#background zenjiro

[headfullofgalaxies]

I was happily enjoying this anime season's little absurdist train advertisement when I was struck by a sudden, terrible premonition.

Final episode, we get to Ikebukuro, and then it's revealed: it was all a dream.

Yoka dreamed up the nightmare scenario after running away from home and falling asleep on the train. She immediately plans to return but is greeted by her friends, who followed her on the next train. The world is fine, actually! None of the bad stuff ever happened! Happy ending! Yay!

But then, right at the end, we get a glimpse of something, maybe young Zenjiro or something, in the background, so maybe ~~~it was real after all~~~

Desperately hope this doesn't happen, but now I can't stop thinking about it.

[mb-blue-roses]

If y'all are in the mood for a fic, maybe check out my Ren Amamiya's Palace fic! (I know there are a lot of these but I'm writing one anyway lmao)

It's set post-Strikers and will feature plenty of shenanigans and hurt/comfort for Ren. Also background Zenjiro, Ren in a QPR with Ryuji & Ann & Yusuke & Makoto & Haru, and concerned coffee dad Sojiro

(Link will be in a reblog lmao)

[zenjiroandpals]

Gonna draw the whole main cast of Itzamna’s gate over the course of this remaioning month, Zenjiro’s turn this time.

Hes kindof chilling, like Coatzin, excet, with 100% less drugs. at his crew’s home base at the Byuozan desert, where the sandworm and the slightly bigger sandwrom with claws for teeth play.

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Tagged by: @spears-specials

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ORIGINS AND FAMILY

NAME: Natsu Oshiro NICKNAME:  Shiro-chan, Tsutsu-chan REASON FOR NAME: Arina ran out of names for her kids after the 14th one so Zenjiro stepped in with Natsu BIRTHDAY: January 30th AGE: 216 GENDER: Female PLACE OF BIRTH: Morioh, Japan PLACES LIVED SINCE: Morioh

PARENTS’ NAMES, BACKGROUNDS, AND OCCUPATIONS

NUMBER OF SIBLINGS: 14 RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY: Bad HAPPIEST MEMORY: Her brothers buying her a pet chinchilla CHILDHOOD TRAUMA: Currently living through it consistently CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN: None RELATIONSHIP?: Single

PHYSICAL

HEIGHT: 4′9′’ WEIGHT: 90 lb BUILD: Thin NATIONALITY: Japanese DISABILITIES: N/A COMPLEXION: White FACE SHAPE: Heart shapped DISTINGUISHING FACIAL FEATURES: Big eyes HAIR COLOR:  Black EYE COLOR:Brown GLASSES/CONTACTS: None STYLE OF DRESS: Modified School Uniform HEALTH: Normal GROOMING: Clean JEWELRY, TATTOOS, PIERCINGS: None ACCENT:  Japanese PHYSICAL HABITS: Wrings fingers a lot, fumbles with the hem of her jacket

INTELLECT

LEVEL OF EDUCATION: High school LEVEL OF SELF ESTEEM: Low TALENTS: Can bake and can do some ball room dancing SHORTCOMINGS: Is anxious and thinks very lowly of herself STYLE OF SPEECH: Stutter ARTISTIC/MATHEMATICAL:  Artistic MAKES DECISIONS ON EMOTION OR LOGIC: Emotion LIFE PHILOSOPHY: "Your family doesn’t define who you are.” RELIGIOUS STANCE: Buddhist CAUTIOUS/DARING: Cautious EXTROVERT/INTROVERT: introvert LEVEL OF COMFORT WITH TECHNOLOGY: She can use a cellphone at least

RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Single SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Hetrosexual PAST RELATIONSHIPS: Forced and Arranged PRIMARY REASON FOR BEING BROKEN UP WITH: Parents didn’t like it PRIMARY REASON FOR BREAKING UP WITH PEOPLE: They don’t actually like her LEVEL OF SEXUAL EXPERIENCE: None STORY OF LOSS OF VIRGINITY: She is underaged MOST COMFORTABLE AROUND WHO: Amarante Mizushima OLDEST FRIEND: Amarante Mizushima and her daughter Izanagi Mizushima HOW DO THEY THINK OTHERS PERCEIVE THEM: Anxious, annoying, overbearing HOW DO OTHERS ACTUALLY PERCEIVE THEM: Anxious

VOCATION

PROFESSION: Student PAST / CURRENT OCCUPATION(S): Student PASSIONS: Dancing ATTITUDE TOWARDS CURRENT JOB: Content ATTITUDE TOWARDS CURRENT COWORKERS/BOSSES/EMPLOYEES: Depends SALARY: Technically her entire family’s fortune.

