#tsuritama spoilers

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Hi...Can I ask, what are your KilluGon fav moments? And what are your fav personal headcanons about them? Also, do you have any fav ships (from any fandom) that the dynamics remind you of KilluGon? Thanks if you want to answer....

Hello!

Thank you for asking! This post will get way too long if I answer all your questions, so here's a post where I talk about some of my fav HxH moments (4/5 of which are KilluGon related), and here's my Headcanons tag to see some of the headcanons I've posted or approved of previously. I'm sure I'll revisit similar questions to these over time as well.

I haven't had anyone ask about ships that remind me of KilluGon though, and it's a fun question to answer! I think KilluGon is very unique, so these might not be incredibly similar, but I'm focusing on ships that give me a similar feeling or have commonalities that I think are worth mentioning. I enjoy all of these ships to varying degrees!

I'm going to stay away from ships from big, currently popular shounen series that people typically bring up in comparison with HxH (JJK, HeroAca, etc.), both because the ships I've come across in those don't actually remind me of KilluGon very deeply, and also because it's more fun to recommend ships/series people may not have heard of already!

Reki Kyan and Langa Hasegawa (Sk8 the Infinity)

I'm all but certain these two were based off Gon and Killua in part--the personalities of the two and dynamic between them feels fairly similar, and the antagonist of the series, Adam, also strongly feels like he's based off of Hisoka. The series itself is less serious/dark than HxH so the intensity isn't the same, but they definitely have a similar strong friendship basis and mutual adoration to Gon and Killua.

Suletta Mercury and Miorine Rembran (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury)

Suletta is straightforward, somewhat oblivious, and grew up isolated from others (a bit like Gon), and Miorine is confident, tsundere, and trying to escape the influence of her rich and powerful family (a bit like Killua), and the two hit it off quickly and find joy and inspiration to keep going in each other. The degree to which they influence, support, and adore each other feels familiar. There are some later developments (spoilers) that remind me of Gon and Killua as well.

Yuki Sanada and Haru (Tsuritama)

Yuki, who has severe anxiety, ends up having his life transformed when the strange and overly friendly Haru appears suddenly. There's a real cuteness, joyfulness, and closeness between them that reminds me of Gon and Killua, and the way they help each other understand the world differently and change each others' perspectives as well.

Maru and Kiruko (Tengoku Daimakyou / Heavenly Delusion)

I can't say too much about this ship because I don't want to spoil any surprises, but let's just say in at least one major way it's not how it appears. Maru (the blond one) shares several commonalities with Killua, though he's at least a bit more straightforward in his emotions like Gon; while Kiruko is somewhat more tsundere initially (due to understandable past reasons). Their bond reminds me of Gon and Killua in that they travel all around together and develop a very close friendship and devotion to one another, and while one is more openly affectionate the other holds back more initially.

(This series contains some mature content, including a depiction of sexual assault, so please be careful when checking it out, but it's fantastic!)

Shindou Hikaru and Touya Akira (Hikaru no Go)

These two are rivals and obviously Gon and Killua are not, but at the same time there's a certain intensity and degree of being obsessed with each other than reminds me of KilluGon, as well as things like their bickering and the degree to which the series revolves around their connection. It's been a long time since I read the manga so I admittedly can't remember all the details, but I feel like it's maybe a few steps closer to Gon and Killua than, say, Hinata and Kageyama from Haikyuu (though that's also a great rivals -> friends ship that has some commonalities with KilluGon). It has a strong canon basis and I remember really enjoying how their bond develops!

Riko and Reg (Made in Abyss)

Riko is an adventurous, plucky girl who goes on a dangerous journey to find her missing parent, while Reg the robot boy supports her on their adventure (and semi-secretly adores her). Reg is also voiced by Mariya Ise, Killua's seiyuu, so it's hard not make the comparison! The personalities of the two are definitely similar and their bond feels familiar.

(Made in Abyss looks cute but it contains a great deal of upsetting/potentially triggering content, please be careful if you decide to watch or read it! It's amazing, but definitely not a series that will appeal to everyone.)

I hope people looking for similar ships might enjoy checking these series out!

[best-underrated-anime]

Tentative List of Submissions

Until the list of submissions is finalized, I will be accepting appeals for/against any of the shows on this list. SEND YOUR APPEALS THROUGH THIS BLOG’S SUBMIT PAGE. Appeals left in the replies or sent to my asks/DM’s will now be ignored.

By the way, I don’t follow a set standard in determining whether a show is underrated or not. I may keep in mind MyAnimeList ratings, but ratings are not absolute.

Some shows may have low stats on MAL, yet have strong voting power on Tumblr. Some may be popular in their home country but are not so well-known in English fandoms. (Tumblr is a site where most users are USAmericans, so the voting power is mainly with them. I have to consider this.)

