#AND sakuras romance sensor ^_^

[neonsbian]

just remembered that in approximately 6 months we'll get to see tsubaki animated. will to live restored

[aucrowne]

( ˶°ㅁ°) !! Oops -- His romance sensor overloaded.

This is gonna be my Valentine's contribution. Keep your Sakunyan safe, peeps ฅ^>⩊<^ ฅ

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[fyodoro]

UNEXPECTED LOVERBOY

-> in which you overhear your calm and secretive boyfriend gushing over you like there’s no tomorrow (1.1k wc)

Cw) gn!reader, manga characters (no spoilers), sakura still malfunctions when it comes to romance topics

Calling Hayato Suo an enigma would be an understatement.

Not a soul knows what lies under that eye patch. He’s calm, collected, and composed at almost all times, but it was a task of its own to grasp why. It’s impossible to catch him eating anything other than teacakes, and he often replaces his meals with a hot cup of tea. He claims to be on a diet, but every diet needs some protein incorporated into it.

Everything there is to know about Suo can be followed up with the same question: “Why?” and “What?”

However, there was an exception to his mysterious nature: You.

Of course, you didn’t know that. Hell, even Suo failed to notice his quite obvious soft spot for you until now. But as Nirei’s eye glittered with joy as he scribbled new notes onto Suo’s page in his notebook, and Sakura’s pupils shrunk with his cheeks flaunting a new shade of red, everyone knew.

Hayato Suo’s in love.

“(Name’s) a beauty, really. They may be rough around the edges at times, but I’ve never met anyone with a soul like theirs,” he babbled uncharacteristically.

He brought his teacup to his lips with closed eyes, missing the baffled expressions on everyone’s faces. But the moment he opened them, he couldn’t help but quirk a brow. “What’s with the shocked faces?”

Umemiya coughed into his hand graciously. “We’re just a little surprised, that’s all,” he began, too immersed in the conversation to notice you entering Kotoha’s cafe. “It’s not often you ramble like this.”

“I didn’t know Suo could be so open about his feelings,” Nirei exclaimed with a smile. “You must reallyyyy like (Name), huh?” he questioned, holding his pen in one hand and notebook in another as if this were an interview.

Suo’s head tilted. “Of course I do, that’s why I’m dating them.”

“You’ve been rambling on and on about (Name) for almost 10 minutes, it’s gross,” Sakura grumbled with flushed cheeks.

“But we wanna hear more! Keep going,” Nirei added.

Everyone looked at Suo attentively, including you. Somehow, the group failed to hear the bell chime when you entered the cafe. You’re clueless as to what’s going on, but it didn’t take a genius to realize it had something to do with you considering the amount of times your name was thrown around.

“My, if you insist,” Suo chuckled. “But I fear I’ve already said it all, unless I forgot to mention how cute it is when their cheeks puff up when they’re annoyed?”

Sakura held his head in his hands in fear that it’d melt off with how hot his face felt. “No, you didn’t. But we get it! You love (Name)!” he shouted.

“They’re impossible not to love,” Suo commented with his usual calm smile.

“That’s just Sakura’s romance sensor going haywire,” Kiryu teased. “Don’t mind him.”

The split-haired boy sulked in his seat, trying to dismiss the heat he felt on his face. “You’re all so…”

His voice trailed off, catching a glimpse of your frame standing behind Suo.

“Su-“

“Trust me, if you were in my shoes you’d be doing the same thing. (Name’s) one of a kind, not to mention beautiful. I can’t imagine a life without them, honestly.” The brunette went on, unbeknownst of your looming presence behind him. “Anyone can fall in love if their heart is stolen.”

“Someone like Suo being so head over heels in love… it must feel like a fairytale for (Name),” Umemiya chimed.

“Oh trust me, it does.”

Everyone’s heads turned to face you, except Sakura, who had noticed you seconds prior.

“(Name)?!”

“I didn’t know I could be such a fun subject of conversation, Hayato.” you teased, hands resting on your boyfriend’s shoulders as you leaned down to his ear.

He gulped, hiding his flustered heart through his relaxed exterior.

“We were just talking about you!” Nirei said happily. “Is it true? That Suo never lets you hold doors open, and holds them open for you? Or that he gave you his umbrella when it was pouring rain because he’d rather get soaked than risk you getting sick?” Oh! What about-“

The boy in question sat in silence, allowing Nirei to ask his heart away to confirm that this wasn’t one of his absurd lies.

You nodded at the blonde. “Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Except he technically kept the umbrella- he just held it over me so my hands wouldn’t get cold,” you corrected, recalling the awful weather of that day.

“What a romantic~” Tsubaki swooned.

“I try my best,” Suo smiled shyly.

“Suo never talks about his life! This is the most he’s ever told us, (Name)! Does he talk to you about his personal life?” Nirei inquired politely, trying not to make you feel pressured into answering.

You thought for a moment. For one, you felt honored that Suo didn’t wanna keep your relationship a secret like the rest of his life. But the blonde’s question made you realize something yourself- you really didn’t know much about your boyfriend’s personal life.

“Well… what can I say? He’s a mystery to everyone, including me.” you replied unsurely, glancing at Suo from the corner of your eye.

“Interesting…”

Nirei wrote something down in his notebook, and you didn’t bother looking. Instead, you held eye contact with Suo. He didn’t have to speak for you to know what he was thinking.

He wasn’t hiding anything from you. He just didn’t like talking about his past, and you understood.

“My love, you know more about me than anyone else in this room,” he stood after finishing the contents of his teacup. “After all, you were the one who told me to take baby steps, correct?”

You vaguely recalled those words. It was weeks ago, but he felt guilty for not telling you or anyone else about his history. In response, you told him to take as long as he needed, and baby steps were always the first steps.

“I did,” you affirmed. Your voice was soft, but it didn’t hide your intentions of making his heart pound a little harder. “But I didn’t think I'd catch you gushing over me like you’ve lost your composure~”

Suo almost broke, and you laughed.

“Woah, is Suo blushing?”

“Who could blame the guy? It’s the most open he’s been with us,” Hiragi commented with truth.

Kotoha giggled from behind the counter. “Not to mention how close (Name) is to him right now, it might be too much for the poor boy to handle.”

The red in Suo’s cheeks slowly faded, and he let out a small sigh. “I’ll see you all later, we’re gonna get going now,” he waved.

The two of you walked out hand in hand, and everyone else was left either baffled, confused, or unphased. Unless it was Sakura, who was somehow all three.

Little did you know, Nirei left a small comment on the corner of Suo’s page in his notebook.

‘Quite the loverboy.’

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[mrpenguinpants]

Sakura, did they...set off your romance sensor?

—  "Oh, listen, this boy here…whenever he senses anything romantic…he goes beet red in the face!!" - Tasuku Tsubakino (Ch.66)

— Hayato Suo, Hajime Umemiya, Jo Togame

[Masterlist]

Wow, my windbreaker brain rot has shot me into a whole new timeline where I can sit down and write. Not gonna lie, not my favorite but it is what it is. I've beat my first fic for a fandom nerves.

Hajime Umemiya

When Umemiya had called a rooftop meeting, Sakura had been through them enough to know what to expect. Umemiya would either show up late or be completely off-topic until someone, mostly Hiragi, stepped in to direct the meeting to its actual purpose. Most of the time, the distractions would be on his plants or his giddy plans of having another barbeque with everyone. It used to be annoying, Sakura once believed the reason why Umemiya was so unserious was because he didn't care. But he knows better now than to take that carefree smile on the surface level. Deep down, Umemiya is a great leader who knows when it's time to get serious.

