#I had to read all of Hara's route in the game in order to finish this

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Let's raise the difficulty level with the ship thing: Uriya and Mr Kurotori

Or character thing whatever it’s called, it was mostly about ships??

Technically true! *cracks knuckles*

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Warning: There isa small novel waiting for you below the cut. You asked and you sure as heckreceived. I basically wrote you fanfic material for some of them.

Feel free to send me morecharacters~

Uriya

My NOTP for them: As per usual, no aliens.Anything else is a-okay in my book!

My BROTP for them: Enkaku (Remote ControlMonster) would be such a great friend for him, since they can relate to eachother’s problems, so it makes me happy that they ended up hanging out togetherin the season 1 finale~ >w

Both of them feel like they have no control in their lives.Uriya feels controlled by his anxiety and Enkaku feels controlled by hisfather, but they find stability with each other and bond over their searchesfor freedom from what’s holding them back from their happiness.

Enkaku could be a calm sensible head to help reassure Uriya duringanxiety attacks because having that outsider opinion on how situations reallylook would be so helpful for him. Especially from someone he can trust. Andonce they get close enough for Enkaku to learn more about Uriya as a person,Uriya would more easily be able to believe him over his own anxiety abouthimself, too… because Enkaku understands him perhaps better than heunderstands himself. And Enkaku wouldn’t lie to him because Enkaku knows howshitty it feels to feel manipulated by someone.

Uriya could also help to encourage Enkaku to try doing morethings for himself. If Enkaku doesn’t feel like he can tell his father how hefeels, he can at least find some freedom in other things like finding a hobbythat he really likes and expressing himself through that.

Aaaah, these two are cute and they’d go on this journey ofself-discovery together~

My OTP for them: Once again, Enkaku without adoubt because I feel like it could go either way and be just as sweet. Justtake all of the brotp stuff and put romantic feelings to it because ANXIOUSBOYFRIENDS HELPING EACH OTHER FIND HAPPINESS. ;;w;;

I like the headcanon that Enkaku’s father probably expects Enkakuto take over some kind of family business at some point, so this has beenlooming over his head for most of his life and he became a “yes man”to his father because it’s what was expected of him, growing more miserable andstifled as time passed. After his Love-Shower-induced epiphany, he realizedthat he should follow his own path, but he doesn’t know how to express what hewants. Because how does one crush their family’s hopes, dreams, andexpectations? It’s not a delicate task and he isn’t sure his father wouldlisten anyway. But Uriya helps him to take back some control in his life by expressinghimself in other ways and doing things that make him happy.

In fact, the two of them actually getting together could bethe first big step. This is the first time Enkaku has done something truly forhimself without waiting for his father’s approval and it couldn’t have made himany happier. And Uriya would be happy to know that there’s someone who doesn’tthink he’s creepy or weird and who likes him despite how his anxiety makes himcome across. Because Enkaku likes him for who he is as a person and that wouldbe something incredible to Uriya.

In the beginning, Uriya would constantly second-guess how heshould behave in a relationship because this is something so new and unusual tohim. But because he doesn’t want to worry Enkaku or make Enkaku feel like anyof this is his own fault, he would awkwardly keep his feelings to himself. Andmaybe Enkaku would be doing the same because he also doesn’t want to worryUriya unnecessarily with his own troubles. Especially when both of them are sosure that they’re just overthinking things. Plus, being with each other isexciting and calming in a way that they can forget their worries for even alittle while. Why ruin both of their good times by burdening the other with morestress on top of what they’re already dealing with?

Of course, they would eventually need to talk it out becausethese things tend to build up and maybe that conversation happens becauseEnkaku notices that Uriya is getting fidgety or spacing out like he usuallydoes when he gets stuck in an endless internal cycle of anxiety. They’dprobably both be relieved to know that they weren’t the only one worrying overwhat seem to be silly issues in hindsight. And with Enkaku starting to letloose more, he would become more open to sharing what’s on his mind and thatwould encourage Uriya to feel comfortable enough to open up more as wellinstead of internalizing things. Eventually, Uriya would lose the need to beself-conscious around Enkaku altogether because Enkaku has already seeneverything about him and accepted him wholly the way Uriya has accepted Enkakuas well. >w

My second choice pairing forthem: En isso chill and that’s just what Uriya needs! Every time Uriya would start tofreak out about something, En would just patiently logic it away or soothinglytalk to him about something to calm him down AND IMAGINE THEM TAKING NAPSTOGETHER OH MY GOD EN JUST HOLDS URIYA IN HIS ARMS AND CUDDLES AND URIYAEVENTUALLY RELAXES INTO IT AND BREATHES FOR ONCE.