SECRETS

LIFE GOALS: Escaping her living situation DREAMS: To no longer fear interaction GREATEST FEARS: Killing more people MOST ASHAMED OF: Her stand’s ability COMPULSIONS: Baking OBSESSIONS: Children’s toys SECRET HOBBIES: Singing SECRET SKILLS: Can sing, really well despite her stutter CRIMES COMMITTED: Murder in the first degree WHAT THEY MOST WANT TO CHANGE ABOUT THEIR CURRENT LIFE: To be able to live for herself instead as a pawn for her parents WHAT DO THEY MOST WANT TO CHANGE ABOUT THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: Nothing really

DETAILS

DAILY ROUTINE: Wake up, put on uniform, go to school, go to Amaterasu’s sweets after school and hang out, come home, go to room, do homework, avoid family at all costs, eat dinner, go to bed. NIGHT OWL OR EARLY BIRD: Early Bird LIGHT OR HEAVY SLEEPER: Light sleeper FAVORITE FOOD: Angel Cake LEAST FAVORITE FOOD: Eggplant FAVORITE MOVIES: Romance movies LEAST FAVORITE MOVIES: Horror movies FAVORITE MUSIC: Instrumentals                                                                      LEAST FAVORITE MUSIC: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

COFFEE OR TEA: Tea CRUNCHY OR SMOOTH PEANUT BUTTER: Smooth LEFTY OR RIGHTY: Right FAVORITE COLOR: Pink CUSSER: No SMOKER/DRINKER/DRUG USER: No BIGGEST REGRET: Indirectly causing the death of many people PETS: A chinchilla named mochi

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Bookshelf Briefs 9/26/19

Black Clover, Vol. 17 | By Yuki Tabata | Viz Media – As predicted, friends are fighting friends in this one, as a good deal of the cast have been Possessed By Elves. Not Asta, of course; he’s our hero. But Yuno seems to be affected… except he proves to be the only one with the mental strength to throw it off. I’d roll my eyes at this if it weren’t Black Clover, a series that runs on clichés. Speaking of which, remember that nun from chapter one? The one Asta is theoretically still in love with? She returns here as the villains go after the orphanage, allowing Asta and Yuno to return and show off how much they’ve grown. Black Clover loves to run on things we’ve seen before, but this volume may have had a bit TOO much of that, as it was unsurprising. But still fun. – Sean Gaffney

Daytime Shooting Star, Vol. 2 | By Mika Yamamori | Viz Media – I will admit, this series is going to live or die on how far it takes the teacher student romance—I don’t THINK it’s endgame, but as with most shoujo it’s hard to make sure. (Shonen romances are nice enough to telegraph the winner in the first chapter.) It’s well-crafted, and the author seems to be aware of the issues it involves, but we shall see. Till then, I do enjoy the kids hanging out with each other, particularly when Suzume manages to be so sleepy during a study break that Yuyuya’s mask slips off and she starts berating her in front of everyone—though the masochistic guys she then starts to attract are less welcome. I enjoy the sense of humor and characters in this, despite some issues. – Sean Gaffney

Daytime Shooting Star, Vol. 2 | By Mika Yamamori | VIZ Media – Daytime Shooting Star continues to be far better than it seems like it’s going to be, with a student-teacher romance at its core. The important factor, of course, is that Suzune’s love for Shishio is unrequited, though he does finally become aware of it at the end of this volume. One thing I really love is that there’s drama—Suzune has made friends with Yuyuka (who has a subplot of her own in which she slips up and shows her true belligerent self and gains some masochistic devotees as a result) and is attempting to shield her from the knowledge that the boy Yuyuka likes (Mamura) instead likes Suzune—but no cartoonish, over-the-top villains. There’s just complicated circumstances and likable characters and it’s all really great. I hope it doesn’t spoil it all by doing something stupid like hooking up Suzune and Shishio, at least while she’s still a student. – Michelle Smith

Emanon, Vol. 2: Emanon Wanderer, Part One | By Shinji Kajio and Kenji Tsurata | Dark Horse Comics – This is two large short stories continuing the story of a young woman who has memories going back to the dawn of time. We get a better understanding of what happens when she moves from mother to daughter, and what happens to the mother—it’s disturbing and a bit terrifying, no surprises there. The current Emanon also has a twin brother, something that’s never happened before, and their reunion is as awkward as you can imagine. As for the first story, boy howdy that is a lot of nudity. It’s absolutely gorgeous—the art alone is worth buying this for. But boy howdy, that is an AWFUL lot of nudity. Interested to see where this goes next. – Sean Gaffney

Golden Kamuy, Vol. 11 | By Satoru Noda | Viz Media – This volume gives us the Golden Kamuy equivalent of Bonnie and Clyde in two lovers, now reunited after he gets out of prison, who love to make love and also love to kill people. Naturally, they run afoul of the 7th Division, but the action sequences are absolute gold. Meanwhile, Sugimoto and company are running into a new outlaw running around defiling animals. Biblically. If you’re the sort to be bothered by a two-page spread of a man screwing a deer… well, you likely stopped reading Golden Kamuy long ago, but I feel I should give the warning anyway. It’s also sort of hilarious, like a lot of Golden Kamuy‘s grossest moments. Even for a series that runs on pure “what the hell?” this volume was pretty bonkers. – Sean Gaffney

