#tokioka

[slag0000]

3ヶ月ぶりに万物有情です。日程だけは決まっていたのですが、ひしょちさんとの2回の共演ののち、古川さんが抜け、ようやく詳細が決まった模様。今回参加の時岡さん、お名前は見かけるのですが、お会いしたことなく、フリー系の方、というくらいしか知りません。どんな感じになるのでしょう。

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[chaosandriotcrew]

What have I done?

I made some of the GUNGRAVE characters on the sims FreePlay (I know, not even the good one). 😂

Here’s Brandon and Harry chillin’. And yes, they are best friends. I have no idea why.

Typical Brandon moment:

Maria watching over Mika (there was no grey colored hair cuts, so I had to improvise.)🤣

The most ridiculous thing of all is that Bob Poundmax and Balladbird Lee are married (again, I have no idea why. They are pretty um—pretty dang close in the anime, so-) 😳

I tried to make Tokioka but I couldn’t that well. 😭

And here are all of the hobbies. Because Brandon is so good at cooking he is the only one who does and cooks everybody’s food.

[varenykmeson]

The ages in Gungrave games and Gungrave anime do not match up: an unhinged rant

Hello and welcome to "Varenykmeson goes on a long tirade about discrepancies in ages of fictional characters".

Apologies for any mistakes (English is not my native language) and strap in because this post gets pretty long:

The games tell us little to nothing so I had to refer to the Gungrave Archives, copy of which I do not possess, and therefore had to scrape off all the following information from this video on YT and especially this page (approx. 7:00 time mark):

Even though the quality of the screenshot is pretty ... bad, with some desperate squinting you can dig up this information:

Beyond the Grave - Age: 29 (at time of death) Mika Asagi - Age: 14 Dr. T (Tokioka) - Age: Late 50's Bob Poundmax - Age: Around 33 Balladbird Lee - Age: Around 35 (unfortunately, the paragraph for Bear Walken is an accidental copy of Bunji's. Shame.) Bunji Kugashira - Age: Around 36 Harry McDowell - Age: 42 Big Daddy - Age: Mid 50's (at the beginning of the story) Maria Asagi - Age: 29 (at the beginning of the story)

Now, is that consistent with the information in the anime?

Well-

When it comes to Brandon himself, according to his tombstone in episode 15 he died at age 27, which is slightly off.

(also on an unrelated note, damn, the anime is taking place really far in the future and also guess we now have an official date for the infamous elevator incident :( )

Mika is mostly likely 13 years old (or 12 and approaching 13) in the anime as in episode 18 Bear and Lee say that Brandon has been dead for 13 years. Also, in episode 17 Maria says that "it's been our 13th winter here".

If we try to figure out Harry's age then things get slightly messy because from episode 26 we know that he is the same age as Brandon (he pulls out a 43 year old bottle of bourbon and says it was made the same year he and Brandon were born). However that contradicts the fact that Brandon died aged 27 and then is "dead" for the next 13 years, therefore Harry should be 40. To make things even "worse", when Harry pulled the same bourbon trick on Big Daddy in episode 15, which takes place shortly after Brandon's death, he claims that the bottle is 28 years old. Help.

Now this section might get somewhat unhinged.

In episode 7 Bob compiles a file on Bunji, which is also shown on screen.

The whole thing is full of grammatical mistakes and general nonsense, but the first line says "This man appears to be in his 15 years old and has the characteristic skin." (????), which,

well,

if that information is true then this is the roughest anime teenager I've seen in my whole life (and i've seen the Stardust Crusaders OVA).

Now, in episode 15 Widge tells Maria that Brandon was 17/18 when he worked for him and Gary, which means that in episode 7 (which as the name implies takes place "5 years later") Brandon must've been 22 or 23. If you pair that with the fact that he dies at 27 and returns 13 years later, then approximately 18 years have passed between Bunji's introduction in episode 7 and episode 17 (5 years of working with Brandon + 13 years during which Brandon is presumed "completely dead") in which the anime timeline arrives to the plot of the first game, and Bunji would be somewhere in his mid 30's.

