#but i love digimon so too bad

[ozarlu-seda]

Brain’s not functional enough to write tonight so instead I’m gonna tell you all who I think my fave SW character’s digimon partners should be in a crossover:

Anakin: Koromon of the blackwargreymon evolution line cause duh, he’s the archetylical hero but dark. His partner would spend most their time as Koromon (ie. in in-training mode) cause he’s a toddler and his daemon digimon should reflect that.

Ahsoka: Poromon because she too is a toddler for the most part, but the sagely griffin vibe fits her adult personality. Hawkmon from 02 having born the digitama of love and sincerity also factors into this decision.

Obi-wan: Terriermon. Mostly cause of fandom’s tendency to like to associate Obi-wan with rabbits, but also because it makes sense for his digimon partner (a reflection of his inner self) to be a playful little shit (and you know he’d be so soft with Terriermon). Also that his partner’s evolution line looks mostly non-threatening, like he does. Note that Terriermon is a rookie, not in-training, cause Obi-wan, unlike Ani and Soka, is not primarily a toddler.

Padmé: Palmon. Also not a toddler. But Padmé reminds me of Mimi in that her aesthetics is very traditional girly girl. Also she’s from Naboo and there’s a lot of plants in her aesthetics. So yeah, her partner also giving girly girl vibes while kicking ass makes sense to me.

Cody: Biyomon. The pink does not quite fit, but Biyomon’s later forms is what makes this make sense to me, especially Garudamon. I imagine that for Cody, Biyomon would stay in rookie form mostly only spend time as Biyomon to conserve energy so their main presentation would be 60/40 Biyomon/Birdramon.

Rex: Gabumon. Friendship, blue, the loyal hound vibes. It fits.

Din: Renamon, hands down. They’re equally severe/recalcitrant in attitude, but also compassionate, at least going by Riku’s Renamon. The fact that Renamon’s evolution line has a lot of religious imaginery also connects well to Din’s commitment to his beliefs.

Luke & Leia: Patamon and Gatomon/Tailmon just like in the Adventure series. Cause c’mon, they’re twins, they’re special, so them having the Angelmon & Angewomon lines makes perfect sense. Also despite Luke being super powerful, his vibes are not archetypical hero, so any of the dino protag partners wouldn’t make sense (him looking like Takeru also might have something to do with it. Luke would definately wear Pata-hats). Leia having companion who spends most of their time in champion mode also makes sense to me, cause duh. She’s Leia Organa, she’s just that capable.

Han: Jellymon. Cause she’s a little shit and would just be such a good reflection of Han’s personality back at him. Admittedly, I haven’t really caught up with ghost game, but I still think she fits better with him than most of the other partner digimons I’ve seen.

[kablamow]

the only digimon au im making for matchstick is digimon dusk/dawn au where they're a part of night crow and were immune to the virus because theyre already diseased enough. their digimon werent immune thoguh. so theyre standing there like "WHYRE ALL MY DIGIMON EGGS WHAT THE FUUUUUCK HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BLOW UP AND ACT LIKE I DONT KNOW NOBODY ANYMORE"

[jackpotsadmon]

WARGREYMON X AND METALGARURUMON X ARE QUEER. FRUITY. GAY, EVEN

[windfighter]

Shot through the heart

”Are you done in there?” Kouichi called and knocked on the door.

Kouji stared into the mirror, looked at the pink scars on his chest. Touched his fingers to the round one over his heart. He took a shaky breath and wrapped the towel around his waist.

”Yeah, I’m coming.”

”They’re expecting us soon!” Kouichi said through the door.

Kouji pulled his fingers through his hair. He should probably brush it.

”Do you think I should cut my hair?” he asked.

”You don’t have time”, Kouichi answered.

”Geeze”, Kouji rolled his eyes. ”You’re acting like we’re going to miss the mating season of the cicadas.”

”...what?”

Kouji grabbed the brush on the sink and opened the door.

”Nevermind”, he said, ”forgot you don’t care about nature.”

Kouichi stared at him. Blinked. Kouji followed Kouichi’s gaze. The scar right over his heart. Kouichi lifted a hand to it.

”That one’s… new…” he said.

His voice was shaky. Kouji stepped to the side and looked away.

”Shot through the heart”, he said. ”Bullet got lodged in my spine.”

He turned around and gestured to a scar on his back. It wasn’t as bright as the one after the bullet and harder to spot inbetween all the other scars.

”They spent an hour trying to dig it out. Thought I’d get paralyzed for life.”

You should be dead, they had told him. Kouichi turned him around, looked at the scar over his heart again.

”Through… the heart.”

He looked at Kouji.

”You should be dead. How?”

”Weren’t we in a rush?” Kouji said with a forced laugh.

”Junpei and Izumi can wait.”

”You’re just jealous ’cause their kids like me better.”

”They only like you because of your fake leg”, Kouichi forced a smile.

”I’m the immortal pirate king”, Kouji said with a laugh and pushed Kouichi towards the bathroom. ”Go get ready.”

”I want to look at your journal”, Kouichi said and Kouji rolled his eyes again.

”Whatever makes you happy”, he answered and turned his back to Kouichi to head to the bedroom.

Kouichi closed the door. Kouji sank down on the bed and stared at his hands.

------

There was a loud bang, followed by pain. Kouji was slung backwards, his body skidded across the ground. Frenci screamed nearby, called his name. Kouji put a hand on his chest. Moist. He lifted the hand. Blood. A lot of blood. He let the hand fall down again. The pain was already subsiding.

So this is how death feels, he thought. He stared at the sky. Gray, filled with heavy clouds. Fitting, he guessed. He took deep breaths, hoped Frenci would help the family out of there, get away from the military. He always knew he’d die early, and hadn’t ever expected to live to fifty.

Life had been good to him, he assumed. He had seen a lot. Got stuck in a cave once or twice. Stepped on a very venomous snake. Saved the world. Saved people. Found his twin. Seen a lot of the animals on his bucket list.

