#ywpd rambles

[malaierba]

i mentioned koga -> kinjou (yowapeda) in the tags but to be super duper duper honest. while I did have like, soft sweet lovesick songs that reminded me of them, the iconic ones are SUPER edgy?

Koga was mi stress toy, I was SO MUCH LESS KIND to him than I am to Toshiro, even though I deffinitely love him about as much.

Like. Here's some of the fucking songs I'd play on repeat when thinking about them lol:

505 by artic monkeys

Stop and wait a sec When you look at me like that, my darlin', what did you expect? I'd probably still adore you with your hands around my neck Or I did last time I checked Not shy of a spark The knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark Frightened by the bite, though it's no harsher than the bark The middle of adventure, such a perfect place to start

Why? Mainly vibes I think, it's a. it's a sports manga set in highschool LOL but I just can't picture Koga NOT letting Kinjou get away with absolutely anything and everything. He gives him too much grace, he assumes the best intentions in everything he does.

And, admittedly, I do think Kinjou never is/was ill-intentioned towards Koga. They were just, teens.

Interesting how age changes your perception on dynamics. I was close to their age when I started reading YWPD so I always took their uh, not conflict, just, problem? very seriously. But now that I'm 10 years our of highschool I'm like. Babygirl (Koga)? You reaaaally didn't need to do all that over a highshcooler.

in that same vein of "i was young so i gave those two a dynamic too heavy to be realistic", here's another song, blood in the cut:

The boy I love's got another girl He might be fucking her right now I don't have an apartment Thought if I was smart, I'd make it far But I'm still at the start Guess I'm contagious, it'd be safest if you ran Fuck, that's what they all just end up doing in the end Take my car and paint it black Take my arm, break it in half Say something, do it soon It's too quiet in this room I need noise I need the buzz of a sub Need the crack of a whip Need some blood in the cut I need noise I need the buzz of a sub Need the crack of a whip Need some blood in the cut I need blood in the cut I need blood in the cut Met back up with the boy I love Cried on the streets of San Francisco I don't have an agenda All I do is pretend to be okay So my friends can't see my heart in the blender And lately, I've been killing all my time Reading through your messages, my favorite way to die Take my head and kick it in Break some bread for all my sins Say a word, do it soon It's too quiet in this room

This one was AU-specific to be fair. Koga, Kinjour and Arakita (with whom Kinjou would eventually be an item) went to the same college. Koga never stops pinning for Kinjou, although there's some canon-established unaddressed baggage between them, that both fuels his self-deprecation and keeps him from making a move.

Kinjou is aware of, to put it shortly and unkindly, how weird Koga is about how he regards their relationship/Kinjou/himself since that canon event, so although he remains polite he never gives him false hopes. But, he also never addresses anything directly with him. They were both very conflict avoidant with the particular event that changed their dynamic, which I loved so much lol oghh. the tension lol.

In any case, that song was meant to inspire Koga's mindset after he learns that Kinjou and Arakita get together. It's fucked dudes! Freshly 20 something or so, a health-nut with a supressed masochistic streak, he goes off the fucking rocker.

ANYWAY!

The other songs that to this day remind me of Kin<-Koga are the most disgusting lovesick songs sang by Mon Laferte. The latinx girlies will see them an understand, just how HOOOOOWWW serious it was for me when I said "it's a doomed love and Koga took nothing but damage from it towards the end".

These are just, the heavy artillery, serious business unrequited love songs for us.

Idk why picturing Koga listening to this ^^^ song and having a break down was like a drug to me. Why did I take it so seriously? lmfao

Mon Laferte was to me during college what Mitski is to me nowadays, in case it wasn't obvious lol.

Strawberry Blond by Mitski reminds me of T/oshiro -> F4lin x M4rciII3

I love everybody because I love you I don't need the city, and I don't need proof All I need, darling, is a life in your shape I picture it, soft and I ache Look at you, strawberry blond Reach out the car window tryna hold the wind You tell me you love her, I give you a grin Oh, all I ever wanted was a life in your shape So I follow the white lines, follow the white lines Keep my eyes on the road as I ache

It's a bit of a shame that this fandom is sooo abnormal and sooo boring about stablished unrequited love because I. I loooooooooveeeeee unrequited crushes are you kidding lol.

Especially when they're a 1st love type of deal, there's somethinb so bittersweet and melancholic and. just youthful? about them?

[wolame-o-exl]

Exile2 calling Makidai "Maki-chan" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[rafyki]

CRYING FOREVER OVER THE NEW YOWAPEDA CHAPTER BYEEEEE

[7eadoesart]

I haven't posted my art here in a million years, but I'm working hard to revive the Yowamushi Pedal fandom, or at least find a community of people that love YWPD as much as I do. So I humbly offer this snow sports AU that's been bouncing around in my head for a long time.