But this...

Sakura's cheeks are already turning pink.

This is a bit too much for him. He hasn't leveled up enough for this.

"The Three Sisters is a method of gardening that involves planting corn, beans, and squash together. The corn provides support for the beans and squash, the beans add nitrogen to the soil, and the squash's sprawling vines create shade and discourage pests too. It's really quite fascinating, don't you think so Ume?" you ask, lightly petting the leaves of his most recent tomato plant sprout. Your eyes downcasted as you thumb away bits of dirt that happened to be blown by the wind onto the greenery. Perhaps it's because you're one of the few people who entertain Umemiya's rapid obsession with his garden, even going out of your way to tell him facts to better his plot and compliment him on his efforts. Heck, Sakura has seen Umemiya crying because Nirei has told him that his saplings look bigger each time. While Sakura does not doubt that those feelings and expressions were genuine, the look Umemiya is giving you, a look you're not even seeing, feels different. Umemiya himself is different.

"Yeah..." Umemiya responds in a soft tone, his voice almost a whisper. Their usually talkative leader who won't shut up for half a second, who talks over people, is currently so distracted that it's kind of embarrassing watching him. He's been staring at you, eyes zeroing in on your fingers as they brush against the leaves, almost entranced by the sight. Sakura would give anything to leave right now, this second-hand embarrassment is too much. Luckily, Umemiya finally seems to register that you and he aren't alone despite the fact he was the one who called the meeting in the first place. His head perks up confused, hands on top of his knees, as he's greeted with varying expressions from his grade captains. Hiragi in particular looks like he's having both a stomach ache and the urge to slap the back of Umemiya's head. The urge is only partially restrained when you also look up, sending them all a little wave. Hiragi isn't going to slug Umemiya if you're there to see it, it's the pride of a man to not get beaten up in front of his crush.

"Oh shoot, you're all here already? Why didn't you say anything?" Umemiya whines, standing up while dusting his pants free of any lingering dirt. He extends a hand to you, not before rubbing his palm furiously on the back of his shirt, to help you up, "I'll see you later?"

"Mm, sure. Good luck with your new sprouts. Remember to remove the bottom leaves once the plants are over 3 feet tall. I'll be upset if they develop fungus issues," you pat Umemiya's cheek gently, ignoring the way that Umemiya completely melts openly at the gesture. You turn to nod at the rest of them, offering another wave goodbye, as you pass them to exit the rooftop. The resounding sound of the door closing finally sets them back on track.

"We did," Hiragi speaks up as soon the vibrations in the air fizzle out with an exasperated expression, referring back to Umemiya's first question, "You were too busy staring. We've been here for almost ten minutes, you idiot."

"Sorry, sorry, my bad," Umemiya laughs easily, his hand rubbing the back of his neck. Although he's been clearly called out, Umemiya doesn't seem the slightest bit ruffled. Sure, he looks a little bashful but Sakura doubts that he'll tone it back much to the embarrassment of any onlooker. Maybe one day, he'll be able to look that happy with his own feelings on display.

A sudden clap has Sakura jolting back to reality, Umemiya's loud voice returning back to something familiar, "Now then, come sit! I prepared some snacks for us all to share."

Everyone else seems used to Umemiya's behavior and they easily follow him, completely disregarding your and Umemiya's interactions as if they never happened. Sakura doesn't really get it but if everyone else is unbothered, it'd be seriously uncool if he said anything. He lets out a sigh, whatever. It's none of his business anyway.

"Sakura, why are you blushing?" Nirei, the bastard, pipes up behind him. Suo, the even worst bastard, laughs behind his hand like he's some rich Victorian lady.

"Huh, no I- I'm not." Sakura's cheeks went from pink to red, now that he's been caught. He looks away, avoiding eye contact, "S-Shut the hell up!"

Hayato Suo

"Mr. Customer, if you're dissatisfied with our menu, you're more than welcome to leave."

Sakura blinks, head jerking up as he crosses the threshold of Café Pothos. Initially, he assumed those words were directed at him even though it wouldn't make sense. He quite likes the menu despite only ordering the same thing each time. But no, when Sakura looks up it's to a rather unexpected sight. Suo sits at the bar counter, back ram-rod straight and his hands folded in his lap, with that ever-pleasant smile on his lips. Across from him stands a worker Sakura has never seen before. He always assumed that Kotoha was the only employee, but today seems to be full of surprises. A green apron with white ties, sleeves rolled up to the elbow, and hands fisted against the hips.

"The bakery across the street would love to hear your complaints, Mr. Customer."

---

There is something about the new worker and Suo that keeps Sakura glancing back at them after he's sat himself in a secluded corner. Perhaps it's because it's a new face he has yet to meet at a place he frequents so often. It's normal to be curious right? Or maybe it's Suo being here alone. He's never seen the man "out in the wild" before. They aren't even looking at him, Suo hadn't even looked up when he first opened the door although Sakura is sure that Suo is aware of him. He's creepy like that. The new worker, however, whips an annoyed glance at Suo before letting out an irritated huff, arms crossing over the green apron, and glaring down at Suo’s smiling face. A face that would remain ever-pleasant in any given situation.

Regardless...

"Is this your version of service? It must be hard on the customer," Suo chuckles, a slight tilt of his head that bounces his tassel earring. Suo's laugh, however, causes Sakura to feel a hint of surprise. It's not a laugh he expects the man to give, yet at the same time, it suits him.

"That's because you're a terrible customer and a pain in the ass." The worker sneers, leaning in so the two of them are face to face.

Suo seems to be difficult for anyone to handle.

"It's busy today," Kotoha says, appearing out of thin air and scaring Sakura half to death. A plate of steaming omurice slides in front of him because he really does only order one thing here. It's not a great conversation starter, but it's nice of her to break the odd tension that has settled over the cafe. Kotoha is also looking to the side, watching the scene of her co-worker and Suo bickering and arguing. Passive aggressive comments are being flown out, scathing remarks padded with polite voices, so much so that the two of you don't seem to register anyone else around. Completely wrapped up in your world of irritation versus amusement.

"What…are they even arguing about?" Sakura chances to ask, his eyes still glued to the curve of Suo's smile, red eye focused solely on you. His hand idly reaches for his spoon, scooping up a bit of rice and egg, yet it hovers in the air ideally. Suo has his head tilted and is leaning somewhat in the worker's space. His eyes don't stray, watching each shift in facial expression carefully to gauge whether his words are having their intended effect. He looks like he's having way too much fun.

"Oh, that." Kotoha giggles, placing her palm on the table. She too looks like she's having way too much fun, "They always go back and forth like that. It's like a game of cat and mouse with those two. They're both stubborn as hell so it's a constant power struggle between them. Although, I wonder what they're arguing about this time. They always bicker at each other when we change shifts."

Kotoha shakes her head, a fond smile on her face. She glances briefly at Sakura before her eyes drift back to the other two. She raises her hand, finally cutting the bubble between you and Suo.

"Hey, I'm back from break. Thanks for covering for me," she calls, waving her hand in the air. The frown that was permanently on your face melts away when you break eye contact with Suo, returning to a more neutral blank look. You only nod to Kotoha, flashing up a thumbs-up, and you move to head back to the kitchen. But not before sticking your tongue out at Suo over your shoulder as you disappear through the doorway. Sakura blinked surprised, he had somewhat expected a different reaction than something so...tame. His eyes drift to Suo and he can feel his cheeks heat up.