He hadn’t seen a snow leopard yet though.

The military walked past him without sending him as much as a glance. He was just another casualty, another person they didn’t view as a human. Kouji held no adoration for any kind of military. If he had a pistol he’d use his last breaths to fire at them.

Perhaps, in some ways, he wasn’t any better than them.

He closed his eyes, waited for his heart to slow down and stop. He was tired, the loss of blood getting to him. He drifted off, the sound of gunshots echoed through the town.

Frenci was there, pressing their hands to Kouji’s chest. Kouji blinked and drifted off again. Frenci was always there when something went south. He was glad he was allowed to see Frenci one last time before death would drag him away completely.

Kouji was being carried through underground tunnels. There was barely any light. How was he still alive? He couldn’t move, couldn’t bring himself to try and speak. He closed his eyes again.

He was on his stomach. He could feel tools in his back, moving around and cutting through the muscles. His heart beat steady against his ribs. He tried to turn his head, see what they were doing and what was going on, but his head was stuck. Understandable, it was hard to operate on people who were moving around. He tried to relax. How hadn’t he died yet?

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”You should be dead.”

Kouji pulled out a plastic jar from his backpack, stared at the bullet in it. He heard Kouichi get out of the bathroom. There wouldn’t be anything in Kouji’s medical journal about the bullet or the operation, he would have to explain the whole thing himself. He heard Kouichi’s steps come closer and stop in the doorway.

”I don’t know how I’m alive”, Kouji said.

He looked at the bullet, turned the jar around in his hand. Held it for Kouichi to look at.

”No one knows. It took half an hour before Frenci could get to me, even longer before I got to the doctors.”

Kouichi took the jar and held it up against the ceiling light. Looked at it as if it held the answers. Kouji looked at his hands.

”My heart never even stopped beating. I lost so much blood, but nothing happened.”

Kouichi gave the jar back to Kouji and sat down next to him. Kouji’s thigh protested when the prostethic didn’t quite move with the mattress and he closed one eye against the pain. Kouji laughed.

”Immortal pirate king”, he said.

”That’s just stories the kids are making up”, Kouichi said with a frown. ”Come with me to the hospital tomorrow, let me run some tests.”

”It was a month ago”, Kouji said and put the bullet away again. ”You won’t find anything.”

”I know, but… just to calm my nerves.”

Kouji sighed and patted Kouichi’s leg.

”Yeah, okay. I’ll do it for you.”

He hoped it would answer his own questions as well, but he didn’t want to admit that. He pulled the brush through his hair and smiled at Kouichi.

”We should probably get ready, or else Junpei might call the police.”

”Right, I’ll go get dressed. We leave in ten minutes.”

Kouichi stood up and left. Kouji took the bullet up again. He should be dead. Hopefully whatever tests Kouichi would be doing would give them some kind of answer to why he wasn’t.

[mjgoblou]

Why when I was a little baby watching anime and stuff never notice I was gay ? Like for real , I did watch a lot of mature stuff because of my sister and I wonder why I really like all this woman ? Like what ? I'm only putting Digimon because I'm nostalgic now

[izzyizumi]

DIGIMON Adventures ~ (Closet?) "The Beginning" Hikari Yagami-Inspired Coordinate photos of @izzyizumi

My Commentary: When the profile imgs of "The Beginning" first dropped, I was super excited because I already (from years back - found this before 2015 and even before Tri!) had a coat that was very similar to 2012-era ("The Beginning") Hikari Yagami's; (Hikari is one of my TOP favorite characters from this series, too!!) (It's not exactly the same, {mine has more pockets and buttons} but it's pretty close!... if slightly more pale pink-ish than beige)

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Unfortunately, I do not yet have a suitable wig for Hikari; & probably won't for a while longer, so you'll have to see my natural (dark) hair in this (I really need to get it trimmed again lol) I tried to get pics outside, but it was super sunny, and the color didn't quite show, so I'll have to try again soon!!

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[clamenstell]

more lovesick!gojo cause this man lives rent free in my head 😔 (also cause u guys seem to really like him too 😳)

- lovesick!gojo who purposefully gets himself injured just so you can treat his wounds and nurse him back to health. "How'd you get this hurt Satoru?" "Uh, I don't know, just happens I guess," he shrugs but in reality he asked Suguru to use his curses to hurt him on purpose. "Can't you ask Shoko to heal your wounds?" "She's busy and I can't treat these myself~" "What happened to your untouchable infinity?~" "...It's a work in progress." you don't believe him.

- lovesick!gojo who hangs around your dorm during his free time whenever he can because he loves your presence and want to be close to you. 

- lovesick!gojo who barges in without knocking the door since you got used to him coming in whenever, but this time was a bad time. You were changing when you heard your door burst open with a loud obnoxious voice yelling "I'm bored! Let's do something! :D" "😦" "😨😨😨" You've never seen someone shut the door so fast. "I am soo sorry. Oh my god." you can hear him mumble through the door.

- lovesick!gojo who's face was entirely red as he covered his face with his hand, head leaning against the very door that separated him and your half dressed self.

- lovesick!gojo who swears he would gouge his eyes out if you asked him but at the same time feel blessed for being able to see a sight he thought he would never see, he feels like a young pubescent teen all over again. You forgave him as you know it was an accident but he still bought you pastries as an apology.

- lovesick!gojo who feels his face heat up whenever he sees you as the thought of you half dressed would pop up and make him flustered, making his cheeks red.

- lovesick!gojo who acts stupid when it comes to homework so that he could ask for your help and try to score a study date with you. "Hey can you help me with question 4 🥺?" "Sure :)" "That question is so easy what are you talki-" Suguru, who has to deal with his sad attempt at flirting, likes to interrupts sometimes, good thing Satoru has a good reflex and slaps his palm over the cockblocker's mouth.

