#thank you again to sakura for the comic!

[beneathtreemomo]

Hey hey, I've also written out the scene! Not sure if I'll add it to the full fic but I still thought it'd be fun to post, so have this as well!

Rosinante liked to believe he was rather observant; his job as a spy relied on him to be, after all. But there was something going on with the Hearts' latest crew member that he couldn’t quite figure out.

Admittedly, he didn't spend his every wandering hour at Kit's feet the way that Leif and Lavi did; he spent most of his time following Law. It was much more preferable to watch as the younger man went about his day, reading his medical texts or snuggling up against Bepo as the mink finally got him to rest, than it was to follow after the stranger who could see Rosinante, after all. He could never tire of watching Law.

So he could admit that he wasn't going to be the best judge when it came to Kit's habits and lifestyle.

It didn't change the fact that he was noticing an almost worrying uptick in Kit scratching at his face and hands.

He's not sure who else on the crew noticed; Law certainly didn’t seem fazed by it in the slightest, even though Kit had glued himself to Law's side seventy percent of the time, and Leif and Lavi weren't concerned past their usual levels of sympathy.

At first, Rosinante figured he was imagining things. He was still learning about Kit, after all, and if the two who had been with Kit the longest were unconcerned, then it shouldn't have been an issue. Maybe it was a coincidence he was frequently catching Kit rub at his nose, or scratch at his cheek or jaw. Maybe flyaways from his bangs were tickling his skin. Maybe Kit had an issue with dry hands and that was why he would scratch at his palms or the side of his hands.

Or, maybe, he was trying not to admit that everyone was being stupid about something-- himself included, if he still couldn't parse out what the issue was by this point.

Rosinante had joined the three of them a little early this morning, wanting company while Law slept through his latest insomnia crash. Kit had only finished getting ready for the day a few hours ago, make-up relatively fresh and the little fox-head shape bright under his eye.

The scratching started within the hour; at first, it was just a simple press of his fingers along the apple of his cheek. Over the course of the morning, he'd been absentmindedly scratching at his jaw, or cheek, or brushing against his nose.

Kit scratched at his face again, frowning as they made their way to the stairs leading to the Tang's deck. A few seconds later, he growled and scratched at it again, harder this time.

"Roars?" Lavi asked, raising an eyebrow. "You good?"

"No." Kit huffed, a bit petulant. He wiped at his cheek with the back of his hand, though very little of the makeup came off with the action. He paused, hopeful, then resumed scratching as a whine left his throat. "Ugh, why is it so itchy today?!"

That's when it hit. The missing piece of the puzzle Rosinante couldn’t figure out, as obvious as the sun.

He blinked, staring at their resident prince as his brother rubbed soothing circles into his back, his uncle's lips twisted into grim resignation where he was watching. He felt like a fool.

It couldn't be. There were countries in the North Blue that prided themselves on their makeup production no matter the price, and Rosinante knew the royal families didn't mess around when it came to comfort.

Sure, Kit's family didn't seem to care one way or another about things as insignificant as "high-end branding", or sticking only to the best quality of goods (outside of their furs and leathers-- you'd have to kill them to wear anything other than Valstasian trade), but even they must have known what brands of products they used during events. They could have easily found any number of replacements after leaving their homeland, if not the very same one.

But with the way Kit was currently trying to scratch off his face....

"Hey," Rosinante said, wincing slightly when Kit left visible red marks; any harder and the kid might end up drawing blood. "You know your makeup isn't supposed to be itchy, right?"

Kit froze.

To Rosinante's utter disbelief and steadily growing horror, so did Lavi and Leif.

Oh no.

Oh no, no, no.

"Kit."

The other two ghosts exchanged a glance; Kit still hadn't moved.

Sheepish, his voice small, he asked, "It.... It isn't?"

Even though he'd expected this response, it still managed to throw Rosinante. Concern wrapped itself into a neat little bow around how purely flabbergasted he was, disappointment at its center; he knew it was the pot calling the kettle black, but not for the first time since meeting this kid six months ago, he wondered, how?

Rosinante took a deep breath, pushing down the desire to either laugh or cry or both.

"Rori." His voice was tight; keeping his voice as calm as he could manage beneath the growing hysterics as Kit gave him a lop-sided, embarrassed grin that screamed, 'oops.'

"Your Highness. Please tell me you haven't been using makeup you are allergic to since leaving Valstasia."

Kit's response was a nervous laugh. Out of the corner of his eye, Rosinante saw Leif smack his forehead with his hand.

All Rosinante could do was stare.

Once again, the question came to mind, 'How?'

"...Do you know a brand that--"

"Yes, I know a brand!" Rosinante cut off, throwing his hands up in the air. "Seas, Kit, I've been watching you claw at your face for months now! How has your face never gotten a rash, if it's that bad?!"

Tension loosening from his shoulders, Kit shrugged with his hands raise up towards his shoulders. "Pure luck, I guess?"

Rosinante pinched the bridge of his nose, taking a moment to gather himself, then ran his hand down his face; it really was like having another Shachi and Penguin, sometimes.

"C'mon," he sighed, taking Kit's hand in his. He began leading him towards the mess, assuming Law had finally woken up and was getting his dose of much needed caffeine. "Let's go get Law to stop at an island. We're stopping this now before you claw your face off."

"It's not that bad!"

Laughing had started in the background as Lavi proudly declared that he and his family were idiots. It was shortly cut off by Leif smacking the back of Lavi's head.

Rosinante pinched the bridge of his nose, wishing he could have some coffee of his own; even though ghosts didn't need to sleep, he was not awake enough to deal with this.

I commissioned the wonderful, amazing @sakura-rose12 to do a silly little comic of Kit and his fam collectively realizing that they are, in fact, Royal Idiots. Poor Cora has only known this kid for six months and he's already wondering how he's survived this long without realizing something so simple 😂

I'm so happy Lavi finally has a face to his name and that Leif looks as lovely as I'd pictured him in my head but couldn't properly get when I tried to draw him myself, lol. Sakura's a magician, I swear!

Anyways, go give Sakura lots of love!!! She makes amazing art about the Heart Pirates and CoraLaw and even has her own webcomic called Dame Daffodil! Also her Oc/self-insert x Sabo art is ADORABLE so give that love, too, please!

[brighteuphony]

A moment of mourning for Sakura for words she would have once given anything to hear from Sasuke....

Kind of followup to THIS comic.

But she and Saeko have had their revenge for Enji, and Sakura has had time to heal and find closure. She won't be any good to Sasuke because she's already left that path, and she won't abandon her coven/responsibilities either.

She's learned alot about Konoha over the past few years, and has to a big degree, deprogrammed herself from the Leaf's propaganda thanks to all her teachers and some brutal life experience, so she doesn't actually care if Sasuke were to raze the entire council/kages to the ground- but there ARE people (ino, Kakashi, lee, naruto etc-) who she loves and wants to protect, so she'll stay, for them.

Sasuke, for his part, is happy to have someone just verbalize that they empathize with his pain and that his desire for revenge is justified, though he's doesn't have the bandwidth to really understand where Sakura is right now, emotionally.

In this AU I kind of had an end for Sasuke where he is pardoned, but never returns to the village, though he does pass by once in a blue moon. When he does, Sakura (who doesn't end up living IN the village as much as in the forests of Konoha like their own little witch of the woods) is there to help with healing/supplies and they do end up as good, yet distant friends.

Once again, thank you so much for all the support and really nice questions/kind words for this AU!!! <3 <3

[minjoonapio]

🎐 Wind Breaker Chapter 159: Celebratory Toast

THOUGHTS 💭 [ ⚠️ SPOILERS ⚠️]

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We’re actually getting a victory party sooner than expected!

