MHA Chapter 423 spoilers translations
This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.
tagline 1
ねじ込んだ一撃ーー‼︎
ねじこんだいちげきーー‼︎
nejikonda ichigeki--!!
A single, exacting blow--!!
tagline 2
No.423 OFA vs AFO 堀越耕平
ナンバー423 ワン・フォー・オールバーサスオール・フォー・ワン ほりこしこうへい
NANBAA 423 WAN FOO OORU vs OORU FOO WAN Horikoshi Kouhei
No. 423 One for All vs All for One Kouhei Horikoshi
1
何故気付けなかった
なぜきづけなかった
naze kidzukenakatta
Why didn't I notice?
2
この窶れた"身体"に「超再生」が適用されない違和感
このやつれた"からだ"に「ちょうさいせい」がてきようされないいわかん
kono yatsureta "karada" ni 「chousaisei」 ga tekiyou sarenai iwakan
[This] sense of discomfort that Super Regeneration no longer applies to this worn-out body.
3
こいつだ…いやーーー
koitsu da...iya---
It's this guy...no---
4
こいつらがーー‼︎
koitsura ga--!!
All of these [people]--!!
5
謀ったのだ
はかったのだ
hakatta no da
They conspired.
1
それ単体では
それたんたいでは
sore tantai de wa
By itself
2
あまりに脆弱な"敵意"
あまりにぜいじゃくな"てきい"
amari ni zeijaku na "tekii"
[each one's] enmity was too frail,
3
しかし撚り集まって
しかしよりあつまって
shikashi yori atsumatte
but when they gathered together,
4
いつしか僕を覆い感受を鈍らせていたのだ
いつしかぼくをおおいかんじゅをにぶらせていたのだ
itsu shika boku wo ooi kanju wo niburasete ita no da
before I knew it, they enshrouded me and dulled my sensitivity.
(Note: He means his ability to sense one person via Danger Sense became dulled because there were too many people with enmity gathered together in one place.)
5
与一と継承者どもを打ち込まれたあの時にもう精神のみならず
よいちとけいしょうしゃどもをうちこまれたあのときにもうせいしんのみならず
Yoichi to keishousha-domo wo uchikomareta ano toki ni mou seishin no minarazu
Yoichi and all the successors were cast [into me]. At that time, not only my spirit but
6
身体も…‼︎
からだも…‼︎
karada mo...!!
my body, too...!!
7
生半可な"身体"では
なまはんかな"からだ"では
namahanka na "karada" de wa
(literal) A half-baked body
(official) Your limp-noodle body isn't ready for it.
8
受け取り切れず四肢が爆散してしまうんだ!
うけとりきれずししがばくさんしてしまうんだ!
uketori kirezu shishi ga bakusan shite shimaunda!
(literal) can't receive it. Your limbs would explode!
(official) Your limbs would pop right off!!
(Note: This frame is from chapter 2.)
9
たった2年…!8代目より少し上乗せされた…
たった2ねん…!8だいめよりすこしうわのせされた…
tatta 2nen...! 8daime yori sukoshi uwanosesareta...
"Only 2 years...! I only added a little more to [what it was with] 8th..."
(Note: He means he only added 2 years' worth of power to OFA, a tiny amount after what it was when All Might passed it off.)
10
9人分の力の結晶だ
9にんぶんのちからのけっしょうだ
9ninbun no chikara no kesshou da
"It's the crystallization of power in proportion to nine people."
1
既に"身体"も
すでに"からだ"も
sude ni karada mo
This body also has already
2
砕かれていた事に
くだかれていたことに
kudakarete ita koto ni
been broken, unfortunately.
3
"個性"が崩れてく…
"こせい"がくずれてく…
"kosei" ga kuzureteku...
"His quirks are crumbling..."
(Note: This is a word often used to describe the effects of Tomura's Decay.)
4
やったのか緑谷…!
やったのかみどりや…!
yatta no ka Midoriya...!
"Did you do it, Midoriya...!"
1
まだだ‼︎
mada da!!
Not yet!!
2
"個性"で無理矢理
"こせい"でむりやり
"kosei" de muriyari
With his quirks, he forcibly
3
つなぎ止めた!
つなぎとめた!
tsunagitometa!
tied himself together!
(Note: This word also means "to save someone's life." In this case AFO is forcibly preserving his own life by using his quirks to keep himself from falling apart.)
4
まだ何も為していない
まだなにもなしていない
mada nani mo nashite inai
"I haven't achieved anything yet."
5
誰にも奪わせはしない…‼︎
だれにもうばわせはしない…‼︎
dare ni mo ubawase wa shinai...!!
"I won't let anyone steal it away...!!"
6
僕だけが夢を為す
ぼくだけがゆめをなす
boku dake ga yume wo nasu
"Only I will achieve my dream."
7
誰にも…!継がぬ…紡がぬ‼︎
だれにも…!つがぬ…つむがぬ‼︎
dare ni mo...! tsuganu...tsumuganu!!
"No one...! [They] won't inherit it... [They] won't spin the tale*!!"
(*Note: The word used here means "to spin (thread), to make up a story, to assemble, to put together.")
8
魔王は常に唯一‼︎
まおうはつねにゆいいつ‼︎
maou wa tsune ni yuiitsu!!
"The Demon King is always the only one!!"
9
そうだとも繰り返せばいい…
そうだともくりかえせばいい…
sou da tomo kurikaeseba ii...
Even if that's true, I can just do it over again...
10
愚かな弔にそうしたように‼︎
おろかなとむらにそうしたように‼︎
oroka na Tomura ni sou shita you ni!!
