#Deep Dive notes

[empressofthewind]

Rating Reactions to Seeing Shinigami for the First Time

A comprehensive (and probably biased) list :-)

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Chapter 1 - Light

Falls on the floor and screams, then recomposes himself and very unconvincingly pretends he expected this. This is the first we get to see of Light's Perfectly Normal And Chill Guy persona and I have to say it's not a strong introduction to his acting skills. He gets points for entertainment value though, and also for managing to scream without attracting the attention of his family???

Rating: 8/10

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Chapter 7 - Kiichiro Osoreda

This is the guy who performs the bus-jacking that forces Raye to show his ID. It's a very entertaining scene, but he's being controlled and his reaction is therefore inauthentic, which makes it difficult to give him an accurate rating.

Rating: 0/10

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Chapter 26 - L

This one doesn't technically count because L is merely hearing about Shinigami rather than seeing one, but it's too good not to include. He silently falls off his chair while actively solving a murder case in which the main cause of death has been heart attacks. Naturally the entire task force panics and thinks he's dying, and he does nothing to assuage these concerns. Absolutely iconic of him. Also makes for brilliant foreshadowing.

Rating: 10/10

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Chapter 46 - Misa

We don't get to see Misa's very first reaction to meeting Rem, but we DO see their reunion during the Yotsuba arc, and she is horrified. She screams just like Light and L did, and her fear persists as long as Rem's hand is covering her mouth. She reacts pretty much how I would expect the average person to.

Rating: 5/10

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Chapter 53 - Soichiro

Another pretty standard reaction. Falls backwards, screams and immediately reaches for his gun. Nothing remarkable about it.

Rating: 3/10

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Chapter 53 - Aizawa

Exact same reaction as Soichiro, but he gets extra points because this panel of them both panting on the floor is utterly delightful. The eyes?? The pose???? They look like a pair of petrified crabs. I'm obsessed.

Rating: 8/10

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Chapter 53 - L (again)

L has heard that Shinigami exist and already knows that there's a "monster" attached to the notebook, so he's not surprised at all by the time he actually sees Rem. Instead, he starts having such an intense and paralysing epiphany that he doesn't even notice Light taking the Death Note from him. The least dramatic reaction so far but incredibly on-brand for him in every way.

Rating: 6/10

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Chapter 70 - Rod Ross

Freaks out once he actually sees Sidoh, but he's incredibly relaxed about the notebook flying beforehand. His line "I wouldn't be surprised if it's alive" is hilariously ironic given that the notebook does turn out to have a living component to it, and this does, in fact, surprise him.

Rating: 7/10

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Chapter 70 - Kal Snydar

One of my favourite reactions purely for the implication that Rod might have recruited an 8-foot-tall man in a monster costume. Perfectly reasonable assumption to make.

Rating: 9/10

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Chapter 70 - Mello

Much like L, everyone around him is panicking, but he stays impressively nonchalant. Immediately starts plotting ways to manipulate the demon creature for his own gain. This is essentially L's reaction if he was 90% more unhinged.

Rating: 10/10

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Chapter 101 - Near

Only character to look genuinely happy about seeing the Shinigami which is an instant 10 for me. He gets an extra point for having the most precious smile ever <3

Rating: 11/10

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[cafe-pothos]

Wait since Sakura's birthday is April 1st and in Japan the new school year starts in April, how likely is it that Sakura had his first day of school on his birthday. Without anyone knowing.

[stygiansun-totaleclipse]

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OC Deep Dive: Wynter della Passaglia

Art by @surmatants

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What common/uncommon fear do they have?

Wynter has plenty that haunt her. One of her greatest fears is being fully consumed by Aila—a prisoner to the doppelgänger where life moves on without her, and she would be invisible while Lettow neither notices nor cares. Another is that she was truly born wrong, and no one, including Lettow, will ever accept her after knowing the actual monster she is.

Other fears concern her past catching up to her. Firstly, having to face her sire, Violetta/Chiara, whom she burned bridges with and in turn, The Family, who will always want something from her. It’s not a question whether it happens, it’s a question of when. Secondly, she's scared to think if Lucien is dead, as a life without his existence is unimaginable. However, if he is alive, will he show up unannounced and secrets be spilled?

