#anyways hope yall like it- it took me longer than i thought it would XD

[nexo-nex]

I managed to extract and animate the dancing animations from the character selection in Tea Party Dash. Hope yall enjoy them (?)

[knowlessman]

…it's always been way longer than I think it has, huh. rereading the last batch… aoyama was a lil creepy, there's a school festival concert thing coming up, and a sean-connery-looking libertarian is looking to get fingerblasted. looking forward to that. (bnha s4e20-25)

(mineta meeting eri) jesus christ on an alternate dimension where he can do anything about untenably problematic anime characters, I think I'd take Leeron, Gurren Lagann Leeron, over this guy and that says a lot

(ep title is "gold tips imperial") "gold tips?" "yeah, how do you always seem to find more gold than we do? what's the secret?" "I'm gonna level with you, I have no idea, they just coded Skyrim to put more gold in chests when I open them"

anyway back to the show aw hell it's Ditto again, get a personality my dude -- "we're doing a play: Romeo and Juliet and a bunch of random references." …wait, is azkaban not copyrighted? well, wookiee probably is and they used that, I guess they just don't give a fuck

beauty pageant. …think I might just not like this arc in general. the mafia stuff we just did, that was cool. it was, like, dark, but it was good. this one, I can feel it, is gonna have too much mineta in it (which does not have to be very much).

(deku's working on the finger gun thingy) "so much more control is required than before… is there a trick to it?" imagine you're putting a microwave on defrost. or, or something. …I miss deku's silly microwave epiphanies

hatsume: "yeah, the thing you asked me about the other day, I've been working on it" IS IT GAUNTLETS. ARE YOU GONNA FUCKIN THOMAS EDISON MELISSA'S FUCKING GAUNTLETS. AT THIS POINT I DON'T CARE AS LONG AS HE GETS THEM BC YALL HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY

"there's something I want to try with this new move… I want to try and put a paper football on the moon"

"my mom sent me this new tea, it's called [title drop]!" is the tea haunted. or drugged. why is it in the title. squints suspiciously

okay, sean connery the clownboy would not have 0 likes and 800 dislikes, he would have WAY more likes and 90% of those likes would be people who thought he was hilarious. if this was ten years ago (maybe only five, idfk), there would be dance mixes of this nonsense.

"I just wonder what sean clownery is up to…" mah boi, this not-having-to-worry-about-what-a-libertarian-is-thinking is what true warriors STRIVE for -- "open the bat-folder, kronk! …it won't open." "I locked it, you have to right-click" peak comedy. 'XD this goofus is gonna get clowned on so hard, he might end up making this whole arc worth it by himself tbph -- "we can have a 90-minute teatime if we get there right when they open" …blinks wait what am I saying, I take at least two hours to eat lunch when I take adderall

'XDDDD "wait did you say TEA???" gentle doofus blowing his entire cover like this is almost jojo levels of stupid, I am LIVING here -- gentle thief, filming self running from deku: ♪ look here come the consequence, consequence, consequence, look here come the consequences of my own ac-tions… ♪

who would win, a villain with ten youtube subscribers whose head is so far up his own ass he's a donut, or a shonen protagonist who is prepared to move heaven and earth to entertain a little girl -- 'XD oh yeah, and the donut's mustache is apparently on the line. hope la brava packed a shaver

(translated from Gentleman) "I just want to sneak in, make an ass of myself, and get tossed out by security. um. so let me go plz?"

wait so ditto only entered kendo in the contest so she'd stop hitting him when he does his inferiority complex bit? so someone with a fucking baseball bat took over her duties? pfft okay

I've never actually seen bobobo bobobobo but iirc they control random body hair in that. I think this lady must've wandered in from there. her quirk must be either prehensile eyelash tentacles (which is fucking terrifying) or super-strong eyelids (which is truly pitiable)(she does also remind me of renge from ouran host club a bit but only bc of the dress and the hoity-toity laugh)

("remember where the air membranes are…") hanzo from before they completely changed his abilities back when overwatch 1 existed: "heh. simple geometry."

show, these are filler villains with incomprehensible motives. I don't think even brava knows what clownery's trying to accomplish. don't try to get me invested in them

oh gawd and now it's the deejay nobody likes

"Today, I take the first step towards my great work! I WILL get my eleventh subscriber!" -- "they wouldn't let me be a hero, for the silly reason that I was completely incompetent! the world OWES me attention!" -- "it's not a selfish wish, either, because there is one entire other person who also thinks the world owes me, and that makes my cause just!"

