#talio day

[mostlyfate]

THUS, I DECIDED TO REVISIT THE CASE WITH THIS DESPICABLE CON MAN. I AM NOT SURE IF HE'S THE BEST OR THE WORST BUDDY OF MINE. WAIT, NO. THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE BUDDIES. 「subtitles by: aoinousagi」 *:･ﾟ✧FOUR YEAR SINCE TALIO AIRED ON OCTOBER 9, 2020.

[mingi-bubu]

17. Needing to kiss to hide from bad guys

Shirasawa Mami x Kuroiwa Kensuke, pre-relationship, canon compliant, prose that has a tendency to get sidetracked mid-sentence because that's how I think Mami probably thinks, playing a bit fast and loose with canon and characterization bc I haven’t watched it in a while, the bisexual lighting is intentional but doesn’t add anything to the fic really; i’m just queer and wanted it lol, ~3k words 76 Kisses Masterlist || ao3 link

Mami always figured that she'd end up like this, running away from angry men who were trying to either kill her or kidnap her.  She knew that with her passion for justice, and strict oath to find it, that someone would take umbrage with it and try to hunt her down.  She didn't expect that she'd have someone there with her, running beside her.

(Or, well, ahead of her and pulling her arm, so she could keep up.  Damn him and his long legs.)

She had always been a fairly solitary person, for reasons both self-imposed and not.

(It's hard to make friends when you're known as the girl whose dad mysteriously vanished.  Even harder when you're also the youngest lawyer most people meet.)

But somehow she managed to become… friends, question mark, with con-artist and unwilling good person Kuroiwa Kensuke.

(For as much as he denies it, she knows he does care. He would've left her long before they reached this point if he didn't.)

Unfortunately, due to Kuroiwa's habit of defrauding people—something she can't break him of, but can direct it towards more deserving people—it tends to result in angry people when they realized they've been fleeced.

Honestly, given that they were almost burned alive in their second case, she's surprised it's taken this long to have men with guns (maybe more, she assumes) chasing her and Kuroiwa. It all started with a woman around Kuroiwa's age, about a decade older than Mami herself, coming to them and explaining how her younger brother had gotten himself into a hole with a loan shark. Her brother had paid him back, but the man is now claiming the interest on the loan was higher than what they agreed on. And because her brother didn't think to ask for any written word originally, the case wasn't strong enough for the law firm they contacted to take it on.

(Mami was still suspicious about that last part and held a strong belief that everyone in the woman’s hometown was on the shark’s payroll.  Kuroiwa told her to stop being so dramatic, but his behavior changed slightly.  It wasn’t an obvious change to anyone else, but she had been working with him and lived in his office.  She knows how he acts.)

“If you get us killed,” Kuroiwa shouts behind his shoulder at Mami, “I’m going to kill you.”

Despite the fear screaming through her veins, she still finds it in herself to roll her eyes.  “Less empty threatening, more running, Kuroiwa!”

The two revenge agents skirt around a group of small families watching a man on the street make animals out of molten sugar.  Mami wasn’t sure if she was happy that the loan shark’s thugs had taken the bait and followed her and Kuroiwa to the nearest larger city.  The two of them figured it’d be easier to possibly set a trap for the shark if they were in a town that wasn’t on his payroll, though.  The winding streets and bright, flashing lights of the neon signs for bars and clubs definitely helped now that they were running for their lives.  It’s just her luck then that when she trips, Kuroiwa pulls her up and into an alley between two bars.  The inertia of the pull forces her into his chest, and she feels him exhale suddenly when his back hits the brick wall behind him.  For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, she thinks wryly.

Over the sound of her heartbeat pounding in her ears, the low thrum of music joins them.  Mami realizes her hands are clutching the sides of Kuroiwa’s jacket, and she pulls back hastily.  She pushes her hair out of her face and takes deep breaths, or tries to at least, given how she’s still panting from the sprint.  Her eyes darting around, she takes in the alleyway where they were hiding.  The flashing neons painted her and Kuroiwa in shades of blues, purples, and pinks.  The pavement beneath them was slightly damp with puddles here and there that, too, changed color with the lights.  There was a dumpster halfway down the alley next to a back door, and facing it from the opposite building was a mirrored image.  The building behind Mami was different though, in that there must be some sort of laundromat inside, the fog coming from behind the dumpster too light to be smoke from a fire.  And when the winds changed, she could smell detergent along with the stench of trash.

“What are we going to do?”  She asks, her eyes now combing the walls higher up on the buildings, looking for a fire escape that they could possibly use to get to the roof or at least a few stories up.  High enough that if the thugs were to run down the alley, they might miss her and Kuroiwa.

During her inspection, she misses Kuroiwa’s eyes contemplating her.  “Hold still,” he says, putting one hand on her shoulder.  When she turns back to him, he slips a hand into her hair, tugging at the base of her ponytail-braid, and the other hand leaves her shoulder, coming up to tug at the end of the ponytail-braid.

“Kuroiwa!  What do you think you’re doing?”  She snaps at him, trying to pull his hands away from her head.

“Don’t call me out like that.”  He shushes her, taking a moment to slap at her hands before he goes back to pulling the scrunchie and elastic out of her hair.  “Do you trust me?”

Mami scrunches her nose at him in confusion at the sudden question.  “What does that have to do wi-”

He cuts her off, his fingers stilling as he ducks his head to look in her eyes.  He asks again, his tone just as serious as before.  “Do. You. Trust. Me?”

She thinks back on everything they’ve been through.  Her mind lingers on how he took the knife from her, refused to let her become a killer, told her that she is better than him…  That she can do better than him.

He must see something change in her eyes, and he puts on a cocky, but reassuring, smile.  “Then trust me now, okay?”

Mami takes a deep breath and nods, letting him finish taking her hair down.  The elastic and scrunchie slide onto his wrist without a second thought.  “Run your hands through your hair,” he orders, stepping back from her and taking off his jacket.  “Make sure the braid is gone.”