Red - at risk of being removed

Blue - formerly accepted, but changed to pending/rejected upon an appeal/further review

Violet - formerly under rejected/pending, but now accepted

Green - newly-added

Orange - Triggers not stated. If you’re the submitter, please edit your submission in the form. Alternatively, you can add them to the Triggers Sheet (non-submitters can also help). If the show has no triggers, please still edit the form/sheet and check the “None” option so that I’ll know that you didn’t just forget. Thank you!

Updated: Oct. 20, 2023 08:00pm EST

Accepted

86 (Eighty-Six)

91 Days

Acca-13 Territory Inspection Department

After the Rain

Akagami no Shirayuki-hime

Akiba Maid War

Akudama Drive

A Place Further than the Universe

Are You Ok (You Yao)

Asobi Asobase

Beryl and Sapphire

Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story

BNA: Brand New Animal

Charlotte

Do It Yourself!!

Flip Flappers

Flowering Heart

Fukigen na Mononokean

Gakkougurashi!

Gakuen Babysitters

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet

Gatchaman Crowds

Girl's Last Tour (Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou)

God Troubles Me

Gurazeni

Hakumei and Mikochi

Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow

Happy Sugar Life

Heike Monogatari

Hinamatsuri

HitoriBocchi no MaruMaru Seikatsu

Hoshiai no Sora (Stars Align)

Inuyashiki

Iroduku: The World in Colors

Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

Joshiraku

Kageki Shoujo!!

Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko

Karneval

Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Kemurikusa - Propaganda may contain spoilers (To submitter: the last part about Earth seems spoilery). Propaganda will be edited by admin.

Kiznaiver

Kyoukai no Rinne

Laughing under the clouds

Legend of Luo Xiaohei (series)

Link Click

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

Mawaru Penguindrum

Megalo Box

Mignon

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

No.6

No Doubt in Us

Non Non Biyori

Orient

Ping Pong the Animation

Plastic Memories - I won’t mark this as red because there is enough propaganda for it to be included. But I’m still waiting for someone to submit something more substantial about it. Also lacks triggers.

Please tell me! Galko-chan

Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live - Submitter might’ve shared too much about the drama in the show, spoiling it for others. Propaganda will be edited by admin.

Radiant

Requiem of the Rose King

Rokuhoudou Yostuiro Boyori

Run with the Wind

Sangatsu no Lion

Senki Zesshou Symphogear

Servamp

Shadows House

Shiki

Shinsekai Yori

Silver Spoon

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

Sonny Boy

Space Brothers (Uchuu Kyoudai)

Talentless Nana

Tamayura: Hitotose

The Executioner and Her Way of Life

The Royal Tutor

Tonari no Seki-kun

To Your Eternity

Trese

Tsuritama

Urusei Yatsura

Usagi Drop

Vampire in the Garden

Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song

Wasteful Days of High School Girls

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun

White Cat Legend 2020 (Dali si Rizhi/The Journal of Dali Court)

Wo Jia Dashixiong Naozi You Keng

Yurei Deco

Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero

Yuukoku no Moriarty

Zankyou no Terror

Zombieland Saga

Pending

If no reason is stated, then that submission simply had insufficient/unconvincing propaganda. Those with a (???) next to the title are shows I’m not sure are considered underrated. Anybody may submit an appeal on whether or not I should keep it.

Propaganda that needs revision can be edited by the submitter on the GForm. Others may also make a new submission with their own propaganda for it to be accepted.

If, for some reason, the original submitter cannot edit the GForm, then the updated propaganda may be sent to me here via ask or DM.

All shows that didn’t remove their pending status before Oct. 20, 8pm EST have been moved to Rejected.

Rejected

If no reason is stated, then that show has been rejected simply because it’s not considered underrated.

Angel Beats

Assassination Classroom

Astra: Lost in Space - insufficient/unconvincing propaganda

Buddy Daddies - one of the popular recent anime. Also has 390k tag followers on Tumblr

Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX - Propaganda contains too many spoilers. Also lacks triggers

Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card - Cardcaptor Sakura is one of the most popular shoujo. And since anime with multiple seasons are counted as one, the year the first season was released is what will be checked. Season 1 of CCS was released in 1998, so it’s disqualified from this tournament.

Death Parade

Delicious Party Precure - This show is apparently part of an extremely popular franchise. The propaganda for it was also not enough.

Dr. Stone - One of the recent mainstream anime. Ranked #54 on MAL for popularity with over 1 million members.

Inazuma Eleven GO

Kyoukai no Kanata - Has over a million members on MAL, rated by over 500k people, and is ranked #122 in terms of popularity. Also has 9.7k tag followers on Tumblr, which is very high compared to the other accepted shows

Kyousou Giga - insufficient/unconvincing propaganda and lacks triggers

Mekakucity Actors - the anime itself isn’t popular, but Kagerou Project, the Vocaloid music video series which it is based on, is extremely popular. #kagerou project has 14k tag followers.

Meganebu - insufficient/unconvincing propaganda and lacks triggers

Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun

Noragami - Ranked #47 in Tumblr’s Top AniManga Fandoms in 2021

Odd Taxi - won several awards during the 6th Crunchyroll Anime Awards as well as won against the iconic The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in this poll with over 3k votes.