- lovesick!gojo who loves sitting next to you when you host a movie night with the others, especially when it's late at night as your sleepy self would lean your head on his shoulder for support, he could smell the fragrance of your shampoo and feel the gentle rise of your breathing.

- lovesick!gojo who has never been so still in his life to not wake you up, even if the movie ends he would rather stay here all night to be close to you. When Suguru and Shoko notices, they would make kissy faces and all he could do is flip them off while his ears redden.

- lovesick!gojo who loves doing little things like covering the corner of the table when you lean down to pick something up, or making sure you're walking on the inside of the road when you two walked down the streets, or when raining he made sure you were fully covered under the umbrella even if his shoulder is exposed to the rain (dw he has infinity). Even if you don't notice, he wants to show his love through small actions (you do notice it :)).

- lovesick!gojo who's heart jumps out his throat when you snuck a kiss to his cheek when he brought your favourite pastry, smiling sweetly at him.

- lovesick!gojo who remains still in shock as his whole face burst in red as you grab his hand and held up the pastries he bought, "Let's share them :)" Humming softly and dragging him back to your dorm by the hand, squeezing his softly, to share the sweet treat and maybe watch a movie, just the two of you <3

- lovesick!gojo who swears he can die happy and fulfilled as you two sit shoulder to shoulder and watched digimon together (you know he loves it).

- lovesick!gojo who wishes he could pause this very moment if he could, forget being the strongest as long as he could stay by your side, holding your hand and kissing your cheek <3

- lovesick!gojo who's on cloud nine and can't stop grinning the next day that Suguru and Shoko look at him weird. "What's with his face," Shoko turns to you, sticking a thumb in Satoru's direction and you only smile. "Gross," Suguru grumbles, figuring out the reason and Satoru gasp. "You're just jealous that I bagged the most gorgeous woman ever!" wrapping an arm around your shoulder and pecking your cheek. "I bet you weren't even the one who confessed," Suguru snickers earning a 'Hey!' from your pouting boyfriend, who you love very much <3

- lovesick!gojo who finally gets the chance to kiss you under the moonlight, who kisses you with such tenderness, pouring all his feelings into it, holding your cheek with one hand and holding your waist with the other. Turning his head to deepen the kiss, he never wants to forget this feeling, the feeling of your soft lips against his and the feeling of finally having you in his arms. Pulling away to breath, you both smile as he lean your foreheads together. Gods, he's just so in love with you.

not as good as the last one but hope you guys enjoyed it none the less :)

[doe-prince]

I love Golden Shrike! I've had my own comic idea for about a decade now, but I'm wondering, for you, how long did it take you to be confident enough with your art to start your comics? had you attempted panels and backgrounds earlier and didn't put them out because you weren't happy with them yet? I'm almost done with my characters and writing but I'm worried I'm not good enough to actually start doing panels

(these are just my views and experiences! there's as many approaches as there's artists)

I was BAD when I started comics, but then I again I was a kid who didn't care if my bunny-cat-digimon comics weren't good enough, it was just fun to do. Which is what it should still be, fun and a fulfillment to you. I think the happiest an artisit can be is when they can draw like they have no audience.

My comics stopped in my teenhood when I actually wanted to make something good. I made so much groundwork but VERY rarely got to the actual page production because I thought everything should be perfect, but we all know there's no such thing. When I noticed all my attempts were doomed, I stopped making them for like ten years until I was zapped with Fuck It We Ball-mentality. And it's the best thing that has happened to me. Childhood whimsy. Make your own toys.

Did I make test pages for Golden Shrike before starting production? Well, the first page of the comic is a test page. And the second page. And the whole first chapter. I just never stopped. Not smart but it's what works for me. Starting these 'test pages' has kickstarted two bigger comics for me, Golden Shrike and Jet and Harley.

Sure I made couple of style tests for GS even though I had a clear visual vision from the start, but Jet and Harley I just started to draw without any real practice pieces, just based on couple of CSP brushes I wanted to use. This isn't very smart as you'll likely find out later that MAN, this style takes too much effort, but if you're unlike me and don't care so much for consistency, you can always simplify it on the fly. And even I've had to change it: I stopped shading after chapter 5, briefly used 3D assets in upcoming pages, now I'm gonna shrink the font a little. They're teeny tiny things for readers, but huge for me.

There's many comic authors who like to plan every little detail before getting to work, but it doesn't work for me so I can't say much about it. I have a skeleton to follow, but I fully flesh out each chapter one by one when I reach them with pages, because I like to revisit my old visions with fresh brains. When you actually get to work, you might realize some scenes aren't needed, or they'd be better changed. Don't be scared to crack some ribs off your story skeleton. Being too loyal to your old vision can often hinder you.

Starting production is the biggest monster in comic making, but after the first step you'll mow over it leaving it in your dust and create a baby you can be so proud of. I wish you, and everyone else on the cusp of their projects GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, LOVE YOUR WORK.

[shogunish]

Alr, saw you say to send in requests and I JUMPED. Childhood friend/lover with Gojo 🙏 …Yum (idm if u do this or not but I’m fine with any character, Satoru just came to mind!!)

bestie, you can always send me your thoughts/requests 🫂

tried my hand at headcanons after nth years and i hope they're somewhat okay

wc. 905

childhood

↠ it's nothing special when your mom drags you along to another meeting with another clan. as the next head of your clan, she sees it as important that you learn the ropes as soon as possible, even when you were no older than eight at the time.

↠ while your mom is busy talking to someone important from the gojo clan, a butterfly catches your attenand off you go!

↠ who wants to listen to adult talk when you can go catch butterflies!

↠ and that's how you meet satoru for the first time. he's walking around the estate and as soon as you see those cerulean eyes, the butterfly you wanted to catch is forgotten.

↠ "everyone says you have the six eyes, but you only have two! like me!" you pop into satoru's space with big curious eyes and an innocent look on your face. satoru has sensed you already, and yet..he is caught off-guard by your bubbly self and the lack of understanding that the six eyes are not the number of his eyes, but an innate gift he's blessed with (or so those boring adults say).