She does as he says, tilting her head and combing through her hair, undoing the braid, wincing when her fingers catch on knots.  When she finishes, she straightens up and looks at him, wordlessly asking what she should do next.

Kuroiwa stays quiet, which was not what she had expected.  His face was shadowed in blue, the pink neons turning his white dress shirt pink.  Feeling annoyed with him, something that wasn’t new to her, she opens her mouth to speak when the sounds of distant, but angry, voices start to filter through the music.  His eyes widen, and he throws his jacket around her, using it to spin her and press her back to the wall he was before.

“Put your hands in my hair,” he says, his voice low and quick.

Mami boggles at him, mind whirling from the rapid changes of pace.  He rolls his eyes when she doesn’t immediately jump to his orders.  Which isn’t a change from their norm, but he would appreciate her being a little bit faster on the ball right now.  Kuroiwa grabs her hands, careful to not jostle the jacket from her shoulders, and lifts them to his head.  The voices are louder now, and he’s almost able to make out what they’re yelling.  This seems to jar her out of her thoughts and she takes over, threading her fingers into his hair.

“What now,” she asks, the lights making her look like a watercolor painting.

“Don’t let my jacket touch the ground.”  He leans in closer to her, slouching, so their faces are even once again.  “And sue me later,” he jokes.

Mami barely has a minute to process that last sentence before Kuroiwa’s lips are on hers.  Her wide, surprised eyes stare into his equally wide eyes.  She pulls away, her hands leaving his hair to push at his shoulders, but she can only move so far from him when cornered like this.

“Explain and explain fast,” she hisses, feeling betrayal rise in her for some reason.

“Have you never-” Kuroiwa cuts himself off, “Those men are chasing us.  We are in a section of the downtown where it wouldn’t be unheard of to have a couple kissing in an alley.  We need to hide in case they glance in here.  Usually, public displays of affection make people uncomfortable, and they move on,” he says all in one breath.

Mami blinks.  They both freeze as they hear one of the thugs, the meanest looking one if she remembers correctly, yell out, “I want all of you to check the stores, bars, train stations.  Check the alleys if you have to!  Boss wants them and wants them now!”

And with that… loud and passionate declaration from the men trying to get them, she pulls Kuroiwa forward, a surprised noise escaping him when she kisses him.

She doesn’t understand why he’s the one who’s surprised when it was his idea in the first place, but he quickly gets into character.  His hands resting on her waist, low enough that if anyone saw them, they’d look like a couple, but high enough that he wasn’t making her more uncomfortable.  Her hands slowly make their way back into his hair, like she wasn’t quite sure of her actions.  Kuroiwa reasoned it out as her not wanting to be in this situation, but for her, it was that she didn’t know what to, well, do in this situation.  She had never been in a situation like this before.  Not the running away from bad men, that’s happened before, but the kissing.  What happened with her dad made it hard to find guys who were interested before university, and once she got into university, all she cared about was getting her degree.

(Aside from dares, but she figured out quickly when that was the case.)

Kuroiwa seemed to quickly realize that she had no idea what she was doing, and took control, guiding her through the kiss.  He squeezed her waist, lightly, in reassurance when she tentatively used the hands in his hair to reposition him.  It continued like that for a few more moments, her trying something and him acquiescing, both of them keeping an ear open for footsteps coming into the alley.

Mami could feel the heat from his hands slowly marking itself through the several layers of fabric that separated her skin from his.  Her eyes slid close as if they were working of their own volition.  She could still smell the laundry detergent and trash from earlier, but they were all getting drowned out by Kuroiwa.  One of his hands slid from her hip to her head, tilting it.  Her hands dropped, one to his shoulder and the other to his neck.  While she was no judge of kisses, she did feel like this was probably a pretty decent first, considering the circumstances.

The sudden remembrance of the circumstances made her open her eyes, just enough to see clearly around them.  She sees two heavily-muscled men start to turn into the alley, and she tenses.  Her eyes stay on the two men and she can’t focus on anything but them, her lips going still.  Kuroiwa seems to figure out why she is suddenly so out of sorts and decides to amp it up a bit.  He pulls away with a sigh, and Mami thinks he’s about to turn around and try to talk their way out of this situation.  She is instead lifted by Kuroiwa and pressed to the wall by his hips as he winds his legs around his waist.

“Ku-” she cuts herself off, not wanting to give their identities away just in case.  “Kensuke!”  Her voice hisses, “What are you doing?”

“Giggle as I readjust you,” Kuroiwa orders, his voice just as quiet.  “You’re hurting my jacket.”

She rolls her eyes but lets out a fake laugh.  She thinks about what she’s seen in movies, on TV, and says loudly, as if she’s a little drunk and the only ones in the alley, “Kensuke!  Stop, somebody might see!”  She hates how Not Her she sounds, but right now it’s better to sound like someone else than to sound like herself.  Mami doesn’t linger on why she’s upset that she sounds fake.  If she does that, she’ll have to face other questions that follow.

Kuroiwa lets out a loud “Shh!” and mutters, “Hands back in hair, now.”

Mami’s hands slide back into his hair, and curls her fingers just a bit.  Enough to pull at the roots, to get him back for the comment about his jacket.  The choked sound he makes, like he was going to say something but cut himself off, was not expected.  She leans back as far as she can, given the wall supporting her, and looks down at him.  She’s not altogether that surprised to see him already glaring back up at her.

“Do you think that…?”  A question from the shorter of the two men pursuing them drifts over.  She hears them take a step or two forward, the sound of clothes rustling.

In a panic, Mami yanks Kuroiwa towards her again, their lips meeting more aggressively than before.  The new angle and the necessity to pretend they’re someone they’re not fuels Mami.  She was always pretty certain that Kuroiwa had a hard time saying no to her.  She wouldn’t have been able to move into his office in front of him without telling him beforehand otherwise.  But the change in angle gave her a different control over him than she normally has.  Though she wasn’t confident about what she was doing, the way he followed her lead reassured her.