Planetarian - insufficient/unconvincing propaganda. Also lacks triggers.

Kekkai Sensen

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai - Doesn’t have that many fics on AO3, but it ranks #52 on MAL in terms of popularity and has over 1M in both MAL users and members. Also has 1.4k tag followers on Tumblr—not a big number but still indicates an active fandom.

Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight - Although it’s rated low on MAL, it’s apparently quite popular on Tumblr. It won against the very popular Sailor Moon in another poll tournament with over 9k votes.

Tai Chi Chasers - Submitter either made a mistake or outright lied about the year this show was released. They stated 2011, but the actual year is 2007. That’s before 2010, which disqualifies it from this tournament.

Tian Guan Ci Fu/Heaven Official’s Blessing - made it to Tumblr’s top AniManga fandoms. It was ranked #14 in 2021 and #16 in 2022.

Vatican Miracle Examiner - insufficient/unconvincing propaganda

Violet Evergarden

[fumifooms]

Just finished Fool Night vol 7 (chap 63) and clutching my head. Mayhaps I shall never be the same. Oh Mukuru Izumi the villain that you are… "What’s back teryas? Veer usses?" "What’s oxygen? Is it like air?" "What’s that? What are you holding?" "Do you think I can live happily one day?" Just shoot me mysterious masked guy it’ll hurt less idc anymore just do it. This is my csm Aki I feel the tragedy in my bones even more here

It’s the cycle of revenge right, that goes on and on until there’s no one left to avenge the last one murdered— And the thought that there’d be no one that would remember or care or want or try to avenge Mukuru is the fucking saddest thing I’ve ever heard.

Trying to be as vague as possible to avoid spoilers but man. Fool Night, the manga that’ll make me cry over trees… Like so far I’ve only cried once and it was during the first umm trees field scene right, because it was simply too fucking real yeah that’d happen yeah, but my god. They’re not just trees they’re lives and they’re not just lives they’re humans and more but does it matter and what are souls???? What are feelings????? What is communication?????? "Oh sure I’ll bring you to Shiika." then that. evil.

…….. And also today I started NegaPosi Angler!!! Great and comfy so far very looking forward to watching it every week. For anyone who didn’t know yet I have a weird ultra fixation on fishing in media in general, Tsuritama and River King are two of my fave things, sooo this is perfect for me lol, came around just at the right time too. Big recommend. Surprisingly topical since both NegaPosi and Fool Night deal with poverty hm. It’s csm Denji meets FN Toshiro except this guy fixes his life through fishing. Bless.

2 works that make me say "I want to live!!" in very different ways! 😀 Fool Night’s out in english through Viz what are you doing here go check it out

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[AMV] Under the Sea

Fandoms: つり球 | Tsuritama (Anime)

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Haru/Sanada Yuki

Akira Agarkar Yamada & Haru & Sanada Yuki & Usami Natsuki

Haru (Tsuritama)

Sanada Yuki

Akira Agarkar Yamada

Usami Natsuki

Coco (Tsuritama)

Sanada Kate

AMV

Video

Embedded Video

Inspired by The Little Mermaid (Disney Movies)

Fish out of Water

Fish

Fishing

Implied/Referenced Mind Control

Spoilers

Water Guns

Haru (Tsuritama) is an Alien

Anxious Sanada Yuki

Anxious Haru (Tsuritama)

Panic Attacks

Your name is "Haru". You are an Alien!

You come across a boy one day named "Yuki" and decide you want to befriend Yuki, who seems to have very strong Anxiety issues. (You yourself may have very strong Anxiety issues.) But you secretly had a big "problem" that is surpassing even your own abilities to solve on your own... Also, you love fishing. You love to fish! You want Yuki to try fishing! And you really really like the color "red".

This AMV is a re-post (for AO3) of an A.M.V. I made some years back. Yuki Sanada and Haru are heavily featured (main) characters, Supporting ensemble includes Akira Agarkar Yamada and Natsuki Usami as their support, Coco and Kate Sanada also appear briefly. This A.M.V. implies and spans the entire wider storyline of the series and contains spoilers for the ending episodes.

Song featured: "Under the Sea", from Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989). The version used is a cover version in Japanese sung by Miyu Irino, Haru's voice actor.

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[izzyizumi]

Digimon Adventure: (2020 reboot) [Ep03] vs Tsuritama [Ep06] (Character designs by Utsuya Aki who you may recognize from Tri)

Featuring Characters/Duo/Ship/O.T.P: Taichi Yagami x Koushiro[u] Izumi vs Yuki Sanada x Haru {“I’m an Alien!”}

BONUS: {Tsuritama Ep02 vs DigiAdv 2020 Ep01}

Kate Sanada (Yuki’s grandmother) to Haru, Knowingly TM: “Does being with Yuki make you happy?” “Happy?” - Haru “When {your heart} feels like this.” {Motioning} - Kate “Yes. It jumps.” - Haru

“You’re awesome!”