I amextremely fond of the headcanon that En has a lot of acquaintances in schooland knows all the gossip because people talk around him as if he isn’t there(because he’s usually “sleeping”) or directly tell him whatever heasks because they think he’s harmless, since he’s such a chill guy who doesn’treally seem to care much one way or the other. And people love to gossip, so Enjust uses this to his advantage to weed out anyone who’s talking shit about hisfriends. So, anyone talking shit about Uriya would have to answer to En. ;;v;;

Plus,I feel like En and Uriya could have really interesting conversations about allsorts of random things that could entertain them for hours. >w

My fluffy pairing for them: Megawa, oh my god, I have somany feels about Megawa.

Part of his whole epiphany involved learning that jealousyis unbecoming and he shouldn’t rely solely on his cute looks for everything. Aslong as he does a good job, it won’t matter if he’s cute or not because that’snot the most important thing. After all, his cuteness may be an undeniable partof his charm, but the bulk of it is in how diligent he is with every task hetakes on and that’s why people admire him so much.

This is something Uriya would be particularly taken by. Thefact that Megawa can be so independent while simultaneously fitting inflawlessly with everyone he meets. It clearly doesn’t come easily to Megawabecause Uriya notices how hard he’s working, so it must be a learned trait.Perhaps something he could learn… maybe with some exposure to such a goodinfluence…

Megawa was probably the one who noticed Uriya’s furtive shyglances in his direction and decided to speak with him, thinking that perhapsUriya wanted to ask him a favor or something, since everyone else does. Thatresults in Uriya getting even more flustered at being noticed and Megawa’ssweet soft smile would be enough to melt anyone’s heart when aimed at them fullforce like that. Unfortunately, this means he just stumbles around his wordsand, after some deliberation on the matter, Megawa finally figures out thatUriya appears to be attempting to flirt with him. In a way, Megawa actuallyfinds it kind of sweet and invites Uriya out to lunch or something to chat/getto know each other.

Megawa is the one who usually arranges their little datesbefore they’re really dates, but occasionally Uriya gathers up the courage tosurprise Megawa with an invitation of his own. Somehow, eventually, theymutually agree to make these dates official. Megawa probably ends up being theone to ask because Uriya would be too anxious to say anything and would find ita complete surprise that the feelings were mutual all along. In his excitementand surprise, he expresses his “yes, I would love to!” a bit moreenthusiastically/quickly than he feels like he probably should have, but Megawafinds it endearing that he really felt that strongly about it.

Uriya would be so self-conscious about it because what wouldsomeone as cute as Megawa see in him? Uriya isn’t adorable in the way Megawa is- he’s nowhere on that level - and he isn’t tough and strong like the guys onthe baseball team that Megawa seems to like so much. He couldn’t protect Megawavery well with his lanky anxious frame either, so how could he make Megawa feelsafe and loved if he can’t stick up for him? If anything, he’s the exactopposite of what Megawa seems to enjoy.

But Megawa likes anyone who loves him. Uriya’s love andattention is enough. Plus, Megawa feels needed when he helps soothe Uriya’sanxiety. These two nerds could have such cute library study dates, too~ Justimagine Megawa bringing them both soothing tea in a thermos to share andpacking them cute lunches to keep up their energy.

My angsty pairing for them: Uriya IS angst, so thisisn’t very hard to imagine for any potential ship, but damn I just thought ofMasuya, though…

Ihad the idea of Kou deciding to run follow-up stories on the loveless becausesomeone out there in space probably wants to know what happened to them afterthe episode they featured in. There’s always a fanclub for the side charactersand Kou does aim to please~ So, when it comes time to do a follow-up on Uriya, hegoes about his investigation probably under the guise of another story like“We’re interviewing various students of differing backgrounds as part of anongoing project to show what sort of interesting types attend Binan High!”