She squeaks when he squeezes her thighs, and he pulls back enough to say, “Sorry.”  It’s meant for her alone and she gives him a small smile, reassuring him (this time) that she was following his lead as well.  He drops his arms enough that it brings them face-to-face and leans forward, their noses brushing.  “Are they still there,” he asks.

Mami tilts her head just enough that she can see around Kuroiwa.  The one who is tall keeps looking from his phone to them, eyes narrowed.  He takes another step forward, and Mami can see the veins in his arms and neck clearly standing out.  The shorter one grabs the shoulder of the taller one.  “I don’t think it’s them.”

“Then why did they stop?”  She hears the click of his phone locking.  She can feel Kuroiwa frowning at the question.

Before she or the two men can say anything, Kuroiwa says, in a very annoyed and accented voice, “Because two men are watching me and my,” a pause, no longer than a heartbeat, “fiancée kissing.  It’s kind of creepy, to be honest.”

“A total mood killer,” Mami chimes in her fake voice.

“It’s not them,” the shorter one says again to his fellow, this time much more confident.  “The two we’re looking for argue a lot, according to Takahashi.  There’s no way that these two are them.”

The taller one grunts an acknowledgement, and steps back until he and his partner are at the mouth of the alley.  “Sorry to, um, intrude on you two.  Um, congratulations on your engagement.”  The man’s voice is so uncomfortable that, if it weren’t for the fact he’d kill her and Kuroiwa in the blink of an eye, she would be doubled over in laughter.

Kuroiwa seems to think the same, since he resolutely refuses to look her in the eye.  They call out a half-hearted thank you, and Kuroiwa slowly sets her down again.  He keeps his hands on her arms as they listen to the other two walk away.

Mami counts to twenty-five before Kuroiwa stifles a laugh.  She tries to do the same.  Their eyes meet.  Suddenly they’re both doubled over, tears falling down their faces.  She’s sure it is a mixture of relief and the tension of the situation, a veritable emotional cocktail if she’s ever seen one, that’s making them respond this way.  They lean into each other for support, trying to catch their breaths.  Mami lifts a hand to wipe her face and realizes that Kuroiwa’s jacket is still over her.

“Kuroiwa,” she says, still breathless, “your jacket.”  She straightens up and starts to pull it off one shoulder.

He helps her take it off her shoulders and holds it up, back facing him.  “Ah,” he lets out an aggravated sigh, “I told you to not hurt my jacket, and what do you do?”  He doesn’t wait for a response.  “You hurt it.  Look at that!  That’s going to take forever to fix.”

He shakes it in front of her face, emphasizing his point.  She looks at the back, unimpressed.  “Get it dry-cleaned then, instead of whining about it.”  She grabs his wrist, the one with her hairstyling supplies on it, and starts pulling the elastic and scrunchie off.

“We have to get out of here,” Mami says, starting to put her hair up in a ponytail.  She doesn’t braid it, mind too focused on the next step.  “It’s obvious that the shark is controlling Misaki-san’s town.  We need to tell her.”

Kuroiwa nods and they walk to the mouth of the alley.  She’s painted in blue by the lights, and him in pink.  Without thinking about it, he reaches out and takes her hand.  The blue and pink meet.  “Let’s go.”

[dumpingspot]

The WyrdWolf

The day after the battle, the town of Havenmoor was in shambles. Ash and debris littered the streets, and the air still carried the acrid scent of burned wood and blood. Yet despite the damage, the townspeople moved about with determined purpose, repairing what they could and tending to the wounded. The tavern, though quieter than usual, still held some patrons—adventurers and townsfolk alike—taking brief moments of respite after the chaos.

Inside the dimly lit tavern, Draven, Oryn, and Kaia sat around a worn wooden table. Nene was upstairs resting, still recovering from her injuries after the fight with the Abyssal Broodfather. Draven, however, was far from restful. He sat hunched over, his eyes distant, and his fingers absently drumming against the table. His mind replayed the fight over and over—how close they had come to losing Nene, and how he had lost control of himself, transforming into the terrifying WyrdWolf.

"Five months," Draven muttered, half to himself. "Five months in this world, and now I'm a… a fucking werewolf."

Kaia, sitting across from him, tilted her head, confused. "I don’t know what that is." Her feline eyes blinked in curiosity.

Draven sighed, realizing again that his strange terms from his previous life often slipped out when he wasn’t careful. "Uh—forget it, just something from… where I’m from." He waved it off, but his voice was edged with tension.

Kaia simply waved him on with a flick of her hand. Draven often said odd things, and though she had learned to ignore most of it, she was far more interested in the transformation she had seen. “What I did recognize was your wolf,” she said, leaning forward slightly. “I think I know what kind it was.”

Draven looked up, surprised. “Wait, really?”

Kaia nodded, pulling a small notebook from her pouch. She flipped through a few pages until she landed on a hand-drawn sketch of a massive wolf-like creature, sleek and terrifying, with fur like gleaming metal. “It looked like a Steelwind Direwolf. Deadly things,” she said, her voice laced with reverence.

Draven’s eyes widened as he studied the sketch. The Steelwind Direwolf was a massive, wolf-like demon beast, its metallic fur shimmering with shades of silver and gray, and its glowing blue eyes exuding raw elemental power. Just looking at the drawing reminded him of his own transformation, the power that had surged through him.

Kaia continued, “The Steelwind Direwolf uses wind and metal in its attacks. It’s fast, nearly impossible to pin down, and it shreds its enemies from a distance with wind-infused metal shards.” She pointed to a note on the page describing one of its abilities, Gale Slash. “You didn’t use wind, but the way you fought—savage, precise, and fast. It’s almost identical.”

“I guess that’s something,” Draven said quietly, though he still felt uneasy. His eyes drifted toward the ceiling, where Nene rested. “But what happens the next time I lose control?”

Kaia shook her head. “You didn’t lose control, Draven. You fought—yes, like a beast—but you fought for Nene. She’s fine, and she’ll recover. You didn’t let that thing take over. You’re still you.”

