#you guys don't know how long i wanted to finish aughh

[humbuns]

🌼💐🌿

[asaichiban]

This is a response to that 🎀 anon ask but it's a long ask and a long response so I'm gonna put it under a read more

I literally just saw you in passing because after reading the manga I searched it up on Tumblr, not really expecting to see anyone post about it and especially not about my fav lil guy who's so 🤏🤏 grabs him and shakes him

Omg someone new!!!! You just read it?? How exciting :0 If you haven't seen all the adjacent stuff (I made a list of it here, I'd especially recommend the audio drama because I personally think Asaichi's voice actor is perfect for him) let me know and I will hook you up with some links 🫡

And then I discovered your blog and it's like Asaichi heaven (Haven't liked any of your posts yet, but I have some of Asaichi posts of yours in drafts cause my blog is basically empty and I felt like it'd be weird to randomly start reblogging posts to a blog that doesn't even look like it has anything to do with Asaichi)

Lmao that's awesome!! I'm happy you found my blog, I regularly check the tag for Yoru&Asa but almost no one else puts anything in there, it's like 90% my posts, especially if you sort by recent 😭

Also, I was worried about spamming my followers on my main blog with Asaichi posts so I made a separate yaoi blog, which is what you're on now, lmao. If you feel awkward about reblogging to a seemingly random blog, you could totally do that! It's kind of like having a safe, separate place to put everything you like via reblogs. You can make it private if you don't want other people to see it, too.

I'll likely stay on anon until I build courage to properly approach (if I ever accidentally send ask off anon, shh no I didn't, pretend you've never seen it, that ain't me)

No worries! 🤐

Wait, forgot to add since you wrote about the moment that made you like him. For me, while I already started off liking him from moment I saw him, my impression first was "oh, he's kinda annoying, but actually I love that about him 💖 go, bleached blond boy, go! Yell "SHIBUYA!!" over and over again and talk about getting all the girls!". Then that one scene,, "I like black haired girls too", yeah, yeah, and what about black haired guys? (Them too apparently lmao) Also, his face on that one page before he told Yoru to cut hair, Yoru was just like "?" while Asaichi was all red? So adorable, he's just so cute there

This part?

He's soooo cute. I love when he's embarrassed, which is like all the time because he's always doing the most embarrassing things 😭😭😭 It cracks me up when his friends make fun of him too. I think they also think he's cute when he's embarrassed.

But oh man, for tsundere male char fans, the scene when he tells Yoru to suck his dick, obviously not actually expecting for Yoru to follow through, only to not only finish but see Yoru swallow afterwards?? chef's kiss Delicious, wonderful, the way he immediately starts calling Yoru an idiot and throws insults (Thank you for the meal, Harada 🙏) that's where I really, really started to like him.

God, yes!! A lot to love about that scene. Yoru following through, because he is the biggest freak. Asaichi shocked and flustered that Yoru is following through. Asaichi coming immediately when Yoru says he likes and admires him. Asaichi calling him a fag and a freak and kicking him, like I don't like mean semes but I like semes being mean, ykwim? I thought it was hot. I still didn't like Asaichi because I read it as more abusive than tsundere at the time, but I for sure see where you're coming from. Like, he's being mean because he doesn't like how much he liked it 😭

Then afterwards when he's with Shiori, and is like "cute girls are the best", only to think of Yoru (I know what you are, Asaichi 👁️👁️), and then go "they're way better than that idiot" (wow, tsun again) and then remembering Yoru, again, and getting all flustered and hiding his face aughh he's so,,, i ilvoe him somuchaaa

Poor man cannot hide the gay thoughts. The stutter on "th-they don't smell like sweat" ("汗の、汗のにおいとか、しない") is what makes it, lmao.

Personally one of my favorite panels is right before then, the "I'm not gay…" / "俺、ホモじゃねえ…" in a wobbly text bubble, while blushing and hiding in bed… He looks so stressed out fr… For me it is amongst his cutest moments in this volume 😭

✨So that's about what made me like Asaichi✨

You are so valid, anon. He was kawaii even before the tears, even though I didn't see it at first.

