#*chapter not ep

[velvetjune]

for 99% of evil within 2 so far, I haven’t felt like I missed much from not playing the first game, but I just got to the last projector slide and got hit with “who’s Joseph” — “Joseph was his friend?” — “Kidman killed him??” — “he’s alive??????” in the span of 30 seconds. ive never seen that man before in my entire life

[toonsforkicks22]

Drawing whatever so I won’t break 🥲

Last one is listening to Poppy’s BS

[ruporas]

… and it all came flowing to his brain, three years of his youth. (ID in alt)

[maomaojinshi]

The APOTHECARY DIARIES CHAPTER 76

He’s so worried about Maomao, his usual calm Eunuch mask slipped away 😭Jinshi does not play when it comes to Maomao's safety.

[beaulesbian]

gotta love that the anime added some frames when the strawhats were escaping from the marines at the end of enies lobby, and very injured luffy still wanting to help and fight

and they just use him to repel the incoming attack, same as in the manga asdksffd

monster trio being idiots again (affectionate) ✌️

[coreancitizen]

"Congratulations on the wedding. I came with Mr. Yu."

[rudimentaryflair]

Haru being confused about who Lyca was means that Ren directly asked him to take over his duties while he was sick, implying that he and Lyca are at least familiar enough with each other to be acquaintances. We are now one step away from a Ren and Subaru interaction

[ge]

you still crave wine, but the taste doesnt satisfy you as much as it used to. you still crave summer, but you mean summer, one hundred years ago.

[eve-baird]

ALL THE TITLES HAVE DROPPED!!!

[toonsforkicks22]

Bloo is no pal

(help I can’t stop drawing Doey)

[lexieloo28]

YES OK CINDERELLA BOY S.2 CHAPTER THREE IS OUT WOOO

I CAN FINALLY SHARE MY THOUGHTS AFTER FAST PASSING ON DAY ONE LOL

Spoilers for the ep. below the cut ~

There’s SO much to talk about with this chapter but there’s one thing I want to focus on.

I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT WE ARE GETTING A LOOK INTO THEIR LIVES! BUDDY AND VIOLET INTERACTING! IN THEIR LIVING SPACE!

AND NOT ONLY THAT, THEY ARE LITERALLY IN THE SAME LIBRARY!! THAT CHASE GOT SILVER IN!!

(S2 ep 3 , S1 ep 2)

LOSING MY MIND

Ok but to what I really want to talk about is seeing Nox and Violets dynamic. We are so used to Buddy, Snarky-Dramatic-Cat-Guy-Who-Loves-To-Bother-Chase, that when we get to see little guy Nox making a star out of chocolate and timidly trying to convince Violet that Chase may not be evil IT BLEW MY MIND. Watching how Violet acts. THE PEICES ALL CAME TOGETHER

(S2 ep. 3, S1 ep. 19)

BUDDY STOLE HIS DIVANESS DROM VIOLET!! He puts on this “Violetesque” persona! I could have chosen different panels but these were the ones that came to mind first. His old timey speech with complicated vocabulary might be his own, but he speaks less like that when he’s out of the book. But you know who does speak like that?? VIOLET! And you know who else is kind of mean and catty? VIOLET!

I do think that Violet is actually kind of genuinely mean. We see that she is a bit vain from the way she checks herself out in the mirror and steals the crown from the snow globe. She talks down to Nox and orders him around a bit too. I think they are her “villainess” charms. Though, I believe that her distrust is super valid. I’m sure she’s had plenty of bad experiences with humans.

It’s just so mind blowing to me that we can see them outside of the books like this, and be themselves. I can see where Nox gets his Buddy persona from. He’s like, “Ah yes as the villainess I must act like Violet. She is literally the prime example of what I must do!!” I know that Punko says he takes his role very seriously, so this is def his way of being the perfect villainess. And maybe trying to hide that he isn’t human, fumbling around like ahaha I totally know what I’m doing yes. I’m better than you and know what I’m doing. Yea. What? I’m weird? No, you are you little brat.

Alright , that’s all I have to say for now. Hastily made this around 1 am last night bc I HAD to get my thoughts out while I have a moment. So if any of this makes no sense lmk! Or if you want to see me ramble more about it/ other things. I have SO MANH THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS EP! Time to crawl back into my cave of having no time for things, (but hopefully today I’ve got some time! It’s been a very busy few weeks but hopefully I will have more time for theorizing with my stuffed animals in my room LOL

I’ve got a few more things to say about this ep, bc it was LOADED with lore but I’ll see if I have time to yap about them on here!

