#but i cant read the manga or light novels and think of them romantically

[silawastaken]

confused and upset all the time bc i love kunizai in edits and art but i just cannot bring myself to enjoy it in fanfic. I can't read abt it and like it, I can't watch bsd or read the light novels and see it. I might be blind- and I swear they're literally work husbands, but I just can't like it outside of art :(

[lotus-pear]

Hi! Long response person again! I just want to clarify something:

I never meant to imply that their relationship isn’t deep— I actually think they do have a deep relationship (platonic relationships can be just as deep and important as other relationships! And like if you consider platonic ships a thing, since I know most people don’t seem to (and it’s one of the two reasons why I never mention it), then I do ship them platonically)

(But I personally just don’t ship them as like a romantic or queerplatonic ship and it has nothing to do with the lack of content either. While I haven’t read the novels, and other than both the anime and manga, I have read things like Wan! and the Anthologies and listen to the audio CDs and whatnot. I bring this up because there’s a handful of cute scenes with Kunikida and Dazai that made me view them as having an even deeper and closer relationship— like the one Anthology story about Kunikida being concerned about Dazai’s health and tries to make him healthy food or the Wan! dance competition. None of that even mentions the Mayoi game content!)

As I said in my response, I haven’t read the light novels yet (I was planning on doing it in mostly chronological order— Beast and maybe the Day I Picked Up Dazai being the exceptions for reasons— but I might just give in and read Dazai’s Entrance Exam first) and that might or might not change how I view them. I’ll see when I get to (which might be sooner than planned if I change the order)

THIS IS WHY I FAILED AP LIT&LANG I CANT FUCKING READ ANYTHING /j anyway you're so real for that they're like the besties ever if i'm being fr sometimes ships are better off platonic if yk what i mean. i get that. completely valid. and gl on the lightnovels ESPECIALLY beast it has a 80% kill rate so not a lot of ppl make it out alive after reading it. stay safe xxx

[m1ckeyb3rry]

LMAOO I GOTCHU I know exactly what you mean…Otoya in love but he doesn’t realize what he’s feeling is love like wdym wanting to hang out and be with y/n all the time and laughing whenever she smiles is not just hanging out with the bros?? And especially since he’s so (for lack of a better term) flingy he automatically associates what he feels with his flings as what love and romance is but he just has no experience actually like dating someone he loves fr

I chuckled when I read this a dramatic ass breakup and then within a couple hours back to their dumbassery is so them LMAOO

And STOP the way I was literally thinking of that scene of Barou with Isagi in the cafeteria when I was writing like….I loved how Barou actually ended up kinda reaching out to Isagi and communicating with them and took like inspiration from his thought process?? Truly believe in Barou Isagi rival supremacy the on/off field dynamic always gets me though it’s like we see dyed hair hyped up lion entrance king Barou in the Ubers match and then we see another scene of him hair down meditating in their screen room (??) with like peaceful white noise LMAO but also speaking of which the light novel is releasing like next week iirc I need to get my hands on that thing

FRRR lmao teenage boy friendships and dynamics are so funny like it definitely just reminds me of how I see high school boys acting and joking around with each other

Tall good looking smart thoughtful attentive the list goes on this is just the ideal man

The “basically anyone but Isagi” makes me laugh so hard for whatever reason but so true…even Isagi gets labeled as “Slursagi” everywhere because of how he acts on the field (and also that fan translation omg)

FR someone needs to give us a plaque like…we were here first!! Or like one of those flags where we can plant our stake like here marks the first steps into tabieitaken nation LMAO

And OOO time to do some lore digging on a Mira original work hehe

OUUU REO Y/N LORE DROP I cant lie whenever I read works that have Reo and y/n as friends or having some form of platonic relationship (even if the work isn’t Nagi centric!) I find it really interesting maybe because I can see Reo kinda fitting like a bestie position like Chigiri is to you (I think) LOL ESPECIALLY when y/n fills that role of Nagi for Reo before meeting Nagi like I swear I’ve seen a couple (like one or two they’re kinda rare shsgshs) other works that play around with my dynamic and I honestly find it so fun to read so I’m looking forward to that potential next installment!!! Maybe it’s also that kind of relationships drifting apart and sometimes coming back together thing you mentioned that gets me…kinda reminiscent of the childhood friends theme too! But this reminds me I think I should do a reread refresher of everything again because I’ve had my brain just filled with Karasu lately oops but I’m READY FOR THE NAGI Y/N BREAKUP SCENES HAHAHA locked in for the drama

