#waiiiiit I’ve never even thought about it this way

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball Super 131

At last, we’ve reached the sweaty, beefy, Super Sheronny conclusion of the Dragon Ball Super anime.

But don’t worry, because any day now they’re going to make Dragon Ball Super II, aka Dragon Ball 2uper.  Toei confirmed it, so we’re definitely going to see Crimson Super Shenron fight Morolah, the fusion of Moro and Granolah, in 2019.  I mean 2020.  I mean... 2021.  Wait, no, it’s definitely coming out in 2022.  No really, they’re bringing back the Shadow Dragons and Vegeta becomes a Destroyer God!  My uncle works at Nintendo, so you have to believe me waiiiiit!

Last time, Jiren seemed to have Goku beaten, but then Frieza and 17 popped back up to defy him.  They saved Goku from being eliminated, and Jiren questions the purpose of this, since Goku’s so badly wrecked that he can’t even fight.  Frieza is disgusted by all this “trust” and “friendship” talk.  He just says it’s insurance.  After all, the numerical advantage may be all Universe 7 has. 

Still Frieza sees an opening, because Goku worked Jiren over really good before his body gave out.  Jiren’s nowhere near as strong as he was before, which means Golden Frieza might have a chance against him.  So this could work out after all.

But Frieza overplays his hand by taunting Jiren.  He notes how he’s fighting a lot sloppier now, and suggests that it’s because Goku’s thrashing shook Jiren’s confidence.  He’s feeling weak now, like he did when he was a helpless kid.  That angers Jiren, so he...

... stomps on his tail!  Yeah!

And then he goes to town on Frieza’s face.  Very nice!  I’ve never been sold on having Frieza in this arc, but I can’t deny the advantage of the heel heat he brings to Universe 7′s team. 

But in spite of this predicament, Frieza’s still doing okay.  I guess Jiren was more worn down than I thought. 

Then 17 jumps Jiren with another energy blast, like he used on him before.  Jiren thinks he’s ready for him, but he’s not.

This time, 17 puts up a force field around them.  Which I guess concentrates the attack?  I’m not sure why this helps, but it’s different from what 17 did last time, so that’s cool.

And that seems to take the fight out of Jiren.  He collapses to his knees, and he seems to be knocked loopy. 

Frieza remarks that 17 took quite a gamble on that move, but 17 said he could afford the risk, since he knew Frieza could take over if things went wrong.  So Frieza’s part of this “trust” think whether he likes it or not. 

So it looks like Jiren’s really beaten this time.  Even Belmod begins to despair, and he tells Jiren that he did all he could. 

But Top hasn’t lost hope.  He does his best Krillin impression and begs Jiren to get back on his feet and keep fighting.  Top believes in Jiren, even if Jiren doesn’t. 

And that actually lights a fire under Jiren, and he taps into power he didn’t know he had left.  So now Jiren’s beginning to realize just what Goku was telling him about before.

Jiren shoots a big blast at Frieza and 17, and they’re not strong enough to hold it back.  Golden Frieza powers down to Regular Frieza, so it seems like they’re doomed. 

Z stands for the end.  But not yet.

Not yet.

So Goku’s back on his feet, and 17′s like “How?” and Goku’s like “You’ve blown yourself up like two or three times.  You tell me.”

Goku wants 17 to hang back and provide support while Goku and Frieza double-team Jiren.  Frieza refuses to fight alongside Goku, but Goku insists.  They’re all too weakened to fight solo, so they have to play it this way.  It’s their only chance, and Frieza knows that.  Frieza reminds Goku of his promise to resurrect him after they win, and Goku assures him that he’ll honor their agreement, so Frieza decides to cooperate.   17 asks if they want to hug before they attack.  Frieza denies it, but I think we all know the answer is “yes”.  I mean, Goku’s always down for a hug, so there’s no point in asking him. 

So Jiren smiles and waits for their assault.  I’m not sure exactly why he’s so upbeat here, although it’s probably because he can settle things with Goku without that crappy finish they almost had in the previous episode. 

So they go to work.  And I suppose it’s time I talked about the insert song used throughout the Tournament of Power, “Kyuukyoku no Battle”, aka “Ultimate Battle”, by the band ZENTA, with lyrics by Akira Kushida.  It’s mainly used when Goku does cool stuff in Ultra Instinct, but it also gets used in multiple episodes, including this one, where UI is clearly off the table.  Sometimes it’s just an instrumental version, but in Episodes 110, 116, and 131, we get the vocals. 

Here’s a live performace I found of the song, and it kicks ass.

My main gripe with the dub of DBS is that they replace the insert song with an English version performed by Elliot Coleman.  The English lyrics suck and Coleman’s no Fushida, let’s put it that way.  Ever since Episode 110 aired, I’ve been looking up this song on YouTube, and I’ve found plenty of covers that do it justice, and somehow Funimation got a lemon.  Oh well.

Anyway, this entire final exchange fits within the song.  The animation’s awesome, the choreography is easy to follow, probably because everyone’s so weary that they can’t stop to do big light shows or too-fast-to-follow maneuvers.  Goku and Frieza are relentless, and 17 keeps bringing the pain with his ki blasts.

