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I think one of the fundamental thesis statements of Demon Slayer is that how you react when bad things happen to you shows what kind of person you are.

When Gyutaro found Ume burned nearly to death, he lashed out and brutally murdered her attackers. When Hakuji’s lover was killed, he went on a killing spree so intense Muzan himself thought it was the work of a demon. Yet when Tanjiro finds his family killed, he swears to protect what he still has left. When Rengoku’s mother dies, he fights to carry on the legacy she left him. When Shinobu’s sister is killed, she works to ensure her dream carries on.

But for me, Sanemi kind of threw a wrench into things and made me see it a different way.

When his family was obliterated by a demon, he went on a killing spree too, just like Hakuji. The only difference was, he lashed out at demons, while Hakuji was killing humans. But is that because Sanemi is fundamentally different or a better person than Hakuji was? Or is it simply because it was a demon who killed his family, and so it’s demons who will be at the business end of his vengeance?

What if humans had killed Sanemi’s mother and siblings? For that matter, what if Tanjiro had found his family murdered by a gang of thieves rather than a demon? Would they have made the same choices? Or would they both have wound up like Akaza, too?

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Sabito Saturday comes early because tonight I’m thinking about how fucking annoying (affectionately) Sabito and Giyuu would be as Hashira and Hashira reserve. Literally you cannot invite either of them anywhere separately because they WILL be bringing the other with them.

Sabito is like thanks for inviting me btw this is my emotional support pathetic wet cat who is loyal to me like a man is loyal to god and Giyuu is like yeah no sorry I can’t come if I can’t bring the Devoted Knight who swore long ago to lay down his life at the altar of my feet. Yeah no yeah it IS a sex thing yeah.

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He keeps reminding me of Calcifer, the fire, the yap, the gluttony, the cuteness♡🔥

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Jonin smoking station

The Way of the Househusband - Chapter: 85 redraw

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Genya doodles!

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⛩️🍂🍁✨ New Hinata & Hanabi Illustration from Naruto Mobile ✨🍂🍁⛩️

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konoha’s best boys

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Kakashi has the disappointed look DOWN

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I just really wanted to doodle adult Naruto in this fit

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I think some of the reactions to The Summer Hikaru Died from English speaking fans are very, very telling.

On one hand, you have people blatantly denying its queerness. Which gets harder and harder for them, especially after viewing the second episode.

Then you have the people denying its queerness because "it's not a BL". While I think most of the people saying this are younger or misguided by queerbait-y shows that they've seen, this sentiment still denies queerness as a part of life and a part of fiction. I thought it would be obvious that not all queer stories are romances. But I suppose there are really still people that only see queer people as the romances they have.

But then there's my least favorite type of person, who recognizes that the characters are queer in some way, but deny the fact that queerness (especially Yoshiki's sexuality) is woven into the fabric of the story. If Yoshiki wasn't queer, The Summer Hikaru Died would not be the story it is. Most of its themes would cease to exist.

The amount of people I've seen say that: "The Summer Hikaru Died may have a gay character, but it's not impactful to the plot. The story is about grief, not LGBT stuff" -- is horrifyingly sad. And the fact that so, so many people still racistly think that being queer is a western invention is even sadder.

I've seen people say that "oh, of course the author didn't mean for this to be about sexuality; they're Japanese!" is gross. Especially when Mokumokuren themself has described The Summer Hikaru Died as a "queer story".

Anyway, I'm annoyed with people, as per usual. I love that more and more people are getting into this story, but it truly makes me upset to see people try to take an explicitly queer story and water it down.

At least we have this:

And I like that even Reddit people are calling it the "fisting scene"😭

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the most stick up his ass hokage advisor since Madara himself

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Narutito

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He understands me like no one else