#aki i guess he just likes to use his legs!

[lovecatsys]

Akihiro and Laura have such similar fighting styles, they're both thinner and taller than Logan which allows for more fluid motions and they come off as super graceful. Meanwhile Logan and Gabby are short and stubby

[quirklessidiot]

title: Y/N and her boys [sneak peek] pairing : Upper classman/popular kid!Gojo Satoru x F!reader, Exchange student!Eren Jaeger x F!reader, MMA Fighter/Celebrity!Ryomen Sukuna x F!reader, Childhood Bestfriend!Aki Hayakawa x F!reader, Varsity football player!Itoshi Rin x F!reader (use of she/her pronouns) Genre: Alternate Universe-University setting, romance, fluff, angst (if you squint), slice of life, drama, all cliche romance genres unite! (Based on the Manhwa, Bunny and her Boys)

Summary: Y/N’s denied the existence of pretty boys and god forbid she’d ever end up dating one yet with one horrid break-up, she decides that relationships aren’t just meant for someone stupid like her but the problem is — five of them suddenly appear and god, why does it seem like they can’t get enough of her?

General warning for the story: mild sexual content, cliche tropes (help), mahito is his own warning, minor character death, mentions of depression, a lot of second-hand embarrassment from y/n's part (shes not a cool girl, SHE IS A BUBBLING MESS AND THATS OK <33), insecurities, bullying, and mentions of cheating Notes: english isn't my first language! (dont judge me) this multi-chaptered story will probably be 20-30 chapters (idk) in ao3. you can totally tell this story is rooted from self-indulgence LMFAO. Im not sure if i should cross post it but im leaning towards ao3 more either ways, can't wait to release this on friday!

also can u guess who she ends up with :P rb’s are appreciated yay FULL VERSION IS RIGHT HERE!

SNEAK PEAK

“Maybe…Maybe we should break up.”

There's another round of silence between you two, and you know that you can’t exactly take it back anymore since you had said it loud and clear, “Woah, woah, I told you I wasn’t with Misa.” his voice turns louder, and the background noises are good as gone as if he had left the noisy place, “Where are you? I’m coming to get you-”

“I said,” you try to control the stammering of your voice, trying to avoid the stares of the people who cast odd glances, “We’re done. I don’t want to see or hear from you again.” and before he could let another excuse out of his mouth, you end the call. It is only now that you notice how your legs have been quivering and your mouth has gone dry, seemingly like a pup who had just been born and trying to walk. You lose your footing and sit down on the dirty pavement.

No tears were shed at that very moment, probably because you were only stupefied, and it was written clearly on your face that this wouldn’t be something you’d recover anytime soon. Heck, you couldn’t even grasp the idea entirely that someone you’ve been friends with for years and, eventually, a lover would do that to you.

Was it as easy as a snap of a finger?

“Miss? Miss?” someone calls out, but it only bounces back to him like an echo in a cave. You remain still, eyes blinking rapidly while the rest of your face is slack. Everyone around you continued to move, but you remained there like a decorated statue.

“Miss? Christ, you’re about to be–” the husky voice also stops, and it’s only now that you look up to find a man. He seems stocky but, simultaneously, smaller, as if he didn’t want to come off as intimidating when he maintained eye-to-eye contact. 

He is incongruous with everyone who walks by since he desperately tries to hide his features with a baseball cap and a dark face mark. The only thing you can see are strands of his bleached hair, his eyes that resemble the sunshine that peeked through the glasses of whiskey, and the swirls of ink becoming visible underneath his coat when he stretches out his arm.

If this were any other day, you’d run in the opposite direction because he looked like an unscrupulous loan shark, but your body remains in a state of unknown fatigue that you just wanted to stay still. 

You watch as his face softens, the lines on his forehead somewhat disappearing when he watches the color bleed from your face. “...Alright…” he stops, squinting as he crouches to your level. His thick thighs encompass the rough expanse of his straight jeans, and you wondered if he had been an athlete or something. Aside from his built, his presence was rather invigorating,  “oh…” he continues, “Sorry, you-uh…” The confidence he had to throw you off is gone like the evening dust as he motions his index finger up and down his face.

At that moment, you feel something wet running down your cheek. It seemed like the waterworks were late.

You didn’t want to be a pity party in front of anyone, and you’d expect there to be only bystanders, not ‘good samaritans’.

You sniffled, violently wiping the tears away as you felt your ribs were too tight when you took one long breath, “I’m fine…” you respond monotonously.

Who were you even fooling? 

“Right…” you carefully watch him take out a handkerchief, “Fine, sitting on a dirty pavement near my car doesn’t make you look fine, Miss.” he prodded.

“Well, what do you care, anyways?” you tried to keep your voice from cracking, but the stranger showed no qualms of anxiety or fear, nor did he seem mad at your snappy attitude. The blue handkerchief is laid on his palm, waiting for you to take it, yet you exhibit no signs of accepting his kindness. Instead of forcing you through like the usual status quo, he returns it to his pockets.

The odd man.

“Well, for one, I don’t want to run your feet over since I’m parked over here,” he thumbs towards the black jeep that’s parked in front of you, “And my mom didn’t raise me to leave a girl sitting alone, crying her eyes out…”

“Well, did your mom tell you to mind your own business, as well?” your body remains heavy and distant from the stranger, not minding if it came off as rude, but you’ve always been wary of them, especially the ones who claimed to be nice. You wouldn’t be swayed even if you were in a vulnerable place.

He sucks in a deep breath, quite surprised that you had the energy to exchange a vehement response to him. Weren’t you just about to bawl your eyes out?

“Well, you honestly looked like you deserve some niceness after whatever happened.” he conceded, remaining suspiciously friendly, “Piece of advice, though, if it’s a guy, he’s not worth it.” 

“I-what makes you think it’s a guy?” there it goes again, the unknown tightening of your throat and the way the gummy lids on your eyes would heat up as if a pipe of water was about to burst and flood the segways any moment.

“It’s always an asshole who doesn’t seem to know how to treat a woman right.” he lamely explains, and slowly but hesitantly, as if he was waiting for you to move away, he places one hand on top of your hand. 

Unlike a while ago, you weren’t as hostile, but you were confused about why the stranger suddenly did this and didn’t seem to tilt away like you usually would, “So go home tonight, Miss. Cry it out and wake up tomorrow for yourself. You’ll be fine.”

You don’t even see his entire face, but the way he gently caresses your hair as if you were a long-time friend had your lips quivering, and without even realizing it, your torso bends forward. You bury your face in your arms, finding solace in your makeshift fetal position.

The stranger says nothing more; honestly, you didn’t even mind. His newfound presence is comforting.

[you-can-call-me-fangs]

Maybe some nsfw hc with angel or aki form chainsaw man? I haven’t seen you write anything for them so idk if you do write for aki and angel. Top Male reader pls.

-🧀anon

Sorry this took so long to get around to besides me just being lazy as shit it also takes me like three days to make a post after I'm done doing drafts, re-reading, finalising, etc. but whatevs enough excuses! I hope you still enjoy! 💙💙

Angel and Aki NSFW Headcannons

Contains: manhandling/borderline dub-con, belly bulging, mention of mirror sex, exhibitionism/chance of getting caught, Aki being touch starved?

° I wish I could have more nsfw headcannons for these pretty boys but I can't help but see them as vanilla as fuck, but they've still got some things that they like to do and that turn them on

° Angel likes it if his partner is bigger than him (which luckily for him is most people)

° This leads to Angel really being into being manhandled, like full on pick him up and throw him on the bed

° Angel is really into you forcing him to do things in whichever way you see fit, whether it be forcing his head up and down on your cock grabbing onto his hair while you do so, or using him as a glorified fleshlight by just holding onto his waist and forcing his body to move in any way you want on your dick

° Pretty much anything else you could think of that forces Angel to pleasure you in some way where you have all the control and there's nothing he can do about it he's probably down for it

° Angel especially loves positions where you have to pick him up and hold him in place, lifting his legs up wrapping them around your waist and fucking him like that? mmm✨delicious✨

° You can definitely expect some belly bulging with this one (maaaybe Angel wouldn't mind if you spread him out in front of a mirror so he could see the bulge you were making in his stomach too...just a thought 👀)

° Angel likes to be tied up

° I don't know why, I guess I just like the thought of Angel being tied up, whenever I think of him in shibari he's just so cute~

° Angel doesn't mind loves getting called pretty boy AND pretty girl

° I like to think that Angel, as a devil, doesn't care too much about gender or presenting as one particular gender so using either or works for him, so please don't hesitate to call him a good girl as you fuck him against the wall

° In between Angel's moans you can hear him cursing in a foreign language, probably latin

° I know I said Angel is pretty vanilla but just because of his nature as a demon I could imagine he's seen and/or is into some pretty freaky stuff that he'll want to divulge in with you in from time to time, but he doesn't want it to become a staple, Angel believes that sex should be quick and easy why complicate it with all the extra kinky stuff?

° Speaking of quick and easy I believe with my whole chest that Aki is into quickies

° Honestly just the thought of you pulling him into some unused office at work bending him over the table and taking him right there and then turns him on enough, imagine if you actually did it? He'd be over the moon

° Aki won't tell you this but he does get off on almost getting caught or being right out of sight or ear shot of someone seeing or hearing you both

° Aki's moans are pretty damn loud and noticeable he tries to hold them back but he's terrible at it, if you two did decide to do it in public somewhere it would be very ovbious what you were doing even if it was behind closed doors

° Two words (well maybe three): Househusband Aki. Need I say more

° Aki really enjoys foreplay, he likes having and knowing that all your attention is on him even if that sounds a little selfish to him

° Having your hands all over his body as you prep him, fingering him, playing with his nipples, kissing him, it doesn't matter

° Pretty much any sort of touch between the two of you is nice for Aki it's reassuring and comforting to him, he's a bit of a softie in the bedroom because of this, he doesn't like to be all rough and forced like Angel

° Aftercare with Aki is spectacular, you already know he's super sweet about it

° He gets both of you all cleaned up afterwards, taking a shower telling you how good you made him feel, rubbing, massaging, cuddling, you name it your doing it!

° Aki for sure enjoys cuddling the most though, being able to run his hands on your body

° Aki also most definitely expects you to do the same, he wants your hands on him as much as possible, running them up and down his sides, putting your fingers in his hair, etc.

° And this doesn't just apply to aftercare but during sex too, wrapping one of your arms around his waist while you thrust into him, letting Aki hold onto your biceps or even putting his arms around your neck, it doesn't matter as long as Aki gets to touch you

° Both of them aren't very good with dirty talk, Aki isn't good at hearing dirty talk and Angel isn't good at speaking dirty

° When Angel tries to dirty talk it usually comes in the form of him trying to decribe all the dirty stuff he wants you to do to him, but it normally comes out like a confused mess, he'll hesitate once with what to say next and then it goes off the rails from there

° Ironically in the spur of the moment when Angel is half out of his mind from overstimulation he might actually say something really sexy that turns you on, he doesn't even know he's doing it, it will just start to happen naturally, guess he needed your help :)

° Aki on the other hand just gets easily flustered so hearing dirty talk will make him turn bright red almoat instantly, it would be a really nice way to tease him

° Aki's way of blushing is also super adorable, it's one of those blushes that reaches all over there face and down their neck, you can even see him get red on other parts of his body like his shoulders, chest, knuckles, all in all Aki just lights up if you can find a way to fluster him (which shouldn't be too hard)

[fairy-writes]

“I WILL DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT YOU.”

Reblogs and Comments are greatly appreciated!!