Draven remained silent, doubt gnawing at him, but her words gave him a small measure of comfort. The wolf, his WyrdWolf instincts, hadn’t fully taken over… not yet, at least.

Oryn, who had been quietly sipping his ale, chimed in with a heavy voice. “You’re not the first to have something inside them they don’t understand. But you kept it together enough to save all our hides, so that’s got to count for something.”

Draven nodded, though his gaze remained troubled. “I still think I should talk to that sorcerer guy. He might know something about all of this.”

At the mention of the sorcerer, Kaia raised an eyebrow. “The one you mentioned before? The guy who got honeypotted?”

“Yeah, Talio,” Draven confirmed, his eyes narrowing slightly as he remembered the young scholar. “He seemed like he knew his stuff about strange magic and the Wyrdlands. Maybe he’s seen something like this before. It’s worth a shot.”

Oryn grunted. “Might be useful. Plus, if he’s as smart as you say, he’ll have some answers.”

Kaia leaned back, thoughtful. “Steelwind Direwolves are rare, Draven. If your wolf is truly based on one, you’ve got a powerful connection to something ancient and deadly.” She smiled faintly, trying to lighten the mood. “At least now you can say you’re not just a regular hunter anymore.”

Draven let out a small, bitter laugh. “Yeah, just a regular guy who can turn into a monstrous wolf beast.”

Kaia smirked and nudged him with her elbow. “Welcome to the club.”

Despite the banter, Draven’s mind remained clouded with thoughts of the fight, of Nene’s injuries, and of his own transformation. He wasn’t sure how he felt about any of it yet, but one thing was certain—he needed answers.

Steelwind Direwolf

- Elemental Affinity: Wind and Metal

- Size: Large, standing as tall as a fully-grown horse with sleek, metallic fur that shimmered in silver and gray hues.

The Steelwind Direwolf was a deadly predator, known for its Gale Slash ability, where it sent out blades of compressed wind, and its powerful Cyclone Howl, creating devastating windstorms filled with sharp metallic shards. Agile and lethal, the Steelwind Direwolf was a master of hit-and-run tactics, overwhelming its enemies with speed and precision.

As Kaia explained the direwolf’s abilities in more detail, Draven felt a cold realization settle in. If this was the beast that his WyrdWolf form was modeled after, then he was walking a very thin line between control and chaos. The Direwolf’s power was immense, but it was also a power built for destruction.

The tavern buzzed softly with quiet conversations and the clinking of tankards, but Draven’s thoughts kept drifting back to the battle, to Nene, and to the primal fear that had seized him when he saw her fall.

“Kaia…” he began, his voice low and hesitant. “If I can’t control it… if it happens again…”

Kaia looked at him with understanding. “Then we’ll help you control it. You’re not alone in this, Draven. You have us, and you have Nene. You’re not going to lose yourself to it.”

Draven swallowed hard and nodded, though deep inside, the fear still lingered. He wasn’t sure what the future held, but for now, he had people to fight for—and that was enough

[regiprimus]

Daily Shenanigans : Day Three

Shmuffet, Talios and Daniel are chilling in the living room, Watching Talios favorite show. Talios enjoyed showing his friends his show, Daniel appreciates the fun time with them, But Shmuffet was confused, as he couldn't read subtitles.

[ikjun]

Kuroiwa and the not good, very bad (business) day in the countryside 🙄

タリオ 復讐代行の2人 /  Talio Fukushu Daiko no Futari (2020)

[jdramasource]

Hello, Can you recommend me some good jdrama?? Romance or anything

I hope you have a nice day ❣️

Hi! Hope some of these recommendations peak your interest.

First you can check out this ask and these recs by @storge which both include only romance recs! And also this amazing Jdrama recs of all kinds of genres here by @motodaka!

— Here’s some recent romance dramas:

*I personally haven’t finished all but at least watched a few episodes of those I haven’t! (personal favorites will have a star ☆)

Ore no Kawaii wa Mousugu Shohikigen!? (2022) ☆

Koi Nante, Honki de Yatte Do Suru no? (2022)

Buchou to Shachiku no Koi Modokashii (2022)

Fight Song (2022)

Kieta Hatsukoi (2021) ☆

Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu (2021)

An no Ririkku: Sakuragi An Haiku Hajimetemimashita (2021) ☆

Douse Mou Nigerarenai (2021)

Kanojo wa Kirei datta (2021)

Boku no Satsui ga Koi wo Shita (2021)

Renai Mangaka (2021)

Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte (2021)

Oh! My Boss! Koi wa Bessatsu de (2021)

Koi wa Deep ni (2021)

Shanai Marriage Honey (2020)

Toki wo Kakeru Bando (2020) ☆

— Here’s some non-romance w/ different genres:

Shoujiki Fudousan (2022)

Kichijoji Losers (2022)

Dr. White (2022) ☆

Wadake no Otokotachi (2021)

Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai season 1 & 2 (2020 - 2021) ☆

Seigi no Tenbin (2021)

Enjiya (2021)

Bishoku Tantei Akechi Goro (2020) ☆

Talio Fukushu Daiko no Futari (2020) ☆

Itsuka Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi (2019) ☆

[vierran45]

Dramas watched in 2021

China:

Douluo Continent Guardian Advance Bravely Flavour It’s Yours/Instead of Tipsy Why Not Get Drunk Word of Honor Ever Night Love Better Than Immortality The Imperial Coroner Killer and Healer Unique Lady The Eternal Love Flourish in Time The Day of Becoming You The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty Couple of Mirrors Luoyang

Japan:

Talio Fukushu Daiko no Futari Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai vs Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko You Are My Destiny Nishiogikubo Mitsuboshi Youshudou / Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo

Korea:

Leverage: Con Artists Color Rush The Uncanny Counter To My Star Royal Secret Agent You Make Me Dance Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding Scripting Your Destiny Sell Your Haunted House Doom at Your Service My Roommate is a Gumiho The Witch’s Diner Light on Me The Devil Judge The Great Shaman Ga Doo Shim My Sweet Dear Lovers of the Red Sky Jirisan One: the Woman The Silent Sea k