{Cue Koushiro gaping for some seconds before he instantly jumps and clutches the tablet to Koushiro’s chest}; (A notable, genuine, sincere actual SMILE on his face)

{The slightest hint of a nervous stammer} ...But anyway!! [As he instantly deflects Because He’s Koushiro Izumi TM]

Original Posters [Mine] Commentary:

When you rewatch old fav Shows of yours and you Notice Things TM compare in almost blatanly similar ways. Even just the #Framings of some Moments. (I’m Just Saying.)

As for the former Favs (Tsuritamas), well, according to the (as of latest info) 2020 short story: - the ONE posible potential love interest thats a girl has a boyfriend now. - they’re 19 and still without any girlfriends or hints of dating in a way the viewers can see clearly (in the story, with charas that have names/or even official designs). (SO.)

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PLEASE

WATCH TSURI//TAMA---------------------------------- ( the bottom is fanart from this parody video ) ( BUT IT’S PRETTY EXACT AND THE QUOTES ARE. PRETTY. CANON )

[fuckyeahyukiharu]

Tsuritama A.M.V. ~ Under.the.SEA {Miyu Irino Official Cover Version} {Miyu Irino is the seiyuu for Haru!} M.U.S.I.C (C) D.i.s.n.e.y A.M.V. By Me {DO NOT Copy}/{re-post}

Happy birthday to Yuki [Mar. 31st] + Haru [Apr. 1st]!!! Tsuritama first aired Apr. 13, 2k12; it’s almost been a full 10 years!! (Can you believe it?!?) [No, I can’t] {@ Atsuya Uki and Tsuritama Team, we’re all still waiting for a sequel!!!}

I wasn’t originally planning to make this, but, I felt like it had been a long time since I tried to do something for them, {I’m not an artist, have trouble writing fic etc...} [Though I have also been trying to improve my A.M.V. editing ability] So even though this is imperfect, I didn’t get to fit in all scenes I wanted, etc., (my editor literally won’t let me add in anymore w/out crashing lol) Hopefully this is passable as my tribute to this series I love dearly!

Haru especially has always been one of my favs, (but also Yuki!) So they’re the main focus of this A.M.V., I did try to fit some of the ensemble (especially Akira) in too though! Some clips (Ep06...) I meant to trim down more but again, editor literally is not letting me but in the end the longer clips fit, so I kept them!

Also, if you haven’t seen yet, there’s a {from our past year of 2020} post-series short story taking place when Yuki & Haru are 19! I really recommend it if you get a chance, it has nice post-series info!

Enjoy! Please continue to support this series!! (Hopefully someday, we’ll get that sequel!!!) {This A.M.V. has plot spoilers until Ep12 finale} (But not sure who would understand these contexts without subs, lol)

[winterune]

Deca Dence has everything that I love and miss. A cool setting. An awesome premise. Strong leads. Social commentaries hidden behind an oversaturated theme of a fight against a giant monster that threatens humanity. Thing is, the giant monster isn't a threat per se and the "people" behind it are actually cute little robots under the control of a "system". Also, humanity is (probably) almost extinct (that's not exactly a spoiler). Double also: humanity did shit, and the shit bites them back.

It's cool. It's awesome. I love it! Feels like a story from one of the books I used to read. And episode 6 was great! I honestly love the correction center! Kind of feels like what you'd find in a dystopian book (tho yeah this is dystopian). And I had a feeling Kabu's friends would make an entrance again.

Episode 1 introduced you to a world like any other, only to pull everything from right under your feet at the very first second of the next episode. The world building and character development are so well-done! The pacing is godly! Every scene of every episode packs so much without making it feel overbearing.

Give me more good original anime like this! Original anime's have its own merits in that it's not tied down by the characters/plots/pacing of its source. Especially if it's from manga (I often find less issue with anime adaptations of novels, and sometimes LNs). Adaptations are often riddled with pacing issues. Either it drags, or it's rushed. (Kind of like how books are always better than its movie adaptations). Good pacing often results in a cliff-hanger ending that begs for more. Or, it often gives its own originality to it that makes the anime works. Because in the end, anime and manga are different mediums and it's hard to animate 1:1 and still make it a good anime (well, imo at least).

But of course, that is a problem for any type of anime (or story in general). I'm not saying all adaptations have bad pacing or original anime always have good pacing either, but lately, a lot of adaptations I watch drag a lot. On the other hand, some of the recent original anime I watched (Sarazanmai, Tsuritama, and now, Deca-Dence) are masterpieces.

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Wave!! 6 | Fruits Basket 2 8 - 11 (33 - 36) | Fruits Basket the Final 1 (51) | Sk8 9 - 12 (FINAL, not counting recap) | Horimiya 2 | Dynazenon 1

I was watching Furuba the Final with someone else this one time, so we started on s3. I still owe all the eps. of s2, though.

