#tsukimitsu iori

[katzkinder]

who was that guy mikuni was talking to in chapter 72?

The page anon is talking about

This, dear anon, is I believe our first introduction to Iori!

As for why I think this, it’s for one simple reason

This introduction is the same

There’s also some other stuff about Iori always being three steps ahead of everyone and such, but I honestly think this is the biggest visual indicator we have

[yarrayora]

De-aged Touma. Let's get some vulnerability round here.

Or Mikuni - it's Misono's turn to be big bro

Touma Taishi wasn't 15 yet when he accidentally killed Tsurugi's father in self-defense. In the future he would claim that it was all premeditated and that he was a cold-blooded killer through and through. Right now, though, he was a scared teenager who made a phone call to ask his classmate's sister for help.

Touma Taishi was almost 15 when Shirota Akira helped him dispose of the body and drove him to a temple for purification in case of a lingering grudge. Almost 15 when he fell asleep thinking it would have been nice if Tsurugi was here too for the night ride. Almost 15 when he thought about how he could easily make that happen by tampering with his parents' weapons. Almost 15 when the midnight bell tolled and it wasn't January 9th anymore.

He woke up and he still wasn't 15.

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"Tai-chan! Do you remember me? It's me! Tsurugi? Tsurugi!!!"

It was hard to believe the small, fragile thing Taishi picked up grew up to be someone so... tall and loud. It seemed he had been flung 20 years into the future or something.

"Oh, good! You're awake!" A man wearing an expensive looking suit walked in. His face was older now but Taishi would never not recognized a Tsukimitsu's unfortunate shady looking smile. "Do you remember who you are? Or what happened?"

"I know who I am," Taishi answered vaguely just in case it was a trap. "What do you think happened?"

Tsukimitsu cooed. "Awww, that's adorable! I forgot there was a time when you didn't know how subterfuge works!" He pointed his thumb at Tsurugi. "He already mentioned your name, you know. That means we already have your name and you are already doomed if we are actually supernatural creatures in disguise."

It was amazing how Tsukimitsu managed to sound like he was a predator without even trying.

"I'm guessing you don't have your memories as an adult, then?" Tsukimitsu needled. "Can you tell me what's the last thing you remembered?"

The image of Shirota's sister using an abandoned crematorium to burn Tsurugi's father came to mind. The flickering flame was reflected in her eyes before she looked away, feeling ill from the smell of flesh burning. "That's none of your business."

That was their little secret that he wouldn't share with anyone.

[xchibikai-art]

(10sept2023) HAPPY BIRTHDAY IORI!!

Come back soon and actually participate in a battle where you don't get taken out right away. That would be pretty sick.

[starrycyberse]

Some servamp stuff I made a while ago

[starrycyberse]

This means Touma has been taking care of Iori’s hamsters for a year now

happy anniversary to when sv tumblr went up in flames for chapter 122

happy death day tsurugi!

[ilikejumping]

Another highlight from the guidebook is that Toru, Iori and Toma are referred to as "three old idiots" while Tsurugi, Yumi and Jun are "three new idiots"

[childrenofthesun77]

It was so sweet (and sad) to see yotaro take care of an upset mahiru while they were in london. With akira dead, tooru being busy with (secret) work and most other characters around mahiru often being pretty irresponsible, immature and caught up in their own issues it was nice to see another character taking up the "mom" role for mahiru instead of him having to be the "mom" or "therapist" for whoever he's currently dealing with.

For similar reasons I really liked iori, even though we didn't have him for long (rip). When mahiru arrives at the battle scene iori has never personally met him before. But instead of trying to trick him or make him jump through hoops first until he has earned their trust/approval like most other adults in the manga the first thing iori does is to reassure mahiru that things are going to be fine even when the situation might look bleak. He puts his trust in him and sacrifices his own life to teleport mahiru and kuro to safety and with his last words he advises mahiru who to look for in london to get help.