…deku, the fuck no you aren't the same. clownery was born with a legitimately useful power but would've made a shitty hero for other reasons, you were given your power because you were judged to be good hero material.

please tell me brava isn't actually as good a hacker as she thinks she is and doesn't get in, it'd put a nice toothpick in this whole stupid sandwich.

(more flashbacks for the filler villain) "please don't help me rob people. it'd make you a criminal." "it's too late for that. I've already hacked your bank account and invested your entire savings fund into crypto. you shouldn't have made your password whoisjohngalt."

…eh, what's three more episodes

gentle thief suddenly epiphanizing that he's just a selfish dumbass having a particularly destructive midlife crisis. good for him

'XD they could've had Hound or Ecto give a dramatic pause and then go "no, all is fine here," but I'm glad they had Hound bother to say "some alex jones type jackass tried to mess things up but we caught him" first. don't flatter the guy by pretending he'd be worth canceling the show over

"I was once in the hero course, too" 100% of the population was, it's kind of the only thing anybody aspires to in this setting -- "he was so hard to fight because I could've ended up like him" again, he had the chance you didn't and flubbed it

concert scene gud stuff, no notes

"you heard about your father from gandalf. he lied to you. I AM your father" dammit I wasn't planning on liking this too 'XD harry potter reference aside

holy nier automata flashbacks batman

something something vaporeon

montage scene gud, no notes : ] just watching characters who've been through hell have a good time. (still miss shinso tho, I know it's asking for stuff but I wanna see him get to do hero stuff)

wonder what these last two eps even are, they just wrapped up an arc

(eri is gonna live at the school apparently bc I guess they don't have stuff set up yet to account for kids with uncontrollable destructive quirks) blinks I'd completely forgotten that togata lost his quirk. …gotta admit, show gets points for that

(hero rankings) huh. endeavor's "mask" and "mustache" sort of make the symbol for fire. sort of, anyway. hadn't noticed that

how an appliance direct commercial is in the top ten, I don't get

"quirk: streaker!" …I was tryna think of anything to say about hawks but wtf, what the actual fuck

"endeavor doesn't do handshakes, you've changed, you've ruined it now, waaa" 'XDDDD

"haha I just have no self-control" you've said that, we get it, you're an asshole, we just don't know how bad of one yet

"you can fly?" "I'm just not falling!" pfft

…okay well that was a sendoff, huh. that was a lot all at once.

(postcredits) the ninth what. one for all? ghosts? spookums? tbc, I spose

[robinsdoghouseofwhump]

Feathers & Fangs Part 3/3

Ok yall! We reached the finale for this part of the story. @whumping-every-day, this has been a wild ride! And I'm mega excited to see your installments with Shirael! (My headcanon is that Shirael is Gabe's guardian angel) Anyways, this part of the story is more focused on Shirael and my angel OC than on Arron, but thats what makes it fun. Enjoy some Gayngels and please ask questions and give critique! It makes my day when I see comments or asks in my box.

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It was a long way of a flight, even for an angel, but they were here. 

"W-where are we sir?" The demon looked out from the balcony overlooking the large city below. So many people, so many buildings, it was bright, and loud. He could smell the scent of salty ocean water, and evergreen trees dotted the landscape. A strange white tower stood prominently in the nicest areas of the bustling urban area. 

"We're here to see a friend of mine, and you're gonna meet him." 

