#this annoying pretty fox guard and is like; yeah OK I guess I believe it now

[merry-andrews]

Johnny/Kenshi kitsune au;

Lil fox spirit that guards the sword (Sento) and when swordsman kenshi comes to return Sento to its home, Johnny turns into his human form (but keeping the tails!) and says he'll marry Kenshi and guards his clan by his side on one condition that he won't tell anyone about the mysterious story of how they met and how he found Sento.

They return home, Johnny will be Taira clan's leader's spouse and brings good fortune for the clan and they even have babies but one day, when celebrating yet another victory of their clan with his men, one of them asks about Kenshi's mysterious consort and Kenshi tells them everything and when he's back home, Johnny is back in his fox form, has Sento carrying over his back,

"You told people about me now you'll never see Sento or me ever again." And with that, he jumps out of the window and disappears forever💕.

[yesvaldemarharder]

Yandere Arcana

Ayo so um.. with 723 followers I really be expecting people for more input on things I should write (requests, ideas, convos, etc) but um.. I guess not? Lol. Anyway since I’m basically writing for like a couple people (people who actually respond to my work cause I like that. If you just like and reblog that’s fine but I still like hearing what people have to say about my work. If your shy don’t be.. I literally don’t judge..) I’ll go ahead and write scenarios for Yandere Arcana. If y’all want more of this just tell me. I was almost tempted to do nsfw lol!

I wanna say that I haven’t played the game enough to finish anyone’s route and while I want to, ya girl broke so picking choices is something I have to wait a while for as well. (The cost on those coins and I can’t even get a Valdemar route??? What type of shit-)

If any of the characters seem ooc I apologize I just really wanted to write this so um.. yeah.

I guess I’ll take the time to part a warning right here: If you don’t like yanderes or anything of the sort I suggest you don’t read this! I would do the ‘below the cut’ thing but I’m all honestly I don’t know how to.. so here ya go!

You have been warned!

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Asra

Asra is a tricky yandere. He knows you well enough to get into your head.

He may take times to keep a distance from you but whenever he messages you or comes back he always makes sure to show you so much affection just so you hopefully don’t question anything.

He’ll act like something to you matters to him, and usually they do matter but if you’re talking about a love interest or something he’ll act supportive but will really be a bit annoyed on the inside.

Depending on your love interest he may get upset or simply will smile and try to ‘help you get them’. Don’t let it be Lucio or Julian.. he’ll be furious.

If he acts like he’s happy to help and your LI disappears then he probably did or didn’t send them somewhere where neither of you two can meet again. Like a portal to a dark cold place or something.

He’s like a snake.. or even a fox. He’s the magician for a reason.

Nadia

Nadia probably won’t even hide how much of a yandere she is.. okay maybe just a little.

She’s the countess, what does she need to hide? She’s also meant to be with you and you’re supposed to love her no matter what. Nadia seems to be a bit of an oblivious yandere. Not aware that what she does for you is rather scary at times.

She showers you in gifts. Some of the cutest clothes just to basically play dress up with you like your some little doll. She doesn’t like it when you turn down a gift and while there’s a couple times she’ll get frustrated in the end she’ll send the gift to you late at night with a sweet not hoping you take it.

While she usually ask for your input against other’s, when it comes to someone who isn’t much use to the palace or her especially sniffing up on you she’ll usually deal with them.. whether banishing them and having them get hunted down throughout the forest like some sort of game.

She can be ruthless, and when she’s really in a bad mood it’s hard for her to listen to anyone. Don’t beg for her not to kill off someone because she most likely will act you didn’t say anything, kiss your forehead, and will proceed with the execution.

Also gets really touchy with you when her sisters are around..

Portia

Portia is usually a very carefree chick but while she can be easygoing she can be rather on guard about you.

It’s not often with you, because she doesn’t want you to know the bad things she’d do for you, but every once in a while she’ll ‘joke’ about killing for you. She’s caring and always makes sure you’re safe so you don’t question it until she actually does it when you have a suspicion that she did it..

Will cry and manipulate you into believing she’s innocent because seeing fear on your face towards her makes her scared. She was just doing what was ‘right’, of course her terminology of right is different from yours tho.. that’s why she lies about not doing it.

You’ll trust her and while you’re still a bit nervous she’ll work on that making sure to check up on you often. Once she gains your trusts back again she grows to be a lot more sneaky.

Rat poison is probably what slipped into the man’s tea after her kept messing with you but who knows?

Julian

Julian can be much like his sister but instead of growing emotional to defend himself he grows serious. It’s so different from his usually jokingly self and reminds you of the red plague times so you can’t help but apologize for accusing him.

He may not have killed Lucio but he’s definitely took a couple people out for you. Most unintentionally but still did it anyway. That guy couldn’t swim and Julian simply didn’t hear him crying for help.. it’s okay though cause you did say he had a weird vibe about him anyway, obviously Julian agreed.

He can be clingy, needy, and touchy. If you don’t know about the yandere in him you love it and you loving it just manages to feed it more. If you do know about it and you’re scared he uses his touches to try and calm you down. To have you let your guard down.

He’ll use his self hate against you for many different reasons now. While he does hate himself he found that you usually encourage him or try to make him feel better after he talks about himself too much. He’ll use it on you to stop you from running away from him because your morals are far better than his at this point and he knows you’ll stay to try and help him.

When you find out that he’s been killing people you’re terrified and even though you know you should runaway and leave.. you also can’t help but want to help him.

What if he’s actually innocent like he was with Lucio? (Definitely not.) What if the depression got so bad and he couldn’t help himself? He needed help and only you could help him.

He’ll chuckle sometimes at how cute and silly you are. With how he is he knows you won’t be going anywhere and he’s perfectly fine with that because had you did think of running away he’d just chase you down and use he’s depression against you to make you feel bad for leaving and to bring you back to him.

Lucio

The coliseum was made for a reason... Lucio likes a good fight and anyone touching you, speaking with you, or even looking at you can make him want to have one.

If it isn’t a physical fight it’s a fight with words (which he isn’t that good at but his smugness makes it pay off)

He’s a hopeless romantic type of yandere and unlike his wife he actually doesn’t recognize or acknowledge the bad sides of himself. He either doesn’t to face them or actually thinks cutting that servants throat for huffing in your presence was justified.

You honestly can’t tell but hey, you’re scared. He’s a Count though... THE Count.. if he’s your yandere it’s going to be hard to get away from him without getting hunted down. He’ll make sure to keep an eye on you. (much like Nadia)

He’ll lock down the whole palace if it means keeping you in place. If you do manage to escape he’ll be highly impressed honestly before he’s goes hunting you down. When he finds you he’ll make sure the palace is locked down a lot tighter then it has been before.

Muriel

He definitely starts out as a silent stalker type. Muriel isn’t really attracted to anyone before you and even though he is interested in you he makes you come to him.

I believe he’s actually one of the nicer yanderes but he does have his moments of being possessive.

He doesn’t want to hurt anyone unless it’s absolutely needed.. wouldn’t want to kill anyone for something silly.. of course not.

Ok! I’m at the courtiers! Now these ones might be sadder because I have a lot of headcanons for them. Mainly the horsemen and I do believe Valerius doesn’t have much story on him either so yeah.

Volta

Volta’s an absolute sweetheart. Tis is all.

Nah I’m fucking with y’all, it’s a yandere post.. anyway while Volta is a sweetheart she can’t help but be a bit possessive over you. Unlike the other courtiers her emotions come out a lot more and with her past she never thought she find someone like you.

Now that she has though it’s hard to separate the two of you..

She clings to you, cry for you when you’re gone for too long, feeds you if she’s really into you..

People don’t really see her as a threat and that’s only until she threatens to eat them.. when she gets like that people make sure to leave you be because the really aren’t sure if Volta will actually do it but with that bright playful but warning look in her eyes they don’t want to put it past her.

Vlastomil

Vlastomil kinda has that same oblivious energy in him as Lucio or Nadia however it may seem like he doesn’t know what he’s doing is wrong but he really does.

He’s a demon, he knows how to play with humans but the thing is what he does is just him trying to understand himself better. Before you he only cared about his worm and now you were here.

He pretty much treats you like he treats Wriggler.. you’re very dear to him and let anything happen to you he’ll make sure everyone around knows how he feels. Whether it’s crying, shouting or simply anxiously looking for you.

He fears with other humans you’ll either get taken from him or get hurt but them and neither one of those are things he’s ok with obviously.

He’s a tricky demon, he may trick you into believing his morals verses your own.

“I love you dear! That’s why he has to go.. you don’t want him to hurt you yes?” He’ll manage to make you believe that everything he does is for you. If you have any sort of trauma he might even use that against you so be extra careful.

Valerius

I can see Valerius being much like Muriel but worse. He likes to stalk and watch you from afar until he can figure what’s the best route to take and going about getting to you.

He’s almost relieved you come to him first. The relationship is rather.. bumpy. At times he’ll be grumpy for no reason and sometimes you can get tired of that but anytime you threaten to leave him he gets you into bed a second faster and distracts you.