Even so, Jiren’s not done yet.  So they keep on clubberin’.

While he knocks them aside, Jiren goes after 17, and Frieza comes up with a plan.  He wants Goku to throw him at Jiren. 

Goku’s currently sliding down what’s left of the big column that used to sit in the center of the tournament stage, and he sets Frieza up like a volleyball. 

Then Frieza does the Nova Strike, aka that thing he did against Goku near the end of their fight on Namek, before he ran out of gas and cut himself in half. 

But it’s not a strike this time, it’s a grab.  Frieza’s trying to tackle Jiren and force him out of bounds.  Unfortunately, Jiren’s got enough werewithal to angle their descent to a ring fragment, saving himself and giving him a chance to knock Frieza loose.

Bad news for Frieza, right?  Wrong, because here comes...

Super Saiyan Goku!  Well, he’s not exactly Super Saiyan.  He just keeps flickering on and off, because he’s so spent.  I can’t capture that in stills, but let me assure you it’s awesome to see.  My guy’s just forcing himself to use whatever transformation he can manage. 

So it looks like all of these guys are flying, which I’m pretty sure they shouldn’t be able to do, since the anti-flying effect is still in place.  My guess is that they’re actually falling, but the camera angles are such that it’s hard to tell which way is down.  Anyway Frieza and Goku both hang on to Jiren for all they’re worth, and basically force him clear of the stage...

This looks like they’re shooting a ki blast at Jiren, but I’m pretty sure they’re just using their combined power to blast him down as hard and as fast as possible.  No more escape artist stuff, Jiren.

And yeah, 17′s the only one left on the stage...

Goku and Frieza get zapped to the bench.

And so does Jiren.  The Grand Minister makes the official ruling, and the U11 group all begins to fade away. 

Before they go, Top thanks Jiren on behalf of the whole gang, and Jiren is confused because (a) he lost and (b) he’s been ignoring the Pride Troopers this whole time, and pursuing his own agenda.  

Then Goku interrupts to tell him how much he appreciate their battle, and how he hopes to see Jiren again in the future.  Jiren smiles contentedly as he is wiped from existence.

So that ends the Tournament of Power.  The only business that remains is summoning the Super Dragon Balls to award the grand prize.  And since 17 is the only one left in the ring, he’s the winner.

I guess this was the big thing with Frieza going along with Goku’s plan earlier.  Throughout this tournament, Frieza’s kind of been reluctant to work with the others, and that may be because he was aiming to earn the Super Dragon Ball wish for himself, in part because he didn’t trust Goku to honor their agreement.  But Frieza had to eliminate himself to get Jiren out of the ring, and he made the decision to abandon his Super Dragon Ball plan and just leave his resurrection up to Goku. 

So 17 gets his wish, but instead of asking for that cruise liner he mentioned before, he asks the Grand Minister to wish back all the universes that were erased in the tournament. 

A lot of people in the crowd are like “WHAAAA--?!” but I don’t get it.  I mean, what other wish could there be after something like this.  Are you telling me Roshi would have wished for porn after watching seven universes get annihilated?  I mean, Frieza wouldn’t care, obviously, but why is anyone else surprised?

Well, we need us some montage music, so here’s KISS with “God Gave Rock ‘N’ Roll To You II”!

So we have this nice montage of everytone reappearing in their home univese.  Caulifla jumps on Kale and hugs her immediately, which is just like what the Yakuza do, don’t you know.  Incidentally, Frost is in this scene, just off to the left, so he got un-erased as well, even though he was penalized for trying to attack Frieza from the bench.

Oh, fuck, Universe 10 is back, which means Gowasu’s reign of error can continue.

Get bent, Gowasu.

And Universe 4 is back...

Universe 3 is back...

U2 returns with a light and sound spectacular...

And Universe 9 is back, but the joke’s on them, because Universe 9 is a shithole.  They probably liked it better when they were erased.

And of course, U11 is back, and the pride Troopers are back on their world.  Or maybe this is Belmod’s planet, I have no idea.  Top asks Jiren what’s bothering him, and Jiren says that Goku wanted to see him again someday, but he’s got no aptitude for interpersonal relationships.   Top calls him a silly coward and reminds him that Jiren was inspired to power up when Top cheered him on.  Doesn’t that count for anything?   The Pride Troopers are Jiren’s friends, whether he knew it or not.

Top said that they should meet U7 again, and next time they’re gonna win, and Jiren likes the sound of that. 

Back in the Null Realm, 18 seems really worried about 17 passing up the chance to get a sweet boat, but he says it’s fine.  He couldn’t just leave those poor universes to stay erased.  I mean, he’s a park ranger, so of course he should feel that way about it.  Goku thanks him for his wish, since I think it’s pretty clear that’s what he would have done, and Vegeta had the same idea earlier.  He’s not gonna thank 17, though, because he’s still mad about his sister breaking his arm that one time.

Frieza finds this happy ending stuff grating, and asks Goku to escort him back to hell, but then Whis uses his staff to restore Frieza to life.  I guess he can just do that now?   Whis says it’s a gift from Beerus, to reward him for his performance during the Tournament. 