PoorUriya would have no idea why they thought hewas interesting, of all people, and he’d probably be paranoid that this wasjust a huge elaborate prank. But Kou is persistent and would somehow twistwords to make it sound like he received consent for this kind of prying andUriya would be helpless to deny him. Despite feeling like he’s being deceivedand not liking the suspicious questions.

Thepoor boy probably wouldn’t feel safe anywhere at school with Kou following himaround and popping up at the least expected/convenient times. But Masuya isalways there… quietly taking pictures according to Kou’s orders. And duringthe moments when Kou is off ranting excitedly about one thing or another, Masuyashares an apologetic look with Uriya because he understands what Uriya is goingthrough. He understands feeling powerless to help himself, not being able toconnect easily with the rest of the world, having to clamp down tight on hisfeelings until he feels like the inside of his head is screaming, seeing otherpeople’s judgmental looks aimed at him and wondering what they’re reallythinking. Uriya instantly understands the look in Masuya’s eyes because he hasseen it in his own eyes when he looks in the mirror. And for a moment there’sthat silent connection between them while Kou rambles on in the background.

BecauseUriya is so closed off about answering Kou’s questions, Kou would keep tryingto push harder to get SOMETHING out of him. Anything that he could spin to makea great story. Uriya doesn’t want to cooperate with Kou’s prying, but he putsup with it only because Masuya is there with his silent understanding andencouragement that makes him feel stronger in a way. But Masuya, not wanting totrouble Uriya more than they absolutely have to and not being able to tell Kouthat they should quit before Kou has gotten what he wants, decides to approachUriya on his own one day probably during a time when Kou is busy and he couldslip away. Getting a proper conversation going would probably take a while, butMasuya would start out with an apology for Kou’s persistence and it would gofrom there. They would open up little by little to each other. Masuya is acalm, quiet presence that would probably make Uriya feel more suspicious if itwasn’t for Masuya’s big puppy eyes.

They’dmeet a few more times like this to chat and get to know each other. Kou stillinsists on trying to interview Uriya. The routine is more of the same and maybeUriya starts getting a bit more confident to try telling Kou off for pesteringhim when he never wanted to agree to this. But at the same time, he wonders ifstopping this would stop Masuya from approaching him for their chats. So, hedoesn’t push Kou back as hard as he could even though Kou still unnerves him intoo many ways for comfort.

Fastforward a bit to where Kou starts to wonder where Masuya has been running offto every day and, with a little snooping and due diligence, picks up on thisattraction between him and Uriya. Naturally, Kou sees this as the perfectopportunity to get the information he needed, so he doesn’t stop it orintervene. In fact, he takes careful notes… watches… and waits. Andbasically, through Masuya, he is able to uncover the truths about Uriya thatUriya hadn’t wanted to say. Of course, when Kou makes this public (at leastbetween the three of them) and pats Masuya on the back for his initiative,Uriya is mortified to think that Masuya had been tricking him all this time.Masuya naturally is just as mortified at Kou for using him like that and thentwisting it in this way.

IMAGINETHE HEARTBREAK AND THE ANGUISH. BOTH OF THEM FEELING BETRAYED BY SOMEONE THEYTRUSTED. THE MISUNDERSTANDING THAT WILL BE HARD TO CLEAR BECAUSE URIYA FEELSSTUPID FOR IGNORING HIS GUT AND GETTING HURT BECAUSE OF IT. ;;A;;

Butbecause I can’t bear to be too evil, it would turn out that Kou hadn’t intendedto hurt Masuya like that. He had been so focused on the story that he thoughtMasuya had genuinely been as focused on it as he was. So, what he said hethought had been happening wasn’t just some added sadistic twist of the knifein Uriya’s back for the sake of it or to keep Masuya from having anotherimportant person in his life. He really did misunderstand. I believe deep in myheart that Kou really does care for Masuya and would love to see him happy, sohe’d want to fix this. Probably by not releasing the story in the end (andinstead releasing something much less prying like regular mundane details) andexplaining to Uriya that Masuya had no part in what he did. Uriya probablywouldn’t believe it right away because he never felt like Kou was a trustworthyperson, but I feel like Kou would probably do his best as a friend to talk upMasuya and how much Masuya really cares about Uriya and just by the way he saysit… Uriya feels like maybe there is one thing he can trust Kou about afterall.