Do they have any pet peeves?

Are you the touchy-feely sort? Don't, just don't. It’s an old habit, but she avoids touch and it takes a lot for her to get accustomed to it. Some never feel right at all. She's also suspicious of people who are friendly or over-familiar, quickly resorting to her death mask, cold-hearted and impassive, emanating an unworldly aura to keep them away. Finally, if you talk too much (looking at you, Julian 🤨), then you’re really asking for a barbed remark that’ll shut you up.

What are 3 items you can find in their bedroom?

... The very same rosary she used to pray with Lucien as a child, hung haphazardly alongside a black satin bra by the dresser.

... An assortment of weapons, including her Nighthawk Custom and a sniper rifle, modelled after her father’s old hunting rifle.

... Stashed within a bundle of clippings is a torn off news piece, yellowing and curled at the edges, in faded print, detailing a terrible incident at her old family mansion.

... (Bonus) An evidence board of suspected Sabbat hotspots in Cairo.

What do they notice first in a person?

Their pulse points and heart rate, where their blood is rushing to, weak spots, what makes them uncomfortable, how do they hurt, what can she use to her advantage?

On a scale of 1 to 10, how high is their pain tolerance?

A pretty high number in general? This girl has had weird bodily aches and pains since young, things that she couldn’t control or understand. On top of that, experiencing the Hecata Kiss as a mortal is quite something. Violetta lingered an extra few, sadistically or not, to remind her of suffering and what The Family could bring if she didn’t take heed. Although Wynter works as a courier, she’s a hunter, first and foremost. She’s had her fair share of battles and the marks to prove it. Finally, Wynter is aware of the immeasurable pain that exists on a different plane to the one we live in.

Do they go into fight or flight mode when under pressure? (or freeze and fawn)

Fight, but she’ll toy with you and do you dirty from the shadows, keeping her distance and waiting for the opportune moment to strike. Don’t worry, she plays the long game and can sure hold a grudge.

What animal represents them best?

A parasite. Wynter has always felt like an entity living in a host, so much so that she’s even jokingly referred to her body as a “skin bag,” or the “skin I wear.” It has a function and purpose, and does the job. This is possibly why she has an interest in the Kuei-Jin, and wishes to find out more about her ancestral ties with them, when the Della Passaglias traded in the Orient.

She also has a methodical approach to things, and the patience to infiltrate without much fanfare. Take the auction house in Night Road for example. Let’s just say she got in and out with what she wanted, no drama except leaving Chiara and Edouard in the dust to argue with each other about whose fault it was for being blindsided.

Others see her as a parasite for latching on to Lettow, enjoying the influence that he has, where she’s the gold digger and he’s her sugar daddy. She pretends not to be affected by this, but wonders if one day she’ll drain him dry.

How would a stranger likely describe them?

“Stuck-up, pale ass bitch who gives me the heebie-jeebies. I swear, I didn’t even see her enter the room and she’s right behind me, standing there like a fucking statue. Would look prettier if she smiled.”

— Individual was found dead later due to an unknown cause.

Do they have any hobbies?

Joyriding in the desert with Elena (and Gretchen?? 😱), long walks in the outdoors (either accompanied by Lettow or alone), collecting scraps and trinkets linked to her past.

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Last panel redraw where I instill Minthephone meaning to it-

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If I had a nickel for every time a main, titular character became a kaiju because mental Chernobyl event (the “rampage” didn’t even have any casualties), I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice

Not complaining. Kaiju are cool and also with kaiju symbolizing everything from atomic hubris to cultural turmoil to climate change, it’s about time the genre started tackling psychological issues in its allegory

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Given that their composition changes so regularly, any team I currently support may be made up of completely different players, coaches, and administrators in five years. In what sense, then, will I be supporting the same team that I support now?

