzy, Rocky becomes a foolish/idiotic old man when he's drunk. Kizzy also said, "When he's drunk, he got no dignity whatsoever."

Murayama's favorite alcohol beverage is ryokucha-hai (which a combination of green tea and shochu. Might be wrong though, you can search: 緑茶ハイ).

Hyuga's favorite alcohol beverage is shochu.

When Oya part timer go to karaoke, they sing girl idols' songs.

Masaki do all the house chores in Amamiya's households from cleaning up to cooking.

Hiroto's favorite food is curry.

When Hiroto cooks, he only cooks curry.

Takeru is forgetful. Masaki has to remind him all the time. Hiroto? He waits to be petted by his aniki.

Kaito and Kizzy have a couple ring and they use it as necklace.

In HiGH&LOW The Movie, Kaito and Kizzy joined the fight but there's no single footage of them fighting. But they appeared before the fight and after the fight with some bruises.

From End of Sky to Final Mission, Cobra didn't wear his red scarf anymore.

Despite using his red scarf as a personality, Cobra didn't use it to fight beside for his character introduction scene in episode 1.

Ichigo Milk has been inviting Naomi to join them, but Naomi refuses due to Itokan. She wants to take care what's left by her brother.

Naomi can actually beat dudes.

Murayama keeps the strawberry bag from Oshiage and he uses it as a pillow.

Ice gave Sarah a teddy bear (and a necklace).

Ice can cook and according to Mighty Warriors' member, Ice's curry tasted like seafood when he uses zero seafood ingredients. Apparently, it matched the actor's fun fact: Elly's curry always tasted like he put seafood in it even when he's not.

There was once, Seki dressed up in sailor uniform for karaoke. Of course, they sing girl idols' songs.

Toutetsu brothers cook for Hyuga, but he sleeps almost all day long, so Katou needs to wake him up just to eat.

Ukyou cooks better than Sakyou.

Ukyou needs to separate Daruma's income into envelopes and hide them because if not, Hyuga would splurge the income into zero. Hyuga can't manage money.

Lala reads books for the kids in Mumeigai, and they literally have reading time with Lala.

Furuya has truck driver's license.

Murayama durability is top notch and it resemble his given name which is Yoshiki. His full name written like this 村山良樹 and Yoshiki (良樹) is consist of characters that mean good or skilled, and trees or wood. He's a skilled trees or wood, or whatever but that clearly means that his durability is on another level. That's why he could bear the 100 punches challenge and still fight back after that.

Hiroto and Smoky loves cat.

Murayama talked to a cat. (He's cat, but also puppy; whatever he's cute).

Murayama introduced Todoroki to Cobra in person.

Murayama has 4 vans' shoes and a pair of converse. (Haven't count how many jackets he has though, might count it when I rewatch).

At least, Tsukumo has been hit by the car twice. He should avoid getting near cars. No cars near him, please.

White Rascals' outfit are all white and it's hard to keep it clean. The visual line (Shimura, Bito, Aizawa, and Enari) has a hard time because they spend so much money for laundry and cleaning. Little did they know, Rocky actually could paid 80% of their cleaning cost. But Rocky didn't say it to them because he knows that they would be worried about how to pay Rocky back. (Rocky is so sweet). Probably the only guys that use this privilege only Koo and Kaito.

Rocky paid 100% of the girls' laundry and cleaning cost (including Kizzy).

Rocky's surname, Mutsugi, is actually a word play. It's written as 六ツ木 in Japanese. Which the character 六 can be read as mutsu (mu for short) or roku (ro for short) and it means six; ツ is a katakana for tsu and in hiragana it's written like this つ. When tsu is written small in between characters (it's called sokuon) like っ/ッ it purposes is to geminate the next character; and 木 is ki and it means tree. If we put them together and make the tsu as sokuon, we'll get 六ッ木 which read as ろっき in hiragana and ロッキ in katakana (both are rokki) we got his name, Rocky (ロッキー).

Source: rewatching the series and the movies over and over again so I can get into the useful but also useless facts, and the g-sword manga by CLAMP. If you want to read HiGH&LOW g-sword manga by CLAMP you can read HERE for English translation or DI SINI untuk translasi Bahasa Indonesia. Note: Might add more if I find or remember more. Also, I'm sorry there's too much Cobra, can't help though, I love him a little bit too much.

MORE OF IT

[ashxketchum]

MY DEPRESSION HAS BEEN CURED MY SKIN IS CLEAR MY CROPS ARE FLOURISHING ALL BECAUSE OF THIS ONE IMAGE THIS IS THE YEAR OF ADVENTURE PANDERING LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Let's break this down one by one ~

This is such a good Sora fit I don't even know how to explain how very much OG Sora this is, the pink tones of the overall sporty outfit perfectly capture all levels of her personality. To top it off she's sharing flower themed cream sandwiches with Piyomon AAAHHH the subtle reference okay merch team you can take a w. Not to mention Sora is perfectly matching with Taichi and the fruit in her sandwich is orange stoooopppp itttt!!!!!

TAICHI OMG who is dressing this boy because that's the most he's ever jocked as a 11 year old. The sweatshirt, cargo pants, matching wristband and the sense to put his goggles down, he is winning the sporty casual fashion show for sure. And of course him and Agumon are enjoying some chicken popcorn, love how they weren't even subtle with the packaging art we all know Japan's favourite fried chicken brand anyway 🤣

Yamato. YAMATO. Y A M A T O. You're 11 can you tone down the cool guy heartthrob behaviour for a minute because I am losing my mind THE DOGTAG CHAIN IM GONNA SCREEAAAMMM ACTUALLY I AM SCREAAAMING AAAAHHHHHHH. He looks so good, there is absolutely no wrong element in his entire outfit, everything is perfectly paired up, a fashionista is among us. The little thumbs up over the onigiri that Gabumon is offering him?? Is he telling Gabumon that he's okay with having one and Gabumon can have the rest because that's the sweet, protective, kind, caring baby he is at heart???🥹🥹🥹The blue and green gradient in the background tho?? Mimato math is mathing bestiesss 🤣

Takeru is just a lil guy, but such a perfect lil guy!!! I like how his outfit has the similar green shade as his anime outfit but they still chose to gave him a new beanie instead which doesn't really match the colour tone of the rest of the fit but it's Takeru so we know that he can pull any hat off and that's what he does!!! Him and Patamon sharing burgers, okay mood, but why is he looking so surprised? I need to know what happened, did he spill some sauce on his overalls? Was the burger too hot to bite? WHAT HAPPENED TAKERU????? 😢

Jou, I see you paired up the plaid pants with a nice long, muted, warm toned jacket BUT I SEE THAT PURPLE SHIRT POKING IN FROM INSIDE and excuse me sir but why that purple with the plaid 😭 I need to see a version where Jou isn't wearing the jacket so I can make an informed rating on this outfit but may I add that in the full merch pic he has paired this look with green and white sneakers...I cannot defend you I am sorry Jou, please try brown loafers next time 😭 But outfit aside, Jou eating a taiyaki with Gomamon is lowkey funny I just know that Gomamon cracked a Marching Fishes joke at least once.