Fruits Basket 33 (s2 ep 8)

It’s been about 5 months since I last watched Furuba…that’s how far behind I am. I’m back because the sequel is about to air on April 13th, though.

I don’t think I’ll ever get used to these natural-looking clouds…

Oh no! Mr Hermit Crab!

The subs didn’t quite sync with the dialogue for one line.

Fruits Basket 34 (s2 ep 9)

(no notes, sorry!)

Fruits Basket 35 (s2 ep 10)

(no notes, sorry!)

Fruits Basket 36 (s2 ep 11)

(no notes, sorry!)

Fruits Basket the Final 1 (s3 ep. 1/ep. 51)

(no notes – sorry! I tried the dub with this episode and so I may have missed some stuff, though.)

Wave!! 6

Masaki has a “record book” (kind of like the notebooks in BnHA). That’s his 3rd.

Who calls their dog “SG Hammer”…? Update: As we find out later, SG Hammer = Shichirigahama.

Who runs along the seafloor with a weight, anyway…?

Shirasu = whitebait, as known from Tsuritama. Loco moco is a Hawaiian meat and egg rice dish.

Between Wave!! and Sk8, winter 2021 was a very good season for board sports anime.

LOL, Nalu is still on his ukulele after all this time. Also, Masaki hasn’t dressed up his computer and Zoom looks very simple…(LOL?)

Apparently Japan and Hawaii are 19 hours apart, so while it may seem to be night for both, Masaki is almost a day ahead of Nalu.

Ohmigosh, Kosuke is so strait-laced, he’s a real anime villain! (Haha…)

“Surfing yappe!” really is a context-dependent sentence, huh? (noting what Masaki was saying from the mouth flaps)

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt from creative writing classes, it’s that exaggerating a character does not necessarily make it good. (I once had a character with an exaggerated accent who stood out in every scene he was in…Needless to say, I’ve scaled back on that stuff significantly since then.)

…goddang it, whenever anyone says “beef or chicken?” now, I think of that one swindler dad *points accusative finger at HypMic’s Rei*

…I’m still wondering: is Sho actually dead? You couldn’t tell from the previous episodes.

Sk8 9

According to the rules of Pokemon and the like, power moves like Power Break are best used by muscular guys like Joe.

To be honest, the reason I fell away from anime for a bit is because I was feeling like Langa in this episode. I guess I should applaud people who can keep up with long runners like Pokemon consistently on a weekly basis.

Sk8 10

What is DAP anyway…? Update: Apparently it’s that hand slapping thing some people do…if you believe Urban Dictionary…

Come to thik of it, we’ve never seen Oka skate.

I think I mentioned this with one of the other eps as well, but Koko ni netete means “Lie here”, not just “come here”.

Sk8 11

Ainosuke is just a naughty child, lashing out…in a man’s body, of course. Update: Something similar to that is said in episode 12, as well.

Sk8 12 (FINAL)

Note I skipped the recap episode because I have enough stuff on my list as it stands.

How can this anime use horror tropes so well…?

This rainbow world…it is known as The Zone *scare chords*…(Nah, scrap the chords.)

…c’mon! I was joking about that name (“The Zone”)! I didn’t actually mean it…!

…and that’s done! That was great, although (for reasons unrelated to this anime – in fact, I drifted away from anime for a bit...for more details on that, see episode 9's notes) I know I really lost myself at one point. That’s why I’m really thankful to Sk8 for getting me out of that funk.

Horimiya 2

I watched KareKano today (March 25th 2021) and I think Horimiya is very much following in that anime’s legacy. The double-sidedness of Yukino reminds me of Miyamura, to be precise. That’s why I’m back, after abandoning this anime for so long.

Man, since I was away since week 1, this is like watching the anime fresh for the first time again…

Marketing Script! Whoo!

(spoilers) I know this from rolling him in Mudae, but Miyamura’s first name is Izumi.

I almost thought with this development, it was all, “Call me Kyoko!” as well, but…nope.

Aren’t you just being used, Hori…?

Sengoku’s scary…but not as much as Honobono. (My automatic response to the name “Honobono”, after listening to the 2nd DRB drama tracks from (HypMic) is to mutter “F*** Honobono” and give her the finger, LOL.)

Why does this ping pong scene remind me of the volleyball scene in Boueibu…? (lol)

Dynazenon 1

Ume!!!

“Scarred Souls Shine like Stars”…ooh…

This is even more brightly coloured than Gridman…I love it already.

All these wide-open spaces…

That lollipop is a Chupa Chup. I’m sure of it.

LOL, Special Dog strikes again.

…it was bugging me, so I checked it up. Yomogi = Japanese mugwort.

(Tw: death) Did Kano…die?

Anyways, this is interesting, but like Gridman, it has a lot of questions that need answering.

[linuxmints-archive]

top 5 superpowered anime characters who arent precure but should be. bonus points if you explain why they should be precure but you dont have to

oooh!! i think i’ll rank this one bc i have someone who definitely deserves number one

ask me top 5 anything!

