#having inari set :3

[gomzdrawfr]

wrote out plans and stared at my calendar, putting my hands together and mutter a quiet "you do need a break"

[luliho]

Me: :(

The Louis and Ivy on my nightstand:

Me: :)

[askpokevision]

Phil: Whoaaaa...a game show!? Sounds like those things Brainiac always watches between experiments! Can I play!? What's the objective!? I'll do whatever it takes!

Zed could barely hold back his excitement, practically vibrating on the spot. “Taff set the stage! WERE HAVING A POP QUIZ!”

The zoroark grabbed the camera, the background seemed to meld together as he spun with the device. Snapping to a stop Zed pointed towards the stage. several empty podiums now stood there. With a clap and a flash of light the contestants were teleported to their respective spots.

Quiz Show Rules!

•A trivia question will be posted with multiple choice answers typically regarding the Pokemon world. •Respond to the question by answering in the way your character would answer! This is about your oc’s knowledge not your own. •Respond by either replying to the questions post or reblogging it. I will compile them after everyone has answered. •Responses can be as long or short as you want. Ex: simply reply chooses A or give me a paragraph of your character thinking. •Lucky guesses are allowed (your oc doesn’t know but you do) but don’t abuse them. •You have 24 hours to respond before I count it as a timed out question.

(@the-feral-one I drew the sisters together to save space but feel free to have them either take turns answering or all answer on their own)

Feel free to send questions and have your guys wander the studio in between rounds btw :3

@inaris-pokemon-world @the-feral-one @ask-suicune @curce @aro-pokeverse

[fluff-writing]

~Kicks down the Door~

New headcanon about how Sanctuary got populated!

So there's a line from the books that always tickled my brain,where Rathma explains to Mendeln that he and his brother are Lilith's direct descendants, and his own by proxy.

He also, however, mentions that his own descendants number 'Far, far less' than his mothers, which seems a mite impossible when he's her only child. The obvious explanation is that Lilith has more children. Not necessarily with Inarius, the guy who hates his son and never wanted kids in the first place.

Easy-peasy, nbd. Even though we never see or here about any of these theoretical other-children, and given Lilith's obsession with her offspring it seems like it might've come up.

The other thing that always kinda niggled at me was the incest co-efficient. If every single human on Sanctuary came from the same relatively small grouping of angels and demons, and their offspring alone, the population should've gone sterile and died out ages ago.

Yes yes I know it's Magical Diablo Land where biology doesn't necessarily apply, but it still bothered me anyway lol.

Now I had considered that maybe the gene-pool was getting replenished by all those pesky demons crawling into Sanctuary, and pilfering people. It was kind of fun to think about, because this would have the population slowly sliding toward more demonic genetics, and the inevitable corruption of Sanctuary. Maybe Diablo and friends were just playing the longest con of waiting for evolution to do its stuff.

Alas, humans are still humans, and this was just a theory without any real basis.

Then.

Diablo Immortal dropped the Lilin and the Inari on us.

Two groups of people who claim to be The direct descendants of Lilith and Inarius respectively. It fits the bill for their history and abilities too.

Obviously Mom and Dada Sanctuary didn't do the frickle frackle and have 5,000 babies (maybe in the fanfics...). The two groups make it pretty clear that, as far as they know, they came from either Mother or Father, not both.

Perhaps they simply used the Worldstone to create more mortals?

We actually know how Rathma was made now, thanks to Diablo 3's Season 28, of all things. The Altar of Rites doesn't explicitly say it was him, but it's pretty clear from the context that's he's the little clay-baby being warped and forged by Lilith and Inarius.

This would potentially allow for a larger population, and a more diverse one at that. It also rather nicely reflects the way new angels are made (spawned out of a rock) and the way new demons are made (pulled out of the goo).

TLDR: Angels and Demons can either make babies the funish way, or just ask the giant magical rock to print them a few sets.

[hoshikumas]

Chapter 100! Titled 'Ceremony' and is exactly what it sounds like. I know it were supposed to be in less than a week according to the prev chapter but still feels like everything is going so fast.

The color page is school themed probably because April is the start of the school year.

No chapter next month.

The chapter starts with Prez Bold arriving in Japan for the Japan-USA meeting and he is personally greeted by PM Inari.

Someone who looks like a fusion of kotaro and hoshikuma (lol) is warning Prez Bold that the meeting is a trap.

News of Japan's self-isolation broke just as Inari replaced Minamoto as PM. The self-isolation severed all diplomatic connections during these 3 years and the country got surronded in mysterious thick fog.

And now that the fog has been cleared...there must be some scheme behind this meeting.

Bold knows that himself. The whole world has been patiently waiting, observing what could have been happening in Japan. And someone HAS TO clarify it for everyone else. Who? President Bold, of course.

But to clear his colleague's worries about his safety, Bold introduces him to a granny.

She is a shaman (kemonoist), the strongest in the country.

The official English translation went with kemonoists for kemonoya (basically what Inugami and Anaguma called themselves; detectives dealing with kemono affairs). Shamans is what kemonoya are called in the USA.

She will be accompanying the president along with his security personnel. Her role is to see through any vixen 'curses' (magic) (Reminder that vixens is what bake kitsune are called in the USA...lmao so they dont account for male foxes?)

He will go unarmed, as his only goal is to talk.

PM Inari greeting President Bold.

Bold asks the granny if it's safe to shake hands. She answers that in case that woman is setting something up, the patterns the granny drew on President's body will react immediately and she will take injury in place of Bold.

Well, aren't these guys from the farm?

The whole world is watching the ceremony begin.

The opposition is ready for ii to start moving though.

Kabane and his friends as well as Iyo and her parents are in Gunma at Tarouta's restaurant.

Genji is in Kyoto.

Both places are outside of ii's initial Tokyo Skytree reach.

Mayo suspects that if Kaidou plans to intervene with the meeting, then his kaiju should emerge in the waters just within the ii's radius, around Ibaraki or Chiba. Why is he so sure though? He's sure the kaiju will emerge from the sea as it's a rule.

Robara raises a concern, that brainwashed people living in areas where the kaiju would appear would lack even a will to escape.

But apparently, Inari had ordered for people living in the Kanto area to be evacuated already. Akagi suspects its because it would be a problem if suddenly exploited people (mamono) died in large numbers.

There's many reporters and politicians still remaining in Tokyo though.

Iyo takes it upon herself and the tanuki to save the remaining people.

Kabane was about to say that Iyo's expression is strange, but he was stopped by akira and shiki.

But Iyo is fine with not smiling. Her people are not stupid to be fooled by fake smiles.

There hasn't been any updates about the vaccine from Thin and I am getting worried.

No one knows where Inugami or Mihai are, or what are they doing. It's up to Kabane and friends now to do something. For now, the goal is simple: clash ii and Kaidou.

The meeting has begun.

No face hair Inugami jumpscare.

Nobimaru actually had plans escape with Inugami.

But...

Flashback of his convo with Inari. He asks is it's okay to have Inugami be there at the meeting.

What point is there in lovers sweet talks if the other side in under a love spell? Watching someone spiral in despair is best enjoyed when their mind is clear, not clouded or brainwashed. (very paraphrased; basically saying that there's no point in watching inugami succumb to ii as she won't be able to enjoy him being in despair if he's brainwashed).

He asks to prepare the 'best seat' for Inugami.

Inari says no. Nobimaru is staying by her side during the ceremony.

Why, she asks, do you think I let you do as you pleased before? Did you think I trusted you?

Is there even a single person you trust? asks Nobimaru.

Inari: You know me so well...so well in fact that I wonder why are you still by my side.

Nobimaru too shall have a special seat at the meeting.

Back to the meeting. Nobimaru says that this is mostly likely the end for him. All he can do now is to pray, pray that Inari is hated by the world; pray that the person who is coming to save Inugami (Kabane), might perhaps save him as well.

He's calling Kabane a prince as reference to one of the prev chapters where Inari jokingly reffered to Inugami as a princess waiting to be rescued. But I'm leaving that shit out lol sorry.

Creepy Inari jumpscare. She's looking directly at Inugami, her lips saying: Look at me.

But he's always looking, no need to remind.

Meanwhile, Robara is giving these who can't fly means to uh...fly.

Three eyes of Cyclops...okay Aimoto!

Akira wants to match with them but he already can fly lol.

Kabane, Shiki, Akira, Kon are to deal with the kaiju.

Finally the actual conference begins.

Bold asks the reasons for the self-isolation. Inari 'apologizes'.

She needed to make some preparations in order to avoid greater chaos and confusion. Right now, Japan is a place where kemono and humans live together. But it's difficult to properly respect each other when both sides are essentialy different living beings.

The isolation was necessary to protect everyone from discriminative gazes of others. Inari only wanted to give human rights to kemono.

Bold doesn't seem like giving in her bs. They were worried. All diplomatic relations severed, the country is covered in dense fog, no way to call or send letters to Japan, no way to get to Japanese sites...As a President, Bold has repeatedly tried to communicate with Japan, fearing that the allied country might be in critical situation. However, all of these attempts had been rejected.

As he asks Inari, the pattern suddenly reacts, and the granny is injured.

He does a complete 180 and says that America agrees with PM Inari's policies and supports her. One trillion dollars will be donated to Japan.

ii has started functioning.

Those watching the conference are shocked. The Chinese kemono call Inari a reincarnation of Daji of the Yin (Shang) dynasty.

Well, we know that Mikuzu = Tamamo and Tamamo was based on Daji/is essentially Daji. It is rather peculiar that the Shang dynasty is mentioned because timelines...ack.

