#Sk8 Spoilers

[raywasherex]

when he’s a grown man with blue hair who settles beef with skateboarding and is constantly trying to marry kids even though he has a person following him a round like a dog (literally) and two gay men with green and pink hair have to try and stop him before he bashes everyone in the skateparks head in

also he looks like hisoka

[sebdoeswords]

I would NOT wanna be Reki having to explain to his manager and best friend/crush why he was at a love hotel with an adult man (who offered him copious amounts of money) after being dragged there while unconscious.

[biblixsmia]

new sk8 outfits dropped. what the fuck is Shadow wearing

[mamahoggs]

SHUT THE FUCK UP!! SHUT UP!!

[alex-just-vibing]

my thoughts on sk8 so far (got to episode 7):

FUCK YOU ADAM FUCK YOU ADAM FUCK YOU FUCK YOU ADAM FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU

Miya <33

And Reki <3333333

Red guy and blue guy should kiss (reki and langa for clarification lols)

I want to learn how to skate now

[mitternz]

REKI JUST GETS BEATEN UP AND THEN GETS HIT BY A FUCKING CAR?????

[misakajii]

[epickiya722]

If I had a nickel for every time a favorite character of mine is...

Some teen anime boy that attends a high school

Has hair that is a some variation of red and spiky

Energetic

A total sweetheart

Four letters for their first name and their first name ends in an "i"

A bit insecure of what they can do, but is actually really talented

Not all that smart, but actually is

Overshadowed and underestimated by others

Wears hoodies and has worn yellow and red hoodies

Has siblings, a mom with short hair, a dad that wears glasses and a grandparent

Has a close relationship with their friend almost instantly

PLANTS! (Yuji's last name is the name of a plant which can be translated to "tiger cane". Reki's flower motif is the hibiscus.)

I would have two nickels. It's not a lot but it's weird it's happened twice!

[dagmartoons]

man ichirou okouchi sure does love his gay breakups huh

[currentlyinflames]

SK8 Translations

Joe: I'll never stop making fun of you if you lose (please stay safe)

Cherry: Don't get frustrated and start working out (don't worry, i know what i'm doing)

Adam: Is your skit over? (Can you be gay after you lose this match please? smh 🙄)

[wesleytreehouse]

can't say episode 12 really redeemed arajin for me but what can I say him punching matakara with the power of friendship still kinda had me in tears

[biblixsmia]

he’s drinking out of a green bottle that looks like it says “cherry” on it. i know what you are, Kaoru Sakurayashiki

[mamahoggs]

i don’t like adam but he does serve cunt and i have to give him that

[siwym-archive]

here we go again :)

[starlostlix]

SPOILERS for the Dark Era LN because i'm slightly rambling about stuff they missed.

Finished the Dark Era light novel a few days back and why did the anime choose to omit the fact that Mori was the one who orchestrated the whole Mimic Mafia and Special Division conflict, and was the one who tipped Mimic off with the location of Oda's orphan children?... Because that's kind of important since it's the REASON WHY THE ENTIRE PLOT OCCURS.

There's so much more depth here with the reason for Dazai leaving the Mafia. Mori's decision to sacrifice Oda and the orphans in the pursuit of a Skilled Business Permit and him trying to find a reason to live in amongst death and chaos of the Port Mafia turning into trying to save people as a reason to live. The whole conversation Dazai and Mori have adds so much to their characterisation and it makes us able to understand the key differences between the two - and why Dazai could never in this universe be Mori's successor. It shows Mori to be very cruel and calculated in the pursuit of benefiting the Mafia where he trades human lives for those benefits, something which in this case Dazai doesn't agree with because Oda is his friend and matters more to him. Dazai's friendship with Oda (and Ango) is an example of genuine human empathy and connection that transcends the roles they are boxed into, which in part makes him in this universe unable to continue with the practices the Mafia utilises. This is especially interesting in comparison to Beast - where B!Oda is not in the PM and therefore B!Dazai never makes this friendship and also never gets told to be on the side that saves people, and without this realisation he is moulded into the next PM boss (or something like that).

We also lose so much of Dazai's emotionality in the anime, which portrays him in a very monotonous emotional state in comparison. I mean think about Oda's description of Dazai's face when the Mimic soldier has the gun to his head - his expression being that of an upset child or something on those lines. Those little details are really important for him and for the reader understanding Dazai (at least to me.)

Also some of the scenes change the literal setting - like before Oda's orphans blow up there's a literal CAR CHASE in the book with Oda literally jumping onto vehicles. Insane stuff I only wish I could have seen animated.

The conversations Oda had with Gide too, which actually helps understand WHY Mimic do what they do to some extent. They're actually really interesting (also yet another example of BSD's anti war messaging which I may eventually have to do an analysis on because it's really intriguing) and I found it really cool that we actually got some backstory for them.

And the Ango details. Just the stuff about how he ended up in the Mafia (which was eventually revealed to be orchestrated by the Special Division) shows how truly capable he is and yet we kind of don't get to see that at all?

Sometimes I think the anime adaptation is like just fine or something but then I read these LNs and see how much they just didn't include that is genuinely so important to either the plot or the characterisation of people in these stories. So then I'm just annoyed.

[venchisu]

okay but HEAR ME OUT, they said buddy daddies is not a BL but mama kazuki out there saying "OUR child" "OUR genes" like Miri is literally their own daughter. Congrats for making him a malewife🤣🫵