WE ALL DESERVE THIS!! 😭the sunny & bright pages are such a breath of fresh air 😮‍💨

It took almost a month for our boys and the town to recover. I can imagine the school must have suspended classes first for the boys to heal and help repair the damages.

Oh man, look at our Class 1-1 all up and about and just being teenagers. We miss this.

And we got Nirei wearing clips again!!! He looks so cute 🥰

Wow, there are seats both on the rooftop and on the school grounds. There's so many people! It’s almost like a school festival.

Pfft our typical Ume & Hiragi shenanigans 😅 Ume’s voice will always be loud dear Hiragi.

Our dear gang friends are here 🥹Aww, look at them all shy...and nervous! I mean, this doesn’t happen everyday y’know…celebrating and being friendly with another gang. All the more for the Gravel gang.

They’re really the best for going all the way to come and help; Especially after that scary hoard of “❌" in the Bofurin group chat (the traumaaaa). Our anxiety and stress spike ever since that happened.

I immediately remembered Umemiya’s bow to the grade captains & vice captains. And now he’s doing the same thing in thanking the other gangs who helped them. The panels even look exactly the same!🥹

To be honest, I don't know what I would call this party 😅 our leader is strong but not great at coming up with party names. Haha.

From “Sakura’s first conversation anniversary” to the simple “thank you” party. To think Hiragi suggested "Welcome party" the first time this kind of thing happened, and I believe Umemiya thought "Thank You Party" would be okay after that. 🤭

We’ve been waiting for their Summer BBQ party with Umemiya’s grown veggies and now it’s happening!! Let's go!!

Sakura and Nirei are in the BBQ station...and Sugishita is not having it. I understand him though. He helped and worked hard in growing those veggies and if most of them are burnt…heck no! Sakura is trying his best, Sugishita. Have patience for your fighting partner.

And look at their SUMMER UNIFORMS!! They’re all short sleeve and white! It’s so cuuute!!

The Class 1-1 boys are growing on me. I mean, look at them being all supportive (and showing off) to Sakura. I love their dynamic. I don't know, it warms my heart when they call Sakura “The Cap” 🥰 aww

"The Cap's gotta make his move" -- what do they mean though? Why does it sound like their Cap has a crush on someone and needs to take his chances 😆 Probably they meant he needs to go enjoy and socialize (knowing how he is) rather than be stuck grilling meat.

I'm not sure about their grilling skills though. If you’ve read the special comic, y’know what i mean.

Nii sensei…you really drew Sakura like this. 🤣I feel like Sakura was pacing to and fro in his room, itching to go see everyone outside Furin and thank them.

Oh, wait. Don't tell me he also looks like this when he went to thank Shishitoren; especially in facing Togame. 🫢 I can hear the Second-in-command be like "Sakuraaa~ is that you??" the same way Kanji reacted.

Same, Tsubaki, same. I am like truly happy and proud to see Sakura hanging out, caring and talking to his friends. Look how much he pouts and blushes. He's come such a long way *sniffs*

Their reactions though from giddy to embarrassment when they heard he still sucks in playing games. Please, Nii sensei. We need an extra or one-shot of Sakura finally winning one!

Oh what’s this? Why end here? Not gonna lie, it’s like Togame is abt to confess. (I mean, throughout the arc, he’s always been “thats our Sakura!”)

Fangirling aside 😅 It seems like they’re about to reveal something especially with those reactions…orrr we’re overthinking. Maybe they're just glad to see the leaders of Shishitoren. And it's just the beginning of a beautiful friendship between these four gangs (Bofurin, Shishitoren, Roppo Ichiza, and Gravel).

Side note: If you look at the food he's holding, Choji is finally trying out a fresh Red Bean bread of the town that Umemiya shared before (Shishitoren arc) 🥹

There’s really not much to analyze here. Just pure fun and good vibes! And when it’s too fun, it feels too short 🥲 (despite it being the usual 20 pages)

We didn't get to see Ren Kaji 🎧 though and his vice captains. Kaji had a mentally draining fight so I hope they're doing okay.

I'm curious as to what’s next for the boys other than “the talk”. I'm not only talking about Chika and Umemiya's talk, but Umemiya and Sakura's.

I feel like that's something we need to have where they talk and ask each other about their fights. I'm sure our Bofurin leader wants to know how was Sakura's fight with the legendary Endo. They did leave it up to him to defeat one of Bofurin's shadows. And his fight did leave a dent on Sakura's mental and emotional state.

And Sakura would want to be clear with Umemiya what Endo was talking about. It seems Endo did say those things about Umemiya to Sakura out of spite and jealousy, but I'm sure Sakura still has questions about it; especially when Endo noticed how distant Sakura looked.

I'm guessing we will see that conversation in a flashback. I really hope we do.

Other than that, Nii Satoru sensei had a Q & A with Thai fans about the future of Wind Breaker and if my memory serves me right, we will have more info about Kiryu and Suo in the future.

I also hope for Sakura's back story soon too. I have my guesses that someone from Sakura's old town, someone familiar, will appear and trigger it.

Obviously, we don't want it now. I hope our mangaka will ease us in to the next arc. We just experienced an intense and stress-filled 59 chapters after all. So let's enjoy these light panels while we can.😋💚🎐🍻🍖

Thank you for reading! See ya in the next chapter next week! 🎐

-melo x

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[kingofanemptyworld]

hello, it’s that same Anon again! Please take your time, don’t worry about responding to me so quickly, life happens -w-

since this is my 3rd ask in your inbox, I guess you can just call me the wind breaker anon? Also, this isn’t really an ask, but rather a ‘have you seen the bonus comics for wind breaker!?’ type of message. They’re so cute! They were included as a bonus to a dvd, I think. One bonus is the first year boys bringing Sakura things for his apartment, while the other bonus is Sakura cooking for the first time. I felt like I had to let you know! They’re such sweet bonus comics!!

Class 1 bringing Sakura things for his apartment link: https://www.tumblr.com/serana-rama/761312967347372032/wind-breaker-vol4-bddvd-bonus-comic?source=share

Sakura trying to cook for the first time link: https://www.tumblr.com/lovedbyumemiya/756718703390883840/wind-breaker-special-comic-bonus-from-bd-dvd?source=share

OMG I’d seen the cooking one but not when they all crash his apartment!!! I’m screaming this is the sweetest thing, they love him so much, they care about him so much. they’re helping sakura to make a true home in makochi because they want him to know he’s welcome, he’s cherished, they actively want him in their lives, and sakura’s never had that before (that we’re aware of, anyway). god this is everything to me, it’s literally brightened my mood considerably anon, so thank you so much for sending this to me!!

[thebrookesnook]

Hmm, I'm surprisingly calmer this chapter (it's the stress i'm telling ya) and so much yapping to be done for EndoChika istg. I'm sorry for sidelining our savior Ume for the nth time, I'll make it up to you king i swear 😭🙏.

My thoughts on Chapter 152 of Wind Breaker so spoilers ahead!

First, the title ("Symbols") is so very fitting let me tell ya.

Secondly, idk why but Sakura being worried for Umemiya is so heart warming 🥹. My son, oh my, have you have grown so much 🥹😭🤧. I hope he gets to do the "babe this isnt you" that other people have said about in previous chapters, but like in the funniest way possible.

Thirdly, this panel of Ume is insane!! LIKE THE EYEE, THIS IS BOFURIN'S LEADER Y'ALL. BEAT HIM UP UME!!

Fourthly, Endo and Takiishi tattoo lore drop??? Not me thinking that tattoo on Endo's left deltoid m. was exclusively for himself then Takiishi takes of his jacket only to reveal the same tattoo as well!?

AND THEN PROCEEDS TO LORE DROP THAT HE DREW THE TATTOO HIMSELF??? Moreover, TAKIISHI AGREED?? these two make me sick (/affectionate)

(TAKIISHI LOOKS SO TINY HELP WHAT-)

AND OF COURSE HE TOOK GREAT CARE IN FINDING SMTHING THAT FITS TAKIISHI SO WELL.