I can see him either being a good or bad yandere.. there’s no in between. Either he knows exactly how to keep you to himself or he struggles doing so which only frustrates you. You can say he takes some of that frustration out on you but he tries not to because the last thing he needs in to tell Lucio you ran off and have a bunch of guards chase you down.

Oh that’s right, Lucio helps him when it comes to reeling you in and keeping you their. It’s scary but how are yo to go against the Count and his Consul?

Valerius might say some really cruel things to you to make you stay. He doesn’t want to even think about you leaving him. The second he saw you was the same second he fell for you. He might question his own emotions a lot but after a while of simply stalking or having other people stalk you and report back to him, he can tell it is you that he wants.

Vulgora

Vulgora is one of the bad ones you can get. Their aggressiveness and bluntness can be scary so when you need to escape them not many will be willing to help you. Many might even be on their side out of fear of what the war demon can do.

I feel like Vulgora is one of these two yandere types if not both.

Either the type that uses anger as a way to express themselves even if they don’t want to. Like, they care very deeply about you but they are one of the courtiers who don’t understand these emotions.. it frustrates them to not understand and it makes them angry. They try not to take that anger out on you and usually ends it with taking the life of a mortal.. or a couple considering one isn’t enough.

The other type is the yandere who can’t hold their temper and simply wants you because they can have you. It’s a possessive thing.. no one can have you but them.

They won’t hesitate in killing for you and if you ask or grow scared they would try to say they didn’t do it. They’ll be honest. What are you going to do about it.. fight them? Leave them? Oh darling they believe you’re too smart to do something stupid like either one of those..

They’ll leave their mark on you, usually biting because even if there’s very few beings with teeth like theirs in the palace everyone know the deep marks belong to someone dangerous and usually people put a distance with you.

People might be scared of you for simply being trapped and stuck with them. Poor thing..

Valdemar

Go ahead and just pass away sis, we ain’t making it away from this one..

In all honesty Valdemar might be the worse yandere out of this group. Vulgora following after as well as Lucio, Vlastomil, and maybe Julian..

Now it’s either they don’t care about your feelings at all and well make sure you know it or they care far too much to let you out of their sight. Valdemar might be persistent to test on you and might do it even if you don’t want to but also they might grow worried about your safety if they do do it.

You’re like their precious little specimen and no matter what you do they are always watching. You can’t even escape them after death because they are death. There’s simply no escape.

It’s been centuries since they’ve felt as strongly for someone as they did you and that person didn’t make it to where they are now.. they refuse to let that happen again..

If you try to run from them they’ll have beings chase you, they’ll make you run for your life and when you come crying for help they’ll cackle in your face. They want you to know you can’t live without them and once that’s drilled into your head they’ll never allow you to ever get away.

[vidkid20ssimblrlair]

Episode 31: No More Playing Nice

"On the second floor? Lin, are you sure you're not seeing things?"

"No, Vince. I'm not."

"Aaron could have slipped you something in your drink to help you sleep. You could be hallucinating."

"No, I saw something. No. Someone. I saw someone. He was at my window. He...he looked like a skeleton. A skeleton with bright red eyes."

"Now I know you've lost your marbles."

"I'm serious!"

I looked out the window and saw what I expected. A whole bunch of nothing under a pitch-black sky. I rolled my eyes and stared back at Audrey. She was helping Tao up off the floor. The door had knocked him on his ass pretty good.

I scoffed. "So Tao, what the hell did you call yourself doing? Snooping?"

"Um...I was..um," he stuttered. He looked over at Audrey all bug-eyed and blushed. "I was just wondering what you were doing? Sis said you were..."

"I said nothing. He was being a perv hoping to hear you bump uglies!" she huffed. "Now nevermind that. I saw something. I'm sure of it now."

"Well, I'll go outside and take a look. Anything, to get away from here."

Audrey raised her hand. "I'll go with you. Not because of anything weird or anything. I'll...I'll just go."

I shook my head in disgust and hurried out of the room. She practically ran into me as she raced out herself. She followed me down the stairs and into the kitchen where Gemma remained hostage. The pale redhead was tied up, but humming happily. I glanced over at Wade who was on guard. I studied his face for a clue as to why, but he frowned and shrugged.

"Why you so goddamnit happy?" I growled staring down at her.

"Huh?"

"Why you humming that tune?"

She giggled. "Aren't you the one they call 'Vince'?

"Yeah. What of it?"

"Oh, nothing."

"So why you so damn happy?"

"I'm just excited about something," she whispered. A grin then spread across her face. "You're going be in for quite a surprise."

"Like what?"

"You'll see."

She then immediately went back to humming. Her head swaying side to side slowly. I looked back at Audrey who was standing behind me looking just as confused. She shook her head and made the sign for crazy. She was definitely right about that, but what she said didn't sit right with me. Surprise? What kind of surprise? Not a good surprise I bet. Shit.

I thought about getting an explanation out of her, but Madison peeked her head in. She looked like she had climbed out of bed. She ditched her leather jacket and jeans for a bathrobe. Her neat short hair all over her head. She seemed to notice our stares and became subconscious. She combed her hair back with her fingers and fussed with her robe. She then gave up and frowned leaning on the door frame. "I thought I heard a gunshot. Everybody alright?"

"A gunshot?" Audrey gasped.

"Yeah. I was coming out of the bathroom and heard a gunshot. I thought I was hearing things at first, but I decided I should check on everyone. Sound like it came from right out back."

As she said this, the front door burst open. Madison jumped and stood aside as Nathan and Aaron appeared. Aaron seemed fine, but Nathan looked worse for wear. His hair loose and messy. His clothes dirty. His face bruised on the side.

"What the hell happened to you?" Madison asked taking the words out of my mouth. "What happened to your face? Are you ok?"

"Oh, I'm just fine," he said sarcastically. "I just got my gun kicked out of my hands and the side of my face kicked like a football by a masked skeleton guy, but I'm great!"

"What?!"

"Wait! Did you say a masked skeleton guy?" I asked astounded.

"Yeah. He had a creepy skeleton mask with red eyes. He was creeping around here and I went after him."

"Why didn't you tell anyone?!" Madison fumed. "You could have been killed! Aaron could have been killed!"

"It was one guy. I thought I could handle it. I did technically."

"Actually, you got knocked flat on your back," Aaron said clearing his throat. "Then you laid there for a few minutes moaning in pain. I'm still quite worried you may have a concussion, Parker. The bruising you're exhibiting and-"

"Aaron."

"Yes, I know. Shut my trap."

Wade chuckled. "So you got beat up? I wished I had seen that."

"I wished I had seen that," Nathan repeated bitterly mocking him. He rolled his eyes. "It's too bad he didn't run into your fat ass."

"Guys! This is serious! What if it was more?" Madison said looking panicked. "Someone should go check. I'll go get dressed."

"Nah. I'll go look," I said holding up my hand. "By the time you finish dressing, they'll be long gone. Someone should also go check on Lin. She did say she saw some skeleton looking guy at her window. I thought she was nuts but I guess not. Still strange how he got up there."

"He used the bus. He did some type of parkour shit and jump down from there. Heard Lin scream now that I think of it. I feel like shit for not believing her. Dammit," he groaned.

"Nope. That's on me. Lin said something strange earlier about someone looking into her window the other night. She asked me to move the bus and I brushed it off," Wade said sadly. "I'll take a look and move the bus. You stay here with Gemma."

"And I'll check on Lin," Audrey offered. "Tell her she's not crazy at least."

He pushed past me and headed for the front door. He stopped and called for Omar who sprung up from the couch in the living room. He pulled out a handgun and followed Wade out the door. Audrey, on the other hand, headed upstairs. I looked back at Gemma who seemed to be looking forward as if clueless to what was happening. I was pretty sure she was listening.

"The skeleton dude. Did he say anything?" I asked Nathan as he pushed past me and sat down at the kitchen table. Aaron followed.

He held his face in his hands as Aaron rubbed his back. He looked up at me and answered. "No. He didn't say anything. Not a word."

"Oh. Well, I'm pretty sure I saw someone like that back at the junkyard. Him, a pig mask guy, and some cat or fox mask chick."

"Well, maybe we should ask Gemma about it," he frowned as he rubbed the side of his face. He got up and stood in front of Gemma. "Got anything to say?"

She smirked. "No. I do hope you catch whoever you're talking about. He seemed to got the best of you there."

"You're real funny. Got the best of me huh?"

"Yeah. He gave you a good beating there. That bruise is a nasty one."

"You know I've never hit a woman before, but right now I'm tempted."

"Nathan!" Madison groaned. "Don't sink to her level."

"Why not? We're not going to get anything out of her if we don't do something."

"Like what?"

"Like this." He smirked and grabbed a kitchen knife. He then placed the blade at her neck. "Now tell me who was your skeleton friend, Gemma?"

"I don't know who you're talking about, but killing me certainly isn't going get you the answer."

"Who said I'm going kill you?" he said. He brought the knife up to her cheek and made a slight cut. He then put the tip of it onto her shoulder. "Who was the skeleton mask guy in the garden?"