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Request: @delvalentine

Fandom(s): Chainsaw Man

Pairing(s): Hayakawa Aki x Gender Neutral!Reader

Prompt: “You don’t understand. I will do anything to protect you.” (Dialogue #19)

Notes: This is a pretty heavy AU where stuff in the manga doesn’t necessarily happen to Aki.

Also, I’m pretty sure the Darkness Devil already exists, but we’re rolling with my version of it.

Also, also, not my best work, but we’re posting it anyway.

This is for my 900 followers event! Check my pinned post for more info if you want to join! It’s going on between May 1st and May 15th!

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Aki was blind.

Not literally.

Well… sort of.

He couldn’t see anything, but any doctor he went to said his eyes should be functioning fine.

And it was all because of the damned devil.

It should have been an easy mission. It was a low-level devil in an abandoned warehouse. He was confident he could be home by dark. 

But everything went wrong the moment he stepped into the warehouse. The second his foot crossed the threshold, his vision went dark.

Was this the darkness devil?

Hadn’t the initial report said it was the canine devil? 

At that moment, something sharp dug into his left thigh, and he was dragged to the ground. So there was a canine devil.

The air was rancid with the scent of a wet dog and so thick on his tongue with blood that he could have cut it with his sword. The teeth ripped and tore at the meat of his leg and started dragging him in some unknown direction. He fumbled for the gun in his belt and pointed it forward.

The bang was deafening, and his ears rang for minutes after that. But there was a whining noise on the edge of his hearing that proved he had hit his mark. He wasn’t one to usually use a gun, but you had pushed him to bring it anyway.

Guess your intuition saved his life.

Speaking of you.

He heard your cry of anger, and then the scream of the darkness devil as you most likely shoved your katana into its body. The darkness devil was killed by you and the other devil hunters present with him. The wail of an ambulance was the first thing he heard when his hearing fully returned.

But his sight still hadn’t returned.

Odd.

The doctors put him under for emergency surgery the moment he got to the hospital. When he awoke, his vision was still gone, but he felt something soft and warm in his hand.

He recognized this hold. He recognized the lavender shampoo.

It was you.

He said your name, first it was quiet. But when you didn’t respond, he said it louder and pressed lightly where he thought your head was. Your hair ruffled softly beneath his fingers, and you jumped. There was a yawn and then a noise of surprise.

“Aki!” You whispered, and he felt your soft hands cradling his cheeks. Your hands were calloused from all the hard training and work you put yourself through. 

But it was as soft as feathers to him.

“Are you okay?” He asked and heard your quiet laughter. It was as clear as bells and music to his ears. He loved your laugh.

“Worry about yourself for once, love. You got pretty banged up.” You said tenderly, and he shook his head, fumbling for the remote to raise his bed so he was sitting.

“I’m fine. I just—” You cut him off.

“You aren’t fine! Twenty-seven stitches! They aren’t sure if you’ll walk without a limp or cane!” You exclaimed suddenly, and Aki quieted.

You were upset, and that fact alone made his heart twist in his chest.

He just wished he could see your face.

“But are you okay?” He tried once again. He had to make sure you weren’t hurt. Had to make sure he at least tried to protect you.

“‘m fine. Just a sprained arm and a couple of superficial scratches.” You said, and Aki tilted his head as if looking at his lap.

Except he still couldn’t see anything.

Aki had failed. 

When you first started dating, he promised your family that he would protect you. He told you as much and felt your hand slip into his.

“Aki, I’m fine. I promise. It’s nothing a few days of rest won't fix.” You reply, and he bites the inside of his cheek.

“But you don’t understand. I will do anything to protect you. I’m supposed to protect you!” He says.

Why aren’t you berating him? He had failed in his goal. He had—

Your lips on his cheek stall his brain, and his thoughts quiet.

“Aki, I love you, but sometimes you are really dense.” You tease, and he blinks. 

What?

“A relationship takes two people putting their all into it. So you protect me, and I protect you. It’s a mutual decision because I love you, and I sure hope you love me.” You say and admittedly, he panicked.

“Of course I love you!” He exclaimed, and you laughed.

“I know, love. I know.” You say and press your lips to his. He accepts the affection greedily. He wasn’t worthy of your love, but he couldn’t help but soak it up whenever you showered him with it. 

“We’ll find a way to get your eyesight back. I swear it.” You whisper against him and he smiles. 

You loved him, and that’s all he could ask for.

[eyedelater]

demon slayer notes

i started watching demon slayer, without having read the manga, at the urging of a family friend who is new to anime and insists it's extremely good. here are my thoughts on the anime and then the entire manga through to its end.

in this post, i appended followup notes to some points upon revisiting them because i had to make sure to go back and tell my past self what happened.

i watched episodes 1 through 20 without writing anything because i wasn't planning to. i watched many of those episodes on my phone, which is unusual for me, but i was traveling at the time. so i probably missed some finer visual details.

my impression of the show before i started, from having skimmed the start of its wikipedia page some months ago, was that it seemed to be relatively high quality but very formulaic Standard Shounen Fare, and it did not catch my interest. after watching 20 episodes, that opinion hasn't really changed. so many of the elements of the show are typical and just barely riff on extremely basic tropes. i'm sure there are many people who argue that demon slayer in fact drastically and ingeniously transforms those generic shounen tropes, but i'm not so sure about that. [followup note: the story does improve in terms of nuance later on, but i'm not retracting this paragraph.]

they did kind of an amazing job on the anime in terms of animation and effects. i should really rewatch those first 20 episodes on my computer screen so i can better appreciate it.

tanjirou is a very, very good boy. almost too good. where are his flaws? his internal monologues are always so apt. almost too apt. his backstory is of course compelling, but he hasn't won me over quite yet… i do like his headbutts, though… [followup note: i guess his flaw is his penchant for excessive self-sacrifice? which is one of those job interview "flaws" that is more likely to be a virtue.]

i'm looking forward to nezuko having more and more agency as the story progresses.

i'm looking forward to zenitsu learning to shut the fuck up more and more as the story progresses. i do have to give his voice actor a lot of credit for going completely all-out every time and never holding back.

i immediately love inosuke because he's a dumb bastard.

will tomioka giyuu fill the hayakawa aki-shaped hole in my heart by not being doomed? [followup note: not really. good for him not being doomed though!]

the art style is so samefacey… golden kamuy spoiled me…

the demon slayer corps seems to think it's hot shit and have many, many levels of hierarchy, but they're disorganized enough to regularly and greatly underestimate the threat of demons such that they keep sending their own fighters to their deaths. they need to work on their intelligence gathering, if nothing else.

all the hashira seem to care an awful lot about the life of the hypothetical person hypothetically killed by nezuko, but their organization is sloppy and heartless in its deploying of weak demon slayers. is this clumsy writing with plot holes, or is it a hint for the astute as to the organization's dirtiness and disorder? [followup note: i want to say it was the former or i guess neither. the master turns out to be really humble and kind to his hashiras. did he not grasp how bad a job they were doing wrt casualties?]

i like how sanemi's eyes continue to look insane even when he's calmly using polite speech

"My arms and legs are really short right now." ~zenitsu while his arms and legs are really short

i do hope boys watch this and come away with the idea that tanjirou's habit of intense and unconditional kindness is cool.

i did like when the girls told zenitsu to his face to be respectful to girls and he was humbled. [followup note: i discovered this was added into the anime and not present in the manga. good addition]

the last few seconds of the OP for the mugen train arc make it seem like rengoku is gonna die. (explicitly prepares my heart for that)

by the way, after the first season ended and we're on to the next arc, inosuke is still the best. i don't do it myself, but i enjoy watching others live life with true wild abandon. i really enjoy his kind of annoyingness more than zenitsu's.

rengoku is committed to never breaking eye contact with the camera

in ep2 of the train arc, tanjirou said "and where are you looking?!" (in japanese) to rengoku, but they translated it as "and when did you get so big?!" because i guess they felt like it would be a better visual joke because they animated rengoku really big? but they should've kept the "where are you looking?" because it's funny that tanjirou addressed what i was already thinking and had in fact written in the previous point. they did it twice in one episode too. is this going to be something we learn about rengoku? that he doesn't look at people? i thought we saw him look at people… [followup note: it's not. also the same joke was in the manga so they especially should have translated it right.]

rengoku said that black sword bearers never know which thing to master. obvious flag for "tanjiro's going to master them all of them and be the biggest baddest hashira in shounen history." too obvious (if i'm right) [i was wrong]

who's gonna tell gotouge-sensei that headbutts don't make your head bleed

prediction: kibutsuji targeted tanjirou's family because of their ancestry and some great prophecy about how that bloodline is fated to someday defeat him. he killed everyone who was home but thought that had to be all the kids because there were so many. he turned nezuko into a demon just to see what would happen and/or because he did actually remember the right number of kids and he wanted her to kill tanjirou. it may also turn out that kibutsuji was responsible for tanjirou's dad's death and/or the scars on both their heads. [followup note: i was wrong about a lot of this, but he did target them for their bloodline]

tanjirou gathered the courage to slit his own throat waaay too easily and quickly.

the netflix translator for the subs for the first few episodes (at least) of the train arc is taking far too many liberties for my liking. i wonder if the subs are different on crunchyroll, which i don't have. i should note that the first 20ish episodes i watched, i watched on a non-netflix non-crunchyroll site and i guess they were fan subs. but i didn't notice anything wrong with those subs.

"I fused my being with this entire train!" ok i've been giving this anime some shit for being predictable, but credit where credit is due, i did not expect that. that's really funny. i hate Lower One's voice btw.

i can tell that some, if not all, of the move names characters shout out are puns like the move names in one piece, but because there are no translation notes, i can't understand them :( [followup note: there aren't any in the official translation either :( and i looked up an unofficial translation and it didn't have any either :( i guess when i'm done with the manga i'll look at a wiki for the move name meanings… of course i dare not look at a wiki when spoilers are still a concern…] [followup followup: didn't care enough before posting this to look at the move name meanings]

anyone who has read my blog, you know what i'm gonna say about nipples, right? it's obvious, right? about inosuke's and others' empty chests. it's obvious. people will be like "you want explicit nipples depicted on the chests of TEEN BOYS?" no i want minimal abstract representations of nipples because everyone has them and it's normal and it's weirder to see a blank aladdin chest. this is about NIPPLE POSITIVITY. i will die on this hill time after time

if two guys are fighting a train together and they synchronize their breathing, is it gay

i liked when inosuke gently set injured tanjirou back down. character development

ok i REALLY dislike the netflix subs for these episodes. don't ADD shit. it's simple. just don't. you have to respect the author. you have to respect the author.

i prepared myself for rengoku's death. thanks for the hint, train arc OP. i see now that he was introduced to serve the purpose of character development for tanjirou.

the appeal of a stone-faced character like tomioka giyuu is twofold: a) they look cool all the time, and b) you develop a desire to see them emote.

tanjirou's gonna get yelled at for losing his sword again…

i like how akaza made it a point to beat up tanjirou's sword. to give us viewers closure as to whether tanjirou was gonna get that sword back.

i feel like i've seen an oversized amount of fanart involving rengoku, given the length of his lifespan in the show. (nothing i looked up, but just by osmosis.) is this like a portgas d. ace situation? i hate shipping ace with anyone because he's dead. or could it be that the character i've seen around was actually senjurou? doubtful

zenitsu's VA is doing a good job, like i said, but i bet zenitsu is a lot more lovable in the manga where you don't actually have to listen to him losing his shit…

i'll officially be mad if anything happens to inosuke.

uzui's three weed-smoking girlfriends…

so the boys are not even just infiltrating the houses of pleasure but they're aiming for the rank of oiran

tanjirou's bad lying face can't compete with luffy's bad lying face… sorry… [followup note: it was better in the manga]

inosuke who can get ahold of himself well enough to actually stfu and act like a girl… excellent

yeah fuck the translator for these netflix subs in the entertainment district arc too. you can't just write whatever you think would sound cool for their lines.