↠ "..it's an innate gift, not the number of my eyes."

↠ "and here i was looking forward to seeing someone with six eyes! how boring.." you pout and it makes satoru laugh.

↠ it is the first time someone described the six eyes as boring when everyone praises the gift he's blessed with.

↠ satoru and you end up playing hide and seek throughout the estate and of course satoru wins every damn time. but he's genuinely having fun for the first time in a while.

↠ the other kids tend to avoid him since satoru is gifted, blessed by the heavens as the adults say. but you just went up to him, popped the bubble of isolation and told him that his eyes were boring.

↠ when your mother and satoru's mom both catch you playing throughout the estate like children should, they both smile. not only does the future for both clans seem bright, but satoru's mother is also relieved to see her son enjoying life as he should.

↠ ever since then, you meet up with satoru to play regularly without a care in the world. you still don't know what exactly the six eyes are supposed to be, satoru never tells you, either. but it doesn't matter. because satoru is satoru to you.

↠ however, even satoru reaches an age where he thinks girls are stupid and distances himself from you.

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teens

↠ so many sleepovers in which you two end up playing mario kart and watching shows until late at night, falling asleep on each other like two sprawled out starfish secretly in love.

↠ satoru finds it strangely endearing whenever you wear his sunglasses. he doesn't give them away easily. the six eyes tire him out and give him a headache whenever he doesn't wear them for too long, but..but if the sun is too bright and you "can't see shit" – as you'd say – satoru willingly puts his shades on the bridge of your nose.

↠ you're attached by the hip, playing digimon together during lunch breaks, sparring together and sharing sweets with one another. it's so bad that shoko has to ask if the two of you are a thing.

↠ "no way!" satoru and you say in unison and shoko knows..there's more to it.

↠ she's got a bet with geto when the you will finally get together.

↠ one fated sleepover, you're casually sitting on satoru's bed, a pack of gummy bears in-between you and him. it's a humid summer night, but the stars sparkle as brightly as ever.

↠ lately, you've been thinking a lot. everyone you know has already experienced their first kiss, but since you're stuck in this "jujutsu shit", meeting someone is..hard. the only guy you're close with is satoru and the more time you spend with him, the more you notice his soft lips, the way he'd grind from ear to ear when he saw you, the blue in his eyes that reminded you of the heavens..

↠ it might be stupid, but..you know that satoru won't judge you. he never did and never will.

↠ "do you wanna kiss? just to find out what it feels like." you ask nonchalantly.

↠ "huh?!" satoru must've misheard you, right? there's no way you actually want your first kiss to be with him, right? god, it must be an awful idea and satoru knows it, but when his gaze flicks down to your glossed lips and back to your stupidly lovely face..he is curious, too.

↠ "just one kiss. if you want more, that's too bad for you." he smirks, putting up a tough front and you have half the mind to change your mind. but when satoru brushes your hair behind your ear and his large hand cups your jaw..all thoughts go straight out the window.

↠ satoru kisses you, gently and softly in his bedroom.

↠ in this moment, he knows he's a goner, head over heels in love with you.

↠ it's not until he's 17, pushing 18 when satoru confesses his feelings for you and luckily for him, you return his feelings with a clumsy smooch to his lips (he wouldn't want it any other way).

[lmskitty]

Ok like I LOVE lovesick Gojo. We all know he loves Suguru "my one and only" Geto. We all know he definitely watches him when his hair is falling out of his bun and he has to readjust it and he longs to touch it, play with it, kiss Suguru on the forehead. He touches him as much as he's allowed to and even then he wants more. If he could wrap his arms around Suguru's neck and be piggybacked everywhere he would. (He tried Suguru carried him a lil bit but then said he was too heavy and pushed him off :( the boy is down bad.

But!!!! Let me raise you horny on super secret sideblog Suguru who is also just as fucking feral about his friend but let's his morals take over and tries to hide it. Stares at his bestie when he stretches in his t-shirt and shorts at that white happy trail downwards off of his toned stomach. Loves watching him and listening to him ramble about digimon for the fourth time that week, small smile on his lips. Tutts at him for mocking Nanami but loves watching him so full of laughter it's infectious.

And what if he gives up being the one in control always and just gives in??

Suguru does Satoru's undercut for him and god the proximity, getting to hold his soft hair back and stand behind Satoru's shirtless form as he tells him to stop moving so much but in reality his hands are shaking because god his limitless is off and his skin is so warm under him and when he's done with the buzz cut all he wants to do is kiss it and feel the soft hair there on his lips and the sweat on the nape of his neck. He leans down on autopilot body taking over and catches himself just before, moving instead to whisper in Satoru's ear that he's all done.

He's still by the shell of his ear when Satoru leans back sleepily.

"Want me to do you next?" He says tilting his head back to stare at his friend and Suguru tries not to blush at those words. Hes still close enough to kiss. Would he kiss him back? Or would it ruin everything they have?

Suguru stares at him and then leans forward and whispers.

"I trust you with my life but not with my hair" before he can fully take in the betrayed look on Satoru's face he's kissing him and the insult is momentarily forgotten. Suguru runs his hands through the newly shaven hair and Satoru sighs as he gives the soft fluffy hair above it a gentle tug. He pulls back to breathe, Satoru chasing his lips as Suguru laughs and goes to put the clippers away.

"Hold the fuck on you can't just insult me like that and think kissing me is gonna fix it! What do you mean you don't trust me with your hair!!" He says and Suguru laughs as Satoru tackles him kissing him all over as revenge.

[epickiya722]

You know what, season 2 broke a lot of our hearts, didn't it? Well, here's some moments I thought were funny, heartwarming and just off the wall to lighten things up!

Starting with the Hidden Inventory/Premature Death Arc and if y'all want, I'll do a part 2 for the Shibuya Incident!