I made a visual for comparison:

(Btw, the "kuzushi" is actually a JP martial arts term for unbalancing an opponent + there's a story behind the Kunikuzushi: to briefly sum it up, a military commander from the Sengoku Period by the name of Ōtomo Sōrin had obtained an ichibiya likely imported from Portuguese Goa, India and used it for battle in other countries hence its name Kunikuzushi.)

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Man's so gay he literally made a soulmark tattoo for his boo. Even Sakura could see it.

Endo lowkey be fantasizing an period dramas in his head with Takiishi and I can respect that.

Him also being jealous of Umemiya that he's the center of Takiishi's thoughts is so hwkwkfksl. Ume would very much like to not be Takiishi's center of attention and can you please get your boyfriend back, please and thank you. This guy I swear, I'm embarrased for you and all your boy failure. Keep doing you hun.

Lastly, this chapter has made Endo more & more relatable and I don't know how I feel about that so I made memes about it:

He's part of the art community my guys. (Not surprising considering he is a prodigy).

Thank you again Nii-sensei for the chapter and to Jacqueline Fung for the official translation 🙏 Please go and support them via the official international release in Kodansha.

(P.S. I've decided to move my wbk content on a new blog specifically for wbk. That also means new chapter rants will be there to for the forseeable future. So if you wanna check that out, come visit me @transient-winds )

[arvandus]

The Art of Looking (Sakura x f!OC)

This is a drabble for the lovely @shhroomer featuring her OC, Kyouka Fujiwara! Thank you so much for your Gaza donation,and I hope you enjoy this little ficlet! It ended up going over the WC, but it was entirely worth it. :)

CW: None; just pure fluff

WC: 1,277

Sakura tried to pretend he didn’t notice, even though his eyes saw everything, his ears heard everything.  Her smile, her laughter, the soft scratch of her pencil against the paper.

“Hey, how about this??” Nirei said.  He held his arms up in a muscle pose, his face comically serious.

Fujiwara giggled, her hand covering her mouth. The pencil was still between her fingers, the graphite painted along the edge of her hand.

Hiragi put his hand on Nirei’s head and ruffled his hair roughly.  “Idiot, if you’re gonna pose like that in front of a cute girl, then you better have the muscles to back it up!”

“Hiragiiii!!” Nirei whined.

“Besides, you already got your picture drawn! Let someone else have a turn!!”

Shugishita grunted his agreement with a frown and a nod as he leaned back against the booth with his arms crossed.

“How about Sakura?” Offered Suo with a small smile.  “She hasn’t drawn him, yet…”

Sakura froze, the hot flush of embarrassment washing over him as his eyes met Fujiwara’s. Lavender, framed in dark lashes, and was that the hint of a blush across her cheeks??

Ahh, so cute…

“Do you want me to draw you?” She asked.

Yes. Yes, he did.  But his embarrassment forced different words from his mouth.

“N-no!!” The word came out louder than he intended, and now his face was on fire.  All he wanted was the floor to open up and swallow him whole.

Fujiwara’s eyes widened slightly.  “O-oh, okay…”

Just then, Sakura felt a whack along the back of his head. He cursed and looked up to see Tachibana glaring down at him disapprovingly.

“Don’t be a jerk,” she muttered.

“I’m not!” Sakura protested. 

He looked back at Fujiwara, an apology on his lips, but his jaw clamped shut when he realized she was now drawing Shugishita.  Jealousy thickened beneath his skin, but Sakura said nothing.  Instead, he settled into a silent pout as he sipped at his drink.

The time passed, as jokes and conversation flowed, as Fujiwara drew each of the Bofurin boys.  She even managed to sneak in a sketch of Tachibana, who blushed and thanked her.

One by one, each person got a sketch of themselves.  Everyone except for Sakura.

He guessed he deserved it… he said no, after all, and the look in Fujiwara’s eyes… did he hurt her feelings?

Damn it, he was such an idiot!

As the hour got late, the others began to leave.  Nirei left first to return home and have dinner with his family.  Then Hiragi left with Shugishita to go check in with Ume.  Now it was only Suo, Sakura, Fujiwara, and Tachibana.  Fujiwara and Tachibana were deep in their own discussion at the counter, and Sakura watched from the corner of his eye as he pretended to be interested in his phone. Time slowed, the minutes ticking by.

The weight of Suo’s hand on Sakura’s shoulder returned his attention.  The young man stared down at him with an enigmatic gaze and soft smile.

“I’m heading out,” he said, his voice quiet, as if it were meant only for Sakura’s ears.  “You’ll stay and walk her home, yes?”

“Eh?”

“Fujiwara,” he nodded toward her in explanation. “Ume will be here soon to take Tachibana home, and Fujiwara shouldn’t walk home by herself. Besides,” Suo’s hand squeezed Sakura’s shoulder slightly and his smile widened. “It’d be a nice way to apologize for earlier.”

Sakura flushed and his lip jutted out into a pout.  “Yeah, yeah. I was already gonna do it, y’know.”

Suo’s grip relaxed and he gave his friend a pat. “You’re a good man, Sakura.”

Suo gave his goodbyes and left.  It made the cafe feel that much emptier, and Sakura that much more aware that he was the only one left lingering.  Both Fujiwara and Tachibana looked at him, and he blushed red again as he averted his eyes to his phone, his thumb scrolling but his eyes not really seeing.

Tachibana leaned over the counter and whispered something into Fujiwara’s ear, and the girl blushed.

“O-oh,” she muttered softly, just barely loud enough for Sakura’s ears to catch.  “Really??”

Tachibana nodded, and Sakura felt the tips of his ears burn.  Still, he stayed rooted to his seat, pretending not to notice.

A moment later, Fujiwara was standing next to him, her sketchbook clutched tightly to her chest.

“Um, Sakura...” she started.

Sakura looked up at her through his bangs, his heterochromatic eyes pinning her.  He was quiet, waiting for her to speak, because he didn’t trust himself to not say something stupid again.

“Would... would you walk me home?” she asked quickly, the words rushing from her mouth. Her hands tightened around her sketchbook as if she were bracing herself for a no.

Sakura stood up and put his phone away into his pocket. “Of course I will.  Why do you think I’m still here?”

Fujiwara’s lavender eyes widened, and her cheeks dusted pink. She stared at him, stunned for a moment, and he stared back down at her.  For the briefest moment, it was as if the world around them fell away, leaving only the two of them. And despite the way it made Sakura’s heart race, a secret part of him also didn’t mind...

But then the door jingled as it opened, and they both looked towards it to see Ume entering.

“Good eveniiinnnngg!!” he said cheerily.  “Is my wonderful Tachibana ready to go??”

Tachibana rolled her eyes as she grabbed her coat.  “Took you long enough...”

They left the café together, and Tachibana and Ume went one way, waving their goodbyes.  Sakura began to walk the other direction to lead Fujiwara home, but halted when he realized she wasn’t following him.

He turned back and looked at her with a furrowed brow.  “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing! I just... there’s something I want to give you before I forget...” she said.

Then she opened her sketchbook and handed him a paper.  He took it from her and stared down at it to see his own face, illuminated in the yellow glow of the streetlight.  His face wasn’t drawn from the front like all of the others, but from the side, as if she’d drawn him without him looking, without him even knowing.  His expression was calm, the likeness done with such care that it made a warmth spread from within his chest.

“I know you said you didn’t want one,” she explained, her eyes downcast, “but... well... it didn’t feel right not to make you one too.”

Sakura was silent as he stared at it. He glanced at her, then looked back to the artwork of him.

Fujiwara shuffled her feet in embarrassment.  “I mean, you don’t have to keep it if you don’t like it—”

“I love it,” he interjected. 