Gosh, okay, yeah, Uriya/Masuya is also a really cute ship,but Kou kinda prevents it from being completely fluffy when he gets involved inhis friend’s love life. Aaaah, sometimes he means well. He just really sucks at social interactions andreading the mood, and he’s stuck too deep in his own world of the press. ^^’

My favorite poly ship forthem: Uriya/Megawa/Yumotois a special brand of saccharine sweetness I’m not sure the world is ready tohandle, but by god am I totally here for it!

Myfeelings about Megawa and Uriya were already explained, so the rest of these willpiggyback off that~ I mean, if Uriya was confused as to why someone as cute asMegawa would like him, double the confusion now that he has TWO cuties lovinghim! But also double the reassurances!

Yumotowas so interested in the Melon Monster riddles, I feel like he’d hang excitedlyon Uriya’s every word when Uriya gets to talking about whatever other fun factshe has in his head. And boy, that would be such a huge confidence booster toUriya! Yumoto would make him feel so important, and I also feel like Uriyawould enjoy listening to Yumoto talk about animal facts and perhaps they’d evengo back and forth just having long conversations sharing facts with each other.Also, Yumoto has enough love in his heart to overwhelm anyone, so the fullforce of it would be enough to reassure any of Uriya’s anxieties. BecauseYumoto loves so openly and wholly and purely, just looking into that preciousface would be enough to know he’s sincere. Yumoto really is such a healingpresence~

Ihave a lot of feels about Megawa and Yumoto coming together as well. Oh gosh. Theyalready seemed kind of close or at least Yumoto definitely considered Megawa afriend and Megawa was friendly with him in return as he is with everyone. Partof me headcanons that Yumoto wished he could be more like Megawa, who is somature and responsible, because everyoneloves Megawa. Yumoto feels lonely because it seems to him like people only justtolerate him, so maybe if he changed…

Ilove the idea that this is what contributed to the whole Megane incident withthe glasses in s1e10. Subconsciously, he wanted to imitate the things that madeMegawa so popular and well-liked so that maybe his friends would love him more,too. Of course, during that whole thing Megawa got jealous of Yumoto (he mighthave been a bit jealous of Yumoto’s cuteness beforehand as well), but I like tothink that when Yumoto first showed up to school that day, he was moresurprised and concerned about the drastic change because Yumoto had been sickonly the day before. It seemed too soon for him to be back at school already -and looking/talking like that, too! Megawa just let his insecurities get thebetter of him when his team expressed an interest in Yumoto. But he learnedfrom that whole debacle that he’s still important and his team still loves himbecause he belongs with them, and just because the whole world doesn’texclusively love him doesn’t mean he is unloved. So, he realized he never hadto be jealous of Yumoto after all. And Yumoto, of course, learned that hisfriends do actually like him the way he is… they just care about him in theirown way. I think Yumoto and Megawa could have a pretty cute relationshipmutually appreciating each other.

Yumotoalone has enough love to make Megawa feel secure the way he needs to feel (heloves with the force of an entire legion), but Uriya’s love on top of that wouldbe the icing on the cake for Megawa~ He wouldn’t have to feel insecure that theydidn’t love him enough and he would take such good care of them in return, too,so they would always know he loves them as well. ;;w;; And I feel like thesethree would be able to open up to each other about the feelings they had beensuppressing all this time and really be themselves with one another.