The Zenos hang out with Goku for a bit....

And the Grand Minister reveals the true purpose of the Tournament of Power.  While no one else was expecting 17′s wish, the Zenos did.  They believed that the winner of the tournament would have the compassion to restore the erased universes, and the competition itself would drive the winner to that conclusion.  I guess that’s true enough.  17 was so indifferent about the whole thing at first.  Remember, when Goku first told him about the rules, 17 didn’t even care about his own universe getting erased, much less anyone else’s. 

But if the winner had asked for any selfish wish, then that would have been a great condemnation of mortals, and the Zenos would have erased all twelve universes on the spot.  So Universes 1, 5, 8, and 12 were not truly exempt after all. 

The Zenos ask Goku what they should play next, and Beerus hastily makes an excuse to get them out of there before Goku starts any new crises.   Ah well. 

They share a hearty fistbump, and then it’s back to Earth.

Everyone watches the sunrise on Earth, and it’s kind of nice of Frieza to behave himself during this.  I guess he knows he can’t pull any shit with so many guys around who can kill him.

And then we move on to the end credits.  Goten and Trunks foiled some poachers while 17 was gone.  Good for them.

Yurin got a proper uniform from Tien’s dojo. 

Buu’s still fucking asleep. 

And while most of the gang is celebrating Bulla’s birth, 17 sends pictures from his new cruise liner.

Bulma just gave him the one she had back in Episode 4 or whatever.  Did she pay everyone the prize money Goku lied about?

Frieza returns to his subjects.... although I’m not sure who these people are or where this is happening.  Most of his staff died in Res F, I would have thought. 

And Goku and Vegeta have a match together.  Vegeta challenges Goku to use his Ultra Instinct power again, but Goku can’t do it, and he isn’t sure why.    But they both resolve to keep getting stronger forever.  And that’s it, that’s the show. 

I kept forgetting to make this point, but to sum up what makes the Tournament of Power so much better than the rest of Dragon Ball Super... The problem with the first 75% of this series is that it’s a lot of characters talking and talking, or speculating about things they don’t know or can’t control.     The show isn’t all bad, but a lot of the good parts are mired in padding and extended scenes of conversations that just don’t matter. 

The Tournament of Power has a lot of talking as well.  I skipped over most of it for brevity’s sake, but almost every action scene is punctuated by the spectators discussing it at length.   But at least the focus is on the Tournament of Power, because the Tournament of Power is literally the only thing happening across those 35 episodes.  And since it’s only 48 minutes long, Toei can’t just cut to a scene of Mr. Satan doing something goofy, or Emperor Pilaf arguing with Jaco.

Simply put, the Tournament of Power lets the characters fight.  That sounds so obvious, but think about all the other episodes where fighting always seemed to be secondary.  The Destroyer Tournament was more about Beerus and Champa bickering than the action itself.  Goku Black would stab a dude, then start a whole lecture, and the lecture was supposed to carry all the dramatic weight. 

You could do a whole movie or saga where it’s just Goku and Vegeta having a friendly match, or any other characters you like.  This show works that way, where fighting is the medium through which the stories are told.  So when you get stingy with the fighting, you’re removing one of the keys to the franchise’s success.  Fortunately, the Tournament of Power got it right, and it basically redeemed the entire series. 

But as far as I’m concerned, if I ever rewatch Dragon Ball Super again, I’m just skipping straight to Episode 97.  There’s a machete cut I want to list out sometime, but I know 97-131 are a fun time, so why bother skipping around the rest? 

Well, that’s it for the DBS anime, but the 2023 Apocrypha Liveblog isn’t done just yet.  I still have to catch up on the manga, and there’s a couple other things I need to look into.  So stay tuned for that.

[chaotic-cheese-blog]

Chaos threatens god

Chaos’ eyes fluttered open, yet it was still dark.

‘What the hell? Why am I on the floor? Why is the floor not carpeted?’

‘D-didn’t I die? Was that a dream? Dammit…Urg, the floor is so hardddd.’

They blinked. They blinked again.

They sat up, groaning.

They stared down at their yellow jumper and their school bag, which was laying next to them.

‘Waiiiiit a sec, how can I see myself if it’s dark?!

...

‘Ooooo what if I’m lucid dreamiiiing, I’ve never done that befoooore.

Your meant to be able to do what you want right? Umm I’m in Disneyland. Disneyland, Disneyland!’

But nothing changed, they were still in the void.

‘Awww whaaat??? Maybe it’s not a dreammm. I heard you can’t look at mirrors when your dreaming. Let’s see hereeee’

They dug into there backpack, fishing out the pocket mirror and their knife for the hell of it. They clicked it open and stared at their reflection.

.

.

.

“WHAT.”

The shock was so powerful it snapped Chaos out of their silent delirious thoughts.

The surprise wasn’t that they had a reflection, it was what they looked like.

“what.” they repeated quietly.

Their face was a mess. A gory mess. It had chunks of flesh ripped off, bits of bone were visible. But, there was no blood. It was… weird, to say the least.

“so it wasn’t a dream. hm.” they mumbled, taking it it.

“Heya friendo, you’re finally up I see.”