He doesn't think he's seen Suo look happier.

Jo Togame

"See, you peel off the seal on the cap. Remove the ring from the little plastic piece you use to push the marble. Then, with your thumb, press down, and poof, the marble drops and you can enjoy!" you grin as you move slowly for Sakura to see your hands with each instruction. The fizz of carbonation and the clink of the marble hitting the glass amplified louder in the abandoned auditorium. A few other shishitoren members are loitering, but only you and Sakura are sitting up on the edge of the stage. After the embarrassment of not knowing how to open the ramune Togame had given him, he sought you out to explain it to him. Sakura didn't think he could stomach it if he went back to Togame again for help. He follows your movement, his fingers removing the thin seal. Popping the ring off the marble pusher, and with his thumb, pushes on the marble. His thumb slips a few times, but you're patient as you coax him to try again. With his third attempt, he feels the marble give, the rewarding sound of bubbles popping.

"Thanks..." Sakura mumbles, a faint blush on his cheeks as you cheer your ramune's together as you take a swig.

"No problem," you say nonchalantly, leaning your weight back on your arms. With the bottle held in your hand, you watch Sakura, who is intently staring at the drink on his own. The silence between you isn't exactly uncomfortable, but you can sense the slight embarrassment oozing off him. "Soooo... how's it taste?"

He gives a soft hum before taking a small sip, the fizzy liquid leaving a tingling sensation on his tongue. It's not as sweet as he thought it’d be. It's rather subtle for a soda. He takes a longer sip this time, the fizz tickling his nose and bubbles popping against his lip. Looking at you sidelong, he can see you already staring at him excitedly. You weren't kidding when you said you were a big fan of this.

"It's sweet, I guess," his voice soft as he shrugs. A few strands of his white hair fell in front of his face. His eyes glance up at you as you stare at him intently, waiting for him to continue. He awkwardly bites the inside of his cheek. It still feels weird having people who actually want to hear his opinion, even if it's as small as a drink. "A bit strange… The flavor is nice, but the fizz is new."

He takes another sip, careful with the angle he tilts the bottle lest the marble block the opening. He doesn't really understand the appeal of the marble. It's a nuisance. The fizz was the best part of the soda, but the clinking made it impossible to drink it quietly. Besides, he holds the ramune bottle out, how the hell do you even get it out? Does he need to throw it against a wall to break the bottle? He doesn't want to get broken glass everywhere since someone could accidentally step on it.

"Is the marble irritating you?" you ask, laughing quietly under your breath to not set Sakura off into another tomato-faced explosion.

"No!" he answers with a quick hiss, cheeks flushing. He can feel you stare at him as a smirk dances across your lips. He can already envision the teasing you’re concocting to make him react. He gives another soft huff, refusing to look at you, as he fidgets with the bottle. He doesn't want to ask you to help again. He already feels like a helpless idiot. Instead of commenting, you swing yourself upwards, planting your hand on your knee. The other hand, wrapped around the bottle, moves to your lips as you down the rest of your drink. The fizz of bubbles pops in the air while Sakura looks at you bewildered. Weren't you supposed to drink carbonated drinks slowly or you'll stomach hurt? Did you become immune or something from drinking so many?

"Come on, let's go. I still haven't finished my ramune 101 class," you wipe your mouth with the back of your hand, winking over your shoulder which sends Sakura into another pink mess, as you slide off the stage.

"W- What do you mean we’re not done?" he stammers quickly, flustered as he scrambles up to follow you. He feels a bit dizzy from going from a sitting position to standing too quickly. He grips the bottle in his hand and takes a few quick steps to catch up to you as you stride to the doors leading outside the auditorium. You laugh again when he rushes to catch up. His quick reaction time betrays his small stature. It's kinda cute.

"It means I'm gonna teach you how to get the damn marble out, genius" you tease, shoving his shoulder as you reach the doors. Opening them, the two of you were met with the cool outside air. It's refreshing after being indoors for so long and the auditorium has gotten you both hot and stuffy. Hence the initial ramune drinks. You quickly take his hand, ignoring the screams, as you drag Sakura to the side of the building. "Togame! Are you sleeping still?"

"Huh?" a tired voice answers groggily from the other side of the wall. Togame is sitting on the ground next to the wall with his back against the auditorium. He has his legs stretched out, his head leaning back on the wall, rubbing his eyes to clear the ever-constant droop in his eyes. He looks as if he is napping before being rudely interrupted, "I was..."

"Oops. Hehe, sorry," you chuckle, hands raised up in a mock surrender although you don't particularly look apologetic. To be fair, Togame doesn't look upset either. Only gives you and Sakura a sleepy smile and nods as he raises his arm high to stretch. His green eyes drifted to the bottles of ramune in your hands with a curious tilt of the chin. In response, you beam at him, rattling the marble inside the glass bottle before handing it to him. "Please, if you could."

Togame snorts as he takes the bottle. There's a hint of playfulness in his tired eyes as he shakes the bottle a few times, letting the marble inside thump against the glass. It's funny watching the marble rattle around. It reminds him of a little toy marble maze he had as a child. He flicks his gaze to look at Sakura, who stands off to the side stiffly. The poor kid looks ready to bolt at any second when given an opening. His own half-finished bottle lays limply in his hand, the marble reflecting off the sun's light.

"You know you just have to twist the cap in the opposite direction right?" he says, wrapping his fingers around the blue lid and twisting the cap off. Turning the bottle over, he catches the marble from the opening into the palm of his hand. He extends his hand, sliding the marble into your waiting ones. "I know you're strong enough to do that."

"Yeah, but my hands get cramps and it's impossible to move it!"

"I don't think that's how that works...But if it really is too hard, you can keep coming to me."

Sakura stands by, feeling out of place as you go back and forth with Togame. Yet, he doesn't feel like an intruder this time, merely an observer. He looks down at his own bottle, hands moving to twist the cap off while making sure he doesn't spill the drink.

It's easy. It pops right off with barely any effort. Sakura has quite literally seen you throw a man double your size over your shoulder.

The marble reflects his face messily, but there's a shine of red glinting off the surface.

[gojosatoruwifey]

someday sakura's romance sensor will bring trouble to suo.

the thought of it brings a sigh to the one-eyed patch young man.

“hm?” a voice hummed beside him, he glanced down to see you curiously looking back at him. suo ignored the little leap his heart made. “are you still tired from the fight a few days ago?”

“oh, is it that obvious?” suo smiled. he set down the cup on the table and slightly leaned into you. suo fights back his laugh as he hears a choke somewhere in front of him. his sappanwood eye focused on yours, intense.

“why don’t you nurse me back to health?” he teased.

and there is it. the reaction he is looking for — your flustered, shy expression. then, it immediately changes to a glare he found so cute. suo takes a quick look at the bicolored or should he say, tricolored man? sakura’s face is flaming red, he almost resembles a tomato.

suo chuckled. “ah, did i accidentally set off a sensor?”

“suo-san!” nirei’s eyes darted to sakura’s trembling form and suo’s smiling face back and forth, nervous. you do the same, confused by what suo’s words. what sensor???

too bad, you will never know about it until sakura can’t take any more of suo’s teasing.