Just like how I did to foolish Tomura!!
11
OFA無き今緑谷でも…!誰でも‼︎
ワン・フォー・オールなきいまみどりやでも…!だれでも‼︎
WAN FOO OORU naki ima Midoriya demo...! dare demo!!
Even Midoriya, now that he doesn't have One For All...! Anyone!!
12
"個性"を「与え」奪えばいい‼︎
"ぼく自身"を「あたえ」うばえばいい‼︎
"boku jishin (kanji: kosei)" wo 「atae」 ubaeba ii!!
I can give and take away "myself" (read as: my quirk)!!
1
器を!!!
うつわを!!!
utsuwa wo!!!
"[I'll make] a vessel!!!"
2
もうやめろAFO
もうやめろオール・フォー・ワン
mou yamero OORU FOO WAN
"Give it a rest, All For One."
3
緑谷‼︎
みどりや‼︎
Midoriya!!
"Midoriya!!"
4
白雲…⁉︎
しらくも…⁉︎
Shirakumo...!?
"Shirakumo...!?"
5
消…太
しょう…た
Shou...ta
"Shou...ta"
6
山…田…
やま…だ…
Yama...da...
"Yama...da..."
7
ゴメン…ナ……
GOMEN...NA......
"I'm...sorry......"
8
行かなくては…私はーーーーー
いかなくては…わたしはーーーーー
ikanakute wa...watashi wa-----
Have to go...I-----
1
死柄木弔を守らなくては
しがらきとむらをまもらなくては
Shigaraki Tomura wo mamoranakute wa
I have to protect Tomura Shigaraki
2
Xあ‼︎X生‼︎
Xあ‼︎Xしょう‼︎
XA!! Xshou!!
(Note: This speech bubble is partially cut off.)
3
やっぱり…‼︎どこまでも…
yappari...!! doko made mo...
"As expected...!! No matter what..."
4
手ぇ差し伸べちまうんだよあいつは‼︎
てぇさしのべちまうんだよあいつは‼︎
tee sashinobechimaunda yo aitsu wa!!
"he's that guy who'll hold out his hand [for someone]!!"
5
A…FO…
オール…フォー・ワン…
OORU...FOO WAN...
"All...For One..."
6
死柄…木弔を…オ返シ…下サイ
しがら…きとむらを…オかえシ…くだサイ
Shigara...ki Tomura wo...OkaSHI...kudaSAI
"Tomura Shigara...ki...Please give...him back."
7
オッおォッ
OoO
"Ooo"
1
オ友達が待っテイルんデす
オともだちがまっテイルんデす
Otomodachi ga matTE IRUnDEsu
"His friends are waiting."
1
爆豪⁉︎
ばくごう⁉︎
Bakugou!?
"Bakugou!?"
2
病院にって…‼︎うっそだろあいつ!
びょういんにって…‼︎うっそだろあいつ!
byouin ni tte...!! usso daro aitsu!
"They said [you were heading to] the hospital...!! That guy's unbelievable!"
3
「爆破」で一人で来やがった‼︎
「ばくは」でひとりできやがった‼︎
「bakuha」 de hitori de kiyagatta!!
"He went and came over alone using Explosion!!"
4
轟の"ジャンプ台"貸りたけどよォ〜〜〜〜〜
とどろきの"ジャンプだい"かりたけどよォ〜〜〜〜〜
Todoroki no "JANPU dai" karita kedo yoO~~~~~
"I borrowed Todoroki's jump platform, but~~~~~"
5
俺に追い越されてンなよ出久‼︎
おれにおいこされてンなよいずく‼︎
ore ni oikosareteN na yo Izuku!!
"don't let me overtake you, Izuku!!"
6
AFO…‼︎おまえを許しはしない
オール・フォー・ワン…‼︎おまえをゆるしはしない
OORU FOO WAN...!! omae wo yurushi wa shinai
"All For One...!! I won't forgive you."
1
けれど理解できない化物だとも思わない
けれどりかいできないばけものだともおもわない
keredo rikai dekinai bakemono da to mo omowanai
"But I don't think you're an incomprehensible monster."
2
…やめろ
...yamero
"...Stop."
3
おまえは魔王なんかじゃない
おまえはまおうなんかじゃない
omae wa maou nanka ja nai
"You are not actually a Demon King."
4
見るな
みるな
miruna
"Don't look [at me]."
5
おまえはただの
omae wa tada no
"You're just"
6
寂しがりな人間だ‼︎
さみしがりなにんげんだ‼︎
samishigari na ningen da!!
"a lonely person!!"
1
与一…⁉︎
よいち…⁉︎
Yoichi...!?
"Yoichi...!?"
2
緑谷くんは
みどりやくんは
Midoriya-kun wa
"Midoriya-kun"
3
限り限りのラインでカケラが残るよう
ぎりぎりのラインでカケラがのこるよう
girigiri no RAIN de KAKERA ga nokoru you
"seems to have a fragment remain for as long as possible."
4
ぶつける力を調整したんだね……
ぶつけるちからをちょうせいしたんだね……
butsukeru chikara wo chousei shitanda ne......
"I guess he adjusted the force of his hit......"
5
そして 残り火による"感応"で叩き起こしたんだ
そして のこりびによる"かんのう"でたたきおこしたんだ
soshite nokoribi ni yoru "kannou" de tataki okoshitanda
Then, I was roused awake in response to his embers.
6
僅かな残滓となった僕を
わずかなざんしとなったぼくを
wazuka na zanshi to natta boku wo
I, who became mere dregs,
7
ワン・フォー・オールを
WAN FOO OORU wo
One For All.