On the other hand the ages for Bob and Lee do not add up at all.

They are both introduced in episode 5 and the issue is pretty much evident right away as if we went by the ages in the book, they both would be younger than Bunji (33 and 35 respectively). Since Bunji is approx. 15 in the episode 7, here he would be a measly 10 year old and these two definitely aren't children.

Also, in the english dub Lee introduces himself as "Balladbird Lee, Esquire", which means this bastard is already a full fledged lawyer (however, in English subtitles for the Japanese dub there was no mention of this and he introduces himself just by his name).

As for Maria, we know that in episode 6 she is atleast 15 or 16 because Jester adopts her as an infant (shown in episode 3) and Big Daddy tells Brandon that it happened 15 years ago. However, in episode 25 Harry says that she seems to be same age or older than him and in episode 7 she tells Brandon that she used to view him as her "little brother".

I don't think there's been any mention of Dr. T's or Big Daddy's age.

TL;DR: help.

[k-koriikorner]

KINKTOBER MASTERLIST

DAY 1: giyuu tokioka - overstimed mess

DAY 2: sanji vinsmoke - praise prince

[fictional-birthdays]

Happy Birthday! (April 2nd)

Cashmere (Animal Crossing)

Tammi (Animal Crossing)

Blitz (Arknights)

Iris (Arknights)

Sora Akanegasaki (Ever17)

Hinata Okano (Assassination Classroom)

Chloe (Lapis Re:LiGHTs)

Hidan (Naruto)

Soichiro Suzuki (Cheer Boys!!)

Head Ninja of Kumogakure (Naruto)

Gerrith Barrington (Final Fantasy Tactics)

Jin Akutsu (Prince of Tennis)

Fiddich (Four Knights of the Apocalypse)

Ran Kobayashi (Corpse Party)

Tokie Jinan (Tsukihime)

Yuuka Kirihara (Love Live! School Idol Festival)

Celica "Rieze" Aizawa (Log Horizon)

Yuria Harudera (The Fruit of Grisaia)

Towa (Log Horizon)

Misato Todo (Band Yarouze!)

Mizuho Asano (Bleach)

Sumire (Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni)

Shino Tokioka (I-Chu)

Takumu Mayuzumi (Accel World)

Tegamiko (Pop’n Music)

Kojirou (Pop'n Music)

Shinobian Aka (Pop’n Music)

[bunji-enthusiast]

Would it be alright to submit a request? If you are not taking any right now, than feel free to ignore! I wanted to ask if you could write more from Brandon Heat and or Beyond the grave. Maybe both? Where the reader knows Beyond the grave as Brandon before he dies and now meets Grave? Maybe where Grave gets flash backs of the reader from his past life, however, the reader keeps their distance as they try to deal with their emotions?

Bones — Beyond The Grave

• Sypnosis || A man-made enigma whom once was a human you could so easily befriend.

• pairing || Grave/GN!Reader

• warnings || some divergent, slightly inaccurate medical information displayed, sloppy writing

• Note || of course! I’m happy to take a request to fulfill my bland life… lol. You didn’t specify what kind of piece you wanted, so I went with headcanons + a drabble :)

You had truly loved him, a precious and dear friend that you had cherised all your memories with. In spite of his position as a top sweeper in Millenion, Brandon Heat still found it in himself to be kind—to bring a silent kindness to be found later on.

So just how?… How did he just die so unexpectedly? There is no way that Brandon had betrayed the Code of Iron. Brandon was too kind! Too hurt to be brought pain that had already been embroiderd into his heart.

There was no way in hell this was possible, you thought you were dreaming. This whole thing must’ve been a nightmare all along, it simply had too be! Brandon would never betray Harry, they were the bestest of friends, not even yourself had come close to them.

To say you had a very broken heart for years upon years was an understatement, to be faced with his new identity after all this time was a shock.

You never expected this development, to be crashed down with his supposed death. And he was here? After all this time!

He didn’t remember you, only mere flashes from his previous life had given him some semblance of who you are. Instinctual as it is, for it had went the same with Mika, the daughter of his now deceased boss.

