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Rumic World fun facts!

It seems widely known that the short story Those Selfish Aliens is essentially the pilot for Urusei Yatsura (aka Those Obnoxious Aliens), but reading some more Rumic World & Rumic Theater short stories and comparing them to the Furinkan.com publishing timeline, a few other stories seem to be pilots for—or early versions of the ideas that would later become—other Rumiko Takahashi series.

Wedded Bliss was published in the same magazine (or a spinoff title) as Maison Ikkoku, within a month of Ikkoku's debut, though the order in which they were created is unclear since either one could've been written/drawn earlier and been held for publication at a later date. The tone of the story and the couple's dynamic is more reminiscent of Ataru & Lum than Godai & Kyoko, but the wife even has Kyoko's hairstyle and apron!

[these stories were published so long ago they read left-to-right!]

In 1985, again in the same magazine as Ranma 1/2 but this time 2 years before Ranma came out, we have Excuse Me For Being A Dog!, a romantic comedy featuring martial arts, involuntary transformations, and early prototypes of Akane, Ranma, Kuno, and even the Akane/P-chan dynamic! I have to wonder if the gag in Ranma where Ranma briefly thinks Ryoga's turned into a dog is a meta reference to this story.

Also of note: 1983's Fire Tripper and Sleep And Forget also contain ideas that wound up in Inuyasha. The former is a story of time travel between the modern age and the Warring States era, the latter is a story of reincarnation and mystical demon dogs, and both contain the Takahashi-typical dynamic of an average schoolgirl drawn into romance with a mysterious wild boy.

All the stories were originally published in English in Rumic World and Rumic Theater, but as of this writing they're all unfortunately long out of print.

[straightfacedstrangeness]

@popflythesky Oh, neat! In the first anime I assumed the dub line “He spelled my name wrong!” was just to fit lip flap without overexplaining what word had been written in kanji, and without context for what characters are being written, the dialogue makes it sound like Kuno’s spelling his own name wrong XD Apparently in the first anime he was only being stupid in English

I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy the dynamic between these two

[hinamie]

not my usual lineup

[ghosted-jazz]

I hope they got that microwave in the break room

Bonus version with different outfit colours:

[staff]

Tumblr Tuesday: Severance fanart

Shiver me timbers, the Severance fanart in this place is truly spectacular. The innies and outies have really captured your imagination, and holy cow goat, we're here for it. Please enjoy these stunning depictions of the Macrodata Refinement division and their friends and enemies. And please proceed with caution if you're not yet caught up—spoilers for both seasons ahead.

@arloize:

@poreyneel:

@eeriedragone:

@inkgoblinz:

@sir-se:

@voidsuniverse:

@kirbsto:

@sunmossart:

@karhun-kallo:

@emiliaoknes:

@yousharknotpass:

@slothliart:

@cyanid-apple:

@saintclementinearts:

@ironspy:

@forgetlove:

@arloize:

@ramigir:

@aritks:

@thesmilingknights:

@deadcrushing:

@slicklike007:

@dontbadgerme2233:

@that-one-egomaniac:

@glouldie:

[z13lovebot]

Go fish

[ughhhdavid]

[blueshelledbastard]

THESE LINKS ARE OBSOLETE. I AM SORRY.

Here is a link to a Google Drive folder containing Severance S02E09 "The After Hours", as well as S02E08 "Sweet Vitriol" and S02E07 "Chikhai Bardo".

The episodes contain all available subtitles in 1080p. Open them with VLC Media Player, select "Subtitles" and choose the subtitles you'd like.

Same goes for:

S02E04-06 "Woe's Hollow", "Trojan's Horse" and "Attila",

S02E01-03 "Hello, Ms. Cobel", "Goodbye, Ms. Selvig" and "Who Is Alive?",

As well as the entirety of S01. Please note, that in order to enjoy subtitles with Season 01, they will have to be inserted manually via the zipped "Subtitles" folder enclosed. Start the episode with VLC Media Player, select "Subtitles", then "Subtitle Track", and select the corresponding episode's prefered subtitle. The subtitles do not persist between opening and closing the file.

Additionally, here is a link to a Drive folder containing "The Lexington Letter" as well as "The You You Are".

Should there be any issues or concerns, check this post's comments or let me know what I can assist you with.

Praise Kier.

[lucabyte]

something about marine biology and benefits

bonus:

[rainscenes]

BUCK, EDDIE! 8.08 | Wannabes

[rhiangalaxy]

SQQ, internally: The fox isn't the only thing that's pretty-

Piece chosen by this poll! :D

[ID: A Scum Villain Drawing. The top half shows Beast Peak Lord! Shen Yuan with a happy and endearing expression. He is dressed in greens and browns with his hair pulled into a ponytail, holding a red, white and pink spiritual fox in his arms, as if showing her off, and saying "Isn't she pretty?" The bottom half shows SJ!Shen Qingqiu in a chibi style with his fan held up to cover the lower half of his flushed face, as he gives SY a slightly sultry and admiring look as he replies "mhm." End ID]

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Rumic World fun facts!

So the short story “Time Warp Trouble,” Takahashi’s second professionally published story after “Those Selfish Aliens” (according to the Furinkan.com timeline), reuses the prototype Lum and Ataru designs from the first story and introduces designs that will be used in Urusei Yatsura as Satoshi/Megane and Kakugari. In this story, the characters are all members of the school Chemistry Club.

In Ranma 1/2 episode 8, the anime adds a subplot to Ranma & Ryoga’s first fight where a group of boys who idolize Akane, clearly meant to resemble Lum’s Stormtroopers, try to sabotage the fight to kill Ranma…and these guys are all members of the Chemistry Club

There’s a chance that it’s unrelated to “Time Warp Trouble,” since the main gimmick is that they’ve planted land mines on the battlefield and maybe the Chemistry Club was just the most reasonable school club to put them in to justify them knowing how to make explosives, but I’d love to think it’s a deliberate reference.

[tatretot]

happy emo dnp tiny horse calendar may for all those who celebrate!!!!1! x3

the low quality gif adds to the early 2000s of it all but heres the clean non-blingee'fied ver also :3c

based on all the edits + the iconic og by reniedraws on insta! 🖤🤍

[hinamie]

happy gojoday to all who celebrate

[lucifers-simp]

The thing that gets me about severance is that it's a horror story from both sides

Imagine existing numbing yourself to every mildly unpleasant experience, surgically removing every emotion that you don't want to deal with, sanitizing your own life

And imagine only having those experiences, existing only to perform the social duties another version of yourself didn't want to deal with, living in a body that is not really yours, being forbidden from experiencing complexity

They're both victims to the same tragedy, that you can't possibly be whole without both

[aelizel]

losing all of my mind over helena being disposable in her father's eyes, never experiencing love from her family, and then when she tries to take it from this good-hearted, alternate self of hers she's violently forced from helly's body by irving, who holds helly like a child the moment he gets her back. when i catch you benjamin stiller