i have to find out the japanese for inosuke's catchphrase "comin' through" (according to this translation). wait i should just turn japanese captions on. ……there are no japanese captions… gimme a break…

they're literally in japan, literally wearing traditional japanese clothing, and they translate "obi" into "belt" instead of leaving it as is. am i overestimating how many people would know what an obi is........?

i do think it's a smart and interesting decision to explicitly section the anime into arcs instead of seasons, or rather, you could say, putting season breaks only at arc breaks. very smart.

uzui's own wife calls him tengen-sama? red flag

you know, i did have one major misconception about this story. i thought that the fact that yaiba is in the name would mean that tanjirou would inherit some particular sacred demon-obliterating blade and it would play a major part in the story (a predictable trope). but tanjirou in fact keeps destroying his swords. maybe that will actually happen later. [followup note: it didn't really. i mean tanjirou gets his one good sword later, but it's not like the sword is what wins the fight for him or anything.]

looked at tanjirou and thought "deku" tally: ||||||||||||||||||||||||

this story sure does have a lot of the protagonist's internal monologue. that's somewhat unusual for shounen, i feel like. is tanjirou just conjuring up text boxes all the time in the manga? i guess i'll have to read it after this… for completionism. [followup note: it seems the manga has an unnamed narrator who sometimes chimes in and they excluded that from the anime completely, instead relying on a combination of show-don't-tell and tanjirou narrating instead. not a bad choice.]

nezuko bit through her gag, which was really good, but she didn't immediately start talking, which is what should have happened. to remind us that she can. other demons can talk. [followup note: i see now that she is apparently left in a childlike state and has to relearn talking. ok]

(watches nezuko shrink back from grownup mode) self-infantilizing imouto…

ok, i figured out that the subs are just the lines from the dubs. that means my ire lies with whoever translated the lines for the netflix dubs. that's right, i'm not just gonna excuse it because i was mistaken about the source.

tanjirou looking at ezui and seeing rengoku's head appear next to him is 100% a death flag. his three weed-smoking wives are gonna mourn him at the end of this arc. it's gonna be the start of a pattern of tanjirou getting scarred by the loss of hashira after hashira right in front of him. [followup: glad for tanjirou that this didn't happen.]

by the way, i bet someone out there has something smart to say about uzui's three wives and what they mean for feminism. i don't care to think about it very hard though. but i know someone does.

zenitsu is conveniently asleep for a very long time in this very long battle

the budget for this anime must have been SO high. or the animators were seriously overworked. because there is so much love and so much hard work put into what seems like EVERY single shot. it's incredible. like some of these shots there's no logical need to go so hard but it's just sooo consistent that every shot has to have a life-changing amount of work put into it. i can't get over it.

(after entertainment arc ep9) i said i would be pissed if anything happened to inosuke, and i meant it. we'll see what happens from here. if inosuke dies, i'm not reading the manga. because i'm stubborn.

gyuutaro called tanjirou a bonkler…

this battle was already frustratingly long and now the defeated gyuutaro's dead defeated corpse had to release one last extremely destructive attack? according to what logic?

i like when nezuko has tanjirou on her back for once. reverse sibling onbu

this smells a lot more like hunter x hunter than hero academia or one piece. in terms of the character designs, to some degree, and everyone's penchant for talking a lot, and vibes. and i'm saying "smells" in my own way and not in a tanjirou way, okay?

they have IVs in the taisho era? with saline? i don't know anything about history.

does everyone in the sword village need the hyottoko mask? at all times?

i can tell by the OP of the sword village arc that demons will attack the sword village.

i really like the artistic choice of letting characters emote through their masks if necessary.

this son of a bitch has poison too? isn't this getting old?

i liked the little episode preview where kanroji is asked how she sheaths her sword and the answer is she simply just does. very good

of course even haganezuka turns out to be a hottie (rolls eyes emoji)

i don't want to call out gyokko here, but he could just put muichirou in the water vase again.

kibutsuji looks a lot less laughable without his stupid fucking hat.

so demons started existing because kibutsuji took weird medicine from his doctor?? [followup note: I Guess So.]

i guess i have to give gotouge-sensei credit for really sticking with the gimmick of the whole sword village wearing those masks.

i like genya.

tokitou's soft spot for tanjirou is really cute

i caught up with the anime without writing very much. i'm still blown away by the production value. speaking of blown away, i'm curious as to what happened to 2 of kagaya's 5 apparent daughters. [followup note: they really died.]

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inosuke lived, so i started reading the manga. i'm struck by the different feeling that tanjirou gives off. manga tanjirou seems a little more serious and less perky. maybe it has to do with the line delivery in the anime shaping my view of him (though the voice actor has done a great job). i did, at the beginning of the anime, get the strong early impression that tanjirou's voice was very "grown man trying hard to do a teen boy voice," and i cringed just a bit. but that feeling faded as the anime went on. i also assume the art style changes a lot as the manga progresses, such that the style resembles the anime's style more in later chapters. the anime seems to have done an amazing job of faithfully and precisely adapting the manga, at least for early chapters. i'm really jealous of the demon slayer anime on behalf of all the great mangas that got weird or lousy anime adaptations.

the babyface style of the early manga is also very strong. even giyuu looks like a little kid.

and genya's face in his first appearance is really funny. he got a glowup for the anime. whereas zenitsu looks 100% the same. i'm looking forward to inosuke's manga face.

i read a lot more of the manga without saying anything. i've gone on and on about the high quality of the anime, but i kind of feel like the manga is better. that is to say, the art feels very authentic and pure and full of love and care. manga tanjirou is just as much of a Very Good Boy as anime tanjirou, but without a certain feeling of Trying Very Hard. is it the voice?

the manga has a kind of Classic feel to it. not like it resembles any particular manga from the past, but more like, gotouge-sensei was aiming high and trying to make something evergreen. trying to forge a new classic.

and reading the manga was shocking because it's like, the anime is truly the most faithful adaptation i've ever seen. every scene feels like it's shot-for-shot-for-shot precisely what was in the manga, with every line carried over. practically nothing was left out. the spacing and timing of content was perfect; nothing was excessively crammed or stretched out. only a few things were added, like the scene with the bento sellers before the train arc (unless that came from some bonus chapter i never saw). but the additions feel normal and necessary. truly a staggeringly faithful and loving adaptation. why did they give demon slayer this exceptional treatment…? because reading the manga, it's like, this is good… but is it life-changingly good enough for them to have gone THIS all-out with the anime? i haven't decided yet. [followup note: i still haven't decided?? i might make future posts about this.]

right, demon slayer is solidly good, i would say, but on the whole, it's not quite For Me. that's because if i evaluate it by my old standby metric, the COCK test, it is decidedly NOT Completely unhinged, and there is a decided lack of Creatures. to be perfectly fair, i'm sure it Offends the church, and it does Kick ass. and really, if someone is just a bit less weirdly picky than me, this manga could change their life. but it's just not batshit insane enough to push all my buttons. i feel some hunter x hunter influence, but obviously hunter x hunter knew how to be insane enough. not that hunter x hunter does it all for me either.

it does get credit for having somewhat deeper and rounder characters than jujutsu kaisen. like at least they have an extremely strong reason to be doing what they're doing.

the manga is self-serious in a genuine way, and the anime feels self-serious in a very slightly phony way. though i don't mean they're overly self-serious. there is welcome comic relief in both. it's better in the manga but still well-translated into the anime (literal translations of the subtitles aside). and the comic relief is actually funny a lot of the time, which is more than i can say about jujutsu kaisen. this has been my obligatory shitting on jujutsu kaisen for the first time in a while. if you missed it, the story is that i gave jujutsu kaisen all the chances in the world for me to love it, but it disappointed me (and killed my favorite character for no reason).

i've been worried this whole time, not having a good sense of exactly how much chapters have been squashed or stretched, about how many chapters would remain after i caught up with the story as far as the anime went. but now i'm just about at the end of the hashira training arc (mansion just blew up) and there are still about 60 chapters left. that's sooo many. i was worried there wouldn't be much story left, but there is! that's good, because there's a lot left to explain.

i have noticed exactly what has been added to the anime adaptation. pretty much everything added was smart and suitable. although the extremely long approach of kibutsuji to kagaya's bedside was i think not so necessary. but yeah, fleshing out the training in the hashira arc a bit, going into slightly more detail on people's backstories, adding a few more character building moments, none of it feels irritating in any way. but if it turns out they added any zenitsu whining moments, that's unforgivable. there are already enough of those.

i bet huge inosuke fans were a little irritated at the casting of his voice. a true ruffian's voice that clashes to the extreme with his pretty face. i think it's pretty apt though. maybe a little too large-adult-sounding. but teenage boys are like that.

i've been reading an unofficial manga translation, not sure who it's by, and it's interesting to note which phrases were left untranslated in this compared to in the official translation. in this unofficial TL, why is oyakata-sama left as such instead of translating it to "master" when it's just a title that plainly means "master?" and in the netflix subs/dubs, why are hashira and hinokami kagura left untranslated? and yet both translated "obi" as either "belt" or "sash" when i think it could have safely been left as is. and why was "nichirin sword" left untranslated in both when you could just call it a sun blade or sun sword? is it because nichirin sounds too cool and japanese?

oh yeah, i kept thinking but kept forgetting to write: it's well known that demons are always eating humans, but we don't see them in the actual act of eating people very often at all. it seems they often like to just kill people, like weasels kill hens. for fun. but we have seem douma in the act of eating people note once but twice.

the unifying backstory of Everyone's family being killed by demons is getting a little old…

ok i remembered one bad thing the anime did. giving us that whole ridiculous nezuko montage when she was exposed to the sun and we thought she was gonna get obliterated. that was reeeally pushing it. trying that hard to fool us is just embarrassing for you.

so ubuyashiki kagaya became a father at the age of 15. no, younger, because kiriya has two (twin?) elder sisters. at least 14.

the two ubuyashiki girls did die… that's not cool… don't use them just to confuse kibutsuji…

zenitsu leveled up? zenitsu can work while awake now? maybe he'll also shut the fuck up?

…

i ended up staying up very, very late and read many dozens of chapters in one night and finished demon slayer. not the best circumstances for properly absorbing the story, but i did it anyway.

i was not prepared for genya to die and i think that should not have happened. we needed to see more of him and his future. i'll say it: it should have been sanemi instead. justice for genya.

i don't think that many hashiras needed to die… especially tokitou-kun didn't need to die so horribly... and i certainly didn't expect sanemi to be one of only 2 hashira survivors.

i guess we're just lucky that inosuke and zenitsu got away with all their limbs intact. limbs were dropping like flies for a while there.

i was satisfied with the reveal of the backstory about the tsugikuni brothers and how yoriichi entrusted his earrings and stuff to tanjirou's ancestral family.

i thought the final reveal that yoriichi's 13th move was all the other moves strung together didn't have an amazing payout in the end… did it? did i miss something big?

there was the Explicit mention, in dialogue, that kanroji and iguro and others may reincarnate happily. i wish gotouge-sensei would have allowed that to happen in the audience's imagination instead of having a timeskip chapter that shows everyone's descendants and reincarnations. it wasn't unbearable, but i didn't like it. also inosuke's descendant didn't go hog wild at all.

after reading the whole manga and no longer fearing spoilers, i finally looked up inosuke's catchphrase. i was very pleased to find out that it is chototsumoushin 猪突猛進, which is an existing four-character compound that includes the kanji for boar and means rushing recklessly (as a boar does). i knew there would be some degree of untranslatable nuance in there! the nuance is that that phrase definitely describes an undesirable act, but inosuke yells it with glee while rushing in recklessly, and that is perfect. it's like yelling "BULL IN A CHINA SHOP!" in the anime, one subtitle translation was "COMIN' THROUGH!" which is a little lifeless and completely missing any boar energy. my favorite translation is "BOAR RUSH!" because it carries the boar energy and makes it seem like he's shouting a move name when he's really just barreling around the hallway. i don't remember if i saw that one in the netflix translation or if it was a fansub. one more version i saw, in an unofficial manga translation, was "pig assault." that one's not a winner. it isn't even the kanji for pig; it's the kanji for boar. also if i had been watching the anime with earbuds it's entirely possible i would have been able to discern what inosuke was saying from the beginning, because i went back and he says it quite clearly, but that doesn't matter now.

i feel a little weird about making a whole long post about something i don't have crazy strong feelings about, but i wrote all this out, so... read my important opinions... sorry for saying "i guess" so much and using so many ellipses...

overall, i wish the ending was less bittersweet (i hate character death, as always) and dislike the timeskip chapter, but i still rate demon slayer (the story itself) as GOOD. that means it is worth watching and reading. there are several slots above GOOD on my personal rating scale, but GOOD isn't bad. it's GOOD. and that's what demon slayer is. someday i will probably rewatch and/or reread, and i'll keep up with the next anime season.