This wasn’t something you wanted to deal with, to see the face of a man you thought was dead for so many years—Grave who came from beyond the grave, and killed his own best friend. Karma you supposed.

You weren’t sure how you were gonna be able to fathom Grave’s existence, one of the strongest deadman you knew. The only deadman you know, and he was a shell of your former friend, Brandon Heat.

With a careful eye, you looked over to where Grave had sat, blood flowing into his veins from every tube. He seemed so unreal.

How he was truly here and existing… damn straight you didn’t even get how he can fight with the way he is.

“To protect.”

You had heard him murmuring that phrase once many times. Oh how can he do this to himself, once you had learned of how Dr. Tokioka had taken it upon his skills to renanimate Brandon Heat—now Beyond The Grave. You just still couldn’t wrap your head around it.

Now, you just wanted to keep yourself at a distance. Seriously given the thought, you could actually see him, touch him—made you shudder. A strange hand, whom you acquainted with very familiarity, laid on your shoulder as a means of reassurance.

“[Name], you are sure you want to be here? I understand his presence is strange.” Mika vocalized, assuming your worries from her viewpoint. As it would be, she was naturally attuned to one’s emotions once she had gotten to know someone as a friend or merely an acquaintance.

You nodded, “It’s no big deal, he can’t control the situation.” Waving her off, yet you still were disturbed. Mika’s brows knitted, lined forlorn to her noticeable look of concern coloring her tone.

“Still, say something. You don’t need to make yourself uncomfortable.” As always, she was a stubborn one. You could’ve thought she would’ve gotten it from Big Daddy, but it reminded you immediately of Brandon. How he could have a type of stubborn-passion, to be concerned for those he cares about.

Honestly it had brought a sense of peace to your mind, the way that Grave had taken Mika in and raised her himself —in a sense of course. It had reminded you that in a way, Brandon was still there.

A creaking groan interrupted the thoughts of those thinking, Grave seemed to be in considerable trouble as the monitors alerted the distress he has. “Oh no!” Immediately, Mika had went to work.

Mika zipped to the monitors, inspecting what the problem had been. It was the blood, there was congested blood cells that had made its way into his blood stream. Grave couldn’t handle diseased cells when he was in slumber.

You were a little shaken to say the least by the new developments, simply just standing there as you felt panicked, and a sense of hopelessness creeping its way into your body. You couldn’t do anything to help, you wouldn’t know what to do anyhow.

Mika had went to even further work, now ounce of hesitation in her stride as she had made steps to remove the diseased cells with a little help from a syringe she had kept in a nearby room, alongside her medical tools kept specially for Grave. She had injected a kinetic fluid to help remove the cells, you had just watched it all happen.

“Are.. you okay?” You asked aloud, walking up to Mika. She nodded with a slight smile, a little bead of sweat had dripped down her face. “No worries, he is fine.”

At her own words, she had paused and recognized your concern. “I’m fine too!” She smiled wiser. You nodded, brows furrowed as you looked at Grave.

He was still asleep.

Right, he was asleep still! Good, you didn’t think you could’ve handle him being awake at the moment. To be this close to his face.

His scarred increment, his lost eye.. Grave seemed impossibly so attractive. Even in the confines of his slumber.

Oh hell no, you weren’t about to catch feelings for him. Not again. You had thought, inching away from the seat Grave had resided in. You weren’t about to linger any longer.

Mika spoke out to you, “[Name]?” You looked at her wearily. She too had a weary look about her eyes, as she had looked your appearance in the eye, top to bottom. “You should get some rest at least.”

As ever, she quipped the earlier conversation. But now, you were considering it. “Ah, yeah. Sorry, you get rest too!”

Mika had a spark of surprise at your statement, “Yes.. guess you’re right too.” You nodded with a smarmy smile, laying a hand on your chest as you took a dramatic pose.

“Miss Mika, respect your elders!” You chuckled, she too nodded with a laugh. She was still so young, you were just aging, you almost felt jealous she had her youth.