Daji was the consort of the last king of the Shang dynasty of Ancient China. The real Daji was killed and impersonated by a fox. She died after 1046 BC.

Tamamo-no-mae was a courtesan of a Japanese emperor Konoe who reigned from 1142 through 1155. These dates and the whole legend of being killed by a human and sealed into the Killing Stone perfectly lines up with Mikuzu and even lines up with the allurestone/bewitching stone being created AFTER the kemono jihen (which should have happened during Minamoto no Raiko's lifetime, 948 to 1021).

Basically, Daji lived like one thousand years before Mikuzu, so yeah do with this information what you want. Could be the same fox reincarnated every thousand years or something. Could be the chinese kemono comparing Inari to Daji/overreacting.

Inari got what she wanted.

Kaidou emerges as kaiju! The ape mamono are flying around with the cameras in order to report the kaiju emergence/existence and make it world news.

Mihai is mihai-ng and he's been doing around the world in one week until he ended up in Japan again because Inugami didn't tell him the place.(I assume he flew around in a week because in one of the previous chapters Inugami told him to wait a week as it was the time needed for the Radiotower ii to grow fully).

What a great 100th chapter! Lots of questions remain still...

What about the vaccine and Kanetake? Where are Ume, Tsubaki, Hoshi, Yamabuki and Mayu as they haven't been seen at the meeting? Or Mikage...not like the whole minister cabinet has to be at the conference but still. Are they all affected too?

Yamabuki was planning to use the tower. Is she gonna butt in between Kaidou and ii?

Rip hoshikuma arc though, you will be remembered.

And Sakura/Kyoto when?

[osakaonryoif]

The Romance Options.

So, it is time I start listing the details. Let's start with the romance Options, because that is definitely more important than the synopsis...

Makoto - Kage:

Sex: M.F (Gender Selectable)

Age: 19

Appearance: Black, dishevelled shoulder-length hair. Blue eyes, freckled face. 4’‘2 in height, making them the shortest in the group. Always wears an oversized green hoodie with their favourite anime character proudly presented on the front. Almost never takes the hood down.

Personality: Hacker, Gamer, Otaku, and pretty much anything in-between. Makoto can be trusted with anything regarding technology, but anything regarding reality can often be a challenge. Makoto seemingly has no filter, saying what they are thinking at that exact moment in time; be it inappropriate jokes, insults, or anything in-between.

Messenger #27361 - Kaen:

(Because the player sets the name of this character, all references to them will be “Kit”.)

Sex: M/F (Gender Selectable)

Age: Somewhere between 100 and 200 years old

Appearance: Red, wild hair, with length depending on gender selected. Red eyes, with a barely detectable feint glow. 5’'3 in height. Wears a traditional Japanese Kimono shamelessly stolen from a convenient shrine. When in fox form, has red fur, and two tails.

Personality: Kit is a Kitsune, and a messenger of Inari Omikami. You met them one day at a Shinto Shrine, and they decided they liked you enough to follow you. In Japanese Folklore, Kitsunes can take human form, and Kit does just that. The MC eventually gets tired of referring to them by a number, (definitely not because they cannot remember it), and gives them a name.

Kit is a seemingly endless bubble of energy. They like teasing anyone and everyone, and a good harmless prank is always appreciated! Do not ask about the harmful pranks, however. The Osaka Police department is already overwhelmed with arson incidents, as it is. Having joined a society they know nothing about, Kit spends much of their time being confused. They have a tendency to act like a child running around an amusement park, (which attracts unwanted attention in downtown Osaka), and Makoto constantly teases them.

Ryoji/Ryuko Sasaki - Temae

Sex: M/F (Gender Selectable)

Age: 34

Appearance: Wears a plain, grey suit. Has a tattoo on their left arm of a Cheetah. Black, slick, neat hair, which comes down to the shoulders if female, clean shaven if male. Grey eyes. 5’‘6 in height. If male, has stubble. Is missing their entire index finger on their left hand.

Personality: From the outside, one would think them to be every part the stereotypical Hardened and coldblooded Yakuza member. They pretend to not care about others, but actions often speak louder than words. Is very loyal to those they perceive as friends, and is easily angered when a friend is threatened. On the flipside, seemingly has no sense of self-preservation.

Masa Matsuzaki - Jiji:

Sex: M

Age: 42

Appearance: Black, messy hair. Blue eyes. 5’‘5 in height. Black, baseball cap with his favourite, (fictional) baseball team, the Osaka Orangutans. Wears a white, button up shirt with short sleeves, and a tie. Also wears jeans. Is rather muscular. ;)

Personality: Masa is a detective working for the Osaka police department who assists you with your not so legal methods. He believes in justice above all else, even if it means bending the law. He has no concept of ‘jokes’, and often takes the stupid things Makoto says seriously. (Do not ask him about the Takoyaki incident.) It seems as though he lives only to work, and he often has to be physically dragged into the break room to rest.

Midori Yasukawa - Hoshi:

Sex: F

Age: 21

Appearance: Green eyes. Long, black hair with green highlights. Almost never without a smile on her face. 4’'9 in height. Wears a long, black dress with green four-leaf clovers all over it.

Personality: Midori is a J-pop idol who runs away from her producers, and latches herself onto your group, saying she’s “bored”, after you interrupt a Yakuza meeting that just so happened to be taking place under a stage which she was performing a live concert on. Makoto is a big fan of hers. With a bright and bubbly personality, Midori surprises everyone when she turns out to also be extremely sadistic. Enjoying the various missions you take her on with concerning levels of Joy.

Secret RO: Red String.

Sex: ?

Age: ?

“You’re the war that I wage,” “You’re the love that I hate.” “Can you change me” “From the monster you’ve made me?” Starset - “Monster”

The red string has to connect to someone. Not a soulmate, per say. More like a soul sibling. Your “twin soul”. They are in important figure in the story of your life, as you are in theirs. The two of you may not reach the end of the line without each other. But if life was already written into stone, that would be rather cruel. While you must encounter this person, your relationship with them is still up to you.

Red String is a potential Yandere for the Onryō. They start out hating the MC, but with certain choices, this can become a sort of twisted hate-love situation. That is all the info I will give out for now. It’s a secret RO, so obviously I can’t reveal their identity. I will say, however that they are a character that has already been met in the demo.

[trainpassengers]

Hope you had a grand ol time with your family!

Alright! Now For the "What if's"..

Pigsy and DBK having a Chang'e Cooking marathon !

2. Inari and the other gods having a debate on who's Macaques favorite.

3. Chang'e and Macaque having a cook off with Ben and Nezha being the judges

Random thoughts of the day 😉🙂‍↔️ maybe

Hello! Thank you for your wishes, let's get into these ‘what-ifs’!

Pigsy and DBK Chang’e cooking marathon.

We all know these two hot-headed fathers are geeks to ‘Life is Cooking’. One can imagine that they would scream out: “Where is the lamb sauce?!” due to their personalities but I would say that they would get along and cooperate with their dedication to Cooking with Chang’e, mutual respect!

Macaque would be on a video call with Chang’e and show the beloved moon goddess her two biggest fans concentrating and chanting “Life is Cooking” while cooking aggressively with her show in the background. PIF would also be there and be next to Macaque on the video call~

2. Inari and the other god’s debating on who’s Macaque’s favorite.

This one has me giggling when I think about it. Since these gods will probably be debating in a meeting room and in the modernized setting, they will all bring every single statistic, paperwork with the probabilities, and numbers to prove their point. Even bringing in their own assistants and workers out of work for moral support.

While Hermes’ only argument to contradict these arguments would be: “Nuh-uh”. This cheeky god would have a short-tempered god burst a vessel from his stubbornness 😂😅

And Inari’s argument, if we take into the point that they currently are the only god to know Macaque has a hidden child, they would just sit back and grin evilly. Probably say things like: “I know something all of you don’t~”

Persephone would probably give a death stare to Inari while Hades is trying to calm his wife down 🤭 most of the Greek Gods would be the most argumentive ones in this room.

Nezha would groan and think this whole feud was foolish, questioning why he assisted this debate when he had a job to do back in the Celestial Realm. (he knows everything, he just can't say anything xD)

3. Chang’e and Macaque having a cook-off while Ben and Nezha are the judges.

This would be a friendly competition! Cooking is a form of love language and they are all so sweet with one and the other.

Ben would be crying nonstop and thanking the chefs for every bite he took from all the plates he’d been given. It would be difficult for him to vote and would say he is voting for both. Nezha would try to imitate Ben’s gratefulness and make the worst forced smile while his tastebuds have ascended with Buddha himself.

Macaque would tease and point out Nezha’s terrible act and Nezha would vote for Chang’e just to spite Macaque 😭 (he would apologize for that later) This would have Chang’e be the automatic winner and have Ben comfort Macaque by crying more, he's just too nice-

Amazing what-ifs!! A mutual of mine would love to see comics of these, imagination goes wild hehe. Thank you so much and have a great rest of your weekend :))

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1110 - Initial Thoughts

FINALLY

The five have landed, and TCB had the audacity to not translate until late Friday, making us wait so long, but we're finally here, so let's not waste any more time.