The Ideal Sponger Life, Vol. 3 | By Tsunehiko Watanabe and Neko Hinotsuki | Seven Seas – Even when our lead couple have successfully coupled, there’s still intrigue. Zenjiro NOT taking a second lover is proving to be, you’ll pardon me, a royal pain, and his pretense (which is somewhat true) that he’s so gaga over Aura that he can’t even look at another woman will only take him so far. Worse, once Aura’s pregnancy gets out, it turns out that Zenjiro’s ancestors may actually ALSO be from this world, which means trouble if the two magical powers combine in their child. Fortunately, our hero is also really good at contractual language, something we rarely see in an isekai. I’ll be honest, this is a LOT more interesting than I was ever expecting. I want more. – Sean Gaffney

Queen Bee, Vol. 1 | By Shizuru Seino | Kodansha Comics (digital only) – I read Seino’s Girl Got Game back in the day, but truth be told, I didn’t like it very much. Queen Bee is definitely an improvement, though I continue to not love Seino-sensei’s approach to zany comedy. (I just think too hard about where random chainsaws came from, for example.) Anyway, the premise here is that Mihane Hirata is an aggressive girl with a scary face who’s in love with the class prince, Toma. He thinks she’s interesting and wants to get to know her, but doesn’t want her for a girlfriend. What I didn’t like was all the background characters who keep popping up to comment about how hideous Mihane is, but what I do like is both Mihane’s self-loathing and Toma’s insistence that she should just be herself. If this were longer, I might pass, but as it’s complete in three volumes, I will probably finish reading it. – Michelle Smith

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!, Vol. 1 | By Take| Seven Seas – Given the titular heroine, all puns intended, and the fact that the book literally has a raised cover so you can see her boobs stick out, you would think this would in fact be pretty lewd. It’s not. Aside from one or two accidental gropes and a brief shot of Uzaki in the shower, this is not a title about boobs. What is it? Well, picture Teasing Master Takagi-san if she were actually bad at it. Uzaki really likes her sempai and wants to hang out with him all the time. He finds her overeager personality and ludicrous breasts to be rather exhausting, but doesn’t dislike her per se, so they do in fact hang out a lot. Slice-of-life then occurs. If you like that sort of manga, and can tolerate the breasts, this is worth a look. – Sean Gaffney

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 | By Kousuke Oono | Viz Media – One of the manga debuts that I was most looking forward to this year was The Way of the Househusband. The premise is simple enough—a legendary yakuza boss known as The Immortal Dragon has left the underworld behind and now lives a his life as a stay-at-home spouse—but Oono’s execution is brilliant. The intensity, fervor, and complete earnestness of this former yakuza in his approach to household chores, shopping, and all the rest is magnificent to behold. I would certainly be interested in learning more about The Immortal Dragon’s wife and the story behind them settling down into marital bliss, but even if that is never more than hinted at, I expect The Way of the Househusband will continue to be immensely satisfying and ridiculous in the best sort of ways. I was not at all disappointed by the first volume and am eagerly awaiting future installments. – Ash Brown

The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 | By Kousuke Oono | VIZ Media – Tatsu used to be a revered yakuza known as “The Immortal Dragon,” but now he’s given up that life to pursue happy domesticity. Seldom has a series won my heart so quickly. It actually wasn’t the “cozy yakuza comedy” aspect, though that offers plenty of amusing scenarios, from Tatsu thoroughly intimidating an unscrupulous door-to-door salesman to drafting rival thugs to help him at a bargain sale to taking cooking lessons with a bunch of ladies to exclaiming “hot damn” over a great deal on cabbage. No, it was the cat, curiously sauntering into the background to survey the goings-on. The kitty has the best reactions (and some bonus chapters of his own). Tatsu’s career-woman/otaku wife Miku is great, too, and I look forward to the story of how they met. This short volume goes by swiftly, but it is quite the treat. – Michelle Smith

Why Shouldn’t a Detestable Demon Lord Fall in Love? Vol. 1 | By Nekomata Nuko and teffish| Sol Press – This book is like just eating pure sugar from the bag. For once the demon lord is the one summoned to another world. He’s fine with that, as a) everyone hated and misunderstood him in his own world, and b) his summoner is a hot young woman raising two cute orphan children. He’s nice. She’s nice. The kids are nice. Even the tsundere kid is really nice. There is an evil lord and his evil assistant, and they are the standard “I have no redeeming features” brand of evil, but you get the sense they were put in by editorial decree. The author just likes writing sweet married life scenes. I don’t know whether this deserves more volumes, but it was pretty good. – Sean Gaffney

Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 3 | By Kamome Shirahama | Kodansha Comics – It’s titles like these that make you realize the sorts of things Harry Potter didn’t do. After resolving the cliffhanger of the previous volume, Coco continues to learn how to be a witch, helped by a young man in a potions workshop who can’t see colors, which makes it hard to, well, tell potions apart, as absentminded folks don’t really label them well. He’s a smart cookie, though, and shows her a shortcut that might help save her mother. Meanwhile, a lot of forces are making things more difficult for her—both actual antagonists, giving her secret powerful ink, or her own teacher, who may be more of a smiling villain than anything else. One of the best new titles this year. – Sean Gaffney

By: Ash Brown

[uzumaki-zenjiro]

//I feel like people often think Zenjiro isn’t as much of an asshole as he is

and then they talk to him and they’re like ‘oh’

I also feel like people don’t read his background 

I should make rules, honestly