[write-something-new-again]

Kotoha & Sakura ROLE SWAP AU

Okay so I love, love, LOVE Kotosaku. Romantically sure but even MORE SO platonically. They are just so great for each other. And one day I was at work and this came to me in like a flash of golden light: role swap. Literally what if they swapped roles tho.

Kotoha doesn't NEED people to believe in her. Not that they ever would, but she's strong and she doesn't need a hype squad to prove it. People have always looked down on her for being a girl, so she's going to fight her way to the top of Furin to show that she can be on top regardless of her damn gender

Then, on her first day there, a group of guys seem to be crowding around something. While Kotoha doesn't have a romance radar, she definitely does have a bullshit sensor, and it's going off right now.

Upon closer inspection, a quirky-looking but casually dressed boy is pressed up against an alley wall, surrounded by obvious ne'er-do-wells bugging him to drop his grocery bags, cooing that he'd be better off just dropping his wallet so he can keep his face intact, lame shit. She slugs them into next weekend.

"Ooooh, Furin high!!!" Muses the cafe owner, after all but dragging her into his quaint little diner with promises of free food as his thanks. "That's sick as hell! I'm rooting for you," he tells her, his two differently colored eyes twinkling in awe.

Cue Kotoha's face going strawberry red, because why?? "Rooting for me? Aren't you supposed to tell me to stay in the kitchen? Tell me I'll make a great stay-at-home mom?"

"Why would I do that? You just beat up 5 whole guys in front of me without breaking a sweat, you're obviously strong. You'll do great at Furin, I'm sure."

"I mean," he shrugs, and it's with that action Kotoha realizes this boy is wearing earrings. Cherry blossom earrings. "Look at me! I'm two different colors, and the people here are nothing but kind to me. I think you'll find everyone here a lot more accepting than you might be used to."

Kotoha can't help but grimace down at the bowl of ramen she's been gifted. She doesn't need 'rooting for'. Let alone a man cheering her on, after all of the cruel things the opposite gender has tried burning into her. This path is hers alone.

"Not hungry? This ramen is completely original, you know! I make it totally from scratch."

And damn, he must be doing something right, then. It's the best fucking ramen she's ever tasted

Honestly may be adding more to this 👀I'll take it as kotosaku role swap!! <3

[awinterrosesstuff]

Hello, good morning.I wanted to ask you what you think about the Uzumaki clan and the other members we have seen. There are some people who claim that, if the Uzumaki clan were still alive, Naruto would not have had such a horrible childhood and they could make an alliance with the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan.

Hello ! Good morning/afternoon to you !

To answer you first question, I'm very curious about the Uzumaki clan. I really wished we knew more about them. They always seemed interesting to me. And the art of sealing is very versatile from sealing tailed beasts, to sealing light or explosives. It's almost like you could use it for almost anything. And the adamantine sealing chakra is also very versatile. It can bind chakra's tailed beast (or humans) be used for attacks (like Karin did for example) and protection (Kushina created defensive barriers). I'm always interested in fanfics that expand on the Uzumaki's lore.

First, I love Naruto. It isn't a big surprise. Naruto, as a manga and a character, will always hold a place in my heart. It's the first manga I liked and followed from the beginning to the end. And maybe I'm a bit biased because of that.

I obviously like Kushina. I already made a post about her relationship with Minato. I found the one shot cute and well written. So yes, I like her romance with Minato, her personality (it's based a bit on Naruto), her strenght and her main technique (the chakra chains). Nagato is, to me, one of the most interesting antagonists of the manga and Kishimoto's antagonists are all interesting in my opinion. I enjoy his background. There is some philosophy to his character. And he feels very human. And the fact he was able to use the rinnegan so well, and in a different way than Madara or Sasuke is very impressive.

I'm planning to write about Karin, but I'm going to explain a bit my opinion on her. First, I enjoy team Taka quite a lot. But Karin is probably my favorite from them (after Sasuke). I like the idea of her being in the "grey" area. She's neither "nice" nor "bad". Yes, she helped Orochimaru with experiments, but showed empathy for others like Sasuke & Sakura. I like the fact she isn't a fighter, but still very useful and powerful. She's probably the most powerful sensor in the manga. She's smart and brave. I like her.

For the last part of your question, I think if the Uzumaki clan was still there, it's likely Naruto would know of his heritage at the very least. If I remember correctly, Konoha was hiding Uzumaki's places like this one...

So maybe if they were still around, it wouldn't have ended like that. Why would the Uzumaki be allied with the Huyga or the Uchiha ? I know Kushina was in friendly terms with Mikoto, but they were allied specifically with the Senju. They had their own village. Except if you meant that the Uzumaki "moved" in Konoha to avoid extinction ? Maybe then, they would make an alliance with those clans. But Hiashi always seemed very traditional and close minded. I don't have a great opinion of him. Making an alliance with another clan doesn't seem like something he would do. I don't really want to speculate more on this part. It's difficult for me to imagine.

But if some Uzumaki were in Konoha, they would probably look after him and protect him. In this scenario, I like to believe he would have a member of his mother's family (maybe a grandmother or grandfather) who would raise him. So yes, I think his childhood wouldn't be horrible. People would still hate him because of Kurama, but he would have someone to look after him, give him attention & love. He would get training from his family, someone who would help in his lessons, theory and to learn. I think it would solve many of his problems.

Some people seem to think it's okay for Naruto to live on his own. But a parent, a caring and present parent, makes everything different for a child.

[chidoroki]

Wind Breaker S2EP6

aka: the beauty.. is eternal!

Sakura literally gonna have a heart attack by the end of this “date.”

Ito is such a sweet, little old man.

Young Tsubaki deserves many hugs.

“'Normal' is only defined by what the majority think. But 'normal' is an ambiguous concept that’s constantly changing, like the meaning of wearing high heels and makeup. So you should like what you choose to like.” Grandpa Ito speaking the truth!

May everyone in the world find people like this elderly couple that supports them no matter what they choose in life.

Sakura’s “romance sensor” is working overtime this ep.

God, wish I could find me an everlasting love like this.

[yinyuedijun]

if you had a crush on any furin guy it would be fucking impossible to keep it a secret because sakura's romance sensor would go off whenever the two of you were within a 10ft radius of one another and he would instantly go red and freak out 😔

[koipudding]

holding out a hastily drawn image of me and my f/o in a flower field + a bag of sweets and run off, hoping they’ve accepted the start of courtship.

this somehow endears my f/o’s (how my f/o’s react under the cut)

the doodles are either hand drawn or done in MS paint. often it’s just chibi style/reaction images for when i cant find the words/kaimojis.

1) jing yuan is genuinely endeared by the act bjt he doesn’t get the sentiment until i hand him a few doodles that say “wife” or “girlfriend material” and fu xuan has to tell him that HE’S the wife/girlfriend. he doesn’t mind! keeps the snacks i bring and sometimes hands them to yanqing if he does well during practice :3

2) Kaiser is confused. Very confused why him? Thinks he doesn’t deserve it, so i continue to lavish him with little hair clips (he wears them during matches), candies and hair ties with blue flowers on them. slowest of slow burns, and his name doesn’t even have turtle in it!!! I’m prone to being a pest, so he’d ghost me for a bit. my little doodles become more infrequent, he realizes he misses it and makes up an excuse to meet up. I think post!NEL ness also talks hjm into talking to me, because my efforts are genuine :(

3) sakura is also confused! like jing yuan he doesn’t get the sentiment and thinks it’s just cause he’s helped me out/the furin guys have reminded him he’s. a genuinely good person, and this must be my way of paying it back! He fails to realize i’m trying to woo him, and suo and nirei place bets for how long it’ll take for him to realize.

in the end i resolve myself and doodle me giving him a little forehead kiss. His romance sensor detects romance levels out of this galaxy!!!! he gets a nosebleed and has to lie down for a bit :( the guys find it funny though!!!