Koushiro...I will not go into detail but I will say it's cute that you have a sweater with a little K on it, it's also very cute that there is a splash of orange in your outfit, who's attention are you vying for it isn't subtle at all bby boy and I am grateful you matched your shoes to your sweater even if the socks are definitely a choice and that blue with orange is also definitely another choice. Good to see your are making choices. I like that him and Tentomon are sharing dango, it's always nice to see Koushiro's fondness towards Japanese traditional snacks hinted at in some way.

MIMI. QUEEN. SLAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!! YOU NEVER EVER MISS MY SWEET BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL. The pastel tones matched with the grey stockings for contrast, that beret and the fuzzy hem boots, you just know she shops at Takashimaya and Isetan and anything below it will just not do 👏🏻 Plus Sora and Mimi are wearing the same tones, which probably means that they pre-planned the outfits together, cuties!!! Also Crepe is such a Mimi™️ choice of dessert but I always get teary eyes when I see Palmon mimic Mimi's gestures, there is just so much love and admiration between them for each other, pure childish wonder 💚 And the crepe even has a cutesy character face on it, which kinda looks like Monzaemon, though I can't be sure but if it is then another win for a subtle reference. Not to mention both Yamato and Mimi look like they've dressed in a more cool and elegant style than the rest like they might be on their way to a date THE MIMAT MATH IS MATHING YALLL!!!

Hikari looks super cute, I think there isn't much official art of her in casual clothing for OG stuff so it's nice to see her in a more cutesy fit suited to her age. The hairband matching the cardigan is such a nice touch!! I can't recall any other casual outfit for OG design Hikari except the War Game and Memorial Party dress, so I think this would be the first time we see Hikari with a hairband and it just looks adorable. Of course she is sharing an ice cream with Tailmon, it's kinda their brand now but like Takeru she's making a surprised expression, perhaps she wasn't expecting Tailmon to offer her a bite of her ice cream?

To conclude, this is probably the best OG artwork we've gotten since Idk maybe the Rainy Day stationery series. This will be sold in advance at the Kamio Store booth at Anime Japan 2024. No other details were mentioned, but the event booth sale feels like a pre-sale before the goods become available more widely at other outlets, hopefully, at some stores that international fans have access too as well.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

Ayushi out.

[bluelocksource]

Kira Ryōsuke’s trivia (src: EGOIST BIBLE)

"I joined this for the purpose of denying Ego."

☆ Character's color: Cream.

☆ Birthday: 23rd May.

☆ Current age: 17 (2nd year of high school).

☆ Zodiac: Gemini.

☆ Nickname: "Jewel of Japanese Soccer"

☆ Birthplace: Tokyo.

☆ Family: Father. Mother. Himself.

☆ Current height: 181 cm.

☆ Foot size: 27 cm.

☆ Dominant foot: Right.

☆ Blood type: O.

☆ Motto: "I am here because everyone else is here!"

☆ Team before joining BLUE LOCK: Matsukaze Kokuō High School football club.

☆ Starts playing football: At age 5.

☆ Hobby: Soccer. "I'm always thinking about soccer."

☆ Favorite food: Sushi. "Not the the conveyor belt sushi."

☆ Dislike/hated food: Conveyor belt sushi. "I hope I won't have to eat it again."

☆ What goes best with rice: Scallops with grilled seaweed "The aroma alone makes me want to eat white rice!"

☆ Favorite animal: Hawk. "They have a cool hunter vibe."

☆ Favorite season: Spring. "Because it refreshes my mood!"

☆ Favorite manga: DEATH NOTE. "The interesting parts where people's dark sides come out."

☆ Favorite movie: Live action 'Rurouni Kenshin' series. "Takeru is cool."

Satō Takeru, the actor who plays the role of Kenshin.

☆ Favorite music: THE FOX. "The one with the Fox Dance."

The Fox Dance (きつねダンス) is a cheer dance performed by Fighters Girls (cheerleading group) who support the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters during innings at home games.

☆ Favorite football player: Patrick Schick.

☆ Favorite subject: Other than Japanese.

☆ Weak subject: Japanese. "I find reading stories in text difficult. I prefer manga."

☆ Mushroom shoots vs Bamboo shoots: Bamboo shoots. "Huh, are there really people who like mushrooms? The world is full of mysteries."

☆ Ideal type: "A wonderful woman who gives her all for me and does anything for my sake."

☆ Fixation: Ring finger. "I think it's the most beautiful part of a woman."

☆ What would make him happy: Being praised in any case "I just want fair recognition for my capabilities."

☆ What would make him upset: Being underrated. "I just want fair recognition for my capabilities"

☆ What he thinks his strength is: “I can uplift others like the sun, giving them energy.”

☆ What he thinks his weakness is: “Sometimes I struggle to understand others' darker sides.”

☆ What made him cry recently: “Come to think of it, have I cried recently? I don't think so.”

☆ Usual sleeping hour: 6.5 hours.

☆ Number of chocolates received from previous Valentine: 1,842. "I read all the letters! Thanks everyone as always!"

☆ Place he washes first when taking a bath: Chest. "I like my chest muscles."

☆ What will he do if received 100 million yen: "I'd like to live in a luxury apartment. Somewhere with a concierge on the first floor*."

* ground floor if you use British English.

☆ How he spent his holiday:  "Just hanging out with friends playing games, singing karaoke, going on dates, and do what everyone else does!"

☆ What will he do during his last day on Earth: "Soccer, of course. I want to gather friends and play soccer. I'm sure everyone would want that too."

note: i want to apologize in advance for any mistake made in the translation!

[seventeenlovesthree]

We're eating well, once again.

Mimi: Holds up the flag with the Crests of her two primary love interests in particular, a MOOD. Also still the only one thoroughly committed to wearing her associated colours, red and pink, so we know, all the budget went into Mimi's design once again and nobody can blame the lead designer, because she is gorgeous.

Sora: Which is why they didn't have enough budget to give Sora pants too, which is a shame. The only one to wear her signature colour (Yamato doesn't count, because they ALL wear blue) and... A telescope... A telescope... Still an insanely pretty ensemble overall.

Hikari: Will never stop munching on sweets, no matter what happens. Which is what she deserves.

Jyou: "YOU HELD THE MAP THE WRONG WAY, NOW WE ARE LOST AND NEVER GONNA MAKE IT BACK, AAAAAAAAAAAAH."

Yamato: "Wasn't Taichi on map duty anyway?" (He seems to have captain privileges, probably because of previous swan boat skills.)

Taichi: "Jyou wanted to take over, so I didn't stop him..." (HE LOOKS SO COOL, UGH. Also, aside from that, I like that he may just be "second in command" here? We know he is used to take charge, but also that he's not always wanting to be in the lead. Plus, at that age, never give him a map. N e v e r.)

Koushirou & Takeru: *just doing their own thing, living their best lives on the kids' table with Hikari*

[count-alucard-tepes]

Headcanons for my Kengan Ashura hotties😍 - What they’re doing on their off days😎

Raian Kure👹: he’s usually sleeping or watching trash tv, he doesn’t like going out much or partying. That’s not his vibe.