Uriyawould probably enjoy being cuddled when he needs calming down, too, so Yumoto’ssofter cuddles would be just right for that. And I’ve kinda always been asucker for the headcanon that Megawa even enjoys when Yumoto is a bit rougherwith him during his cuddles. Because sometimes Yumoto’s love is a bit tooforceful and he forgets that people usually don’t like to be held that way(heck, he forgets that animals don’t like to be held that way, especiallyextraterrestrials *ahem*), but Megawa doesn’t really mind being manhandledsometimes. Yumoto also tends to go all out and rubs his hands all up in Megawa’ssoft fluffy hair, too, and Megawa thinks it feels nice. (Of course when they’rein public, that’s a different matter entirely because Megawa can’t go aroundlooking all disheveled, now can he?) Yumoto has to remember he can’t be asrough with Uriya, but he likes to soothingly stroke Uriya’s long silky hair andhum him sweet songs when Uriya needs the comfort. So, everyone gets what theywant/need from this arrangement. ;;v;;

Objectively,one of the best things is that Yumoto would have fun playfully teasing Megawaon occasion (you know that thing he does where he says something sly in aninnocent way with a bright smile that turns into the teeniest of smirks) becauseit flusters him so much and it makes his face get all blushy and pouty. Uriyawould be so astounded at Yumoto’s natural ability to do this because Megawa isusually so composed. Whenever Yumoto manages to fluster Megawa like that, Uriyacounts his blessings because it’s something he hasn’t figured out how to do yetand Megawa’s cute expressions are worth every second. Usually, it’s both Megawaand Yumoto who are always flustering him…not that that is as great a feat to do to his easily flustered self.

ALSOIMAGINE YUMOTO GETTING ADDED TO THAT CUTE LIBRARY STUDY DATE!

Theywould probably be kicked out of the library because Yumoto is too energetic andnoisy and restless about having to sit down and focus on homework for so long.That might stress Uriya out a bit because “oh no, the librarian is judgingthem!” but Yumoto would apologize and promise to try to be better behavedand Megawa could probably smooth things over to allow them to stay becauseeveryone trusts Megawa’s word on anything. After that, Megawa would calmly andpatiently help Yumoto with whatever he’s struggling with and try to make itmore fun for him. Yumoto would be so glad for a lunch break~ XD

My weirdest pairing for them: I wouldn’t say it’s weird,but an unusual idea I suppose I had was Uriya/Tagaru (Microphone Monster).Maybe Uriya secretly really likes poetry and these two could bond over that.Gosh, imagine Uriya writing silly melodramatic poetry about melons and Tagarutrying to convince him to perform them WITH PASSION. XD Uriya would haveterrible stage fright, but perhaps Tagaru could help him to become moreconfident!

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Kurotori

My NOTP for them: Dear lord, please keep the aliens away, foreveryone’s sake. XD Okay, but seriously, Kurotori is the real tricky one here.I don’t really ship him with anyone but himself (and that’s mostly a joke) andhappiness because self-love and happiness for the win. ;;v;; BUT I JUST HADN’TTHOUGHT ABOUT HIM HARD ENOUGH YET, SO HERE WE GO!

My BROTP for them: Megawa~ The two of themteaming up to make the world love them! They have such similar issues that theycould really help each other with what they’ve learned. Like… Megawa lookingup to Kurotori and Kurotori valuing what Megawa has to offer in amentor/student sort of way. ;;v;;

Thinkabout it. Megawa is the manager of the baseball team and he learned how good itfeels to accept that he belongs with them and do his best for them because theyappreciate him no matter what. Kurotori literally got rejected by thevolleyball team he was supposed to be hired to coach… technically, anyway… andno one joined his ballet club in the end because he tried too hard and scaredeveryone away. He really could learn from Megawa how to be a good team leaderand Megawa could learn from Kurotori how to love himself enough to feel securein his position without constantly needing singular validation from others toknow he’s wanted/loved.