4) for a turtle, togame gets it faster than kaiser but still doesnt get it at first. maybe it’s me saying we’re good friends now? He likes the candy, and i often give him ramune when we meet up. The realization probably hits when i hand him another doodle and ask to meet him during the summer, despite our busy schedules. I ask him to teach me shogi or go, and we drink hot tea with steamed buns :3c

[neonsbian]

sakura haruka wins the shounen protagonist off by being the only shounen protagonist with a romance sensor

[cebwrites]

More Paradise at Sea rambles:

The ship has to dock at an island for repairs after an attack at sea and while the designated adults fuss about their schedule, their lodgings, the urgency this mission requires among other things, Naruto's just happy to be on dry land again for a while.

While they look for a place to stay in the meantime, Naruto chatters amiably while they walk and the topic of Sakura-chan drifts to the forefront as well - he is just a boy, after all, village hero or not - wondering aloud what he should do. It's here that Yamashiro notices that the other three jonin have lagged behind quite a bit, leaving good ol' 'Uncle Aoba' to handle things.

When he whisper-yells at them to get back there and help him out, little text boxes appear over their heads that say "doesn't get romance" and "useless at "girl" advice" for Tae, Yamato and Gai respectively; he gets the thumbs up and wink from the latter. Yamato at least has the decency to look a little sheepish, though Aoba is unsure how much of it is genuine. Tae's expression... is unreadable as always.

Later that week, Aoba nearly walks in on their resident mokuton and sensor specialists getting hot and heavy in their room. He's almost petty enough to slide the door open and yell "no romance, my ass" but Aoba collects himself. He really wanted to, though.

[lunaneko14]

Do you think Kishimoto went out of his way to make Sakura the way she is? Like what do you think her purpose was? So I consider myself Sakura-neutral/critical. I don’t particularly hate her but I’m also meh. I do think I’m one of the few however to be more positive-neutral of her character in part 1. Don’t get me wrong I do think she had many flaws but they weren’t flaws that she couldn’t develop from. While many say she was useless, I think her arc was set up as a wake up call that being a ninja isn’t fun & games. I actually like the part where she cuts her hair in the forest bcz it symbolizes that wake up call. Also the fact she’s a civilian and her only ninja training/knowledge is basically from the academy is enough background imo lol she doesn’t need childhood trauma. The only reason I bring all this up is bcz I hate when Sakura fans claim Kishimoto can’t write female characters. I am not saying he’s the best at writing them either. There’s an argument to be made about having boys/romance being a big part of said characters or even the lack of screen time. But Hinata and Ino both have way less screen time yet even as background characters they have more development. Hinata’s chunin fight and proud failure speech are some of my fave scenes in the manga and it tells us all we need to know about her. Ino going out of her way to learn medical ninjutsu when she’s already got her clan techniques and she’s a sensor shows ambition. Sakura becomes Tsunade’s student and that’s it she becomes a pink-haired Knock off version of her like let’s be real as a civilian she’s limited compared to a Senju descendant (meanwhile Sasuke and Naruto surpassed their sannin masters.) Kishimoto had enough material for Sakura as I mentioned above yet he chose to center her character around Sasuke. Is it purposeful? Is it sexist writing? Idk her character confuses me I guess. What do you think?

As a writer myself I know exactly why Sakura is the way she is.

It’s like when I TRY to write comedy vs it coming from me organically. The organic, genuine stuff is always going to be much better than when you try too hard.

Sakura is Kishimoto trying to write a female character too hard. Because she follows all the stereotypes men think about women: obsessed with beauty and boys with a little “I’m just as good as the guys even though I’ve never shown I could” thrown in.

Hinata on the other hand is the organic stuff. She’s what Kishimoto WANTS in a woman. Feminine yet strong in her own way. She doesn’t need to beat the toughest bad guy as long as she shows up for Naruto the title character and Kishimoto’s self insert.

That’s why most people gravitate towards Hinata especially the target male audience. It’s not because of her boobs or because she’s submissive because we’ve seen her be angry at Naruto before and she earns nothing but his respect. Hinata is an EQUAL not someone who wants to aggressively dominate anyone like Sakura does (see her relationship with Ino and Naruto) which is why SS doesn’t work as a household unless Sasuke is out of the house and Kishimoto knows that.

I think even fictional characters can teach us about basic human psychology because they are based on humans after all.

[mrpenguinpants]

Masterlist 

[ Temporary Honkai Star Rail Masterlist ]

▹Turning Red - Dan Heng, Gepard, Blade, and Jing Yuan 

▹Darling, Kiss Me - Dan Heng, Gepard, Jing Yuan, Sampo, Welt, Dan Feng, and Blade

▹You are all I long for, all I worship, and adore -  Jing Yuan, Dan Feng (& Dan Heng) + Sunday

▹See you, space cowboy - Jing Yuan, Blade, Dan Heng, Imbibitor Lunae, Dr. Ratio + Luocha ▹LORD GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE - Sunday ▹Just the weight I needed -  Phainon, Mydei + Jing Yuan

▹ Memorabilia - Astral Express Crew - [ Commission ] [ Temporary Zenless Zone Zero Masterlist ] ▹Marbled Steps - Lighter

▹Part 2: Stepping Stone - Lighter

[ Temporary Windbreaker Masterlist ]

▹ Sakura, did they...set off your romance sensor? - Hayato Suo, Hajime Umemiya, Jo Togame

▹ I'm gonna wife you up! - Kaji Ren, Suo Hayato, Togame Jo + Yamato Endo

Albedo

▹Coming Home [ Christmas Celebration 🎉]

▹ [ NSFW ] Dealing with a brat s/o HCs - GN Reader

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▹ Origin Story - Lucky

Alhaitham

▹ Green Slumber - [ Birthday Fic ]

▹ Low Battery Warning - Touch Starved HCs - Tartaglia, Kaveh, Ayato, Alhaitham, and Dottore

▹ Please go out with me for tax benefits! - Alhaitham, Ayato, and Kazuha  

▹ Part 2: Overdue Bills -  Alhaitham, Ayato, and Kazuha  

▹ Pale Blue Slumber - [ Commission ]

▹ Low Battery Warning - Touch Starved HCs - Tartaglia, Kaveh, Ayato, Alhaitham, and Dottore

▹ Please go out with me for tax benefits! - Alhaitham, Ayato, and Kazuha  

▹ Part 2: Overdue Bills -  Alhaitham, Ayato, and Kazuha  

Diluc

▹Falling for their brother’s s/o HCs

▹Jealously HCs

▹Being Fathers HCs

▹Relationship HCs

▹Comfort HCs

▹Friendship HCs - Venti and Diluc

▹Genshin: Holding Hands HCs [V1] - Venti, Diluc, and Zhongli

▹Genshin: When you’re cold [V1] - Xiao, Keqing, Diluc, Amber, Kaeya, and Scaramouche