8
正しく完遂させる為に
ただしくかんすいさせるために
tadashiku kansui saseru tame ni
In order to properly follow [things] through.
(Note: The order of the lines here makes this confusing. He's saying that, in response to Izuku's final attack with his embers, the barest dregs of Yoichi's vestige was roused. This one last piece of his vestige remained likely because Izuku held back on his attack using Yoichi's vestige. Now that he, the base One For All quirk, has awoken, he will carry out the mission of One For All.)
9
どうでもいい‼︎
dou demo ii!!
"I don't care!!"
10
どうでもいい‼︎
dou demo ii!!
"I don't care!!"
11
消えるな‼︎顔を見せろ!
きえるな‼︎かおをみせろ!
kieruna!! kao wo misero!
"Don't disappear!! Show your face!"
12
無理だよ
むりだよ
muri da yo
"That's impossible."
13
消える
きえる
kieru
"I'll disappear."
14
駄目だ
だめだ
dame da
"You can't!"
15
僕のモノだ‼︎僕を見ていろ‼︎目を見せろ‼︎
ぼくのモノだ‼︎ぼくをみていろ‼︎めをみせろ‼︎
boku no MONO da!! boku wo mite iro!! me wo misero!!
"You're mine!! Look at me!! Show [me] your eyes!!"
16
兄さん
にいさん
niisan
"[Older] Brother,"
17
貴方を導けなかった
あなたをみちびけなかった
anata wo michibikenakatta
"I couldn't guide you."
18
これは緑谷くんが見出してくれた
これはみどりやくんがみいだしてくれた
kore wa Midoriya-kun ga miidashite kureta
"Midoriya-kun discovered this for me."
19
僕らへの最期の救済だ
ぼくらへのさいごのきゅうさいだ
bokura e no saigo no kyuusai da
"It's our final* salvation."
(*Note: The word used for "final" here means "one's last moment at their time of death.")
1
駄目だ‼︎許可しない‼︎大好きだ!
だめだ‼︎きょかしない‼︎だいすきだ!
dame da!! kyoka shinai!! daisuki da!
"You can't!! I won't allow it!! I love you!"
2
大好きなんだ!!!おまえがいないと僕は駄目なんだ!!!
だいすきなんだ!!!おまえがいないとぼくはだめなんだ!!!
daisuki nanda!!! omae ga inai to boku wa dame nanda!!!
"I love you!!! If you're gone I have no purpose*!!!"
(*Note: The word used here, dame, means many things depending on context. It means "bad, no good, useless, broken, hopeless, wasted, in vain, purposeless.")
3
そうやって
sou yatte
"In that way,"
4
全てを己が為に利用してきた代償を払う時だ
すべてをおのがためにりようしてきたツケをはらうときだ
subete wo ono ga tame ni riyou shite kita TSUKE (kanji: daishou) wo harau toki da
"it's time to pay reparations for taking advantage of everything for your own sake."
5-6
彼が起こしたのは僕だけじゃない
かれがおこしたのはぼくだけじゃない
kare ga okoshita no wa boku dake ja nai
"I was not the only one he awoke."
1
先生に喰われて消滅したと思ったんだけどな…
せんせいにくわれてしょうめつしたとおもったんだけどな…
sensei ni kuwarete shoumetsu shita to omottanda kedo na...
I thought I had been devoured by Master and disappeared, but...
2
あんたが俺を
あんたがおれを
anta ga ore wo
were you
3
消えないように繋ぎ止めてたのか
きえないようにつなぎとめてたのか
kienai you ni tsunagi tometeta no ka
tying* me down so I wouldn't disappear?
(*Note: Again, this word also means "to save someone's life.")
4
おばあちゃん
obaachan
Grandma,
5
黒霧……………
くろぎり……………
Kurogiri...............
Kurogiri...............
6
先生から身体を奪い返しただけで
せんせいからからだをうばいかえしただけで
sensei kara karada wo ubai kaeshita dake de
I only stole my body back from Master, and
7
何も壊せやしなかった
なにもこわせやしなかった
nani mo kowase ya shinakatta
I didn't destroy anything.
8
結局俺はおまえの言った通り…泣いてるガキだったって事か
けっきょくおれはおまえのいったとおり…ないてるガキだったってことか
kekkyoku ore wa omae no itta toori...naiteru GAKI datta tte koto ka
"In the end, I was just as you said... A crying kid, huh?"
9
この手をX壊せなかったX
このてをXこわせなかったX
kono te wo X kowasenakatta X
"This hand X couldn't break X"."
(Note: Some of this speech bubble is cut off. It could say something like "I couldn't break these hands of yours.")
10
…やった事を許せはしないだから戦った
…やったことをゆるせはしないだからたたかった
...yatta koto wo yuruse wa shinai da kara tatakatta
"...I can't forgive the things you've done; that's why I fought."
1
止めたかったし…止まってほしかったんだ
とめたかったし…とまってほしかったんだ
tometakatta shi...tomatte hoshikattanda
"I wanted to stop [you]... I wanted [you] to stop,"
2
悲しみが紡がれないように
かなしみがつむがれないように
kanashimi ga tsumugarenai you ni
"so that the sadness wouldn't [keep] spin[ning]*."
(*Note: This is back to that word that means "to spin yarn, to spin tales, etc." Izuku is saying he didn't want the sadness to beget more sadness. He wants the chain of sadness to stop.)
3
ハッ
HA
"Ha."
(Note: This is an exhalation that could mean any number of things, like shock, laughter, realization, etc.)