He froze, his heart racing at his confession. Ugh, that was probably too much, too obvious...

But then Fujiwara’s shoulders relaxed, her grip on her sketchbook loosening, and a warm smile spread on her lips. “Really? You do?”

Sakura stared at her happy face, and for the first time in the entire evening, he felt as if he’d finally done something right.

“Yeah,” he said.  “Yeah, I do.  Thank you.”

“You’re welcome!” she smiled.

Sakura gave a half laugh and put his hand on the crown of her black hair.  “C’mon. Let’s get you home.”

“Okay,” she breathed.

The rest of the walk home was quiet.  But the air was no longer thick between them, and their bodies stood a little bit closer than before, shoulders barely brushing against each other as they enjoyed the solitude of each other’s company.

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[modanisgf]

9. GHOST IN THE MACHINE

y/n felt trapped, trapped in a sense that she didn’t feel real. on late nights like this, she would lay in her bed staring up at the ceiling contemplating her life.

the girl had picked up a comic book hiding away in closet the day after she got bit. it was about spider-man obviously, and reading through the collection of them she had she came to a realization.

if she was technically spider-man, does that mean that the fate of every other spider-man would come to her too? what if her loved ones were now in danger?

this was what made y/n so hesitant to let danielle into her life. after their hangout that night y/n kept her distance aside from when they were working towards the collab. she couldn’t hurt the girl like that, y/n didn’t know what she would do with herself if dani got hurt because of her.

what she was oblivious to though, was that regardless she was hurting danielle.

just not in the way she thought.

y/n felt rather nervous as she unlocked the door to the lesserafim dorms. she had just gotten back from a patrol, lying to her members that she went shopping. except yunjin of course, who was busy being your right hand man.

recently y/n had gotten more into the persona of spider-woman which is what alarmed zuha even more when danielle texted her. kazuha barely saw her friend anymore, she needed answers.

y/n finally walked into the room, her heart dropping when she saw all of her members sitting on the couch. chaewon who looked extremely angry, sakura and kazuha who were more concerned, yunjin who looked hella nervous and eunchae who had no clue why she was there.

‘was it really necessary for zuha to get the entire group here..’ y/n thought placing her bag down at the door.

she took a seat on the floor ready to be lectured, but instead was asked a question.

“y/n are you really spider-woman?” chaewon asks, her face softening.

“huh?!” y/n says. all of a sudden it was clear why yunjin seemed so scared.

y/n looked at the only member that knew her identity, she was giving her a look of sympathy.

y/n just sighed, “fine, i am.” she said finally making all of her members let out a sigh of relief.

“god i thought you were ignoring us..” sakura says hitting her younger member on the arm.

“sorry..” y/n says.

“i’m just afraid.”

“of what?” eunchae asks.

“of something happening to you all. like what happens in the comics.” y/n admits, her eyes looking anywhere but her members.

“y/n it’s not your fault if we get endangered i promise. nothing bad will happen, okay? i just want my friend back.” chaewon says hugging y/n lightly, letting the girl ease into the touch.

“thank you guys for always being there for me.” y/n says, her members hearts melting.

“we love you y/n.”

“so much.” eunchae emphasizes making y/n smile.

“i love you guys too.” she says.

“also y/n you better start talking to danielle again.” kazhuha warns, y/n nodding.

“i will.”

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note— y’all i didn’t realize i would get sm free time this weekend so heres an update 😭😭

[transient-winds]

we need a cheer squad for ume asap

Wind Breaker Chapter 154 Spoilers

(P.S. this is so unserious & shorter than usual guys)

Sakura, sweetheart, don't be worried about Takiishi rn 😭 fr just don't

Also idk why i found the part where Ume was trying to talk to Takiishi cute. They're so tiny what

(Btw totally not me noticing the characters at the back, gonna look em up later ✨️✨️)

Anyways, pot calling kettle black again Endo?? Check urself.

And congrats ig for achieving ur goals, the highlights of Takiishi's eyes are back 😭

He's so giddy, I just know that this song is playing in the bkgd of his hellscape of a mind.

Ume should've yanked harder 😭. I refuse to believe Umemiya is down for the count guys, HE'LL GET UP TRUST. WE JUST NEED TO USE THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP TO WAKE HIM UP!! LETS GOOO 🏃🏃

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Thanking Nii-sensei once again for another rollercoaster of a chapter and Jacqueline Fung for the official translation. Please support the official releases over on KManga Kodansha!

Also im totally not gonna frame this on my wall ltr

Nii-sensei why do u keep pumping out all these banger panels, its so hard to choose my favorite 😭 LIKE LOOK AT THE IMAGERYY SO FREAKING PHENOMENALL

[chattegeorgiana]

Hello Chatte,

How have you been doing?

I have this thing that's been pestering me for a while now. A lot of NH defenders/shippers swear on their life that there are strong parallels between her and Kushina and it's a hill these people are willing to die on.

They love to cite examples from that god forsaken series called Boruto, where they have comical moments of Hinata being the ''scary mommy'' trope and a ''hot headed wife'' just like Kushina. This doesn't sit well with me and I just see it as SP being SP, nothing more, nothing less; and for the NH fan to be like ''ohh..... look...... there are so many parallels between MK and NH. NH was planned from the beginning. yay...... '' Those sorta BS (pardon me my French).

Also, I'd like to point out that I'm an anti ender not because of the pairing reasons but because of how the ending happened. All thanks to each and every character being nothing more than a pairing fodder, the show has left many debates as to what it's messages and themes are.

I really have zero reasons to like female characters like Sakura and Hinata but this, this is beyond character assassination and also an insult to the fan base, especially those who gave common sense and aren't blinded by pairing choice. For me how the characters are treated is way more important than shipping.

Also, when is your next YT video on Boruto being Oro's genjutsu gonna be released?

Thank for reading my somewhat lame and a long comment and I wish you the best with Kaika Saisei

Cheers!

Hi there,

Well, for the whole NH thing, the reason why they insist is because the sequel did a 180 and changed her characteristics, so ofc they are willing to die on that hill.

But we all know if we look at the actual content from the manga that she has nothing in common with Kushina nor Minato like they like to say. Kushina is loud and passionate. Where have you seen Hinata display those qualities? Whereas Minato is calm & calculated, something that she isn't once again. She's quiet & shy but that doesn't equate the calmness Minato displays. Not to mention we've seen even in this one shot that Kishi wrote that Minato can also get super passionate from time to time, whereas Hinata has never displayed that feat.

All in all for this whole thing to work they had to turn her into Sakura. It's clear as daylight to anyone who isn't a NH. Even a neutral. So why consume your energy with what they're saying? It's not like it's true. The evidence to support that is those 15 years of serialization prior to the ending that holds all the weight.

We all know TL & the other products at the end were made so that they can retcon the pre-established narrative.

The show ending the way it did basically destroyed everything Naruto once as a story stood for. Sad, but true.

I always said I wouldn't have had any issue with the choice of pairings if done correctly. After all, I used to be a multishipper once. I saw the potential that all had in the beginning. It's just that when part 2 launched, the story was clear of its direction - of course, until they decided to retcon again and to hell with everything.

And sadly, the girls got the short end of the stick. Both Hinata & Sakura, if we're being true to ourselves. But these people are ready to die on a hill just because they're so attached to their opinions rather than seeing the story for what it is - a great emotional impact story, but with a lot of issues underneath it if you put aside the emotional impact.

It's the reason why it pulls so many people into it. Because it's filled with emotional manipulation, in a way. Look at the way the franchise also directs its marketing campaigns for other materials/products. They scan the internet, see what the talk is in the fandom & then bam, there they are with their products that just so happen to have the thematic of whatever talk is in the fandom - like when they are some sort of servants because at some point NH & SS were arguing about who's richer and who's the servant and who's the patron and all kind of BS like that.