Did you know that tandem skiing is an actual thing? Neither did I until I looked it up on a whim to see if two people skiing together was even possible. I definitely think T2 would be into it and the cooperation it takes to ski with two people!

I made Onoda a beginner skier, and here he's in the traditional pose of a beginner stop/slow down, also known as a "pizza" stop.

I thought Imaizumi would fit as one of those slalom skiers that goes really fast and would be aiming for downhill slalom skiing in the Olympics.

Makishima and Naruko I made snowboarders. For Makishima, it was because of the ability to have a unique style that fits just you. As you can see, he also rides goofy (left foot first) which isn't as common as right foot first. For Naruko, I thought that he's the type to have chose to start snowboarding because it seemed "flashiest" and "manly", as I believe most snowboarders are men.

For Manami, I think he'd be the type to do a bunch of terrain parks and double black diamonds (the hardest type of route). In my AU, he skis and snowboards, but he's pictured here with his snowboard. He doesn't look excited because he's not out on the slopes at that very second. The hills are calling his name, but he's stuck at base camp.

Anyway, I hope you liked this. Feel free to talk to me more about this AU; I have so many ideas. I may post another drawing about this AU if I get enough inspiration for more characters. Thanks for listening to me ramble!

[beameized]

if you’re not this level of gay then what’s the point

[rivalduo]

For the ask meme my mecha gals :) NDOANCAKFNW NO JK UHHH YWPD

haven’t heard of it | absolutely never watching | might watch | currently watching | dropped | hated it | meh | a positive okay | liked it | liked it a lot! | loved it | a favorite

don’t watch period | drop if not interested within 2-3 episodes | give it a go, could be your thing | 5 star recommendation 

fav characters: TOUDOU, makishima, teshima, and manami are top 4

least fav characters: midousuji and kishigami oogh man i can’t stand the pair of them

fav relationship: TOUMAKI TOU MAKI TOUDOU AND MAKISHIMA they walked so every other sports anime rival pairing could run

fav moment: the reunion race between toudou and makishima during the 42nd inter high, which is the one after they graduated, the chemistry between those two just gets to me every damn time

headcanons/theories: teshima and aoyagi will definitely go to the same university those two are a pair and they will NOT be separated. toudou is gay and makishima i’m still between gay/bi but he’s definitely gnc nb. toumaki WILL be roommates someday i don’t care if makishima’s in england, toudou will make it happen

unpopular opinion: at this point i definitely don’t like midousuji/onoda as a ship and yes i’m an anime only but i know i’ll never like it HSJSKDFJ. also i think it’s best to not refer to yuuto as a guy considering how the mangaka intentionally or unintentionally portrayed yuuto’s gender as ambiguous

how’d you find it: i found it when i was getting into sports anime, watched the first ep or two but wasn’t interested enough, tried watching it again later and loved it

random thoughts: mamoru miyano voices a character in it and every single time he talks i really fucking lose it cause my mind is just like “that’s dazai”. i really think people who like sports anime should try it okay i know it isn’t haikyuu but it’s good 🥺

[nyahuaisang]

RIGHT??? HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS

I love their dynamic already the tiny ball of innocence and happy go lucky with his 2 huge ass childhood friends that seems to be protective of him I LOVE THEM SO MUCH ALREADY. ALSO THEM PLUS KABU AND DANCHIKU AS THEIR SENPAIS MIRRORS ONO-NARU-IMA WITH TESHIMA AND AOYAGI. I LOVE PARALLELS.

Ride 693: Looking for “god”

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[ramureii]

ok wait i just remembered that they showed arakita and kinjou in younan right? then i saw a gif set where arakita said “let’s show them the power of younan”, and i am just;; wiLL THEY SHOW THE THIRD YEARS IN UNI BATTLING IT OUT?? like shinkai and fuku vs arakita and kinjou.

it’s a pity makishima is in the uk, but i defnitely want to see him more. :3c hopefully he comes back to japan often, and hopefully meets up with toudou often kyaaaaaaa// wanna see tadokoro too, that cute human bullet

[franeridart]

Thank u for that sweet sweet awase content, I love that boy

Thank you for liking it!!!! :O

Anon said:Do you take constructive criticism? (Not a joke lol actually curious)

Nope. Since I don’t study art, I’m not currently actively trying to become better at it, all I do is doodle whatever silly idea I have at the moment without an actual clue of what I’m doing while at it and post it cause people seem to like it when I do, concrit is literally the last thing I need. By which I mean, I already know my art could be way better than it is, but getting better at it isn’t really the reason why I’m posting it. To be honest, if I wanted someone to crit my doodles I’d sign up for an actual class to have a real teacher tell me how to get better, I wouldn’t turn to the first random anon on tumblr with no way of proving to me they have any more clue about art than I do