More angels? God, they were gonna do something awful to him. He clung to the angel tightly as he walked in the door.

"Abel! Where are you?" 

Shirael could sense the other angel’s presence, but that was about it. He hadn’t seen Abel since the Fall… but the Principality had always been fond of strays. Shirael had looked down on him for it, before. But this demon, curled up so small and frightened in his arms, was starting to change his mind. 

“Who’s there?” Abel is in human form when he rounds the corner, and his eyes widen when he sees Shirael. “Wha--” He gapes for a long moment, eyes flickering between Shirael and the demon boy, before he snaps a quick salute. “General? Is that - is that you?” 

General. The title rubs Shirael wrong, makes his top pair of wings shuffle uncomfortably. “Just Shirael, now,” he answers. Abel had left, and Shirael had fallen, and Heaven was in shambles - there were no armies left for him to lead. 

“What is this?” The words may have been accusatory, but in this case they were only curious as Abel stepped forward, peering at the trembling demon child. 

"I…. I don't know. I found him in a house and-" Shirael was cut off

"His wings…." Abel frowned and ran a few fingers along his scarred back, earning a flinch and subsequent quivers in response. "Shirael, this is awful." 

"I know, I found him chained up in a mortal household, he has scars everywhere, and he can't even lift himself. I know we… had our differences before, but I couldn't just leave him there. I figured that…" 

"I could take him in?" Abel frowned at his former commander, of course he would come find him about something like this! His reckless behavior was always getting them in-

A soft whine escaped the demon's sore throat, which caught the Principality's attention. "Mm sorry sirs… p-please, I c-can be good!" 

Sirs? What did they do to this creature? A torrent of emotions were radiating off of the boy, sadness, anger, but most of all, a deep seeded sense of alertness and fear. That's probably how Shirael found him. He was good at that at least, finding emotion in others. But he still wasn't sure about this.

"I think I can, he can stay in Micheal''s old room. Do you have anything I could use to find out more about him?” 

Shirael couldn’t help but hold the boy a bit closer at his pleas, hushing him softly as Abel spoke. 

“I know where to find the humans that took him.” Outwardly Shirael’s voice was calm, but to anyone who knew him, the simmering rage was just below the surface. He looked down at the boy in his arms, and he frowned slightly, his eyes picking up something new. There were scars and a ring of sore flesh around the demon’s throat, almost like he’d been… collared. They’d collared him. 

“Abel, I think these humans are keeping demons as pets.” It sounded… horrendous. Once he’d said it out loud, the words sat heavy in the air, like they couldn’t possibly be true. But the demon’s scars, and his wings - his poor wings. The submissive behavior, and the lack of struggling, even when Shirael had picked him up and flown away with him. 

"Sir, you haven't been on earth for long have you?" Abel couldn't help but roll his eyes in his head. "Slavery isn't exactly a new concept here, especially with demons." 

“No,” Shirael agreed. “Not with demons. Or humans, either. But this…” Maybe he had been gone for too long. Maybe Shirael had gotten too lost in the divine. The last time he’d been to earth, humans had still been sacrificing members of their own species to demons in hopes of earning good crops that year. Now humans were keeping demons as slaves? 

"I agree, it's barbaric. I wish I could fix it but I'm not exactly at my most righteous form." Abel got up and went to the bathroom to grab the first aid kit, those bruises and cuts on the boy needed to be healed quickly. 

"Ok buddy, can you look at me?" It was directed to Arron, and the demon slowly and shakily looked up at the tall man. "Good boy, now can you lay down for me so I can get a good look at you?" The boy shot up immediately and layed on the carpeted floor with total submission in his eyes. 

"This might hurt a bit bud, don't worry, it'll only be for a second." The alcohol swabs were pressed against his neck and shoulders gently.

Shirael had taken a step back once he’d released the demon, but the angel found himself retreating even more as Abel took over. How things had changed during his time in Heaven. This demon had not only been enslaved, but he had been successfully trained into obedience - something that Shirael would have sworn was impossible, before. 