Or when we in the NaruSaku fandom had an extensive talk about tarot and the symbolism that surrounds NS and 6 months later bam, there they are with products with tarot themes.

Or that game they have and I saw two of the concepts I had for Sakura combined into a third one.

They basically combined these two artwork concepts into the third one that is their image from the game.

So what can I say? As you can see, Pierrot be doing whatever it is to get their way, lol.

If you think about the girls - when they thought Hinata was more profitable, they pushed her in everybody's face so much so that it affected the story's ending.

Now that Sakura's more profitable, they discarded Hinata like a used toy and she barely makes any appearances outside her mom-like persona.

This only shows anyone with a little critical thinking that SP has no respect for any characters nor the story. It's just about the $$$ and that's it. Nothing more, nothing less.

But meh, anyway, at this point is more than funny lol. It's just Pierrot being Pierrot tbh... Nothing good can be expected of that studio.

As for my next video, I'm planning on getting back to work on these somewhere in March.

Last year I've been caught up with a major life event so it really hindered my capacity to take care of everything that I wanted to do, but as I said, I'm planning on getting back to these.

It's just that I'll need to edit some things since I initially envisioned it in a certain way and there are certain changes that happened in the meantime, that kind of rendered some of the things I worked on obsolete, so I'm trying to adjust to that. But yeah, as soon as I have everything up and running again, I'll definitely start working on it.

And aah dear, don't worry, your question was not lame! Thank you for dropping into my inbox and for your wishes regarding Kaika!

[maxwell-grant]

SF6 Comic Thoughts:

(Spoilers) For those wondering at home why the dude became homeless in SF6, Ken Masters got suckered into a crypto scheme and is tanking his company and a developing country’s budget and his relationship with his son at the same time, and he almost gets politically assassinated by the end of this.

This rules.

Yeah this was great. Completely forgot this was even an Udon thing until I started writing this because this had like, a story, and dramatic tension, a major character facing consequences and minor characters getting attention, things happening besides boring basic pretext for fanservice and special moves which has basically never happened in an Udon Street Fighter comic. I like a lot that this is keeping things in limited scope so far.

Even Bengus’ art is pretty good here. I’m really not a fan of how Bengus’s art style looks nowadays, but the black-and-white heavy shadow palette really works here (seen some scans in color and, yeah just doesn’t hit as nicely), the stylization and paneling’s pretty great, idk man, it’s Bengus with a marginal budget and time to work on his art and having interesting material to work with. This has gotta be a breath of fresh air for the dude after years spent in the SFV mines.

Oh thank heavens the character in the poster isn’t Laura, sweet lord mercy I never want to see Laura again I know she’s coming back at some point but we’re good for now thanks

I’m really liking Mel as the other protagonist here. They’ve been sitting on Mel havin an expanded role since SF3 and here he’s given quite a lot more personality than I expected, lonely and frustrated by a sheltered upbringing and biting back against his father’s indecisiveness and immaturity, a pretty great foil for idiot manchild Luke to bounce off.

Mel Masters as he’s presented here is a frankly pretty terrific idea for a Street Fighter protagonist outside the games: someone who couldn’t be less impressed by street fighting but is bound by blood and circumstance to be a part of this, the anti-Sakura. An introspective kid who really just wants to go hang out with friends his age and play Pokemon, but who’s getting dragged through wolf-filled mountains and putting up with hyperactive fireball-tossing buff dudes because his dad is one of the greatest among them.

I like Luke quite a bit here. Not gonna touch the private military contractor thing here though, I feel like that’s a can of worms to unpack later, but if nothing else, Luke gets a lot more tolerable and even enjoyable when he has someone to bounce off even just visually, whether it’s Ryu or Jaime or the player character or Mel here. I think SF6 in game and here has settled Luke into maybe the best niche they could slot him in, described as “someone who likes to fight  but with no intention of getting stronger”. As in, the New Generation but not necessarily the protagonist, but rather the coach who’s showing the ropes for the protagonist, getting you used to the controls or pumping you up or teaching Mel how to improve his camping skills and etc (and in that context him being visually and personality-wise reminiscent of videogame streamers and E-sports celebrities is, a more logical and less grating decision, if nothing else, since those are the guys people go to nowadays in order to learn and improve at competitive videogames).

Curious as to what is Kalima’s deal given she’s making her debut here and what is her dynamic with JP, because I don’t think they’re quite retreading Kolin and it’s unclear as of yet how much is JP masterminding everything.

Zero clue as to who decided to have JP talk like a German cartoon here when he’s Russian and otherwise has little accent in-game. Would love it if they just revealed this was part of the ruse he was pulling on Ken and would even be in-character, since JP’s so far been defined as a duplicitous gamemaster, a brutal crimelord masquerading as a benevolent oligarch and someone who quite literally hides his winning hand the whole time he’s fighting you. I could buy that guy putting on a fake accent to trick a foolhardy American into underestimating him just enough to sweeten the pot.

In what is already a multi-layered scheme to ruin this guy and involves weaponizing the public spectacle of Street Fighter tournaments to leverage viral fame and, having a tragic child king beg Ken to fight in the tournament right in the middle of the guy having the worst time trying to manage his relationship with his son. JP is ice cold, I’m loving it. I’m loving this role he’s having as Ken’s biggest personalized enemy.

I’m loving having a Street Fighter villain who actually does have to take the slower route of planning and masterminding and backstabbing his murderous fighting tournament plots instead of just brute-forcing calling the fighters to take shots at him. JP seems significantly underpowered by fighting game villain standards, and this might make him dramatically more interesting as a villain proper.

I’m really liking the lengths that this is taking to ground Street Fighter in the here and now. IV and V took the Alpha route and moved the series onto a sort of comic book fantasyland where they’d never have to grapple with dates and timelines and so they could slide things into prequel territory, where as this seems closer to SF3 in that it wants to place Street Fighter firmly in the Now, with modern concerns and styles and changes to the world shaping the whole thing.

Almost didn’t think Street Fighter would ever bother telling a story with Ken that was actually about Ken and not just his relationship with Ryu. I’ve gone to bat for the guy before but this is easily the most interesting he’s ever been fucking ever, just this massive reversal of fortune grounded entirely in him finally not getting to have it both ways. His lore said he was facing “accusations of orchestrating a criminal plot” but little did we suspect he really DID assist in a huge criminal plot by sheer negligence. Bison would have pulled some ridiculous super brainwashing plot, but all JP had to do was just get Ken into crypto and hook him into a Nigerian Prince scam.

Ken wants a lot of things, he HAS a lot of things to deal with, and he can’t commit to any of them. He wants to be there for his son, but he can’t be there for what his son actually wants to do in life, so he drags his son into an anciliary role in his life instead. He wants to do right by the family name and company, so he blindly follows lifestyle mottos his dad used and tanks a billion dollars into a humanitarian project while constantly rejecting everyone who asks him to slow down or reconsider what exactly he’s sinking that money into.

He wants to use his privileged position to help those in need, so he funds a project intended to help a developing nation by, what else, a fighting tournament, and funds a nation into speedrunning through technological revolutions. He very clearly desperately wants to be a fighter in his prime again and do more than just fight “with paperwork”, and in the whole comic he only really comes alive when he gets to spin kick a drone, and he has this brief little moment when he has to will himself back into Business Mode to complete a deal with the least trustworthy man of all time, and the whole time he’s patently unsure about what he’s doing and the comic calls him out on it.

It calls him out on just how selfless this idea is and how much is it really about him wanting to help Nayshall’s uncertain future, and how much is it him desperately just trying to achieve something, or even deep down how much does he just want to fight again and feel good about something the way he does when he’s fighting, and the comic makes it clear it isn’t just one or the other. Ken has always been the guy who had everything, who had everything Ryu didn’t. In at least two games his plotline is “things are going great for Ken in his home life and company as usual, but he heard Ryu is showing up at the tournament so he’s dropping literally everything to go fight the one guy who makes fighting worthwhile for him”.