Imean, Kurotori had to learn the hard way that it isn’t the end of the world ifhe isn’t unanimously loved by everyone, so I feel like he could teach Megawathat just because his team likes/appreciates someone else doesn’t mean theydon’t still like/appreciate him. Because I feel like both of them, despite howfull of themselves they were, sought others’ validation in order to feel likethey were worth something. But by bonding like this, they can validate eachother by seeing the good qualities they have and working on loving themselvesmore completely~

Butwhat makes this hilarious and adorable in my mind is that it kind of impliesthat Kurotori tried to recruit the baseball team at one point and Megawa had tostep in like “I’m sorry, they can’t. Could you please leave so we cancontinue practice? Wait, why do you look so sad? Is there something wrong? Areyou okay, sensei?” And because Megawa is Here To Help, they ended uphaving a chat about this and getting to know each other and asdhklf. Part ofwhat Kurotori had learned from his Black Swan Monster incident was that, if heloves what he does and puts all his love into it, others will notice it happeningmore naturally and it won’t feel as scary/forced as it did before. Megawa is afreaking natural when it comes to taking care of others, especially his team,so if anyone could really help Kurotori in that way, it’s absolutely Megawa.

MaybeMegawa could even inspire Kurotori to take an interest in the volleyball teamafter all. I mean, we don’t really know what happened to them and season 2wrapped them in an even further mystery with ep5. So, this is what happened inmy heart until canon tells me otherwise. Megawa inspired Kurotori to go back tothe volleyball club and work with them to find them a proper coach, and he evenput some effort into actually learning about the sport so he could support themperhaps more as an adviser than as a coach, since that’s all he was qualifiedfor. (And by volleyball team, I mean the real volleyball team that we saw ins1e5 and not just Munakata and Shuzo, who I headcanon have been operating as aseparate unit on their own the entire time, hardcore pretending that the realvolleyball team doesn’t exist because they weren’t “serious enough”.)The rest of the time, he still does focus on his ballet and hopefully he foundsome students to join his club. I’m gonna headcanon that he got the first-yeartriplets interested because they thought it was so cool, and the wrestling guyjoined as well because ballet could really help him with his wrestling, somaybe he got more of the wrestling team to try it out as well. ;;v;;

OKAYBUT KUROTORI’S STUDENTS COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT HIM AND LET HIM KNOW THEYAPPRECIATE HIM! PLEASE I NEED IT FOR MY SOUL!

My OTP for them: Hara-sensei (the schoolnurse from the puzzle game) because JUST IMAGINE IT!

Iheadcanon that Kurotori’s a really hard worker and very dedicated to his craftto the point of forcing himself beyond his limits until he gets it perfect andwill settle for nothing less. So, when Kurotori works himself too hardpracticing until he bloodies his feet, Hara has to remind him to take bettercare of himself as he’s dressing Kurotori’s wounds. Hara is stuck betweenthinking Kurotori’s dedication admirable (he is also a very dedicated worker,himself) and finding it stupid/pointless that he disregards his health thisway. He also probably calls Kurotori out for being a hypocrite because Kurotoriis easier on his students, encouraging them to take heed against the exactthings Kurotori disregards with himself.

Harais tired and overworked, which I have a feeling is why he’s so cranky wheneverhe has a few moments alone (it’s tough having to remain professional all thetime when you’re internally screaming for a break), but I feel like Kurotoriwould remind him to relax and unwind sometimes. Maybe they can go to thebathhouse together sometimes to relax after a stressful day~

Atfirst, there could be some potential for Kurotori to be a bit jealous of Hara’spopularity with the students, but once he realizes how draining it is for Hara,I could see him having an “aah, it’s exhausting trying so hard”moment because he gets that. Hara could probably offer Kurotori some adviceabout that, too, like “All you have to do is be nice to the students.Don’t force yourself on them. Let them know you’re there and they’ll come toyou.”

IMAGINETHEM RAISING A KITTY TOGETHER THOUGH! HOW SWEET WOULD THAT BE! ;;w;;

My second choice pairing forthem: Theship I’d been grappling with since season 1 is Kurotori/Goura just to see if Icould do it and finally it managed to grow on me~

Imean, who wouldn’t get a big old crush on Goura after knowing him for a while? Iimagine Kurotori flirting with him at the bathhouse every time he goes. Gouradoesn’t quite get it, but he goes along with it anyway because he’s always niceto the customers as long as the customers don’t cause any trouble. Kurotorijust finds it endearing that most of it seems to go over Goura’s head and thisbecomes their routine.