"Well, how are you? How's heaven been?" Abel tended to the boy and got him patched up to the best of his ability. "Haven't seen you in millennia." Abel looked up at the general with icy eyes as he picked the demon up gently and held him in his arms. (oof, abel is salty. xD)

“Heaven is in shambles,” Shirael answered flatly. The elder angel scrubs a hand across his face, and the exhaustion in his eyes is an ancient thing. He let out a gusty sigh, and with it all of the tension he’d been carrying. “I’m sorry,” he murmured, without looking at Abel or the demon. “I stayed behind when you left, and it… it didn’t go well. Our brothers and sisters turned on each other like rabid dogs after the Fall. There is… nothing left. Or I assume so. I was one of the last to leave.” One of the last to try and keep their broken family together. Sometimes Shirael wondered if maybe Abel had had the right idea; he had certainly gained nothing by staying. 

"Hmm, well I can't say I don't miss everyone. Father is still as angry as ever I bet though." Abel carries the boy to the room as Shirael follows. "I missed you a lot though." 

The demon seems mostly unresponsive as Abel carries him, and for the moment, Shirael is content to allow it. 

“Father was furious,” he agreed. “Right till the end.” Shirael trails after Abel to the room, which he can only assume is the spare. “And… yes. I did miss you. I-” Shirael has to cut himself off there, because he knows it wouldn’t help. Finishing that thought now, after all this time, wouldn’t help. “I missed you,” he repeats. 

Abel laid the demon down on the soft bed and pulled the covers over, he took one last look at the boy. "I'll be right back ok? Don't worry, you're safe here." And with that, he led Shirael out of the room.

"You have no idea," Abel smiled and wrapped his arms around Shirael with a swift and firm hug. "I'm sorry I left, I just… just couldn't stay there any longer." 

Abel relaxed against his ex lover's touch, allowing his obsidian black wings to appear and his jagged halo to form above his head. "And I couldn't let you stay in love with a Fallen."

Shirael had never been meant to love. But he still melted into Abel’s embrace like he’d been starved for it. His own wings responded to Abel’s and the broad middle pair flared out around them both, cocooning them in a glow of soft light. 

“I’m sorry,” he gasped, just one more time. “Heaven was a lost cause from the very beginning. I should have-” Shirael cut himself off again. No. Saying what he should have done wouldn’t help either. “Staying was a fool’s errand,” he murmurs instead. 

"I understand, I shouldn't have fought with you before I left. And I didn't want you to give up everything you had either."

Silence.

 I...I" Abel started to cry softly in the larger man's arms. "I love you Shirael, you mean the world to me." Sniffel "I'm glad you came back to see me, even if it was for something else." 

Shirael balked just a little at the words. Love… he had never been very good at that. Even when it had been true. 

“Abel…” It’s not confirmation, but Shirael only holds him tighter, feeling the guilt and the hurt pressing down on him. “I don’t think I can… just pick back up where we left off. And I still have to-” he paused, frowning. “The human world is strange to me. And it has been… so long.” He shook his head. 

"Thats ok," Abel smiles up at him, "I'd love to show you around sometime, but I want you to go explore and do what you do best, help people."

“I helped people by exterminating their enemies, Abel.” Shirael is rueful, and there’s exhaustion, but also a smile in his eyes. But he sobers as he speaks again. “Do you think there’s still a place for that?” He knows, Shirael remembers, suddenly. He knows where to find the humans who had done this to the little demon boy. 

"I'm sure there is, but you know how much I hated that." Abel let go of him and stepped out of the winged embrace. "I want you to do good for people, like you just did. You saved a boy from a horrible place. I want you to control your emotions better, then I think I'll be ready for you." 