5. Inko Midoriya & Izuku Midoriya from BnHA!

is that cheating? i dont care. Inko was the first character that came to mind... it’d be like cure blossom and cure flower! cute....

4. leonardo watch from kekkai sensen!

i can’t think of much reason beyond i would like to see him in a cute frilly dress. sorry

3. haru from tsuritama!

ok this is a stretch. but! i recently watched this anime and my first thought was hikalala roleswap.

2. misa amane from death note!

i do not care for the death note canon but i love misa so much. let her in!

1. yui nanase from go princess precure!

oh look a serious entry. i’m classifying her as superpowered because of spoiler reasons. i love her she deserved to be a cure along with towa.

[someawesomeamvs]

Warning: Flashing lights, potential spoilers, slight violence

Title: Shake it Off

Editors: NikkiAtobe, LittleErdbeerchen, xTanikoYumi, thegoty2315, LillieJuxx, AnnaAsakura0, xNeonPotato, xAkariiAMV, xShiroha, MonkeyDElly, xKagamiYolo, CanimeStudios, IntrincateMind, hanon33, kirmazah, xhielorei, xRuRinify, LittleDevilAMV, xThelittleRose

Studio: VisibleDesireStudio

Song: Shake It Off

Artist: Taylor Swift

Anime: Nisekoi, One Piece, Chuunibyou demo koi ga Shitai!, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, Haikyuu!!, Toradora!, Free!, Tsuritama, Death Parade, Kyoukai no Kanata, Tamako Market, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, “Inari, Kon Kon, Koi Iroha”, Love Live! School Idol Project, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, K-On!!, Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo, Baka To Test, Phi Brain, Future Card Buddyfight, Tribe Cool Crew, The Idolm@ster, Amagi Brilliant Park, Kamisama Hajimemashita

Category: For fun

[elibean]

elianna’s best anime of the decade!

best of is here, under the cut is a lot of word vomit and honorable mentions and stuff

2010- princess jellyfish

2011- steins; gate

2012- tsuritama?? idk i didn’t really have a best for this year

2013- uchouten kazoku

2014- barakamon

2015- noragami (this only works bc im including aragoto, the first season was in 2014 but shhh)

2016- 3gatsu no lion

2017- made in abyss

2018- yuru camp (probably, i didn’t thoroughly go through my 2018s but)

2019- i’m still behind on this, but as of right now it’s vinland saga and i don’t see that changing tbh

spoilers to follow for steins;gate and made in abyss!

EDIT: i’m editing this like 2 weeks later bc i cant believe i forgot the promised neverland. i don’t have anything intelligent to say other than GOOD. the mystery was great, the suspense was great, the character animation was great. all good. i’m reading the manga so i’m excited to see what’s next!

ok so summer 2019- given. one of those shows so good that it got me to read the manga (only a handful of shows have gotten me to do that) so. its good yo. the character drama and the way characters interacted with each other was so much fun to watch, and also like. canon queer characters, so bonus points for that. but what really got me was towards the end, when mafuyu finally sang his song and it just destroyed me in the best way possible. the raw emotion (when he screams in the middle of the song, just *chef’s kiss*), the storytelling, i just! so good. i’m so excited for the movie but also terrified because 1) they could fuck it up so easily and 2) non-manga readers will inevatibly watch it and then say given is “cancelled” and . there’s already enough people reading the manga for the first time and doing that i really don’t want more of them

spring 2011- steins; gate! slow start, but absolutely worth it. i was hooked after the ending of episode 1, and it continued from there. but what really got me was towards the middle, when mayuri died, and then there was that episode after of just scene after scene after scene of okabe trying and failing to save her. it was so emotional and raw and GOOD, and it really raised the stakes for the following episodes. so good.

there are multiple seasons so im not giving this one a year but- natsume yuujinchou! one of the most soothing, but also emotional shows i’ve watched. the found family natsume finds with his friends but also his adopted parents after enduring abuse previously is just. ;_; all the youkai stories are done so well too, and it’s just. very good. my favorite seasons were san, shi, go, and roku (three, four, five, and six)! i still haven’t watched the movie yet tho bc i’m never in the right emotional state lol (in other words: i’m never ready to be depressed for a full day afterwards)

fall 2012- this boy caught a merman. no explanation here, i love soubi yamamoto. also assume everything she’s made 2010-2019 is on here save for meganebu and this boy suffers from crystallization

fall 2016- a silent voice. duh. have you SEEN this movie? 