[duhragonball]

Chainsaw Man ch. 48-52

Gosh, I wish that was me.

Last time, Chainsaw Man got suckered in by a cute girl named Reze, who turned out to be some sort of assassin with explosion powers. Now they're fighting it out, but Denji's usual strategy of "hit them with chainsaws" is kind of ineffective against someone who can repeatedly self-destruct and regenerate.

Parts of Reze's transformed body look like a mass of cables, maybe primacord. One of her fingers gets cut off and it's still stuck on Denji's chainsaw after their next exchange, and she uses it like a bomb. I'm not clear on how her powers work exactly, but she seems to be able to remove any part of her body and use it like a bomb, or just blow it up while it's still attached. Also, she seemed to have a duplicate body she used as a decoy, so good luck explaining that one.

The point here is that the explosions are just the beginning. Reze knows how to use her abilities in a very tactical way. One might assume that she tried to seduce Denji because she was too weak to challenge him directly, but we see here that this was never the case. She just wanted to try a subtle approach, but that was never the only option.

But fighting Denji in the open means you also have to deal with his comrades in Public Safety. Aki lops off one of her hands just when it seems like she's beaten Denji, and then she has to fight him for a while. Recall that Aki has a new power courtesy of Future Devil, which gives him a slight insight into the future. This allows him to anticipate his opponent's actions, although he doesn't mean he'll necessarily be quick enough to do anything about it. Still, it's enough to keep him alive while he duels with Reze, at least until...

Violence Fiend shows up to pull him out of harm's way. Violence Fiend tried to fight Reze earlier, but he got overwhelmed and ran away. I'm seeing this a lot with the Public Safety guys. They'll sometimes just turn tail and run, then come back when you least expect it and actually do something useful. Is that cowardly? I guess it depends on how you look at it, but if Violence had stood his ground earlier, he proabably would have gotten killed, and Aki would have died later on with no one to rescue him. These guys pick their spots. They're hunters, not warriors, so it's kind of ridiculous to expect them to stand and fight their prey when they're at a disadvantage.

Anyway, the key thing here is that Aki says this is the first time he ever wanted to be friends with a devil. So at long last, he's beginning to come around to the things Himeno wanted him to understand. Aki's grief, his craving for vengeance, and his absolute disdain for devils was working against his ability to fight and survive in this line of work. Now, as the story picks up steam and the battles become more desperate, he's learning to be more flexible about his attitudes.

Violence might have been enough to turn the tide here, except Reze has her own backup in the form of Typhoon Devil, who was also after Denji but they seemed to be working independently of each other. They crossed paths back in Chapter 43, and it was all awkward becuase they got in each other's way, and Reze told Typhoon to obey her for a while to make it up to her. So now she's calling him in.

I... feel like I should have more to say about Typhoon Devil being a pile of viscera with baby legs and a baby head with an exposed brain sticking out of its broken cranium, but... I kind of don't care? I don't know if I'm just desensitized at this point, or maybe the design really isn't that big a deal, but I feel like it should be.

Anway, Denji recovers once Beam and Angel feed him more blood. Notably, Angel Devil uses blood from a fatally wounded civilian, and he mercy-kills the lady before taking her corpse to Denji. That's important because Aki asked him to do something similar earlier in this arc, and Angel refused, more out of apathy than defiance.

Angel suggests that Chainsaw needs to step up his game, and asks Beam to tell them everything he knows about Chainsaw, since he seems to know him better than he lets on. Beam mentions that he used to use his chains to get around. I'm not sure what this is referring to, because it's like he's talking about the Chainsaw Devil before Denji got this power, and... well, that's just Pochita, right?

I think the implication here is that Pochita used to be a much more fearsome creature before he met Denji, and Beam might be the only one who remembers this. Anyway, I think it's pretty clear that he was talking about Denji swinging around and using his chains like Spider-Man webbing, but Denji's an idiot so he puts the chain in Beam's mouth and rides him through the air like a horse.

But it does look pretty awesome, so maybe he's got the right idea, I dunno. Denji doesn't tell me how to do my job, so I shouldn't tell him how to do his.

During all of this, Typhoon Devil produces a storm, and Angel Devil is nearly carried away by the high winds. Aki catches him, but can barely hold on, and Angel's like "Just let me go, I sort of want to die anyway, it's cool."

But Aki refuses to give up, so he grabs Angel by the hand, which is a really bad idea, because Angel's touch will automatically drain a human's life span. That brief contact alone took two months off the time Aki has left, but it was the only way to save Angel. Angel asks him why, and Aki tells him that he's seen too many people die already, and if Angel really does have a death wish, then he should make sure to die while Aki's not around to stop it.

Okay! Right there, Aki finally started to turn this around. He's actually having a character moment with Angel, and growing as a person. He's matured, but more importantly, he's rubbed off on Angel a little. Angel's actually cooperating without Aki around to force him to, and Angel actually seems to care about other people around him. That's because of Aki.

And this is a good thing. I'm still not very high on Aki right now, but at least he's finally reached a threshold where he feels like more than just a bystander. His personality is still "I don't want people to die" and "I want revenge on the bad guy", which is pretty flat, but at least he's having an impact on the plot now.

Back to Chainsaw Man, the reason this storm kicked up is because Typhoon's trying to defend himself (and Reze) from Denji. Earlier, Denji managed to cut off one of Reze's legs, and Typhoon spit some of his blood at her to help her recover, but now Typhoon's on his own while he waits for her to heal. The thing is, Typhoon's so big, and Beam is so agile in the air that Denji can hit him with ease.

So Typhoon goes down, and then Reze divekicks Beam to take him out of the fight, so we're back to Reze vs. Denji. Only this time, Denji's figured something out. When she blows up one of his arms...

... he shoots out chains from his stumps, and attacks her that way.

He tangles her up and wraps them both together, then falls off whatever they're standing on and they fall into the ocean. Apparently Reze can't detonate underwater, although I'm not sure how Denji would know that.

And then, Reze wakes up on the beach. Since Beam is there too, I guess he pulled them both up to the surface. Reze is surprised that Denji didn't kill her, but he explains that he would have regretted it, so he spared her.

He thinks there's still something between them, even though she keeps insisting that she was faking it the whole time. But if she was so determined to kill him, why didn't she finish him off at the school when she had the chance?

Denji still can't quite believe there was nothing between them, so she briefly feigns affection again, then breaks his neck to incapacitate him. Denji can recover from this, but he can't move until he does. Anyway, he tells Reze he'll see her at the cafe today at noon.

Except she doesn't show up. I'm not sure why he thought she would. I guess it's just wishful thinking? Someone does arrive, though...

And it's Power, returning to duty after her blood-draining procedure. She's back, and she tracked Denji down by his scent. When she sees the flowers, she tries to take them for herself. It's not clear that she plans to eat the flowers, but that's what Denji does, so I just assumed she had the same idea.

So what did happen to Reze? Well, she tries to flee to... somewhere? Maybe she's headed back to that cafe to try to take one more crack at Denji? All that matters is that a bunch of rats follow her into an alley and they form a big rat pile which becomes...

Makima? So she has rat power? Whatever.

I should explain this thing she says about the country mouse. You know the Aesop's Fable about the town and country mice, and each of them envies the other's lifestyle until they try to live there and find out it's not so great. In this arc, Reze brings it up to Denji, and Angel talks about it in a separate scene. It... kind of went over my head, but the characters seem to agree that being a Town Mouse is like being in the Public Safety scene, and being a Country Mouse is like living a more tranquil, normal life as a civilian. Denji is team Town because he likes the excitement, while Angel is Team Country because he hates working for Public Safety. Reze said she was Team Country, but I think that was just to convince Denji to run away with her so she could murder him.

Anyway, Makima apparently heard their conversation, as indicated by her line that she agrees with Reze about Country Mice. But Makima likes it because she has a friend on a farm, and every fall she goes down to help him exterminate all the mice in the field before winter sets in. This involves digging holes to get them out of their burrows so the dogs can chase them down. Makima finds this "calming".

The point I think she's making is that the country life isn't all that different from the work she does in Public Safety, sending her "dogs" to find and kill "mice" like Reze.

Reze tries to fight Makima, but she didn't count on Angel Devil throwing spears down at her from the roof. I guess Reze might be kept alive after this, but this whole scene reads like an execution. Reze took her shot and missed, and now Makima is eliminating her before she can try again. That's a shame, because I really enjoyed Reze's whole run here, and I'd be down for more of the same.

Anway, Makima originally ordered Angel and Aki to be here together, but Angel came alone, and Makima realizes that Angel didn't want Aki to be involved with killing a girl like this. Makima praises Angel's kindness, and yeah, some genuine character development here thanks to Aki. Nice stuff.

That last shot of the mouse kind of bugs me, because I think the town mouse/country mouse was meant to be deeper than I'm able to understand. The thing is, the fable was never about which side you'd prefer. The point of the story is that you tend to take your own circumstances for granted, and assume that some other guy with a different way of life has it better. And then you step into that way of life and realize it's not all it's cracked up to be. You're going to have problems no matter where you go, because in the end you're still a mouse.

Although, the mice and rats in this story have it pretty good when you think about it. The devils in this story are only after humans and human blood. Sure, Power ate a bear, and she's probably not the only one to go after animals, but who'd waste time picking on mice? How much blood can they have? No, the mice will go on no matter how this plays out. Makima can exterminate them in her friend's farm, but they come back every year, and the mice in Tokyo aren't going away anytime soon. They'll be around long after the devils and hunters are all dead.

[deathdive]

🎙️, 🗞️, 🗣️ for akyno !! + anyone else <33

HI HAOHAO(im calling you that now nothing you can do🫶) thank you for the ask:3 ill do detective au, maybe they just outed as openly gay detectives (fyi this is set in london during the 1970s, being gay wasnt really that..yknow.)

🎙 with akyno/cynaki ! (detective au)

“that’s a hard one not gonna lie..” aki says, crossing his legs. “i wanna say ma chèrie but i can’t sing that..”

cyno sat there, thinking. “ah! perhaps friday im in love.” aki hummed.

“basic much.” cyno snorted, earning a jab in the rib from aki. “i don’t know much songs, but i guess p.s i love you.” he muttered, crossing his arms.

“awwh thats so sweet!”

(js pretend the songs were out by then..)

🗞️ with akyno/cynaki !

