#I'm back y'all!

[troius]

Death Save Me From Light Novels

Wow, the title of this thing is kinda morbid when you put it that way, huh? Anyhow this is actually the best of the light novels I’ve covered so far, but it’s still highly inessential and the joke was too easy for me to pass up. Review under the cut.

The Death Save The Strawberry is the best of the Bleach novels so far because it actually has a point. Unlike the previous two, which told stories of “what everybody in the cast ate for dinner one night” and “what if there was a major crisis that didn’t affect anybody we cared about”, this book tells a story you might have some interest in: how did Rukia get ahold of that sword that she uses to give Ichigo his powers back? It’s not an essential story, obviously the manga worked fine without telling you all the details, but they’re here if you want them.

The first part of the book is clearly the best, because it’s full of little tidbits about the cast that bring more depth to the people we care about. Orihime got her bakery job, for example, because she was so effusive in her love of their products that they actually noticed a difference in their business! Uryu got his student council president position because Mizuho Asano thought he “looked like a president”, which is pretty funny. Chad apparently only started boxing after the winter war, because he was so bummed about how he got sidelined (and Tatsuki is apparently doing the same thing, which hurts me personally).

 Anyhow, Orihime notices that Ichigo’s down, so she uses a spirit phone that Unohana gave her (would have loved to know the story there...) and calls Rukia, who goes to Urahara for help, who takes a whole year to create the energy transfer sword. And this is the most interesting part of the book for me, because Urahara outright states that he needed/wanted to use Engetsu, Isshin’s sword, to make it, but Isshin was reluctant to help, and only agreed after Uryu got attacked.

That’s fascinating to me. There was a sort of underexplored undercurrent to the Fullbringer Arc where Ichigo felt a little suspicious of his father, and it’s actually borne out here! Isshin really was not enthusiastic about Ichigo getting back into the Soul Reaper life! It took Uryu getting attacked for him to realize that even if he didn’t make it easier for Ichigo to find trouble, trouble could still find him on its own. After all, Uryu has his own superpowered dad-- but Ryuken couldn’t stop whoever it was who attacked his own son, and wound up sitting by his hospital bed instead. This is something I wish had been a little more developed in the main story, because it really makes the themes of maturity and growing up resonate, showing that preparing your child to explore the world is oftentimes the best way to protect them in it.

(Isshin also directly compares Ichigo’s inability to protect Uryu due to his lack of powers to the position that he, Isshin, was in when Masaki was killed. Have fun with that one, shippers!)

Urahara gives Rukia a fetch quest to get “everybody’s” spiritual pressures to put in the sword. The rest of the book is then just Rukia running to everybody you would expect, getting them to give their spiritual pressure. The only funny things to note are that Zaraki makes everybody from Squad 11 put their spiritual pressures in, which would seem to undercut the heartwarming “all my friends” moment from Ichigo’s re-empowerment. There’s a silly subplot about this maybe being illegal but if you’ve read the manga you know Yamamoto eventually signs off on it. But we do get a moment where Momo quotes Captain Aizen to justify her breaking the law, which, uh…you might still have some things to work on there, my dear.

And then, with the light novel caught up to the manga, it abruptly ends without a conclusion. No, seriously, once Yama says it’s all okay (something the manga showed in flashback) the story just ends. No explanation of why Rukia shows up before the rest of the Rescue Ichigo team.

Anyhow this is a fine book if you want more details about what was happening to people that weren’t Ichigo during the Lost Agent Arc. We return to regular programming with the Thousand-Year Blood War tomorrow.

[dangcommaannie]

Hello! If you didn't know, I posted a new Haikyuu fic today!

I know it's been a really long time since I've updated or written anything that wasn't Sanada Hiroyuki related, but the last few years have been...a lot for me. I don't want to get too into it because I've been trying to move on and work through it all, but I've reached a point where I felt ready to start writing again. I always missed it and I always wanted to and I have many WIPs that I've had intentions of finishing, but life got in the way. Things are still rough, but I'm at a point where I think I'm ready to begin again and I'm really excited about that.

So hopefully, that means there will be more fics and updates to come!

I actually started this with 13 WIPs, but then I started another, but then I completed one, so I'm still at 13 WIPs...

[dkettchen]

she would've told them unlike her canon! version who decided not to be an ally smh

[cangrellesteponme]

wife

[mobius-m-mobius]

Lokius in Loki 2x02 - "Breaking Brad"

[antiyourwokehomophobia2]

I ain't gonna lie, I do noooot think radblr is gonna come out of this Imane Khelif thing unscathed. Like, y'all, I'm sorry, but there is not enough evidence for some of y'all to confidently call this person male and say some of the stuff you've been saying. At the very least you have to acknowledge that Khelif did not compete against women with malicious intent.

[1caru]

I finally finished a semester long group project for college, so I figured I'd celebrate by returning from hiatus a few days early :)

have Legend in a corset <3

I also revived my side blog, 1carus-attic! I have a nice long queue over there of reblogged art from other artists, so feel free to go check that out if you wanna see some amazing stuff!

[seo-changbinnies]

changbin - chk chm boom mv

[killjoy-prince]

House M.D. but it's when Wilson and House says each other's name

[hoshigray]

Yuuji talking with Megumi, telling him he doesn't blame him for being shut down during all this, Megumi sharing his dream of a happy life, Yuuji telling Megumi it's lonely without him around, and Meg's assist with the shadow leg pull, I honestly can't fucking do this right now

[hetayone]

Just some hermits sitting around

[duckzz]

little sunshines ☀️

[genshin-impact-updates]

Happy Birthday, Diluc!

Huh. When it suddenly flew off, I thought it had discovered a hidden foe. Turns out... it was just you.

I guess it really likes you. I hope you don't mind that it took off with the present you brought. Thanks.

Since it's still early, why not take advantage of the time to watch Mondstadt's sunrise together?

Long nights are always followed by a magnificent sunrise. I think you'll enjoy it.

[sparxyv]

quick nosebleed seb doodle 😗😗

[manjusaka]

"I wore this because I wanted you to see it, Hiroko-senpai." | Ayaka is in love with Hiroko ep. 1

[buf309]

Well... that's kind of counted as a gripe, isn't it?