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release too

Our cover story is a Yamato story, he's off to travel Wano just as Oden did, which he tells Momonosuke in this cover. Given the name, I'd expect that he may cross paths with Onimaru since it'll involve an Inari shrine

How ominous a title to have with 'Planetfall' too

The buster call watches on as it notices the similar effects to Saturn's arrival, Bluegrass seems particularly disturbed

The giants sense it too, with Bonney and Franky left to worry about the others

Vegapunk's broadcast involved showing off 'Vega-Coffee', which essentially is something that turns water into coffee

That ad break lasted 3 minutes, so there's still 7 minutes left

Marejois meanwhile is empty though, only the summoning circle appears

But Vegapunk is starting anyway, with the threat that the broadcast could be intercepted it's better to hasten

And finally we got the Gorosei fruits and it all seems to be Zoans, mainly Yokai

Saturn of course is the Gyuki, as we suspected from the design

Marcus Mars is an Itsumade, the 'Eerie bird'. According to research "Saw-like beak" and "talons as sharp as swords"

Topman Warcury is a Houki, not much info on it but that it's a Four Tusked Boar from China

Arguably the most badass design is Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro, the Bakotsu. The skeletal horse is a vengeful spirit seeking revenge for being burned to death

And finally Shepherd Ju Peter, the only non-Yokai is a Sandworm. Because Oda definitely watched Dune recently

As Luffy stands down the Five Elder Planets, Sanji rushes off with Vegapunk's corpse ready to warn Nami and the others

V. Nusjuro is first to make a move, turning into a Centaur-like hybrid form as he lays waste to the Mark III pacifista surrounding the island

He was so quick that no Marine saw it either, only catching a faint image of a horse

Not even damaged, partially frozen, their 'neural circuitry' was frozen so he may've cut into their souls

I wonder if this could be a level Brook can attain

Mars is also on the move, but he's going up high

Sanji contacts Nami, telling them to get out now, soon enough Mars charges into the barrier

Luffy continues to dodge on the back foot against Saturn with Ju Peter and Warcury on the outskirts, but he notices that Ju Peter is burrowing

Usopp contacts Sanji, they're ready to leave but Zoro and Jinbe aren't here

The Sunny is safe and sound, but despite Brook's calmness he's getting his shins kicked by Lilith, who reminds him that the Sunny's only safe because of Usopp's bamboo shoots

Jinbe makes his way to Zoro, being within eyeshot

Zoro meanwhile finds himself slightly disarmed by Lucci, who taunts Zoro over his curiosity over the new sources of strong Haki

As Jinbe notes that they're still fighting, Sanji makes an off-comment, calling him a burden

Zoro has been ACTIVATED

Catching the sword that was disarmed, Zoro uses Santoryu against Lucci's leopard spots for the quick KO

The Chapter Notes point out that he references Hahava, the coldest hell of Buddhism

Plot demanded Zoro finish late, so finally Zoro has finished

Luffy meanwhile has been caught lacking, as the Sandworm comes for a bite

Dorry and Brogy have arrived though, much like they did in Little Garden (well one of them) they cut the gullet before Luffy can be swallowed

Luffy is glad to see some old friends, but now the numbers are a little more even

Well the Gorosei are definitely not weaklings

Terrifying creatures all in their own rights, they definitely set themselves up as powerful foes. Makes you wonder though what Imu could be if this is the base line huh?

There seems to be a bit more lines to draw this time around; with V. Nusjuro circling the island down below he may find himself crossing the Giants' ships, meaning Franky, Bonney, Atlas and maybe Sanji, Oimo and Kashii will likely have to confront him. Up above we have Mars looking to break through to the Labophase, which he likely will, leading to the crew having to find an opening there; Nami, Usopp, Zoro, Chopper, Robin, Jinbe and Brook plus Lilith is a greater numbers advantage, but Mars may also use the Seraphim if he's wily, does not look good for the CP agents, York and Kaku though, hope the first and latter got out safe.

Which leaves Luffy and the giants facing down Saturn, Ju Peter (I doubt he's dead) and Warcury. I could sadly see the captains not making it out, or holding off 3 so to get Luffy out. Let's not forget that Kizaru can always pull himself back into it (I hope Sentomaru also escaped). Plus there's still the matter of Vegapunk's broadcast itself.

It's not gonna be clean or pretty, but thinks are gonna get chaotic in the best and the worst way.

[karume-selfshipper]

Anyone ask for my scrabmled thoughts? No? Oh well here they are anyways.

All for BNHA OC called Inari Yagi all under the cut cause it gets long. Also only half of a convo with my friend.

Background/context/to be on the same page:

All Might is a single (half absentee) father to Inari. She has several complexes around Hero Work, All Might, and herself due to being exclusively called "All Might’s Daughter" since she was 4. Her quirk developed at 2 and caused All Might several panics about having accidentally passed OfA to her. Torino was against All Might keeping Inari, trying to get AM to do what Nana did. AM thinks Inari will be safer is he keeps her because he doesn't know what AfO would do to her. Nighteye only came into the picture when Inari was 4 and doesn't think he gets a say in this argument. Nighteye becomes honorary uncle. Torino is *technically* grandpa but he's a grumpy grandpa, so no wholesome moments. Inari has Main Character Syndrome with a twist! Meaning she gets to do most of the main plot stuff without kicking anyone else out. Inari has gone through nannies and given up on friends because everyone who got close to her only wanted to be close to AM. And everyone outside of AM's inner circle have been pressuring Inari to be the next AM since she was in school.

Also the fic is gonna be call Struggle in Shadow.

Chapter 1- The Father's Ghost

Basically setting up AM and Inari's relationship, Inari's mindset, main themes, central conflict, and some hints to what Inari really thinks about being a hero and what she can or can't do with her life.

So the scene where AM freaks out and has guilt eating him alive plus some of Inari by herself to begin fleshing her out.

Chapter 2- Boy Meets Her

Turns out Inari has been transferred to Deku and Bakugo's school for her last year in middle school and she half witnesses Bakugo throwing the notebook put the window. She picks it up before it can get damaged and tries to figure out who it belongs to just as Deku approaches. The two talk with Inari being notibly cold even as she tells Deku he could get a Hero adjectent job even if he can't be a Pro. AM meets Deku and saves both him and Bakugo from the sludge before deciding Deku is his successor.

Chapter 3- Fatality

AM calls Nighteye to tell him about his choice only to get yelled at. AM explains that he doesn't want to pressure Inari and that she hasn't shown any interest in Hero work so AM's decision is final. Cut to AM getting home, seeing a training schedule and learning that Inari *was* (somewhat) interested in being a Hero. Though he doesn't find out why.

That obvious huh? It's gonna be set up as Inari's (and Deku's) first real, healthy friendship due to circumstances.

But I plan on having the chapters flow from one perspecive to the next (depending on if a character change is even needed). So AM's part in chap 1 might be extended a little but Inari's part will be far more important.

Chap 2 is gonna go from Inari to Deku to AM basically following the scene just prior. So Deku is contemplating everything Inari said and contrasting it with everything else he's ever heard when he's attacked and AM is wondering if he were too harsh on Deku, going so far as to compare Deku to Inari before sharply deciding that isn't a fair comparison into the second sludge attack.

Chp 3 is shaping up to be strictly AM's pov unless I figure out something else to jam in there

Pretty much all of it. Recency bias already has the return of Nighteye/Eri plot half written as well as the very very end (war arc and time skip) but I'm gonna try to write it in order so I don't have so many plot threads dangling around

And of course I gotta write out the personal history and details so I can implement those as well. Things like AM and Nighteye at the hospital when AM got hole punched and other small background things that only pop up briefly

Only thing I have that does nothing for the plot is that Inari likes bell peppers and is the main thing she would bond with Bakugo over. They are the only ones in 1-A that do. Everyone else silently judges them

She "got away with it" before the dorms because its chopped in other things. But then in the dorms she gets "caught", offers the person some bell peppers, and gets lightly smacked with reality that she is in fact weird for liking them. Todoroki leads the class to a theory mood board to thinking its because AM's health. Someone overhears Aizawa talking to AM who straight up outs Inari as just always liking peppers. The class goes half crazy and only gently teases her about it

Then Tsu catches Bakugo eating a bell pepper like an apple. He goes to Inari over it because of top 5 bias and she points out that the way he was eating it was weird. But they are being given all the space because they are monching bell peppers while they discuss

No but Mina is a persistent bitch so she, Tsu, and Ururaka form her girl squad. While Deku, Iida, Shoji, Todoroki, Shinshou, Kirishima, and Sero form her male friend squad.

Or well at least not yet besides thematic parallels with Deku, Todoroki, and Shinshou

Deku is her first real friend. So Iida, Ururaka, and Tsu all fall in easily as people who respect each other and trust each other on the battlefield. Mina is just overly friendly and great at getting Inari to open up about things she likes. Kirishima and Sero follow that vein. Shinshou is the first person she makes a snarky remark to about judging someone before knowing them and ropes into playing a prank on Karminari and Mineta at the Sports Festival. Todoroki starts as a rival, then a good friend with a brief period of dating in the blandest sense, they split on amicable terms while remaining friends. Shoji is just someone she has a little too much in common with so whenerver they are paired up for training it looks like they share a brain.

Aizawa starts off having beef with Inari because she "um actually"'s him when he tells Ururaka that she isn't here to make friends. For this, he is very tough on her and lowkey deeply upset every time she exceeds even his lofty expectations. Then during Study Hall he sees Inari 20 pages deep in an essay because she's going into detail over every tiny nuance of the situation. He starts trying to push her into taking easy, even getting onto AM for it. To which AM defends himself saying he doesn't pressure Inari. This is an argument that goes nowhere no matter who starts it... until after the Eri plot.

Her hobbies are writing, doll customization, and collecting posable action figures and miniatures. She has custom dolls for her OCs of her favorite shows (so she's a nerd in the same vein as me). And she writes various stories about them, as well as posing her dolls for pictures to pair with the stories.

