#BASTARD!!

[mangastararts]

Empress Of Thunder, Arshes Nei I hope you like it

[jd-d20]

I think an interesting observation I found was with certain male fans' obsession with Darsh being a r*pist, not as a pejorative towards him but they say it like they hope he is because they enjoy the fantasy of assaulting women a bit too casually and they see him as their "self-insert" rather than the gag pervert character that he was designed to be.

Disturbing shit yes. But I read the manga and the doujinshis and watch the OVA and Netflix reboot and I don't remotely see him as a r*pist at all?

Definitely a creep, no debate about that. He is NOT a good person. But he's also like, actually good at sex than most average men are, it's almost unrealistic how attentive he is. He follows courting rules that prioritize his female partner's sexual satisfaction before he follows his own. Not remotely for her sake mind you, but for his own ego to reassure himself that he's a "sex god" for women.

But whenever a female character, usually Yoko is disgusted by his pervy advances. He backs off immediately, almost terrified facing her harsh reaction. When a powerful woman spell caster is truly pissed at him, they beat his ass pretty well. He's very oversensitive to how he's perceived by females. I would like to know why that is, but he's a gag character in a prema-hiatus manga so I can only speculate that this dynamic is the perfect way for the author to have plausible deniability to keep Darsh from looking to the reader like a completely horrible human being.

It could be debated that some parts of Lucien prevents him from hurting Yoko. But even before being fused with her friend, he's raised Arshes Nei and Kal su like his own children. As creepy as both their Electra complexes for his fatherly affection are, he never reciprocated their advances until Arshes Nei became an adult. Kall su is a mystery because it's clear he holds Darsh in some homoerotic light and develops a hatred for women. After all, they consume Darsh's interests 24/7. So as evil as Darsh claims to be, he has all the basic moral standards that lesser men wouldn't abide by. So he's not really a r*pist by most moral qualifications.

He's immortal, the last thing he wants is a world where a woman hates him. But that's only for his own sake, not there's.

[clearwillow]

Joshua Belaira. HB, 2B, 4B, and 6B pencils.

Or for the IY followers, human Inu in armor. He's like a cinnamon roll you want to shake the hell out of cause boi -

[chitomomo]

ハルモニアのシャイニーブリザードを背景に。この色、銀色のラメが入ってて実物がめちゃくちゃ綺麗

[amechyofsorts]

Both Marcille and Arshes are elf spellcasters with deep love and devotion for a human, to the point of risking their own life repeatedly to safeguard them. In Marcille's case it's great and very sweet, and in Arshes case it's just the fucking worst thing she could possibly feel and act like toward the person in question.

[tbdeise]

Chapters: 41/? Fandom: Bastard!! (Anime & Manga) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Sheila Metallicana/Dark Schneider, Sean Ari/Dark Schneider, Kai Harn/Dark Schneider, Arshes Nei/Dark Schneider, Arshes Nei/Gara, Porno Dianno/Dark Schneider, Yoko/Dark Schneider, Dark Schneider/Everyone Characters: Dark Schneider, Sheila Metallicana, Tia Noto Yoko, Arshes Nei, Gara (Bastard!!), Kall-Su, Lars, Bon Jovina, Kai Harn, Sean ArI, Porno Dianno, Baba-sama, Geo Noto Soto Additional Tags: Sex, Oral Sex, Explicit Language, Blasphemy, Religion, Canon-Typical Violence, Vaginal Sex, Semi-Public Sex Summary:

After one of Dark Schneider’s disappearances, Princess Sheila lives her life waiting for his return. Everything is calm in the kingdom until she receives unpleasant news and has to make a decision.

[alephskoteinos]

Bastard!! is wild as fuck

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Anthrasax fans.

[branewurms]

is anyone else old enough to have seen or read Bastard!! in the nucar fandoOOOH WAIT i just remembered there’s a recent reboot on netflix maybe y’all actually will know what i’m talking about!

anyway yeah did anyone else think Dark Schneider from Bastard the second they saw Salacious King Eiden

esp with that ridiculous little ott evil grin

the demon king is supposed to be this sex fiend, plus the whole event is evoking 90s jrpg nostalgia? it’s gotta be intentional right

(if you never saw/read it Bastard!! was this absolutely bananas comedic dark fantasy ecchi soft core series aimed at straight dudes but it was weirdly & wildly homoerotic and the mc was this batshit murderous pervert wizard warlord guy named Dark Schneider, and, much like soul eater, it was full of references to bands, like the old knight called Bon Jovina (yes really) who kept getting the narrative equivalent of pianos dropped on his head but just wouldn’t die)

(…oh god does anyone under the age of 30 even know who bon jovi is oh no)

eta: oh yeah netflix promo pic COME ON

[mechanimereview]

BASTARD!! -Heavy Metal Fantasy- -Hell's Requiem Arc- : Conquering One's Self

Sometimes, Netflix Can be Good Guys, it’s Coldrain. I feel like that is a hot take considering how the whole Netflix jail thing is stuck into people’s minds. I am not going to be the strongest or staunchest Netflix defender, but they are giving shows that wouldn’t have attention otherwise and I kind of dig it. For instance, here is Bastard. I know that Netflix is really going for that dark…

[pwdr00]

Dark Schneider (Ep 39)

[mangastararts]

Princess Sheila (1992 version) I tried my best to make to make her look more like how she was in the 1992 OVA of Bastard!! I hope you like it

[mothramoon]

Bastard!! sketches

[clearwillow]

Kai Harn. HB, 2B, 4B, 6B pencils.

Gotta love anime physics and women's armor 🤣 Still love her and she's fun to draw 🥰

[chitomomo]

水彩で描いたカル

クサカベのハルモニアにハマってます

[amechyofsorts]

God the Bastard!! op's are such incredible bangers. It's a series I can ever only be really into on again-off again, but im so glad it was made and so well.