“aren’t we already on like, all the headlines?” cyno joked, though he was right—they practically were.

aki sighed, fixing his glasses. “don’t mind cyno, he lost the ability to be serious when he was 6.”

“if we were to go back in time and change the way the press seems to be presenting us, it would be nice if we could be seen as simply a casual couple.” aki stated. “our outing has caused many questions from our clients as they believe we can’t be..” he paused, his gaze turning to cyno before continuing “professional.”

“uhh what he said.” cyno deadpanned, causing another sigh from aki.

🗣️ with akyno/cynaki !

”oh definitely,” cyno began “i remember this client that came to our offi—apartment in the middle of the night. our doorbell was broken at the time so we put up a note that said to knock on the door. it was 1am so of course none of us heard her stupid knocks, eventually she made her way to the window in our living room, saw us cuddling on the couch and decided to knock there.”

“she scared the shits out of me not gonna lie.” aki added, scratching the back of his right ear. “there are still a lot of weird rumors going around, not that i care.” he cleared his throat, pausing, “though a lot of people seem to want us incarcerated—put in prison, i mean.”

“but we’re just too much of an asset to the society, ey?” cyno teased, placing an arm around aki, having a bit of trouble at first as he remembered their height difference.

[possiblylando]

Chainsaw Man 142 'Early' Analysis

This chapter is actually really interesting. There's a lot of minor choices in dialog that have been making me re-evaluate denji's character.

As much as I'm waiting on Mifune's horrible gruesome death. She continues to be an interesting character. She seems to share a similar level of awareness to Yoshida. Which I guess makes sense given how close they are work wise. It's really odd to have a character in CSM who's so vocal about everything. I've become used to getting jack shit outside of anything work related.

I'm going to skip over most of the Mifune pedophilia moments for the time being.

This whole conversation has begun to make me reconsider what I was previously thinking about Denji. What if the true reason he only saves women and animals is because that way he can justify not being able to save everyone. Denji cares, Alot. He couldn't save Aki. Up until the timeskip between Part 1 and 2, Denji was never really put in a situation where he had to save a lot of people. Off the top of my head the only chances he's really had were the Bat Devil, In which he chose to throw the guy and his car at the devil. Then pretty much everything else is just mass carnage or very personal stakes. So idk, Could be true, Could be false. We'll see.

Barem shows up at exactly the right time to stop Denji from vocalizing, something. It could've been an epiphany about his own identity, Or just being nice to Mifune. Hard to tell.

We all know what's about to happen, The choice for this to take place at an amusement park with a lot of panel focus going to the people and children who are around. This is going to be the point of no return for these guys. If they really go through with this, There won't be a way for them to redeem themselves. This is more than likely going to be the point in which Miri breaks off from the church. You can tell exactly how each of them feels about this situation based on their stance. It's really good silent characterization. Whip seems to be the only one who really WANTS to do this. Her stance is wide and confident. Crossed arms to try and seem tougher. Note the fact she's wearing goggles. Miri is stiff and tense, He looks visibly uncomfortable. We know he's only going along with this because of peer pressure. He's staring straight forward, Seemingly trying to ignore everything else in front of himself. It's subtle but its further evidence that he's not going to go along with this. Spear is very relaxed. He's holding something. I'm not 100% sure what it is, But based on his open mouth and the shape of it, It could be a cigarette. We don't get a very good look at his legs but he seems to be standing regularly. His expression is hard to read. It could be discontent and questioning, As he appears to be looking at the children in front of himself. It could also be a look of pure apathy and neutrality. He could either be questioning what they're about to do, Or he could not give less of a shit about it and is just doing it because. I feel like what we're going to be seeing in the next chapter is the slaughter. Whip and Spear will probably that going ham. Miro will either kill a few people or none at all before questioning what's going on and switching sides. Barem is a wild card in this situation, He could either stay by the wayside and just watch, Or he could transform and attack aswell. We'll probably see more of public safety doing their jobs. It'll also mean Mifune will have to fight. Either she'll be super competent, or she'll die. Given the fact she was assigned as Denji's personal guard she has to be rather skilled. I doubt it was solely because she's a stalker sex offender.

[strvwdere]

He's been on my mind and my dash today. Uploaded from the dox archive, briefly edited, and still doesn't have a title! Taking suggestions in the tags <3

Edit: title added!

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"Unannounced"

Aki Hayakawa x gnc!Reader drabble (~1k words)

CW!s: Fluff, brief mention of blood, suggestions of violence and hookup culture, one (1) use of profanity, no pronouns or anatomy descriptions for reader, JP urban life context, Aki is a sweetie pie, **note at the end if u care to read!

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Thinking about the first time you ever put your lips on Aki Hayakawa.

It was far more innocent than others might suspect. With your jobs and daily lives entrenched in spectacular horrors, it was practically expected for those in your position to blow off steam with one another. You'll admit you'd had a brief tryst or two, but now you had a new partner. And Aki didn’t seem like the type.

It's 02:37am and the train car is blissfully empty, not a sloshed up salaryman in sight. Aki had offered you a seat but chose to stand himself, claiming that he'd likely fall asleep if he took a moment to rest his long legs. You could see the truth of it on his face, but also knew he looked most comfortable staying on guard. Frankly, you wouldn't be surprised if the man slept with one eye open, literally.

He's got one hand on the baggage rail above you, the other fiddling with his lighter in the pocket of his suit pants. He catches you staring down at his sneakers, scanning them with casual curiosity, when he prompts,

"What?"

You blink, "They're clean."

“Huh?”

Aki thinks you must be blind, but he’s not rude enough to call you on it. Today’s shift had been your first time patrolling Shibuya together, so it was brutal, naturally. There’s not one article of clothing between the two of you without blood smeared on it somewhere. Standard rite of passage.

“The department chair said you like to stay busy. You a sneakerhead? There’s not a single scuff on those.”

“Not sure what the state of my footwear has to do with anything.”

“Sorry.”

You glance off to the side, not wanting him to presume scrutiny any further.

One thing about Aki- 90% of the time he’s vaguely dismissive and the other 10% he’s shy. 100% of the time you’re dogshit at reading him in the moment.

The ambiance of the train rattling down its track settles over you both. Stops coming and going, announcements crackling through the speakers and flashing on the overhead digital monitors as you pass through. Your lids are about to slip shut when he speaks, almost mumbling to himself.

“I like to take care of things.”

You roll your head along the back of the seat to look placidly in his direction again.

“Come again?”

He clears his throat. 

“I like to take care of my stuff. Is that a bad thing?”

“Not really, just surprising to me.”

“What’s so different about it?”

Your eyes follow the long column of his tie from the barely loosened knot at his throat, down his slim torso, to the pointed end that meets perfectly at the top of his belt buckle. Meticulous, you think. Meeting his eyes again as a wry smile tugs faintly at your lips, you state, 

“You’re a serious guy, Aki Hayakawa.”

“Yeah, guess so.”

He turns away, shielding his face with his arm still resting on the baggage rail, and casting his gaze over his toned shoulder. You’d assume he was dismissing you again, were it not for the visible tip of his ear tinted the lightest shade of pink. Look at that, you muse internally. The other 10%.

-The next stop is Ueno, G16. Please change here for the Hibiya line, the JR lines, and the Keisei line. This train is bound for Asakusa.-

You uncross your legs preparing to stand, semi-accidentally brushing your boot across the width of his shin as you do. He doesn’t flinch, but continues to avoid eye contact.

“Your stop, right?”

“Yep,” you quip, pulling the strings in your limbs against their will. Exhaustion is hitting you more fully now as you gather yourself. You’ll test Aki’s buttons another time, you decide. A time when a hot shower and your mattress aren’t demanding your presence so immediately.

-Arriving at Ueno, G16. The doors will open on the left side.-

“Don’t forget we’re touching base at HQ first tomorrow, and bring your report. They’ll want one from both of us since you’re an internal transfer.”

“Sir, yes sir.” 

You rise carefully to your feet, slinging your bag over your shoulder and steeling yourself for the next leg of your commute.

You’re mid-reach for the strap above when the train activates its breaks, rocking you forward and directly into Aki’s firm chest. An arm comes up to steady you against him while your outstretched hand aims for the baggage rail, landing on top of his own instead.

His voice is as rigid as the rest of him when he asks,

“You good?”

You tilt your head up sheepishly to reply and are struck by the fine architecture of his flexing jawline. Here you are hip to hip, eye to eye, and he’s still avoiding your gaze, burning holes into the wall of the train car behind you.

Whether it’s impetuousness or sleeplessness, something overcomes you. Rising onto the balls of your feet, arm pulling yourself up and in, you plant a soft, fleeting kiss to the underside of Aki’s chin.

-Ueno. This is Ueno station. Please watch your step.-

“Take good care of me, partner.”

-The next stop is Ueno-hirokoji, G15. Please transfer here for the Toei Oedo line.-

His arm leaves your waist and your hand uncovers his as you step away, dashing onto the platform just before the doors begin to close.

As the train pulls away, you’re left with a lingering sense of frustration and the impression of his body heat still ghosting your skin.

What you didn’t catch behind those doors was Aki, collapsed on the seat with his head in his hands, blushing bright red all the way down to his collar. 

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**Note: I really wanted to make a cute reference to the way the phrase “yoroshiku onegaishimasu” is used in Japanese. One of its many meanings is “please treat me favorably” or “please take good care of me” and is often used in introductions and establishing coworker connections. That said, there is no direct translation to English so I’m afraid it came out a little clunky here (in my head, the reader essentially says “Please take care of me, Hayakawa Senpai). Lmk if you guys have any ideas! This was a quick bit I thought up while in the middle of my JP studies in preparation for going abroad. Had a lot of fun toying with our favorite Devil Hunter and looking through Tokyo-metro's website- that level of organization is A1!

[oh-surprise-its-me]

Ron/chris prompt, if you don't mind?

While still flying together, Ice and Slider go missing, hurt probably, but alive somehow.

Mav goes against orders and secrecy and warns Chris, because Chris deserves to know and Mav needs someone who understand. They don't know what happened, nor if their boyfriends are even alive. They cam only wait for them to come home to them

Aki I will quite literally never mind writing about them.

Mav was off on forced leave when he got the call. He was with Carol. He collapses, falls straight to his knees.

Technically he’s not supposed to know that they’re MIA, but somehow the admiral got a soft spot for him and called.

God it’s only been a year since top gun. He can’t lose Tom without not knowing so much about him.

Oh god.

Chris.

Chris who is in small town in Texas waiting for three weeks from now where they get to meet a ship together and have their boyfriends back.

Mav dodges past Carol and throws up. “It’s fine I can’t talk about it. But they’re MIA. I gotta go.” Carol looks worried. She gives him a hug and a kiss on his head. “Go we love you it’ll be fine.”

He’s gotta tell Chris. He can’t not tell him. He’s known them both for so long this might kill him. He gets the next flight to Texas.

Chris is woken up by pounding on his door. He has a split second where he thinks he missed his shift but no it’s a Saturday and also 4am.

He pulls on pants and wanders out to the front door, he opens it.

It’s Mav.

Chris knows what that means.

He starts crying. He starts shaking so hard he has to hold onto the wall. “It’s Ron isn’t it. He’s dead.”

Mav shakes his head, he pulls Chris into a hug. “It’s both of them. They’re MIA. Neither of us are even supposed to know.”

And just like that. Mav breaks. He realizes how bad this could be. He knows the odds. They collapse together on the porch. Holding on and crying.

“Mav you can’t go after them I can’t loose you too.” Their in bed now. Still holding on to each other. Chris had dug out a sweatshirt that’s so clearly Tom’s that it made Mav a little sick. He pulled it on without hesitation.