Chaos whipped around, pointing the knife at the speaker. It had a TV head with a picture of a familiar dog on it. It put its hands up.

“Whoa there, no need to make any rash decisions!”

Lowering the knife, gears turned in Chaos’ mind.

“You… Oh yeah! god right?”

“(Even at the beginning of a sentence you refuse to use a capital letter for me?) That’s right matey. Welcome to the void!”

“Uhuh, and what am I doing in the void?”

“I’m not sure actually. You’re dead, that’s all I know. (Maybe because it was my fault?)” He mumbled that last part.

Chaos rolled their eyes.

“Oh wow, I didn’t reali- Wait what was that last bit? What do you mean it’s your fault?”

“You heard that?! So, funny thing is… I’m pretty sure I was that dog.”

“Huh? Wait. HUH? What?”

“Hey there. It’s not totally my fault… you were in the way”

Chaos shrieked at the audacity.

“MY FAULT?! MY FAULT?! OH YEAH? VICTIM BLAMING MUCH? OF COUUUURSE I WANTED TO FEEL MAXIMUM PAIN!! OF COUUURSE I WANTED TO BE DISFIGURED!”

At this point they stood up, clutching the pocket knife tightly. They might be a small 7 year old, but they were a 7 year old with a weapon. They slowly approached the useless god.

“Hey now, I’m sure we can find a solution.” He spoke rapidly.

“Unless you can get me back to life, we have nothing to talk about.” They growled.

“Well I can’t do that because you’re officially dead in this timeline but uh… Oh! I can set you up for another timeline that’s relatively similar so you can, y’know, meet the characters?”

Chaos paused at this, something in their eyes glistened. He takes this as his sign to continue.

“Yeah! We can find a suitable timeline and put a spot for you!”

The young one loosened their grip a little.

“Can you… really do that?” Now he had really got them hooked.

“Sure! It takes quite a bit of effort, but it’s possible!”

Any hint of hatred had dissolved from their stance.

“Can I have a bucket?”

“A bucket for a head? I mean I can try”

“No no. A bucket. That I can put on my head.”

“(what???) Sure, whatever. Let’s get started then.”

One montage later…

“Ok, looks good. It should be stable. You ready kid?”

Chaos nodded excitedly.

“I’ll finally live up to my name!

“What?”

“Oh, nothing” They smiled, staring at the fourth wall.

@directdogman

[sunshineandbnha]

After All These Years - Denki x reader (Denki birthday special)

Word count: 2,355 Warnings: not edited A/N: I really did try to get this out on his birthday, but now it’s 8 minutes too late. It’s kinda rushed, but I really like this idea. Hope you like it.

~

"It's almost our third year in UA."

"I know, crazy right." Kaminari laid back in the grass. His hands were folded behind his head.

The wind combed through your hair. It was a nice day and you both agreed to meet at the park.

"You know, back when I applied to UA, I thought I'd have a girlfriend by now."

"Yeah." You absent mindedly nodded.

"I know! If we're still single when we're thirty, we'll marry each other!" 

You laughed, not taking his suggestion seriously. "Well, I would want to date someone before I marry them. Besides, how do you know I won't become a hobo by then." you said jokingly.

He let out a sigh. His gaze drifting down to his side. "I just don't want to be alone." 

You paused before rolling your eyes a little, but you decided not to tease him about it. You jokingly agreed, "Yeah. Sure."

~

It was your first day off in a while, and you took this precious time to sort through the growing mess in your room. Picking up each individual item and trying to figure out what to do with it. You came across an old photo. The frame around it was a nice wooden brown, though it was clear from touching it that it was just plastic. It had collected some dust

It was a photo of you with your friends while you were still in highschool. Among them was Kaminari. You smiled as you sat back on the one area of your bed that wasn't cluttered from cleaning. It had been years since then.

Wait.

"Shoot!" You stood, "It was his birthday today wasn't it?"

You quickly walked out of your room to find your phone. Both to check the date and to text him if it was. You were in the process of searching for it when a knock at the door interrupted you. You didn’t recall anyone saying they were coming over. You carefully walked up to the door.

"It's me, Denki."

You opened up the door to the smiling blond on the other side. 

“It’s my birthday! Miss me?”

"Hey! Not that I'm upset, but what are you doing here?"

"I thought I texted you that I was coming over?" He said.

With an eyebrow quirked, you found your phone after a minute of searching and checked.

"Oops. Sorry, I had it on silent."

“No problem.” He bounced on his toes. “It’s been a while since we saw each other in person. Like, a month or so?”

“Yeah.” You nodded. “Wait a second, that was in winter.”

His eyes widened. “Oh! Right! Yeah, it was cold that day. So, ouch, five months ago.”

“Good for catching up. Sorry, I completely forgot it was your birthday. I swear I had just remembered and was about to text you before you knocked.”

“It’s all good.”

You nodded and fell into an awkward silence. Both wanting to talk about something, but having no idea where to start.

Kaminari smiled. “So, thirty, right? Back in U.A. I almost thought I’d never get this far.”

“Yeah.” You laughed. “We’re getting old.”

“I know,” he nervously nodded. “So are we gonna date now?”