AM got her so many Barbie dolls when she was 4-6 before he realized she likes the posable action figures more. Only learning about that when he was splurging/rewarding her for good grades. Then he turned and started getting her every Pro Hero he could. He has trouble threading the line of spoiling her and being a good father, especially when he starts giving her an allowance.

And co templating how chap 4 & 5 are gonna go. Think to have Inari catch AM training Deku while she's enjoying a Saturday off and burying her feelings as deep in denial as she can as the stinger of chap 4 and spend chap 5 with AM & Deku apologizing and offering for her to train with them (separately) and she only responds to Deku because she sees that he is genuinely trying to be HER friend and not just get close to AM.

[emmi-hayes]

I've got a lover (i love like religion) and 1, 3 and 4 Vices + 9, 11 and 12 The Heart of Atasuyami + 1, 14 and 15

i’ve got a lover

 What inspired you to write the fic this way?

Gosh! A couple of things inspired me on this one. There was a lovely conversation with @itsbluetetsu and ​​@rouge-the-bat about Kurama and religious trauma. I wanted to write a story that brushed those types of themes, and showed Kurama coping with it in a not super helpful way. 

And the thought of Kurama being prissy over having to return obligation chocolates really made me laugh. And the idea of Hiei being bad at roleplaying was amusing. 

3. What’s your favorite line of narration?

This is one of my favorite sections of narration. Sorry it’s not a single line but I need them all. 

Kurama hums approvingly, unable to quiet his pleasure. He badly wants to be appreciated, craves this centered worship. He does not need prayers to some other being dropped at his feet. He is Youko Kurama. He is nobody’s mouthpiece or errand boy. 

Suddenly and fiercely, he longs for any of his old dens in Makai. To see Hiei so submissive there, in a space—a shrine—made to his liking, turns Kurama’s gentle hum into a possessive, rumbling growl.

 

4. What’s your favorite line of dialogue?

Again, sorry for not being able to pick a single line. But this exchange really captured the tone I was going for. 

“I told you I took my name from it? I’ve had many names in my past, but I took such pleasure in my time there. It was easy for others in both planes to identify me by it, it’s the name that became infamous. The humans are the ones that truly gave me that name. They would bring offerings to the Youko of Kurama–food, drink, trinkets, maidens. They would make offerings to me to carry their prayers to Inari Okami-sama.”

Vices

9. Were there any alternate versions of this fic?

Yes! Nothing major was different. This is a story made up of my longstanding headcanons. So the bones have been in the back of my mind for decades. 

Earlier versions had the timing of the story to be different. I wanted them to go to Kyoto in the fall, to see Mt. Kurama painted in fiery reds and oranges. But it wouldn’t work out that way when I was doing my plotting. 

The original didn’t have them going to Okutama Town, or fighting the lizard demon. But I realized I was making to big of leaps in the Kurama falling in love department and needed to give him some reasons to have these feelings bubbling up. 

Also the OCs? Did not plan on them being in it so much. And having Inari show up was never really set in stone. 

11. What do you like best about this fic?

I like so many things. It is my first chaptered work, my first collab with others, and I really feel like I set out to write with a consistent tone and style and hit that most of the time. 

I also really like the middle section. The Okutama Town detour was sorely needed at the time of writing. It was a breath of fresh air!

12. What do you like least about this fic?

Maybe the smut in chapter 11? I wrote that scene early on. IT was maybe the third thing written for the fic. I can’t bring myself to read it anymore. There are a few lines I know I like, but I fear it doesn’t flow with the story since it wasn’t written in order (and was written before I had outlined the story, I wasn’t aware it would all be connected at that time.)

The Heart of Atsuiyami

 What inspired you to write the fic this way?

This was written for a prompt! @hamspamandjamsandwich came up with the idea of Kurama tricking Hiei into a date by disguising it as a mission. I liked the idea of Kurama planning escape rooms and elaborate scavenger hunt proposals, and knew he’d do the same for Hiei. It couldn’t just be simple, he’d want it to feel real. Koenma is such a romantic he’d be happy to help. Also, @criscura helped me bounce ideas around a lot! Pretty sure she gave me the original idea.

14. Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic?

Hm, I didn’t have a lesson or theme in mind while writing. Maybe just that Kurama is the most extra. He is not above dragging his boyfriend across the three planes in order to prove he loves him.

15: What did you learn from writing this fic?

That I can do it! I was writing a lot of things all at once.

[danganronpama]

MIU IRUMA’S TOTALLY FUCKING REAL INTERVIEW

🎥 A Self-Produced Documentary by Miu Iruma, Starring Miu Iruma, Directed by Miu Iruma, and Written by The Supreme Queen of Brains and Booty, Miu Iruma 🎬✨

[Setting: Classroom, Everyone is Forced to Watch]

The lights dim, and the projector screen flickers on.

The words "The Iruma Experience™" flash across the screen in bright neon letters, followed by a dramatic slow-motion montage of Miu posing with her inventions—all while a very obvious, over-the-top heavy metal track plays in the background.

The camera zooms in on Miu, sitting on a chair, goggles on, arms crossed, looking extremely pleased with herself.

Then—

A DEEP, MANLY VOICE BEGINS SPEAKING

Interviewer: "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TODAY WE HAVE A HISTORIC FUCKING INTERVIEW WITH THE GREATEST GENIUS KNOWN TO MANKIND, THE ULTIMATE INVENTOR, THE GODDESS OF INTELLIGENCE, OWNER OF THE WORLD’S FINEST RACK, AND BEST IN THE SACK—MIU IRUMA!"

Miu dramatically nods, adjusting her goggles.

QUESTION 1

Interviewer: "Miu, what is it like to be so much more intelligent than your classmates, who, let’s be honest, are barely functioning organisms?"

Miu Iruma: "OH-HO-HO! FANTASTIC FUCKIN’ QUESTION, MR. TOTALLY HUNK INTERVIEWER! I swear, I’m basically a once-in-a-generation supergenius trapped in a world of slack-jawed idiots!, lemme tell ya! Every morning, I wake up, look in the mirror, and think, ‘Wow, these dumbass plebs would literally be drowning in their own drool without me around!’ It’s a tough job being this smart AND this hot, but SOMEONE’S gotta do it!"

[Classroom Reactions]:

[Kaede]: "Oh god, this is going to last an hour, isn’t it?"

[Shuichi]: "I can’t believe we’re being forced to watch this."

[Kokichi]: "PFFT—This is the best thing I’ve ever seen! Miu, you should do interviews every day!"

QUESTION 2

Interviewer: "Miu, everyone in this school is obviously madly in love with you. Tell us, what is it like being a beacon of beauty and brains, the whole package rolled into one… some might even say, the Ultimate Bombshell?"

Miu tilts her head dramatically, sighing like a burdened goddess.

Miu Iruma: "Ohhh, interviewer, ya get me! FINALLY, someone acknowledges my daily struggles! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DAMN HARD IT IS BEING THIS PERFECT?! Almost as HARD as these horny little shits I catch staring at me CONSTANTLY!"

Interviewer: "Even Shuichi Saihara?"

Miu Iruma: "E—FUCKING—SPECIALLY Shuichi Saihara! I’ve seen the way he looks at me—ALL LONGING AND FULL OF FUCKING DESIRE."

[Shuichi (offscreen)]: "WHAT?! NO, I DON’T!"

[Miu (pauses video, points at Shuichi]: "DENIAL IS THE FIRST FUCKING STAGE, SAIHARA! JUST CONFESS ALREADY!"

[Kaede]: "Miu, get back to the video!"

[Miu]: "TCH. FINE. BUT WE'RE NOT DROPPIN' THIS CONVERSATION, DETECTIVE SIMP-HARA!"

She presses play, and the video continues.

QUESTION 3

Interviewer: "Miu, as the most intelligent being on the planet, who would you say is the DUMBEST dipshit among your class?"

Miu taps her chin, dramatically pondering.

Miu Iruma: "Hmmm… SO MANY OPTIONS. There’s Kaito ‘LAME-INARY OF THE STARS’, who thinks you can punch your way out of a physics problem."

[Kaito]:"Hey?! The hell kinda title is that?!"

Miu Iruma: "There’s TENCROTCH, who acts like touching a guy would set her on fucking fire."

[Tenko]:"WELL, CAN YOU BLAME ME?! SETTING PEOPLE ON FIRE SOUNDS LIKE EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING A DEGENERATE MALE WOULD DO!"

Miu Iruma: "But if I had to pick the TRUE, UNDISPUTED KING OF DUMBASSES…"

She leans forward, grinning.

Miu Iruma: "KAEEEDE! OR SHOULD I SAY—BAKAMATSU! AND YOU WANNA KNOW WHY THAT'S HER NAME?! CUZ SHE'S A FUCKING DUMBASS!"

[Kaede (offscreen)]: "…Excuse me?!"

Interviewer: "Miu, please, do enlighten us. Hearing Kaediot get roasted is just too damn entertaining."

Miu Iruma: "OH-HO-HO, HAPPILY! BAKAMATSU’S WHOLE THING IS ‘I PLAY THE PIANO’—LIKE, WHOOP-DEE-FUCKIN’-DOO! BUT WHAT DOES THAT DO IN A REAL CRISIS?! HUH?! YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA POUND OUT A CHOPIN PIECE AND MAGICALLY FIX EVERYTHING?!"

[Kaede]: "W-WHAT THE HELL, MIU?! MUSIC CAN BE REALLY POWERFUL!"

[Miu]: "OH YEAH?! WHEN SHIT HITS THE FAN, YOU THINK BUSTING OUT A SONATA’S GONNA SAVE YOUR ASS?! ‘OH NO, A DISASTER! QUICK, SOMEONE PLAY ME A LITTLE FUCKIN’ MOZART!’"