“Yes [Name], I will not forget that.” Mika muttered, a forbearance of sarcasm in her tone as she matched your energy.

With a wave, you began making your turn to walk out and retreating to your makeshift room. “Alright, then. See you later.”

Mika nodded and waved you off, leaving you too your thoughts. You stifled a sigh, lingering about as you had made your way to your temporary home, your room. You weren’t too sure were too go with these new circumstances.

How to face him.

Grave, Brandon Heat? You were so sorry.

[macmanx]

Aerial video showed dozens of homes and businesses in Lahaina flattened, including on Front Street, a favorite spot for tourists to shop and dine. Smoking heaps of rubble lay piled high next to the waterfront, boats in the harbor were scorched, and gray smoke hovered over the leafless skeletons of charred trees.

There was no count available for the number of people who have evacuated, but officials said there were four shelters open housing 2,100 people.

"Local people have lost everything," said James Tokioka, director of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. "They've lost their house, they've lost their animals."

In a separate tweet, President Barack Obama recommended donating to:

[i-need-entertainment]

Hello-hello! I just spotted your event in the tags, and I usually don't partake in them but I really wanted to for this one^^ Could you please write Tomioka Giyuu + #6 + Atlantis by Seafret + Angst to Fluff. Thank you so much in advance, take your time with this! (Also I did subscribe just now😌)

Hi! Ahhh as soon as I saw the character + prompt I got SO EXCITED! I hope the premise is okay!! With Tomioka's character the opportunities were endless, so I hope you don't mind the direction I took it in! Also that song?? is beautiful??Thank you so much for the follow (don't worry, I saw it!) and for participating, enjoy!

"It's in my heart and in my head"

Tomioka + # 6 “...please tell me you’re playing dumb…please tell me their flirting did not go right over your head!” + Atlantis by Seafret + angst –> fluff

Character: Tokioka Giyuu

Warnings: Sanemi being Sanemi LOL, slight angst because giyuu is dense and reader overthinks Event Rules/information

“Come back again soon!” Tomioka nodded his head curtly at the young female, going about his way to continue his midday patrols. For the past couple months Tomioka had been visiting a local restaurant for lunch. It had a calm, quiet atmosphere, It was simply and traditionally decorated, and the service and food were always top notch. Everytime he went the same waitress always took his order and served his food. She was very kind, and always took time out of her work to make conversation with him- and as someone who didn’t get to talk with a lot of other people he grew to treasure their moments together. Who knows? Maybe she’d be a nice friend.

A friend was not what she was trying to be. 

The girl sighed as she watched the quiet hashira walk away from the establishment. For 2 months now she had been giving him little hints she was interested, small signs that she would like to be more than friends. And so far? Every single one had gone right over his head. 

She returned to her space behind the counter and started folding napkins, trying and failing to get the hashira off her mind. He was quiet, yes, but his actions spoke volumes. He was always respectful and friendly- even if he came off as cold at first. She had fallen fast and she had fallen hard, how could she not when he was so…perfectly him.

Shaking her head she smiled up at the couple that had walked in the door, letting them know she’d be with them in a moment.

*meanwhile at the hashira base…*

The hashira listened intently to Master Ubayashiki as he briefed them on their missions for the next few days. “Lastly, this mission is for Tomioka and Shinazugawa,” 

The two hashiras turned to look at the other- though one of them was visibly less thrilled than the other, “In the next village over, there’s been a surge of demon attacks, please spend a few days investigating. Tomioka, you visit that area quite often anyways, yes?” 

The other hashiras watched with surprise as the young hashira’s face flushed and he curtly nodded. Narrowing his eyes, Sanemi scoffed and waited for the meeting to end. 

Was he thrilled to hear he’d be spending the next few days with Tomioka? No. Was he mildly intrigued as to what had made his stoic- and seemingly emotionless, fellow hashira blush? Absolutely.

The next day came and so far the mission was going smoothly enough, smoothly as in Sanemi had not yet tried to strangle Tomioka. Then it came time for lunch, and Tomioka perked up, saying, “I know a place”, before starting on his way there. The two walked into a nice family restaurant, and it didn’t take but 5 minutes for Sanemi to understand just what made Tomioka frequent this establishment. 