"I don't know. It sounds so scary."

"Stop the whole act. It's annoying now."

"I'm not acting- Ahhhh!"

He dug the blade into her shoulder and she screamed. He stopped and she began sobbing. Me, Madison, and Aaron stood back watching. Our faces a mixture of disturbed and unease.

He held the knife up to her face and asked again. "Who was that and why was he here?"

"I told you..."

"Stop lying!"

"I don't know..."

He plunged the tip of the knife back into her shoulder and she screamed. He then pulled it away.

"Ok. Looking like you may need some more stitches."

"Fuck off!"

"Who are you? Why are you here? And who was the man?"

"I'm not telling you anything! Mr. Jones!!!"

He grabbed her face and placed the knife tip close to her right eye. "Tell me or you're going be missing an eye in a few seconds."

"His name is Bones. It's Bones."

"Why was he here?"

"F..f..for me!"

"Why?!

"Help me! Someone help me! Mr. Jones! Jones!"

"Mr. Jones isn’t going to help you. No one is going to help you. Now fess up!"

"Nothing to report except those bastards slashed the tires," Wade bellowed entering the front door. He looked into the kitchen and gasped. "Jesus, Nathan! What are you doing?!"

"Doing what should have been done in the first place!"

"But if Luther sees you...er I mean finds out- "

"What Luther doesn't know, won't hurt him. It's time we stop playing nice. We tried and it didn't work!"

"But..."

We heard footsteps on the stairs. Maybe Tao? Or Audrey? Or maybe worse, DJ or Luther? Shit! I stepped in front of Gemma and Nathan. Wade grabbed the knife from him and headed for the sink. Nathan put his hand over her mouth. We all froze as DJ face appeared in the doorway. His eyes widen and he came closer.

"Me and gramps thought we heard screaming. "Is everything alright?"

"DJ, we...." Nathan started, but he gasped and screamed out in pain. He snatched his hand away. Apparently, Gemma had bit into it. He glared at her. "You little..."

"DJ, they tried to kill me! They've been cutting on me. Hurting me. I told them I don't know what they're talking about," she cried being able to speak now. "Tell them to leave me alone. Please!"

We all began to speak at the same time. Spitting out excuses and tonight’s events as Gemma whimpered about her mistreatment. Finally, DJ had enough and waved his hand and roared, "Quiet. All of you!"

The room grew quiet and he sighed. "A guy with a skeleton mask was here?"

"Yes!" Nathan spluttered. "I fought with...well he got the better of me, but..."

"Lin saw him," I added. "At her window!"

"Gemma said his name is Bones!"

"Okay! I got it, guys!" DJ mumbled. He pushed me and Nathan out the way. He looked down at Gemma. He saw the blood on her shoulder. Tears streaming down her bloody cheek. I thought we were screwed, but he seemed unmoved. He bent down to meet her eye level looking stern. "Gemma, did you say the skeleton mask guy’s name was Bones?"

"I...I made it up. I had to. He threatened to gorge my eye out."

"Do you know him?"

"No! I told-"

"But you knew his codename?"

"Huh?"

"I heard one of them call him, Bones. As he was taking our stuff. As I fear for my life and begged for mercy. Interesting you would choose that name."

"I swear it was just a coincidence! I...I swear!"

"Coincidence or not, he was here for a reason. The reason being you."

"Wait. No! DJ!"

He looked back at us. "Gramps can't see, but he can hear real well. I suggest you hang it up for tonight and keep her quiet. I'll calm Gramps and tell him everything's fine -"

"But DJ please! Save me! They're going kill me!"

He scowled. "I don't care how you do it, but shut her up!"

"My pleasure," Madison smiled. She pulled up her sleeve and balled up her fist. Then she took a swing and hit Gemma square in the face. Her cries silenced and her head slumped over.

Nathan gasped. "Jesus, Madison! Really?"

"What? You said no more playing nice," she smirked. "Besides, I've been dying to do that."

Previous Episode -Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (tw:suicide & tw:gore)

I did it! This took me forever and now I have a cold, so I’m just going to fall out over in a corner somewhere. lol Now for the shit to really hit the fan because Gemma is right. They will be a surprise. 

[arachcobra]

Naruto Episode 11 & 12 Review

Got PTSD? Just walk it off, you baby.

Review of Naruto Episode 11 and 12: The Land Where a Hero Once Lived and Battle on the Bridge! Zabuza Returns!

ArachCobra

So in this one, we start out with having Sakura guard Tazuna on the bridge, all alone. I'm just like, what? Apparently, it's because Kakashi is still not feeling well and Naruto and Sasuske are still struggling with the tree climbing things. So they do try to explain it. But the problem here is that there is no fucking way Kakashi can know when Zabuza will be back. Yeah, he can make an estimate based on the guy's injuries, but he doesn't know if Zabuza has some super healing ninja in his employ. For all he knows, Zabuza is heading for the bridge at a speed of mach fuck you right that very instant.

He isn't and Sakura is not gruesomely cut into confetti, but that's just because Zabuza has no easy way to recover. But this is still very risky.

Also, Tazuna calls Sakura lazy for yawning, which I feel is entirely uncalled for. Some guy named Giichi feels working on the bridge is getting too risky, so he quits, with Tazuna yelling at him.

Later, Sakura and Tazuna goes shopping and we get to see just how badly Gato has ruined the Land of Waves. It's an admittedly effective scene.

This is then ruined by the dinner scene where Sasuke and Naruto are shoveling down food so fast they have to puke. Hey, assholes, people are starving right now. Least you could do is respect the food you're given by not choking on it, just because you have to prove you're better than each other. Seriously, this is not team work. Time and time again we see this competition between Naruto and Sasuke makes them take quite frankly idiotic decisions that are detrimental for the team as a whole. Kakashi should get his act together and tell the two of them to get their shit together.

And then Sakura stares at a slightly damaged photo on the wall and Odysseus, the dialogue. To paraphrase Sakura: “There's a picture here. But it's torn. How did it get torn? It seems very important. The one who tore it must have had some sort of reason. I wonder why.” Honestly, most likely explanation is that Kakashi noticed the plot point hanging on the wall and asked Sakura to point it out until someone would say something and move the story along.

So then we get the tale of Kaiza. About how he saved Inari from drowning thanks to a trio of child bullies straight out of a Stephen King story. About how he saved the village when the floodgate broke. It's an interesting story, but made kinda silly by being punctuated by so much overly dramatic music and flowery language about how Kaiza: “Taught people the meaning of the word courage.”

And then Gato has Kaiza tortured by a group of goons before publicly executing him.

How... How can he do that? Is there no government in the Land of Waves? How did he get so powerful that he can execute people? In front of a large crowd of people even. In front of the guy's family. Did he buy out the government? How does that work? I mean, have him killed, yeah, that I can imagine, but publicly executing him for disturbing the order of the land? Kinda ridiculous.

And that's why Inari doesn't believe in heroes. Naruto goes out to train because he wants to show Inari that heroes do exists.

Neat.

For the next episode, let me just start by complaining about the title. It's called Zabuza Returns and Battle on the Bridge, but that's a fabrication at best. Zabuza and Haku show up at the very end of the episode and there is no battle on the titular bridge. Its just misleading.

Anyway, Haku crossdresses and meets Naruto in the forest and they exchange some awkward dialogue about having someone important. And that only by having someone important will you be strong. I guess that really depends on one's definition of strength, so I'm not gonna harp on that too much.

Anyway, tree climbing continues and Sasuke and Naruto returns, sweating, panting and covered in dirt. If you told me that's because they decided to celebrate with a victory quickie in the bushes, I'd believe you. These two really do come off as if they have some closeted feelings for each other.

Anyway, Inari says its all futile and Naruto calls him a coward and a crybaby.

Yeah, doesn't matter that the kid is traumatized by the death of his father and the decline of his country, while constantly having to worry that any day now, his grandfather will be slaughtered. Doesn't matter that this constant oppressive atmosphere of fear and futility has made him a nervous wreck with PTSD. Just get over it, kid. Anything else is cowardice.

In case it isn't obvious, I find this scene kinda sickening and insensitive.

Now, Kakashi says that Naruto didn't say anything he hadn't already told himself and that Naruto has suffered too. Well, great. Two problems. One, Naruto has not gone through the exact same scenario as Inari and even if he had, he'd probably have reacted differently, because people are different. He has no right to demand that Inari ”gets over it.” Second issue, from a narrative point, how bad did Naruto have it? We have some general ideas that he was excluded and people looked down on him, but it hasn't really been elaborated upon. We're just told Naruto has it bad and that's it. So here, the story trips over itself trying to justify Naruto yelling at a traumatized kid who's not even had a chance to properly grieve and get over the soul-shattering losses he's experienced.

To put it mildly, it doesn't really work. No matter how much the show insists that Naruto understands Inari's pain.

Anyway, next day, Zabuza shows up, Naruto is late and Gato's henchmen are getting ready to kidnap Tsunami and Inari. Oh, who's Tsunami? Inari's mother. She's been around for three episodes, but does very little. I think we only learned her name this very last episode in fact.