NOTE: I may have talked about some of these moments before in other posts.

Utahime, just all of Utahime in the first episode. She's awesome, I adore her. "SHOOOOKOOOO!!"

Chibi Satoru and Suguru. Especially the part of Suguru walking up the stairs as the others were talking. "Urusei."

"SENSEI, I SAY WE STOP THIS HUNT FOR THE CULPRIT!"

"SO IT WAS YOU!"

"Blegh!"

Shoko dipping out.

Suguru was really about to jump Satoru with a curse!!!

The fact that Suguru even went from wearing regular-waist pants to high-waist ones from manga to anime is glorious. Whoever decided that knew Suguru was meant to be a fashion icon.

Digimon

That WALK!!! Y'all, those are Special Grade sorcerers!

Suguru scowling Satoru on his behavior, also... "Satorrruuu~" Did he have to purr? That was a purr!

I love Satoru Gojo, I do. But with those glasses, he really do be looking like one of the Three Blind Mice from Shrek.

I don't know how but Toji somehow made saying he took his wife's last name scary. Like, he was very intimidating that it bypass me the first time of how cute it is that he loved Mamaguro a lot.

They actually added Suguru fixing himself a cup of tea in the anime!! This teenager really had that man captured by some Kissing Curse, told him he couldn't be a rice farmer and had himself some tea. Iconic.

Ooh, Satoru didn't have to do Bayer like that. But I applaud him for taking such a selfie!

Shoko trying to explain how RCT works actually irritated Satoru... which is rare!

Riko actually was the first to defeat Satoru. Did him dirty!! Suguru actually laughs at Satoru getting slapped while in the anime he looks shocked. Either way, his reaction is funny as hell.

"You look like a liar! And what's up with those bangs?" Then Riko got jumped for that!

Suguru's bangs ain't that bad, come on!

Knowing how Suguru turns out, it's something he's the one to tell Kuroi that she's Riko's family. Years later, he had his own "family". It's actually heartwarming he tells her that.

That old man didn't even get touched yet and he was already seeing his dead dog from 50 years ago!! Man's life flashed right before his eyes and he even says that! The whooping Suguru put on him was so bad that he was having visions!!

The one time Satoru is shown to have some sort of charm is with a bunch of school girls. The teacher should be locked up though.

Baghead man really had on the All Might cosplay.

Toji didn't have to say a word to that man and he still scared him shitless. Alright, Toji, I see you being all scary!

Satoru really be carrying kids like they're bags of groceries. Did it with Yuji, he did it with Riko.

"I failed!"

Kuroi being rescued! Satoru really stomped on those guys!

The plane scene. Satoru checking each passenger all with a glare. Meanwhile, Suguru was just chilling with a book, sitting there all pretty.

The whole beach scene!! "IT'S A SEA CUCUMBER!!"

Teen Kento having that hairstyle and his dynamic with Yu is just too adorable. He looks like he has Wii music playing in his head all day. Such a good kid!!

I cannot believe that DIO's VA is also Toji's. It's funnier when Toji has had beef with Satoru as a kid and DIO has had generational beef with the Joestars.

I just know that Worm Curse was having the time of its life on Toji's back while he was jumping around and being tossed about. Also, Toji smiling the whole time while fighting.

Suguru actually has mad hops! Did y'all not see that long ass jump?!

Squid gun. Speaking of, where in the hell did all those squids come from?! I need a story on that one!

Toji talking about how he fights for a while before Suguru tells him to shut up and due.

"Am I pretty?" "Sorry, you're not my type." Okay, well, damn.

The Worm Curse pretty much "NOPE" at Suguru.

That kick was fucking personal, I just know it! Also, the fact that Toji actually thought about the curses inhabiting Suguru's body is something. Especially, given later. I actually question that when Suguru dies in JJK 0, did Satoru have to deal with any curses?

Toji remembering Megumi.

Also, if you pay attention to the Worm, that thing sometimes matches Toji's expressions. It's like Reki and his headband (SK8 the Infinity).

Satoru standing all menacingly outside for Toji.

"Is he high?" Well, given that a few moments later he'll be floating in the air.

The fact that people have described Toji's death as "turned into the Apple logo" to "hot the Rengoku treatment". Y'all are out of pocket! And he looked so disappointed, too.

"Mommy... hug me..." That scene is just...

"I like girls with healthy appetites!" Yu, never change!!

Yuki's reaction to what Suguru tells her about what he has heard about her. "She's pouting."

"I heard you the first time. That's why I said 'huh'!" Bro was just that mad.

Shoko. Just Shoko when she and Suguru meet in Shinjuku.

Heartbreaking as the scene is, you had one lanky ass teenager looking deranged on one end and the other with the "I'm going to the store real quick" fit on having this fight in front of KFC. Becomes even funnier when you remember the slogan "finger lickin' good". What does this have to do with anything? Think about Yuji.

One, where did Suguru get the robes from? Two, given he was born the following year in February after Satoru, if I did my calculations right... Suguru really started a cult at 17. No wonder there was objections. After he killed that guy, I'm sure everyone was like "oh, he's unhinged".

Okay, but the head rubs he gave the twins was so cute!! Look, they may been raised as killers, but it's sweet that they were Suguru's family. He adored those girls and they adored him!

The first meeting between Megumi and Satoru!!

Satoru waking up and seeing his students was just so heartwarming!!!

[sweet-evie]

Does fanfic exist of SaShiSu just being housemates? I need this AU so bad 😭

✨ masterlist ✨

Like I want more wholesome shenanigans between the three of them...

Like, I need more content of just Satoru, Shoko, and Suguru being the best of friends going through ups and downs together, navigating through that phase in life where high school ends and university days begin.

Satoru is the rich friend and wanted to buy the three of them a house with his parents' money, but Suguru and Shoko refuse and are adamant about showing rich boy what it's like to live in the real world.