Taiwan:

We Best Love: No. 1 For You HIStory 1 HIStory 2 HIStory 3: Trapped We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd Be Loved in House: I Do

Thailand:

Manner of Death 2gether He's Coming to Me A Tale of Thousand Stars/1000 Stars Lovely Writer Fish Upon the Sky Golden Blood Bite Me

Currently unfinished:

Hwarang k Something in the Rain k Love in the Moonlight / Moonlight Drawn by Clouds k Psych-Hunter c Legend of Fei c Extraordinary You k The Blessed Girl / Ling Long c Bloody Romance c Find Yourself c Run On k Rattan c No Boundary c Begin Again c And the Winner Is Love c Poisoned Love c Lover or Stranger c Unforgettable Love c My Roommate Is a Detective c A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College c Rainless Love in a Godless Land tw Beloved Enemy c Fall in Love c Kieta Hatsukoi j Truth c F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers th

[luna-rainbow]

jdrama 2020 autumn (oct #1)

Talio ~ Fukushou Daikou no Futari Stars: Hamabe Minami, Okada Masaki I went into this with high(ish) expectations because I like Okada, and while I've never watching Hamabe (except for like half of the first episode of her most recent drama with Yokohama Ryusei), I've heard that she's the next up-and-coming. Also, the premise looked unusual - a lawyer working with a conman, so it should be cute and tense and cerebral all at the same time. I'm not sure what went wrong. To start with, Hamabe's character is not cute. She (and I mean the character, not necessasrily the actor) is not even very convincing. A child without a mum who then loses her dad at a young age to grow up in a foster family to have that much (undeserving) self-assurance, naivety and social ineptitude is...astounding. She comes across as someone highly book-smart but socially tone-deaf, which would be fine for a normal prodigy who grew up with a very sheltered home life, but just unbelievable when she would have spent the last 10+ years living under someone else's roof and trying to get along with a family and siblings who are not her own. Your social cognition gets an early start when you realise people around you aren't there for you unconditionally. Her tics are also not cute or funny. I'm not sure what they're trying to build by her always saying "I'm telling only you this but I was the valedictorian" only to have her do something dumb afterwards. Is it to show that she's smart? Or that she's dumb? Or just socially inappropriate? Her doing the kiss and shoot motions during her confrontations are also not cute or funny, and really jolts you out of the story to the point of me having to fastforward things to get through the whole episode. Okada Masaki's character isn't well-defined in the first episode, and that may be intentional. They've left it so that he reluctantly works with her but is still clearly in the grey zone. But their dynamic come across awkward and not as clearly defined as these partner stories ought to be. For example - MIU404 has a rational vs reckless type, or Keiji to Kenji has a materialistic vs sentimental type, or even Kimura's recent BG2 has his socially observant type up against Saitou's socially awkward type. The idea with these screen partnerships is that they are complementary to make it worthwhile, and contradictory to make it interesting. The only clear traits about the two of them is that Hamabe's character is a lawyer hence supposedly law-abiding, and Okada's character is a borderline law-breaker. But she uses some very dodgy methods that I'm not sure would pass off all that well with the real law-abiders - stalking, blackmailing, going against her superiors without talking to them. And I'm not sure if I just stopped paying attention at that point but - did she really just steal the key evidence for her client by getting someone else to steal the data, then running off with the money?? So much for sticking to the path of justice. Okada's character is also not leading enough with his street-smartness, and in fact his motivation for actually helping her or working with her remains unclear. So basically the two of them aren't different enough for you to feel they need each other, nor are they on equal enough footing for their conflicts to be worthwhile. I normally really like Okada, but I think I've decided he's best staying in goody-too-shoes roles, because he just comes across here as creepy and annoying. For the sake of my remaining goodwill towards him, I had to stop watching. Gokushufudo Stars: Tamaki Hiroshi, Kawaguchi Haruna Mostly Japanese comedies don't do very well, but I think the year is in dire need of comedies. How do I put it? It is what it needs to be - it's full of gags, not much plot, and lots and lots of ridiculous posturing and misunderstandings. Most of the time the humour does get it right. It's certainly nice to see Tamaki get back into something light-hearted because he's actually got great comic timing. Kawaguchi's acting is much more natural these days (or maybe because everyone is trying really hard to over-act in this one?), which is nice. But I really worry about an entire season of this, because even by about 2/3 through the first episode, the gags were starting to wear a bit thin. I hope they've added some backstory and plot, because I'm not sure it can sustain itself for the whole season. I also wish whoever's doing the camera work could just chill it on the shaky cam and filters, because there's enough spinning and jolting to make me carsick (and I don't normally get carsick), and the filters make everything fuzzy. The actors really do give it a good go, and it's propped up by some solid veterans, but again...I really hope there's some plot to all this because it can tire very quickly.

[multi-fandom-stuff1]

Nightbound

@playchoices I really hope you reconsider making Nightbound a stand alone book. If you look at your tags people are upset that it’s a stand alone, even people who didn’t play it are surprised that it’s not getting a sequel. This book was so good, I loved how you threw us into a more complex supernatural world and we got to solve a mystery, we were like a supernatural scooby doo gang. A lot of people really enjoyed the story line also. There where a couple times where we wished we could have more interactions with the LI’s but overall the book was amazing. I know you guys tried to wrap up all the story lines at the end of the book but honestly you only wrapped up one and you left multiple open for a sequel. You could continue with how the fates are intertwined, or cal’s plan for the pack, or Vera’s curse, or Nik and Kat’s hunt for the shadow creature the killed Thomas’s family (and possibly tialo if you didn’t blow the horn and reveal chompers), or Mc figuring out their powers, or the other guardian creatures besides chompers, the guardian creatures relationship with Mc (are they all just big puppies to them? Do the creatures just randomly show up to Mc whenever they want attention after Mc has already met them?). There’s just so many story lines you could go with, you didn’t stop every story line with killing talio you just stopped an easy one that could of been made into a sequel. I know this is a company, and company’s need money, so I understand if you think Nightbound didn’t make you enough money and that’s why you want to not continue with this series. However, I do know that myself and a lot of other people got on the app every day just to collect the diamonds so we could save up to get the scenes from this book. I personally think that if a sequel was to be put out that it would get invested in. But like I said it’s your guys company, you make the decisions. But I think you have the story lines and the support to get a second book.