He sighs. “I can’t promise because the Navy might make me. But you know I’ll try.”

Chris let’s out a shaky breath. He just starts talking. “I’ve known them since I was 23. I don’t know how to live without them Mav.” He sniffs and smiles. “Have you had the experience of Tommy being really drunk and singing?” Mav shakes his head with a small smile “he doesn’t always losen up still. He’s been getting better though.”

Mav didn’t know that Chris had known them for so long. God no wonder Tom kept Ron’s accident a secret. That would’ve actually killed Chris.

~

It’s been three days. Three days of no sleep. Just straight walking.

Ron honestly doesn’t know exactly where they are. He just knows that Tom’s arm is broken and he’s got a hell of an concussion, and that they need to find people soon.

Fortunately they found water yesterday and have been following that. Where there’s water there’s people.

Tom hasn’t let go of his hand since yesterday. At first Ron thought it was so keep track of him. But the longer Ron watches he thinks it’s something more. The way Tom screamed when they had to land with their parachutes and how Ron had to sit for a second after landing.

He guesses it reminds him of a few years ago.

They’ve been hearing planes go over for the last day. People must be looking for them.

He hopes they find them before the cut on his leg makes him bleed out.

He can’t do that to Tommy.

God Chris.

If he thinks about Chris right now he won’t be able to focus.

“You doing okay Tommy?” “I want to go home and curl up with Mav. I wanna watch from the couch with him and see you and Chris be in the kitchen together dancing.”

Ron let’s out a small sob. He laughs. “I know. I do to.”

They keep going.

~

They’re back in California together. Chris refused to let Mav go back by himself, which Mav might never admit but he appreciates it. He hates sleeping by himself now. It’s been almost a year of sleeping with Tom. He’s too used to someone else breathing.

They share a bed. Chris wakes up with nightmares almost as often as Mav.

Mav had no idea Chris had so many nightmares. Thought he’d be free from that since he’s a civilian.

He couldn’t be more wrong.

The amount of times he’s woken up with Tom or Ron’s name in his mouth makes Mav think there’s a bit too much history of their boys coming back home to Chris injured.

They run on the beach together before Mav has to go to work. Chris has basically cleaned their entire house. He said he’s going to start on the flowerbeds next.

When they shower they cry. They both pretend to not hear it but they sob.

~

They stumbled into an air base. Tom can’t believe their luck. He turns to grab onto Ron but sees how pale he is. It’s been almost 9 days. He’s not shocked at how pale he is but it’s concerning. They’re in the med bay when a nurse asks how long Ron’s been bleeding.

Tom has no idea. “He never said he was. I didn’t know.”

She nods and touches his hair. It reminds him so much of his mom that he starts crying. She looks startled but ends up holding his hand until Ron is back. He’s got a blood drip.

“Hey Tommy.”

“Hey Ron. Ready to go home?”

~

Mav gets the call at around 6 am. They’re just about to leave on a run. When he hangs up he grabs onto Chris. “They found them.”

Chris collapses against the counter. He can’t believe it. “Alive?” “Alive.” He slides into the floor.

“They’re coming home today. Should be here by 7pm.”

“Oh god Mav.”

Chris starts crying with a smile this time. He knows it will be bad. Missing for 12 days will make it bad. He can’t wait to see Tom and Ron.

-

Chris can’t stop bouncing lightly in place. He’s technically not supposed to be here for this but Mav got him in.

They’re both walking off the plane.

Oh god.

When they finally reach the entrance to the building they see each other. Ron gasps. “Chris?”

“Hey flyboy.” Ron starts crying. It’s the first time since he found out they’re fine he’s cried. He grabs onto Chris. He doesn’t care who sees.

He can see Mav and Tom holding on just as tight.

They pull away and switch hugging. Ron and Mav hug for much shorter amount of time then Chris and Tommy.

They all hold hands when going into the hospital, they just have to get their blood tested and then they can go home.

4 months off.

Ron doesn’t want to say there’s an upside to this but he thinks there might be one.

-

They all go back to Tom and Mav’s place. “Chris what the fuck did you do to the flower beds?”

They’re huge. Tom doesn’t have any abilities to keep plants alive. Mav is worse then he is.

“Guess I’ll have to come back and take care of them then.”

Tom loops his unbroken arm around Chris and presses a kiss to his head. “Yeah you will.”

Ron smiles. He reaches out and puts a hand on Mav’s shoulder. “Thank you. Thank you for taking care of each other. You’ve got no idea how much it means to me.”

Mav smiles back, “Of course I was gonna tell him. I knew how badly I would want to know. I couldn’t leave him in Texas just waiting.”

“Hey y’all coming?” Ron smiles at Chris. He thinks it might be time to try and get married.

Maybe not legally. But physically. Mentally.

He’s got 4 months he can talk him into that. But now? He passes Mav over to Tom and takes Chris back. “Yeah we’re coming.” He kisses him. Doesn’t even care that they’re on the front porch.

He hears Mav make a shocked sound and knows Tom is kissing him also.

He pulls away. “Come on I wanna hold you.”

Chris smiles up at him. “Come on Tommy, I wanna watch you try and figure out things without your hand.”

They end up in the bedroom. Chris is leaned under Tom’s shoulder. Broken arm in his lap next to Ron’s head. Ron’s got a hand tossed over Tom’s legs holding onto Mav’s shirt. Mav is curled almost exactly like Ron. Chris keeps running his hands through Ron’s hair, Tom’s petting Mav almost the exact same. He can’t believe they’re as fine as they are.

He’s not religious. But he says thank you to the universe anyways.

[hecksupremechips]

For the kiss thing, how about as a promise? You can do any ship you like!

I’m doing some akishinji cuz I’m deprived 👍

Its been months since Shinji woke up from his coma, but Akihiko still feels the grip in his chest tighten with everything he does.

It’s in the way Shinji laughs freely now, not suppressing his giggles with his hand as often. It’s how Shinji dresses now, wearing a simple black turtleneck that fits his body in a way that shows his the weight he’s slowly regaining. The way his eyes sparkle when Fuuka is able to make food that’s actually edible, the way he gives little kisses to Koromaru’s nose when he’s being good, the way he carries Ken to bed when the kid falls asleep on the couch again. Everything he does, his voice, his body, his smell, it’s-

Pain

Horrible, aching pain in Akihiko’s heart knowing that this can’t be real, Shinji can’t possibly be here with him again, laughing and smiling like he used to. Lingering when his fingers brush against Akihiko’s hands, running said long fingers through his hair, bumping their shoulders together as they do the dishes.

Here they are now, doing exactly that. Shinji made the dinner and Akihiko is in the kitchen, their kitchen, taking care of the dishes. Ken excused himself to his room to finish some homework, though Akihiko suspects the boy is really reading the newest issue of the manga he swears up and down he doesn’t like. Koromaru is curled up in his doggy bed taking a nap. And Shinji?

Shinji makes himself comfortable coming up beside Akihiko, grabbing a handful of plates and gently scrubbing away. Akihiko feels slight irritation rise in his voice as he gives Shinji the side-eye.

“You know, I can get those myself. You don’t need to help me.”

The words come out short and tired. Shinji doesn’t get snarky in return, however. He just gives the slightest, tiniest smirk and continues scrubbing.

“I know, but I wanted to help out. You seem…” He trails off a bit, running his plates under the water before he speaks again. “Stressed. More than usual.” Shinji briefly glances over at his best friend, who is busying himself with drying the last of his dishes. Akihiko quickly, perhaps aggressively, towels away at any remaining drops of water and stacks the dishes dishes together with loud clattering noises. He sighs.

“I’m fine.” He says, throwing the towel over his shoulder as he turns his body to look at Shinji, giving his friend a shaky smile. The other man doesn’t look convinced, shifting his weight to lean against the kitchen counter and eyeing Akihiko skeptically. Akihiko, not being one for returning eye contact, feels his palms sweat under the harsh gaze. But he doesn’t back down, leaving Shinji to sigh and prop himself to sit on the countertop.

“Okay Aki, whatever. Guess I was just seein’ things.” Shinji said.

Akihiko thinks that’s the end of it, making his first steps to turn around and leave, when he feels a hand on his shoulder yanking at him.

He finds himself pulled into a position standing between Shinji’s legs spread out on the countertop. Akihiko looks up, searching his friend’s face for answers, but they all die on the top of his tongue when he sees Shinji pointedly looking down at where their hands are now linked together, avoiding Akihiko’s gaze. Is he embarrassed? Not that Akihiko can blame him. The way he finds his hands being cradled by Shinji’s leaves him feeling all sorts of hot, face burning and palms sweating. The tightness in his chest only increases as he moves in slightly closer.

Shinji speaks again, barely audible.

“You know I…” He clears his throat, unsure. Akihiko squeezes his hands, fingers shaking at how warm they feel now. Shinji takes a deep breath.

“You can tell me anything, Aki. I know I’ve fucked up a lot, but…” He glances nervously at Akihiko, their eyes meeting briefly before Shinji averts his gaze again. “I’m not leavin’ this time. I’m…I’m always gonna be with you. I promise.” He offers an awkward smile, trying to look comforting.

Akihiko lets out a small breath he didn’t even know he was holding, and something in him breaks. Before he can even stop himself he’s crying, his body shaking in small sobs as hot tears roll down his face. He feels two arms wrap around his shoulders and he’s pulled into a tight embrace. Akihiko holds his arms strongly around Shinji’s waist and buries his face into his friend’s chest. It’s absolutely going to stain that sweater with tears and snot. A shame, really. Akihiko quite likes that stupid turtleneck sweater, the way it clings to Shinji’s body and makes Akihiko feel dizzy.

The two of them remain in an embrace for a while, small sobs slowly turning into sniffles. Shinji lifts Akihiko by the chin to get a better view of his face.

“You’re such a crybaby Aki,” Shinji chuckles, not sounding too convincing as a stray tear falls down his own cheek. “Gonna wake up Koro-chan at this rate”

Akihiko chokes out a giggle and lightly pushes the other man on the shoulder. “Shut up, asshole. Let me care about you.”

The two of them laugh softly, basking in each other’s warmth for just a bit longer, before Shinji’s fingers end up tangled in Akihiko’s hair. Akihiko runs his hands hesitantly up Shinji’s torso and rests them on his chest, not really caring about how bold it seems. They look at each other, both a mess, and slowly lean in until their lips meet. Akihiko gasps in surprise because holy shit, this is actually happening, and leans in about as close as he possibly can. The kiss deepens, painfully awkward due to both of them being completely inexperienced and over eager, but it doesn’t matter because they both want this so badly it’s painful. Gentle squeezes and touches become rougher and tighter, and before they know it they’re making out in their kitchen on a Tuesday night and Akihiko couldn’t be happier.

[pocket-of-summer]

Chapter 4 - Author’s Notes

Hey! Thank you everyone for your patience. I’ve probably said this, I’m aware my update speed isn’t the fastest and even then each update isn’t that long (writing is hard)...of course this is just a personal project for myself first and foremost, but even I wish I could chip away at it a bit faster lol. Either way I don’t want to overpromise anything with this dumb little story so just come along for the ride, feel free to drop off and get on wherever 😂 Thank you for checking it out!

This chapter’s notes covers a bit on Akihiro and Zemimon, but also some stuff we saw in the chapter.

▶Go to: - Continue to Chapter 5

Akihiro

Akihiro’s given name (秋広 Akihiro) literally means autumn ‘秋’ wide/vast ‘広’. Ok so with the reveal of the gods(?) in this chapter actually their names kinda have some meaning! A bit! I’ll write more about it below.

His family name (小川 Ogawa) literally means small ‘小’ river ‘川’. That completes the family names being based on water 😂 I think they were supposed to be more important in the story, but now it’s just more of a...theme thing?