Anon said:Imagine this, Kirishima with really long hair

No need to imagine it when @50shadesofhq already did such an amazing job drawing him~

Anon said:Hey!!! I want to thank you for...existing 😁 Tonight I was feeling really sad and finding your art has “brought me back to life” so as to say, so thank you. Your art is incredibly good so please keep believing in yourself and your skills, and keep making beautiful pieces like you are doing now 🤗🤗🤗

Thank you!!!! So much!!!! I’m glad my stuff could help you feel better ;^;

Anon said: hi i just wanted to let you know that you're one of my favorite artists ever and you make so much good content for so many fandoms that i love like i first found your blog through haikyuu!! and then i found the bnha and now yowapeda and everything else aaaaaa i'm rambling now but whenever i see your art it makes my day and j wanted to say that by e

!!!!!!!!!!! glad you like my stuff!!!! and mostly glad you like ywpd, that fandom feels so small honestly!! :D

Anon said:Hey I just wanted to let you know that I love all of your artworks with all of my heart and it always makes my day a bit brighter to see that you have posted something new :)

Oh man thank you so so so so so so much!!!!! ;O;

Anon said:I'm not even all that familiar w awase but I'm still blown away by your drawings of them they look !!!! So good !!!

THANK!!!!! YOU!!!!!! He’ll play a nice part at some point next season, I hope you’ll end up liking him!!! ;u;

Anon said:I love seeing that kiribaku at the top of your art blog (at least on mobile??). It makes me feel so warm the moment I check your blog. (Still love the old banner too tho!!!!)

I’m glad you like it!!!!! Warm colors make me feel good so I wanted something like that on my blog :D one day I’ll change the icon too..... one day........

Anon said:I LOVE YOUR ART OK?? AND I MAY HAVE JUST SPENT TWO HOURS SCROLLING THROUGH YOUR BLOG BUT OH MY LORD IS IT WORTH IT. You are an amazing artist and I hope you have the most wonderful and brilliant of days. Ps. Thank you for giving bakubro the love he deserves PPs. Your jirou drawings make me unbelievably happy

THANK YOU!!! THIS IS SUCH A GOOD ASK I’M HAPPY THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! ;O;

Anon said:Do you still headcanon baku and Mina as dragon shifters or is it just Kiri at this point? (I still freaking love tiny dragon baku lol)

Yes and no! My fantasy drawings aren’t exactly telling a story, so I’m doing whatever with them - it’s not really headcanons, it’s just me playing around with any idea I find entertaining at the moment!! So yes, definitely, Baku and Mina as dragon shifters are still a thing I love a lot and I might draw more in the future! But that doesn’t exclude me drawing for the AU in a setting where only Kiri is a dragon either~

Anon said: Ur dragon Kiri half-shifted made me have this idea : if he n Baku r cuddling and he's like that and Baku feels an itch, he'll just rub himself against Kiri to do the scratching (Kiri isn't even bothered, nor complaining, Baku kinda looks like a cat when he does that and he's in l o v e)

You know anon, considering Kirishima’s quirk Bakugou could technically do that in the original universe too hahaha

Anon said:More band au bakushima pls!! 🙏 My crops are dying

Anon said:You better do the after show of the band AU or i will die. I mean... i already die with Bakugou say "pretty boy" to Kiri, but you know.... please do the after show asdfghj

Maybe soon!! I don’t exactly have a clear idea of how that plays out, but I enjoy drawing Bakugou like that so why!!! not!!!!

Anon said:I live for your art! Thank you for creating such amazing content ♥️

SOB thank you for liking my stuff and letting me know you do!!!!

Anon said:HOOOLLLYYYYY SHIT, THAT SKETCH OF BAKUGOU W THE HELLA EYELINER AND THE TATTOOS??? I AM SHOOK

GLAD YOU LIKED HIM!!!

Anon said:Oh mamma the way you draw Kiri’s forearms! Le swoon 😍😍😍

!!!!!! He’s a buff boy after all!! :D

Anon said:Are you okay with fans coloring your lineart, or does it bother you? (Not with the intention of posting anywhere, just for fun and maybe to submit it back to you later) I know how you feel about altering your work, but what's the drill for this specifically?

I don’t mind but you have to promise me you’re not posting them anywhere - if it’s just for your personal entertainment then it’s fine, I can’t really stop you anyway, but I really don’t want them anywhere online.

Anon said:Hello! I wanna say your bakugou and kirishima comics are adorable! I wanted to ask, do you think Bakugou would be as open with showing his soft and mushy emotions for kirishima around the others like in your comics? Like how he was okay with snugs on the couch, you don’t think he’d want to be more privet?