adam kadlac, the ethics of sports fandom

been thinking about this a lot lately, especially in relation to the growing trend of fans (in a variety team sports) supporting individual players as opposed to teams. what compels us to continue supporting a team even after the youngest player at the first match we watched has retired? what identity, independent of the players who make it up, does a team posses? even after players have been traded, coaches have been hired and fired, and ownership has changed hands, there remains some spirit so foundational to the being of the club that allows us to identify it as the same. this, i believe, is it's grounding in and connection to a particular place.

i find it particularly telling that the practice of supporting individuals over teams is perhaps most prevalent in sports where there is a concerted effort made to scrub away a team's sense of place to make way for sponsor based identities, such as formula 1. the sport's international nature and high team turnover rate (tied to sponsors, of course) likely also plays a part. what, then, is driving this change in other sports?

football has always been a sport where teams have been intrinsically tied to a place. while the player over team support trend has yet to become as prevalent in football as it is in some other sports, it does seem to be creeping in. this could be potentially chalked up to a number of factors. perhaps it's the globalization (read: mostly increased american interest, as the rest of the world has been playing football happily for years) of the sports, introducing fans who have no personal connection to the place a club is from, and therefore lack allegiance to the club. maybe it's the steady increase in foreign ownership of teams, to an extent where this erodes away at fan's visions of a club as a physical manifestation of the spirit of their hometown. perhaps stronger personal branding of players is a part of it; they're no longer simply an agent of the team, but an individual in their own right, worthy of being followed no matter where they go (there is something to be said here about the relationship between personal branding, increased sponsor opportunities, and the fact that having ten individual players shill your product is better than the singular entity that is the team). whatever it is, i do find it a little sad - it renders teams somewhat purposeless, empty husks whose only purpose is to house players, otherwise devoid of value.

[justkillingthyme]

Ever since I saw the pupils getting small/invisible in that des sprite it makes me think about descole just having cat eyes. I think if you have his mask off you’d be able to tell when he’s in Desmond mode vs Descole mode based on that lol.

Layton out doing something with Desmond post the games for some reason and Layton has to keep an eye on Desmond bc if something sets him off Layton has to grab his arm before Des pulls out a sword and stabs the person and the eyes are his main indicator

You get it you get it. Shakes your hand. Descole cat slit pupils beloved he’s so. Yeah. Thinks about Targent for like 2 seconds and he’s so gone. Unintentionally cooked hard here it was meant to just be a sketch

He’s silly I think about him a lot

[a-stormie-crt]

If Val still abuses Vox like stated in the old lore, would he and Angel be able to relate? 

Tw: discussions of abuse

If you weren’t back in the early days of the fandom, back then we barely knew anything about Vox. All we knew was a few limited and obvious things like he was an entertainment overlord and one of the three Vees. 

However, one of the things we later learned about him in a livestream is that him and Val are in some sort of relationship and that Val is obviously abusive towards him. 

This was a part of the old lore and while I’m sure Val can get violent from time to time, it seems from episode two that this new idea of Vox has a lot of control over Val’s anger and wouldn’t really allow him to crack or break his screen.

But back then we didn’t know this. Remember when we thought Val would be the leader of the Vees? 

Considering that we also still thought the Voxtagram stories a were canon and Val is shown to break Vox’s screen often, we had a very different interpretation of him.

And with the popularity of amazing fan song ‘eyes on me’ from paranoid dj that also shows their relationship as abusive at the end of the video, this was all we thought their relationship would be like. (Ok but honestly eyes on me is amazing I listen to it like every week) 

Now, how did this relate to angeldust? 

We knew a lot more about Angeldust because he is part of the main cast, and when addict released the show was making it very obvious that Val was his boss, abuser, and that hurts and affects him daily.

When the show released we get a sneak peak of how manipulative Val is in episode 2 when he convinces Angel to come to the studio, but it is the worst in the infamous episode.

This episode’s entire theme is about Val and just how horrible he treats Angel and has no regards for his feelings, body, or well being.

I could go into more detail on just how bad Val is to Angel, but that’s a sensitive topic that’s been discussed to death already.

But as we see at the end of ‘poison,’ Vox gives Angel a look that I can only describe as smug jealousy. 

Which Vox, I love you, but that is disgusting.

In this frame it’s shown to us that Vox is jealous of Angel because Val focuses a lot of his time on Angel and not him, but… Angel is literally getting raped without his consent? 