I remember in one of my old posts someone commented something like he gives off Iori (Digimon 02) vibes...yes!!! I guess I made him kind of the ‘good boy intellectual’ of the group haha, with some traits similar to Koushiro (Digimon Adventure) and Iori.

Zemimon

So, Zemimon’s initial design was actually meant to be like an insect-dino cross:

It’s a pretty cool idea right!? But I couldn’t really get any ideas for his evolutions, and also him being a dino kind of overlaps with Pangorumon’s dino-based evolution line. I do honestly like the idea though and might like to use it for something else in the future...

Zemimon’s next design is more bug-like, but leaning more mechanical? I wouldn’t mind it but I guess it’s hard to make bug designs look balanced as a cyborg (I feel like they can go either organic or mechanical-looking, but I struggle to design something that looks clearly in-between). And since there is that subtle theme of ancient gods(?) in the story, I kinda wanted to go for something more organic-leaning. Which brings us to the current Zemimon design!

Other notes

As mentioned earlier, the kids’ given names have kinda a bit of relation to the gods:

“Haru-no-Kami, the god of spring, he watches the heavens and the stars.” Haruka’s name (春日) means ‘spring sun’.

“Natsu-no-Kami, the god of summer, she watches the earth and the seas.” Natsumi’s name (夏海) means ‘summer sea’.

“Aki-no-Kami, the god of autumn, he watches the great expanse and all who exist within.” Akihiro’s name (秋広) means ‘autumn expanse’.

“Fuyu-no-Kami, the god of winter, she watches the flow of time and every moment in eternity.” Chifuyu’s name (千冬) means ‘thousand winters’.

Hahaha so the names have (a bit) of meanings...what does it mean?? Let’s hope I manage to survive and continue the story to the point where it’s explained a bit better 🤣

Also we saw Murexmon this chapter! I was already set on her general body shape but so indecisive regarding her helmet lol.

Also yes she can come out of her helmet! She doesn’t usually do it because she’s totally defenseless in this form. Imagine a soft slug, but without the slime...the texture would feel like a plush toy but alive, kind of. Does she have legs? It’s a mystery O:

Lastly, the enemy Digimon of this chapter is the official Digimon WaruSeadramon! Yes if you’ve watched Digimon Adventure there’s the not-so-subtle parallel of WaruSeadramon triggering Dedemon’s evolution like how MegaSeadramon triggered Ikkakumon’s evolution in Adventure lol 😆

That’s all for now! I start a new job tomorrow so I don’t know what that will mean for my already slow update speed 😵‍ I hope it goes smoothly so I can continue their story!

[gwagwagwagoogoo]

Stop okay now I need to know both Asa’s and Denji’s warrior names. I think Denji would be a regular warrior who has seen too much shit, moves to another clan, and is begrudgingly handed Nayuta as an apprentice. And Asa’s that one cat in the background who just fucking hates him.

WRONG. This is my warrior cat au take a fuckingn seat

Devils are spawned from the dark forest and then get reincarnated into actuality or possess people basically

Denji was a kittypet who was mistreated by his two legs and everyone around him there is a reason why he related to Firestar and it’s because he wants freedom in his choices like how Firestar decided to join TC, him being a kittypet is important bc then he lacks agency. He is a PET

Pochita is dark forest concept reincarnated so he’s just fucking weird

I think he got ganged up by a bunch of rogues in the forest and nearly died but pochita sorta ‘possessed him’ and their shit became one so he Uber killed him and that’s when Makima jumped in Deputy of. Idk. Chainsaw clan.

Makima’s warrior cat name is Spiralskies, she’s deputy of Chainsawclan but also one one of those reincarnated dark forrest shits called. You guess it. A DEVIL

So Denji’s taken in as Aki’s (Sleetrain) apprentice along side with Powerpaw! And his name becomes. Idk. Sparkpaw? Sharppaw? Whatever.

Everyone else’s names too

Angel devil is Angelicpaws

Kobeni is Teetertail

Violence devil is Razorslash

Himeno is Blackclaw or Blackeye

Beam is Rivercrunch

Kishibe is Greystorm

Reze is Boomingviolets (everyone mishears her and thinks it’s Bloomingviolet )

Meowy is Power’s pet bird btw. Still named Meowy.

Yosheida - Seaswarm or Octopusclutch

Yuko - Softfur-> Softjustice

(If I forgot any characters just comment underneath and I’ll shit smth out of my ass)

A lot of the devils they face are often rogues or from different enemy clans and are either hellish concepts or take the form of cats

ANYWAYS AFTERALL WHAT HAPPENS IN PART 1, PART 2 STARTS

Its in a different clan we call it. Schoolclan. For now. After Makimastar became leader Denji killed her, got his warrior name for his efforts and transferred to schoolclan but before he goes he is given Nayutakit. Uh. Fucking. Shit. Shit. Shit. She’s…. Her name is Dark-kit. Right.

Edit: forgot to mention Makima star’s goal was to kill Starclan and consume total control over every clan and use Denji to get to that bc Pochita.

He is given her and flees to the new clan. With his new name Spark. Spark something I don’t know his suffix

And that’s where part 2’s main character…. SOGGYFUR THATS RIGHT SOGGYFUR MAKES A RETURN BABY. I also think something with Crow would fit Asa like Crowfur or something basic but I also think people would call her Soggyfur so it’s interchangeable. She is an unotable warrior who was orphaned in her apprentice hood and was recently made a warrior. She hates her clan. And she is just some rando warrior who hates denji too but that’s later on

What happened was that due to one of her clanmates trying to enlist the help of a devil, she is killed. But NOT SIKE. THE WAR DEVIL POSSESSED HER and they merge kinda, whatever, and then WARTIME (Yoru the war devil) kills Asa’s former mentor and AAIIEEEEE GETS STRONG AIEEEE

Anyways Wartime functions like an annoying spirit, and since it’s a FUCKING WARRIOR CATS AU war is huge hit with these clans and Asa’s like…. Bro are you kidding me.

And that’s the au so far. I will design ALL of thejr warrior cat designs just you wait and they WILL have hair

I can’t believe I talk abt csm on here and still end up talking about warrior cats tis the illusion of change

[ramuneempiremtl]

Slave-kun's Happy Life in Another World: Chapter 19

I wonder how long I waited.

"Owl, it's over…"

It was my master who hesitantly opened the bathroom door, after I felt like a long time had passed.

When I walked to my master with my legs that had stopped trembling, my master hugged me tightly.

You don't have to make such a sad face. You look like a dog that has lost its favorite bone.

"…It's my fault. I'm sorry."

"?"

"Because I didn't respond properly when we met at the branch… I guess she thought she could get her way with me if she pushed, so she followed me to the inn… I should have turned her down firmly."

"Master…"

I knew he was weak against pressure.

Indeed, if someone pushed you hard, you would probably say yes, Master. Especially since you seem to have a hard time being assertive with women.

"But thanks to that, she's gone now."

"Yes, that's right. No one will hurt you anymore."

"It's all thanks to you, Master."

"I just called the guards."

In retrospect, it was because the master, who was after the 'powder', bought me that I was able to get rid of that woman. If I had been bought by anyone else, I would have lived my life in fear of that woman's shadow.

I have to praise him for this.

It's hard to do anything when the master is still so down.

"The master who called the guards is amazing."

"……Yeah."

"You're great."

"Yeah."

There you go, even my poor vocabulary cheers me up a bit. Even dogs cheer up when you praise them.

With that out of the way, the master's stomach began to make a pitiful plea.

"Speaking of which, we missed dinner. Let's go."

"Yes."

I was led out of the bathroom by the master's hand and returned to my daily routine.

……

"Tch, it's gotten cold."

"I'll reheat it and eat it."

"Me too."

"Aki prioritized food even in this situation."

"Of course. Is there anything more important than food?"

As if nothing had happened before, a lively and noisy dinner began.

I had soup. Unlike yesterday, it was a white soup like a cream stew. There was also a little bit of meat in it. Chicken, maybe. It was delicious.

During all this commotion, Aki had apparently ignored everything and savored his meal slowly.

Apparently, Aki cooks for this party in exchange for the 'right to eat first'. That's why it's allowed.

Hmm, the bread is also delicious. Did you buy this too? I don't see any equipment in this room that could bake bread.

I want to be able to eat meat soon.

After dinner, I helped clean up the dishes and watched Aki prepare tomorrow's meal.

"Owl, come here for a moment."

I was beckoned by Nove and went to where the masters were chatting.

I wonder what it is. Is it work?

"Can you show me how you do your laundry? Oh, it's not that I have any complaints. I'm just curious about what kind of magic you use."

Try this, and I was handed a piece of cloth.

Nove seems to be good at magic, so maybe I can learn something from him.

I nodded and brought a bucket from the bathroom.

On top of that, I floated a water ball like I did during the day and swirled the cloth around inside, 'purified' it, drained the water, and put the used water in the bucket.

It's perfect, don't you think?

I held up the sparkling cloth in front of everyone.

"Wha…"

"I told you, Owl is good at controlling it, so it's okay."

"It's not about being good or anything."

"Great job, Owl."

Nove had a shocked look on his face with his mouth opening and closing, the master looked proud, Daine had an exasperated look on his face, and the leader was smiling and patting my head.

What is this?

"Listen… First of all, normally you only purify it, and even if you wash it with water, you don't float it and create a current inside! And then you add purification on top of that, and you separate only the water cleanly! You don't do that much!"

Nove is talking really fast. I guess I did something wrong.

I did the same thing every day at the mansion, but no one said anything.

Maybe that mansion was just a different world.

"Besides, you used a spell to get drinking water, right? Normally it's like this."

Nove put down the cup and water trickled out of her fingertips…

The cup filled with water.

"Got it?"

I don't understand anything?

"He doesn't understand anything."

"Ahhhhh! The point is, you don't have to float it every time!"

"Don't shout, Nove. It's fine because he's good at controlling it. When it comes to control, I was said to be a genius, and I'm on par with…"

"Those with poor magic power should shut up."

Is control the problem?

Getting water, keeping it afloat, creating a current in the water, casting 'purification' at the same time, separating only the water from the laundry cleanly…

I counted the steps involved in control and understood.

Yeah, I think it's a bit much.

I didn't know because I was just doing it all by feeling!

[v5hadow]

WIP Wednesday

Royal Strikers: Chapter 1 Scene 2.3

haha.... Not where I wanted to be when I posted this, as the end still has a (need to write this here) thing still and definitely needs a little smoothing, dialogue tagging, action, etc. especially towards the end. but man it's close enough after most of a month for an initial post. I'm already guessing next week is either a filler-ish bit or the next section of Futaba's Lost and Found Services since the ending of the next major scene eludes me and has for a little while. And today one of my tarot deck also was a snarky little thing about this story it seems. Like needed sass, but that isn't the deck to do that normally.

Yuuki looked up and behind him to look at Akira as he said, “And well, Akira’s here and is supposed to be hanging out with his friends all summer. What are his parents going to care if he, and by extension Morgana, is in Tokyo or Kyoto or wherever?”

Akira took a deep breath in. “That’s… true.” 

“Can confirm, they did literally say ‘have fun in Tokyo or whatever.’” Morgana tried teasing between purrs.

“Soooo. What is your mom going to say about a few weeks of skipping rehab?” Ann asked as she toyed with the small knitted doll of a red cat.

“Mom seemed fine if my docs were,” Ryuji answered while waving his hand. “And I already promised my docs I’ll be doing the exercises I can outside of their offices and to not overdo it.”

Makoto added the question of “What about grades or money?”