Shirael hesitated, and the space against his front where Abel had just been felt cold. “I remember,” he murmured. Abel had always hated the violence and death that Shirael had wrought in heaven’s name. Several millennia was a long time, even for angels. “But I want you to know that emotions were not the problem. It was duty, Abel. But heaven is gone now, and Father is… who knows where.” Shirael shakes his head. "I think… we both need time.” His brow creases in a frown. “Wrath has tired me.” He looked back down to Abel, and a faint smile crosses his lips. “It was nice to see you again, love.” 

"You too, please visit again soon ok?" Abel smiled as Shirael walked back towards the balcony, admiring the elder angel’s speckled white and cream feathers. And in a moment of impulse, Abel quickly gave the man a peck on the cheek, earning the sight of very blushy Shirael.

“I’ll - um. I’ll come back and see you.” It’s a promise, heavy in the way he says it, and the two of them share one more awkward, lingering smile before Shirael crouches and flares his wings out. “Take care of the boy, okay?” Shirael holds Abel’s gaze for another split second, before he’s leaping into the air with a mighty flurry of wingbeats. 

It doesn’t take his powerful wings to carry him out of sight, and Shirael’s heart lingers back with Abel, even as the distance stretches between them. 

[manabingu]

Haruka Nanami = soft girl

This has been sitting in my inbox since yesterday MY BAD! I wanted to answer this earlier but got distracted by deadlines of some stuff ANYWAY. Thanks for sending me an ask about Nanami CUZ I BEEN WANTIN TO TALK ABOUT MY HOME GIRL FOR AWHILE BUT NEVER GET THE CHANCE TO! So thanks~*~*~*

THIS GIRL RIGHT HERE. NANAMI HARUKA ^^^^ I WOULD DIE FOR HER.

Honestly, I’m that one person in every fandom that tends to fall in love with characters who I feel get undeserved hate or are either a minor character who gets glossed over. And be like….YALL??? Why you so mean to such adorable, innocent,sweet, hardworking, wouldn’t hurt a fly characters and then say that characters who are LITERAL murderers and criminals are the “precious cinnamon rolls who can do no wrong” only cuz you attracted to them??? yall thas sad. Listen…I’m honestly tired of people who bash on the anime and only play the games cuz they think it’s boring. Yes, you can have your opinion & I respect that, but I’ve seen some people whom have a pretty steadily growing following just bash on Nanami or some of their “not best boys” for reasons that make no sense to me & I been bottling this for awhile but Imma just SPEAK today cuz I’m on fire. ANYWAY BACK TO MY QUEEN.

LET ME HAVE MY NANAMI HARUKA TED TALK. Debunking complaints

Complaint I’ve heard: She’s boring

IN MY PERSONAL OPINION. NANAMI HARUKA IS ONE OF THE BEST LEADS IN ANY IDOL/ REVERSE HAREM ANIME I HAVE SEEN TO DATE.

She’s FAR from boring. She kind of reminds me of one of my other favorite lead heroines of all time. Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket. Both are humble & haven’t really had much in their life. Let’s talk about her story, she is a girl who was born with with bad health so much so that her parents sent her to grow up and live with her grandma in the countryside where the air was cleaner & less polluted than the city where they live. While she stayed with grandma, she learned to play piano by ear & she really didn’t grow up with much technology. She states in episode one that she didn’t even have a TV so anytime anyone in her class makes a reference to a famous celebrity she doesn’t know who they are. If I had to guess she only probably had books, toys, & a record player at grandma’s house AND I think she was home-schooled? Which means that that her only other friend besides her grandma & possibly the local neighborhood kids was grandma’s piano.

 I think she’s highly relateable too. I sure have had similar experience (trust me, my immune system is TerRibLe XD so I feel home girl) But I knew the moment I saw that part in episode 1 where she describes how music LITERALLY saved her life, THAT is when I knew I would protect this girl for the rest of my life cuz I just yelled at my screen SAME GURL! SAAAAAAME TTuTT/ In Nanami’s case, she went by herself to the city to visit her parents, she thought since she no longer was a kid, her health wouldn’t be too endangered but she she got there she got REALLY lost & the noise pollution was so overwhelming that her anxiety gave her a panic attack. AND THIS IS WHY I REALLY LIKE UTAPRI. BECAUSE THEY GET HELLA REAL HELLA FAST. THIS KIND OF THING IS NOT SOME KINDA MADE UP THING. LET ME SIT YALL DOWN AND TELL YOU A STORY.