I know mahiru is "the straight man" in the story, as in the normal person with common sense who has to suffer from the shenanigans of the crazy people around him for comedic effect, but it was nice to see mahiru interact with people who see that he's just a sixteen year old boy in an extremely upsetting situation and in need of some comfort and reassurance from them.

[twopolars]

So ummm...

Does Iori really dead or y'know... he would go back to the battle field or sumthin? Coz Touma is back and Tooru is also back, I need Iori to complete the "C3's three idiots first edition" on the battle field.

But Iori is really dea-- I know but what IF right???! No one is ever really dead on Servamp... this is just my trust issue speaking

[joydoesathing]

wholesome lil doodles of the tsukimitsus 🌕

[v-akarai]

References in Servamp

Arabian mythology

Jinn. Ch. 16

Greek mythology

Elpis. Ch. 75

Moirai. Ch. 108

Pandora. Ch. 130

Pygmalion. Ch. 123

Pandora's Box. Ch. 97

Japanese mythology

Gashadokuro. Ch. 129

Kitsune. Ch. 3

Raijin. Ch. 85

Norse mythology

Baldr. Ch. 39

Bifröst. Ch. 88

Brunhild. Ch. 88

Fimbulwinter. Ch. 40

Freya. Ch. 65

Frey. Ch. 131

Gleipnir. Ch. 101

Hati. Ch. 91, 131

Hod. Ch. 39

Hliðskjálf. Ch. 96

Idunn. Ch. 65

Loki. Ch. 15

Mimir. Ch. 29

Mjölnir. Ch. 53

Ragnarök. Ch. 101, 122, 131

Sigurd. Ch. 101

Thor. Ch. 41

Yggdrasil. Ch. 42

Biblical references

Abel. Ch. 8

Adam. Ch. 128

Boaz and Jachin. Ch. 42

Eden. Ch. 21

Eve. Ch. 1

John the Baptist. Ch. 122

Judith. Ch. 147

Lucifer. Ch. 135

Noah. Ch. 145

Nod. Ch. 29, events

Hinduism

Asura. Ch. 57.5, 89.

Tarot

The Fool - Mahiru. Ch. 50

I. The Magician – Night trio. Ch. 41

II. The High Priestess – Mikuni. Ch. 42

V. The Hierophant - Shuhei. Ch. 77

X. Wheel of Fortune - Junichiro. Ch. 53

XII. The Hanged Man - Tsurugi. Ch. 50

XV. The Devil – Shamrock. Ch. 72

XVI. The Tower - Touma. Ch. 47

XVII. The Star - Iduna. Ch. 73

XVIII. The Moon - Yumikage. Ch. 69

XX. Judgement - Mikuni. Ch. 144

Literary references

 "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Lewis Carroll. Ch. 3, 4, 7, 19, 98, 122. Misono, Lily, Dodo, Mitsuki, Yamane, Hattori, Mikuni, Bad B and Good B.

"As You Like It" William Shakespeare. Ch. 10, 38.5. Mikuni's spell.

"My Fair Lady" English nursery rhyme. Ch. 10 Mikuni's spell.

"Dracula" Bram Stoker. Ch. 12, 30. Hugh.

"Romeo and Juliet" William Shakespeare. Ch. 23, 34. Hyde, Ophelia.

"Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Ch. 29 Johannes.

"Through the Looking-Glass" Lewis Carroll. Ch. 29, events. Mikuni, Johannes.

"Julius Caesar" William Shakespeare. Ch. 23, 84. Hyde.

"Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" Robert Stevenson. Ch. 23, 37. Hyde, Licht.

"Macbeth" William Shakespeare. Ch. 24, 31. Kuro, Saint Germain, Mahiru.

"Night on the Galactic Railroad" Kenji Miyazawa. Ch. 26, 142. Higan, Tsubaki.

"The Little Prince" Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Ch 30, 67. Kuro, Mahiru, Sloth demon, Gear, probably Jeje.

"Hamlet" William Shakespeare. Ch. 33, 34. Hyde, Ophelia.

"The Phantom of the Opera" Gaston Leroux. Ch. 36 Licht and Hyde technique.