‘Ah…so that’s why he blushed.’ 

Initially Sanemi had assumed his co-worker just had a crush on the girl, and as the lunch went on he was 75% sure that was the case.

But he was 100% sure that Tomioka himself had next to no clue he had a crush on her.

And what was Sanemi gonna do about it? Not a thing, that was not his business- not his problem. That being said, that doesn’t mean he can’t meddle a little bit.

When the waitress had walked away to get their check, Sanemi scoffed, grabbing his companions attention. Sanemi paused, thinking of a way to phrase his comment so it doesn’t look like he cares too much, but also obvious enough that his copart will recognize what he’s implying. 

“So that’s why you like this place so much.” Tomioka tilted his head, a curt “What do you mean?” leaving his lips as genuine confusement showed on his face. 

Sanemi took another pause, registering that, yes, Tomioka really didn’t realize the affection he held for the girl- before continuing. 

“..the waitress..you keep comin’ back here for her, right? She’s pretty, you must like her a lot if she makes you be social.” Out of his peripheral vision he could see the waitress coming close to their table, ‘good, maybe he’ll find the guts to ask her out, it’s stupidly obvious he likes her.’

Tomioka looked off to the side, then down to the table, then back to Sanemi. “...no..the food is just good. I don’t care for Y/n like that.” Sanemi’s eyes widened ever so slightly, mostly because she was standing just close enough that she most definitely heard what he had just said. 

Her breath hitched, and for a split second Sanemi thought she might break down right then and there, but by some miracle she held it together, thanked the two for their patience and took their payment. 

As she walked away she took in a deep breath to keep her calm demeanor visible to the other customers. But inside she felt like she was being ripped apart. Even if the two had never vocalized interest for the other, she was sure there had been something between them, something special. At one time she had even wondered if he had kept coming back to see her, but that was foolish- of course he just came back for the food, how could she let herself get so hopeful..

Meanwhile the two hashira were on their way to the inn they were staying at. The whole walk back was silent, which with these two wasn’t unusual since Tomioka didn’t speak much and Sanemi didn’t want to speak to him.

 But something about this silence was downright unsettling for the blond, and after 15 minutes of this heavy, ugly silence he snapped. 

“Okay that’s it- the heck is wrong with you?!” His proclamation startled the water hashira out of his deep thinking, “I…I’m not sure…” Sanemi scoffed, “Can’t blame you- if I blatantly broke a poor girl's heart I’d feel pretty bad too.” Tomioka whipped his head to face his partner, blue eyes narrowed in confusion. 

“Broke her heart- whose heart?” Sanemi stopped walking and blinked a few times, staring in absolute disbelief that the ever so diligent water hashira truly hadn’t realized the girl had been giving him hints. He really had missed the coy smiles, the light hearted quips and kind remarks had gone misinterpreted as purely friendly gestures, and the use of his first name really hadn’t set off any signals at all. 

Tomioka stopped walking and turned to face his companion, narrowing his eyes when he noticed the dumbfounded look on Sanemi’s face.

“...please tell me you’re playing dumb…please tell me their flirting did not go right over your head!” At the wind hashira’s words Tomioka faltered, opening and closing his mouth for a solid 15 seconds before a pained whisper of “...she was flirting with me..?” left the frustrated hashira’s mouth. 

Sanemi laughed, not a humorous laugh, as at this point this situation was starting to physically pain him. “YES! She likes you, it was so stupidly obvious!” Tomioka huffed, running a hand through his hair before he took a short glance towards the restaurant and briefly returned his gaze to his partners. “...I’ll be back.” 

Before Sanemi could ask, Tomioka took off in a sprint back towards the restaurant, hoping his first and what felt like his only chance at love was still willing to give him a shot.

Sighing, the girl took a look outside of the open doors. She had managed to fend off tears after the duo had left, deciding it was best to wait until later when she could finally process her heartbreak. 