fall 2015- noragami! i’m completley biased but fuk u. i adore noragami and its world and its characters and its story and i. bones season 3 when

march 2016-  kanojo to kanojo no neko: everything flows. this is 4 episodes, about 8 minutes each and i cried so

summer 2017- made in abyss. look i know this show is contreversial and rightly so. it’s got Issues, and i can’t reccomend it blindly like i can some of the others on this list but god if i didn’t love it. the music, the background art (animated by a former ghibli animator!), the story, the lore, the emotion (when reg and riko had to say goodbye to maruk...when reg finally killed mitty, and nanachi’s wails afterwards...) its Good, what do you want from me

summer 2011- no. 6. good and queer. also when am i getting my reunion. god

fall 2011- chihayafuru. hoooooo boy are my thoughts on this one Complicated. i adore chihayafuru, the sport of karuta is fascinating and thanks to this anime i learned how to play the game and joined a karuta club. even participated in an official comp in japan. .....also got my ass handed to me and was so discouraged that i quit the game So

summer 2013- uchouten kazoku. a hidden gem! i liked season 1 more than season 2, but it was such a fun show!

spring 2015- kekkai sensen. this show was so much fun! remember how the last episode got delayed for like a month+. that was fun. again i liked season 1 more than season 2, but whatever. black was my favorite! and black and white’s relationship was so sweet ;_;

winter 2015- assasination classroom. this was such a ridiculous show, but a lot of fun. karma was my fave! cheeky lil bastard

winter 2016- doukyuusei. it was queer and good

fall 2016- 3gatsu no lion. yet again i enjoyed the first season more than the second, but still an amazing show. rei was such a good main character, and his battles with depression and just his inner-mind in general were so interesting to watch. 

winter 2017- miss kobayashi’s dragon maid. this was such a feel-good show. also involved found family and was also queer and good. like made in abyss it had Issues (and like made in abyss the issues were similar....sigh), but if you can ignore those, it was really good and wholesome.

spring 2018- liz and the blue bird. i went into this having not watched hibike (besides like 2 episodes back when the first season was airing), but naoko yamada is amazing so. the raw emotions were SO GOOD. also the fantasy scenes were so much fun to watch.

??? 2019- vinalnd saga. does this count? i mean it STARTED it 2019, even if it finished in 2020. anyway this was really good

[syncopatedid]

Natsume Yuujinchou, Hitoyoshi, 2008~?; Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto prefecture, 2017

Hitoyoshi City (人吉市) was one of those areas in Kumamoto I’ve wanted to do for an unbelievably long while now because of my unabashed love for Natsume Yuujinchou, and finally the time has come! But it was also one of those trips where small oversights meant huge misadventures along the way. I actually passed by a few locations without knowing they were scenes from the anime till later, though they mostly came from areas out of Hitoyoshi (like Kumamoto and Yatsushiro station). ”You should have done your homework properly”, I remind my inner child. But ah, such is life.

The places featured are: 1~3:Tengu Bridge (天狗橋) 4~5: Hitoyoshi Station (人吉駅), 6~7: Tamachi Sugawara Tenmangu Shrine(田町菅原天満宮) 8: Kuma-gawa/Kuma River (球磨川) 9~10:Hitoyoshi Castle ruins park (人吉城跡). Not a bad roundup, all things considered.

My favourite finds were the last two spots at Hitoyoshi Castle Park, as they were spots that didn’t ping on my radar while I was researching for Natsume. I was wandering around Kuma-gawa and saw the long white wall, and it struck me as looking rather familiar. So I went digging through my image archives and  managed to uncover one screen shot that matched that particular wall (the one with Shibata and Natsume). Finding the exact spot where the reference shot was taken for the anime took a bit longer - if I recall, it required some extra leg work to scale up a high stone wall that was overlooking those white walls.  It’s not a spot where I would have explored nor have found had I not been looking for it, but it’s got a pretty nice view! Wasn’t able to find the screen shot for the last photo while I was there, but I just had this feeling it might be relevant so I took a picture of it anyway (and my hunch was right)!

Story time! I thought that Tengu Bridge would be close enough to Hitoyoshi City that I could clear with the other locations I was planning to hit within the day, but it turned out to be a whole other station away, accessible by a local train that only ran every other hour. Another miss was underestimating the distance between each location hunt, so there was no time to budget a trip to the bridge and back before evening. I was due to leave on a 9:30am train so there wasn’t much time to attempt a next day quest either. It did seem silly to be so hung up on one location when I’ve already got most of the ones on my checklist, so I decided to sleep on it, hoping that I’d get over Tengu Bridge by morning.

Spoiler alert: I did not get over it. 

Full luggage in tow at 7:50am, I got into a taxi to take me to Tengu Bridge. Now the thing about me and Japanese taxis is - 1) I still don’t know how to call for one on my own and pretty much relied on hotel/ryokan staff to do that for me; and 2) Tengu Bridge was located pretty far away from…. everything? But I hadn’t really thought that far ahead yet, and when we got to the bridge I explained my predicament to the driver. The plan was to negotiate for her to wait for me for five minutes while I sprinted off across the bridge for a picture and back. And part of the reason why I’m sharing this story is so I could give a shout out to this lovely lady driver in her shiny pink taxi who did me a real solid, and granted me ten minutes to enjoy Tengu Bridge while she waited for me with the fare meter paused, which meant she didn’t charge me for the waiting time at all. 本当に ありがとうございました～！Also, she knew about my 9:30am ride and was mindful of the time for me, so I even made it back to the station and was able to board that train after all. All in all, a last-spurt side adventure that thankfully turned out well. To think I was almost prepared to give it up! (p.s: you can actually spot the pink taxi waiting in the third photo at the far end of the bridge).