“Excuse me?”

“Remember about fourteen years ago when we said if we didn’t find anyone by now, we’d start dating?”

“Holy- we’ve been friends that long?” You shook your head. “But, I did? I don’t remember... well, I guess I kinda remember that now that you mention it?”

“Oops, I guess it was a while ago.” His head sunk into his shoulders and looked to his side with a nervous grin. “But… wanna try?”

You bit the inside of your lip and looked up. Well, considering this was your day off, you didn’t have much better to do. Of course, there was the clutter in your bedroom, but you were also subconsciously keen on looking for an excuse not to do it. Plus, you really didn’t have a problem with going on one date with him. And…

"Fine. We'll go on a date and see how we feel by the end of it."

His golden eyes lit up and his smile grew the biggest you'd seen it in a long time.

You loved to see him happy.

"But, I have one condition," you had said, "it can't get out to the media."

The media and citizens loved to meddle in pro heroes' love life. Simply going to a café together would get you on trending pages for the next week. And though you never experienced this, you've seen how stressful it could be. Lord knew how much hate Shouto's girlfriend received from his fangirls when a camera first caught them. There was even a rumor about reporters going to her apartment when someone found out which complex she lived in.

Of course, you didn't know her or Shouto personally. It happened around five years ago, and you didn’t even know if they were still together. But it was enough to convince you to try not to get caught up in that kind of drama if you could help it.

"This mask is kinda stuffy," Kaminari tugged at the black mask on his face.

You walked by his side on the sidewalk. The air felt still and hot. But at least the night prevented it from getting any warmer. The temperature actually felt comfortable if you were sitting.

"Sorry. I just don't want someone to see us together and blow it out of proportion. Especially since we don't know how we feel about this yet."

"True. But it's so hard," he whined.

"Hopefully you didn't pick a restaurant to go to."

"I actually didn't. I hope you'll really like it."

It all felt so strange, because it didn't feel odd. You were both talking and hanging out like you usually would. The only difference now was that there was the official title of "date" going along with it.  You both spent a lot of time together like that when you were still high schoolers. He actually asked you out a few times, but you always said no and insisted on being just friends.

Though just a few months before graduating, you started to develop feelings for him. You ignored it. You knew he didn't feel the same. It hurt to see him asking other people out at that time, but it was fine. It hurt, but you knew your silly feelings meant nothing and you liked being friends with him.

You past shops, getting closer to the park.

Initially after graduating, you didn't see each other very much. You were both busy and it put strain on your friendship, or maybe just you. It was because you wanted to talk to him, you really did, but you had other, more pressing, things you needed to do. It was around that time, when you weren’t constantly seeing him for the first time in a few years, that you realized how much you relied on him, despite you being the one to remind him of homework and keep him out of trouble.

You wandered into the park. Kaminari took your hand and led you off the path and towards the pond.. You tilted your head in confusion, but followed. He stopped by the water next to a cherry blossom tree, though by now the pink petals were gone and replaced by glossy green leaves.

He stared out onto the water, you did the same. The night seemed so much more still here. The sky was a beautiful black with flecks of diamonds that reflected off of the water.

You almost forgot you were still holding hands.

"I've always wanted to take someone special to me here on a date." He smiled. "But I've never gotten to before."

"So, I'm the first?" Out of all everyone, were you really the only one to get to see this with him.

"Yep."

You thought for a second. "What about Natalie?"

He gave a small laugh, but one that was filled with some sort of bittersweet emotion. Sadness? Longing? None of those were really the right word. Maybe if there was a word that meant "remembering a happy what-could-have-been".

"Yeah. Natalie was amazing, but by the time I was comfortable enough to take her here our schedules didn't allow it."

You picked at your memory. "She was born in America, right?"

"Yeah, but she couldn't remember it since her family moved to Japan when she was three."

You nodded, then your eyes drifted downwards. "Sucks she had to move to Paris for her career."

"Yeah. But that’s in the past. I hope she's doing good right now. I bet she has awesome clothing lines out now." He stared up in the sky.

The tension was way too thick for you right now. You playfully bumped his arm. "Admit it, you liked her because she could draw."

"Yeah! Her drawings were amazing!" his eyes lit up and had a distant look, like he was remembering them. Then he paused "Waiiiiit, are you saying mine aren't good?"

"What? No, no!" 

You burst out laughing and he did the same. It rang out across the water and in the night air, where everyone could hear, but you didn't care. It felt like your own tiny world.

"You know," you started. "Back when you said that whole 'if we're thirty and single' thing, I thought you were joking. You know,” you said before he could respond, “Back in the last year of U.A. I actually did start to have feelings for you.”

“What?!” he jumped back in surprise. "You liked me? Why didn’t you tell me?!”

“Because you didn’t feel the same.” 

“True,” he said in a quiet voice, “But I did earlier, you were just a year too late. I mean, since then I mostly saw you as a friend, but another part of me wondered what it would be like if we did date.”

You hummed and nodded. “But for me, it took me forever to get rid of those feelings. A part of me almost didn’t want to do this because then that time would be wasted.” Especially when it hurt so much and took so long.