4
緑谷出久
みどりやいずく
Midoriya Izuku
"Izuku Midoriya,"
5
スピナーが生きてたら伝えてくれよ
スピナーがいきてたらつたえてくれよ
SUPINAA ga ikitetara tsutaete kure yo
"if Spinner is alive, please tell him [something]."
6
"死柄木弔"は最期まで壊す為に戦ったって
"しがらきとむら"はさいごまでこわすためにたたかったって
"Shigaraki Tomura" wa saigo made kowasu tame ni tatakatta tte
"Tomura Shigaraki fought until the very end* in order to destroy."
(*Note: Again, this is that "finale" word that means "one's last moment at their time of death.")
7
もう…壊したよ
もう…こわしたよ
mou...kowashita yo
"You already...destroyed [it]."
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決着‼︎永きにわたる因縁が晴れ上がるーー‼︎
けっちゃく‼︎ながきにわたるいんねんがはれあがるーー‼︎
kecchaku!! nagaki ni wataru innen ga hareagaru--!!
Settled!! The chain of cause and effect that spans a long time is cleared up--!!
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Disabilities that You Should Consider Representing in Your Writing More… part 1
[large text: Disabilities that You Should Consider Representing in Your Writing More… part 1]
While all disabilities are underrepresented in basically all sorts of media, it’s hard to not notice the trend in what disabilities make up the majority of representation. It’s especially visible when having a blog like this, where we can see what disabilities writers even consider including in their writing, and which ones never come up.
One in four people are disabled. With eight billion people alive it means there’s a lot of disabled people, and a lot of reasons why they are disabled in the first place - but this diversity is rarely represented, even on this blog, and anyone who has been following for a while has probably noticed that fact.
To be blunt: there are disabilities other than “amputee” and “(otherwise invisibly disabled) mobility aid user”. Does that mean that it’s wrong to write either of those? Of course not, and we don’t want to imply that it is. Does it mean that when you are deciding on what to give your character, you should think beyond just those two? Absolutely. Disability is a spectrum with thousands of things in it - don’t limit yourself for no reason and embrace the diversity that’s built into it instead.
This is, simply, a list of common disabilities. This is just a few of them, as this is part one of presumably many (or, at least three as of right now).
By “common” we rather arbitrarily decided on “~1% or more” - so at least 1 in 100 people has the disabilities below, which is a lot. Featuring!: links that you should click, sources of the % that are mostly just medical reports and might be hard to read, and quick, very non-exhaustive explanations to give you a basic idea of what these are.
Intellectual disability (about 1.5%)
Intellectual disability is a condition we have written about at length before. It’s a developmental disability that affects things such as conceptualization, language, problem-solving, or social and self-care skills. ID can exist on its own or be a part of another condition, like Down Syndrome, Congenital Iodine Deficiency, or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. This post covers a lot of basic information that you might need.
We have an intellectual disability tag that you can look through!
Cancer survivors (5.4% in the US, about 0.55% worldwide)
A cancer survivor is a pretty self-explanatory term. There is a lot of types of cancer and some of them are very common while others are very rare, which makes this a very diverse category. Cancers also have different survival rates.
While not every survivor will have disabling symptoms, they definitely happen. Most of the long-term side effects are related to chemotherapy, radiation, and other medication, especially if they happened in children. They can include all sorts of organ damage, osteoporosis, cognitive problems, sensory disabilities, infertility, and increased rate of other cancers.
Other effects include removal of the affected area, such as an eye, a spleen, breasts, or the thyroid gland, each of which will have different outcomes.
Cancer, and cancer treatments, can also result in PTSD.
Diabetes (about 8.5%, ~95% of that are type 2)
Diabetes is a group of endocrine conditions that cause hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) for various reasons depending on the type. The vast majority of people have type 2 diabetes, which can cause fatigue, poor healing, or feeling thirsty or hungry. A diabetic person will use insulin when needed to help manage their blood sugar levels.
There are many complications related to diabetes, from neuropathy, to retinopathy, and chronic kidney disease, and there's a lot of disabilities that coexist with diabetes in general!
You might want to check out the #how to write type 1 diabetes tag by @type1diabetesinfandom!
Disabling vision loss (about 7.5%)
Blindness and low vision are a spectrum, ranging from total blindness (around 10% of legally blind people) to mild visual impairment.
Blindness can be caused by countless things, but cataracts, refractive errors, and glaucoma are the most common. While cataracts cause the person to have a clouded pupil (not the whole eye!) blind eyes usually look average, with strabismus or nystagmus being exceptions to that fairly often (but not always).
Trauma isn't a common cause of blindness, and accidents are overrepresented in fiction.
A blind person can use a white cane, a guide dog or horse, or both. Assistive solutions are important here, such as Braille, screenreaders, or magnifying glasses.
We have a blindness tag that you can look through, and you might want to check out @blindbeta and @mimzy-writing-online.
Psoriasis (about 2-4%)
Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition with multiple subtypes; it can cause intense itching, pain, and general discomfort, and often carries social stigma. It’s an autoimmune and non-contagious disability that affects the skin cells, resulting in raised patches of flaky skin covered with scales.
It often (30%) leads to a related condition, psoriatic arthritis, which causes joint pain, tenderness, and fatigue, among other things.
Stroke survivors (0.5-1%)
A stroke survivor is a person who has survived any kind of stroke (ischemic, hemorrhagic, etc.). While the specific symptoms often depend on the exact location on where the stroke happened, signs such as hemiplegia, slurred speech, vision problems, and cognitive changes are common in most survivors to some degree. When someone has a stroke as a baby, or before they are born, it can result in cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and other disabilities.