Her thoughts were interrupted when a slight commotion came from the front. Exiting the quiet break area, she felt her heart drop as she saw a slightly out of breath Tomioka standing at the entrance. The hostess, who knew of the Y/n’s crush on the hashira, beckoned the girl to meet him outside, which she would have refused had the hostess not snitched that she was on her way. 

Standing across from the man that she both yearned for and dreaded to see, she stood with her hands tightly grasped in front of her, eyes off to the side to avoid his gaze. 

As his eyes met hers, he felt like he had been punched in the stomach. How come it had taken him this long to realize that what he’s been feeling for the past few months was love? On his way over to the restaurant, his mind had played out every interaction, every smile, every joke- his heart swelled with joy at what he was feeling. Then proceeded to drop with regret as he remembered his unintentionally cruel words just 20 minutes prior.

“Tomioka? Can I help y-” “I’m sorry.” Her eyes widened, before she sighed. “Look, you don’t need to feel bad because you don’t feel the same, that wouldn’t be fair.” She watched as he shook his head, letting out a breath before taking a step closer. “I’m sorry I didn’t realize how I felt about you sooner, if I had…I never would have said what I did earlier.” 

She frowned as she remembered what had been said, but mentally backtracked as the first part of his sentence registered in her brain. ‘Wait- how he feels about me?’ “Giyuu, what are you saying..?” He gently grasped her hand, eyes staring into hers as he spoke, “I’m saying if I had known I was in love with you sooner, I never would have accidentally harmed your feelings.” 

His gaze dropped to the ground, shame and regret clouding his dark eyes. As he wallowed in his despair he missed the light flash in her eyes, he didn’t see them widen with surprise and her mouth twitched into a shocked smile. “You..love me?” Returning his gaze to hers, he nodded. 

“I understand if I’m too late…what happened was unacceptable-” Intent on putting a stop to his apparent self-loathing she gently pulled him closer to place a soft kiss on his cheek. Gently laughing, she shook her head. 

“You’re not too late…it’s only been 20 minutes!” He smiled- it was small, barely noticeable at that, but she saw it. Just like she saw a not so conspicuous Sanemi softly smiling from a distance for his teammate.

[contrasting-realities]

AU: Shimoneta x Hetalia

This is an idea that I've had for a while and ties into my original "Oboro Tsukimigusa is Japan" theory.

TLDR: Germany and Italy go searching for their lost friend and are forced to join a terrorist organization, and Shimoneta gets a too serious backstory.

The basic gist of it is that Japan isn't the only country that has gone entirely puritanical and sex-afraid, but most of the world has due to overpopulation stemming from a baby boom after ww3. America and Canada avoided this fate because the first fell into a civil war which was actually what caused the third world war, and the second had a bunch of political issues immediately afterwards.

Said war was horrifying enough that an entire generation realized their mortality and the beauty of life which, while causing many other issues, also led to them having a lot of children, like, seven-eight children households became common and expected all over the world.

Understandably, this many people was far too much for most countries to handle and society practically broke down. The next generation fell into escapism to distract themselves from the hell outside, especially and most importantly technology designed for sex and pleasure.

And nobody should be surprised to learn that the next generation wasn't pleased with this, they blamed their parents for the world they inherited and became extremely puritanical, to the point of trying to eradicate sex (as that was the scapegoat) entirely. With their technology it really was possible to do so as seen in shimoneta many high morality students don't even know the most basic terms for that kind of anatomy, it's not just a lack of education.

TLDR: The shimoneta cast are living through the backlash to their grandparents.

Now for the Hetalia part: After a world meeting, America asks Germany and Italy to try and find Japan, as it had been years since anyone had seen him. The last time anyone heard of him was that he was arrested at the japanese embassy in Washington, he was accused of going to America just to get access to lewd content.

America asks this of them because he has been banned from the country not only because the US isn't as hard line as japan but also due to the fact a bunch of political refugees came to America once the laws against lewd material were enacted, which the japanese government didn't like.

Germany and Italy decide to help America and go to Japan for "diplomatic reasons". At the airport they are forced to wear the same PMs as the rest of the population but won't really be arrested if they go off because of diplomatic immunity (but they can be kicked out of the country).