He glanced at you, but didn’t say anything. You didn’t blame him. If you were him you wouldn’t be able to find any words for what you just said too.

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault."

A silence fell on you.

He bit his lip. "So, I guess you're my friend, a really close one, but at the same time I also see you as something more. If that makes any sense." 

You nodded. "Yeah, I think it does." 

"So, you actually, really, like me, at least at some point?" He said slowly.

"Yes. Stop asking. This is really embarrassing." You covered your face with your hands.

"Hey! Don't cover your face!" 

He fought to get his fingers around your wrists to pull them apart. You did your best to keep them in place, hands shaking in effort, but he was stronger. You angled your face away in a futile attempt to prevent him from seeing it, but all with a smile on your face.

He put his finger under your chin and turned your head toward him. He was already smiling. The small amount of light coming from the city reflected in his eyes. But then his features softened. He leaned in ever so slightly.

"Gosh, you're beautiful." 

You could feel his breath fanning your face as he whispered. You felt yourself being pulled closer to him, as if some magic force moved you, and your lips met. The moment they touched, you felt a tingle, not quite like electricity, but there was no other way to describe it. You felt yourself relax. Muscles you didn’t even know were wound up went slack. You found your hand reaching to the back of his neck and gliding up into his hair. His arm snaked around your waist to hold you closer.

It was like your forgotten dreams were coming back to life, stronger and more vivid. You felt walls you built crumbling down before him as you melted into the kiss and the moment. And for that moment, you were the only ones in the world.

Then that moment ended. You suddenly squinted from a sudden flash of light.

The kiss broke from your mutual confusion. You blinked hard and looked to see where it came from. What you found was a guy, who appeared to be in his twenties, though it was hard to tell in the light. And in both his hands, he held a phone, ready to take a picture.

Oh, this was NOT happening.

You stomped up to him. The look of fear on his face was comical. It was hard to tell, but you think he turned pale.

“Delete that right. Now!”

He frantically nodded, fumbling with his phone. You stood over him, staring at his phone to make sure he deleted it and didn’t upload it to the internet. As you did so, Kaminari walked beside you and bumped you with his elbow.

“Still shy?” he whispered.

You pouted, eyes turning down slightly. You waited for the guy to be done. After inspecting his recent photos to make sure he did, you gave his phone back. He apologized before running away.

“I just don’t want anyone to know for now. It's just... this is personal for me. Just... give me time, okay?" you said.

"I've been waiting forever to be with you. I'm pretty sure I can wait to tell my friends about it." He wrapped his arm around you.

It was a beautiful night. The still water glistening. The trees decorating the horizon. The stars shining above you, witnessing the event. Crickets applauded you. Aside from that, the world was quiet, as if respecting this special moment 

.

.

.

"But seriously. Don't tell your friends about it, okay?" 

"Okay. Okay. I won't. I promise."

"That's what you said with the pop tart incident!" 

"Okay then, I pinky promise. On our love... and friendship! Alright?" 

"Alright."

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1. “I have a lot going for me, but humility is not one of them.”

2. “Is that seriously your password?

3. “I’m surprised you haven’t been arrested yet. Wait, no, I’m not.”

4. “So, you broke my favorite mug… and you’re breaking up with me?"

5. “Oh, good, you’re here! Hold this."

6. “Dude. We talked about this. Boundaries!"

7. “Now, don’t be mad, but…"

8. “Well, thanks to you, that’s another Taco Bell that’s banned us for life."

9. “So you know, I haven’t had my coffee yet. And your voice is putting me to sleep."

10. “Please tell me you didn’t eat that."

11. “What on earth happened in here?”

12. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”

13. “No. Hell, no. Absolutely not.”

14. “Do you maybe think, in retrospect, that this was a terrible idea?”

15. “So hang on, let me get this straight.”

16. “I need nothing but my mad skills, rugged good looks, and maybe half a million dollars.”

17. “I made breakfast, but I didn’t know what you liked so I made enough to probably feed a small tribe.”

18. "So you've been living in denial all these years?"

19. “So that could have gone better…”

20. “Look, I’m not saying I’ll help if you buy me a donut, but I’m not, not saying I won’t help.”

21. “You don’t know what this means to me. You’re my first human subject, and we… are going to make history!”

22. “The worst part is you didn’t even notice.”

23. “I was doing so well until you showed up. Things were good…”

24. “At first, I thought it was part of the act.”

25. “Honey, please tell me. Did he hit you?”

26. “I don’t like that look. Wipe it off your face before I decide to.”

27. “How could you do this to me?”

28. “I know you don’t have any reason to trust me, but… you need to know something.”

29. “You’re allowed to need help sometimes. And I know I haven’t been what you needed. But I’m here, and I wanna help.”

30. “You’re the worst. And you’re all I’ve got.”

31. “If I wanted to get better, I wouldn’t be dating you.”

32. “You think I don’t know you’re only here because he sent you?”

33. “No, I don’t hate you. We’re not there, yet.”

34. “It’s not that I don’t like my life. It’s that I don’t have the energy to enjoy it.”

35. “If you’re here to tell me what happened last night, someone beat you to it.”

36. “Do you know what today is?”

37. “You are remarkably well-behaved tonight. What have you been up to?”