Shame. You'd think somebody with the name Tsunami would be a character you should keep an eye on.

Anyway, first episode works just fine. Second one dragged down by Naruto's treatment of Inari. Seriously, that's not okay.

Givenea

Inari, grandson of Tazuna takes over the role as awesomest character, for telling Naruto how dumb he is.

We then learn that Inari has lost all hope because a business tycoon turned his homeland into a dictatorship, everyone is starving and poor and his stepfather (who was the most amazing dad ever) was executed by said tycoon for trying to make things better.

Then Naruto calls him whiny.

Yup, Inari, an eight-year-old, who has lost his freedom and security and is struggling to cope with the loss of the only father he ever knew, is whiny. And Naruto is the right character to set him straight, because… a few people sneered at him…?

That’s all we’ve seen… Let me elaborate.

Back in episode 1, the big bad, Mizuki informs Naruto (and the audience) that Naruto is shunned and hated by the villagers because he is the container of the nine tailed fox. But this doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

Within the first episode we see Naruto be chased down by ninjas, sneered at by his classmates and some random women and conned by Mizuki into stealing secret information.

This is not bad; it sets up that there is bad blood in between at least some villagers and Naruto. Next step would be to reinforce this idea over the next few episodes while establishing a norm for Naruto’s day to day life in Konoha. Naruto does runs into trouble with villagers a bunch of times within the first two episodes but only once or twice is their scorn unprovoked on his part. Going over them in order:

Episode 1:

Chased by ninja: He committed vandalism and skipped school. - Was punished by having to clean up his mess.

Sneered at by classmates - Because he mouthed off, they all had to redo a test.

Sneered by random women – Apparently unprovoked. Could be viewed to refer to the fox

Conned by Mizuki – Because he had the fox, Mizuki figured he could get away with it, taking advantage of him while he was vulnerable.

Episode2

Scolded by the Hokage – Naruto screwed up his ID and mouthed off.

Beaten by random woman – She was angry over Konohamaru’s botched transformation, unprovoked, but also nothing to do with the fox.

Thrown out of bookstore – Clerk did not allow reading before buying, had every right to toss them out.

Beaten by women in the bath - After attempting to sneak in and peep on them. They also immediately recognize, not only that Naruto and Konohamaru are transformed, but one also cries out: “Naruto, you again?”. Giving the distinct impression that this is a common occurrence.

Fight with Ebisu – while Ebisu does refer to Naruto as a fox, he seems far more miffed at Naruto taking Konohamaru all over town and distracting him from his training.

Ok, two things

Most people do not seem to care about the fox, whatsoever. They are instead reacting to Naruto’s actions, which are annoying at best and criminal at worst.

Nobody really seems to hate Naruto enough to step in and stop him from hanging out with the Hokage’s grandson. If Naruto was really shunned to the point we are supposed to believe, wouldn’t they try to save Konohamaru from the monster they believe the blond brat to be?

So while some people have treated Naruto pretty harshly, the whole thing fails in setting him up as an outcast through no doing of his own. It also fails at putting him through anything even remotely as bad as what Inari has suffered. So, when Kakashi later try to smooth things over, and encourage Inari, by explaining Naruto’s hardships and saying he got tired of whining and decided to do something about it, it falls flat.

Not only that, but when did Naruto ever stop whining? He pouts like a child whenever he doesn’t get his way.

Moving along.

After learning the tree-lesson instantly, last episode, Sakura is put on guard duty… well, it needs to be done, but couldn’t Kakashi have given her some other training since she’s ahead of the curve here? Not to mention, what is she gonna do if Zabuza or one of his people shows up? She is one lone genin, who has barely started her training as such. He, even wounded, is a highly trained jonin and we know that he has at least Haku to help him out.

Could be that this is just Kakashi’s way of paying lip service to doing this job.

So, Tazuna calls her lazy… I haven’t the foggiest why. After having lied to her superiors and then guilted her team into staying on a mission they are in no way qualified for, he should understand that just showing up is going above and beyond what anyone could expect from them.

So I guess these episodes are just here to make everyone look bad.

Oh yeah, and then Zabuza and Haku shows up.

Fluttersniper13

Sasuke and Naruto are having a dick measuring competition, Sakura is useless, family issues all over the place, Gato is god and everything is miserable. So, the usual shit.

Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13125294/8/Naruto-Rewrite-1-Road-to-Ninja

[echoeternally]

Birthday Gift! (Wolf/Fox)

Hello matsutzu & readers! By following this story, from the index here, you’re agreeing that you ship Fox with Wolf, which I sadly made into something of a forced joke romance, but that makes it no less of a good Star Fox ship.

Anyway, continue on ahead if you want some Wolox romance! And enjoy!

[SIM ROOM/WOLF]

 Walking into a large room with a grid-shape scaled around him, Fox folded his arms. He nodded as it lit up.

 “Nothing like blowing off some steam before bed,” he decided. “Could use the training anyway.”

 “Commencing training simulation,” called out ROB’s recorded voice. “Session number 007. Participants: Pilot 01, Fox. Loading session…”

 Fox watched as the room transformed around him, and the Great Fox’s simulation room warped into that of a cityscape, reflecting Corneria City’s appearance.

 “Mission start.”

 Fox pulled out a blaster and whirled around. He fired at a robotic monkey soldier, decorated with the Venomian army’s colors. It short-circuited and collapsed, as Fox rushed onward.

 He slid through a building’s open window, and crouched behind a fallen table, as more enemies locked on and fired at him. Blaster fire rained against the steel table, as Fox glanced around the room. Peering up, he spotted a mirror that reflected his enemies’ locations.

 Following it, Fox ricocheted his shots from the walls and into his opponents, defeating them. He emerged from his hiding spot and charged upstairs.

 Kicking open a door, Fox stepped onto the building’s roof, gazing at the taller areas around him, and then over the edge. It was only three stories high, but even still, the drop would stimulate the same feelings of a great fall.

 Twisting around, Fox aimed his blaster up, as another canine approached him. He blinked and shook his head, as the opponent trudged forward, with his own blaster drawn. He picked at the cybernetic eye patch on his face and pointed his weapon at Fox.

 “Wolf,” murmured Fox. “I should’ve known that you’d be part of this simulation’s upgrade.”

 “Simulation…?” Wolf blinked. “Is that what this is?”

 “Oh no, you’re not pulling that one on me,” snapped Fox, charging his blaster. “Slippy definitely did a good job updating this one, that much I can admit.”

 “Fox, what the—?”

 “It’s over, Wolf!”

Firing his charged blaster, Fox’s laser soared out, and Wolf quickly leapt away from it. He whipped his blaster forward, and fired a shot against Fox.

 Sidestepping it, Fox twisted his arm and fired his shot at Wolf, who yelped as it connected with his arm.

 “When did you even learn that one?!”

 “Training lets me loosen up a bit,” announced Fox. “I can try things that normally work less in real combative situations.”

 “You still think this isn’t real?!”

 “Fine, yes, it’s real enough,” relented Fox. “Slippy really outdid himself on accounting for the lines that you receive in this sim, huh?”

 “Seriously, what are you—?”

 “No, enough of this,” barked Fox. “It’s ending here, Wolf! I’m taking you down and taking you in!”

 “Not likely!”

 Clutching his shoulder, Wolf darted across the roof and charged at Fox. Though Fox fired several shots, Wolf’s agility allowed him to evade each laser.

 Rushing in close, Wolf threw his hand forward and held Fox up by the throat. Fox kicked in the air, hitting Wolf’s arm, but remained unable to free himself.

 “Wow, Slippy did a real good job,” commended Fox.

 “Are you kidding me right now?” Wolf shook his head. “What does it take?”

 “Enough of your nonsense, Wolf!”

 “How about enough of yours, Fox?” Wolf pointed his blaster at Fox’s head. “This ends here.”

 Struggling, Fox broke free of Wolf’s grip, as the blaster shot fired and soared into the sky. It connected with the barrier of the room, breaking through it and disrupting the simulation.

 “Wait, what…?”

 “Is that normal for this crap, too?” Wolf folded his arms. “Or did I finally break through?”

 “…Simulation override, 101,” called Fox. “End simulation.”

 “Training simulation terminated.”

 At ROB’s recording, the cityscape faded around Fox. He pushed up from the ground and gawked as Wolf set his blaster back in its holster.

 “W…Wolf?!” Fox shook his head. “That’s really you? What are you even doing here?”

 “Took you long enough,” snapped Wolf. “I thought you’d actually do me in thinking it wasn’t a real fight.”

 “That didn’t answer the last question!” Fox raised his fists. “If you’re here to fight me now, rest assured, I’m more than capable of��”

 “Yeah, I’m not here to fight,” intervened Wolf.

 “…What? Oh, come on.” Fox rolled his eyes. “First, no missions. Then, my training is interrupted. And now you’re telling me that you actually don’t want to fight me. How much of this am I supposed to deal with?”

 “Well excuse me, Fox,” snapped Wolf. “I thought you’d actually be happy about not fighting for once.”