Vox may be Val’s on and off boyfriend, but he’s very aware of what Val does to his employees, especially Angel. It’s part of why he works with him.

But comparing someone who youre partly letting get abused in your workplace by you’re friend and work partner to jealously because they are getting abused and beat by that person daily to be jealous of because Angel spends more time with Val than he gets to? 

I’m sorry Vox, but that sickens me to an extreme level.

Of course I could just be reading to far into that one frame, but in the context of the show Vox is an egotistical overlord who is already shown to not care for his own employees. So why would he care about what Val does to his?… except when they are the source of his anger and time.

Now, theoretically, let’s say that in the new lore Val is still abusive to Vox at times. Ignoring how close they were in the finale song in episode 8. 

Val is poison to everyone around him, even the people he’s the closest to.

Would Vox and Angel be able to bond over this? I say no.

Angel is a sinner, which is on the lower part of the class system in hell. It’s normalized that someone like him can be treated however it applies to a contract they signed.

There’s no sympathy for him by others except when they care for him and what it makes Angel do to himself (Husk) or when they know just what goes down in that studio (Charlie) 

But I highly doubt Angel and Vox are any sense of close.

Vox mainly works on his floor, and Angel works in the studio. They obviously have met and vox still has that.. *ew* resentment to Angel, but that’s really it.

Now, vox on the other hand, is a powerful level who is on the same level, if not more powerful that Valentino because he’s the leader of the Vees. 

Even if Val abuses him sometimes, he’s probably… into that. 

Look at that waist and tell me that man isn’t a bottom, you get the point.

Val and Vox’s story hasn’t been told to us yet, but by using background information like a old picture of them from presumably the 70’s and how close they seem, I theorize they met a little after Val died and teamed up to become more powerful. They were a little attracted to one another, but it never did and still isn’t official, even if they look and act gay as hell. (Heh) 

So Vox is on the same level as Val and has been close to him for 50+ years. They’ve had plenty of good moments, even if they are both awful people.

Oh yeah, let’s talk about that.

Since Vox is also on the same level as Val, he still is a awful person as well see in episode 2,4, and 8. (His appearances) 

Even if he Dosent sexually assault his employees, he still treats them horribly, as does Velvette. I assume this is common practice for overlords to treat their souls poorly, but it’s still not a good practice. I feel bad for the fish guy who had to make angelic security on the spot, he looks as stressed as me.

He hypnotizes people into trusting him and buying his technology, which is just evil businessman behavior. Someone said he reminds them of lord business from the LEGO movie, and I see it.

He is also very petty towards Alastor in almost every way, immediately trying to brainwash his audience to not listen to him.

I’m not saying being petty is a sign of being a awful person, but for Vox it contributes.

There’s the… look in episode 4, which I’ve already discussed, but it’s important to note that Vox is in Val’s studio DURING Val shooting and mistreating his stars.

If he regularly does this is then he is more than aware of what Val does to his employees and only gives them disgusted stares back. Like all he sees in them is what Val sees, useless whores for content.

Which is obviously not good lmao

And then in episode 8 (and partly episode 6 if you look into it) 

Vox is shown to have spying technology all over the city which is how he regulates his users behavior. He uses this tech to spy on alastor and the others and make fun of them like he’s watching football. 

At the end of the episode, we see him happily dancing with Valentino and Tounge kissing him, showing us even more that they’re in love in their own sick twisted evil way.

Angel on the other hand, is shown to be better. 

He’s in a hotel for redemption and throughout the season we see him slowly kicking his old habits like self destruction, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, distancing himself, etc. 

(With the help of Husky ofc huskerdust for life) 

And by the end of the season we see Angel being a lot more genuine to the others in the hotel and I only imagine he gets better once they find out it’s possible to be redeemed.

Vox is not shown to want to be morally better in the slightest, if not worse. 

He wants to one up Alastor, he wants to take over hell with the other Vees, and he will do it however he wants because he’s a cartoon supervillain. 

I’m not going to touch on what I Think of Val and Vox as a ship in this but what I will say is that Vox is a cartoon supervillain, doing things that even though horrible in the universe are just seen as goofy to us viewers.