[mostlyfate]

THANK ME, THANK ME NOW! THANK ME WITH YOUR WHOLE SOUL! THANKED. DON’T USE THE PAST TENSE! 「listen to the soundtrack」 *:･ﾟ✧THREE YEARS SINCE TALIO AIRED ON OCTOBER 9, 2020.

[mingi-bubu]

💖💟💞✨76 Kisses to Valentine’s Day Masterlist ✨💞💟💖

I’m going to post something every day in the 76 days leading up to Valentine’s Day of 2023 starting today, November 30th.  Every post will be based on a prompt in this list, and I will change the color of the prompt once it’s filled!  Bar special occasions (aka I get too into a prompt which will probably happen at least five times), I am going to attempt to cap them, in general, at 1.3k words.

If you see a prompt that hasn’t been used yet, feel free to request whoever you want!  I’ll do my best to make it happen~

“Good morning” kiss — seonghwa x reader, fluff, ~750 words

Kiss on the forehead [WEi Seokhwa Day!]

Drunk/sloppy kiss

Awkward kiss

Angry kiss

“I’m sorry” kiss [TXT Soobin Day!]

“I’ve missed you” kiss

Seductive kiss

“War’s End” kiss

“Goodbye” kiss

“I almost lost you” kiss

Kiss on the nose — v x reader, fluff, ~2k words

Kiss on the ear

Kiss on the neck

Kiss on the back

New Year’s kiss

Needing to kiss to hide from bad guys — Talio Fukushu Daiko no Futari canon compliant, pre-relationship Shirasawa Mami x Kuroiwa Kensuke, ~3k words

“I do” kiss — Love O2O Canon compliant, Meng Yiran x Yu Banshan, post-series

Shy kiss [The9 Shuxin Day!]

Surprised kiss

Kiss on a dare [IZ Hyunjun Day!]

Sad kiss [The Boyz Eric Day!]

Exhausted parents kiss

Kiss of life

Kiss inspired by a song — doyoung x reader, platonic mark x reader, angst

Jealous kiss

Giggly kiss

First kiss

Last kiss

Kiss under a full moon

Kiss at dusk [Seventeen Joshua & BTS V Day!]

Kiss at dawn [A.C.E Yuchan Day!]

Kiss in a dream

Returned from the dead kiss — jaehyun x gn!reader x haechan (platonic-ish?); fantasy!au; 737 words

Themed kisses [Golden Child Jaehyun Day!]

“We can never be together” kiss

It’s-the-end-of-the-world kiss

Awkward teenage crush kiss

Spin the bottle kiss

Hiding/hoping not to be caught kiss — Love O2O Canon compliant, Meng Yiran x Yu Banshan, post-series

Forbidden kiss [ONEUS Xion Day!]

Sated kiss [WEi Yongha Day!]

Soft kiss

Tender kiss

Passionate kiss

Long kiss [Vanner Taehwan, Monsta X Hyungwon, & The Boyz Juyeon Day!]

Quick kiss [Seventeen Seungkwan Day!]

Morning kiss [Vanner Hyesung & SF9 Chani Day!]

Before Bed kiss

In Secret kiss

Public kiss — wooyoung x reader, fantasy!au, uni!au, sanhwa best friends, 854 words

Accidentally Witnessed kiss — Love O2O Canon compliant, Meng Yiran x Yu Banshan, post-series

Against a wall kiss

Against a Locker kiss [mark lee, high school au]

True Love kiss

Caught off-guard kiss

Breaking The Kiss To Say Something, Staying So Close That You’re Murmuring Into Each Other’s Mouths [Monsta X Changkyun & Astro Moonbin Day!]

Moving Around While Kissing, Stumbling Over Things, Pushing Each Other Back Against The Wall/Onto The Bed

Kissing So Desperately That Their Whole Body Curves Into The Other Person’s

Throwing Their Arms Around The Other Person, Holding Them Close While They Kiss

Hands On The Other Person’s Back, Fingertips Pressing Under Their Top, Drawing Gentle Circles Against That Small Strip Of Bare Skin That Make Them Break The Kiss With A Gasp

Lazy Morning Kisses Before They’ve Even Opened Their Eyes, Still Mumbling Half-Incoherently, Not Wanting To Wake Up [NCT Doyoung Day!]

Routine Kisses Where The Other Person Presents Their Cheek/Forehead For The Hello/Goodbye Kiss Without Even Looking Up From What They’re Doing

Being Unable To Open Their Eyes For A Few Moments Afterward

One Small Kiss, Pulling Away For An Instant, Then Devouring Each Other [Golden Child Jibeom Day!]

Staring At The Other’s Lips, Trying Not To Kiss Them, Before Giving In

When One Stops The Kiss To Whisper “I’m Sorry, Are You Sure You-” And They Answer By Kissing Them More

A Hoarse Whisper, “Kiss Me”

Following The Kiss With A Series Of Kisses Down The Neck

Starting With A Kiss Meant To Be Gentle, Ending Up In Passion

A Gentle “I Love You” Whispered After A Soft Kiss, Followed Immediately By A Stronger Kiss [NCT Johnny Day!]

When One Person’s Face Is Scrunched Up, And The Other One Kisses Their Lips/Nose/Forehead

Height Difference Kisses Where One Person Has To Bend Down And The Other Is On Their Tippy Toes [Golden Child Daeyeol, WEi Daehyeon, & Seventeen Dino Day!]

Kisses Where One Person Is Sitting In The Other’s Lap

Kisses Meant To Distract The Other Person From Whatever They Were Intently Doing

Top Of Head Kisses [NCT Jaehyun Day!/Valentine’s Day!]