 “Ok, fair enough, it is a nice change of pace,” admitted Fox. “But then…what are you doing here? Trying to steal intel for a battle against us? Swiping tech and schematics to replicate and steal our craft?”

 “No, you dolt! …Ok, wait, no, that’s fair,” relented Wolf. “But, uh, no, I’m not here for that either.”

 “Then why else would you be here?”

 “Um…listen, your father used to take me under his wing when I was a pup, kind of like his son before you,” revealed Wolf. “And…I’ve been thinking…you know, lately, we haven’t needed to fight each other as much. The whole reason that I resented you was because you’re part of what took away James’s time with me.”

 “Yeah, sure, blame me for something completely out of my control,” grumbled Fox.

 “Look, it goes beyond just that!” Wolf sighed and folded his arms once again. “Let’s just…maybe I’m here to…try something different.”

 “Oh? And that would be…?”

 “Um…w-well…I was thinking of…maybe…” Wolf swallowed hard. “Of maybe joining Star Fox, officially, after all of these years. James offered it to me a long time ago, but then he went back on it, and so I—”

 “Yeah, no, where is this coming from?” Fox shook his head. “My longtime rival wanting to suddenly disband his own team and join mine? That’s definitely what you’d call a load of crap.”

 “Believe whatever you want, but I really want to!” Wolf scowled. “I just…look, after being fooled to work with Andross, I’ve realized that…I’ve done a lot wrong.”

 “Here we go, there it is,” mocked Fox. “You want to avoid the bounty on your head from Corneria.”

 “I’ll admit, that’s definitely a perk,” agreed Wolf. “But, no, that’s…not the only reason. I, uh…look, I really liked your father. A lot.”

 “Ok.” Fox lightly shrugged. “Still a traitor and jerk, probably murderer too.”

 “Hey, that’s…ok, that’s fair,” allowed Wolf. “But I want to move forward from that. I want…I want to make James proud.”

 “Uh-huh.”

 “Also, I realized a better way to stick it to him.”

 “And that would be?”

 “Getting in bed with his son.”

 “W-what?!”

 “Being on your team would make James so annoyed if he were around,” reasoned Wolf. “I could completely tear his little idealisms apart because I’m a great pilot, and working with you instead of against you would be something he’d never expect, nor anyone else, and yet, it would be the best possible solution to everything!”

 “…Oh.” Fox blinked and shook his head again. “I don’t know—”

 “Also, I’ve stared at you enough times to realize that I’m pretty much attracted to you.”

 “Wait, you what?!”

 “Yep, you heard right,” taunted Wolf. “So, how about it, Fox? Want to get to know this Wolf better? Want to…try turning a new page for us, once and for all?”

 “That sounds completely ridiculous and totally out-of-character,” contended Fox. “But I kind of feel the same way. Who had this terrible idea, anyway?”

 “Both of us.” Wolf picked up Fox’s hands. “Let’s start, here and now. Star Wolf is no more, and I, Wolf O’Donnell, hereby announce my loyalty ties to team Star Fox!”

 “Wolf, that’s a little—”

 “And my loyalties to my new potential boyfriend, too.”

 “Wow, ok, that’s very over-the-top,” determined Fox.

 “Yeah, probably,” admitted Wolf. “But hey, I’m bored and I mean it. Plus, Leon’s kind of doing his own thing right now, but if this works out for me, he wants to join too. Something about wanting to get with that annoying bird or whatever.”

 “Seriously?”

 “Right? I thought it was weird too, but I guess they could be a thing.”

 “I meant about…oh, forget it.” Fox shook his head. “Fine, Wolf, you win. You’re on the team…for now. Betray that trust, and I’m making sure that you go directly to jail.”

 “No chance to pass Go?”

 “This isn’t a joke.”

 “You’re right. And the other thing?”

 “What other—?”

 Before he could finish his thoughts, Wolf’s lips, pressed into his, interrupted Fox. He paused and shuddered, but slowly lowered his guard, allowing Wolf’s arms to wrap around him, as Fox pressed back into him. They parted from their kiss after another minute, and gazed at one another.

 “So…how about more of that, Fox?”

 “…That was good, I’ll admit.”

 “You think?”

 “But I’ll get back to you on that one.”

 “What?! But…don’t you want more?”

 “Maybe, we’ll see.”

 “But…but…”

 “Come on, Wolf. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover, if you really mean it.”

  Wolf dropped his head, but obliged, following Fox from the training room. They wandered through the Great Fox, as they discussed his potential future on the team. Throughout, Wolf insisted on staying as close as possible to Fox, surprisingly not uncomfortable to either of them.

[132465798000132465798000]

Marko the magic doll. (LONG)

  Sorry about the weird paragraphs but I wrote this in a text document so I had to adjust it to be read there and I already spent a couple of days writing this.

    Katie wandered into an old thrift store, with blue walls and wooden shelves that had been lined up in a row. Katie looked around, she knew what she wanted. A doll. A very special doll. Katie wandered over to the man behind the desk. “Excuse me, sir. But where are the dolls?” He looked up from his book and quietly pointed at a metal rack covered in all types of dolls. Beautiful, clay dolls, plastic baby dolls, soft, fabric dolls with dark button eyes.

   Katie stared at them all. They’re all so pretty! She thought. Her green eyes gazed at each and every doll. All with beautiful dresses and velvet suits. Katie could only afford one. She stared at all the pleasant smiles and sparkling eyes.

  Then she saw him. A doll wearing a white suit with rainbow stripes and a magnificent top hat. He had a friendly smile and purple eyes. His red hair went an inch below his head before curling up an inch. He seemed to stare at her, begging to be bought. He was plastic or maybe porcelain? It resembled human skin VERY closely.

  Only a full second later Katie had grabbed him. She gleefully bought the doll and carried him down the block to her home. When she got there she placed him in a chair she stole from the dinning room. Her mom arrived home a few seconds later. Her dad was a little late, but still in time for dinner. Katie sat at the table eating her mac and cheese. Her parents had been talking about work before she began to speak about the doll.

   “So, I got a new doll today.” She said with a grin.

Her mother sighed. “Honey, aren’t you a little old for dolls? Most other teens have outgrown them.” Her mom didn’t seem to care too much. After all, I have other issues. Katie thought. During the school day she had tripped a kid in the hall and he broke his glasses. He wasn’t hurt but Katie new she would get in trouble.

  But then again she always did. Once she had given her friend Phil a fake love letter from someone who had a crush on him. He had embarrassed him when he thought Danny had given it too him. Now she planned to play an extra special trick on him with the doll. She was going to place it around his house. He would be so scared! Katie almost forgot about the question.

“Well, I like them. They’re so creepy.” Katie grinned and shoveled in some more food.

“Whatever makes you happy sweaty.” Her mom and dad returned to the conversation. Katie finished dinner and went to think about her prank. “Maybe I’ll put him in the stair well by the front! And then on the couch. And then on his bed! It’ll be great!” Katie thought out loud. Marko sat in his white chair with his sweet grin... yet... it looked a little crooked... had it changed..? Katie didn’t seem to notice.

   The next day rolled around quickly. Katie was ready. After school she came over to Phil’s house, with Marko in her bag. Phil greeted her at the door and led her inside. She stopped to take off her coat. Phil continued walking and didn’t notice. Katie screamed.

  Marko was already sitting there on the stairs. She bit her tong in order not to grin. Phil came down there to see what was wrong.

“Katie? Is everything alright?” He looked around.

“N-no! Look!” The doll sat there with a strange grin, no longer sweet or kind. It was twisted and crooked. Phil stared.

“I-I don’t know how it got here! I just saw him! I-I bought him yesterday at the thrift store and-” Katie was cut off.

“Really Katie? You think I’ll fall for this? I may be an idiot but your not gonna trick me with that stupid dummy.” But then there was a quiet giggle. Marko wasn’t there. He was now missing.

“Wait, where did he go? Katie, what did you do?” Phil glared at her. Katie stood there with her hand over her mouth. She just stared at where Marko once was.

“Well? Where is he? what did you do?” Katie was silent. She stared.

“W-well, let’s just go to your room, o-ok?” Katie stumbled up the stairs with Phil.When they reached the room, something was on Phil’s bed...

  Something... a doll. Marko sat there, grinning. Phil was standing next to the door with his arms crossed. He looked a little irritated.

“Ok, how’d you do it?” Phil stared at the doll on his bed. Katie gasped. How did he get here? How could he have gotten up here!?! Why!?! Katie thought fearfully. “Well, I’m waiting for an answer. how did you get him up here?” Phil was getting even more annoyed. After a few more seconds Phil sighed.

“Fine, don’t tell me. I’m gonna go get a drink.” He walked down stairs. Katie turned back to the doll. He was now sitting with his arm in his lap. His hat was tilted over his eyes. He grinned... then, he used his other arm to lift up his hat. He grinned.”Well, that didn’t go to swell, did it, sweetheart?” The doll spoke in a low voice and a slight southern accent. Katie froze with a look of pure horror.