This is what happens when Ken’s character catches up to reality, of what it’s like for Ken Masters, immature carefree good-hearted fighting hothead, to try and manage being himself against being a global titan of philantropy and industry (and having had this entire thing thrust onto him from birth) and being a wholly attentive family man all at the same time. Something’s just gotta give. You can’t be as wealthy and connected as Ken and be irresponsive and impulsive and immature, no matter how well-intentioned or good you are. I’m frankly shocked that this went there at all after the trailers mostly implied Ken was just framed injustly.

Street Fighter has never ever even so much as gestured into the idea of Ken’s position and money as anything other than a point of contrast between him and Ryu, so to go from that to this where the whole thing’s predicated on the idea that Ken, while every bit as well-intentioned as ever and certainly a lot more mature than he’s ever been before, fucked up badly and is doing some real damage to people he cares for? That he tried to have everything and now stands on the precipice of having nothing? That’s good shit my dudes.

He hears “You said you were doing this for all the people in this country. So...haven’t you already decided?” and solidifies his decision, while the panel focuses very clearly on him clutching the red headband, the object that’s always been strongly associated with both his and Ryu’s trajectories, the thing that he gave Ryu all the way back in the Alpha series as a reminder to stay focused and not give in to the Satsui no Hadou, the monstrous thing that was tearing Ryu apart and costing him every ounce of concentration to stave off, a thing that’s come to represent their friendship as well as Ryu personally. The thing that he now clutches to stay focused in his decision, before everything goes wrong and he pays the price for it no matter what his intentions were.

This is some primo shit and easily the most I’ve ever been ecstatic about a Street Fighter plotline in a very long time. Seems like they set out hardcore to undo Ken’s long-standing role as a secondary character to Ryu and not rely on their traditionally hackier stuff with superpowered dark sides or Shadaloo plots. Thoroughly impressed and I can’t wait to see more.

[noirandchocolate]

:) If you have the time and would like to, I wondered if you’d share some of your favourite j-pop / anime songs? I think you have excellent taste whenever you share your opinions, so I’d love to listen to your favs.

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for sending this, I love getting asks and you're so sweet. PS your art is super cute, love your colors! (I'm gonna reblog some as soon as I'm done answering this. <3)

...wait. MEG!??!?!?! i THOUGHT I recognized that art style! OH MY GOD how long have you been following me and I didn't know?? ;___;!! Hello how have you been!? AAAAAAH!

Okay, I will calm down and. Answer the question asked. XD; Anime music! Here's some tracks I really love, in no particular order and also I'm all over the place style-wise.

"Blue" from Cowboy Bebop is one of my all-time favorites. Honestly the whole Cowboy Bebop soundtrack is amazing and lives up to the hype for sure with its jazz/Old West style with spacy and harder and more modern vibes.

"Ashita Kuru Hi" from Kobato. was the next one that popped into my head! This song gets several different versions throughout the anime, because it's a tune the main character sings all the time, different verses for different events. It even gets a Christmassy reprise in one episode! This is the full, basic version of it featuring music box. But this piano-opening version with more sweeping instruments plays over the finale credits... While I'm at it, I WILL plug the entire soundtrack. It is ADORABLE and is nice sweet background music for work and study.

Gotta give a shoutout to Mob Psycho 100's opening themes for sure. They're all so good and seat-dance provoking. "1" is my favorite of them, it's so intense!

"Yuzurenai Negai" from Magic Knight Rayearth is really nostalgic for me, being the theme from one of the first anime I ever bought bootleg fansubs of from a shady man at a monthly comics expo. XD It's definitely a "classic anime" kind of song, with that adventurous shoujo feel.

"Matsuri Uta" from Blue Seed is one I was introduced to without having ever seen the anime it's from and I still like it. It has a slow, quiet start and is just a very pretty piece. (I like to sing along to it, hehe.) Here's another arrangement without the lyrics but with more instruments.

WHILE I'M ON Megumi Hayashibara...I'll also rec "Give a Reason" from Slayers. It's so punchy and upbeat and really inspires a person to get up and GO! You know what? Here's "Get Along" too.

I could recommend any of "Cardcaptor Sakura"'s opening and closing themes, but "Hitorijime" sticks out to me as a funky little track that's just extra fun to listen to. In the same vein is "Groovy!" and the video features a hypnotically bouncing Kero-chan so you can't lose.

I could fill an entire post of its own with Sailor Moon music but instead I will gesture wildly at "Moon Revenge" from the R Movie and yell that it features one of my favorite things in any anime song--vocals by the cast.

SPEAKING OF...here's another one of my ultimate favorite anime songs of all time, "Yamerarenai Yamerarenai" from Tenchi Muyô! The entire main voice cast going absolutely ham in character singing about all the little pleasures in life. Absolutely delightful!

Okay last one for this post because this is probably way way too long as it is. "Party Night" from Di Gi Charat! Specifically the Hyper Parapara version. I love this shit so much. This is the music video version because I can't resist, but here's the full song.

Okay! I'm outta here! Thank you again for asking, it was fun to follow my stream of consciousness and just post whatever fun thing popped to mind next. XD

[scribbledoctopus]

Hello 👋🏻. I just came across your blog, and I absolutely love your art style. I especially love all of the artwork of Severus ☺️. I was wondering what art supplies you use? I know it’s a watercolor style, but didn’t know if it was paint or pens or something else. I’m always interested in trying new mediums just for fun. Thank you 😊.

Hello I'm so sorry about the delay, still getting used to using Tumblr again totally forgot to check asks!

Thank you so much, I very much appreciate it! - I use watercolours and pen!

- VifART 245gsm Sketchbook

- Canson Watercolour Sketchbook

- Gtec C4 pen / Derwent graphik liner[for outlines]

- Sakura Gelly Roll pen white / Comic White out [for highlights]

- Windsor & Newton Watercolour [artist quality]

Here are some process shots! ♥︎

Hope this helps! ♥︎

Always happy to see other people using watercolours too. 😊

[ngmn2002]

Taking a look at past arcs (seriously - for fun). -Hell Of Mirrors

What a strong hand...

Hmm...

Hmm...

....... won't deny it... huh? ...............

-"I will humply do you the favor of replacing you, No.3" How ironic. Oh... my... Tsukasa you...

... slay!!!

Your hunt. Thanks Tsukasa my dear! You did us all a favor! lol I only look at this bird for comic relief. that's the only thing it's is good for, I may go as far to saying not a single one in the whole jshk fandom cares to even remember it. even in the story itself it feels it was there to just get replaced. that's how much pathetic this bird is.(no offence to real life birds! this bird is the only one I'm talking about)

Mirror: forget it... I'm no match for him... I will just take my leave... I mean... get broken. Life is so unfair..... Ahhh... even when this thing is just a joke I made a long time ago, it still never fails to make me laugh. Again, thank you for giving me a grand time in this arc, Tsukasa. ♡

let me use your words again, dear.

Though, I'm laughing to myself... this pathetic bird actually managed to achieve something in life. He got Relaxed Tsukasa! to make such a cool face because of how annoying and hatable it was. I call it an achievement... imagine how much it would take you to actually piss off calm and relaxed Tsukasa. oooh! that thing is really really really rare.

I simply love everything about this whole thing. Look who is begging and screaming for dear life right now after making fun of others.~ so well-deserved.~ Little thing was enjoying himself watching his sick little hunt game escalate with the poor preys while hiding in the safety of his mirror. Too bad a tiger came into the game and became the hunter and the little bird was forced out of the safety of its terrier, started begging for dear life and became the prey under the mercy of the tiger's sharp claws. Lovely tiger put it in its place, no better way to do it. ~ here we go again, thank you Tsu!!! ♡

Did it really say that to Tsukasa? That's too funny. Know your place little thing.