Kanoh Agito😁: he’s usually out to the grocery store so he can make a nice home cooked meal and maybe go shopping for a new suit if he’s in the mood. He might even go out for some ice cream.

Kaolan Wongsawat🥊: he likes surfing at the beach or just relaxing at the pool.

Kiryu Setsuna🥰: he spends his day with Shion and Tomoko, going to the movies and shopping with the girls. He absolutely adores them.

Adam Dudley😬: he’s either getting a new tattoo or hanging out with his friends, playing video games.

Hatsumi Sen😍: he’s either sleeping or out scouting for his next victim girlfriend.

Sekibayashi Jun🤼‍♂️: he’s spending the day chilling at home, cooking and what not.

Hassad❤️‍🩹: he’s spending time in nature, just taking it easy.

Himuro Ryo🤍: he’s out at the mall, picking up his dry cleaning and treating himself to a nice meal.

Inaba Ryo🖤: he’s tending to his hair and reading his favorite book.

Kiozan Takeru🤼‍♂️: he’s out to some markets where he do some shopping and then hangs out with his brothers.

Muteba Gizenga🪖: he has a lady-free day! He takes his self care seriously.

Nikaido Ren🤩: he’s going for a spa day.

Sawada Keizaburo💅: spa day all day!

Yoroizuka Saw Paing😜: he’s at the beach with Kaolan, trying to get him to bury Saw Paing in the sand😂

[beermanoftana]

endgame

header by @/earlgreymon

for @ashxketchum!! requested some time ago and finally got to finish it (there's a part that just won't write itself!). i know you asked for takari but your takari for me, my mimato for you (even though it's a little unfair since i love mimato, too). i still do hope you like it! i had a lot of fun writing this and it kinda went on and on as i typed once the part finally wrote itself. anyways! enjoy (i hope)!!

endgame | main characters ; yamato ishida, mimi tachikawa, some taichi yagami and sora takenouchi, can't forget gabumon, palmon, agumon, and piyomon | universe ; au / can be placed anywhere after 02 | ships ; yamato x mimi, taichi x sora, takeru x hikari | genre ; fluff, humor | word count ; 2,235 | rating ; 13+ | edited ; three times - forgive me for any mistakes

Yamato was never in the mood for flirting. He knew people fawned over him, he knew his band was worshiped by those his age, and sure, he did “have a feeling” that flirting was going to be part of his life. But he never even tried to flirt back. Well, maybe he did, but it was usually against his will.

The band was not together anymore, having to go their separate ways, but he still loved them. The flirting, however, did not stop. He knew he was a good-looking guy but now that he was living a life that did not involve anything that required him to “go out there and fly”, maybe a life without people flirting with him 24/7 would be nice.

He and Taichi were having a meal in a small diner with Gabumon and Agumon hidden beside them. The digimons were enjoying their food while their partners talked about school.

Although they took up different courses, they still had some minor classes together, which, despite Yamato not admitting it, was a relief from all the other students they swarmed with. He had made some friends, but no one at the same level he had with Taichi. Everyone came from different backgrounds, and if they were to be honest, it was a little overwhelming, especially since it was their first year in university.

“Are you going to Shinichi’s party on Friday?” Taichi asked.

“Who’s Shinichi?” Yamato questioned, not bothering to look up from his food.

“He’s in one of our minor classes,” Taichi responded, “cool guy. But this party is a little too early, don’t you think? It could be a way to make some friends, I guess. Wanna go together?”

“Can we go?” Agumon asked.

“A party’s always fun,” Gabumon said.

Taichi smiled at them and then looked at Yamato. “What do you say?”

Yamato looked over at the smiling Gabumon and Agumon and sighed. “Okay, let’s go.”

“Great!” Taichi exclaimed.

“But you’re driving,” Yamato said.

“Sora will.”

“Sora?”

“Yeah. She wants to go. But she wants to bring her car so that she can leave anytime she wants.” Taichi shrugged. “Her mom’s car. And she said walking would be a pain, Shinichi’s venue is a little far.”

“We can always ask Birdramon to fly us away,” Agumon jested.

Taichi chuckled, Gabumon laughed, and even Yamato gave a smile.

“So what time do we meet her?” Yamato asked.

“Not sure yet. But we’ll ask her, or message if we don’t see each other anytime soon.”

Yamato smirked. “Right. Anytime soon.”

When Friday arrived, Sora, Taichi, and Yamato, along with their digimon partners, were packed inside Sora’s mom’s car. It was just a four-seater after all, it would only be Mrs. Takenouchi, Sora, whenever Mr. Takenouchi would come home, and Piyomon. And of course, Piyomon rode shotgun, while the men were cramped at the back.

“I think we’re here,” Sora said, looking out the window.

“Finally,” Yamato sighed in relief.

“The place is packed and in full swing!” Taichi said.

“Let’s just find a place to park. Doesn’t look like there’s a lot of cars.”

As they drove around, Gabumon pointed at a spot and Sora immediately swirled to get to it. Both Taichi and Yamato looked at each other, surprised by the speed and sudden jerk of the ride.

They got out of the car and Taichi whispered how his soul nearly left his body after that short ride. Yamato rolled his eyes and stated that he was overreacting.

“His place isn’t that big up-close,” Taichi observed. “It’s just the garden.”

“You think there’ll be beer?” Yamato wondered.

“You three find a spot,” Sora ordered. “Somewhere we can see each other.”

“I don’t think there is a place where we can see each other,” Yamato said.

That could be true. The house was packed. So far, the three have not found anyone they knew. But they were just outside and there were not many people around, perhaps they would find more people inside.

“Think you three can go around without being seen?” Taichi asked.

“Of course!” All three digimons grinned.

The group dispersed, the digimons to the right and the Chosen Children straight ahead.

When they reached inside, they looked around for anyone familiar. After a minute of standing by the door, Sora was called by another young lady and she excused herself from the boys.

“We’ll leave at midnight on the dot,” she told them as she walked away.

“Yes, ma’am,” they both murmured.

After some time of just being together, people-watching, someone came up to them. Taichi straightened up while Yamato raised an eyebrow.

“Hey, glad you two can make it!”

“Thanks for the invite, Shinichi,” Taichi said, smiling.

“Yeah, the party’s great,” Yamato said, although he actually did not find the party that great.

“I’m glad you think so, Yamato. I really wanted your approval.” Shinichi grinned. “I heard you were pretty popular back then, I know you are right now. I wanted the approval of someone who knows how to party.”

“I don’t know how to party,” he replied. “I was in a band, but that didn’t mean we were always partying.”

“I see.” Shinichi pursed his lips. “I’m sorry for assuming. But anyway, enjoy the party.” And he waved goodbye as he disappeared into the crowd.

“I think he likes you,” Taichi joked.

Yamato sighed. “I don’t regret the band.”

“I know you don’t, we all do.” Taichi placed his hand on his friend’s shoulder. “But come on, enough of this. Time to have fun before the old lady tells us to go home.” He snickered.