So they rent a 3-bedroom 2-bathroom apartment unit... (Satoru and Suguru share a bathroom, and Shoko gets her own bathroom, for obvious reasons). It's still pretty upscale compared to most, but they all agreed to pitch in for the rent and utilities.

I want to see moments where Satoru learns how to do laundry, moments where Suguru figures out how to make the perfect fried rice recipe, moments where Shoko stays up super late to study and the boys stay up with her and help her with flash cards and stuff.

They have game nights, movie nights, spring cleaning days, laundry days.

I want to see friendship fights and friendship fluff afterwards.

I want to see moments where they have personal emergencies, and they each know how to take care of each other.

I want to see them get drunk together. Satoru gets wasted first because he's a lightweight and he RARELY drinks. He consumes alcohol like once a year and only because he lost to Suguru in a bet.

They're each other's best wingman and wing-woman and they roast each other so hard, like only best friends can.

They see each other's best qualities and know each other's worst habits.

I want to see Satoru whining and complaining when he keeps finding black and brown strands of hair everywhere. He also finds stray hair clips and hair ties in the most random places.

I need to hear Shoko complain about all the random shit Satoru and Suguru keep buying and placing around the house. They don't even need most of it. One or two or five is fine, but sometimes it accumulates and ends up cluttering the kitchen counters and takes up valuable cooking space.

(Like why do we need Digimon figurines in the kitchen? Why do jars of multi-colored marbles keep multiplying on available counter spaces?)

I want to see Suguru being passive-aggressive, sassy, and petty about his two housemates not carrying their own weight when it comes to housework. Suguru's toxic trait is that he refuses other people's help when it comes to cleaning because he has a way of doing things that he MUST follow and NO ONE is allowed to mess with it, but he gets annoyed when people don't help him while he's cleaning.

I want to see them juggle part-time jobs and college schoolwork... Well, Shoko and Suguru would get jobs. Satoru is a nepo-baby.

Even if Satoru is a nepo-baby, he at least knows what normal people (like you and me) do to function and live in a society drenched in capitalism, and it's all thanks to Suguru and Shoko.

When Shoko and Suguru struggle to make ends meet financially, it's Satoru to the rescue! They rarely ask for his help, obviously, but rich boy finds out anyway and if he can help, HE WILL HELP.

The three of them are family at this point.

If you date any one of them, just know that they're a package deal. You can't have one without the two.

I want a disney movie with the three of them as main characters, basically -- where friendship and family love saves the day! 🙌

Is this too much to ask?

From Gege? Well, yes... 😩

(JJK canon has just broken me beyond repair... *sobs in Ch #236).

[bethanythebogwitch]

Since my previous posts on fish Digimon and mermaid (and mermaid-adjacent) Digimon got lived, fuck it, all aquatic Digimon. This will be a series of posts because there are too many for one.

I'm going to start with Digimon with codified evolution lines. For non-fans, know that while Digimon evolve through different stages, its much less linear than in Pokemon. While Pokemon evolution usually goes a to b to c, Digimon evolution can go more like a to y to r back to g then merge with e to become q. That being said, there are some lines that are clearly intended to be the default, often because they featured in the animes where evolution is usually a lot more linear than in the games and virtual pets.

Literally the OG aquatic Digimon is Betamon. It debuted on the first virtual pet alongside series mascot Agumon and yet its never been in the spotlight. I say Betamon deserves to be a major partner Digimon in some anime or game by now. I love this little frog/lizard/ wamp monster/whatever it is. Betamon also has a recolored variant called ModokiBetamon. Using a recolor as a new Digimon was fairly common in the early franchise. I generally prefer variants to have more changed about them than just the color. I also generally don't like x-antibody Digimon. To make a long story short, x-antibody Digimon are variants of existing Digimon that I generally consider to be overdesigned and ugly. Betamon has an x-antibody variant that isn't too bad as far as x-antibodies go, but it's still adding unnecessary elements to a perfectly good design.

Betamon

Betamon X

Betamon's main evolution is Seadramon and it's a classic for a reason. This sea serpent is a beast and played a significant role in the first anime as a monster of the week. It can also breathe out a stream of supercold air that freezes its targets. When I think of aquatic Digimon, Seadramon is usually the first to come to mind. It's also notable for having an x-antibody variant that actually looks good.

Seadramon

Seadramon X

Seadramon evoles to MegaSeadramon, which is a great follow-up to Seadramon's design. The red body is nice and striking and that big metal horn can shoot electricity. Come to think of it, both Seadramon and MegaSeadramon were monsters of the week in episodes of Adventure where a partner Digimon unlocked an evolution. Maybe that's the line's specialty, they never take the spotlight but they play support to the heroes. MegaSeadramon has a recolor called WaruSeadramon which is just darker and evil. MegaSeadramon has an x-antibody variant that is so overdesigned I can't help but grudgingly respect it.

MegaSeadramon

MegaSeadramon X

The final evolution in the family is MetalSeadramon which is where the line stepped into the spotlight with MetalSeadramon being a major villain in Digimon Adventure. It was upgraded by the Crack Team (a hacker group that upgrades Digimon into cyborgs for their own nefarious goals) to become incredibly powerful and the fastest of all underwater Digimon. And according to the anime, it can fly. Unlike the others, MetalSeadramon doesn't have an x-antibody variant. Sort of. There is GigaSeadramon, which has the x-antibody and looks exactly like what you'd expect from MetalSeadramon X, but isn't. I dunno why.

MetalSeadramon

GigaSeadramon

The aquatic line most people will be familiar with is the Gomamon line doe to its role in Digimon Adventure. Gomamon is a cute little seal. Specifically, it is a spotted seal, or a gomafu-azarashi. I really like this guy doe to its role in the anime as a laid-back and goofy partner to a compulsive worrywart of a human. Gomamon has an x-antibody variant that's fine, but I still prefer the original.