Hmm~ yes.~ Just like this.~

..................... Tsukasa went like: welllll... see... it's simply time to "replace" you. That's exactly what I'm doing. ~ I wonder if little bird regrets saying *his very last words* lol

A broken mirror vs a "to be replaced" bird... which matters more? pfffftttt... we care about a mirror more than we care about it. Yes, Tsu! ~

Ahhh.... still can't get over this little thing... the prince who saved princess Nene from the hell she was in is none other than you!! ♡

Oh... Nene-chan... trust me that's not the case at all. He is on your side.~

Such a good boy.~~~

Sooo? This was already the plan since the very start? That's why Mit 2.0 got sent to No.3's boundary specifically. hmm... so... No.3, out of all the other mysteries was the one to be already targeted to get replaced by Mit 2.0 I assume? but like... Mit 2.0 won't ever be able to take down No.3 by himself no matter how long he would stay here... Tsukasa was bound to get the work done himself sooner or later. Also... now that kinda makes sense to me... it's hard for me to believe Tsukasa would go out of his way and do such a thing for nothing, or only because of the claim "No.3 got him angry, never make Tsukasa angry, he is simply ruthless and don't have mercy." that's so wrong to me... Tsukasa is not that type of person. smash someone because he shouted at you or got you angry. something else is at play. I may also take the thing of "Tsukasa taught him a lesson and all"... but it still won't feel enough... While Tsukasa's ongoing plan is to destroy the 7 yorishiros, No.3's case in here seems to never have been meant to actually do that.

But this I assume? No.3 was only a pawn pre-chosen by you Tsu, huh. cool! also, sure thing Tsukasa can juuuuust appoint a mystery as if it was a little thing. sure thing.

lol, even sakura once Tsukasa was back with mit 2.0 prepared tea for him, a way to show her relief past annoying no.3 is no longer there. maybe he was actually just the worst and was getting on the broadcasting club nerves. while she is there to only change the rumor of No.2, say No.4 is not bad, tell Nene about No.5 (ordered by Tsukasa I assume), supposedly help No.6, want No.1's yorishiro out of the way, and not care much for No.7, No.3 was like: yeah, it's for the best he is no longer here. let's have tea. For real, I imagine she would be angry if Tsukasa didn't take such an opportunity to get rid of No.3's yorishiro right there if that was already their plan. seems they have different plans for it. according to Tsukasa in ch 92... he told her the yorishiro of No.3 is already a "done deal" for them, whatever that meant. Uh... to put it simply, this bird is never wanted or cared for, not even for a little. The fact that a yorishiro is meant to be a mystery's most precious thing gets to me at time and I'm like... this bird? his yorishiro is an actual ceiling....??? what feelings are in there??? also... now that it belongs to mit 2.0... what memories are restored in it?? the bird's (if there is any 'good' ones) or Mit's?

♡ Now I wonder, is that thanks to that mirror in the room we see Tsukasa in at times (maybe it works like a door, Tsukasa touched it while speaking about Mit 2.0, probably hinting Mit 2.0 is 'inside' it, reminds me of the fact No.2 also took Kou and Hanako to a mirror as well) , or to a door that leads to No.3's boudary in the nowhere place... (wonder what that room really is)

Cool reaction... feels special to see your own yorishiro in a boundary that belongs to another mystery, after he 'replaced' it.

What a rare occasion... 2 yorishiros in the same place... right beside each other...

hmm... real mit and mit 2.0 have different scarfs, right... so... the one with Mit 2.0 is actually from Tsukasa? sweet. Also, Tsukasa taking care of Mit 2.0 is something I've grown to like... for some reason.

Hmm... This thing amkes me confused at times, not gonna lie.

Such a nice game. Also, gotta love the nickname "crazy knife" pretty fitting in a funny way.

Hmm... look at the change... though... can we really call it a change? I mean... he gave up on the whole idea and made a deal with Kou and let said deal decide how things would end with him... maybe the change will come someday in the future...? Not to say this but... honestly... his whole 'cool' speech about wanting to have Kou end him only to give up on the whole idea after exchanging a few sentences with Kou feels.... boring... unsatisfying... not interesting at all...? Comparing him to Tsukasa and Sumire... makes things a lot worse... Tsukasa wanted to be killed by Amane and it happened and he embraced it happily, and now he is asking for it again it seems. Sumire as well, she never asked to be saved from being sacrificed and had that happening to her with a smile on her face then had No.6 finish things with her while she was all happy. Now, between those 2 who live to their words no matter what and Mit 2.0 who changes his mind every 5 minutes... yeah..... not too cool.....

Your plan is achieved, chief. Good job. Thanks for all your hard work. ♡ You can enjoy a cup of tea now while talking about what happened during the time the plan took place. ^^

♡

[demonsfate]

anonymous sent . . .

I don't blame you for not going on r/Tekken anymore. that place just really does have an agenda against jin kazama. like what the fuck do they want? i keep seeing them say they're okay with jin being a villain in tekken 6 because he was a "boring generic anime edgelord emo", but then they also say he should be punished and xiaoyu should kill him then leave him for some other guy like claudio/hwoarang/steve. like they can acknowledge that kazuya was put in a bad light to make heihachi look good but not jin?! do they want miguel to kill someone he cares about (hwoarang and xiaoyu)? what do they want? the internet can mostly acknowledge when characters are ooc (ex. captain america saying hail hydra) but not jin. if jin was an evil smug arrogant narcisstic asshole with a large ego like the rest of his family then that would be boring as fuck (and also beg the question of what was the point of replacing their precious kazuya mishima back in tekken 3 if it's just another evil mishima). like all tekken fans seem to want is some fifty shades of grey romance between kazuya and jun or some edgy groundbreaking villain protag story like megamind starring kazuya. sometimes i think about how things would've been if tekken 6 scenario campaign never happened, or what if the fans got what they wanted and actually have miguel kill jin. then at least maybe i'll finally get to look at jin kazama stuff without seeing people unironically compare jin to h*tler or p*tin. that redditor sadly isn't the only person who compared jin to h*tler. my sister is a rabid narusasu/sasuke uchiha fangirl who hates seeing people compare her precious man sasuke to a character she doesn't like. she constantly keeps calling jin "h*tler kazama" whenever i played tekken and cheered when i won against him. she says "jin never suffered what sasuke suffered. when sasuke was only 7 he lost his whole family and got abused/tortured by his brother. kazuya also had a rough childhood, jin got to have a happy life for 15 years. jin's trauma is that he lost his mom who isn't even dead, that's not real trauma like sasuke and kazuya". she even prayed at church and wished upon a shooting star for jin's va isshin chiba to get terminal cancer and die (then again it's not just jin's va she also got angry at jun esaka and chie nakamura because sakura haruno is a "whiny crybaby useless pink banshee who got in the way of narusasu". she used to want both chie nakamura and jun esaka to die too). jin isn't even my favorite character in the series, but it's insane that so many people in this fanbase have such malice towards him over one fucking game where he was ooc as fuck (and street fighter x tekken too i guess...at least other non-canon crossovers like project x zone don't potray him like this). that'd be like captain america being hated forever over one comic book where he was ooc and the people at marvel even admit it. seriously, when will tekken fandom ever stop just being so fucking weird with jin kazama i'm at my limit.

sorry if i got too emotional there, i just had to let my thoughts out now. i hope you have a good day.