[Kaede]: "I—IT CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER!"

[Miu]: "SO CAN FREE FOOD, BUT YOU DON’T SEE ME HAULIN’ AROUND A BUFFET TABLE LIKE IT’S A PERSONALITY TRAIT!"

[Kaede]: "THAT’S NOT THE SAME THING AT ALL!"

[Miu]: "YOU CAN’T EAT A GODDAMN SONATA, BAKAMATSU!"

[Kaede]: "WHY DO YOU KEEP BRINGING UP FOOD?! THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!"

[Miu]: "CUZ I’M SMARTER THAN YOU, THAT’S WHY!"

[Kaede]: "I—I HATE THAT I CAN’T ARGUE WITH THAT!"

[Miu]: "DAMN RIGHT, BAKAMATSU! YOU EARNED THAT NAME FOR A FUCKIN’ REASON!"

QUESTION 4

Interviewer: "Miu, your greatness is undeniable, and surely this is the best damn interview of all time—"

[Rantaro (offscreen)]: "Okay, wait. Pause." [Miu]: "THE HELL DO YOU WANT GREEN BEAN, THIS IS THE BEST PART?!"

[Rantaro]: "Nobody talks like that. There is absolutely no way a real person interviewed you."

[Shuichi]: "Yeah, I was thinking that for a while too. Who would actually sit down and ask Miu this many questions?"

[Kaito]: "Wait a second… Miu, is that YOU doing the voice?!"

[Miu]: "WHAT?! NO, SHUT UP!"

[Himiko]: "Nyeh… that's pretty low, Miu. Even for you."

[Miu]: "I—I—I HAVE A DEEP-VOICED INTERVIEWER FRIEND, OKAY?! Y-YOU JUST DON’T KNOW THEM! THEY GO TO ANOTHER FUCKING SCHOOL!"

[Kokichi]: "Ooooh, Miu, did your ‘interviewer friend’ just happen to have the exact same insufferable, delusional, attention-starved energy as you? What are the odds?!"

[Kaede]: "So, I’m the DUMBEST one here because I play the piano, and YOU are the GENIUS who made up an ENTIRE FAKE INTERVIEWER?!"

[Miu]: "TCH! FINE! BUT WHEN I’M RICH, FAMOUS, AND GETTING MY TITS 3D-PRINTED ONTO A STATUE, DON’T COME CRAWLING TO ME, YOU TALENTLESS FUCKS!"

[tenjin-no-shinja]

Step 5: Making Offering Plates & Shimenawa

So this step is more optional, in that most folks just buy their own shinki sets, or shimenawa. However, I did originally make my own shinki set (before I bought a proper set at Fushimi Inari). And of course I still use my shimenawa.

Materials Needed

Wood Blocks (really any material, I used some scrap wood from my dad's collection, it turned out to be maple)

Food Safe Wood Oil (you can find like cutting board oil or use mineral oil from a pharmacy)

Hand Chisel

Electric Sander

Hemp Rope (You can substitute this with another natural plant fiber rope... I never bothered to try to do this with plastic rope, and honestly I don't know if if would work the same)

Rice Paper (I actually couldn't find this for easy use, so I substituted it with Chinese calligraphy paper which works just fine)

Clean Exact-O Knife

For the wooden bowls, I just hand chiselled the hell out of them. I had a general idea of how to chisel a concave shape into a block of wood, and then worked from there. Once I had them to the depth that I wanted, I sanded the outside into a nice round shape.

Once I sanded them, I took them outside and seasoned them with food safe wood oil. This helps finish the wood, and keeps it protected.

So I actually wasn't the smartest person, and never actually took any photos or videos of my original process of making the shimenawa, however I do remember what it is that I did.

Measure how several strands of the hemp fiber. Start twisting them together. If you know how to make rope, then you basically just do that. Take several of the twisted strands and group them into larger clumps and twist them together in the opposite direction. This method ensures that they stick together.

Basically like this.

Then you can tie off the ends with another strand. Now the extra step I did, was boil a big pot of water, and then I started dipping the hemp rope into the pot a few times. Once I felt the fibers had been boiled enough, I went and secured them outside with heavy weights, and twisted them extra tight. This ensured that the rope would dry in a tighter pattern and keep the shape more.

I repeated this process maybe 2-3 times. And I made sure I did this during bright warm sunny day so the rope would dry faster. Theoretically if you took a hair dryer and dried it that way it would probably work.

Next I worked on the Shide, these are the white paper lightning shaped streamers you attached to the shimenawa.

Important Notes

Always use a clean exact-o blade, I actually have an exact-o set aside solely for this purpose so it never is used for anything else

If you can try to wear a mask, to avoid breathing directly on the paper

If you crumple, tear, or otherwise mess up the paper when cutting you need to start over

These rules may seem strict, but you have to remember that this is for the kami, so it's important they get nice products. There's plenty of instructions online showing you how to cut the individual shide so I'm not gonna explain that here.

I made 5 of them, due to there being 5 sacred colors, 5 elements, and 5 petals on the shrine crest for Tenmangū.

There are two ways to attach these to the shimenawa, either naturally insert them into the rope and let the tension hold them in place, or use thread and a sewing needle. I've used both methods, and personally prefer using the tension method... but it's a bit more difficult in that if your rope isn't tense enough it won't hold the shide, and requires re-tightening the rope occasionally (I do this once per year usually).

The video below shows me cutting the shide, and attaching them to the rope.

And this is what your finished product will look like :D

Anyways I hope this series of information posts was useful.

INTRO & STEP 1

[sharkymothfaby]

Hiii,

Rinto sounds so interesting, can you talk more about his relationships with the Akatsuki members? Also, can he shapeshift into anything? Or is there any kind of limitation?

Have a great day!

Hello! Hope you are having a great day too!

About his relationships with the members of the Akatsuki, i will try to explain to the best of my ability:

Kisame and Itachi: They are the ones he pairs up with the most. He respects them a lot, and does have a protectiveness towards these two in specific. Rinto met Itachi when the Uchiha was still a kid, and had met Kisame once, after Rinto became a rogue ninja. So from all rhe akatsuki, he has a closer "bond" with them.

Tobi/Madara: Is the one that found him after he had become a rogue ninja. He saw potential in Rinto's ability and how it could help the Akatsuki, and invited the foxy ninja to join. Rinto do respect him, as he knows he is nowhere hear the masked man, in terms of power.

Pain and Konan: Is the leader and one of the founders of the organization, so Rinto respects them and their abilities. He only talks to them during the Magic Lantern Body Technique, so he doesnt know that much of them.

Sasori: is neutral about the puppet master, but he does like his talent with the puppets.

Deidara: Rinto doesnt hate him, but he does dislikes his explosive clay. Rinto's ears are sensitive, especially when in any fox form,so fighting alongside deidara was always a pain to him.

Kakuzu: is basically the reason Rinto doesnt like having a set partner. He was almost killed by Kakuzu if he hadnt dodged in time. At least he got a haircut /jkjk

Hidan: they sort of clash when it comes to religion. Rinto prays to the kami Ō-inari(Inari Okami), so he has his own beliefs. They dont see eye to eye, and Rinto prefers to avoid Hidan as best as he can.

Zetsu: he gets a weird feeling from him, but he still treats Zetsu with respect, since he is also an important member of the organization.

Orochimaru: He thinks he is gross. Powerful, but gross.

About Rinto's shapeshifting abiliy:

Rinto can shapeshift into other people, and into animals. He also can shapeshift into a small white fox, that he uses for faster escapades, and into a "Battle Fox" that is a horse sized monstrous fox form, that he uses to end fights and enemies more quickly. He cant change into objects with his kekkei genkai.

Rinto can also partially change his body parts into fox parts, like a "kemonomimi mode" that enhances his hearing, speed, and sense of smell.

To limitations to these forms:

When turning into other people, he can stay transformed during long periods of time, since the forms are human and with minimal bone structure changes.

When turning into the tiny fox form or animals, since there is bigger changes on size and structure, he cant spend more than a day transformed, or his body will ache.

The Battle Fox form takes a lot on his body, due to the big size and the structure of the body, alongside the fighting. He cant use this form for more than 2 hours or his body will ache to the point he cannot move. It can render him imobile for some time due to body fatigue.

I hope this explains a bit about my fox boy <3

[adglaciem]

KNOWING YOUR PARTNER WELL CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE WRITING TOGETHER A LOT EASIER.

REPOST DO NOT REBLOG !!

NAME: viverra ! but ive also been called vixen, dogma, gabe, etc. any works

PRONOUNS : he/him

PREFERENCE OF COMMUNICATION : big big fan of discord. tumblr ims are hard for me to read </3

NAME OF MUSE(s) : monoma neito, ibara shiozaki, chitose kizuki/curious, kaina tsutsumi/lady nagant, setsuna tokage, ryo inui/hound dog, natsuo todoroki, kendou itsuka, hinata haruka, nobimaru, inari yoko, marik ishtar, ishizu ishtar, rishid ishtar, atem, and lacramioara strigoi.

jesus christ who let me do this

BEST EXPERIENCE : ummm gee okay i cant just name one it turns out life is actually about the accumulation of small joys and not just a few big ones but every time i get in the car and listen to my music and go OH! THIS REMINDS ME OF THIS PERSONS MUSE AND OUR DYNAMIC! or when talking to people inspires me to draw little comics (esp while im at work let me live) it really just makes me so so happy

RP PET PEEVES / DEALBREAKERS : im pretty chill for the most part i think like ive definitely mellowed out a lot over the past few years but. i gotta say it:

formatting. the over-formatting of everything is killing me. i cant read most peoples carrds. i dont even know how they read it, because of how insanely tiny the text is. eye strain colors, hard to see icons, weird fonts... i dont mind a little bit of formatting, naturally, like go girl give us everything, but its getting to the point of being genuinely frustrating that almost every new blog i encounter has me fighting for my life just trying to learn the important info. i have visual and neurological issues please lord im only seven

MUSE PREFERENCES: seconding cam on if the "when someones pulled a muse apart like the spaghettification of a star and then put them back together". its fascinating. i think the fun part about rp is that i get just as invested in my partners character and what they get out of each thread as much as i do mine, so when people sit there and talk about their ideas and meta and really dig into that thing like . WHOOO NOW WE'RE COOKING

PLOTS OR MEMES : I like both! I think memes are good to kick things off regardless, and I dont mind building off of it. I like to plot a lot ooc but more in a loosey-goosey kind of way; i really like to get to know other muns and their characters and also talking is just sort of how i think through things so its very helpful to me. i also just get a lot of ideas because these things live rent free in my head but to me a natural progression is more important than like, sticking to a script.