We have a brain injury tag that you can look through!
Noonan Syndrome (about 0.1-1% - mild is 1%, severe 0.1%)
Noonan Syndrome is a disability that is almost never mentioned in any context, but certainly not around the topic of writing disabled characters. It’s a congenital condition that can cause cardiomyopathy, chronic joint pain, hypermobility, short stature, facial differences such as ptosis, autism, and various lymphatic problems among other things. Some people with Noonan Syndrome might use mobility aids to help with their joint pain.
Hyperthyroidism (about 1.2%)
Hyperthyroidism is a condition of the endocrine system caused by hormone overproduction that affects metabolism. It often results in irritability, weight loss, heat intolerance, tremors, mood swings, or insomnia.
Undertreated hyperthyroidism has a rare, but extremely dangerous side effect associated with it called a thyroid storm, which can be fatal if untreated.
Hypothyroidism (>5%)
Hypothyroidism is an endocrine condition just as hyperthyroidism is, and it causes somewhat opposite symptoms. Due to not producing enough thyroid hormones, it often causes fatigue, depression, hair loss, weight gain, and a frequent feeling of being cold. It’s often comorbid with other autoimmune disabilities, e.g. vitiligo, chronic autoimmune gastritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Extreme hypothyroidism can also be potentially fatal because of a condition known as Myxedema coma (or “crisis”), which is also rare.
Deafblindness (about 0.2-2%)
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Genshin Angst Headcanons - Why the two of you broke up
Note: Had an unexpected free day! I haven't written in a while, please excuse the mistakes, if any.
Disclaimer at the end of the post
Warning: Some are pretty predictable. Each of them have their own issues, lore wise, so some are lore heavy. You might not agree with some of them, but its how I see it, so to each their own. Let me know what you think! Some are quite angsty. Some scenes it's you breaking up with him and some are vice versa. Didn't feel like writing Razor, Venti and Xingqiu.
Characters: Aether, Albedo, Alhaitham, Ayato, Baizhu, Bennett, Chongyun, Cyno, Dainsleif, Diluc, Gorou, Heizou, Itto, Kaeya, Kaveh, Kazuha, Lyney, Neuvillette, Scaramouche, Tartaglia, Thoma, Tighnari, Xiao, Zhongli, gn!reader
Personal Favourites in this work: Lyney, Itto, Kazuha
Aether
Sister issues. Enough said.
He realized he didn't have enough time to spare romancing with someone.
Somewhere along the way he felt guilt that he was enjoying his time with you while his sister went through some sort of villain origin story that seemingly turned her bad.
Top off all the adventuring, searching, solving problems for other people that he did...Where did that leave you, exactly?
"...I'm sorry, Y/N... I just... I don't think this is the right time for me to be together with you,"
Albedo
Contrary to popular belief it wouldn't be his lack of time or extreme focus on his alchemical experiments that would break the two of you up. He knows how to manage his time.
It was the RESULTS of experiments and his research that would put him away from you.
The possibility that HE or his world, was way too dangerous for you.
How many "Albedos" did Rhinedottir really create? Was there more than three? Perhaps four, five? And what happens when you come face to face with another Albedo?
"I'm afraid...There are far too many dangers surrounding myself... There are answers that I can't find...and perhaps that's the reason why my answer is to part ways with you,"
Alhaitham
Too much of a nonchalant attitude.
He expressed some kind of interest in you...but it's like... once in a blue moon. 95% of the time you're not sure if he's really into you. It almost seems like he's more into that book he reads all the time.
Simply just not good at expressing himself. Like, at all. Hides behind a "whatever works" and "I don't care about what other people think of me" attitude, unfortunately that seems to include you.
Is so straightforward that sometimes it hurts, but he's really just telling the truth through logical analysis.
will act like the breakup didn't hurt nor affect him at all. In turn it hurts you instead.
"I see. So you've had enough of me... And you only spoke up now? Pointing it out earlier could've diverted us from this path...If that's how you feel already I suggest that we stop seeing each other,"
"That's it? You're not even going to try and work it out with me?"
"What's there to work out? You've made yourself clear. You're not satisfied with the way I treat you, and I'm afraid I'm not going to change the way I act just for your pleasure... It'd be more meaningful for you to find someone who fits your criterias,"
Ayato
entering a relationship with a noble was not as easy as one thought.
It's not just about being together forever and feeling lucky because Ayato is rich and your whole life is set, it's also the not fitting in, the etiquette, the whispers from townfolk that you were too ordinary for him, the work that you needed to do if you were to become his wife.
All that was not really a big problem for you, but Ayato seemed not to know of your struggles, he was extremely busy, and when he wasn't, he seemed to think that everything was well and fine, since you were getting all your basic needs met and even more.
"...So I'm sorry, Ayato. This is just... All too much for me. I'm sorry,"
"...I understand. Forgive me, it seems that I've overlooked a lot of things...Perhaps it is as you say, that it'd be better for us to grow apart rather than grow together,"
Baizhu
because he is a ticking time bomb, no matter which way he looked it's not going to end well for both of you.
He either dies early or lives forever. In both scenarios he anticipates that the two of you are just going to be in a world of hurt.
Besides, he didn't mean to get so attached to someone in the first place, he knew his quest for immortality was long and arduous. You didn't deserve to walk that difficult road too.
While breaking up, will conceal the fact that he's only thinking of you and will possibly hurt you in the process.
"I'm sorry, but it's for the best. I ask that you continue going forward without me, there's no space for you in my... ideal future,"
Bennett
We all know it...it's his bad luck. However, it wasn't YOU who had a problem with it, it was HIM.