Anyway, feel free to come by any time :)

[fallenclan]

Sparrow padded up to her long-time friend, a rabbit dangling from her jaws. "Mornin', Jattelik." The tom lifted his head, gaze weary. He had been slowing down as of late, and Sparrow had begun to worry.

"Hm." Jattelik wrapped his tail tighter around himself, regarding Sparrow neutrally from his perch upon a rotten log. "Who's your friend?"

"Friend?" Sparrow dropped her catch, glancing around. "What are you talking about?"

Jattelik instantly leapt to his paws, springing to Sparrow's side. "You were followed." Teeth glinting, the tom took a menacing step towards the trees shading his home (a small glade---the hollow log was where he slept each night). Jattelik might be old, but not so old as to be unable to defend himself and his friend from some ill-meaning rogue. "Show yourself!" he hissed to the trees.

After a few moments of hesitation, a brown tom slid through the trees. "Hello." His voice was soft-spoken, a stark contrast to his matted fur and hollow gaze.

"This rabbit belongs to us. If you were even considering stealing it from Sparrow, I'll use your pelt to line my nest," Jattelik snarled.

"Now, Jattelik, we don't know that this cat is a threat to us," Sparrow chided, but Jattelik remained tense.

The stranger sat down, still quite a distance away from the two friends. "I don't want to fight. I was just curious about you." The tom's gaze was on Sparrow. "I've seen you before."

Jattelik grumbled to himself, tearing off one of the rabbit's legs to gnaw on. Sparrow appeared disconcerted. "That right? I don't recognize you." A pause. "The name's Sparrow."

"Otterslip."

Jattelik guffawed, mouth half full. "What kind of a name is that?"

"Don't be rude," Sparrow shoved him.

Otterslip shrugged, unoffended. "It's a clan name."

"Oh." Sparrow exchanged a glance with Jattelik. "I see." Otterslip waited, expectant. With a sigh, she began. "I used to be a part of a group of rogues. We'd banded together after another group, some clan, took over our territory. Chased us off."

A shadow passed over Otterslip's gaze. Scorchstar had said FallenClan's territory was abandoned when she had arrived. This cat must be mistaken, he decided.

"They---my old group---decided to attack the clan. It was a bloody affair. I wanted no part of it, so they threw me out. I lingered in the mountains for a few days, but some of the clan cats found me, chased after me with a vengance." Sparrow shivered. "I guess they assumed I had something to do with the attack. Now I live here. Haven't heard of any clan cats since."

Sparrow left out the part where she had wandered, wounded by FallenClan claws, for days, delirious and starving. Jattelik had found her and nursed her back to health. It had been the start of a long friendship, and now she considered the tom her dearest companion.

"If you had nothing to do with the attack, I have no grievances with you." Otterslip turned to pad off but halted after a few steps. "Do you know a cat named Lee? Was he in your... group?"

"Lee? No." Sparrow chuckled. "Lee's a sweetheart. Haven't seen him much lately, though."

"You know anything about that?" Jattelik cut in, gaze narrowing sharply. If this "Otterslip" was asking about Lee, maybe he had done something to the kindly old tom.

"No." Otterslip's tone was flat, leaving no room for arguement. Just as quickly as he came, he vanished, disappearing into the forest.

"How odd," Sparrow remarked, settling beside Jattelik to finish off the rabbit. Jattelik didn't reply, unnerved. He didn't like the idea of some so-called clan cat from the mountains lurking about.

"Why don't you spend a few nights here? I've got plenty of room in my den."

"Your log, you mean?" Sparrow laughed, shaking her head. Her amusement faded when she noticed Jattelik's dark expression. "All right. If it'll make you feel better."

"It will."

-🐉

AUGHH THIS IS SO GOOD!!!!!! im feeling emotions about the outsiders now,, i love how everyone perceives Otterslip as just some Weird Gross Guy <3

he followed Sparrow and she didn't even realize... do you think he was using the silent stalking technique