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES : i write insanely long replies because i have things wrong with me. theres NEVER any pressure to length match-- a lot of the time im just doing it to establish exposition or setting so the other person finds it easier to work with. just give me something i can work with and we are a ok :D

BEST TIME TO WRITE : it really depends... i typically end up writing in the evening/afternoon because of my schedule. i think the biggest thing is that i work on weekends, so you may only hear from me ooc on those days. im also really trying to fix my sleep schedule.........to varying levels of success. sometimes the thread is too good

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S) : just talking about monoma here... i've also got a pretty snappy mouth and natural love of finding loopholes, but i just went into paralegal instead of making it class A's problem. i also love to laugh, but id like to think im a lot less meanspirited about it

tagged: @dynmghts

tagging: @veroxins @cloistress @killerhubby @enignoema @eclipsemuses @yeonban @starshinc @ofluminance @paracide @ohcruel

[ultimateaclrecovery]

Japan Day 5! Day trip Nara and Uji from Kyoto

Started our day at Fushimi Inari, and saw all of the red torii gates. It was early and still kind of dark which made it extra cool. Also Anthony is a power walker and I refuse to ask him to slow down so we hella power walked up and down this mountain 😂 but it was very efficient!

Then we took the train on to Nara and feeding the deer! I had so much fun. Too much fun. But there were just so many tiny deers!

After we fed the deer we saw the wordless largest Buddha statue and the temples and monuments in the area

We got curry for lunch and then head in the Uji where we got a fun set of tea. Uji is known for their tea so Anthony also got a bunch of tea to take home (I didn’t because I never make tea)

After we got back to Kyoto we went to a light up temple where they gave us tea and it had these little sweets and mine had a deer on it!! 😍

The light temple was really cool but a bit more religious than anticipated.

We then ended up getting Korean bbq for dinner

Overly long travel diary

I put 2000 more yen on my ic card

Fushimi inari. All of the red gates.

Fushimi inari. All of the red gates.

I am torn between my desire to not be an annoying Instagram picture taker and get in everyone’s way, my desire to not annoy my bf with too many pictures, my desire to just be present in the moment and my desire to have all the cute pictures. I try to find a balance and take a couple.

It is really cool to walk through all of the red gates, they feel endless. They all have the same thing in the front but the backs have lots of different writings. As we go up the mountain the forest gets denser and darker and makes it almost ethereal. I like all of the fox statues and the shrine kitties.

I always forget how much of a power hiker my bf is until we start passing all sorts of people. I don’t have a problem keeping up but it does sometimes make me feel like I’m being annoying when I then invietablly stop to take a picture or just meander a bit.

The higher up we go the less people there are which is nice. We stop for breakfast on the way down and eat our 7-11 sandwiches at some benches overlooking the city

Nara

600 yen ice cream card

3 packs of 200 each deer crackers Anthony

4080 yen total for bag shipping Anthony

Then it’s off to Nara and the deer park. We start seeing deer almost as soon as we get there. They are little and have split hooves and many are so very friendly. We buy a pack of deer crackers and go to feed a couple. There is a bit of a swarm right by the cracker stand and some people are getting mobbed. We go further away and pick out a nice looking deer. A lot of them will bow for crackers which is pretty fun. We feed the deer and take pictures and generally take in the chaos. After two packs of 200 yen each cracker packs we continue walking towards one the the temples. There are still deer everywhere. Just like freely wandering the streets jumping over little fences, no fear and no hesitation. It’s extra funny to see them just walking amongst the shrines. They were worshiped in Nara for many many years and killing one of them used to be punishable by death.

We head into the temple. Anthony pays the 600 each yen entrance fee and we go to see the largest bronze Buddha statue in the world. The temple itself is huge and made entirely of wood. There’s also a couple other big statues inside and a 50 to 1 replica of the whole complex which is really cool.

We continue to walk around Nara and see some of the other temples including one that has a couple octagon buildings which is the first time I’ve seen that here. There’s also a five story pagado.

We try to go to the deer house that’s a part of one of the temples but alas it’s closed. We head back to the train station and I stop to get a soft serve ice cream cone decorated like a deer. It has little Pretzle bread antlers and googly eyes and a chocolate nose and is just so cute. We buy one last cracker pack and spend some more time feeding the hordes of deer and making friends. They are happy to be fed, content to be pet but do not want hugs.

We grab lunch in one of the markets at a curry place. A lot of the restaurants in Japan are designed for maximum efficiency. At the counter they have a button to push when you’re ready to order. And then give you your order slip with your food so whenever you’re done you can just take it to the front and pay and leave. Means getting lunch even at a restaurant is very fast. I get the chicken curry. It’s good but has many different vegetables, one of each feels like. I try most of them but give the ones I don’t like to my boyfriend.

On the way to the train I pause to take a picture of one of the manhole covers because it’s engraved with a scene featuring a deer. Some of the ones in the main area are also painted (but too crowded to take a picture). Lots of the manhole covers in Japan have pretty designs. The ones in Osaka had pretty flowers and a lot of them were painted too.

We then take the train to Uji which is known for its tea. My boyfriend picks up a couple of things of tea and then we go to a shop to get cups of tea. We order our flavors of tea and the lady tries very hard to ask exactly which thing we want but we aren’t really sure what’s she’s trying to ask? Some drawings later she ends up satisfied and we end up with their tea set which includes little scones and things and a full tea pot each of the kinds of tea we ordered. We were going for more of a single cup but also pleased with full set. I get a Carmel tea and he gets a melon earl grey. I am already at 29000 steps for the day. I tell my bf I think I’ll hit 40k today but he doesn’t think we have that much walking left.

We head up a couple of switchbacks to an observatory deck just on the edge of the city. It’s crazy to me how quickly you can be in very deep woods in Japan. The trees are so tall and only really have leaves at the very top. We have a snack of Mochi that we got earlier from a famous mochi store in Nara at the top. The red bean paste inside still had bean shapes in it which is a first for me. It’s pretty good but the bean shells weird me out a little.

We then head back to kyoto and then over to ayrishima where we have tickets for a night light up temple. The lighted paths are very beautiful and there’s a path through a bamboo groove which I love. The way lights shine on the bamboo creates a really prettt color. The tickets include a little tea ceremony with a little sweet, a red bean paste filled pastry (mochi?) with a little deer stamped on top. We try to use what we learned about tea ceremony yesterday here.

We continue through the temple and look at the shrines. In the main temple there is a guy giving a lengthy explanation or something in Japanese while shining a flashlight on different elements of the statue inside. We’re starting to realize that this event is much more geared towards Japanese people than tourists. And is maybe more of a ceremony than a come look at pretty lights. We wait with everyone else for him to finish his speech and then quietly work our way back out through the gardens.

We head back to our hotel and pack up our bags. We are going to send them ahead to Tokyo so keep only what we need for our one night in Hakone in our backpacks. It costs 4080 yen to have them sent to our Tokyo hotel.

We then head out to dinner. We wander for a bit before deciding to check out a Japanese version of Korean bbq. We also get a 15 sampler set of sake. I kind of a hit a bit of an overwhelmed moment with all the different food and drink options and how many of them are mostly new and that I only kind of like. But most of it is still delicious.

We think about getting more fish pastries but alas I am too full.

[kurowdayo]

Kemono Jihen Chapter 93 Summary + Page by Page Translation (no raws)

Spoilers (obviously) under the cut. Neither English nor Japanese are my mother tongues, so pls excuse wonky or wobblyness

Summary:

Kabane, Shiki and Kon are on a video call with Thin. Thin thinks he can develop a vaccine against the mamono virus if he had enough data about these creatures. He thinks the data can be found at the Hokkaido mamono farm and in Ibaraki-lab. Kabane notes that Akira is already in Hokkaido and Kon is happy that they can split work and the remaining group can focus on Ibaraki. Shiki is uncertain whether Akira is fit for the job, even with Yui there. Kabana has trust in Akira and reassures Shiki.

Akira, Yui, Ume and Tsubaki are in the car towards Hokkaido farm. Akira wonders which snack to eat but Yui thinks he’s too excited. Actually, Akira tries to pump himself up for what is to come.

He thinks it would be cool the bring Kabane tha mishirushi souvenir that Tsubaki mentioned when they finally meet again. Tsubaki tells him that “mishirushi” is actually the decapitated head of an enemy. A little startled, Akira declares he won’t be making any fuss anymore because he’s a fine young man now. No wetting, no crying. Ume chimes in and tells everyone they arrived. Akira sticks his head out of the window.