Yamato scoffed. “I’m going to tell her you said that, I’m sure she won’t like it. At all.”

They both laughed.

The two did enjoy the party. They made new acquaintances and even stuck with a group. They invited Sora in and the three were glad they had new people by their side.

At some point, as the group was talking, Sora paused mid-sentence and everyone waited for her to continue.

“So—?”

“Mimi!”

Both Taichi and Yamato immediately looked to where Sora saw Mimi, followed by the rest of the group.

“What’s she doing here?” Sora wondered, her voice filled with worry.

“Why?” One of the members asked. “What’s wrong?”

Sora shook her head and headed straight for the young girl. Taichi and Yamato followed suit.

“Mimi,” Sora called her.

Mimi looked back and grinned. “Sora!” She stepped forward and gave her a hug, which Sora returned. When they let go, Mimi hugged both Taichi and Yamato as well. “I’m sure Palmon has found the others already.”

“Mimi,” Sora said softly. “What are you doing here?”

“I was invited,” she smiled. “They said there was going to be a party here and I thought it might be fun, you know. And Palmon’s with me.”

“Mimi,” Taichi started. “Who invited you?”

“Shinichi Ozawa did,” she replied. “Why? Is something wrong?”

“Well, no…” Sora said, tilting her head a little. “But, this is a college party. Does Shinichi know that you’re not a college student yet?”

Mimi began to think. “I went to your campus one time, and that’s when he invited me.”

“What were you doing on our campus?” Yamato asked.

“I wanted to surprise you all,” she answered, grinning at him. “But then I asked if you three were coming to the party. He said he wasn’t sure but I wanted to take my chances and surprise you here instead! Isn’t this fun?” Though she sounded unsure when she said the last part.

Yamato sighed. “I don’t think asking you to leave is an option, especially since you’ll be alone—even with Palmon.”

“So what do we do?” Taichi asked.

Sora licked her upper lip. “Babysit.”

Mimi’s eyes widened. “No!”

“Mimi, we don’t know these people. We don’t know these people. Please, stick with at least one of us. We’ll make it up to you, we promise. Just please, Mimi?” Sora pouted.

Mimi looked at all three of them but focused on Sora last. After a few seconds, Mimi sighed. “Okay. I don’t want to admit it but I am a little nervous about this.” She frowned. “Especially since I wasn’t even sure if you guys would be here.”

The three older Chosen Children sighed in relief.

Just then, the group that group the three were talking to appeared and asked what was happening.

“This is Mimi,” Sora introduced. “She’s one of our closest friends.”

“Really?” One of the guys asked. “I’ve never seen you around campus. What course are you in?”

“She’s from another university,” Yamato said quickly.

“May I visit you there?” the same guy asked, his voice a little flirty.

Yamato was suddenly feeling very protective of the younger girl. He did not like the thought of an older stranger visiting her. “Not at the moment,” he said.

“Why don’t you let her answer for herself?” the guy snapped.

Mimi smiled. “Yamato’s just always been protective of us. I don’t mind him answering for me…sometimes.” She giggled.

Yamato knew she was lying so he wondered why she was playing along.

The party was in even fuller swing about forty-five minutes later. Although the three knew Mimi was not too happy with the situation, they also saw that she was having a good time.

At the stroke of twelve, Sora ordered everyone out of the house after thanking Shinichi for the invite. As they headed for the car, the four digimons arrived by their side.

“Yamato, would you take the car and bring Mimi home?” Sora asked.

“Sure,” Yamato answered. “But what about you guys?”

Taichi intertwined his and Sora’s fingers and smiled.

“Got it.”

Mimi squealed. “You two have fun!”

“Agumon, Piyomon?” Palmon looked at them.

“We’ll protect them,” Piyomon said. “But we won’t ruin their moment.”

When everything was set, Yamato, Mimi, Gabumon, and Palmon entered the car. They were quiet for a while until Palmon asked Gabumon how Takeru and Hikari were.

“They’re still very shy,” Gabumon replied. “But that’s expected, right, Yamato?”

“Either very shy or very guarded,” he said with a laugh. “Taichi is still all over them.”

“And you’re not?” Mimi asked, smiling.

Yamato smirked. “Takeru can handle himself. Even if this is his first relationship.”

“Everyone knows Takeru and Hikari would be endgame,” Mimi said with a giggle.

“And Taichi and Sora, too,” Gabumon added.

“Yamato, didn’t Sora have a crush on you before? Mimi said that she gave you something special for Christmas one time. What happened?”

“Palmon!” Mimi chided.

Yamato sighed. “I’ve only told Taichi what happened.”

“I’m sorry,” Palmon said, bowing her head. “I was just very curious now that the topic came up.”

“I knew that Taichi had feelings for her, and I couldn’t do that to him, especially since I only ever felt feelings of friendship for Sora.”

“And Sora gradually had feelings for Taichi, too. And he didn’t even have to try too hard despite having strong feelings, correct?” Mimi grinned as Yamato nodded. “It just means they’re meant to be!”

The four talked more about their friend’s love lives. Mimi’s home was a little on the farther side so they had a lot of time to gossip.

Finally, Mimi had a mischievous look on her face. “What about you, Yamato?”

Yamato smirked. “What about you, Mimi?”

“Don’t turn this in my direction. I asked first.”

“If there’s nothing to say then it only makes sense the question goes back to you.”

“Oh please, someone like you is bound to have someone in mind.”

“There’s no one, Mimi. And again, what about you? If I remember correctly, you’ve always been a hopeless romantic.”

“I still am,” she admitted. “But my goal is different now. I want to play Cupid.”

“Don’t force it though.”

“I know the limits. Now c’mon, Yamato. Answer me.”

“There’s no one, Mimi.”

“Do I have to play Cupid?”

“If it’s with you then I don’t mind.” A smirk on his face.

“I’m serious!”

“Oh look, we’re here.”

Mimi looked up and sighed when she saw the building she lived in. “Okay, fine. But you owe me an answer, Ishida.”

“Yeah, yeah.” He rolled his eyes, but a smirk appeared on his face. “It’s time to go, Tachikawa. It’s getting late. Too late.”

“Will you bring the car back to Sora’s?”

“Yes. And then Gabumon and I will walk home.”

Mimi smiled. “Okay. Thanks for the ride.” She turned to the back seat as Palmon went down. “Goodnight, Gabumon.”

Yamato raised an eyebrow.

“I’ll say goodnight to you if you give me an answer.”

“The gas is running,” Yamato said, looking at the meter. “Goodnight, Mimi. Goodnight, Palmon.”

“Goodnight, Yamato,” Palmon said with a wave.

Mimi chuckled. “Okay. Goodnight, Yamato. Goodnight again, Gabumon.”

“Goodnight, Mimi. Goodnight, Palmon,” Gabumon said.

Yamato looked at her and smiled. “G’night.”

Mimi smiled once again and closed the door.

Once Yamato saw that the two had gone inside the building safely, he drove away.

“Yamato,” Gabumon said.

“Yeah?”

“You were flirting with Mimi, weren’t you?”

Yamato choked. “Flirting? Me? I wouldn’t say so.”

“You were.”