You understood that his bad luck was just some extended part of him, plus it's not like it was always bad, there were a lot of good times too. Plenty!
But the guilt ate him up whenever the two of you were stuck in a seemingly impossible scenario and predicament, brought on by his luck. He just had enough of it one day.
"I...I can't keep doing this to you every day! It's not fair..."
will be on the brink of tears before he even starts.
"Maybe it's better if you find someone else to adventure with, Y/N, sorry...!"
runs away before you can even get a word in.
Chongyun
Thinks he's not good enough in every aspect. It's really, seriously not about you. He thinks he's lacking in everything. Strength, maturity, experience, confidence.
So badly wants to stay with you but feels like he's not good enough and thinks that you're better off with someone else.
"D-Don't misunderstand... It's not because I don't like you anymore... I just...Please find someone else!"
Cyno
his bad jokes and TCG addiction. just kidding, you're not that shallow.
A lot of people are intimidated by him being the General Mahamatra because he gives importance to justice. While you, who had seen a bit more of him than other people had, it seemed more of an obsession to uphold the Akademiya's law and integrity.
This was not a big problem to you, you liked how he was serious at work.
Until one day when you were accused of plagiarising one of your papers and Cyno was the one sent to give you a first offense warning. The Akademiya knew of your relationship, that's probably why they sent him, to make it harder on the two of you.
Cyno didn't listen to your explanations on how it was an honest mistake, he still gave you the warning that you "deserved"
From then on it had just been different between the two of you, so it was really a mutual breakup. Or so you thought.
"...After that, I just realized that maybe this isn't the right time for us... We're both working for the Akademiya, we both take our jobs seriously...Unfortunately that seems to just be getting in the way of us...I think it's best if we stop seeing each other,"
"...I see." he pauses for a minute, as if tossing your words in his mind. "I...agree. Parting ways would certainly make work easier for both of us...it's the professional thing to do,"
Dainsleif
Has not moved on from his past.
Sure, everyone has their own baggage to carry, their own history to live through...but Dainsleif has heavier things than that. He seemed to wake up every day thinking of Khaenri'ah and the days long past. Was it regret? Nostalgia? Loneliness? You didn't know. You just knew that he wasn't really completely THERE with you in the present. Part of him still lived in the past.
When you explained that you felt like the two of you were not moving forward together and that it seemed like he wanted to go back to the past instead, he got offended.
"...My past is something that I carry forever, you'd claimed that you understood that," he starts.
"I do! But carrying it with you and letting it drag you backwards are two different things!"
He falters for a moment, only to leave you with his last words before turning away from you forever: "You will never understand, the weight that I carry,"
Diluc
is too guarded. You'd been friends for a long, long, long, long time before he decided he could let you in enough and be more intimate with you.
Even then everything was going at a snail's pace, though you were extremely patient with him.
The biggest problem with Diluc was that the two of you would progress one day, take a step forward, and then the next day it was like the two of you took two steps back.
Example: The two of you went out for a simple stargazing excursion late one night, it was nice and he had been incredibly affectionate. The next day he had trouble even meeting your gaze, and disappeared to do his work. It was also a little awkward during dinnertime. This scenario had happened more than once.
Hint: the closer he got to you the more afraid he became, thinking that he would one day lose you too.
"I...I can't. I love you but I...I've waited far too long. I'm sorry. I'm tired of this endless chase for you!"
He couldn't even say a thing. He'd wanted to ask you to stay, to wait for him a little longer, but he already knew how incredibly selfish that would have been. Instead, he grimaced, and looked away from your gaze, trying to find something worthwhile to say. There was only silence for a few moments.
"Goodbye Diluc," that's when you turned away.
Gorou
worships Kokomi too much and your insecurities just kept circling around in your head.
You know its his job. You know he isn't like that but the problem was YOU and not him.
Simply said you let your insecurity eat up the relationship between the two of you.
You couldn't bring yourself to say that you were jealous of the way he admired Kokomi so you broke up with him with another reason in tow.
Unfortunately, you're not a very good liar face to face so you did a butthole move and actually broke up with him through a letter. You just couldn't face him and tell him why.
All you mentioned in the letter was that you needed time to think and be away from him, and told him not to worry because it was your problem, not his.
Poor Gorou reread that letter over and over, trying to understand what went wrong.
Heizou
is just a natural flirt. You're not sure if he's doing it on purpose or not and you're not sure if he's even aware he's like that.
Anyway you'd seen him getting overly friendly (just another word for flirting) with a few other people a couple of times. You didn't let it get to you the first, fourth or even eighth time but you realized that he KNOWS that you're watching him do that.
So you confront him about it, but he claims that it's just his way of gathering information from others. People like to hear good things and some people are more susceptible to flirtatious comments so he resorts to that for his investigation sometimes.
You didn't really completely buy it and even if you did, it's not like this was healthy for your relationship. You just couldn't make yourself comfortable with it.
*You just chalked it up to the two of you being incompatible.
"I'm just not comfortable with that...I don't think I have to say sorry for how I feel but...I'm sorry anyway because I know you're just doing your job... It's probably best if we part ways here..."
"Is there any way to change your mind?" he genuinely asks.
You only give a lopsided smile. "You're a detective, I think you already know the answer to that,"
Yet he didn't stop you from walking away.
Itto
Kept breaking promises because he was too airheaded or too occupied doing something "stupid" with the kids or with his gang.
Pretty soon it just felt like you were an afterthought while everyone else in his life took precedent.