[whosboo20]

Best summer ever

[spark-circuit]

we could also talk about what happens with their respective allies in late-game but i don't think we're ready for that conversation yet are we

[maomaojinshi]

"(+frog)" K¡LLED ME LMAO

[causeimcrayzeebee]

In defense(?) of Tamba Ruiko with the trajectory of chapter 5 so far and what the YouTube comments have been looking like, im seeing very mixed feelings about tamba, so lemme become a defense attorney real quick and give some of my thoughts on her!

now obviously, tamba isn’t everyone’s cup of tea so I totally understand people who just don’t like her. reminder that people do not need very deep reasons (or any at all tbh) to not like a character, people can not like a character for whatever reason n that’s valid!! id just like to give my thoughts n insight into her actions for people to consider (and ofc im not von so this is my interpretation).

yes, tamba was an asshole for exploding at hiroaki. accusing him of faking his apology, of planting the threat, and proceeding to tell him every moment of the killing game he was a shitty person? kinda insane to do, especially when hiroaki has genuinely been trying to get better. not to mention how she pointed out him passing his punishment onto others while she herself did that exact same thing.

but the thing is that episode was tamba calling out hiroaki for shit that she likely knows is a fault of her own as well. tamba and hiroaki clash because they're two sides of the same coin. they are loud, obnoxious, hypocritical people who have looked out for themselves and tried to find someone to blame. they're both flawed people. the difference right now in their stories is that hiroaki has been improving, and tamba hasn't gotten to that point.

let's also remember that hiroaki's outward development hasn't been happening for too long. of course, us as the audience who has seen his growth know he's been struggling in the kg as much as anyone else, and is really trying to be better. ojima, yanagi, and wada especially know that. but those who haven’t been close to him don’t; hasegawa doesn’t understand him as he’s seen the same ups and downs that tamba has. like trial 4, hiroaki has had some regression at some points (which does not discount his general upwards trajectory!!) but out of curiosity, i do want to know why i saw hardly as much of criticism towards hiroaki when he said shit at wada…. im super confused about that. I think it's understandable for tamba to assume what kind of person he is. she hasn't seen what he's gone through. she's upset because she seen him be a dick countless times and assumes he sent the threat because he's the only one left who has been like that towards her.

tamba isn’t as level headed like everyone else has been. she lets fear n paranoia get the best of her, and can you blame her? she is surrounded by people who are all able to solve murders and conduct plans of escape, and while she's tried her hardest to do that too, she isn't as good at it. what she is good at is not something that she can use to contribute to the group, so she feels useless. tamba has said that she doesn't even know how she's still alive and if she even deserves it. with the last trial approaching till the game is supposed to end, i think she's absolutely allowed to be that worried over the threat-- who says she won't be killed for the sake of everyone else's escape? I still have no idea who sent the threat, and I don't think it was hiroaki, but she's in no way overreacting. tamba has been paranoid, especially recently, because she, just like everyone else, doesn't want to die, and knows she'd be an easy victim. while her paranoia has pushed her to do things that would cause her to be even more of a target, it's clear she's just really stressed out about being next. that doesn’t justify trying to look for a scapegoat, but it makes sense as to why.

tamba hasn't gotten the chance to live her life to the fullest. her life has revolved around gymnastics and numbers on a scale. it didn't matter to her parents that she wanted to play soccer, cause "she didn't have the body for it". she couldn't be in theater cause it was too much of a commitment that would take away from gymnastics. she hasn't had agency over her own life, so she has been trying to start doing things on her own. she finally does something about it and rejects hayashi's help.

this doesn't discredit hiroaki's life and what he has/hasn't done, neither does it discredit any other student. it's just human nature for someone to prioritize their life over others in a life or death situation. tamba is trying to make sense of a situation that makes less and less of it.

everyone is exhausted. a month of being trapped in an underground school forced to kill strangers and watching them die one by one? that'll kill you (literally). tamba is just someone who is cracking under the pressure.

of course, if I misinterpreted or missed something, please let me know! my understanding isn't the objectively right one or anything LMAO so please lmk if I am thinking about things the wrong way. thank you for reading ^^