“I was not.”

“You even said—.”

“Gabumon,” Yamato said in a warning tone. This only made his digimon laugh. “Gabumon!”

“You won’t admit it, but you were!”

Yamato sighed. “You’re not letting this go, are you?” Gabumon shook his head. “Just don’t mention it to anyone. And no, I was not flirting.”

[polite-pandemonium]

(preview) coincidences and cosmic signs

OK, so here's the thing, the other day I was going through my WIP files (of which there are SO MANY) and I noticed that I never, not once, have ever written anything happy about this pair ever, even though they are probably my favourite OTP of all time. While chatting with @piedrpiper, I noticed that I often don't even view them as a happy couple, despite wanting Toei desperately to let them canonically smoosh their faces together and kiss in some media where I can see it.

So I'm challenging myself to write a happy, comedic Takeru/Hikari fic. I haven't written anything happy in years and I haven't written anything comedic in even longer, so a challenge this is. So I'm posting a little preview cause I unabashedly need a little encouragement. Pls. :(

IDK how long this will be or even what it really WILL be, but here it is so far. Title is from 'Serendipity' by Laufey, which is a gorgeous, gorgeous song I encourage you all to listen to.

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coincidences and cosmic signs takeru/hikari, ken/miyako, background yamato/sora

There's no rulebook for falling in love with your best friend. Takeru and Hikari are learning this the hard way.

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There’s no rulebook for falling in love with your best friend. No guidelines, no best-seller, no simple Google search that can explain how to navigate it in three easy steps.  There’s only works of fiction that make it look all too easy, with everything uncomplicated and clean, tied up in a neat bow by the end of the story. Happy endings, one after another, the friends to lovers trope never sees a broken heart. 

But in reality, there’s reams of Reddit threads and personal blogs showing the mixed results that only trying to turn a friendship into something more can wield. There’s plenty of broken hearts there; in the short, preliminary research that he has done, Takeru has found there are more unhappy endings than there are happy endings in this regard. Someone always doesn’t feel the same way and then the friendship? Ruined. 

It was anxiety inducing to read about, which was what had brought him to his current state of inaction. 

Though, he was finding this to also be miserable. 

Takeru groaned, leaning against the checkout counter at Ai-Mart, fixing his gaze sadly on the handful of nikuman still sitting in the glass display. 

From behind the counter, Miyako looked up from her text book and raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong with you?” 

It was a Wednesday evening and like many evenings, instead of going home to the apartment he shared with his mother, Takeru decided to go pay Miyako a visit at her family’s Ai-Mart. She often loudly complained about how boring evening shifts were - how busy was a conbini in Odaiba really going to get on a weekday? So Takeru, who would talk to a wall if it could talk back, would frequently visit her while she worked (work was a loose term - she mostly just studied and rang through the odd customer), using Miyako as a sounding board for whatever was on his mind. 

Given that Miyako considered Takeru her third least annoying male friend, she didn’t mind the visits, though she tuned him out at least some of the time. It beat being alone and bored. 

Tonight was one such evening, but unlike their usual discussion topics, (pros and cons about whether or not Miyako should go back to Spain, a detailed plot summary of whatever book Takeru was reading, and often a heated debate around whether or not Takeru could give Miyako a ride to Ken’s place after this and if he did, what food would she give him for free?) Takeru found himself in a rather melancholy mood. 

Sighing heavily, Takeru placed a finger on the glass, tracing the shape of one especially lonely looking nikuman. “Miyako-san, I’m going to confess something to you, but you can’t make a big deal out of it, okay? I just really need someone to talk to.”

Miyako stood a little straighter, though her hand still remained clutching her book, poised to turn the page. “Um, okay. Again, what’s up?” 

“I’m in love with Hikari-chan,” he said, drawing a sad face over the nikuman. He wondered if it was as sad as he was - it must be, knowing that it was going to come to an untimely end, first getting ripped to shreds by someone’s teeth and then getting boiled alive in stomach acid. 

Being in love, Takeru was finding, was awful. Sure, he had probably been some type of in love with Hikari for almost ten years, but he kind of thought he would get over it. Yet here he was at 23, decidedly not over it and definitely not with Hikari and all of that was making him very miserable. 

He had to let it out. He wasn’t going to tell Yamato (what did Mr. Wife’d Up Since He Was 14 know about unrequited love?) and he certainly wasn’t going to talk to Daisuke, Ken, or Iori, all of whom were equal shades of busy or would mock him relentlessly. 

Which left Miyako, who, trapped behind the counter of Ai-Mart, really had no choice but to listen to his sob story. 

“Oh,” Miyako responded, blinking. “That’s all?”

Takeru stiffened, eyes darting away from the bread. “What do you mean that’s all?”

Rolling her eyes, Miyako folded her arms. “I mean that’s all as in obviously you’re in love with Hikari. Everyone knows that.”

“Everyone?!” Takeru yelped. “What do you mean everyone?!”

“I mean everyone,” Miyako said matter of factly. “Our entire friend group. Hey, are you drawing faces on the nikuman again?”

“No,” Takeru dropped his hand. “And what do you mean everyone?” 

Circling around the counter, Miyako sighed. “Takeru-kun, I mean that everyone in our friend group knows you’re in love with her cause it’s obvious. It’s been obvious since you were like, seventeen. You just have to watch you two interact for more than five minutes and see how you look at her to notice it.” Coming to a stop beside him, she bent over and peered at the glass. “You liar, you were drawing faces on the nikuman! Stop doing that! Someone complained last time and said this store was creeping him out.” 

“Sorry,” Takeru said, distracted. “How do I look at her?”

Miyako turned to him, her face suddenly serious. She smiled softly. 

“You look at her like she’s special. Like you could be in a room with every single person you’ve ever met in your life and you would look for her first.”

Instantly, Takeru felt his face flush. “Um, I think, well, that’s quite the description Miyako-san, I don’t know if it is that deep, I—”

“Oh, stop, seriously,” Miyako waved her hand, turning to head back to the other side of the counter. “It’s so obnoxious to hear men try to downplay their feelings. Just own it. You’re head over heels for her. You’d rip worlds apart for her.”

Takeru swallowed, flushing deeper. “I mean, technically I kind of have.” 

“I know,” Miyako stationed herself beside the register and flipped her book closed. “I heard all about it. That’s why I said it. Now. What do you want to do about it?” 

A beat passed between them before Takeru slumped back against the counter. “I don’t know.”

“What do you mean you don’t know?!”

“I mean I don’t know!” Takeru snapped. “I have no idea how to navigate this. I’ve tried Googling. I’ve tried reading. I even considered talking to my brother, but that would be no help at all cause he and Sora got together so young and have stayed together for so long, so what does he really know about dating? And all of the advice online is so mixed and I just truly have no idea where to even start.”

Miyako pursed her lips. “You want to know what I think you should do?” 

Takeru nodded, eagerly. “Yes, please.”

“I think you should tell her.”

Takeru groaned. “Miyako-san, I can’t just tell her. Are you crazy?”

“No!” She narrowed her eyes. “And I resent the question. Just tell her how you feel, you idiot!”