"Peter and Wendy" James Barry. Ch. 44, 56, 74. Tsurugi, Touma, Mahiru.

"Ring a Ring o' Roses" nursery rhyme. Ch. 53 Junichiro's spell.

“Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens” James Barry. Ch. 53, 75. Tsurugi, Touma.

"Death in Venice" Thomas Mann. Ch. 55 Gilbert technique.

"Total Eclipse" a play by Christopher Hampton. Ch. 55 Rayscent's technique.

"The Morning of the Last Farewell" Kenji Miyazawa. Ch. 57.5 Tsubaki.

"Spring and Asura" Kenji Miyazawa. Ch. 57.5 Tsubaki.

"The Catcher in the Rye" Jerome Salinger. Ch. 62 Shuhei.

"Four and Twenty Blackbirds" Agatha Christie. Ch. 62 Shuhei's spell.

"Metamorphosis" Franz Kafka. Ch. 62 Shamrock technique.

“The Nighhawk's Star” Kenji Miyazawa. Ch. 62, 76. Shamrock technique.

"Rock-a-bye Baby" an English lullaby. Ch. 70 Touma's spell.

“Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein” lullaby. Ch. 70 Touma's spell.

"Who Killed Cock Robin" an English nursery rhyme. Ch. 70 Yumikage's spell.

"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Lyman Frank Baum. Ch. 70, 88. Tsukimitsu brothers’ spells.

"Daddy-Long-Legs" Jean Webster. Ch. 74. Dark Night Trio, Touma.

"King Lear" William Shakespeare. Ch. 86. Hyde.

"The House of the Sleeping Beauties" Yasunari Kawabata. Ch. 86. Iori.

"The Divine Comedy" Dante Alighieri. Ch. 118, 120, 121. Niccolo, Ildio, Gluttony demon.

“A Brute's Love” (人でなしの恋) Edogawa Rampo. Ch. 122 Mikuni, Lily.

"Coppelia" ballet Leo Delibes. Chapter 122 Mikuni, Lily.

"Salome" Oscar Wilde. Ch. 122, 147. Mikuni, Lily.

"Turandot" opera by Giacomo Puccini based on the play by Carlo Gozzi. Ch. 129, 136. Lily.

"The Tempest" William Shakespeare. Ch. 131. Licht and Hyde.

"The Old Man and the Sea" Ernest Hemingway. Ch. 134 Hugh.

"Flowers for Algernon" Daniel Keyes. Ch. 135 Hugh.

"Jane Eyre" Charlotte Brontë. Ch. 136. Hokaze.

"Madama Butterfly" opera by Giacomo Puccini. Ch. 136. Lily.

"Hansel and Gretel" the Brothers Grimm. Ch. 140. Faust and Otogiri.

"Girl Hell" Yumeno Kyusaku. Ch. 147. Mikuni, Noah.

Music

"Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ch. 34

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Johann Sebastian Bach. Ch. 125

Sonata No. 17 "Tempest" by Ludwig van Beethoven. Ch. 131

Movies

"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946). Ch. 131

"Life is Beautiful" (1997). Ch. 131

I believe this list can be expanded. Somewhere I’ve written only chaps when some reference was mentioned for the first time and omitted all further mentions.

Special thanks to hello-vampire-kitty, joydoesathing and passmeabook, because some works wouldn’t be included in the list without their observations.

[hello-vampire-kitty]

Servamp chapter 135 translation "Gold, silver and iron"

The chapter is available on Mangadex!

Translation notes under the cut.

This chapter took me a long time to finish because I had to deal with stuff but it's finally done! Still have a few more chapters, so please be patient! Alright, so here are a few notes.

At first, I wasn't sure if I should have written "silver" but given that Hugh's name is written in katakana because, I would have written "silver" if it said シルバー　but since it was the kanji 銀 I left the romanization of the word and made the translation note.