▹Genshin: Roommate [V1] - Diluc, Beidou, Kaeya, Jean, and Childe

▹Broken Strings of Fate -  Xiao, Chongyun, Kaeya, and Diluc

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▹Saving Diluc and being his pillar of support -  gloomyyyboo

Dottore 

▹ My Faint Magnolia

▹ Low Battery Warning - Touch Starved HCs - Tartaglia, Kaveh, Ayato, Alhaitham, and Dottore

▹Ttorschlusspanik - [ Commission ]

▹Look, but don't touch - Childe, Pantalone, Scaramouche, and Dottore

Kaveh

▹Smudged Handprints

Razor

▹General HCs

▹Pre-Relationship HCs

▹Cuddle HCs

▹Jealous HCs

▹Early Relationship HCs

▹Mistletoe [ Christmas Celebration 🎉]

▹Kissing HCs - Venti, Xingqiu, and Razor

Tartaglia/Childe

▹Fiance HCs

▹First Kiss HCs

▹“Enemies” to “Lovers”

▹Look, but don't touch - Childe, Pantalone, Scaramouche, and Dottore

▹Low Battery Warning - Touch Starved HCs - Tartaglia, Kaveh, Ayato, Alhaitham, and Dottore

▹Genshin: Roommate [V1] - Diluc, Beidou, Kaeya, Jean, and Childe

▹Genshin: Royalty AU [V1] - Zhongli, Venti, Kaeya, Jean, Albedo, Childe, and Baizhu

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▹Poly Relationship + Kaeya - Cattycattitude [art available]

Venti

▹Friendship HCs

▹Mistletoe [ Christmas Celebration 🎉]

▹Friendship HCs - Venti and Diluc

▹Kissing HCs - Venti, Xingqiu, and Razor

▹Genshin: Holding Hands HCs [V1] - Venti, Diluc, and Zhongli

▹Genshin: Royalty AU [V1] - Zhongli, Venti, Kaeya, Jean, Albedo, Childe, and Baizhu

▹Andrius, Venti, and Dvalin: General HCs + [unhinged Venti]

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▹Venti comforting reader as an anemo spirit - Xiaotopia

Xiao

▹Friendship HCs

▹Falling Hard In Love HCs

▹Cuddles HCs

▹Protective HCs

▹Affection HCs

▹Jealous HCs

▹First Kiss HCs

▹Opposite Attract HCs

▹String of Fate [Soulmate] HCs

▹Fainting HCs

▹ [ Reverse AU ] Spiders Thread - Possessive Red Xiao

▹Genshin: When you’re cold [V1] - Xiao, Keqing, Diluc, Amber, Kaeya, and Scaramouche

▹Broken Strings of Fate -  Xiao, Chongyun, Kaeya, and Diluc

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▹Obsessive Red! Xiao

▹Mythos AU - Cat Xiao

▹Holding Hands - anon

▹Meeting Past Xiao - 💫💫💫 anon

▹ [ Reverse AU ] Red Xiao vs Green Xiao - kiwi

Kaeya

▹Falling for their brother’s s/o HCs

▹Jealously HCs

▹Being Fathers HCs

▹Pre-Relationship HCs

▹Comfort HCs

▹Frostbite

▹Mistletoe [Christmas Celebration 🎉]

▹Genshin: When you’re cold [V1] - Xiao, Keqing, Diluc, Amber, Kaeya, and Scaramouche

▹Genshin: Roommate [V1] - Diluc, Beidou, Kaeya, Jean, and Childe

▹Genshin: Royalty AU [V1] - Zhongli, Venti, Kaeya, Jean, Albedo, Childe, and Baizhu

▹Broken Strings of Fate -  Xiao, Chongyun, Kaeya, and Diluc

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▹S/O got turned into a hilichurl - Brainrot 

▹S/O got turned into a hilichurl - Not so fluffy ver - Brainrot

▹S/O got turned into a hilichurl - Dainsleif ver - Brainrot

▹Dark Reverse AU Brainrot + Fatui Kaeya - Lucky [Part 2]

▹Poly Relationship + Childe - Cattycattitude [art available]

Zhongli

▹Dating HCs

▹Genshin: Holding Hands HCs [V1] - Venti, Diluc, and Zhongli

▹Genshin: Royalty AU [V1] - Zhongli, Venti, Kaeya, Jean, Albedo, Childe, and Baizhu

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▹Dad Zhongli + Adeptus Reader Brainrot - Minx

▹Dad Zhongli + Adepti Brainrot

Mona

▹Depression HCs

Bennett

▹Affection HCs

▹Windblume Love Letter HCs

Xingqiu

▹Venti, Xingqiu, and Razor: Kissing HCs

Multi

▹Genshin: Holding Hands HCs [V1] - Venti, Diluc, and Zhongli 

▹Genshin: When you’re cold [V1] - Xiao, Keqing, Diluc, Amber, Kaeya, and Scaramouche

▹Genshin: University AU [V1] - Diluc, Ningguang, Kaeya, Mona, Venti, and Childe

▹Genshin: Roommate [V1] - Diluc, Beidou, Kaeya, Jean, and Childe

▹Genshin: Royalty AU [V1] - Zhongli, Venti, Kaeya, Jean, Albedo, Childe, and Baizhu

▹Andrius, Venti, and Dvalin: General HCs + [unhinged Venti] 

▹Broken Strings of Fate -  Xiao, Chongyun, Kaeya, and Diluc

▹Look, but don't touch - Childe, Pantalone, Scaramouche, and Dottore

▹Please go out with me for tax benefits! - Alhaitham, Ayato, and Kazuha  

▹ Part 2: Overdue Bills -  Alhaitham, Ayato, and Kazuha  

▹Low Battery Warning - Touch Starved HCs - Tartaglia, Kaveh, Ayato, Alhaitham, and Dottore

Pairings

▹Venti and Barbara: Relationship HCs

▹Lisa and Diluc: Book Bonding HCs 

▹Aether and Diluc: Reassurance HCs

▹Diluc, Kaeya, Zhongli, and Childe: Keqing and her neighbours HCs

▹Diluc, Kaeya, Zhongli, and Childe: Children Ideas

▹Ganyu and Dainsleif: General HCs

▹Ganyu and Dainsleif HCs - anon

Genshin Lore/Translations

▹Theories on Dainsleif and Khaenri’ah: Part 1

▹Theories on Dainsleif and Khaenri’ah: Part 2

▹Theories on Dainsleif and Khaenri’ah: Part 3

▹Theories on Kaeya and Khaenri’ah : Part 4

▹ Theories on Dainsleif and Khaenri’ah: Part 5

▹ Theories on Dainsleif and Lumine: Part 1

▹ Theories on Traveler: Part 1

▹ Theories on the Traveler: Part 2

▹Honkai Lore and Arthur

▹Zhongli’s marriage proposal to Childe

▹Zhongli Chinese name is a pun

▹Xiao’s Ritual Translations

▹Xiao and Klee’s name Translations

[Please keep in mind, my Chinese is rusty and I am not a Chinese historian. If I get anything wrong please let me know]

If you would like any translation on any characters or want to discuss lore, don’t be afraid to send me a message^^