“I can’t just tell her how I feel,” Takeru said slowly, pointedly. “What if she doesn’t feel the same? I could ruin our friendship.”

Miyako shook her head. “You’re not going to ruin your friendship. Hikari is very understanding, very forgiving.”

Takeru nodded. “She is - wait. Are you saying that she’s going to reject me?”

[digitalgate02]

You know, i'm curious about which 02 kid you ship Rui with. I've seen a lot of people ship him with Daisuke, and I know at least one friend who likes to ship him with Hikari… And i also found a possible AU scenario for Rui and Ken entertaining.

So yeah. Let's make a poll! Please keep the spoilers tagged and no ship dunking allowed, canon or not. This is NOT a contest. By the way, feel free to gush about your favorite ship(s).

If you don't ship Rui with anyone, don't like him, or haven't seen the movie yet -- please do not interact with this post. I don't want to see any negativity in this poll, please. Don't kill the mood.

[bagerfluff]

From The Start

Older Takaishi Takeru x Male Reader

Prompt - Song Fic - From The Start by Good Kid

Don’t you notice how

I get quiet when there’s no one else around?

Me and you and awkward silence

You fiddle with your fingers as your hands sit in your lap. Everyone was hanging out since it was the weekend and you’ve all been busy with school.

You and Takeru were the first people who showed up.

Normally you would be talking about anything and everything but it was only you and Takeru, nobody else has shown up yet.

Takeru had made some small talk but that was it. You both sat on a bench at a park, you on one side and Takeru on the other. The silence in the air was heavy, like lead was thrown around the bench.

Kids and dogs ran around the park with smiles on the kids faces and tails wagging faster than ever.

You tried to focus on the happiness of other people but it didn’t work.

You wanted to move closer to Takeru, press your legs against his, wrap your arm around his shoulder, have his head resting on your shoulder.

But you knew that people would stare, you knew Takeru would feel weird.

You only sat this far away because you were a guy, you knew people would find this weird.

You tried to focus on other things but it didn’t work. You still felt the awkward silence and other things.

Don’t you dare look at me that why

I don’t need reminders of how you don’t feel the same

You glared at Takeru.

He had smiled at you because of something you said.

That stupid smile where the side of his cheek bunch up, where his teeth show, where his eyes scrunch up.

You glared at the happiness that filled your chest. You loved that smile and that’s what you hated.

The smile could bring hope to anyone who looked at it. You always wanted to see that smile.

You wanted to be the reason Takeru smiled like that. But he only smiled like that at friends or people he liked, girls.

He would never smile with love at you, a guy.

You were his friend, someone that gave him advice on dating. Not someone who tells him how pretty his smile looks.

You hated when he smiled because all it did was remind you of what couldn’t be yours. You looked away from Takeru and glared at the ground.

Red over took your cheek and you crossed your arms over your chest. You glanced at Takeru, he was now talking with Hikari. But he turned his head and smiled at you.

You glared, you hated that smile.

Oh, the burning pain.

Listening to you harp on ‘bout some new soulmate

“She’s so perfect,” Blah, blah, blah

“She’s so perfect”, Takeru said.

You just looked at your homework. You came over to Takeru’s place to study, not to listen to him talk about some girl.

He kept talking about how perfect she was and how he thought she was his soulmate, what a joke. You tried to listen, you wanted to be a good friend.

But every time Takeru brought her up your heart burned, tears pricked your eyes, and your knuckles turned white around your pencil.

You couldn’t focus on your homework with Takeru talking about this. It was all nonsense.

You glance up at Takeru, he was laying on his back next to his textbook and paper.

You wanted Takeru to talk about you like that. Like you were his soulmate.

Takeru would never do that, he doesn’t like guys. You could hear what he was saying but you chose to ignore it.

You didn’t know until you looked down but you were crying. There were tear stains on your paper, great.

You whipped your eyes and took a deep breath. You tried to go back to your homework.

But the burn in your chest was hard to ignore.

Oh, how I wish you’ll wake up one day

Run to me, confess your love, at least just let me say

You stared at the board. You were tired and just not in the mood to do math.

You leaned your head on your desk. You buried your head in your hands and closed your eyes.

You slowly fell into a daydream.

You wished that Takeru would just wake up one day and realize that he loved you like you loved him. He would run up to you and show you that stupid smile.

He would grab your hands and hold them in his as he said "I Love You" with that smile.

You knew that wouldn’t happen though. Just now if you turned your head you could see Takeru talking to that girl.

You didn’t do it though, just thinking about it was bringing the burn back.

You leaned your head up and looked at the board. You could hear Takeru whisper behind you and you hated it.

You wished Takeru whispered to you, liked you enough to get yelled at.

You just wished he liked you back. You wanted him to like you back.

But that would stay a dream.

That when I talk to you oh, Cupid walks right through

And shoot an arrow through my heart

And I sound like a loon, but don’t you feel it too?

You smiled at what Takeru said.

You were walking with Takeru back to his apartment since you both lived in the same building.

Miyako and Lori were behind you too, listening to what Takeru was saying.

He was talking about something but you didn't know what he was saying. You just focused on him and not his words.

His smile as he excitedly told his story, his eyes that shined with happiness, his hands that moved along with his story.

You were entranced by Takeru. You felt your face get warm and your heart beat increase.

This happened every time you were with Takeru, you felt like cupid had shot you with one of his arrows.

You were filled with love, unfortunately.

You knew that if you said that out loud you’d sound like you were crazy. People would look at you weird and call you a loon.

But Takeru had to feel it too, right? He always smiled when you were there, you were the first one he acknowledges, he was your first friend and you were his

So Takeru had to feel it too, right?

Confess I loved you from the start

You loved Takeru. Every since you first met him when you both went to the Digital world when you were kids.

You didn’t know what it was when you were a kid, but now you do.

You know why your face goes red, when your palm gets sweaty, why your heart beat increases, why you think about him all day and night, why you feel pain when he talks about others, it was all because you loved him.

Because you loved Takeru. You only ever confessed this in your mind, you never write it or say it.

You think it every time you see Takeru. You loved him since the first day, you loved him in between, and you would love him to the end.

Cause you’ve loved him from the start.

[hyohaehyuk]

Taka: "I am a more the "yang" type of person and Takeru is a bit more the "yin" type" - the synergistic effect that comes from the balance (2021/05/29)

--Also, the theme song for "The Beginning" (released June 4th), "Broken Heart of Gold," was a wonderful, emotional song.

Taka: I liked this film the best out of the series. It was so amazing that I think Takeru has never pushed himself so hard in his acting career. I think Takeru himself must have watched his previous works many times before finally coming to this movie. I have carefully created the atmosphere and mood of this film for Takeru.

--I can sense your respect for Sato-san, but how did you two meet?

Taka: When I was about 18 years old. Meeting Takeru was an extremely important moment in my life. I exchanged a lot of opinions with him, and to me, he is the person who understands ONE OK ROCK the best.

--Did you feel something from the moment you met?