Gomamon

Gomamon X

Gomamon evolves to Ikkakumon, a big, fluffy walrus with a unicorn horn. It looks like someone that would be great to hug if you can get past the fish breath. Also that horn can open up and shoot out\t a torpedo. Because Digimon.

The next stage is Zudomon, who is now a humanoid walrus who appers to be suffering from hair loss. It's now adept at moving on land and in water. It also uses tools, wearing a giant turtle shell as armor and wielding Thor's hammer (despite what the English dub will tell you)

The final stage is Vikemon, a badass viking walrus complete with the helmet. It leads an army of Zudomon and Ikkakumon and (in another viking reference) will go into a berserk rage in combat. It does lose a lot of the aquatic design elements, but I'd say it works out.

While Vikemon is now the default end of the Gomamon line, for a while in the early days it was Plesiomon instead. I can see why they changed it, as the viking walrus has a much better connection to the rest of the line than a plesiosaur. I honestly thin it works better as an ultimate/perfect or champion/adult level than a mega, but I'm not saying no to a Plesiosaur Digimon. Plesiomon has an x-antibody variant.

Plesiomon

Plesiomon X

What do you get when you combine a cyborg sea serpent and a plesiosaur? Turns out a mechanical submarine dragon. This is Aegisdramon, who was created by the afore-mentioned Crack Team using data from MealSeadramon and Plesiomon. While it was created by malicious hackers, it mostly handles data analysis and will allegedly purify evil. When it does fight, it's an absolute badass who is probably one of the Digital World's ocean's top dogs.

Syakomon was a fairly obscure Digimon until the game Digimon Survive made it a partner and gave it a defined evolution line. Syakomon answers the question of "how do you make a bivalve cute" by giving it a little puppy face. Weirdly enough, Syakomon originally debuted as a ultimate/perfect level before being retconned to be a rookie/child level, which makes more sense. It also has an x-antibody variant that is just atrocious. That's not fanart or concept art down there, that's the quality of the actual official art for it. Bandai paid for that quality.

Syakomon

Syakomon X

Syakomon evolves to Shellmon, which is definitely one of the weirder-looking Digimon; a weird, amorphous pink monster in a turban snail shell. Sound familiar? Yeah, it's pretty similar to Pokemon's Slowbro and Slowking. That's because they're based on the same thing: the sazae-oni, a legendary Japanese sea demon that wears a turban snail shell. Shellmon also has a green recolor called MoriShellmon.

Shellmon evolves to Mermaimon, which I covered in an earlier post. The mega/ultimate level is then MarineAngemon, one of the cutest and friendliest Digimon out there. While most mega/ultimate level Digimon are gigantic combat monsters, MarineAngemon is tiny and very peaceful. It spits heart-shaped bubbles that cause targets to calm down and lose their fighting spirit, meaning it disarms its foes with the power of love. It's based on a sea angel, a type of sea slug popular in Japan.

Another anime-canon line that leads to MarineAngemon comes in the supplemental material for Digimon Tamers. It starts win Penguinmon or Penmon. It's a Digimon penguin, nothing really standout about it, but a solid design. It also has a tropical themed red recolor called Muchomon.

The next stage is Dolphmon or Rukamon. Being a dolphin, it is very intelligent, but its thought processes are completely alien and nobody else really understands it. I think thats an interesting take on dolphin intelligence.

The next evolution is Whamon, a very cool whale digimon. This thing is one of the biggest Digimon out there and so large that only a few computers can fully render it. Absolute unit. and in most appearances, it's been a friendly ally to the heroes. Just an all-around excellent cetacean. In the Tamers universe, Whamon evolves to MarineAngemon, meaning one of the biggest Digimon evolves to one of the smallest. I dig it.

The final default line I'm going to talk about today is the Otamamon line. Otamamon is a half-metamorphosed tadpole that is also a singer. It crawls out onto rocks and practices its singing. While Otamamon prefers col water, it has a warm-water red recolor. It also has an x-antibody variant that is pretty ugly.

Otamamon

Otamamon X

Otamamon evolves to Gekomon, which has an amazing singing voice and a face only a mother could love. They're born from musical data and are some of the greatest musicians in the Digital World but man are they ugly. That tongue gives me the creeps.

Gekomon evolves to ShogunGekomon or TonosamaGekomon, which is where the line ends as they don't have a dedicated mega/ultimate level. It's still really gross to look at and still a great musician that leads choruses of Gekomon. I don't really have much else to say about it.

Now that the dedicated lines are done with (the Jellymon line is in the mermaid post), I'll do more freeform entries in a post coming soon to dashboards near you.

[kairiscorner]

i srsly can't help myself from making these

gojo satoru x filipino reader

• he fucking plays with the damn lato-latos (dk how to pronounce it properly pls help) EVERY DAMN DAY.

• i can imagine he plays with it on his own, while he's watching over his students from outside the barrier when they're on missions, when pissing off nanami, ESPECIALLY AROUND YOU, THE CLICKITY CLACKITING NEVER STOPS AND IT DRIVES YOU INSANE 😭😭😭

• he def listens to iv of spades or itchyworms, if he's feeling dramatic, he'd listen to regine or lea salonga.

• when you came home to him, exhausted and overworked, he turned on the karaoke machine he bought without you knowing and put on "gusto ko nang bumitaw" and sang it from the bottom of his lungs.

• he bought a karaoke machine to impress your relatives, he vibes with the noisiest ones but hates the chattiest ones fr 😭

• he has mastered the art of saying, "putangina niyo !" (it angered your relatives a little at how he says it so casually, without hesitation, but you didn't teach him that–your anger towards work/school/every/anything else did; yasz i swear when mad too ok 🫂)

• he loves mang inasal fr, that's where he hangs out if the kfc is full. if not mang inasal, JOLLIBEE 🫂🫂🫂

• he's a chocnut kid ok.

• he hoardes the chocnut away from you and indulges in it when he knows you're on a diet, HE'D EAT 3 WHOLE ASS PACKS IN FRONT OF YOU SHAMELESSLY.