Got a ramen date? Oops, sorry! Got caught up looking for a strong onikabuto in the forest!
Needed his help to move some things? Gah, he was vandalising the bulletin boards, so he's running a bit late!
What's more you didn't actually mind that carefree, airheaded side of him...but it really got to you when he couldn't even seem to make you a priority. Not once.
He only realized that when he came running, late again, and stood face to face with a crying you.
"Hey sorry Y/N, I was just--...Why are you crying?!" is completely dumbfounded and clueless, mostly because when he came late, you had always shrugged it off with a smile on your face, or so he thought. This time you had a completely different reaction.
"I hate you...*hic* I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!"
Shocked beyond belief. It wasn't like you to just blow up like that, but he couldn't do anything except watch you turn and run away from him after that exclamation.
Kaeya
Sometimes you're not sure if he takes you seriously.
Recently, he's not where he says he is, you don't know why he doesn't just tell you where he is.
He said he'd be working late, but then you find out he's at Angel's Share.
He said he'll be at Angel's Share, but then you catch word from Jean that he's out on a late mission.
He said he's escorting a caravan to Mondstadt but he's actually on assignment in Liyue.
It came to the point where you altogether just stopped looking for him cause half of the time you couldn't find him. It's like he's avoiding you or something, which, actually, seems just about right since he's been so busy with "work"
It reached a breaking point when, for a week, you were unable to bring him the lunch you prepared...because he was not where he said he was going to be. It was starting to get annoying.
"I don't understand why you're lying to me! Why do you have to tell me you'll be at Angel's Share this afternoon when you're not? Do you realize you make me walk all the way there only to come all the way back with nothing achieved?"
"I'm sorry snowflake, that wasn't my intention," though he still chuckles despite knowing full well that you were about to turn away.
"You know what, let me know when you're ready to stop making jokes. Until then, don't bother contacting me,"
He just didn't expect you to actually walk away from him.
Kaveh
Entertains everyone and anyone. Naturally kind at heart, will stop for anyone in trouble...even that flirtatious man/woman who is clearly just pining for his attention.
No he doesn't quite realize this.
The same person had asked for his help at least 4 times now and all 4 times he had been happy to offer a helping hand.
The last straw was when he was invited into the stranger's house, they had apparently needed someone to help them move and re-arrange furniture and he did, working till almost dinner time.
You'd caught him right by the person's door, because Kaveh was actually honest and told you he'd be helping them today, but the person was clearly eyeing Kaveh rather flirtatiously.
"Come again next time," you heard the person say rather happily. Kaveh only replies with "If I have nothing else to do, I suppose,"
"Kaveh, they're coming onto you and you keep letting it happen!"
"I'm not certain what you're talking about...They just needed some help around their house, nothing suspicious happened at all. Even if there was, I won't let anything happen between me and a stranger!"
"Then STOP helping them!"
"There isn't anything wrong with lending a hand...It was a quick move of things, that's all,"
"How would YOU feel if I just went into someone's house and kept helping them "move" things?"
"...I would think that's nice of you,"
You actually threw your hands up. "Oh, forget it! You know what, for someone who LOVES helping others, you're not doing such a great job of helping ME," then walked away and never came back. "Good riddance,"
Kazuha
He's a wandering samurai. You knew what you were getting into but you didn't expect dating him to be so hard.
He was gone for weeks on end, and you were not getting on that boat with him. In essence the two of you were just not ready to follow each other to the end's of the Earth, and that was fair. The two of you were young.
Kazuha kind of saw it coming, whenever he visited you, you seemed less spirited and he had an inkling as to why. The time apart was just too much for you.
It was a rather clean break actually. A real mutual breakup that the two of you agreed on.
"...You could say it's just not the right time for us," you even managed to laugh under your breath and he did the same, though it was barely audible.
"...Mm. There are matters that you need to attend to here...and there are things that I need to do out there," he slowly stood up from his sitting position next to you and still gazed at you rather lovingly. "...Perhaps, in another world, you and I are bound together,"
You gazed back forlornly, "...Just not in this one, it looks like,"
Lyney
because he will always choose his siblings over you. Always.
Though that's not a bad thing because you also think that family is important...somewhere along the way you realized that family is the ONLY thing he had and saw.
Example: Lynette and you had gotten ill at the same time one winter morning. Perhaps it was the cold that was passing around Fontaine. Lyney had been so worried about Lynette, that he seemed to have forgotten about you for the next few days. In fact, Lyney didn't even realize that you caught the cold too. You had only heard from Freminet, who you happened to cross paths with, that Lynette was also ill.
You thought that incident was the end of it, but really it seemed that whenever Lyney wanted to hang out with you, Lynette had to be there too. You tried to understand...after all there's still that mystery of disappearing women in Fontaine.
The breakup was induced when Lyney completely forgot about your birthday, because Freminet's was around the same time as yours. You helped Lyney prepare everything for Freminet, and said nothing about your own.
You realized that there was nothing wrong with choosing family over everything else...but the problem here was that Lyney didn't even have space for you in the first place.
So you left without saying anything. You figured he'd get over it quick. You had even gone so far as to move away from the main city of Fontaine and out into another island, because what would you say if he found you? That you were jealous of his siblings? You weren't going to ruin a family like that and it wasn't right to make him choose...so you just left without a word.
Neuvillette
Had a whole brainrot for this man:
Part 1
Part 2
Scaramouche
surprisingly it's not his anger issues.
It's the way he wouldn't acknowledge your relationship. You wonder how you even got into one with him.
There's no public show of affection, but even behind closed doors it rarely happened.