[regiprimus]

Daily shenanigans : Day two

After back and forward debating on the order of Cereals, Daniel and Talios decide to deal their intense argument, with a battle in front of the sun, for dramatic effect. There is also Shmuffet, who is confused, as he skips breakfast.

[chishiru61]

April. 2021

Terminal/YUKI Late Summer Blue/sphontik Good Day/sphontik Our Friends Pt.I/Lila Tristram Our Friends Pt.II/Lila Tristram There's Always Glimmer/Gia Margaret Mia Gargaret/Gia Margaret 時間的產物/DSPS 不完整的村莊/Shallow Levee Town/The Fur. Serene Riminderi/The Fur. OST/I Mean Us Talio/流線形・一十三十一 VOICES II/connie VOICES/connie Bambinater/KOIZUMIX PRODUCTION 厚木IC/小泉今日子 Take a picture/Poppin' Shakin'/NiZiU Nice Middle/小泉今日子 Koizumi Chansonnier/小泉今日子

[b2bordermanagement]

Rafale’s ‘Bumper Sales’: After Massive UAE Deal, Now Serbia Says Planning To Purchase Dassault Fighter Jets

Earlier this month, Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic introduced a 500 million euro ($566 million) boom withinside the usa’s 1.1 billion euro protection price range in 2022 for extra system and guns.

“Modernizing the Serbian fighter jet fleet is a expensive undertaking that wishes to be taken into consideration strategically. The air pressure advised the President that they may be presently greater willing to shop for the French-made Rafale. But after we're achieved with a complete analysis, let’s see what the military chooses,” Stefanovic advised the Radio Television of Serbia.

Over the following couple of years, Belgrade is making plans to buy 4 Mi-35 and 3 Mi-17 helicopters, in addition to new Pantsir missile structures from Russia, CASA C-295 Airbus navy shipping plane, 10 Airbus H145 helicopters, 18 Mistral MANPADS, Stefanovic said.

The minister additionally showed that Serbia become negotiating the rate and preservation information with Cyprus concerning the formerly introduced buy of eleven used Mi-35 helicopters, aleven though the very last selection could be made via way of means of the navy.

Stefanovic additionally welcomed the current shipping of Russia’s Kornet anti-tank missile structures, which he known as a “killer weapon” for armored vehicles, and introduced plans to put in them on Serbian-made transporter vehicles.

Rafale Multirole Combat Fighter

Rafale is a twin-jet French fight plane synthetic via way of means of Dassault Aviation and is able to task a huge variety of quick and long-variety missions. It is appropriate for air superiority and air protection, near air support, in-intensity strikes, reconnaissance, anti-deliver strikes, and nuclear deterrence, amongst others.

The Rafale become first procured via way of means of the French Navy in 2004, after which via way of means of the French Air Force in 2006. The fighter planes had been hired in fight missions in Afghanistan, Mali, Libya, Syria, and Iraq. The Navy model of the Rafale has thirteen hardpoints, whilst the Air Force model has 14 hardpoints and might convey payloads of greater than nine tonnes. 

The guns in its arsenal include: Mica, Magic, Sidewinder, ASRAAM, and AMRAAM air-to-air missiles; Apache, AS30L, ALARM, HARM, Maverick, and PGM100 air-to-floor missiles; and Exocet / AM39, Penguin 3, and Harpoon anti-deliver missiles.  

The new F3R Standard consists of some of upgrades, together with RBE2 AESA radar device, the METEOR long-variety air-to-air missile, the TALIOS designation pod, and an replace to the SPECTRA digital struggle suite.

Rafale is geared up with the Spectra digital struggle device from Thales, which includes solid-kingdom transmitter technology, a DAL laser caution receiver, missile caution, detection structures, and jammers. 

Thales’ RBE2 passive electronically scanned radar with look-down and shoot-down functionality is hooked up at the Rafale multirole fight plane. The radar can experiment up to 8 objectives on the identical time and might perceive and prioritize threats.

The plane is pushed via way of means of SNECMA M88-2 engines, every with a thrust of 75kN. A flight refueling hose reel and drogue percent are hooked up at the plane for friend-friend refueling. 

Surge In Exports 

Dassault Aviation, a French aerospace employer, has these days visible a spurt of exports to some of countries. As The EurAsian Times in advance pronounced that the UAE these days inked a agreement with France’s Dassault Aviation to shop for eighty Rafale F4 jets, the brand new variation of the 4.5-technology fighter plane.

The employer is already withinside the manner of finishing the 30 Rafale income to Egypt after a deal become signed in advance this year. France introduced the primary deal ever to export the Rafale to Egypt in 2015.

Egypt first of all ordered 24 planes in a deal really well worth 5.2 billion euros ($5.nine billion), as introduced via way of means of then French President Francois Hollande. Cairo bought every other 30 Rafales from France in May 2021, bringing the entire variety of Rafales withinside the Egyptian Air Force to 54.

In 2015, Qatar additionally introduced the acquisition of 24 Rafale multi-function jets from Dassault Aviation for $6 billion. In 2018, every other 12 Rafales had been ordered, bringing the entire variety of Rafales to 36.

India is expecting the shipping of the closing 3 Rafales out of 36 ordered. Then, Greece have become the primary European client of French Rafales in January 2021, while it agreed you purchased 18 fighter planes for $2.eight billion.

Under the phrases of the agreement, Greece could purchase 12 used planes from the French Air Force stock and six new jets via way of means of the give up of 2022.

In addition, Croatia has additionally agreed to shop for 12 Rafale fight jets for kind of one thousand million euros. The agreement additionally consists of weapon structures, spare parts, logistics, and schooling for the Croatian Air Force. 

Earlier, Indonesia’s Air Force Chief introduced that Jakarta will forgo the Russian Su-35 warplanes and will choose the US-made F-15EX Eagle II or the French Rafale fighters. Indonesia has been prying for Rafales for a long term and If the percent is inked, it becomes the primary usa in South East Asia to hire Dassault jets.