Grandpuppy Gear wants to be a grandpa to his friends' children xD Speaking of the grandkids, it's curious if Gear met the older Tsukimitsu siblings. They used the spell "Gatekeeper of Bifrost" to send Mahiru and Kuro to London, Iori telling them to look for the werewolf (Gear)

So, it seems obvious they knew him, but we don't know if they ever met face to face and only know him if C3 had a file on him or perhaps they knew him through their mother. It's plausible that maybe if the siblings would be in trouble, Shirayuki told them to seek help from him.

Just speculating!

Alright moving on, we have our literary reference which I made a post about when the chapter was published.

Also...My God, Hugh looks so handsome!

*Ahem* Okay so the reference we have is mostly likely based on "Flowers for Algernon", because the name of Hugh's ability (the regular reading not the intended one in furigana) says まだ見ぬ友に花束を and the reason I bolded some of the words is because they are the same as the one in the Japanese title of "Flowers for Algernon" アルジャーノンに花束を I don't know if まだ見ぬ友 could be related to the book or something else;; Perhaps some of you might know!

And that's it for this chapter. Please be patient for the other ones :)

[ghostingkai]

Guidebook spoilers? Idk, I’m gonna treat it as spoilers for now lmao (Okay, I’m done editing this post. There is still a LOT of material I haven’t even touched yet, but I’ll make a new post if I need to scream about it later. I gotta take a break now lol)

MIKUNI RESPECTS/ADMIRES HIS GRANDFATHER

I KNEW IT

I LOVE YOU MIKUNIIIIII

EDIT1: He dreams of giving a best man speech at Shuhei’s wedding, god I love him I LOVE HIM

EDIT2: Damn, looking at Mikuni’s parameters, he really took a hit after getting the finger wagged at him… how on earth did he lose two mental points? LOL I guess working with Tsurugi will do that to ya

EDIT3: Oh my god Mikado has a birthday finally OH AND AN AGE CONFIRMATION (he’s 51, then post-time skip he’s 52)

EDIT4: Mikado and Mikuni both respecting Mikage is really cute…

EDIT5: Oh no, not Kiriko’s birthday being so close to Misono’s birthday ;u; Oh no my heart

EDIT6: OH NO NOT KIRIKO’S DREAM BEING “To cry at my son’s wedding” NO PLEASE STOP—

EDIT7: WHy… WHY… WHY would you confirm that Tsurugi’s phonecall at the end of the series is not a call with Mahiru, but refuse to say who it really was?! WHYYYY

EDIT8: LMAOOOO Touma’s favorite animal being “anything but hamsters”

There’s an interesting tidbit in here about Touma, Yoshimasa, and Shuhei. During the battle with Tsubaki when Touma was 19, Touma was gravely injured, and as a result, he used his invisibility technique to try and hide all of them from Tsubaki’s sight. He encouraged Yoshimasa to retreat, insisting they could lose one agent if it meant keeping others alive. When Shamrock killed Yoshimasa in retaliation, Touma felt responsible for his death because of his decision to retreat, and that’s part of why he ended up promoting Shuhei to his third in command.

I know that Touma has emotions, but we honestly didn’t get to see them show through a whole lot, they were mostly implied here and there. I would love to see Touma, Iori and Tooru’s early days, honestly…

EDIT9: STOP STOP STOP, YUMIKAGE ADMIRES IORI???? I”M GONNA THROW UP I—

EDIT10: ALL OF THE TSUKIMITSU CHILDREN WERE VOTED “MOST BEAUTIFUL” IN HIGH SCHOOL. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for that useless but completely life changing fact.

EDIT11: Junichiro was on the combat team with Tooru for a time, and apparently was really fond of him. That’s so adorable 😭

EDIT12: Oh god, Tooru’s “thing I’d like to try one day” answer is “I’d like to learn how my sister and Touma met” BRO. NO. There are some doors you just keep shut forever.

EDIT13: Akira was 33 at the time of her death, fwiw

EDIT14: Guys, help me, I just got to Iori’s profile… wish me luck

EDIT15: IORI CONFIRMED TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED AT 31 THROUGH AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE. They divorced within a year. Iori says he discovered the only thing in life he has no talent for is being a family man. Y’ALL I”M I’m just fucking dead. I’m gone. Deceased.