Taka: He was amazing, not to mention unusual. He was someone who tried to understand things on a deep level, and he matured quickly. He sometimes talks about the shock he felt when he first heard our songs, and I felt the same sensation and stimulation when I watched "Rurouni Kenshin". In that sense, I think we have a very well-balanced relationship. Personality-wise, I am a more the "yang" type of person and Takeru is a bit more the "yin" type. I feel like there's a good balance there too

-- It's a big thing to be able to work on a project with someone you can trust.

Taka: I'm very happy to be involved in a movie that is based on his life. I'm impressed that Takeru has played the character of Kenshin with the same passion for 10 years, and I feel that his life is packed into the movie. This time, too, I felt like I was watching Takeru, rather than watching a movie. Takeru and I have something that goes beyond friendship, so I feel happy to be able to work together.

--It really is a great relationship that helps each other grow.

Taka: I watched the first movie with Takeru at the cinema. I was worried that the audience would stand up when the song played in the credits, but they all stayed in their seats until the end. I remember us being happy and saying, "Yesssss! I'm glad we did it." I hope you'll stay in your seats and watch the movie until the end this time too.

via oricon

Note: i just posted all the answers he mentioned Takeru. There is more in the 1st page of the oricon site.

[chishiyainborderlands]

love getting out of hand || takeru danma

Hatter | Takeru Danma x Male!Reader

⚠ SPOILERS FOR SEASON 1 ⚠

- Hatter | Takeru Danma x male!Reader with definite hints to Shuntaro Chishiya x male!reader

- summary ; you’re a member of the Beach-- once of the executives who is tasked with keeping the life of the party up in favor for Hatter. you might’ve given up on life if the Beach hadn’t came into your life, so you have a lot of admiration for the leader. maybe a little more than just admiration, but you’ll keep that to yourself

- A/N ; This is like one of the first works that I'm ever publishing. Super nervous about it because honestly I haven’t seen season 1 in like a year- I do plan on rewatching! Just waiting for a friend. But anyways, I originally wrote this for my OC- but i decided to make it an x Reader because there’s not enough of them for Danma and DEFINETLY a lack of male readers for honestly any of AiB characters. So uh.. enjoy? I also plan on making an Hatter | Takeru Danma Social media AU soon but I want to re watch the show before i start it. So i can get the characters down better.

(y/n) grinned as he sang out his heart on top of the stage at another one of the Beach’s many parties. It was his job, technically. Get the mood up after an intense game for most of the players, keep the people happy. It made Hatter’s job much easier. And (y/n) would do (mostly) anything for Hatter.

He was his savior after all.

Soon the song finished and he grinned, yelling out happily. “Everyone did so amazing!” He called out, and people cheered back at him. Sometimes, he could just pretend that this was his normal life. That he had gotten out of that shell of his, that his sister as just off somewhere with her friends, and he was here- at a normal party with a normal life. But he wasn’t. This was the Borderlands. Where he could die if he wasn’t careful enough.

“I'd like to give thanks yet again, to our lovely leader.” (y/n) said, with a charming grin as he held out his hand to point out Takeru Danma, or Hatter as he was known to everyone else. He only knew his name because of a drunken one night together- just a normal night. “Who has given us a chance at life again, and a safe haven for us to live in!” He said, and everyone cheered at that

(y/n)’s eyes tried to see Hatter’s face clearly, but it was hard with the atmosphere and those damn sunglasses. But, he could see that clear grin on his face- and that was enough. His job here was done. He hopped off the stage and talked with some of the members, grinning before he could see a familiar hand wave him over. (y/n) waved goodbye to the members and trotted up to Hatter. Niragi, Aguni, and An were there as well.

Niragi sneers at him, muttering ‘Hatters Dog’ to him, and (y/n) ignores him. “You wanted me Boss?” He asked Hatter, and the male hummed in response. “Your performance was spectacular, like always..” He says, taking a sip of his drink.

“Glad it lived up to your expectations. I was given a task, and I take those very seriously.” He said.

Hatter nodded to that response, clearly pleased. “Why don’t you stop by my room later? We can talk more without… prying ears. Just about future things at the Beach.” He said with a hum.

(y/n)’s heart was loyal to Chishiya. Mostly. It wasn’t fully his until he knew that he could trust that damn Cheshire like man with his heart. That led to a problem though, that it was quickly being filled with Danma. What was him and falling for emotionally unavailable men? The daddy issues? Probably. He knew Danma wasn’t the type of guy to fall in love, and honestly, (y/n) didn’t expect him to. The Beach’s code was open with relationships of any sorts. No one tied down, because who knew if you’d live to see tomorrow- so why not have fun with it? But the way Hatter carried himself, his mannerism and personality charmed (y/n) easily. Not to mention, in a way, Takeru Danma had saved him.

When he had first come to the Borderlands, it was just him and his sister. Back at home, he had been a recluse. Emiko, his sister, had been the only person to try and get him out of his shell. So when they both had arrived at this.. Strange world. (y/n) clung to his sister– and the two of them quickly figured out the rules for the land. (y/n) started getting out of his shell, and started quickly making allies and friends with each game they played. It was like he was becoming a different person. 

Then disaster struck, and it was like (y/n)’s worst nightmare had come true. While playing a Diamonds game, (y/n) had made a mistake. And a mistake in a Diamonds game was fatal. The cost was his sister, who had been his partner in this cruel game. 

(y/n) didn’t didn’t know if he could go on after that game. He had 5 days on his VISA, and all he did was just hide in the room that he and Emiko had been taking shelter in recently. On the last day, he almost just let his VISA run out. (y/n) just.. wanted to give up. His older sister was the closest person to him growing up– the one person to try and get him out into the world. Without her, he didn't think he could survive. These games were basically hell, so where would he go after he died? But he didn’t let his VISA run out. Maybe he heard his sisters voice in the back of his head– or maybe he just managed to get himself out of the funk but.. (y/n) got up. He held his phone tightly in his hand and went to find another game

That’s when he met Ryota, a strange man around his age who was wearing Beach clothes. (y/n) thought it was strange, but when they started talking– Ryota quietly mentioned he came from a sort of safe haven. He technically wasn’t supposed to mention this to anyone, but once the game had finished– Ryota had apparently thought (y/n) had done amazing. His specialty had to be Clubs. So he told him that he would see if their leader would send out an invite to him. Ryota told (y/n) to meet him at this location, and if the leader agreed to let (y/n) in, there would be someone to bring him to said Beach.

In the end, someone had come that day. Niragi, he had introduced himself as. (y/n) could tell something was off about the man- but he didn’t speak on it. Maybe it was stupid of him, but he trusted Ryota enough that he probably wasn’t sending him to his death. I mean this place was literally death everywhere. (y/n) had a sack put over his head and taken to a car, before they seemed to arrive at their location

When the sack was taken off his head, (y/n) was tied to a chair in a big room. On the wall across from him was giant black and red man-made playing cards. A lot of them were X’d off, and (y/n) realized what those were. The cards he had been collecting..

Then the man himself walked in. He was wearing swimsuit shorts and a long robe, and had sunglasses covering his eyes. He carried himself in such a high regard, before he stood in front of (y/n). 