Que Italy doing his normal hand gestures and getting arrested by the decency squad but let go at the police station and everyone wastes their time dealing with this shit.

The two spend days looking everywhere they can, which includes taking guided tours into secure buildings and searching the internet for any rumors, but ultimately find no leads. It's not until one of their tours leads to Tokioka Academy (the main setting of shimoneta) that things start to heat up as they witness an 'attack' from an obscenity terrorist which cuts their tour short.

Afterwards they go to a local cafe to try and cool off but a student, who happens to be from that same school, is sitting a few tables away and she is making some... really sexual puns and jokes towards her fellow classmate who is just kinda putting up with her. Germany does his best to ignore them but things eventually escalate when the girl starts talking about what that terrorist did from first person, and the boy with her tells her to keep it down since they weren't alone at the moment, cut to Germany staring at them strangely with Italy being confused and asking him what's wrong.

So... this girl is apparently the obscene terrorist "Blue Snow" and her partner is "Tanukichi Ouma". They (somehow) manage to knock out and tie up both Germany and Italy and hold them hostage in the cafe's basement. Germany remains serious and refuses to tell them anything beyond his name while Italy is screaming for his life and is trying to throw his friend under the bus (like he did when France caught them) by listing out all the weird things that Germany like to watch.

Of course, Blue Snow pays more attention to Italy and says that Germany 'isn't such a buzzkill after all, he's just shy'. Due to this, and the fact that they are 'diplomats' who could act as spies, she asks them to join her terrorist organization, SOX, or else she would expose the types of videos that Germany indulges in. He reluctantly agrees to do so while Italy jumps at her words since he's begging for his life.

Blue Snow is actually "Ayame Kajou" and Germany + Italy decide to keep an eye on Ayame and Tanukichi to make sure that they really are just anti-censorship freedom fighters they claim to be and not more nasty terrorists, they use the excuse of 'wanting to learn of japan's morality system so they can carry it overseas' to examine and watch the school while it is in session.

This happens sometime after episode one but before Otome joins SOX so Italy and Germany are forced to help with some of their plots.

Germany is somewhat annoyed by Ayame's jokes and sees them as immature but he doesn't care too much about them in general, which leads to

Things go normally until Oboro is called into the school, where Germany seems to recognize her. He brushes this off though as Oboro is, to his knowledge, a woman so it can't be who he's thinking of, right?

Italy has the same reaction before Germany tells him that Tsukimigusa is female, where he sadly gives up his assumptions.

Later on, Tanukichi discovers on accident that Oboro is actually a dude dressing as a woman, and he wasn't just brought in by the student council president to combat obscenity but was sent by her parents, who are the leaders of japan, to keep her safe from lewdness. He tells this to the others and while most of SOX (Otome and Kosuri too at this point) thinks he's joking, Italy gets excited and shouts out to Germany that Oboro must be Japan (Note: he uses the name Japan and not "Kiku", since they have been using their human names for obvious reasons).

Everyone seems confused by this and Germany covers his mouth and scolds him, but there's no taking it back, they explain what they truly are and why they came here. Ayame seems more serious than she normally is and promises to help the two find Japan at all costs. This shocks her friends because she isn't known to act like this, but there's a good reason why. Something similar happened to her father, a politician who was arrested on false charges of grooming kids, and she knows about the 'Kiku Honda' incident and that he really was the personification of her country and saw it for what it truly was, puritanical totalitarianism.

During the fight with Gathered Fabric (Another Ero!Terrorist group who steals underwear, really just a bunch of perverts using politics to satisfy their urges), Oboro winds up gravely injured and Germany finds/saves him by bringing him to the basement under the cafe, he passes out of course and only wakes up once the natural regeneration of a personification takes its course.

At this point, Oboro's survival seems like a miracle and he assumes it to be one as he wakes up in front of Germany, Italy, and the rest of SOX. Of course, he is hostile towards them, even when Italy hugs him and starts crying asking what happened to make him like this, but Oboro doesn't understand what he's talking about.