“Well, I suppose your a little frightened aren’t you darling?” Katie took a step back in fear. “Come here. Now.” Katie shook her head at the dolls request. “COME HERE. Your not gonna like it if I have to come over there.” Marko’s grin faded. Katie took three steps forward despite being 3 feet away still.

“C’mon, a little closer.” His sweet grin returned. Katie took one more step, Then another. “Good, now, I have a little deal for you.” He grinned sweetly, how was he so polite and kind, yet so scary and mean a moment ago.

“All you gotta do is do me a couple of favors, got it, sweety?”  Katie was sweating. She quietly nodded. “Good girl. Say, where’d your friend go?” Katie turned, Phil was still down stairs. Katie looked back. Marko was gone. She turned to face forward to see him leaning’ against the door. “Well, you gonna check on him or what? For all you know he might be hurt.” He grinned still, kindly.

  Katie rushed down stairs and into the kitchen and saw Phil on the floor cleaning up a jug of spilled milk. Katie sighed in relief. “Phil, you ok?” Katie asked, still a little nervous. Phil looked up. “Yeah, just spilled the milk. I could use some help.” Katie grabbed a paper towel and began to clean up the mess.

  When they where done they went back upstairs. Marko was back on the bed where he was when Phil was here the first time. Phil sat down next to Marko on the bed. Marko glanced at him for a moment. Katie and Phil watched a movie on Phil’s computer. Katie went home 2 hours later. When she arrived in her room the light was off. She flicked it on, only to see Marko already on the bed with his legs crossed and his hands is his lap. Katie shook, still a little afriad of the doll on her bed. He grinned.

  "As much as I don't like assuming things, I believe that you only agreed out of fear. Seeing how I didn't have time to explain what the favor was before the... interference." Marko looked down, more than a little annoyed. Katie stuttered. "Wha-what is this "F-favor"?" Marko looked down and sighed.   "Well, I'm not the nicest doll around. So what a shock, there's an annoying puppet hunting me. His name is Orrion. I've tried to deal with it but it's more than a little bothersome. I know that he has a habit of ignoring humans due to his stupid "Justice". So all you gotta do is kill him. Just light him on fire when he gets here. So, do we got a deal?" Katie stood still. How could she agree to do this? How could she... kill someone? She nodded. "Good girl. Don't worry to much, he'll be here soon." Katie shivered, but retrieved a lighter and a bucket of water.

  Katie watched tv until she heard something at her window... A figure with a fox mask and a red cloak. It was only 3 feet tall. Katie was sat there fearfully. She looked to Marko, who was asleep. The thing knocked on the window. Katie grabbed the lighter behind her back. She opened the window. The figure entered quickly and stopped on the ground. Marko awoke and looked up to see the figure. Orrion. Orrion charged at Marko who was caught off guard. Orrion raised his sword above his head. But before he could hit Marko, Katie grabbed his waist and pulled him back."What the hell do you think your doing!?!" Orrion's voice was deep and soft. He struggled to get away from Katie. Katie dropped him back on the roof and lit an old book she'd never read and threw it.

  The flames quickly spread over to Orrion. Once he was on fire she poured the water on the roof. Then, he burned up. Gone. Marko was silent. "Is-Is he gone?" He looked a little startled. "Yeah." Katie nodded. Marko grinned. "Well... guess you don't have a use to me anymore so..." Marko pulled out a knife and pounced at Katie. The knife cut though her neck.

THE END.

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Morose Mononokean 3 – 13 (FINAL) | Nanbaka 19 | ACCA 5...and anime from 2016, ranked.

(Morose Mononokean ep 3)

LOL, the kaomoji scroll.

Hopefully your handwriting won’t be illegible, Fusshi.

The Japanese place a lot of emphasis on independence, hence th errand running comment.

It’s so threatening to get pointed at with a stick.

I didn’t quite get the “five years again?” joke, but the jokes were going pretty rapid fire there. I might’ve just missed one and that’s OK. *shrugs*

Technically Ashiya lied when he said “you don’t have to believe me” because she believed him in the end…kinda sorta…?

Oh, to grandstand means to be showy. I don’t think I solidified that into my brain until just then.

Are those weeds or onions?

…Oops, not onions at all. Close enough (since they’re blub plants), though.

Where’s your dad, Ashiya?

Zenko’s not crying, you’re crying, I’m crying. Everyone’s crying!

…Oh, that’s the punchline of the joke…but Abeno’s scary when he’s really angry.

(ep 4)

I think even lil’ Fuzzy nods in the OP near the end.

The d and b thumbs are very inventive in regards to kaomoji. I like inventiveness.

Exhibit A of how Comic Sans ruins a mood, CR subbers.

So that’s Abeno’s writing (and not Comic Sans)?

Ashiya and Abeno have really creepy eyes on the eyecatch.

Shizuku means “water droplet” IIRC.

Ashiya, Super Sentai!...or something like that.

The Fuzzy Ashiya knows has 3 tails. This one only has one.

Ashiya, getting coerced into deals he can’t handle. *sigh*

(ep 5)

Fuzzy’s basically a Pokémon now.

What happened to Abeno’s jar?

Where I am, there’s three arms to the government: the legislative arm, the judicial arm and the executive arm. This show must run off a lot of the same principles.

Fuzzy seems vaguely unimpressed when Ashiya learns he doesn’t have to die.

How is that communicating with a fuzzball? Sad life for Abeno-san.

The sad thing about Abeno is that he’s very grumpy. While that does make him basically a male tsundere, his grumpiness isn’t something everyone can live with. Rippou (Legislator) included.

(ep 6)

The Ring? Like a horror movie? (This is the last of the Mononokean episodes I’ve seen before, so it’s not a horror movie, but I had to make the joke while I was at it.)

Fuzzy looks like an offering to the ancestors there on that cushion.

The Mononokean went “If you’d followed my instructions [yada yada yada] but…” Note the “but” – that wasn’t in the translation.

Where does Abeno sleep?

Fuzzy wrapped up is like a fuzzy sushi roll. I wouldn’t like to eat a fuzzy sushi roll, though.

Edo = old Tokyo…so are all Edoites (or whatever you call them) meant to be non-honorific users?

Manjiro must’ve been easy to draw if this were in the source material. However, since this is obviously a CGI Manjiro, it must’ve been easier to animate than, say, Fuzzy. (Apparently fur is hard to get right in CGI.)

“15 whole minutes”…hardly anything impressive…LOL.

Ashiya will never give you up, he’ll never let you down, he’ll never run around and desert you…

Even Fuzzy’s sweating up a storm just thinking about how to return the ring.

Ow. Getting headbutted by an eel is not the way to go.

The salve on Fuzzy looked like a box for a frame or two.

The irony of an eel shop with an eel youkai…

(ep 7)

It’s fresh impressions from here on out.

Butterflies don’t fly like that…

Since middle school is years 7 – 9…okay…Ashiya is that childish? *laughs awkwardly*

I just realised this show doesn’t do flashbacks very well.

I saw a grave in the back that said “Abe Family Grave”. It’s not the kanji for Abeno, though.

Don’t be so proud of your status as a hide and seek veteran, Ashiya.

“Yoko” is the word for a fox spirit. it’s why, in Tactics, the fox spirit is called Youko. Even I knew that much and Ashiya didn’t, LOL.

Oh right! Abeno calls Fuzzy “hairball”.

Abeno is 15?! I’m absolutely positively flipping out!...Abeno and Ashiya look like they’re 17!

(ep 8)

I thought something was up with the subs. Turns out “Haruitsuki” was spelt wrong.

Remember “–sama” is of more respect than “–san”.

I think Mr Chips from Eldlive was like this critter. Gets drunk on green tea.

Tsundere flying green youkai. That’s probably better than an annoying, possibly tsundere fairy (<- reference to One Wish They Never Wanted).

Benkei? I’ve never heard anyone yell “Benkei!” when they stubbed their toe. I get that it’s Standing Benkei though.

Aww. Even if it’s a youkai proposal, it’s so sweet…

(ep 9)

How do you spell “dispirited”? Two Ss? One?

Dangit, Ashiya would do well in job interviews…

The eyecatches always look unnecessarily dramatic, don’t they?

Does Abeno’s question about amateurs include Ashiya?

Abeno must’ve gotten a “Don’t come near my daughter again!” sort of thing a lot.

Fuzzy’s body went “boomph!” when he jumped on to Ashiya’s shoulder.

Fuzzy absolutely fails at rolling on balls, LOL.

(ep 10)

Why did I think of “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” when it came to large!Yahiko?

The title of this episode is “deku”, like Boku no Hero Academia Deku.

Rakugan.

How did the eyecatch manage to put shojo sparkles on Nobou and turn him into something that’s vaguely appealing (in a handsome sense)? It must be the magic of the shojo sparkles…Also, henohenomoheji scarecrow.

“Phantasmagoria” aka “fantasy” or “illusion”.

Wow, basically this show is an ethics lesson…

Who knew a mutant scarecrow could cause such a heartfelt story? Also, please stop hitting yourself with a potato.