Sure, why not? Bakugou’s never hidden his feelings in the manga, nor has he ever felt embarrassed by them! He’s a bit awkward in showing affection I guess, but to me it feels more because he isn’t used to it than because he wants to hide it - if he were to start dating Kirishima he’d definitely have no problems with letting everyone know they’re in a relationship of that sort, I think :D well, it’s just my interpretation of it anyway haha

Anon said:Your art is just so beautiful, Im iN LOVE I CANTNWKWISIWIKW PLS KEEP DRAWING

I CAN TRY !!!!!!!! Thank you so much for the support!!!!

Anon said:Do you ever get that feeling when you have a ship and you see art for it and suddenly you get hit with a "oh fuck I really love them" cause that happens every times you post kiribaku ! I always get butterflies in my stomach when I see your art, you make the cutest scenarios and you keep their personalities right it never seems ooc. You honestly make the best comics/art I'm so glad you're in the bnha fandom

Oh my god thank you so much!!! ;A; sob

Anon said:you've heard of jiroukami but have you considered: jiroushido

Yup! I’ve also drawn them in the past!! They’re in my MinaJirou tag :D

Anon said:your band au is officially my favourite thing on this site i love it and i love you thankyou

Thank you so much holy heck!!!! ;O;

Anon said:Your art is so cute and makes me smile everytime I see it! Thank you for always making my day better!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! I’m!!!!!!!!!!! Glad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anon said:I’m so gay for your art it’s so fucking sexy dude

Oh my g od are you sure the word you meant to use is sexy I’m ??? !!!!

Anon said:Consider,,,,, bakugou with glasses

I did draw that in the past!!!

Anon said:pssst fran have u heard that in bnha light novel baku is actually scared of ghost story???

Seriously??? :O is there a translation for that part anywhere online?? :O :O

[malaierba]

Gonna be uncharacteristically mean for a second. I just saw someone I used to follow in the ywpd fandom, in one of my new fandoms, and wow their drawing style hasn't.... Improved at all

[rafyki]

THE NEW YOWAPEDA CHAPTER ASDFGHKLJKKLL WATANABE YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN I LOVE YOU

[rafyki]

Can we like- have a team of 8 people instead of 6 for the next Inter High?? ;A; last yowapeda chapter left me in need to have all my boys in the team this year ;A;

I NEED Roku-chan and Kinaka on the team, that's not even a question, I'm gonna riot if one of them ends up not participating in the IH - I need them BOTH

BUT also Sugimotoooo ;A; it's his last chance and he's working so hard ;A; Watanabe give him some joy for once, let him run with Imaizumi in the IH, he deserves it ;;;

And Danchiku..... i also NEED him on the IH team with Kaburagi ;;; and yeah maybe it can happen next year but i won't get to see it so it doesn't count ;A; also... His conversation with Kabu in the last chapter.... Wannabe why do you have to make me suffer so much o<-<

So yeah. Team of 8 people, please and thank you 🙏🏻

[rafyki]

CRYING SHAKING SOBBING AND ALL THAT, MY BOY IS BACK LOOK AT HIIIIIM

AND SUZUNE TOOOOOOO, MY GIIIIIRL!!!! MY FAVE SIBLINGS 😭😭😭

[rafyki]

THE NEW YOWAPEDA CHAPTER OH MY GOOOOOD!!! I'M!!! ASDFGHKLJKKLL I CANT BELIEVE IT 😭 i haven't even read it properly yet, i can't stop screaming after seeing the first two pages 😭😭

[rafyki]

Does this mean I’m never going to see the battle between Yuusaku&Niwazuma and Junta&Hajime animated?? That I’m never going to see Yuusaku’s backstory?? That I’ll never see in the anime everything that made me fall in love with Yuusaku when I read the manga?? That literally two of my fave characters and one of my fave races have been completely cut off in the anime?

WHY THOUGH, WHY. Yowpeda has always followed the manga so closely, why now, after a 4 years pause since the last season, what’s the point! And whats the point in putting them there like that!!! I hate whoever made this decision, I hate everything, I’m never going to move on from this

[rafyki]

hahahaHAH......HA yowapeda really be out there trying to make me cry this week OKAY

I did NOT need this, Watanabe, WHAT THE HEEEEELL 😭😭😭

Everyone crying bc they miss the third years already and I'M RIGHT THERE WITH THEM, GIVE THEM BACK I NEED THEM RIGHT NOW 😭😭😭

MY JUNTA, GIVE HIM BACK TO ME WATANABE 😭😭😭 AND GIVE AOYAGI BACK TO KABURAGI HE NEEDS HIM

Just bury me with this panel okay