Andbecause of this, Yumoto has also become quite comfortable with Kurotori.Perhaps sometimes Yumoto asks Kurotori to show him some ballet moves because, whilehe already has an obligation to the Defense Club, he still thinks it’s prettycool and would likely give it a try. Just imagine them dancing together andGoura watching them with a smile on his face at Yumoto’s attempts to mimicKurotori’s poses. >v

Gourais okay with anyone who is okay with Yumoto and this makes him happy to knowYumoto is having such a genuinely good time. nvn

Kurotoricrushes even harder on Goura when he sees how great of a big brother he is toYumoto (and Yumoto’s friends)… because gosh how can a man be so perfect. ;;w;;

My fluffy pairing for them: Miss Bara Beach. Idunno, I just really like the idea of them hanging out after a long day of workand Miss Bara Beach makes Kurotori a drink or something and they spend a fewcalm hours just sassing everyone and gossiping about their day. XD

I feel like they could really admire something in eachother, too. Kurotori would admire the powerful grace Miss Bara Beach holdsherself with and how she always has the right words for any situation. And MissBara Beach would admire the elegance in Kurotori’s dance and how he has foundhimself so completely in this passion of his. I have a lot of headcanons aboutMiss Bara Beach growing into herself throughout high school and finally feelingreally free once she graduated and could express herself the way she wanted to.So, I feel like she would see that freedom in Kurotori’s passion and in the wayhe learned to love himself, and find a bit of her own journey in it as well.

Okay, but also consider this… What if Miss Bara Beachactually learned dance/ballet at one point? Just picture her and Kurotori in aballet number together and she just… lifts him… hoists him effortlessly inthe air and he’s flying like the bird he was always meant to be. I DON’T KNOWBUT I JUST THINK THAT’S REALLY CUTE! MAYBE THE TWO OF THEM DANCE TOGETHER TORELIEVE STRESS OR SOMETHING JUST FOR FUN. I THINK I NEED IT.

My angsty pairing for them: Jinzou (SnowmanMonster)… I mean, he clearly felt so shitty and worthless about not beingable to complete the task that he was given as a second chance to prove he wasworth something… that he thought committingseppuku was the best option for him so he wouldn’t continue to be a failureand a disappointment to everyone… Aaaah, I feel like there’s A LOT ofpotential for angst there.

His issues stemmed from spending 5 years in cram school,piling up debts he could never pay off, only to be consistently rejected byevery college he applied to. He highly valued his own art skills and no wonderhe was so frustrated when he kept getting turned down as if it was nothing. Theonly way he could compensate for that was by building up his ego to the pointwhere he blamed everyone else for his failure and who could really blame him?! Hekeeps trying, but he’s 23 and accomplishing nothing with his life because hekeeps hitting roadblocks, his own parents are fed up with him, his family andfriends have given up. It’s a cruel, competitive world out there! And no one init took him seriously…

In the end, I think he learned to create art that would stayin people’s hearts because that would leave more of an impression on them.Because if he could light up the hearts of others with his work, he would beable to see that glimmer of hope in them and have a piece of that for himself~

Ifeel like that’s very close to what Kurotori learned to do by putting love intohis craft so that others would see it as something more natural instead offorced. Kurotori could really help Jinzou to see and understand that. Theycould work together and maybe they could even organize some kind of fundraisingevents to help Jinzou pay off his debts! I could imagine Kurotori putting on ashow of some sort for that purpose and he’d encourage Jinzou to create some newpaintings to put on display at the event and see if anyone would buy them.;;w;;

Butthe angsty part… well… the angsty part is getting there to that realization.*ahem* I don’t really want to go into anymore detail than what I already hintedat here, so hopefully you can piece together what I mean and I don’t have totake this to the next dark step on my own… Kurotori would be very worried andconcerned for Jinzou and poor Jinzou would be going through quite a terribleinternal crisis about wanting to just give up already. Aaaaaah. *cries quietlyin a corner*

My favorite poly ship forthem: Kurotorix himself x happiness WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT DOESN’T COUNT //shot