NO LITERALLY LIKE I literally don’t care if you wanna ship them but please don’t shove it down other people’s throats?? Like just because I don’t like a ship it can suddenly warrant these crazy threats and everything like please maybe take a walk outside?? I feel like that’s also the first defense they take like if you don’t like the ship it MUST be because you can’t stand two dudes together like no I just read the manga and don’t like the character dynamic they have because it feels like a waste of their potentials..? I honestly feel like this is an issue in a LOT of fandoms with one really popular ship and honestly sometimes I feel like shipping and pairings romantically kinda limit the possibilities for development and other dynamic avenues so it’s just not my thing….like you do you but don’t come for me just because we like different things!! REO AND ARYU WOULD BE SO REAL?? I can see them talking about fashion and trends together and dude after the latest epinagi chapters I’d love to see Karasu and Nagi interacting more like another interaction between hardwork vs talent show me it all!! But yeah we’ve had this convo before kinda LOL but yeah some ship fans scare me so bad

I especially like how cute nagi looks in the epinagi artist style there’s just something about his expressions that really brings out the nagi vibe LMAOO I’m also laughing I didn’t register ego being on the colored panel pic he’s fr shielding us from Shidou’s pink highlights (mostly LOL) I forgot how big Rin and Shidou are in this art comparatively LMAOOO I want a real tabieitaken focused colored page but seeing as we’re past that u20 arc idk when we’d get it ugh

-Karasu anon

YES EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING W THAT like him not realizing her loves her because he confuses love w attraction/lust but for some reason he wants to be with her all of the time and she’s like the only stable relationship in his life and he doesn’t ever want to give her up 🤔?? but that’s just because they’re bros 🥶🤙🏻💯🔥 (karasu won’t be in this one because he’d solve the problem in ten seconds flat by being like “dude you’re in love with her 😕” and otoya is just like “oh damn fr??”)

I’M SAYING they def act so dramatic w each other for NO reason but like they truly do not vibe with anybody else in blue lock quite as well as they vibe w one another so it’s mostly just jokes and silliness between them

WE ARE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH FR!! i was also thinking of the recent chapters where we see the ubers watching the match and barou is wondering to himself what isagi will do now that kaiser has scored…it just had a v supportive feel to it?? like yes they’re rivals but they want each other to be the BEST because nothing less will do from a rival. whereas rin and kaiser just want to completely crush isagi 😭 honestly barou’s dynamics w literally every character are PEAK because yeah he’s all tough and gruff and bossy and whatnot but he also really seems to look out for everyone in his own way??? like him helping nagi out of the bath when he was abt to pass out and giving him a harsh but needed pep talk after mc vs ubers even though they literally hate each other KFHSJDH he’s honestly rlly mature in some ways (but def not in others) i love him a lot and love his development

i feel like karasu really brings out the teenage boy in all of his duos 😫 like hiori otherwise is so chill and reserved but w karasu he’s suddenly a menace?? and otoya is super go w the flow and relaxed but w karasu he’s ready to talk shit w the best of them 😭 he’s just the right mix of silly and serious it’s so perfect i will always love him

HAHA isagi def gets his fair share of shit but i think he has protagonist aura + we see so much of him off field that people generally agree that he’s a green flag because we really get to know what he’s like in his daily life!! also tbf isagi def is a little brutal on field but honestly he only ever gives back as good as he gets so i think the bad rep is a bit undeserved 😓 i think every example of him talking shit has been in response to another character dogging on him first — hence why players like hiori, nanase, kurona, and ig kiyora haven’t been insulted by him yet!! isagi is just an energy matcher fr 🥱

omg that story that these requests are based off of is sooo extensive it’s an attack on titan fic but it’s based mostly on a part of the world we don’t see in the show so the plot and characters are mostly mine (w some canon ones thrown in there for funsies). it’s probably one of my fav stories i’ve written even though i never finished because that y/n is fascinating — she is forced to commit some crazy war crimes and then has severe ptsd from it, and she’s also very very intelligent and selfish which is a rlly cool combo to write — and so much of the story is focused on her mental health issues and slow spiral. she’s almost like the forebear of hollyhock y/n LMAOO

man honestly i need to reread peregrine too just so i don’t accidentally contradict myself when writing it 😭 reo y/n may and chigiri are such a fun and interesting little friend group because they’re so fluid?? like there’s a lot of dynamics changing around there. and yess chigiri is my bestie!! tbh reo kinda is too even though i find him handsome just because i could never read or write for him…the instant nagi pulls up it’s wraps

i don’t mind shippers but i do agree that the shipping culture has changed a lot from how it used to be!! i have always loved rare pairs because they allow for more unique character exploration but as of late people have been very against rare pairs i feel?? like no you MUST ship “x” popular pairing or else you’re dumb and didn’t understand the media. i’ve also noticed people trying to make the most random ships problematic…it truly is never that deep never that serious and no a ship is not problematic just because the characters don’t like each other in canon or wtvr. that’s the whole fun of fandom and fanfiction!! imposing rules on it takes that away

the epinagi artist is just phenomenal they really do get the essence of nagi down pat…like his cute squishiness but also his colder side?? plus major bonus points for how they draw karasu 😮‍💨