Listen- I remember when I was like 16ish I went to New York with a cousin & as a person who comes from a small town- being in the city BY YOURSELF for the first time, it’s SO SCARY to someone who has anxiety. I was dropped off in Manhattan while she ran a work errand she gave me money for food & encouraged me to explore. As soon as they left, I looked around thinking OH GOD WHAT NOW?? I saw a cathedral close by and I RAN for it. I was so scared being alone I went to a small corner of the cathedral and started crying & tweeting, which got some comforting responses from native NY people that followed me & I texted the friend that was closest to me (if you count Virginia close lol) But he called me & just talked to me & helped me feel better. He encouraged me to not stay in one place & to go find a place I like & perhaps if I was too anxious, to go stay there till I was picked up. IT TOOK ME 30 MINUTES to get courage enough to walk to the Barnes & Noble/Starbucks that was close & I stayed there texting him the rest of the time. So ANYTIME people talk crap about Nanami’s panic attack in the city I’m gonna politely tell them to get out of my face cuz that’s a VERY real emotion. The thing that saved Nanami was hearing a singer in a giant screen singing a soothing song. THE MUSIC HELPED CALM DOWN HER ANXIETY. EXCUSE ME. YALL CAN’T SAY THAT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN SOOTHED BY A SONG IN YOUR LIFE. WE ALL BEEN THERE. WHEN WE WERE SO DOWN THAT LISTENING TO A SONG MADE US FEEL BETTER. I know that happened with me. Just like Nanami, I had a time in my life where I was just ready for death, I had lost hope to live but hearing ONE. SONG by my favorite singer, literally stopped me. So I can relate how she felt about HAYATO in the city. And how afterwards she was so inspired by it that she wanted to try to have a career dealing with music. HER REASON FOR WANTING TO BECOME A COMPOSER IS BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE TO FEEL SAD AND SCARED. SO SHE WANTS TO MAKE MUSIC THAT CAN TOUCH PEOPLE’S HEARTS & IF THEY’RE HAVING A BAD DAY, SHE CAN CHEER THEM UP WITH A SONG. IF THAT ISN’T THE GREATEST REASONING TO GO FIGHT FOR A DREAM, I DUNNO WHAT IS.

AND SHE KNOWS THAT THE ODDS ARE AGAINST HER. BUT SHE DOESN’T THROW IN THE TOWEL EASILY. I FREAKING LOVE HER FOR THAT. NANAMI. HARUKA. IS. NOT. WEAK.

Once she was of age, she applied for THE most prestigious music academy in her area. She was nearly late to the entrance exam cuz she helped a lost child find their mom while she was running in a snowstorm to the school. And because she was noticed to have that high moral compass by the principal, she was allowed to take the exam and made it in. And even when she DID get in, she was bullied by all the rich kids for not being able to read sheet music & not being taught by a private piano teacher when she was asked to play in front of everyone. She KNEW that she can play piano but she was self taught & played by ear. ((THIS STRUCK ME HARD TOO. Because I am self taught too- as a singer, I thought that if I didn’t have access to all these things & I didn’t know how to sight read I’d never be taken seriously or that I was less worthy to be called a musician than my peers)) But did she give up??? NO. HOME GIRL RAN TO THE LIBRARY and she studied her ass off to not let her first assignment project partner down. I COULD GO ON FOR HOURS ABOUT THE FIRST SEASON ALONE. SHE WAS THROWN SO MANY CURVE BALLS TO CRUSH HER SPIRIT AND DESPITE HER ANXIETY KEPT FIGHTING FOR HER DREAM.