Okay,but seriously…

Forsome reason, when I was thinking about this, I suddenly got the idea in my headof Goura/Kurotori/Hara and holy moly I think that one wins my heart! PoorGoura, though. XD

Butthere clearly seems to be some kind of past there between Goura and Hara, whoboth seemed to have difficult life situations in high school. I mean, Goura wastaking care of Yumoto, running (or at least working at) the bathhouse, andfighting aliens to save the earth all on top of the rest of his schoolpriorities. And Hara moved away from home to live alone while he attended highschool at Binan, so there must have been some reason there… and consideringhe hasn’t reconnected with his family since then… asdklf OKAY BUT WHAT IFGOURA INVITED HIM OVER A LOT AND HE AND YUMOTO BECAME LIKE A SMALL FAMILY TOHARA. (I am totally going to headcanon that this is why Yumoto refers to Haraas Kurou-sensei instead.)

So,add in everything I said about the individual OTP/secondary ship parts of thispost and THE THREE OF THEM PLUS YUMOTO PLUS THE ADOPTED KITTY COULD BE A FAMILYAND NO ONE WOULD FEEL LONELY OR UNLOVED. (Plus, Kurotori and Hara both beginningto think of Yumoto as a cute younger brother is precious to me~) ;;w;;

Ijust feel like these three would also be able to help reassure each other thatthey’re not terrible people… because they all seem to have these doubts aboutthemselves. Kurotori feeling like he really isn’t good enough if people don’tlove him, Hara feeling like he is actually an awful person because he has a“bad” side to him, Goura just… oh god, Goura feeling like he’s aterrible person that no one should look up to because he still isn’t goodenough no matter how hard he tries. Goura would want to show Kurotori and Harahow good they are, and naturally how could they resist wanting to convey to himhow wonderful and kind and giving he is in return~ ;;w;;

Butthanks to this, now I’ve got the mental image in my head of Kurotori flirtingwith Goura every time he goes to the bathhouse and Goura being confused by it.But it has become a routine, so Goura just goes with it. Meanwhile, Kurotorigets to know Hara at school and that relationship starts to form. And then thefirst time Kurotori manages to convince Hara to come to the bathhouse with himto relax (aka: probably drags him there with some reluctance on Hara’s part), Kurotoriprobably greets Goura with the same flirty greeting he always does and thenGoura recognizes Hara and they realize “we’ve all known each other allthis time, hey, that’s great, we should all get together sometime to kickback!” Probably Kurotori’s suggestion, let’s be honest. XD

Ineed them all having a family meal together, though, where Kurotori and Harapraise Goura’s cooking and they make plans to do this more often. Cue the manybonding moments that will lead to the above mentioned ship feels. *sobs quietlyin a corner*

My weirdest pairing for them: Arguably all of these, let’sbe honest, but I’d still call them unusual rather than weird.

Callme weird as heck if you want, but I’m gonna say Munakata (the volleyballdude making all the totally serious ball jokes in s2e5)… I won’t even ask youto hear me out on this one, but like…

What if Kurotori actually managed to convince Munakata to rejointhe real volleyball team by showing him that they’re all trying their best tosucceed? Munakata is stubborn as all get out because he’s stuck in his ownworld of being the best, unmatched and unrivaled in skill, constantly on aquest to find something unattainable and failing to move forward for as long ashe remains fixated on it because he refuses to be a team player. Kurotori hasbeen working with the team and getting to know its members, so naturally he’dput his persistence to good use to pull Munakata back in, showing him that hewas too hard on the others all along and that he needs to try to meet them inthe middle if they want to fulfill their dream.

Once he gets Munakata’s attention, Kurotori would teach himthe value of everyone’s skills that he had overlooked because they weren’t bending to work with him at the time. And basically all thatcheesy sports anime stuff that gets you right in the feels when a characterfinally sees the light. ;;w;; It could be so beautiful. Also, maybe Kurotoricould convince Munakata to finallygraduate so he can come back as the new coach once he learns how to actuallywork with a team. I mean, this is practically a Haikyuu!! AU already, so whynot go the extra step and borrow some of the plot that was so obviously alreadybeing spoofed for the episode. XD