(ep 11)

I don’t think I’ve seen the character for “purple” being read as shi before.

Stop using Fuzzy as a shield for your words, Ashiya.

Fuzzy jumped on to Zenko’s head. It’s kinda funny to see Fuzzy acting like a Swablu.

Fuzzy with a leaf hat is aesthetically pleasing. It soothes the soul. (Uh, hey. Come to think of it, Mononokean’s a lot like the works I’ve done on Honeyfeed, eh? Light comedy and a lotta drama.)

I keep stumbling upon spoilers for shows I’m not caught up on, this show included. So I technically knew about Yahiko and never mentioned it, and I’m going “oh no” here because I know what will happen to Ashiya…

Tomori. That was the name from the spoilers…oh no!!!

Fuzzy looks particularly round in the eyecatch.

Apparently Ashiya began as a doodle in the margin of Kiri Wazawa’s sketchbook, but he became the protag of Morose Mononokean. That’s the ultimate upgrade in life for a character, eh?

Abeno’s logic…I get it, but I guess it was played for hilarity. Well, it worked. Really well.

A 9-11. I thought it was funny at first, but now it’s scary and solemn.

Simultaneous equations? I want nothing to do with them anymore.

Come to think of it, Aoi may have been a woman due to the woman’s cloak.

(ep 12)

Oh? A sister? I’ve haven’t seen her in the show yet. I wanna see her.

One of the lil’ pine cones is sleeping. It’s strangely adorable.

(ep 13)

Yahiko’s so spoilt by Zenko.

*squints at Ashiya’s book* Oh hey. I haven’t done this in years! Yeah, that sort of stuff is “first year of high school” stuff, but speaking from experience as an advanced maths student, I have a skewed perspective of what “normal maths” is for a year level. Add that to the fact Japan has the idea that they have to push their geniuses to the limit by being ahead of their years (sometimes going up to one year ahead of the “usual” standard) and…yeah.

From the lip reading, the word could’ve been tera (Buddhist temple) or jinja (Shinto shrine). Knowing how Zenko is built off the ideas of Buddhism anyway, it’s tera.

Well, out of sight, out of mind, as they say.

Abeno looks like such a bad boy in that eyecatch, it’s hilarious.

Seriously, how does Nobou talk with no mouth?!

I thought the hand was Yahiko. Turns out it was Abeno.

Fuzzy looks downright ill when Ashiya’s scared.

A boss normally doesn’t bow his head to his subordinates, let alone call them “lord” (dono), which is the highest type of honorific one can give to a person.

See, the kaomoji scroll really is fun. If someone could make one for me, I’d love to play with it for a little bit. Maybe you could make a (computer?) program that could function mostly the same way…huh. That’s a good idea, actually.

Notice the Mononokean uses “watashi”. I guess it doesn’t have much of a gender anyway.

Nice hat, Ashiya. (LOL.)

Welp, that’s the final episode of all my 2016 anime. I moved the top 10 anime of 2016 to the bottom of this post for the surprise factor, but knowing my reactions to the anime means you can’t be too surprised by the results.

(Nanbaka 19)

Honey’s still on arrow mode.

The scream. It’s like a horror movie, but so funny because it overlays the OP.

The sparkles actually helped viewers see something for once.

Rokuriki. So that’s the guard’s name. It has “six” in it.

Deer hook swords. I’m not quite familiar with them but they look cool.

I only just realised, but they left Nico behind in the supervisor’s office.

The rubble is so beautifully rendered.

What was Jyugo doing behind the pots? Something for humour, I suppose, because I laughed.

“Hachiman” can mean 80000.

Kawaisouni… translates to “unfortunate” or “how unfortunate” but I probably wouldn’t peg it as “poor baby!” like the subbers did. It’s probably the tone Uno used that caused them to sub it the way they did.

Here we go again with this Jyugo comeback from episode 1…

It’s around the part where Upa’s trash talking Hachiman that you can identify Upa’s VA is Yuu Kobayashi (SGRS’s Konatsu’s VA). Even Nico is voiced by a dude and yet Upa is not.

(ACCA 5)

Seriously, this blue haired guy (Magie) reminds me of Japan from Hetalia. Must be the haircut.

How does a guy not remember toast? Probably because this is of Japanese origin, where rice and fish are more common than bread.

I still think his name should be Gene Otus.

CGI fits flawlessly into this style, and if you’ve been around these parts long enough, you know I don’t like obvious CGI.

Dowa Travel.

Hotel Akevitt. They have some weird names in this show.

Reindeer…? I’m not very good at identifying deer vs reindeer.

I heard you like wheat bread, so I put some wheat bread in ACCA to keep you happy, Jean. (insert more memes about wheat bread here)

Lotta really likes walnuts, eh?

Crow/Nino’s a free agent hired by Grossular, right?

Ah. I get it. Lotta’ll keep an eye on Nino for Jean.

Isn’t a sandpiper a bird?

Oh. So that’s why Grossular has such long hair.

Lilium’s bro? Gotta remember him for later.

Grossular’s an older Kyosuke Kuga, LOL.

 Anime of 2016, Ranked

Since I have 17 entries this year and it took a lot of shuffling to get right, I’ve decided to show my entire 2016 rankings. Only shows I saw in their entirety at least once over in 2016 (with the exceptions of D Gray Man Hallow and Morose Mononokean, which are applicable through the simulcast commentary process but were only watched to episode 6 before 2016′s end, and fall anime, which due to being AFK at 2016′s end were unfinshable until 2017), and had at least one new seasonal entry in 2016, apply:

17. Prince of Stride Alternative

16. Mr Osomatsu s2

15. D Gray Man Hallow

14. Kiznaiver

13. Morose Mononokean

12. Nanbaka s1: can’t talk about this yet because its s2’s not finished!

11. Classicaloid s1: can’t talk about this yet because it′s not finished!

10. Flip Flappers: The art style and fight scenes really make this a show worth watching. However, it did get somewhat confusing at the end so that’s where most of the drop in the rankings comes from.

9. ReLIFE: While the themes were pertinent and the art style on point, it was a bit plain and there wasn’t much of an explanation as to why the pills work (even if that isn’t Yoake or An’s role). I guess I’m still used to it living in the shadow of Detective Conan, after all.

8. Boueibu s2: This was a step up from s1, but unfortunately there were prime contenders this year that knocked it out of higher places. Also the fact that it does seem more rushed than s1 due to the time constraints does give it a bit of a toll.

7. Bungou Stray Dogs (overall): 2 seasons makes this show stand out as a strong one, especially near the end when it really hits its stride. The fact light novel stories took up up to 4 episodes did make me worried, but the fans definitely have more than enough material to work with as a result, right?

6. Yuri on Ice: I don’t mind the off model in this one if it means the good stuff can come with it, but the fandom is quite intimidating and it was a “show of the year” in ways some people now consider to be a negative thing, so it did suffer a bit from that. I give it merit for the things it does well, but it’s not the saviour of anime the talk of the town can make it out to be.

5. Boku Dake ga Inai Machi: Stunning visuals, a Sayuri ED and good thrills with well executed cliffhangers. My only gripe with this one was the very end, but you’ll have to see the relevant posts for why that is.

4. Boku no Hero Academia s1: Even if it is repetitive, it rises above (Plus Ultra!) to become something more than just a fusion of East and West like I always try to strive for. It’s an emblem and it’s definitely something Horikoshi should be proud of after what happened to Barrage and Oumagadoki Zoo.

3. Sakamoto Desu Ga: This show also managed to go above its repetitive trappings with inventiveness and humour. The fact it’s also touching at exactly the right points shows you why Takamatsu is one of my favourite directors.

2. ConRevo s2: Colourful and politically striking as always, ConRevo was one of the shows I always looked forward to watching, even if it meant staying up past midnight to document things on the wiki. Even if I’m not that fond of the Urobuchi episode, this show managed to reach awesome highs without losing the fans it got from s1.

1. SGRS: With a soundtrack that brings you to the past, humour that can make you laugh no matter how many times you watch it and visuals to wow even the most serious of artists, you can tell SGRS is a labour of love in every aspect. Its second season has already surpassed its predecessor in only 4 or 5 episodes, so...only time will tell whether anything can challenge SGRS for the throne.

 Total:

winter 4

spring 5 (incl. Bungou Stray Dogs s1)

summer 4

fall 5 (incl. Bungou Stray Dogs s2)

[volpereborn]

ZooDystopia Chapter 1

This is the story of Zootopia that was the original version of the story, back when it was pitched as "Savage". This story is based off of the original concept created by Byron Howard and Matthias Lechner.

Part 1

*plink* * plink* *plink*

"What the He-" *plink* * plink*

Nick Wilde opened his eyes. He had been happily asleep but a few moments ago until he felt something cold and wet hit him square between the eyes. The pipe above his bed had a hairline crack going down its length and small droplets of water were leaking. Awake now, he stretched for a bit and after a while convinced himself to get out of bed. At least, it was a bed to him; his bed was in fact actually a large clothing drawer that served as his bed. Sadly, a full sized bed for 1 was not a luxury he could afford at the moment.