Submissions/Asks

Maagdalen’s beautiful edits

Maagdalen’s beautiful edits pt.2

Venti: First Meeting and Friendship HCs - fulltimeventisimp/glitchgamingirl

Cat!Xiao - fulltimeventisimp

Pengu - thesmellofcherryblossoms

Picrew art of me - thesmellofcherryblossoms

Royalty AU - Cat Xiao and HuTao - toxic-lucky

Cat!Xiao - toxic-lucky

Accurate Diluc Fanart - toxic-luck

Cute Xiao - Jia

Long hair/Elf Ear/Cat Xiao - Jia

Anatomy with Cae - Cae 🍭

Honestly, no idea what to call this. Just read it. -  scentedcandlesandcookies

Mythos AU for Childe/Zhongli/Razor - minx

Accurate Zhongli -  cattycattitude

Hutao and Dainsleif Drawings - Cattycattitude

Poly Relationship with Kaeya + Childe Fanart - cattycattitude

Poly Relationship with Kaeya + Childe Fanart Part 2 - cattycattitude

OC inspired by brighellas - anon

[masumihanako]

🌺About🌺[For Mobile]

BASICS

Full Name:        Masumi Hanako     花心升美

Alias:                 The Flower of Thorns

Age:                   20-21     (Part I)                           23-25     (Part II)                             27      (The Last)                             38      (New Era)

Affiliation:          Akatsuki

Gender:              Cis Woman (she/her)

Classification:   Mercenary Ninja, S-rank, Sensor Type

Clan:                    Hanako Clan

Occupation:       Apothecary Merchant, Kunoichi, Spy Master Assistant,                                        Akatsuki Intelligence Division Member

PERSONAL TRAITS

Orientation:                         Closeted Bisexual

Canonverse Romance:      Itachi Uchiha (confidential)

Star Sign:                            Sagittarius

Alignment:                          Chaotic Good

Enneagram:                       The Helper

Blood Type:                        AB

Negative Traits:   emotional / over-protective / self-reproachful / timid / nosey

Positive Traits:   empathetic / intelligent / caring / passionate / modest

ETC:     Masumi acts rather reserved around most of the Akatsuki members, but openly compassionate and emotive around the few she trusts and holds dear.

PHYSICAL TRAITS

Race:             Multiracial (Unknown specifics)

Eye color:      Hazel

Hair color:      Black

Hair Length:   Reaches past her waist when loose

Hair Type:      Voluminous, wavy with occasional curls

Hair Style:      Half-up in a ponytail with long middle-parted bangs. Accented with a custom kanzashi comb shaped like a flower.

Height:          175 cm

Scars:    Numerous scars on her fingers and hands from thorns and contact with rough plantlife.

Body Build:     Curvy | Muscular with definition softened by fat                         [Explained in Detail Here]

Appearance Tag: 🌸Blooming Before You; Visage

ETC:     Masumi wears gloves that only cover her ring finger and pinky finger. (She is actually very self-conscious about her hands). She also wears a red hair tie on her wrist, which is actually one of Itachi’s. Its often an overlooked detail.

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ETC Important Side Notes

❀ Masumi is very good with medicine and poison, despite not being a medical nin. However she cannot perform any incredibly heavy duty medical procedures - she isn’t Sakura or Kabuto.

❀ Masumi is very good at telling when someone is lying, so don’t be surprised if she calls you out. If there is ever anything you don’t think she would be able to figure out, we can discuss it in a PM outside the RP.  I never want to accidentally god mod.

❀ Due to the intelligence network and Masumi’s general curiousity, she has probably heard of your character if they’re fairly well known in their home village. If you’re an Akatsuki member or any especially renowned Naruto character, she probably knows quite a bit about your reputation.

❀ Masumi is very close to the crows in Itachi’s flock, so it is not uncommon to see one or two nearby at any given time. She has occasionally used them to help with intelligence gathering, and there is a specific one that acts as a messenger crow between her and Itachi when they spend extended periods of time away from each other. There is a lot of lore in regards to this and the general behavior of the flock, but it probably will not impact RP too much most of the time.

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Background Summary

Masumi’s parents originally joined the Akatsuki during Yahiko’s leadership after their clan caravan passed through Amegakure to sell their wares. Her father died in Hanzo’s ambush that resulted in Yahiko’s death. Throughout Masumi’s childhood she learned the apothecary trade as the people of her clan do. Masumi grew up attending Ame’s Ninja Acadamy and graduated when she was 9 years old, which was common for children her age during this era. Afterwhich, she primarily completed mission work alongside her mother for the Akatsuki.

Shortly after Itachi joined the organization, while they were primarily still taking in mercenary work to fund themselves, she often would complete assassination missions alongside him; specifically, those that were meant to keep outside casualties to a minimum, due to his genjutsu and her specialty in nonlethal incapacitation being ideal. While Masumi was on a mission with him, her mother was betrayed by one of her contacts due to the Akatsuki’s climb to infamy and contracted The Contamination of Thorns. Thusly, Airi was forced into retirement from active duty, but continues to work for the Akatsuki primarily as her pre-established role as a spymaster, although with their name rebranded to distance association with the Akatsuki upfront.

While her mother does the majority of the scribe work for gladiolus and caring for the plantlife, Masumi runs the business end of the apothecary and occasionally helps her mother in her tasks; especially more so after her professional partnership with Itachi comes to a close at the beginning of shippuden.

Kekkei Genkai Summary

Masumi’s kekkei genkai (Hanaton) is a duo nature transformation composed of earth style and yang style. It allows her to manipulate any type of flowering plant - which includes flowering trees, bushes and vines. However, she can only manipulate plants in ways that they can feasibly, naturally grow, and plants that are unfit for the current environment will require more chakra to perform jutsu with.

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Masumi RP in regards to Itachi

❀ I will never ever ever  force Masumi canonverse onto any Itachi roleplayers. I will not expect or drag you into them pinning or being anything romantic. However, if you see me roleplaying with another person who isn’t Itachi, don’t be surprised if the relationship/Itachi I’ve built in my personal lore is mentioned for plot reasons or in Masumi’s internal thoughts. These of course, will never be in effect with any Itachi RPers that I’ve interacted with unless they request so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

❀ Also, Masumi’s relationship with Itachi is private. They avoid public interactions around Akatsuki members that would suggest a relationship between the two outside of professionalism. Masumi herself does not care much if people did know, but its very important to Itachi. To protect her from people who would hurt her to get to him or to simply keep up his cold facade to protect Konoha’s secret about the Uchiha Clan Massacre. Therefore, she honors his wishes and keeps it a secret. Kisame kinda figured it out though on his own, or at least heavily suspects them.

❀ Masumi has been in a relationship with Itachi for some time before his appearance in the original Naruto series.

❀ Masumi has known Itachi since he joined the Akatsuki, they would often be partnered together during the Akatsuki’s early days; even before Juzo’s death and they were typically paired together for assassination missions that were meant to keep outside casualties to a minimum. They make a great team for these type of missions due to Itachi’s use of genjutsu and Masumi’s specialization in non-lethal incapacitation.

[kurogabae]

TSUBASA: TRAINWRECK CHRONICLES

And Why Bee Train Are Officially Being Labeled, By Me, As The Boomers Of Animation

PART 1 – PART 2 – PART 3 -- Part 4

[Slim Shady’s “Guess Who’s Back” plays in the distance, muffled but threatening]

Look, I know I usually have something to say at the start of these, but honestly? Let’s just go because we’re starting knee-deep in some bullshit. 