Val on the other hand is scarily realistic, a abuser who manipulates his victims and forces them to have sex for his own benefits. I think that’s the main thing that sets me off for them, even if they are evilly perfect for each other. (So I’m gonna steal vox from Val) 

Vox is in a much different position with Val than Angel is, equal to if not above him while Angel is very below him. We see Angel stand up to him in episode 6, but I just know he was beaten the hell out of the next day and broken even further.

Vox would belittle him, so the only way I see the two even talking genuinely is if Angel starts it.

This isn’t like Angel and Husk, where they’re both washed up losers who are going through situations similar enough to bond, there’s an extreme power imbalance that wouldn’t make it as meaningful as Angel and husk’s talk.

There’s an amazing comic, I’ll add it below, but it’s actually what got me thinking about this topic.

If Vox comes out with his screen cracked after Angel was also hurt just to yell at the other becuase he’s ruining their image, then I see this potentially working.

They could share a sweet line like Angel showing concern for Vox’s cracked screen considering that’s his face and it must feel like having you’re skull cracked open. Angel has probably been driven to that level before.

However I have this one image in my head.

If Vox and Angel are both slightly talking and then they both say, “Val can be… rough.” 

I think that perfectly shows how different the two’s situations are with him.

Vox would say it all horny with a tint of love to his voice, while Angel would say it actually despaired and quiet. They see Val’s actions differently because they are affected differently by it.

Vox isn’t scared of Val because he is on the same level as him, and I think that’s the main reason to why they wouldn’t kconnect.

Besides, both Vox and Angel are either too egotistical or have too many walls up to have a legit conversation about Val without knowing each other at all.

If anything Vox is only a contribute to why Val focuses on Angel so much, their relationship is toxic af and we see in ep 2 that Val likes to get a reaction out of Vox. It’s sick and twisted but I wouldn’t put it against him to do something like that.

So, in conclusion I don’t think Angel and Vox would be able to relate to each other because their situations and relationships with Val are so different, even if Val lets it out on Vox time to time his main target is Angel. Angel gets hurt almost every day and I’d say Vox only gets hurt every couple months on a really bad day.

We know a lot of the lore has changed since the pilot and the Voxtahram stories most of these claims come from arent even canon, so I probably just ranted about nothing.

Regardless Thank you for reading, and goodnight. If you have any genuine thoughts about this feel free to share in the comments and reblogs, I’m curious.

[bowserbowser29]

Giving my two cents because yes:

I don't think it tells much about us, I think more it shows how different the characters' archetypes are, how fundamentally differently they work

Eggman is straight up a villain. Períod. That's the deal, we know he's there to be defeated and humiliated by the heroes, that's what we expect

Flare is not exactly a villain, she's an antagonistic figure sure, but she's not one the heroes can ditch, they have to deal with her, they have to keep her around despite their constant bickering and fights, we'll want her to be sent away but we CAN'T expect her to be sent away

On top of Eggman being a villain he's also a theatrical villain, so he's got tons of charisma on him, he's an exaggeration and even a satire of actual dictators, when will have comically cartoony evil deeds of him as well as sometimes we'll get spectacularly silly moments when, it's oftenly too much exaggerated and surreal with him that we oftenly need a deeper analysis to actually pay attention to how much he fucked things

Meanwhile, Flare is almost a very real figure, she could be that narcissist mother of a friend, that annoying aunt who's got the gifted kid of the family and will subtly jab you, that arrogant woman who made your work a hell for her few minutes being attended, that boss who is always throwing a tantrums and never admita their failure etc

And being a cherry for this cake

Eggman never gets away with his bullshit, his armies are obliterated, bases are destroyed, his ultimate robots are scrapped again and again and his attempts to mess with god-like creatures and powers oftenly backfire

We know Eggman is not getting away, we even work to ensure that when we play the games, we know fate is coming to bite him in someway no matter how lighthearted is the tone, sometimes he'll just be trapped on his own dream machine, sometimes he'll be left in an endless void out of the time stream itself and then he's got to restart from the low over and over, construct a new base from scratch at times