38. “How – how did you find me?”

39. “There’s blood everywhere.”

40. “I don’t even hate you. That would imply I cared.”

41. “There’s no point running.”

42. “Stop yelling!”

43. “Believe me, my dear, no one regrets this more than I do.”

44. “I’m going to give you five seconds to take that back.”

45. “Apologise. Right now.”

46. “Good. I meant it to hurt.”

47. "Do you think keeping your eyes shut will keep you safe?"

48. "If you can't wake up from the nightmare, maybe you're not asleep."

49. “Smartass. I’d suggest biting your tongue before I rip it out.”

50. “Your mine. This- is mine, so don’t you dare think of someone else.”

51. “Is this how you flirt with everyone?”

52. “Waiiiiit, did you… do something different with your hair?”

53. “I’m not good with sarcasm. If you don’t like me, just say it.”

54. “Don’t take this the wrong way, but you don’t exactly blend in.”

55. “Now, before I say anything, promise me you’ll stay calm.”

56. “I don’t need a gentleman right now.”

57. “You’ve caught me at a really bad time.”

58. “What have you done now?”

59. “Well, this is new.”

60. “How are you feeling today? A little better, hmm?”

61. “Oh man, I’ve had the worst day ever.”

62. “This isn’t what it looks like, I swear! Okay … it’s kind of what it looks like, but just give me a chance to explain."

63. “That’s the first time I’ve heard anyone call it that.”

64. “Oh my gosh, are you sure? Like, sure sure?”

65. “I’ve never actually liked chocolate.”

66. “That’s a very … bold … thing to say.”

67. “And you can’t think of any other reason?”

68 .“Hey. Look at me.”

69. “I’m sorry. That sounds awful.”

70. “That’s not very nice.”

71. “Just sit around and cry, then. I don’t have that luxury.”

72. "How much of that did you hear?”

73. For what it’s worth, I don’t know much about you either.”

74. “Why do you have to look at me like that? It’s making me weak, please stop."

75. “I’m so lucky.”

76. “I’m asking because I’ve seen the way you look at me.”

77. “Stop doing that with your face, someone else is going to snatch you up.”

78. “I shouldn’t be allowed to be this happy.”

79. “Don’t pretend that you don’t feel the same way.”

80. “Don’t act innocent, you had me pinned underneath you 5 minutes ago.”

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Scorching Romance

I JUST FINISHED ONE OF THE BEST MANHWAS EVER AAAAAH

Why you should read it: a review? Suggestion? Anyways.

Name: Scorching Romance

Status: Completed!!!

Length: 90episodes (pretty long but it’s worth it I swear)

Genre: Highschool romance

Quick summary:

‘Cursed girl who is constantly hot meets cursed boy who is constantly cold.’

Ok so:

Despite the ‘cursed’ parts we honestly don’t have magic running rampant in this place besides the fact that our two main characters genuinely feel really hot and cold to the point that Ember (the girl and hot one) can heat stuff up and give burns with body temperature, but mostly it is set in our normal universe. The start of the whole thing is pretty slow-paced with me not really that invested, but not turned off by anything. It gets reaaally action packed eventually and I nearly cried ahahahah.

The author is genius. The characters are honestly not one-dimensional, no matter what the story tries to trick you into believing, and the best part is that they introduce sooooo many characters in but by the time the story ends, there are virtually no loose ends and you are invested in all their stories. They don’t take advantage of misunderstanding nearly as much as they could realistically actually do and it will make you squeal!

I would say the overall theme of the entire thing is forgiveness and owning up. The amount of times someone said sorry for doing something awful and I genuinely believed them, because that ‘sorry’ just held all that weight.

Ten outta ten would recommend!!!

Spoilers from this point on! (I rant about my feelings on it down here)

OKAY SO THEY ARE SO CUTE I SHIPPED THEM SO MUCH AND AAAAAAAAA

I loved the dynamic between them and I love how they ended up being really truthful to each other and Aspen didn’t lie even though he thought about it :...) they’re so sweeeet

I looked at the chapter number when their curses broke the first time and was like waiiiiit. I then also wondered whether the rest would be just fluff scenes (not that I’m complaining) but the author really said “BUCKLE UP IT GONNA GET SERIOUS”

The author put so many references to little things that happened and tied everything together so nicely??? Also Trevor, idk when I started rooting for you but you were real. You and Moxie should get together. (You will never make it as a kpop idol because your bullying scandals) 

I think overall, I really liked how it all came together and ended?? They even had that Rocky dude go with someone else??

The forgiveness/repenting aspect of the entire thing was really amazing. Aspen kept saying ‘sorry’ for so much at the start and throughout, yeah he was genuine but he was also overusing it. Later on, ‘sorry’ became such a powerful word that was used in such serious cases, like when Harry’s grandma cursed Ember or when Monica burned the place down.

Can we talk about Harry???

HARRY is BEST BOY

At the start, even though I knew that it was Aspen and Ember I was like ‘does Harry sorta like Aspen though?’ and low-key shipped it but then he said ‘he’s too good for you’ and there was the whole “I DO NOT LIKE ASPEN” when being bothered by Ember and I think that is actually really sweet. We never get the answer to why he sticks with Ember, well, at least not explicitly, but we definitely know why. 