The Hokkaido farm looks like an amusement park with rides, mascots and attractions.

Akira is obviously excited but Yui is set on continuing, asking Ume to take them to where the mamono and the data is kept. Akira wants to have some fun and begs Yui to stay for just a little. Yui reminds Akira that he said he didn’t want to make a fuss anymore.

Ume says this is Nemuro-City’s Mamono Park and breeding factory and Tsubaki tells them it just used to be a breeding factory but was turned into an amusement park to make profit from the failed Mamono experiments that are displayed there. They are failed experiments because they don’t have the qualities that Kaidou wants.

Akira thinks they’re cute which Tsubaki says is good for the masses, but Kaidou wants loyal, cruel, aggressive soldiers.

Yui realizes that these kind of mamono are there as well and Ume agrees. He tells them that a batch of Mamono are set to be delivered to Tokyo and the people overseeing the transport are Minister of Environment Mayuzumi and her Secretary Yamabuki. Two crows. Tsubaki gives a change of clothes to Akira because they must blend in.

The mission has two parts. Gather data and stop the transport. The “Nobody-Dies-Party” gets ready

Meanwhile, a Monke-Scientist shows Mayu and Yamabuki the ready products. A sturdy armored Mamono, a fast surveillance Mamono and a Mamono for transport.

Mayu hates the Mamono because they’re smelly and ugly and doesn’t want to take them back to Tokyo.

Yamabuki tries to console her but Mayu is still rambling about how she can’t believe that “those things” are gonna fly around in Tokyo. Yamabuki kisses Mayu, saying her troubled face looks just too cute. Mayu goes all <3 <3<3. Then they notice Ume and his position of Chief Cabinet Secretary. Part of Tsubaki is on his head in Black Sparrow form.

Ume still wonders how exactly they could pull that off. A flashback to their team briefing reveals their plan with which Ume approaches the crows as their superior in Inari’s regime while the others search the facility for the Mamono and the data. Tsubaki is glad they managed to split up but she has no trust in Akira and Yui to pull off an infiltration. She’ll have to help.

They encounter another Monke, this time a keeper. Tsubaki starts a ruse where she’s over-demanding and complaining about the circumstances and Monke actually guides them to the showing room. Akira and Yui are baffled.

Tsubaki tells them that if they hate lying, they don’t have to do it. They can also use the intimidation and compassion tactic. She then notices brewing trouble on Ume’s side.

Ume is still trying to figure out how exactly they should interfere with the transport. Yamabuki apologizes that such a high-ranking member of government was sent to inspect the facility.

After some polite exchange, Yamabuki informs Ume that smoking is prohibited before he even did as much as pull out a cig.

In a flashback, Nobimaru warns Ume that crows have really good eyes and can discern much about a person by simply looking at them. Ume has to be really, really careful. Not necessarily with Mayu but with Yamabuki.

Mayu goes all <3 again because Yamabuki is so amazing but notices that Ume’s secretary Tsubaki is not there. (She doesn’t realize the black sparrow is part of Tsubaki.) Ume says that the bird just likes his curly hair.

Mayu is kinda happy and assumes Tsubaki got fired. She didn’t like her anyway, calling her a gloomy, ugly chic wearing mini skirts to try and get a man. Ume is frightened that Tsubaki’s fuse might blow and it’s really close. Yamabuki drops another comment.

Yamabuki that fixates Ume with her eyes and notices that they’re hiding something. Tsubaki’s fuse did indeed blow and her main body leaves Akira and Yui but not before snatching a mic from Monke-keeper.

Akira is frightened to continue without Tsubaki’s lead.myui says Akira’s talking too much while Monke hears everything they say and gets suspicious. Akira throws himself to the ground and begs Monke that he just wants to see the cute Mamono. Yui thinks that is part of the tactics Tsubaki taught them and that Akira already perfected it.

To keep up with Akira he needs to keep up so he tries untimidation and releases an ice wave.

It actually works and Monke-keeper brings them to the shiwing room. While Monke enthusiastically shows Akira the Mamono, Yui is baffled again that it actually worked.

They see a document that shows Kaidou’s current favorite Mamono but it’s still in development because it’s susceptible to sound and doesn’t listen to orders.

Suddenly, loud noises begin booming through the facility. Tsubaki and Mayu have started a rap battle and exchange insults. Ume wants them to stop but this is Tsubaki’s way of handling the situation without violence (which is probably a good choice because on her last mission she was ready to wipe out an entire village)

Kaidou’s fav Momono “Gaokong” is susceptible to sound as just mentioned and Monke-keeper is scared it will wake up because it will go on a rampage. Yui suggests to let Gaokong run wild, kill the other Mamono, take it out afterwards and use the chaos to steal the data.

Akira doesn’t want the Mamono to be hurt because they’re still babies and are only bad when they are taught bad things. Monke-keeper tries to pacify Gaokong, but it easily tears open its cage. Akira saves him with his rikka form and changes the goal of their mission: To take over the facilty and make it a nice place (at least I think that’s what he meant)

—End

Page 1

Thin: Listen, everyone. If you can get behind the secret of the mamono virus you might be able to make a vaccine to fight it.

There’s a high possibility that there is information on that in the 2 places of Ibaraki lab and the Hokkaido farm.

Kabane: Akira is in Hokkaido…!?

Kon: Lucky, let’s leave them and divide in two (Like let them handle Hokkaido while we focus on Ibaraki?)

Shiki: Is he going to be okay? Even with his big brother there?

Kabane: Akira is/will be alright.

Shiki: What mysterious trust.

Page 2

Akira: Hey guys, which one (snack) should we eat!?

Yui: You’re too excited Akira

Akira: Wrong!/It’s different! This is the calm before the storm / This is the snack before the battle! Like this, I’m super motivated.

Page 3

Akira: When I meet Kabane again, it would be super cool to have that souvenir you (Tsubaki) called mishirushi.

Tsubaki: “Mishirushi” refers to the head of an enemy.

Akira(I think): Is that so!!?

Akira: Anyway!! I’m already a fine adult boy. Don’t think I’m the same as before. (The hell is ハシヤ?) I don’t make a fuss, don’t cry, and don’t wet my bed anymore!

Ume: Doesn’t matter but we're there / we arrived.

Akria: I’ll open the window…. eh….

Page 4: At first glance, it looks like a Wonderland!?

Page 5:

Akira: Kiiyaaaa <3 <3 !? !! !!? No way, what’s this!!? Look, look, brother. It looks like a lot of fun.

Yui: (to Ume) Do you know where the storage site is? Take us there immediately.

Akria: Why!!?

Yui: I thought you said you won’t be making a fuss anymore?.

Akira: It looks so fun… please… even for a bit

Page 6:

Ume: So this is the government’s Nemuro-City Mamono Park which is also a breeding factory.

Tsubaki: It used to be just a breeding farm, but it became like this after Kaidou enforced his policy of “making profit with disused items”.

Akira: Disused/unnecessary items?

Tsubaki: All the Mamono in this park were created from shoujous (red-faced water spirits) according to Kaidou’s mamono transformation plan. They are children with traits he deemed unwanted.

Page 7:

Akira: Wah, cuuute!

Tsubaki: “Docile and cute” is good for the masses, but for Kaidou that’s unnecessary. He wants aggressiveness, cruelty, and loyalty because they are soldiers and weapons.

Akira: Ehhhh, no way… It’s not a question whether they’re necessary or not?

Yui: No, wait. That means…

Page 8:

Yui: That means it's also here… the Mamono tha Kaidou strives to create.

Ume: That’s right / you got it / exactly (???) Kaido wants to make living military weapons. And the people ordered to oversee the transport are the Minister of Environment Mayuzumi and her secretary Yamabuki. Two female crows.

Tsubaki: That’s why you have to change your clothes, please.

Akira: Eh?

Page 9:

Ume: Listen, our mission has two parts. Gathering data on Mamono and causing the transport to fail! The Nobody-Dies-Party’s objective is to do both! Clench your butt holes (Like prepare yourselves??)

Page 10:

Monke-Doc: Well then. I’ll show you a species that became infected during the current trial/experiment and are ready to use. Please also revise your notes. This is the A290 armored type. It has the Armadillo’s claws and hair like osteodermal plates and therefore high defensive power. It’s also strong against heat and cold.

Page 11:

Monke-Doc: This is the E-457 Surveillance and Control Type. It has the stamina of a shoujou and the ultrasonic radar of a bat. It can fly for a long time and would be perfect for surveillance and monitoring.

C-458 is a Transportation Type. It can not only transport goods but VIPs as well. The seats inside are made of Angora rabbit fur. A first class ride.

Mayu: (groans)

Yamabuki: Maaaayu, hey.

Mayu: No way, no way, no way. Seriously, I can’t do it. Too smelly, too ugly! Do we really have to take these things back with us!?

Page 12:

Yamabuki: Is that so. Can’t you try (your best)?

Mayu: This is the worst. The Worst! I hate them so much! I can’t believe things like that are gonna fly around in Tokyo…

Yamabuki: Ah! (Smooch)

Mayu: Eh…? Ah…

Page 13:

Yamabuki: Haha, I’m sorry. Your troubled face is just so cute.

Mayu: Yamabukiiiiiiiiii <3 <3

Yamabuki: Oh, thank you. We’ve been waiting for you, Chief Cabinet Secretary. (Ume’s position in Inari’s regime)

Ume: Haha… pardon the intrusion….

Tsubaki: (as a bird on Ume’s head) ……

Page 14:

Ume: (internal dialogue) So, how should we do this?