Meanwhile, Flare does get away with her bullshit (so far), she has made Blaze cry and offended Blaze's beloveds and Blaze was the one to feel the need to apologize, Trip proved her wrong and earned a couple statues, yet nobody demanded Flare to apologize to Trip so far, her methods raising Blaze are disapproved even by Coal, yet she applied them and still tries to and never ever receives some harsh talk from her husband, she disrespects even the Sol Emeralds, items with a handful of important prophecies surrounding them, for very petty reasons yet she's still the queen. The girls may snarl back, she may feel a little bad when truth is thrown on her face, but she will still have her authority and ststus.

Jeez dude, 's just a cat

[empressofthewind]

Progression of Near's Character Design

a timeline of all the various changes over the course of manga, plus the C-Kira and A-Kira one-shots :)

#1 - Wammy's House (age 13)

there is only one scene that takes place at Wammy's House, and it’s split across chapters 59 and 61.

the first time we see Near, we only get these side views of him, so it's difficult to comment much on the details of his shirt. however, he looks to be wearing oversized pyjamas. his pants don't seem to be cuffed at the bottom, and there is obvious stitching on the side. his hair is quite short and slightly wavy. this is the only scene in the manga in which he isn't wearing socks.

in chapter 61, his pants are now cuffed at the bottom, in contrast to chapter 59. in this panel, we also get to see his shirt, which is a white button-down with the top button left open. his sleeves are also cuffed and the buttons are undone.

#2 - Meeting the President (age 17)

from chapter 60, the only time in which Near is 17.

in this scene, his outfit looks similar to the one we see him in at Wammy's House, but his button-down shirt is open, revealing an undershirt which did not seem to be present in his previous outfit. his hair appears to be longer.

from this panel, we can also see that his pants are cuffed again, and he is now wearing white socks.

#3 - Mafia Arc (age 18)

this era covers chapters 60-71. after that, he is absent from the story until chapter 75.

the buttons of his shirt are now done up, and in chapter 64, he still appears to be wearing his undershirt beneath it. his hair loses its texture during this period. the design of his pants is fairly inconsistent throughout this arc, regularly alternating between cuffed and uncuffed. he loses the undershirt in chapter 67.

#4 - Near vs Light Arc Part 1 (age 18)

this covers chapter 75 - 79.

in chapter 75, his shirt has a notched collar, a change only seen in this chapter and the warehouse scene. i’ve included a panel from chapter 64 (left) for comparison.

once again, his undershirt is missing, and the texture has returned to his hair. there is also a very subtle change in the design of his nose - it’s rounded and upturned here, whereas earlier in the manga, it has more of a sharp point. it stays rounded from this point onwards.

his shirt changes yet again in chapter 75 here, where a random pocket appears - something that is only present in this panel and another one before it, and never pops up again.

chapters 76-79 show him with his previous collar style and uncuffed pants. the undershirt does not make an appearance in these chapters.

#5 - SPK Raid (age 18)

this part takes place in chapter 80.

this isn't a design choice so much as a plot-necessitated outfit change, but i have to mention his riot squad uniform here as it's the only outfit he wears in the manga that is distinctly different from his usual white pyjamas. i also find it absolutely hilarious how he is a) a foot or so shorter than everyone else on his team, and b) carrying six toys in his arms, and supposedly manages to blend in just fine. (he can’t have been TOO efficient though, because he only has five toys when they get to their new base 😔)

#5 - Near vs Light Arc Part 2 (age 18)

this covers chapters 81-100.

the undershirt has returned! this is present in all chapters during this period except 91.

it looks to me like his hair gets progressively straighter. the panel above (from chapter 93) is one of the clearest examples - comparing this to the picture of him in the president's office from chapter 60, there's definitely less of a distinct wave. his hair just follows the curve of his head.

his pants are uncuffed in every chapter during this arc except 97. the rest of his design features remain quite consistent.

#6 - Ending Scenes (ages 18-19)

this covers chapters 101-108.

the only major change here is that he wears the L mask in chapters 101 and 102 - which, much like his outfit during the raid, is a deliberate choice rather than a minor and potentially random variation in his design. his shirt has a notched collar again and his pants are uncuffed, both of which remain consistent throughout the entire warehouse scene.

despite chapter 108 taking place a year after the main timeline, there are no notable changes in his design.