I keep procrastinating this post but to be honest there’s quite a bit to unpack for this trip. Tl;dr, other dramatic misadventures happened on that faithful 9:30am train I was on, and it seemed that my travel plan was destined to be delayed no matter what I ended up doing that day anyway, ahaha…

And そ, I continue to ponder about questions that I do not have the answers for. But ah, such is life too.

Other fandom travel musings:

[Bungo Stray Dogs] Yokohama [Digimon Tri] Odaiba [Durarara!!] Ikebukuro [Durarara!! X2] Ikebukuro I &II &3 [Free!] Iwami, Tottori |Sydney I&II [Haikyuu!!] Sendai City Gym, Miyagi [Hotarubi no Mori e] Kamishikimi [Hyouka] Hida Takayama [Kyoukai no Kanata] Nara [Natsume Yuujinchou] Hitoyoshi [Tsuritama!] Enoshima Island I & II [TWEWY] Shibuya [Yuri On Ice] Karatsu, Saga & Fukuoka

[natsspammityspamspamham]

Anime: Tsuritama

Yeah, I just trimmed it and uploaded a small clip. There are probably a bunch that I could’ve shown, but I deleted most of the files, and I felt that that one was the best interpretation of the show without getting into spoilers.

Anyway, this was a fun odd weird anime with a bit of an identity crisis, but I finished it, and I happened to like it even if it’s not for everyone. 

While the animation and score were kind of average, I happened to like the OP and ED and the unusual colour scheme they used. The ED was so calming, and the OP was catchy.

The voice acting was pretty good. While it sometimes felt like it was lacking in synergy, it still did its job. I will add that I can’t stand Miyu Irino in that kind of role. Chizuru Tachibana from Kimi to Boku was enough for me. Haru was so annoying when it came to his voice. According to the MAL site, Sugita voices the duck Tapioca, but I’ve haven’t seen it in the credits. Cast of note: Ryota Osaka, Kouki Uchiyama, Miyu Irino, and Tomokazu Sugita.

The story is probably ridiculous. I’m going to describe it, and I’m going to sound like I’m insane. It’s about this boy named Yuki with massive social anxiety who gets a murderous bitch face whenever he has an anxiety attack. He gets roped into fishing and other weird stuff with a self-proclaimed alien named Haru who can also control people by shooting them with a small water gun. The fishing prodigy Natsuki eventually joins the team of bozos as they learn to fish from him. Meanwhile, there is a mysterious organization looking into Haru and his alien kind. These are known as the D.U.C.K.S. They all wear turbans, eat curry, and sometimes they wear marshmallow hazmat suits that squeak. Akira Yamada is a part of that group, and with his duck buddy Tapioca, they join the three fishers in their pursuit of catching something. Haru and Yuki are a super duper valid ship, and you can’t convince me otherwise. BROTP or OTP, it doesn’t matter. The characters are all pretty likeable, and the grandma reminds me of Uncle Iroh from Avatar because she’s always spewing the philosophical thoughtful wisdom that old people just seem to have.

[izzyizumi]

Digimon Ghost Game Ep. 24 vs. Tsuritama Ep. 10 (& the previous Ep. 09 {at end} that led into Ep. 10) ~ Important QUOTES / CONCEPTS ~ Cross-Series written lines / quotes / Parallels? by Hiroyuki Kakudou (a head writer/director of Digimon Adventure + 02) {who has also contributed writing some earlier episodes of Ghost Game...}

Commentary:

According to Anime News Network, Hiroyuki Kakudou also wrote for Tsuritama’s Ep. 10. (Episode 10 connected a lot of earlier concepts the series set in motion for that series’ Plot.) {If you recognize the character designs... Yes, Uki Atsuya, the Tri character designer, also contributed!}

“I want them to bloom beautifully and healthily while they’re alive.” - Kate Sanada

“This is how it should be” - Haru

“Don’t die, everyone. You have to bloom beautfully and healthily...” - Haru (Ep10)

“Strangely, talking to them helps them grow more beautiful flowers...” Yuto (Ghost Game)

{Tsuritama Ep09, leading into Ep10...}

“They’ll all die eventually, so I want them to bloom beautifully and healthily while they’re alive ... That’s what {Kate} said.” (Ep03; near end)

{Tsuritama Ep03} (near mid-end) [what Haru was referring to...]

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My Commentary:

I don’t know if Kakudou also wrote for this ep or not, (but iF HE DIDN’T...)

The parallels are so similar it’s scary (and maybe you can understand by connecting these concepts together, what this episode’s plot maybe intended to overall show...)