HAHA rin and shidou are HUGE in that art and they’re like the only two characters in the spread i don’t care as much abt 😭 i fear a tabieitaken spread may never happen (unless we get smth w them in epinagi??)…also yes i figured ego was unnoticeable enough that it didn’t matter + he makes sure my pinned isn’t overwhelmed by shidou’s hot pink aura so in the end i can’t complain too much 🤷🏻‍♀️

[madokasoratsugu]

i’m predictable so Megumi!! for the character ask thing!! or maybe Katarina from bakarina?? 👀👀👀

give me a character and i’ll break them down:

HELL YEAH another two bad ass female charas B))

Megumi

How I feel about this character

im love her SO MUCH…SO MUCH…..i wish she got what she deserved ;_;;;; at least she’s working with Hinako now but /arthur meme but its me clenching my fist/

All the people I ship romantically with this character

Isami is no. 1 for her ofc !!! sweetheart duo :”)) 

but as for others, in no particular order: Souma, Takumi, Erina, Ikumi, Yuki, Ryoko….she’s just a bundle of joy and i think would be very easy to love, smth everyone around her agrees :”))

My non-romantic OTP for this character

Takumi/Megumi :”)) i just really love how they’re Souma’s braincells. i like to imagine they deepened their friendship in the background especially during Central/Regimental Arc (idk its the train arc idm or care what its called LOL). 

My unpopular opinion about this character

hmmmm Megumi should have been end girl ! obvs my no.1 Shokugeki ship will always be SouTaku, but they never had a chance in canon so instead i’ll stand by the SouMegu ship firmly. 

idc about the shounen first girl trope, bc LMAO how can you fucking top Souma literally giving Megumi her confidence back, and Megumi’s unwavering belief in Souma in return, AND how Megumi was the one person that stuck by Souma’s side throughout all the challenges in canon he was issued (eg. Mimasaka, Moonlight Banquet). and she does all this without ever once asking for anything in return. 

also, imo SouMegu have some of the most pivotal scenes concerning each other in the first half of the series, and they helped each other grow in a healthy way. so yeah ! Megumi for best girl !

(btw dont @ me for ship discussion/wars, this is just my opinion and i literally do not care. ive also blocked out the entire second half of Shokugeki from my memory lol)

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

ANON STILL HAS ME REELING from their galaxy brained Megumi as Shinomiya’s disciple and being his assistant chef in his pilot restaurant !! ANON YOUVE RUINED MY LIFE…..

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Bakarina (Katarina Clauss)

How I feel about this character

she’s adorable. i adore her. i would adopt her in a heartbeat. like…the manga does a Great Job portraying her dumb lovableness but to get the full understanding of how endearing she is u really have to read the light novels :”))

All the people I ship romantically with this character

all the LIs !!! and i guess the guys are cool but the girls really steal the show for me, tbh !! esp A-chan, Mary and Sophia. won’t spoil anything but A-chan’s love for her made me cry when i read the classroom scene. i also had a soft spot for Nikol/Katarina throughout the manga, so that’s probs my standout guy ship for her :”))

My non-romantic OTP for this character

surprisingly: Gerald/Katarina. i really cant see Katarina ever viewing him as a romantic love interest despite the light novel pushing for it, lmao ! they share a very unique and lovely friendship that i really think would ultimately triumph any romantic “tension” Gerald feels for her, tbh, esp when Katarina continues to not pursue a romance with him.

My unpopular opinion about this character

this is more about the series in general since the one flaw i have with Katarina (her obliviousness) lies in the story inherent: i really wish the author had stopped the story after graduation arc. 

Katarina’s obliviousness was funny and understandable when the story was kept to the confines of the otome game storyline, but once we progressed past that, it became really clear that the author isnt sure how to flesh out Katarina beyond that, so it becomes a tiring schtick that doesn’t make sense. so now the story feels very drawn out and boring, which is a huge pity, considering the quality of the first half of the series :”((

so i guess my unpopular opinion is i wish Bakarina wasn’t an ongoing series ahaha;;

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

I WANT…an extra where she vaguely gets a hint of who Sophia really is !! ;_;;;