Ryuji looked at Makoto seemingly confused on the question but responded, “Eh, I can likely still do so? Mom’s normally pretty good about most things involving me and school, and she’s never really questioned too much about money?”

“Just using Aki and-“ Yuuki started before stopping as he got squeezed by Akira with the arm around his waist. He flusterly continued, “Nii…Makoto’s presence in the group should help you.” 

Ryuji leaned back into his chair, about to tilt onto two of its legs. “You all are way too worried for no reason.” 

“And you two don’t have to be so attached right now.” The grumbling from Morgana caused the two to shift, Yuuki slightly away, only to keep a grip on Akira’s hand. Akira near immediately adjusted to use his partner’s shoulder as a pillow and finished with sticking his tongue out at the cat-like monster .

As the boys moved, Futaba gave an especially rough pat as she told him, “You have no room to talk, Morgana.”

Haru hid a little laugh before telling the protesting creature “Mona-chan, you’ve been getting pets from Taba-chan and I since we came up here.”

“He’s just jealous about not getting much attention from Lady Ann in comparison to her omiyage,”Akira quipped. 

Ann gave an exaggerated sigh, though still smiling as she stated, “If he wants pets, all he has to do is ask.” Morgana very quickly left his space with Futaba to twirl around Ann’s legs before eventually ending up in her lap getting more pets.

“Frankly Mishima, I'm surprised you aren’t the most free since Akira is here.” Yusuke said as he closed his sketchbook.

With a slight wince, Yuuki explained, “I have a summer job my parents insisted I get. Otherwise yeah, I probably would be.”

Haru quietly asked, “Do you think they made you get a job to keep you away from Akira?” “I’ve met them and yeah totally possible.” Ann’s voice held a fiery dislike. 

“Agreed.” Ryuji also not looking especially happy. 

“Maybe, I don't know. I think they think I’m getting up to something scandalous since I stopped being volleyball captain a few weeks ago.” Yuuki received a few sympathetic glances and a squeeze of his hand. 

“Remind me how that happened again? The becoming captain bit.” Ryuji asked.

“Dr. Maruki.” Yuuki quickly interjected before anyone else could answer. 

“More like all the team recognizing him as the one who did the most after Shiho jumped to correct things. It happens to be close timing though.” Ann insisted.

Makoto backed Ann’s statement up with the fact, “You wouldn’t have still been captain if it was just Maruki’s doing, Yuuki-kun.”

“I didn’t do that much! I barely apologized to everyone I hurt because of Kam-him. And I’m still pretty bad at volleyball.” Yuuki curled a bit into himself, breaking Akira’s hold on his hand while doing so.

“You are good at making sure tasks get done without hounding people about it and just generally organized.” Futaba listed off.

Akira scooted Yuuki back over to hug him as he said, “You looked pretty good whenever we caught your practices.” 

A small raise in Yuuki’s mood began as he denied their claims.“You are very biased.”

“And you have that one video I saw!” Haru tried her hand at arguing the point of Yuuki’s skill.

“Star player of the match of several games during the spring, apparently.” Makoto agreed.

“Between you and Sumi, at least I’m not the only sports person!” Ryuji raised his fist for a bump.

“You all have way too much confidence in me.” Ryuji started to lower his hand which brought with it his mood. Yuuki rolled his eyes before finishing the fist bump before Ryuji could finish pulling his hand away. He then said, “I still can’t believe, of all the things that happened around New Years, that’s the thing that stuck.”

“I find it refreshing that you have the everyday recognition of what you’ve done. Most things the rest of us have done ebb and flow with our popularity. Even worse as a group.” Yusuke spoke up.

Yuuki sighed before reminding everyone, “On the note of everyday and thieves, I’ll also have more moderating to do too on the Phan-site due to everyone ELSE being off for summer too. It’s quieter, especially compared to last year, but not something I can completely ignore.”

“Hey, you’ve got a team to help with that!” Futaba loudly announced while pointing at Yuuki. She looked around the room before shrugging as she continued, “Not that anyone here but me is really gonna help with it. But Chihiro-san and Midorikawa would be very disappointed.”

“Aww, Yuuki, you sure can’t put it down for yet another vacation for us?” Akira teased while pulling Yuuki even closer again.

The smaller boy pulled a little away before smiling at his boyfriend. “I’m sure, but I’ll definitely be trying to keep it down.” “Though holidays never seem to work out in our favor.” 

“Yeah, Christmas Eve sucked from every direction.” Ryuji nodded along.

Futaba agreed, “The site’s backlash didn’t help and beyond then things got weird.” 

Ann added, “Everything third semester was weird.” 

“Agreed.” Haru nodded. 

“Golden Week I know was pretty rough for you, Akira.” Makoto sympathized.

Akira shook his head as he said, “My hometown is pretty weird every so often at that time of year, but was thinking Hawaii.” 

“Wow, do you guys have shit luck.” Ryuji joked.

Yuuki grumbled out, “We weren’t even-“

Ryuji cut off his friend, saying, “Yeah, yeah we know you were sorting your head back together after your boyfriend talked to your Shadow.”

Yusuke attempted to correct, “Ryuji, I believe he was referring to you and Ann having to bunk the night in their room.”

“Oh, I thought you were going to say something about when Ryuji dragged the three of you to hit on girls.” Ann added.

Yuuki practically squeaked out, “When do you all think we got together?!” He then fairly quickly covered his mouth and cheeks with his hands.

A cacophony of answers, most seeming to indicate last summer. 

Haru was the last to answer, stating, “Oh I thought it was right before you all met me, while I had Morgana.”

Said cat laughed as he lept on to the table. “Closer but nope, it was while Akira was in hiding.” 

“What do you mean December?” Ryuji shouted. 

Futaba rolled her eyes as she corrected, “It was November.”

“How, how are Morgana and Futaba the only ones even close on that?” 

“Did Akira ever tell us?” Makoto questioned the rest of the group.

“He literally told you all to leave right before their first date!” Mongana defended.

“Seriously, Aki.” Yuuki muttered as he buried his face into his boyfriend’s shoulder.

Ryuji defended his assumptions, “I thought he meant their first since he didn’t die!”

“Same!” Ann seemed to express for most of the rest of the group.

“The only time they almost went on a date before November got almost immediately crashed by Shinya.” Futaba almost cackled from her spot by the window.

Ryuji rubbed the back of his head as said, “Felt like I’d run into those two near Takeshita Street almost every time I was at Harajuku last year.”

“I thought the planetarium… No, nevermind.” Makoto shook her head. 

Morgana rolled his eyes, before explaining, “Yuuki always had a Phan-site excuse, right?” A round of agreement from everyone. “And you all would join and neither ever argued?” 

“What’s that got to do with anything?” Ryuji narrowed his eyes

 “Not much, just all of you, including Sumire-chan and Akechi, had more successful potential dates than the lovebirds?”   

Neither of the boyfriend pair paid much attention once Morgana took control of the conversation. Instead Akira focused on reassuring his partner. “What, if anything it’s funny they think we were dating for longer than we have been.” Akira shrugged, mostly with the shoulder the smaller boy wasn’t on. “That’s a lot of almost dates they can think of honestly.”

“It's not really funny, it's more-” The alarm of a phone rang out in the middle of his sentence. Yuuki finished his sentence as he fished his phone out of his pocket as he stood up, “Frustrating.” 

“And embarrassing?” Akira softened as he asked.

“A little?” Yuuki then raised his voice back to something the entire room could hear as he shut off the alarm, saying, “And unfortunately, that alarm was my signal that I have to head out.”

Ryuji patted his friend’s arm as he confirmed, “Junes, yeah?” He got a confused nod but definitely didn’t stop a smile from starting to come back.

Both boys sitting on the crate bench were up and approaching the stairs.

“Good luck!” Makoto offered.

“Take no prisoners!” Haru playfully encouraged.

Futaba leaned back, taking up more of the ledge. “We’ll likely just shoot the breeze until dinner, so don’t worry.”

Yusuke took that moment to interject, “In that case, let us speak of modern art and-

“Anything but that. Hey Yuuki, I'll join you!”

“You want to potentially end up in front of a grill?”

“Yeah, nope. See ya.”

“At least it isn’t the bear mascot costume.” Akira’s jovial mood spread confusion across almost all the teens.

Makoto expressed her disbelief with a “But the mascot isn’t a bear?” 

“Where in Japan do they have a bear mascot?” Haru tilted her head to the side. 

“No idea but apparently Inaba. But I need to go before I miss my train.”

“Bye, Yuuki!” Ann smiled and shot a fast directing glance at Akira before returning to the departing Thief, who took a deep breath. She then quickly tried to bring the focus on to herself and a modeling gig she did in a Junes a few months ago.

“We’ll talk more tonight?” Akira softly asked.

“Definitely.”

“Stay here?”

“Of course. All you had to do is ask.”

(insert yuuki kissing corner of akira’s mouth, Akira fully on lips) 

“Stealing kisses now?”

“Only yours”

Akira was slow to tune back to the world around him as he sat back down. The group had moved on to listening to a story of Yusuke getting cheap vegetables but was swiftly interrupted by Ryuji asking their leader, “Your hometown for real has a Junes with a bear mascot?”

[qingxin-s]

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request:  could i have a oneshot of the aftermath of denji & power saving aki’s s/o? like maybe something of a hurt/comfort, checking for wounds, brushing hair after taking a bath sort of thing? i love your writing so much i would absolutely d word if you wrote something like this 🥺

word count: 457

warning(s): mentions of injury, not proof-read

note: hi person who requested this i hope both sides of ur pillow are cool tonight and this is for u 🍰

"You really got messed up in that one, didn't ya (N/N)?" The younger boy laughed as he pulled the girl closer, earning a sharp elbow from his partner. She didn't know what came over her- why she was suddenly so weak, but she got her ass handed to her by Santa Claus. Her ribs were broken, she had lost sight in one eye, and she was pretty sure her leg was fractured.

But luckily, the two fiends she was oh so fond of rescued her just in time.

They each had an arm slung around her shoulder and waist, allowing her to lean on them as they escorted her to where the other injured devil hunters were. And they were so preoccupied with helping the girl that they didn't even bicker.

"Here comes trouble" Power hissed as a familiar ebony haired man came into view, his eyes immediately on them- and he wasted no time rushing over. He was pretty battered up himself- but he didn't seem to care.

"(Y/N)? What happened?!" He yelped as he took her into his arms, the two fiends immediately backing up after handing her over. She smiled sheepishly as she looked at him through her remaining e/c eye.

"I got into a bit of a fight" She joked, and he quickly mumbled a thanks to Denji and Power before carrying her back to their shared apartment.

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As soon as they got in, Aki wasted no time running the girl a bath and helping her into it- immediately chucking her dirtied clothes in the wash and getting out the medical supplies.

"I'm fine...there's no need to rush around" (Y/N) winced as he applied the antiseptic to one of her wounds, and he tutted slightly. His sleeves were rolled up to avoid the water from the bath, and his eyebrows were laced with concentration.

"One of your eyes is busted, (Y/N). You're not fine" He muttered as he met her eye briefly. He looked pained...so pained. Aki was so used to losing his teammates or watching them get hurt...but it stung even more when it was his girlfriend getting injured. Finally, he finished cleaning her visible wounds.

"I'm just...I'm just glad they were there to save you" He whispered as he rested one arm on the side of the tub, allowing his other to reach up to her head and touch her h/c hair. Aki was never usually so affectionate, but she didn't mind- it was comforting.

"I'm still here, you're not getting rid of me that easily" She smiled, and he replied by placing a kiss above her brow. Sighing, he finally stood up and grabbed one of the towels he washed especially for her, and he helped her from the tub.

"I guess i'm just stuck with you"