As Nick stood up out of bed, he was still tired enough to forget the pipe above him which resulted in him hitting his head with an audible CRACK. He clutched his head and saw stars for a second, the pain was sharp but brief... thankfully. Nick looked to his left at his alarm clock and saw that he was actually up much earlier than he wanted to be. He took a moment to weigh the pros and cons of going back to sleep but decided that getting an early start for the day was for the best.

Stumbling his way to the bathroom he made sure to carefully make his way around the many buckets that surrounded his living space. They were set up to catch the water falling from the many pipes that lined the ceiling of his room. For some it would be odd to live like this but hey rent is expensive and if some bear is willing to let him live in their basement for dirt-cheap rent, then some leaky pipes were only a minor problem. Nick climbed into the bathroom and took a cold shower. Living in the Rainforest District made things rather humid and he preferred to start his days not panting the heat away.

As Nick showered he made a mental checklist of today's tasks. Wake up, get ready, eat something for once, go to the doctor, and get to work, etc. "What a bother" Nick muttered to himself as he dried himself off. He continued his morning routine and finished by putting on his standard attire, nice slacks and a shirt with tie. As he put on his tie he found his hand lingering around his neck, touching the shock collar fastened there. These "tame collars" were required on all predators in the city, while being very bulky and annoying to wear they also itched like crazy. Nick however had a secret technique he liked to use to ease its annoyance. He took a small tube labeled NUMBING CREAM EXTRA STRENGTH from the medicine cabinet and squeezed a small amount on his fingertips. Be then rubbed his fingers around his neck and within seconds he felt nothing and was good for the next couple of hours.

Leaving the bathroom and entering his kitchen, Nick opened his mini fridge and grabbed a small cricket flavored energy bar. Tearing it open, he sat at his diminutive table and read the news on his phone. He had just opened up Zoogle when he received a phone call. Before he could say "Who on heck is calling me at 6 in the morning?" Nick checked the caller ID and saw that if was from none other than his friend Honey. He swiped to answer the call and put the phone up to his ear.

"Hello Hon-"

"NICK I'VE DONE IT, I'VE CRACKED THE CODE!"

"Oh really, you finally cracked the code."

"YES, I'VE FINALLY DONE IT."

"Tell me then, what has the great conspiracy theorist, Honey Badger, discovered in her research?"

"NICK, I'M SERIOUS THIS TIME I'VE ACTUALLY DONE IT!"

"Oh I believe you, just like I believed you the last ten times. Now tell me what it is you….discovered?"

"(Sigh) OK here it goes. You know how all of society is about people being together. Its all about following others and being safe, right? Following the Covenant of Coexistence so we don't kill each other, right? Listen to me, who do we know who flock together? Hhhhmmmm? Who always sticks together for safety?"

" Let me guess…it's the sheep isn't it Honey?"

"YES! YOU UNDERSTAND NICK I'M SO GLAD! Think of the implications Nick! It all makes sense now, the sheep on the dollar, the ancient people of DunBroch, the flying saucers, all of it,Nick, all of it! "

" Hmmm, yes that sounds great Honey but hey listen I've got a busy day today. So how about you call me later and we can talk all about it. Okay?"

"Oh yeah…OK sure Nicky. Well...talk later then!" (BEEP)

Nick put down his phone. While Honey was a nut, she did keep him entertained… and did his taxes. So it wasn't so bad that he sometimes received odd texts and calls from her. Checking the time, Nick got up from the table and made his way to the stairs at the other end of the room, making sure to dump the wrapper of the energy bar in his slightly overfilled trash can. Nick opened the door right before the rain emitters turned on and the whole of the Rainforest District reflected the light of the morning sun. Just as he took a long deep breath of the air the rain started. With seconds to spare Nick managed to get into the car just before the downpour hit him. With adrenaline pumping, he started his car and backed out on to the street. "This is too much BS in the morning for my taste," Nick muttered to himself.

Nick zoomed past the early traffic of the rainforest district and arrived at the doctor's office located downtown ahead of schedule. Much to his surprise, he was able to get parking on the side of the street. As he slid coins into the meter he stared for a second at the coin in his paw. FAUNA CITY was proudly stamped on one side with the other side being stamped with a ram's head. Catching himself in his momentary insanity, Nick slid the last coin into the meter.

"I can't believe she's getting to me,"

The doctor's office was packed with all sorts of animals. Some big, some tall, some well kept, while others smelled like they needed a bath. Wedged in between a buffalo and a large tiger was Nick. Wondering how long this was to be his life, he took a look at his number in line which proudly read #89. He found some comfort in this for a second until the loudspeaker crackled to life and said "NOW SERVING #6". Nick groaned and got comfortable.

After waiting for what seemed eternity and getting emotionally invested in a rather trashy paternity test show, Nick dislodged himself from between the two sleeping mammals and entered the doctor's office. There waiting for him was his assigned doctor for the day, a portly hippopotamus named Dr. Goldberg. The Doctor was faster than he looked and took no time in taking Nicks Vitals. Nick barely had time to change into the sterile exam gown before the doctor started his exam. As he was invading the poor fox's personal space in the way only a doctor could, he asked him basic questions.

"Name?"

"Nicholas Piberius Wilde, Sir."

"Height?"

"4 ft tall, sir."

"Weight?"

"80 Lbs, sir."

"Age?"

"32, sir."

"Alright, sit here for a moment."

Dr. Goldberg went to his desk and wrote down Nick's information on a sheet of paper. Then after he was done he went over to a cabinet and started to rummage around for a minute. Nick's heart started to beat a bit faster because he new exactly what the doctor was getting. Dr. Goldberg returned to Nick with an odd contraption that looked like kitchen tongs. "Look down please," said Dr. Goldberg. Nick excitedly bent forward, this was the one thing that made his routine check ups worth his time...When the collar finally came off! Dr. Goldberg had trouble attaching the device to the collar but when he did get it on he made on large movement and with that the collar snapped off.

It landed with a small thud in Nicks lap. Freedom came with a price however, now his head felt lighter. "Alright, you can straighten back up now" Dr. Goldberg said. Nick stood up straight and caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. Oh great and now his neck looked too long. Nick chuckled to himself, here he was in the few minutes of freedom from the collar and instead of enjoying it he was critiquing his own appearance. "I really have gotten to a new low" he said to himself. He brought his paw up to his neck and touched it. His numbing cream had worn off and he could actually feel his neck. The fur had started to wear thin and there was a slightly noticeable ring around his neck. As he rested his paw on his neck he got this really good feeling, like scratching an itch, which caused him to roll his eyes back in pleasure. "Enjoy it while it lasts," said Dr. Goldberg. Nick quickly brought his hand back to his lap and averted eye contact. He could feel his face become red in fear and anger at himself for dropping his guard. "Don't be like that fox, I'm sure that thing is awful to wear but the law is the law," Dr. Goldberg said. They continued with the rest of the exam without either of the two speaking.

"The law is the law," Nick grumbled to himself as the collar was wrapped around his neck and snapped back on him.

Nick left the office at around lunch. With his stomach growling he walked up to his car but stopped when he saw a large ram police officer was writing him a ticket.

"Woah hold up, I still got 30 seconds on that"

"30 seconds till it ends and your not in it starting the car? Pretty sure this is grounds for writing a ticket"

"But…but!"

"'But' nothing fox you'll take the ticket and that's it!"

"You cant do this, this is illegal!"

"Oh yeah? And what are you going to do about it fox? Are you going to pounce on me? Are you going to attack me? Oh I'm sure that will be rich, imagine it 'I need back up a savage fox has attacked me! Officer down! Officer down!' Heehaw, yeah I'd like to see you try."

Nick brought a paw to his face and pinched the bridge of his nose, right between his eyes. There was no reasoning with this ram so he might as well just accept it. The ram continued writing the ticket and placed it on his windshield.

"You have a good day now."

"Yeah thanks a lot."

"Oh fox by the way."

"Wha-" *BZZZZZZZZZZT *

The ram had pulled out a tazer and turned it on at the exact second as Nick had turned. The loud sound as well as the sparks in his corner of vision caused Nick to scream and jump, raising his heart rate and making the shock collar fill his body with electricity. Nick clutched to the side of his car for support. "Bastard!" He said through gritted teeth.

"Hehe, yeah but at least I'm not some mangy fox like you"

The ram tipped his hat at Nick and walked casually down the road. Nick took a couple of seconds for his heart rate to go down. He stood up straight and fixed his clothes. He might have to deal with the abuse but at least he won't look bad whilst doing it. He took a look at the parking ticket and when he did his eyes nearly popped right outta his head. The ram had written him am almost $100 ticket. Nick shut his eyes for a minute and calmed himself. It was nearly 2pm and he already was done with the day. "Not even at work yet" Nick grumbled to himself.

Nick got into his car and opened the glove box. He took out a small emergency bottle of numbing cream and reapplied it to his neck. He disliked this city with its BS rules and its BS people who abuse them. He took one look at him self in the rear-view mirror...

"The law is the law."

Nick started the car.