[mostlyfate]

kind of crying bc my talio collection will finally be complete after this arrives 🥹

[mingi-bubu]

To Watch List: Dramas

This list is non-reality shows.  To see which reality shows I am watching, go here.

Chinese Shows

 Accidentally In Love

 Broker

 Cinderella Princess

 Crime Crackdown

 Crush

 The Day of Becoming You

 Dream of Chang’an

 The Eternal Love 1

 The Eternal Love 2

 Everybody Standby 2

 Go Go Squid 1

 Go Go Squid 2

 The Golden Eyes

 Hello Mr. Gu

 I Hear You

 Immortality/Hao Yi Xing

 In A Class of Her Own

 I’ve Fallen for You

 The Koala People

 The Legend of Jin Yan

 Legend of the Two Sisters in the Chaos

 The Long Ballad

 Love is Sweet

 The Man Who Kills Troubles

 Mo Dao Zu Shi

 Ming Dynasty

 Monarch Industry

 My Girlfriend is an Alien

 My Roommate is a Detective

 Octogenarians and the 90s

 Scumbag System

 The Romance of Tiger and Rose

 The Silence of the Monster

 The Story of Yanxi Palace

 Thousand Autumns

 Use for My Talent

 We Are All Alone

 Word of Honor

 Wulin Has Pride

 You Are My Glory

 Young Blood

 喜羊羊与灰太狼 Pleasant goat and big big wolf (kid’s show)

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Korean Shows

 12 Years Promise

 18 Again

 A Piece of Your Mind

 Abyss

 Angel’s Last Mission: Love

 Be My Boyfriend

 Big Issue

 Busted

 Chip In

 Color Rush

 Dinner Mate

 Extraordinary You

 Fates and Furies

 Fight For My Way

 Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

 Handmade Love

 He Is Psychometric

 Hello My Twenties

 Her Private Life

 Hi Bye, Mama

 Hwarang

 It’s Okay, That’s Love

 Law School

 Lawless Lawyer

 Live On

 Lovestruck in the City

 The King: Eternal Monarch

 Mad For Each Other

 Mermaid Prince

 Mermaid Prince: The Beginnings

 Meow, the Secret Boy

 Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

 Move to Heaven

 Mr. Sunshine

 My Country

 My First First Love

 My ID is Gangnam Beauty

 Nevertheless

 Oh my Ghost

 Once Again

 Out of Breath

 Page Turner

 Psycho, But It’s Okay/It’s Okay Not to Be Okay

 Queen Cheorin

 Revenge Note 1

 Revenge Note

 Romance is a Bonus Book

 Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 2

 Record of Youth

 Run On

 Save Me

 The Secret Life of My Secretary

 Sell Your Haunted House

 She Was Pretty

 Sunbae, Don’t Put on That Lipstick

 Sweet Home

 Tempted

 Touch Your Heart

 Twenty Twenty

 The Uncanny Counter

 When the Camilla Blooms

 Where Your Eyes Linger

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Japanese Shows

 3 Gatsu No Lion

 Angel Beats

 Anohana

 Asobi Asobase

 Beastars

 Blue Exorcist

 Boku no Ita Jikan

 Card Captor Sakura

 Cells at Work!

 Cherry Magic!

 Choosing Spouse by Lottery

 Coffee & Vanilla

 Cowboy Bebop

 FLCL

 Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

 Gankutsuou

 Gintama

 Given

 Good Morning Call

 Helpful Fox Senko-san

 Hokuto

 How to Keep a Mummy

 If It’s For My Daughter, I Would Even Defeat a Demon Lord

 In Time With You

 Jujutsu Kaisen

 Kimi Wa Petto (2003)

 Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

 Les Mis

 Mekakucity Actors

 Monogateri

 Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun

 My Daughter Doesn’t Have a Boyfriend

 Neon Genesis Evangelion

 Noble Boys (2019)

 Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku

 Our Sister’s Soulmate

 Prince of Tennis

 Princess Jellyfish (anime)

 Princess Jellyfish (live-action)

 Quartet

 Radio City Fantasy

 Renai Mangaka

 Rilakkuma and Kaoru

 Rose of Versailles

 Soul Eater

 The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

 Those Snow White Notes

 Tower of God

 Yuyu Hakusho

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Taiwanese Shows

 The Perfect Match

 Meteor Garden

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Teleseryes

 On the Wings of Love

 Till I Met You

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Currently Watching

 Love O2O (episode 1) [watching again]

 Talio Fukushu Daiko No Futari (episode 3) [watching again]

 The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion (episode 2) [watching again]

 The Rise of Phoenixes (episode 53)

 Kanojo Wa Kirei Datta (episode 7)

 Moonlight (episode 13)

 Boys Over Flowers (episode 4)

 Swim to Sky (episode 5)

 Flower of Evil (episode 11)

 Guardian (episode 41)

 Cinderella and the Four Princes (episode 7)

 Legend of Yunxi (episode 1)

 The Untamed (episode 10)

 Kimi Wa Petto (episode 10)

 Gaya Sa Pelikula (episode 6)

 Strong Woman Do Bong-soon (episode 7) [watching again]

 Liu Jiu Overlord (episode 12)

 Lights On: Sisyphus (episode 3)

 Unrequited Love (episode 6)

 A Love So Beautiful 2018 (episode 20)

 Sweet Tai Chi (episode 14)

 Doom At Your Service (episode 2)

 Ashes of Love (episode 3)

 Luoyang (episode 2)

 Thousand Autumns (episode 2)

 Hotel del Luna (episode 8)

 Hometown Cha Cha Cha (episode 5)

 Tian Guan Ci Fu (waiting for season 2)

tbd

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* = favorite

Finished

Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung*

Love O2O*

Tale of the Nine Tailed*

Professional Single

Dok Go Bin is Updating

What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?*

Talio Fukushu Daiko No Futari*

The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion*

Way of the House Husband*

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