(Flashback to team briefing)

Ume: I will meet the crows as an inspector as scheduled and Akira-chan and Mr. Big Brother (literally onii-sama) pretend to be my subordinates and try to find the place where they keep the Mamono-data. Tsubaki will use Black-Sparrow to pass on messages.

Someone from the group: Got it!

Someone else: Roger!

Tsubaki: (internal monologue and back in the present) We managed to split up, but I don’t think Akira and the others are cut out for infiltration. They should leave that to the other ⅚ of me (???) (The rest of her body, ⅙ is the birb)

Tsubaki: (real body) Enough already, please let me gather all the data.

Page 15:

Tsubaki: Such a big place, and I was made to wander around aimlessly. There is a limit of how inefficient something can be.

Monke-Keeper: Ah, but in that case, thank you for coming anyway.

Tsubaki: My legs hurt, can’t you see I’m wearing heels!?

Monke-Keeper: Eeeeh, uhhhm. Well then, I’ll guide you to the reference/ showing room.

Akira: Amazing, Tsubaki-chan. You only said nonsense so far, but it looks like we’re gonna get the data.

Yui: So rudeness is also part of etiquette….

Tsubaki: Do you have any complaints? I’m only doing this because you two are terrible at negotiating.

Akira: Sorry about that T-T

Page 16:

Tsubaki: If you hate lying, it’s okay if you don’t do it. You can still get through with intimidation and compassion. (???)

Akira: Microwaving a weasel!? (I think he confuses “iatsu to renbin” —> coercion/intimidation and compassion with “itachi o renchin” —> microwaving a weasel)

Akira’s imagination: Should I confront people as a nagging complainer or should I treat them as a poor victim?

Tsubaki (maybe?) If you use it depending on the person you’re talking to, you can get something out of it.

Akira: Is… is that so….

Yui: (in his thoughts) So there’s a difference between pretending and lying!?

Akira: (after Tsubaki suddenly notices something) What is it?

Tsubaki: Umetaro-san is in trouble….? I’ll focus on the other side (her black sparrow?)

Page 17:

Flashback to page 9: Ume: Listen, our mission has two parts. Gathering data on Mamono and causing the transport to fail! The Nobody-Dies-Party’s objective is to do both! Clench your butt holes (Like prepare yourselves??)

Ume: (internal monologue) I can’t think of any way to prevent these monsters being released into the wild. On top of that…. Gotta think while talking!!! (He’s still with the crows)

Ume: (speaking) How are you doing? Are there any problems?

Yamabuki: I appreciate your concerns, but I feel sorry for you Chief Cabinet Secretary because this job should be carried out by someone lower ranking.

Ume: There are labor shortages everywhere. Since I’m the one who looked the most bored, they sent me to do it.

Page 18:

Yamabuki: How humble. I understand that you, as the Chief Cabinet Secretary, are particularly busy among the Cabinet Members.

Ume: Oh, there are people watching me? I’m so happy. (Internal dialogue) I hate this job… For now we’ll go on with the transportation. (Speaking again) Even though it looks like it, I’m not perfect and have lots of bad habits (I really dunno if that’s right)

It’s just my nature. I can’t help but worry about other people’s jobs. If you like, I can even help you. I help people in need (??? I help sick people 病人 is sick person but context?)

Yamabuki: Smoking is prohibited.

Page 19:

Ume: Eh?

Yamabuki: Smoking is prohibited here but I get you, it feels good (Yamabuki noticed without Ume even smoking)

Ume (flashback): (asks Nobimaru) Is there a trick if it comes to crows?

Nobimaru: Like Kitsune, crows are really intelligent. They also have sharp eyes.

Ume: eyes eh? (It’s another kanji tho that they use not 目 probably part of some pun)

Page 20:

Ume: I don’t really get it.

Nobimaru: The famous Sherlock Holms was said to be able to guess someone’s occupation and chronic illnesses from just their clothing and other physical traits.

I think you should be more cautious with Yamabuki than with Mayuzumi. She’s likely a pro at reading/controlling people.

Ume: (not out loud I think) And he makes others do it, but he doesn’t do anything himself. It's like he’s holding the reins, but he doesn’t know/realize where he’s heading.

(Thinking about Yamabuki) When I deceive her, I have to be careful. Hey, hey, wait a moment. Maybe… good eyes, is that so…!?

Page 21:

Ume: (thoughts) So lies won’t work… I’m stuck…?

Mayu: Amazing, Yamabuki <3 You’re so skilled/talented <3

Yamabuki: Am I not always amazing?

Mayu: You’re the best in this world in each and every second <3 <3

Yamabuki: (now to Ume) By the way, is your secretary absent today? Instead you have that cute friend with you (referring to Tsubaki’s black sparrow on his head)

Ume: Ah! Ahhhhhh, this guy!? Yeah, she really likes my naturally curly hair….

Mayu: Eh!

Page 22:

Mayu: Whaaaaat, so that gloomy, ugly chick got booted!? It was really painful watching her walk around in mini skirts trying to get a man, but now Mayu’s mind is at peace. (damn Mayu, savage)

Ume: (thoughts) Tha- that’s bad!! Don’t react to it, Tsubaki.

Tsubaki: (anger veins appearing on her birb form)

Ume: (thoughts) Only mildly agitated? You’re holding on well.

Yamabuki: Aaah, it’s Tsubaki after all, so this isn’t just an official inspection. (??? Can’t make any other sense of it???)

Page 23:

Yamabuki: (her eyes fixating) I see, it seems like we’re not exactly trusted.

Tsubaki (main body): You crossed the line at ugly chick!!! (She snatches a mic from Monke)

Monke: Wait, that’s a little rude… Ah!!

Tsubaki: (fully transforming into birb addressing Akira and Yui) I’ll leave this to you for now!

Akira: Eh!? Tsubaki-chan, where are you going!?

Page 24:

Akira: Ehhh, what should we do!! Without Tsubaki-chan we’ll make a blunder and blow it. (OR) Without Tsubaki-chan, there’s no one to make demands and we can’t go on. (I’m not sure which one is better)

Yui: Akira, you’re talking too much!

Monke: You do realize I can hear everything you’re saying!? So she was dangerous/sketchy (?) after all and you guys are too

Akira: Wah… ehhh, eeeehh… Uhm, well… It’s different…. We’re not trying to do anything bad, we just really want to see the Mamono!!!

Moke: Haa

Yui: (internal monologue) Akira looks extremely weak and pathetic… The negotiation skill “Have mercy on me”. The skills Tsubaki-san taught… Are you saying Akira already learned it all!?

Page 25:

Yui: (internal monologue) As expected of Akira… As his older brother, I gotta keep up!! (speaking) Mr. Zookeeper!

Monke: Yes?

Yui: Negotiation skill: “Coercion”!!! (attacks with an ice wave) Please show us the material/data!

Page 26:

Monke: (actually convinced and leading them to the archive) Please don’t take any photos. I really shouldn’t let outsiders in here.

Akira: (excited) Waah!!

Monke: I’m also a Zookeeper and it’s nice that there are other people out there who find them as cute as I do! Look, look, aren’t they great?

Akira: No way!? Awesome! Are they really that big!?

Yui: (thought bubble) He really let us in (the next part is written in very wiggly kanji) The art of coercion is amazing (???)

Page 27:

Yui: (seeing a document) That is…?

Monke: Ah, this one is amazing! At the moment, this is Lord Kaidou’s number one! I’m really looking forward to this one, it has a name already. But it’s still not clear if it’s gonna be useful. It’s quite susceptible to sound and doesn’t listen to orders either.

I’m currently adjusting the specifics / I’m currently fine-tuning it (???)

Akira: (looking at the data) Mamono can even do things like that? (Loud noise) Hm?

Page 28:

Akira: What’s that noise!? Is someone doing karaoke!?

Monke: Eh!?

Mayu and Tsubaki engage in a Rap Battle that, for the sake of my remaining sanity, I won’t translate.

Page 29:

Ume: (from the sidelines) What did you start that for!?

Page 30:

Ume: (still sidelines) Stop it, that’s completely pointless!

Tsubaki: I’m trying not to resort to violence. If you want to join, you have to rhyme!

Ume: Rhyme!?

Page 31:

Monke: This is bad! Gaokong will wake up! (Susceptible to sound and stuff)

Akira: What do you mean!?

Monke: It absolutely hates loud noises! I finally had it under control after sedating it! If it rouses and goes on a rampage, we’ll be in big trouble!! All the other Mamono are going to be killed.

Akira: Mamono (are)… Hey, older brother. That sound just now, is it part of Umetaro-san’s strategy…?

Yui: There’s a good chance we can let Okong (he likely misheard the name) kill all the Mamono and take it out afterwards. Like that, we can prevent the transport and then steal the data. Akira?

Akira: …

Page 32:

Akira: I don’t want that to happen! I don’t think the mamono here are bad people/things/beings! (Well, people is relative here) Because they’re all still babies! The ones at fault are the people who teach them bad things (Kaede parallel hehe)

Monke: (in front of Gaokong’s enclosure) Gaokong, it’s me! Don’t worry, this isn’t a scary time. You’ll be fine.

Page 33:

Gaokong’s ginormous hand reaches out for Monke and tears the bars of his cage like butter in the process.

Page 34:

(Akira, in Rikka-Form, carries Monke to safety.

Monke: Waaaa!

Yui: Akira!!!

Akira: Sorry, Umetaro-san, but I’m going to change the mission a little. “Getting the Mamono-data” “Causing the crows’ transport to fail”

Page 35:

Akira: Becoming the papa of this kindergarten/nursery probably farm for context) is the real mission of the “Nobody-Dies-Squad”! Because that’s my vision!