EDIT16: Iori dreams of one day living on a deserted island (but specifically notes he only wants to try it for a little while)… I love him. I love him I love him I LOVE HIM—

EDIT17: Iori being confirmed as not very physically strong means everything to me

EDIT18: Iori refers to Miyako as his little brother (sister) in his family list, which I think is cute. He also lists his hamsters as family, which is just freaking adorable. I love him so much.

EDIT19: Iori���s favorite hobby is “coming up with nicknames for people in my head.” I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

EDIT20: He buys a lot of oden at the grocery store… his daily routine is “hamster care”… his favorite place in the world is the balcony of his apartment… I love him so much 😭

EDIT21: MIYAKO!!

“Who do you respect/admire?”

Miyako: My big brother (sort of)

NO, PLEASE, that’s exactly what I thought she would say to something like that I’m sobbing

She is the chief C3 manager of the information network.

She was in the kendo club in high school! Also, she apparently outpaces Iori in a lot of ways omg.

Strength: 8/10

Tactics: 7/10

Mental: 8/10

Speed: 8/10

(And Beauty ofc was 10/10 lol)

Meanwhile, her cooperative score was lower than Iori’s, hers was only 4/10 (Iori was 6/10)

Miyako dreams of one day getting to discuss beauty and makeup amongst three generations of mothers and daughters… she wants to have a child to talk beauty with 😭 I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying

Miyako got to wear a wedding dress, and Kei got to wear a tux on their wedding day, and they were both very happy about it. Oh my god I just… this guidebook has given me purpose in life again.

Also, Miyako’s most purchased convenience store item being “energy drinks” lmao

It also sounds like Miyako, like Yumi, rides motorcycles. I love them so much.

EDIT22: Shirayuki is 62 (63 post-finale.) That means she had Iori when she was about 26, Miyako when she was about 28, and Yumi when she was about 36. Which isn’t relevant to anything unless you’re like me and you write about their family nonstop and all of this info is so freaking invaluable, you have no idea.

-When Gear came to Tokyo 40 years earlier to look for Kuro, Shirayuki ended up battling Gear during one of his rampages. After their battle, the two apparently ended up respecting one another. Her dream is to get to battle Gear again someday lmao

-Her worst subject is home economics, and it says her favorite food is “ozoni cooked by [her husband.]” Coupled with a few other answers, I’m going to say it’s likely her husband was the one taking care of the home and the kids when they were younger, which I always had as my headcanon and I love that for them. Shirayuki has a “family love” skill of 8/10, but also she’s apparently obsessed with battling, and she was probably very busy as the C3 president of the Tokyo branch, so she probably didn’t get to see the kids as much until they were able to go to work with her. At least, that’s my own little brainchild thought~

-No sign of Tsukimitsu dad’s name yet. That’s frustrating lmao.

-Also, I just want to point out that even Shirayuki is stronger physically than Iori. Lol.

-SHIRAYUKI’S FAVORITE CONVENIENCE STORE ITEM TO BUY IS CUP RAMEN, BUT SHE ONLY DOES IT IN SECRET. Is it because she doesn’t want her kids to see her eating bad foods after she spent all day telling them to be healthy? Or is it specifically because Iori can’t have ramen while he’s recovering, and she doesn’t want to rub it in his face? Either way, I think it’s hilarious that she has a lot of the personality traits she specifically tries to steer the children away from fjfjflkdsl

-I like how her favorite hobby is to watch wrestling. Also, her favorite quote being “survival of the fittest” is so funny to me. She enjoys being viewed as “strong” too.

EDIT23: Sigurd is 41 (42 post-finale.) I envisioned him being around that age — just slightly older than Iori — so I like that.

-Sigurd’s favorite hobby is golf. I don’t know why I find that so funny, but I do. I thought for sure shooting would be his hobby, but it was listed under favorite subjects instead.