Hatter, as he introduced himself to be, told him about the Beach. About how it has become a utopia, and they are working together to collect all the cards. Because Hatter believes if you collect a full deck- you get to go home. The man rambled on for a bit more, before he told (y/n) that he heard he was a skilled player. And Hatter was feeling generous, so he would offer him a place here. The rules were simple. He could party, have sex, do drugs- whatever he wanted. But he had three rules. 

Rule number one, He had to only wear beach clothes.. Which explained alot- and why Ryota was wearing them the day they met. (y/n) could handle that- he wouldn’t mind wearing beach clothes. 

Rule number two, was that all of the cards that he collects belong to the beach. He apparently had already taken the cards that (y/n) had collected- which.. Okay fair. 

And the last rule, the one that made (y/n)’s blood run cold. Rule number three, Death to all Traitors. (y/n) never planned on betraying anyone, but just the thought of what happened to those peoples.. The way Hatter said it. But he just smiled at (y/n), waiting for his response. (y/n) wondered what would happen if he declined. But he didn’t. He agreed to the three rules and Hatter cheered.

Hatter waved his hand and a girl with short black hair untied him and he pulled his hands to rub his wrist. The man in front of him hums– telling the girl (An? Yeah, tha’ts her name) to lead him to his new room and let him choose his new clothing. An nodded and helped usher (y/n) to his new living arrangements.

(y/n) quickly climbed the ranks and got used to the life at the Beach. Here he could forget about the outside world for a bit. So as he got accustomed to the life, he wanted to say thanks to Hatter- and this new life that he granted him. So he basically just kept the party spirits up, talking up Hatter and making him sound great. Which was easy because like him- everyone else was grateful for the ‘new chance at life’.

One thing let to another, and (y/n) became an executive. His task was easy, and he enjoyed it well. Just like what he did, he would make Hatter painted out in a great light. Keep the spirits up, sing songs to keep the party going. Make the place feel like a home- so no one would dare to think of leaving or betraying their cause.

So he had some admirability for him in that way. And (y/n) was easily swayed with love- being a recluse most of your life will do that to you. So when Hatter told him to stop by his room later, (y/n) grinned and bowed slightly, looking up to meet his gaze “I will be there. Let me go around the party and check in with everyone. I heard we got some new recruits and.. Well I should talk up my favorite boss, hm?” He said with a grin

Hatter just gave a small chuckle at that, his sunglasses sliding down slightly to fully meet (y/n)’s gaze. Fuck. Those eyes man.. (y/n) stood up, regarding An and Aguni- sneering right back at Niragi before he walked off to ‘make his rounds’

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Came across a tweet by an anime screenwriter about how he had recently worked on a script for a Chinese stage play adaptation of Digimon Adventure which opened in Shanghai this week.

He shared a few photos from the opening in Shanghai.

Did some digging around and found captures from the play itself posted by the production company on Weibo.

Set and costume design for a show like Digimon can be extremely difficult to replicate in stage plays but they've done such a good job at it!

Source: HappyKids Company on Weibo

The actors who are part of the cast also uploaded photos on their Weibo accounts. I won't share them all here, since I am not familiar with the etiquette for reposting celebrity pictures from Chinese social media posts on other sites. I'll add the photos shared by Official accounts that I could find, and some generic watermarked photos from the cast accounts which I will link at the bottom of the post.

Character profiles shared by Shonen Jump's Weibo Account.

Toei's Weibo account shared similar profiles but in case of Jou and Takeru they went for different poses.

Play captures shared by Bandai Namco's Weibo account.

These were shared by Yamato's actor. There are more pics of them in character here 😍

These were shared by Hikari's actor. There are more pics of them in character here (Mimi is there too!)

Merch being sold at the screening includes some cute stickers, some figurines and what seem to be matching Digi beanies for you and your cat!

Sorry for such a long post and intensive photo dump. I just feel so comforted by China's passion to keep the love for og Digimon Adventure alive, always perks up my mood when they come out with new content!

[detectiveichijouji]

Y'all want some hurt/comfort TakeDai preview? (it's just this scene. but hey, i wanted to write this one)

“Yo,” he heard someone’s voice from the entrance of his room. It was Daisuke, “Mrs. Takaishi let me in before she went to work and…” he took a deep sigh, “I came to bring you my notes and the homework from yesterday.” “Ah, sure…” He wasn’t in the real mood for talking about school right now. “I’ll leave it on the desk,” and Daisuke walked in, put the notebooks on the desk. When he was about to leave, Takeru got up and held his arm lightly. Daisuke looked at him, “If you… If you’re still bugged about what you have done, don’t worry about it.” “I… I’m sorry.” “I said you don’t need to worry…” Daisuke gave him a warm smile, “We know you weren’t in the right place.”

🤭

[seventeenlovesthree]

You said Matt is your "second least fave among the original 8". Who is the least?

My least and second-least favourite characters keep switching places depending on my mood/exposure to them, haha. It's not that serious, since it's all just an anime after all, but yeah whenever Yamato is not residing in last place for once among all the 12 - it's Miyako.

It's not a secret that I pay more attention to the original 8, so the four 02 kids are usually lower ranked on my personal popularity list (which also changes occasionally, depending on, as I said, my exposure to them). But yeah. With Miyako, I have a complicated relationship, mainly because I feel like she gets it easier than a lot of other characters in the series - and despite her struggles, she still usually not only receives the cake, but also gets to eat the whole thing. I know this may sound petty in the grand scheme of things and I don't wanna weigh the issues of other characters against each other, but man... To quote Hikari here, "you are a handful sometimes, Miyako-san". Of course she HAS her humbling moments, there are important lessons the viewer is supposed to learn through her - that being overenthusiastic while hiding your true feelings can hurt others, that taking mental breaks is important, that it's okay to feel envious of your siblings as long as you stay kind, that you have to adjust to others sometimes, that you have to learn how to forgive... But due to her brashness and overenthusiasm, it sometimes feels like she doesn't learn her lessons long-term. Being loud, smart and confident as a female character in a franchise like this is super important when you get outshined by a lot of male characters as the strongest fighters.

However - similarly to Yamato, she tends to resort back to a sense of stubbornness where she cannot really admit when she did something wrong (especially towards Daisuke and similarly to how Tri!Mimi acts towards Koushirou; in fact, she shares a few traits that I also do not enjoy about Mimi, especially whenever their "Sincerity" is obnoxiously turning into a "being true to myself means that I cannot ever bend towards others, I am who I am and the loudest in the room, I complain and judge quickly, even if that may have been the wrong approach, deal with that" attitude. And in most of these cases, Koushirou has to clean up behind them, which may contribute to my annoyance a little).

So yeah, that probably sums up most of it. I do enjoy that her being with Hikari in 02 lets her soften and be honest in ways that feel truly genuine. And I was genuinely amused by how real the Miyakensuke framing in The Beginning was conducted!

As for my general ranking, as of right now, it may look like this, favourite to least favourite:

Koushirou - Taichi - Sora - Jyou - Hikari - Takeru - Ken - Mimi - Iori - Daisuke - Yamato - Miyako