Tsarastora (yes... fucking AGAIN):

Well, it didn’t take long for us to return to the land of the walking Not Dead Anymore. Rumor has it that Bee Train was ordered to retcon the S1 finale immediately because who do you think you are to break one of CLAMP’s cardinal rules like that?!? But I’ve never seen any proof of exactly what went down about this plot. But I’m forced to believe Ohkawa materialized behind the director one day and threatened to eat his spine or some shit. 

Anyway. We’re here. Again. And for some reason this is where they decide to have Sakura give Yuuko her White Day gift? Instead of in Piffle? Where she made it? With Tomoyo?

Stop stealing my moments Bee Train. It’s like you’re the crew who edited CCS for America back in the day and tried to market it towards boys so you pushed Syaoran as the main character and tried to remove all romance. Let Sakura have friends! Let her interact with people and have a story! LET HER BE BI!!!

So Yuuko has a dress and Fai makes a joke about being in heaven because the place is so pretty and Kurogane says not to, quote, “say such unlucky things” and it’s moments like this that make you wonder if they Knew and just didn’t care about Fai’s past or if they really were just as in the dark as the rest of us. I flip flop a lot between the two. 

Either way, now the dads are talking about the kids and how brave Syaoran is (why the bullshit in Piffle prompted this I do not know but whatever I guess?) and basically just about how badly they want them to succeed but without just saying it. Meanwhile Sakura is telling Syaoran about her latest memory and I could not for the life of me tell you which one it was and I refuse to go check. The important thing here is that the lazy animation trick that has given Mokona the power of flight is back and she’s hovering around the gang now. Not sitting on shoulders or anything. Just... flying around like she’s Kero. This is fine. I guess.

And then, after what has to be like a solid half hour of just dicking around Mokona Very Suddenly senses a feather. Why so suddenly? Because they wanted to get everything else out of the way first and it was convenient. No other reason. The feather isn’t moving. Neither are they really. She just decides to turn her sensors on now? IDK. Maybe she needs a tune up.

They find the feather not far away just casually sitting inside a rock and everyone but Kurogane is like “Yay! Easy find! Go us!” because apparently no one can learn anything in this anime about what those fucking feathers do. Spoilers: it’s not a rock, it’s a dragon.

[Kurogane voice]: kin

The dragon fucks off and here we come to a Thing. Now, Kurogane is ready to slaughter this thing and wear its bones basically. He is Ready to Fight in a real way. I found that odd and really didn’t care for it. In Hanshin he seems in awe of Celes when it appears to him and even though it’s mostly fanon that Kurogane respects and likes dragons that makes sense. His family’s guardian was a dragon, his sword was modeled after a dragon. His whole motif is dragons! Why is he so ready to kill this one? Does it not count if it’s not a Nihon dragon? Does only Ginryuu get respect? It just feels bad???

But none of that matters because guess what! Dragon shaped as it might be, the thing is a demon? At least, that’s what they’re calling it. Sometimes. Fai says demon, Syaoran says dragon. They don’t.... agree on the term? Shut up. It’s a dragon.

So they soon realize that they are back in Should Be Very Dead-ville and oh no everyone is going to die again unless we get this OTHER feather because if one feather can buy us a month of living surely one more will fix our deaths forever right? ....right? (On a side note; Fai makes a comment about how weird it is that two feathers fell in the same world while he’s from Celes and knows damn well he found two and is unaware of a third!!!) 

Either way the family is gonna help because, you know. Feather. If memory serves, the dragon is hiding in a lake, so what does Kurogane (who is now in charge because of course) have them do? They set the lake on fucking fire. And it delights him. It do not, however, delight the dragon, who, understandably, goes apeshit. Luckily, no one dies and they just hack off the horn that the feather was stuck in. And then they... take it to God again because wow they really do think this will work. Sakura, honey, I know how sweet you are but it only got them one month last time. What good will this do?

The answer is no good!

God basically tells them it’s tough tits, the month long visitation was all they could manage and no matter how many super powered magic bird parts they bring the dead are dead and that’s that. Which sucks for those villagers but haha, bummer for FAi to have to hear. Again. After watching Sakura wish someone to life with a mere piece of her soul. Again. Wonder how that felt. (Short post about Kurogane and Fai’s possible feelings here.)

So to end the episode, Sakura gets her feather back and then the family leaves town but sticks around on the outskirts to watch everyone fucking die again like some sick ass fuckers!!!

I’m not even going to talk about the stupid memory she gets with papa!Clow and learning about how death is a Thing via her dead pet bunny. It happens. It’s inorganic. I hate it. Shut up Clow.

The episode is over and I’ll leave you with this to heal your souls.

I am a simple woman.

Portoria:

WE’RE ON A BOAT MOTHA FUCKER!

If you’re too young to recognize that joke, click the link for... an experience. Wear headphones. Everyone else, please join me in this not-a-Wind-Waker-AU. 

We’re gonna skip all of my bad sailor jokes and focus for a minute on Kurogane’s Sinbad cosplay here because yes good hello I am easily distracted. 

Anyway, the captain is this world’s version of Koryo’s shitty Ryanban and Kurogane and Fai have a moment to wax philosophical about whether or not souls are inherently good or evil, which is fine and I would hardly mention if, while they were doing this, the “camera” wasn’t stood still on an image of Syaoran and Sakura just... smiling at each other while the dads spoke. Like the kids aren’t even doing anything, they’re just smiling. It’s weird. It’s also almost like accidental foreshadowing because HAHA THOSE ARE CLONES! But I’m not gonna go into it for the sake of this joke.

On the ship everyone has to work, Kurogane is terrorizing his new shipmates into compliance under his leadership, Fai and Sakura are cooking fish, and Syaoran is in the engine room with a child version of Fujitaka AKA his father. Understandably, Syaoran is Feeling Emotions, not that the animation is any indicator of this. He also calls a ten year old daddy so things are going great. 

Now yes, Syaoran must miss his father terribly, not only has he been dead for who knows how long exactly (anywhere upwards of 5 years possibly) but Syaoran is far from home without any pictures or familiarity to remind him of Fujitaka, and now he’s got some savant elementary schooler who is an AU version of his dad basically sharing his deepest hopes and dreams.  It’s a weird episode. Oh, and there is no feather, but Mokona is sweet as can be and stays so Syaoran can get to know this version of Fujitaka. Which honestly seems more like a punishment than anything to me, but hey. 

Also, there’s a sea monster. And a haunted island. And something that sounds suspiciously like Piedmon from Digimon. 

Syaoran and Fujitaka get stranded on the island after getting yeeted overboard and the captain telling the rest of the family that his ancestors forbid people from going to the island is enough to stop a rescue mission? Like. Kurogane AND Sakura are sitting there, letting nothing happen. This is fine. Everything is fine. 

And it kinda is because the island if filled with old shit and Syaoran is geeking out like a kid surrounded by his special interest would be expected to. 

In the end, the creepy laughter was wind, the island isn’t haunted, the family tries to row out to save Syaoran and a sea monster is on screen for all of 30 seconds. This episode was boring. Dull. It wasn’t even particularly angsty because Bee Train has no concept of emotional DEPTH!! Their expressions and emotions are as flat as Fai’s ass and as dry as Clow’s deserts. This could have been a very moving and fascinating filler episode, but Bee Train remains in capable of doing ANYTHING AT ALL EVER! I’m bored. This is boring.

At least Sakura looked cute in her little sailor outfit. 

The next episode is “A Date With a Wizard” and that shitshow is getting its own post. Peace. 

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