1. He and Ember were childhood friends, he saw her deteriorate to such a serious state and is willing to stick with her because they’re friends (serious state being both her heat and her temper as he sees how she did actually attempt to be nice to people only to be backstabbed)

2. She’s been there for him when very few people have. When Aunt Monica left him Ember was right next to him, that makes them very close and also feel like they’ve been through a lot, and so are willing to stick to each other more.

Harry not having any romantic interests in Ember or Aspen just makes him so much more appealing, he teases them, is there for them, and we can see how amazing he is and without having any romantic unerlying agendas! Love fuels a lot of stuff in this manhwa but so does platonic love and I love that for him. I also don’t think Megan deserves him, because she is too immature and honestly, still hasn’t figured out love yet. (Especially with the ‘buying him ice cream was worth it’) like GURL have you SEEN his HOUSE he does not need a sugar parent. Even until the end she eats ice cream with him, which just shows she can’t open up to him and she was honestly pretty childish thoughout the whole thing. Either way I love how the author baited us several times with Harry for us all to be like ‘Could it be??’ and then ‘I knew it.”

AMBER AND ASPEN”S RELATIONSHIPPPPP

I love how the whole thing played out to be honest. At the start, I didn’t like Ember’s attitude, or Aspen’s attitude but they both grew so much as people and their character growth through was just so amazing! You could see so many parallel’s where Aspen stands up for himself, where Ember is more restained, it’s *chef’s kiss* amazing!

One of the best bits was when Aspen couldn’t bring himself to lie to Ember, which was what I feared. It seemed like the worst misunderstanding ever but Aspen managed to trust Ember enough and vice versa, showing how far they’ve come. The two of them are now able to banter and converse freely, which both of them trusting in their love and relationship so much! 

Aspen trusting Ember was the bit thing I think, if he couldn’t trust Ember they would keep having these issues, but Ember had grown to be more trustworthy and Aspen had grown to be stronger and have better self-confidence.

At episode 64 or smth where Ember’s curse broke and I thought ‘are they going to have another 30 chapters of just fluff?” (not that I’m complaining), and they didn’t, but the fluff they did have was so cute!!! Also when Ember collasped and hugged Aspen after ‘faking’ a relaspe *sobs* it was so cute :.)

This next part will be a collection of little observations I found (there are probably still more) that I though were super cool!

1) Aunt Monica’s cigareete. We see her throw it as a little thing like a (I’m leaving/I’m outta here) thing when we first find out that she was Harry’s aunt, then we later find out that Harry’s grandma cursed Ember because of a fire from a cigarette butt from him. At that point no one realises what happened yet. Then she has an epiphany when some person from some car throws at her when it’s all dramatic (I thought that was Lucifer or someone going to burn her originally but it was just a random person) and then we find out it was all her! We even find out that the fire happened on the day of her leaving and no one realised! Anyways...

2) Hypnosis. Monica says in her little ‘angels club’ thing that they must wear sunglasses all of the time lest they hypnotise people. I read that, realised that Lucifer was from there, then went ‘wait a second...’ because Lucifer hypnotised Moxie!!! Several times!!! Cool easter egg I love

3) Remembering things. Aspen didn’t remember Monica from when he was so young, only his mom did, because Aspen was 1. Young and 2. Monica didn’t have much of an impression on him. I like it when author’s decide how much people can remember because let’s face it, even when we’re not children we don’t remember what we ate yesterday morning. Also, Ember not remembering that Monica told Harry to think of her as his mom. Same logic, Ember was young and it had waaaay more of an impact on Harry than anything. More than that, Monica left the next day and it would seem like an irrelevant detail technically.

4) Names. I love how they actually tied in names with meanings, it made it so easy to remember the names and it also made it not really weird and obvious (I’m looking at you J.K. Rowling) but integral to the story. One could predict what role they had in the story by their name. Rocky’s name particularly threw me off a bit, because I could tell it was based off the ‘Rocky mountains’ but was unsure of whether that was related to ‘cold water’ and just decided that it was, but it wasn’t as Aspen’s. Making him just ‘water’ was really nice because it gave us reason as to why Ember seemed to be helped by him but also make him just out of the picture as well.

5) The ice storage. Making the bodyguards faint and be cold too, especially wen they didn’t really coma (or at least, the second one) because we knew you had to go in involuntarily to no be in coma, very good detail.

6) Aspen still having the misunderstanding that Ember was up on that roof saving him to this day because it was never disputed. Ever.

There are totally loads more than that but I need to re-read it a few more times to spot them I suppose!

I think the only hing I want more content of in the whole thing is from Aspen’s dad. His guilt after what he heard his son and wife went through, his bonding with Aspen, him and his family, I feel like that was the only thing that was left unfinished and that I’d want to see more of. 

Finishing it off with a- how are you reading this part??? You must really like reading me ramble. Anyway, that might or might not be all from me on Scorhing Romance, I’ve been getting into manhwas lately and especially finished ones (bcs duh) so these rants might come in a bit more frequently but who knows.

Bye!