You knew that he was going to be like that, and so you didn't mind it all that much.
It was getting a bit much though when, out in public, he would walk further in front of you and refused to walk next to you. When he pretended like he didn't even know you. When he didn't stop to help you even when another man had shown interest in you, bordering on uncomfortable.
The more time passed the more you simply felt unloved...but for some reason you still blamed yourself.
"...I...don't know. Maybe you find me undesirable, or just...unappealing. Maybe you're embarrassed of me or...or..." maybe you just didn't care in the first place, you thought to yourself.
There was a long silence. Of you turning your gaze away, of him still piercing into yours. And then...
"Tsk...don't waste my time...Leave if you want to leave, door's open,"
Tartaglia
This one is simple. It's his obsession for fighting plus his complete disregard for himself. It's a constant heart attack for you. At some point the anxiety is just too much for you to handle.
Imagine living every day just wondering if he's safe at the same time knowing that he just loves to look for trouble.
The foul legacy that you know of, he uses it with disregard as well, despite knowing that it wasn't good for him.
And there are even days where you know he was heavily wounded but didn't go to you, in an attempt to shield you from worry.
It's a constant battle trying to stay sane and unworried, until one day it all just becomes too much.
"...Nothing I say will change anything, Tartaglia. This is who you are...This is who you need to be..." you whisper while bandaging his knuckles. He lets out a short hum.
It was silent all up until you finished with his hand, you squeeze it gently. "...I love you but...I can't keep doing this to myself, I'm tired...more so than I have ever been before,"
He lets your hand slip away from his knuckles, and that was the last he saw of you.
Thoma
This one is also simple. He was always taking care of others and running errands for others that he sometimes just couldn't catch a break.
Just a classic case of not enough time for you since he had a job to do for the Kamisato Clan.
He knows it, and feels awful about it. So he's the one who makes the move.
"It hurts that I can't give you what you deserve, Y/N. This isn't it... You deserve more than this but I can't give you that and I'm sorry. Please look for the love that you deserve,"
Tighnari
Remembers everything. Can be critical of things you've done, specially if he thinks there's a better way to do it.
Simply said you just feel stupid in front of him sometimes.
He doesn't mean to, but he sometimes forgets to appreciate or give praise to the things that you do well and even if he does, it tends to be short lived compared to his constructive criticisms.
Pretty soon you felt like he only looks at the bad things you do, and never the good. Though he was really only trying to teach and guide you as an equal.
He in fact feels that you are one of the few people who can keep up educational conversations with him.
The problem is he kind of forgets that you're his lover, and that you would enjoy his praise and affection from time to time.
"Do you... Do you ever have anything nice to say other than 'good work' or 'great observation'?" the words were out of your mouth before you could hold yourself back. Sometimes it was tiring to feel like you weren't good enough.
There's a flash of surprise that crosses Tighnari's expression for a split second, before he recovers. "...Had I not been praising your work enough lately? My apologies... It has a lot of merits, I just thought that you wanted my opinion on how to make it better,"
You opened your mouth to say something, but closed it again right after to ponder on his words. Somehow even that had managed to make you feel embarrassed. It was here you knew that the problem also lied within yourself.
"...Sorry, Tighnari...I think I'll need some time alone,"
He obliges quickly and asks. "That's reasonable. When would you like me to come back?"
"...Let me rephrase that... I need some time away. From us."
Xiao
Unfortunately there's a lot of things wrong here... his lack of affection. His aloof personality. His dedication to his yaksha duties. Despite that he does actually try to be gentlemanly or respectful of you.
The worst of it is that he didn't know how to be in a relationship, in other words he just wasn't ready for one, or perhaps he would never be ready for one.
He didn't understand that humans craved companionship and sometimes touch. He didn't understand that meant having to favour you over others, sometimes even putting you first over his yaksha duties.
Worst of it all was when he shut himself off from you, sometimes for days on end, when his karmic debt was too high. He only really did it to protect you, but never realized how isolated that made you feel.
When you confronted him about it, he felt attacked. Hiding away was the only way he knew how to cope...why couldn't you understand that?
"Let me help you, Xiao,"
"I don't need your help!" his tone would make you wince and just like that he disappears into a billow of smoke.
You never returned to Wangshu Inn after that. If he couldn't let you in, there was no use trying to knock on his heart. Xiao being Xiao, never sought you ought again either.
Zhongli
He had experienced so many things and you had listened to many a tales from him.
This is what caused you to realize that you hadn't even experienced life at all, and yet here you were willing to tie yourself down to him.
It just didn't feel like it added up. Here he was with all this knowledge of the world and here you were who had never even stepped outside of Liyue. By no means were you stupid, but you felt that you could be better not only for him, but for yourself if you learned more.
There was just such a huge gap in life experiences, and though you never expected to get to his level (he was a God who had lived for a long time, you would never catch up to him) you at least wanted to see what was out there with your own eyes instead of through his stories.
He understood that wholeheartedly, and had no qualms in letting you go.
"You will always have a place with me, Y/N. No amount of lifetimes will change that,"
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Disclaimer: Relationships will always have some sort of problem along the way, maybe big, maybe small but I just want to reiterate that breaking up is not always the solution. Communicating is very important. So to those of you who like taking fanfiction too seriously, let it be known that this is just a work of fiction. I don't actually suggest breaking up with someone as soon as there is the slight indication of a problem (Just saw someone commenting on a similar themed post for Haikyuu that this wouldn't happen in the real world if both parties were mature... I mean, sure, but, idk, you must be fun in parties... it's called fiction for a reason...)
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