But you know what? She also showed me THAT IT’S OK TO FALL DOWN TO ROCK BOTTOM. It’s OK to feel like giving up especially when your confidence has been crushed to a pulp by everyone. YALL, I FREAKING BAWLED MY EYES OUT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT STARISH - THE BAND SHE SINGLE-HANDEDLY  (and with some magical fate strings pulled by Cecil)) CREATED WAS GONNA DEBUT WITHOUT HER. She was asked by the principal if she thought HER music could compete with pros already established and household names already in the business. She didn’t want her friends to give up their dreams of debuting so she agreed to step down as STARISH’s composer AGAINST their demands for her to not give up. She went home and cried to her grandmother that she felt SO outclassed. And you know what? I’m GLAD Utapri shared this kind of story because I’m sure it has happened to a lot of people.

Nanami is a really kind, compassionate, selfless human being. She does anything and everything so that all her family & friends can be happy at the expense of her own happiness. She takes it to the extreme that she is PUSHED and forced to FOR ONCE think selfishly and do something for herself. Her purity & kindness won the respect of her classmates & teachers so much so that they always want to support her dream of  becoming a songwriter. When STARISH came to her house cuz they heard she ran away- she openly admitted  IN TEARS that SHE wanted to be STARISH’s composer, she didn’t want anyone else to write for them because she had fun with her friends and she didn’t want that to stop. ((The principal overheard her and said FINALLY! SOMETIMES ITS OK TO BE SELFISH WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR DREAM! Its ok to be kind but also think of your own feelings sometimes too. I think young, budding artists need to hear this. )) SHE GIVES ME HOPE CUZ I BE THE SAME WAY SOMETIMES WITH MY STUFF SO YEAH ;~~~~~;/

SOMETIMES When I watch a show that has harem elements to it, I really judge the protag that everyone is falling for and I think about if the harem people’s feelings are justified enough for them to actually fall in love with the protag. And you know what? In Nanami’s case?? ITS A BIG OL HELL YEAH IT’S JUSTIFIED.

FrICK- I fell in love with Nanami too??? How could I not??? I AM A BIGASS SAP FOR INNOCENT, SHY, CHARACTERS WHO TRY THEIR BEST EVEN THOUGH THEY SCARED AF CUZ OF CONFIDENCE ISSUES.

She’s a wonderful, compassionate, gifted person who just needs love and support and you know she’ll be there for you too and it’s mutual. She works SUPER hard at her job, she’s endearing, she makes you wanna just protect her cuz if she is sad lord I will probably go on a rampage. This girl doesn’t deserve to go through more than she already has. I love and respect Nanami. A female protagonist doesn’t need to be bitchy, slutty, or badass to be considered “interesting”. 

HECK, one time I heard someone say “This show would be 10x if Nanami was a guy. UMMMM???? WTF??? Ok, listen, I’m in the lgbt spectrum, & I’m sick of people saying that Utapri would be better if Nanami was a boy. Why is it so bad that she’s a girl?? Like- I would like ONE reasonable explanation that doesn’t involve fetishizing your personal fantasies. When people fetishize an lgbt relationship- you’re causing that type of relationship to not be taken seriously irl. If we wanna make this the norm, we gotta treat it like it’s a natural occurrence. Not force something for the sake of fanservice. There are barely any well written female protags like Nanami out there in the world and if we change her, we are taking out one of the best from the list. I want more shows to write good, memorable  female protags like Nanami. I wouldn’t be against her being a boy. But only if the reason was for good reasons and to explore character development dynamics. Cuz I enjoy content that has actual substance. SERIOUSLY- If Utapri was ONLY fanservice, I would despise it. BUT IT’S NOT. It tackles real issues & speaks about people in the industry and they don’t sugarcoat ANYTHING. They show you the harsh realities but they also give you hope to keep doing what you love even if you gotta work extra harder than your peers who might be more experienced than you.

And THAT is what I learned from Nanami Haruka. And I will defend my songwriting princess till I die. Thank you.