sorry for taking a while to respond to this! but you definitely know some wild people in your life haha (including your sister, no offense!) it kinda reminds me of how people used to act when i was a kid. when i was a kid, i was in a lotta spaces with other kids that acted just absolutely wild about their favorite characters and ships just like this. buuuut... granted, we were all like 10 years old lol. luckily i don't really run into people like this anymore. (the rabid fans that go beyond obsessive hating) most of the time, i just see the annoying ppl who are like "JIN IS A BAD CHARACTER. JIN IS A WAR CRIMINAL. KAZUYA SHOULD BE MAIN CHARACTER" - type of folk. annoying people, but not quite concerning, y'know?

but yeah, i surprisingly see a lotta people who say tek6 made jin a better character. which is usually thanks to the crowd who don't like "good characters" ... which tbh, it seems like more ppl nowadays are averse to heroic characters than they used to be? nowadays people want characters to be more morally questionable. which as i've stated before... it just gets boring if every character has to be like that. plus, even if jin WAS a genuinely terrible character before tek6, it's not like tek6 would've improved him. how does, essentially, being a copy of kazuya's character makes him any better? it doesn't. it still has the problem of him being unoriginal and boring because we already have a character like that.

i think what they wanted was just for jin to be completely condemned or for kazuya to have been the "true good guy" lol. at least, that's what i got from reading those old reddit posts prior 8's release. which as i said, is silly because kazuya is just as bad - err, arguably worse than jin was. given that both are doing the exact same shit, it's just that jin was to save the world supposedly meanwhile kazuya is just... because he wants power lol.

and yeah, i always found that funny. i find it funny how people can acknowledge steve rogers or luke skywalker being written ooc in stories that have smeared their characters to make them "flawed" or straight up villainous for no good reason. but like... people can't do that with jin when it comes to tek6? ofc, the sw and marvel crowds are completely different people - but my point is, why can't the tek fandom recognize what jin's character used to be?

ffs, i once pointed out that jin saying "strength isn't everything" isn't actually character development because of the way his character is handled, and everyone disagreed with me on that lol. it's like if mario says "i must save'a the princess!" in every game, but then in one game, he's suddenly like "PRINCESS PEACH CAN GO EAT SHIT AND DIE" but then in another game, he returns to saying "i must save'a the princess!" that's not... that's not real character development, it's just writing the character accurately again. ESPECIALLY when there's no explanation at all as to why mario wanted peach to die, and then there's no explanation for when he suddenly returns to wanting to save her.

but yes, i'm totally with you. i just wish that people would stop being so fucking weird about jin. but like you said, i don't really visit r/tek anymore, i don't really interact with the fandom at all beyond the people i talk to on this blog. i don't go actively searching through tags. sometimes i'll find content on twitter, but that's only because i visit it for tek news. other than that? yeahhh... it's just a place that's best to stay away from lol.

also i'm just gonna say, IF kazuya gets redeemed, the fandom BETTER give him the same energy as they do to jin. they better give him the "BUT HE SHOULDN'T BE REDEEMED?!" and make nonstop jokes about him being a war criminal who can now for some reason be a good guy. but... we'll likely not see that as much. given there was an alarming amount of ppl who thought kazuya was more worthy to be the good guy than jin was lol.

and yeah, i also wish tek6's scenario campaign never happened. errr... at the very least, i wished it went a completely different way without ruining jin's character.

[xxmissarichanxx]

✨XMACX Monthly✨ | March 2024

It's March WOOHOO~ sobs thank you again for voting for this month's Cover Model, Kiki! Look how pretty she is!! sobs beautiful

you may read this month's update on PTRN for free or below the cut! you can also view the previous issue here.

Happy March! Hope you're all excited to welcome spring! Lowkey burned myself out last month from day job shenanigans and trying to do a lot of things, so my plan this month is to relax after releasing Froot Basket: Dark Chocolate's update. My birthday's this month anyway too, so I'm gonna take it easy haha.

Cover Model polls are up on social media now if you'd like to vote for next month. I'll drop the outfit/theme poll for patrons tomorrow to stagger posts a bit.

Schedule

March 1 - Cover Model Poll

March 2 - Cover Model Outfit/Theme Poll

March 8 - Art Process/BTS

March 15 - Froot Basket: Dark Chocolate voiced update releases, Kiki's Bday

March 20 - New Meet the Artist

March 22 - "Kaimanga" Updates

March 29 - Cover Story

March 31 - Sketch Dump

Cover Story Preview | Kiki's Sakura Date

Kiki meets up with a friend in Tokyo to see some sakura blossoms and have a nice picnic!

March OC Birthdays

Kiki's birthday is on March 15! But I'll be releasing FBDC that day and she's already the Cover Model, so we're already celebrating her this month.

VN Development Update | FBDC Voiced Update Releases this month!

Other than partial voice-acting, it'll have some new CGs for you to collect! I hope you'll enjoy it! On release day I'll also publish a changelog.

Other Goals this Month

Wrapping up a zine project and still working on commissions, but I'd like to relax. Chill. Catch up on some manga or tv shows or something. Maybe finally finish Baldur's Gate 3. 

I'll drop some "Kaimanga" stuff I've been working on. I'm considering developing Fleeting and drawing the Kaimana comic at the same time since both projects are related to each other... In any case, it'll be a fun space adventure!

Next Month

I'll pick up development on Froot Basket White next month. Froot Basket White is the third and final chapter in Momo's story. It takes place after Froot Basket Valentine and players will assume the role of Jordan once again. I had worked on some assets for it previously, but I'd like the script to be more solid before I start working on more assets again. Here's some of what I'd worked on before:

April 1st is Satoru's bday, but the Monthly will still drop on that date! We'll celebrate Satoru some time later.

Aloha nui, Ari

[meimi-haneoka]

Thanks for the answer Cinzia! Yes, as I said, I was thinking too much and ultimately have to seek refuge in "suspension of disbelief". I have two more questions. I am not sure if you can answer them because I did search around a lot but couldn't find them. The first being the English translation for Valentine's Day Tales for a Drama CD from the original anime. I would love to listen or read its translation and it would be great if you could point it out to me. The second being an unknown omake from the original manga. I cannot find it or much details about it, let alone its name, but one of the panels has Syaoran, in their summer uniform, dragging Sakura away from Yukito, although I am not sure whom exactly he is being jealous over. I tried searching for that panel so that I can give you a hint but I am unable to find it again. Although I am hoping that you have some clues regarding it despite my really scant description. Even if you can't remember it, it will be completely alright if you can just redirect me towards someplace where I can read omakes from the original manga. I have read "Honey Milk Tales" but that's about it. Frankly, I never realised how many extra material the OG series had. They are so cute and seriously could have been adapted. Again, apologies for this demanding ask. It's completely alright if you cannot. No pressure.

Hello again, Aubretia!!

I know very well what you're asking me, the fact is that I don't think I can really help you in both cases 😟

For the Sweet Valentine's stories Drama CD, unfortunately I'm not aware of any English translation...I even tried to briefly search for it, but nothing comes up, maybe it would need a deeper search. 😐 I've listened constantly to that Drama CD in my late teens while I was trying to learn Japanese, I didn't have that exact CD but I had another collection that included the "episodes" from that Drama CD!

As for the second one, oh I know what you're talking about! That's a comic from a booklet that came with the so-called "Kodansha CD Comic", a sort of Drama CD from August 1997! It was released almost one year before the beginning of the anime series in celebration of it, and it already featured the seiyuu we all love! If I recall correctly, the story revolves around the Song Card (it's a re-telling of its capture), Tomoyo and a recording Sakura wants to do for Yukito! The scene you're talking about comes from when Syaoran catches Sakura giving that tape to Yukito, he's of course jealous but it's not clear exactly towards whom 😉it seems it's about Yukito anyway. Unfortunately, I could only find a copy of this obscure booklet in vietnamese on a vietnamese blog, could it be of any use for you??

The two Honey Milk omake (one with Touya and one with Syaoran) and this little comic from the "CD comic" are the only existing omake for the OG CCS series! Clear Card had many more, in comparison!