#7 - C-Kira One-Shot (age 21)

the most notable change here is his hair. it's longer, and in this panel in particular, appears to curl at the ends.

interestingly, in the flashback to Wammy's House, his design also carries this change - the longer hair and slightly curled ends. it’s extremely difficult to tell, but it looks like he may be wearing socks here, which he wasn't when we originally saw him at Wammy's House.

#8 - A-Kira One-Shot (age 27)

once again, his design here has some very notable changes. his hair is much longer, reaching his waist, and has a very obvious wave, with the shorter pieces at the top curling outwards. he appears to be wearing a dark vest over the top of his button-down shirt. the A-Kira one-shot is the only canon text in which he is never shown smiling.

his outfit changes once again here, reverting back to his button-down from canon. it appears that he has grown taller, as his pants no longer reach his ankles. the wave in his hair is even more apparent in this panel. this is also the first time since chapter 61 of the manga where he is not wearing socks.

[imcreatingchaos]

Kiyomi Takada, in general I’d say, is an under-developed and under-utilised character (courtesy of Ohba, probably), but I think the fandom sometimes overlooks her willpower and commitment to her beliefs. It’s kind of easy to gloss over because most of her arc was in relation to Light, but she was a huge Kira supporter even before knowing it was him; she had complete belief in Kira and agreed with his methods, even though we can later see that the act of killing itself is not something she finds easy to do and there’s a bit of moral conflict around it. She, sheltered but educated, probably saw Kira as the most efficient route to justice because she has never had to be immeshed in the real world consequences of his reign, and that isn’t very complex in and of itself but I think it’s a neat little detail about her personality— that she cares about making the world “better” even though she probably had the wealth and upbringing that would have made it easy to not care about anyone else at all. She believed wholeheartedly in Kira’s version of justice, that she was fully prepared to ditch Light (the only man she ever admired) when she thought he had planned to deceive her in order to catch Kira.

Now, the manga and anime diverge a bit from here. In the manga, the implication that they had sex is a bit more pronounced than the anime, as well as Light’s emotional manipulation of her (I think the manga did this better, personally. It felt a bit too juvenile in the anime though the gist of the conversations were the same). When Mello kidnapped her, she was fully prepared to suffer for days, writing names on end, even though she was probably too privileged to have ever faced something like that before. That was her commitment to Kira.

In the anime it was even worse. While Light in the manga offered some consolation that he will try to be there soon to save her, Light in the anime literally asked her whether she remembered the instructions he gave if a situation like this arose… and basically hung up after she answered the affirmative (you should watch for yourself exactly how it went, it’s heartbreaking), and you could see it in her eyes that she realised she was being used by the man she trusted and respected more than anyone. He only wanted to know if the plan was being executed, nothing about how she was feeling mattered.

Like, a woman wouldn’t mention this if she didn’t want some reassurance. And what she had to show for her love was a tear stained face as he very blatantly showed he didn’t care for her as a woman (and even as a person).

But in the end she steadies her voice, calls Mikami and carries on with the killings, because even when she was betrayed by Light, she believed in Kira, and Kira as an ideal was something that transcended Light. In a way, I’m happy that she stuck to her version of justice. She was probably feeling several emotions at once; hurt, sadness, denial. But her ego wasn’t large enough that she was completely blindsided by the fact that she lost (unlike some other person) and given her circumstances it’s admirable hat she was able to not let Light’s actions completely taint her views and loyalty towards Kira. In short, Kiyomi Takada deserves more, and I’m happy she didn’t succumb to a one week emotionally manipulative fling with the worst man ever.

[d1strict12-peacek33per]

I’ve never watched Yellowjackets, but Natalie and Lottie?

[good-beans]

I really liked that the Jailbreak mix showed the mvs on an old TV. Sleek, advanced tech is usually associated with such breaches of privacy, so it was cool to imagine prying into someone's worst memories/thoughts using low-tech methods...

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