They keep Oboro tied up there for a long time until one day when Germany came down to visit him. The conversation went as following, Oboro says that keeping someone tied up for this long is bad for their health, Germany agrees but says that there is a good reason for it. Oboro says that they have him mistaken for someone else but Germany asks if he knows about Japan's arrest, he does and says that Kiku Honda was arrested for 'Obsenity Tourism' and that it was especially shameful since he was a diplomat.

Germany is a bit shocked and asks Oboro more of what he knows about the man and he just says that he was a long working diplomat from before the current government rose to power. Germany asks if that's all he knows and Oboro says that is all there is to know about Kiku Honda, aside from the fact he has been in jail for years and is likely dead.

Germany doesn't respond but then tells him that he is wrong, Kiku wasn't just some random diplomat but was extremely important behind closed doors. Oboro refuses to hear more since that would be information beyond his clearance but Germany doesn't listen to him and asks if he has heard of national personifications.

Oboro says that he hasn't and Germany explains what they are, and that he is one himself. Oboro thinks this is clearly science fiction and tells him to stop messing around but Germany returns to the incident with Gathered Fabric, the injuries he received should have been unsurvivable.

Oboro refutes this and says that a skull fracture is nothing in this day but Germany explains that he didn't just have a head injury but that half of his brain had spilled out onto the ground when Germany picked him up but he was still, albeit barely, conscious.

Oboro denies this but Germany stops him and says that he can prove it. He takes out his gun (which he is allowed to carry due to being a diplomat, he used this against Gathered Fabric too) and points it at his own head before pulling the trigger. Yes, he 'dies' for a few minutes but wakes up in pain and lightheaded. He asks if this is enough evidence that he was telling the truth but Oboro is still in denial.

This escalates into an argument where Oboro says that he can't a personification and in a heated moment suggests that Germany prove it by shooting him and he does so in heat of the moment anger.

The same thing happens to Oboro but Ayame and Tanukichi come down as he is waking up confused and in shock. After a long explanation, Oboro is left speechless and paralyzed when Ayame asks if he believes him now and Tanukichi finds this especially strange since it's the first time they've ever seen Oboro express any kind of emotion.

Oboro stays with SOX and is eventually freed but he doesn't go back to the decency squad and basically reflects on what he remembers, the first thing is of all things, finishing 'specialized training' to become a member of the specialized police force. He realizes that he was somebody before his boss made him 'Oboro' and decides to try and regain the memories he lost of what is at least 20 years of his life.

Eventually he does regain his memories of being Japan and also the torture and brainwashing which was done to him so that the government could have their perfect personification of what they wanted Japan to be. Afterwards Japan deals with the trauma from all of that and desperately wants to flee from his home so they can't get him back.

I have plans for more about Canada and America but if I post those it will be later because I am tired and have spent hours on this

[georgemcginn]

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[popees]

Mais um dia normal no colégio. #shimoneta #setsugenoao #shimoseka #ayamekajou #tokioka (em Omake Geek Festival)

[movielosophy]

35sai no shojo | internet changed people

[akiyasu-k]

うっかり寄り道 神楽坂😎  #トキオカ #神楽坂 #飯田橋 #宴会 #創作料理 #ダイニングバー #Tokioka #beer #wine #sake #Deliciousfood #kagurazaka #tokyo (トキオカ) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuYi2QJnH0v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1293s4q0fgqui

[hiyari8]

shinobu kochou based on the cover of the butterfly-themed Ali Project album Les Papillons (: (original album cover here: https://imgur.com/KULrHEI ) i can’t wait to draw shinobu at least a thousand more times 

[otomechuchu]

Closed City - character teaser #9

Mr. Tokioka is the 9th character to be teased in Closed City.

“ Mr. Tokioka is one of the politicians in charge of managing the closed city. Being in the position he is in, he treats the “risk child” like his own and takes good care of them. He’s especially nice to Riko and she trusts him too. “

April 23 2019

[shysheeperz]

Seiji Tanaka's disguises, a thrilling saga (ch. 1-3):

Referee

Arcade employee

High school student

A bush