-HE HAS A WIFE??? And a sister apparently… BUT A WIFE? Someone can actually stand being around him, but not Iori? Lmfao

-But it’s really cute how his favorite day-off activity is to go jogging with their dog… adorable.

-Gear threatened to kick the crap out of Sigurd for using Tsurugi as a pawn, but Sigurd apparently bought his way out of trouble by gifting Gear and Yotarou tons of sweets and tea lol

EDIT24: Gear confirmed to be over 1000 years old, but apparently it’s unclear his exact age. He lists his family as “Yotarou, plus all the other grandchildren (self-proclaimed)” lol. Omg and he dreams of writing a bestselling novel, so cute.

-Yotarou made Abel, and it was confiscated by C3 at some point, which is how she then made her way into Mikado’s hands. I can’t remember if that was ever explicitly stated, even though that’s kind of what we figured.

-Oh my god… Gear worried about Yotarou being around him, so one day, he just returned to London without saying anything. Yotarou was devastated, and once he was old enough, he used his knowledge of Gear to track him to London and just showed up on his doorstep, and that’s when they began living together. Oh my god that’s so cute???

-There is a whole section dedicated to profiles for the characters (or at least a handful of characters) during Mikuni’s mirror world universe. Very interesting.

-Tanaka explains that Mahiru learned his “simple” thinking from his uncle, but since Tooru learned it from his big sister — Touma Mahiru was able to learn the “simply” mindset from his mother in that universe.

-Okay there’s a lot to unpack about the mirror world, but there’s one note from Tanaka about Mikuni, Touma and Iori that pretty much confirms what we already suspected. Mikuni and Iori are apparently not far apart in terms of logic skills, but Mikuni’s slip up was assuming that Touma and Iori shared habits similar to his own. Namely, not being able to rely on others to get results. She specifically says that Mikuni believed Iori couldn’t stop him by himself (which was true,) but he also assumed Iori wouldn’t rely on the others for their assistance. So when Touma and Sigurd helped Iori with his plan, Mikuni wasn’t expecting it.

-LOL HOKAZE IS 38 IN THE MIRROR WORLD. She is about 15 years older than Mikuni. I mean, we already knew she was much older, but I love that for him.

-Oh my god, okay, here’s a note from Tanaka about the mirror world: She says she wanted to have time to depict a scene where Tsurugi/Noah is a mix of the two, but then when Tsurugi sees Touma happy and smiling with his family, he begins to think to himself, “Maybe the world really is better without me in it,” and that’s when Tsurugi gets suppressed fully by Noah, until the real Touma shows up to pull Tsurugi back. I would have loved to see that, and it would have made Tsurugi’s transformation into Noah feel more fluid honestly.

-Nico died at 27, because World End never made a contract with him and wasn’t there to rescue him.

[yarrayora]

theres no way it's not tooru and touma

[magnificentbirdbouquet]

SPOILERS FOR SERVAMP CHAPTER 149!!!

So, the last chapter fucking killed me from the inside out, so that's fun.

I have not seen any translation (I read (looked at)the raws and that's about it) but apparently mikuni tried to Kill himself??? Bro I always say that but its not like I mean it???

Anyway being a multishipper in this economy is pretty good (no fanfics for any of my ships im gonna die or cry can't choose)(don't know if I ship the count/ash or not but I'm still very adamant about kurogear.)

Was genuinely kicking my feet, twirling my hair, cackling like a madman when the count and ash interacted and we got some backstory for them so I'm very happy!

Still no content for jeje or tinker and freya BUT!! ASH!!! SMILING!!! CUTIE!!! i do not have a photo unfortunately. (Was too busy fangirling I mean what)

AND JEKUNI INTERACTION THAT IS ACTUALLY PEACEFUL??? SINCE WHEN

Also TSUKIMITSU IORI LIVES BABYYYY

CONGRATULATIONS TO SERVAMP FOR ENDING RAAAAHHHHKMS

Thank you for reading my ramble :)

[starrycyberse]

I forgot I made this LMAO

[needs-therapy-tornament]

Round 1, Poll 14

Iori Tsukimitsu vs Cappuccino