• he likes the tinikling dance, but he gets sad when he dance to the notes on time, he wanted to know what it was like to get slammed at the ankles by the bamboo :[

• but it's worth it seeing you have fun dancing with him

• he gets scared of the flying cockroaches.

• "mahaaaaaal..." "ipis ba nanaman?" "yes........" "yan kasi, kain ka ng kain ng chocnut sa kwarto, alam mo naman makalat kang kumain hayup ka"

• he calls you the king/queen of the slipper bc you not only use it to slay those wicked cockroaches, you are mighty great at hitting him with it whenever you please :>

• HE ALSO LOVES CALLING YOU "MAHAL", IF NOT MAHAL, IT'S "BEBE KO"

• "mahaaaaal, i'm home", "bebe kooooo, can i have a hug?", "mahaaaaal, what did i do this time?", "bebe kooooo, they were being such putangina fuckers ! how could i nooooooot?"

• he loved kadenang ginto fr, it was too iconic for him. "OH MY GOD KASSIE" = "OH MY GOD MEGUMI" (he relentlessly memes it on megumi bc he can :>)

• surprisingly, he picked up on tagalog really fast. he treats your parents with respect, but he thought to call them "lolo at lola" instead of "ma at pa", he only called them the latter when he overheard your parents complain about how disrespectful that lolo lola thing was to their age 😭😭😭

• he wants to try all your childhood favorite foods, he LOVES TAHO.

• he fucking freaked when team yey had a filipino dub of digimon, he binged that the whole weekend.

• a couple of kids in your barangay challenged him to basketball (bc mf is so tall, they wanted a challenge) AND HE WHOPPED THEIR FUCKING ASSES SO BAD, HE CARRIED HIMSELF 🫂🫂🫂

[windfighter]

Bury me in white

Kouji wasn’t feeling great when he woke up. He yawned, rubbed his eyes and blew his nose into his sleeve. Disgusting. He threw the shirt into the pile with dirty clothes.

Not great, but it wasn’t that bad either. He’d just have to take it easy today, stick to the easy slopes. Which had been the plan anyway. He didn’t like skiing much.

He slipped into warmer clothes, grabbed his skiis and left the cabin he and Kouichi shared. Kouichi was still sleeping and Kouji didn’t want to wake him up, so better to go to the restaurant, get some breakfast and warm up before Takuya decided to challenge him.

The restaurant was almost empty, a few other early birds having their coffee and scrambled eggs. Kouji grabbed a cup of coffee and some pancakes with maple syrup before sitting down outside to eat. It was cold outside, close to -20 degrees celcius, and Kouji shivered. He wrapped his hands around the cup to warm them up and watched the nightsky above.

He didn’t manage the pancakes, but he’d always been terrible at eating breakfast. He just wasn’t hungry when he woke up. He’d eat with the others later. He put the plate and cups away, put his skiis on and went out on the slopes.

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The sun was rising and Kouji started heading back to the cabins. Takuya and Tomoki were already awake, trying and failing at making snowmen outside their cabin. Kouji could see Izumi and Junpei through the window and waved at them before heading inside.

Kouichi was still sleeping. Kouji smiled mischievously. He really shouldn’t but… there was no way he could resist. He snuck closer and put his frozen glove against Kouichi’s neck. Kouichi woke up with a shriek and sat up, almost knocking his head in Kouji’s jaw when doing so. Kouji laughed.

”Morning, niisan.”

Kouichi grumbled, and pulled the blanket over his shoulders.

”What’s the emergency?”

”No emercency”, Kouji pulled a hand across his nose. ”Everyone’s up and awake already though, just waiting for you.”

Kouichi raised an eyebrow.

”Are you sick?”

”Just a cold.”

Kouji grabbed Kouichi’s hand and pressed his forehead against it.

”Not even a fever, don’t worry.”

”I’ll be keeping an eye on you anyway.”

Kouji rolled his eyes.

”You get supersick once and never hear the end of it. Whatever makes you happy.”

Kouichi got out of the bed, stretched and changed into regular clothes. Kouji sat down on the bed with a yawn and Kouichi glanced at him.

”Maybe you should stay here.”

”No way, I wanna hang out with the rest of you. I’m getting hungry now though.”

Kouichi laughed.

”Okay, okay, I’ll hurry”, he said and disappeared into the bathroom.

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”Let’s go off-pist”, Takuya was quick to suggest after breakfast.

Kouji hesitated. Takuya grinned at him.

”Or are you scaaa~red?”

”I’m not scared, Takuya.”

Kouji wasn’t as good at skiing as Takuya and Tomoki, but Tomoki prefered the jump-slope and the slalom-slope, and Kouji was good enough at skiing that going off-pist wasn’t dangerous. But he had promised himself to take it easy today.

”Maybe after lunch”, he suggested. ”Give you a chance to warm up so you can keep up with me.”

”It’s fine to be scared”, Takuya said. ”I’ll just look down on you a little.”

”No one’s scared”, Kouichi said and walked past them to grab his skiis. ”We can at least start the day together.”

”I might head into town after lunch then”, Izumi said and grabbed her own skiis. ”I want to see the sights and not just skii while we’re here.”

Tomoki grabbed his skiis and started running to the lift.

”Last one up is a rotten cod!” he called and Takuya and Kouji started running after him. Kouichi facepalmed, but took chase as well while Junpei and Izumi walked in their own tempo. There would be a line to the lift anyway.

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Kouji was still hesitating at lunch-time. He was feeling slightly worse than he had in the morning and he could tell Kouichi could see it. He barely ate, but at least he drank two cups of tea to help warm him up and soothe his throat which was starting to itch.

”We could do something in the cabins after lunch”, Kouichi suggested after Kouji pulled a hand across his eyes for the fifth time. ”I brought some card-games we can play.”

”What card-games?” Kouji asked and put his arms and head on the table.

”Nah, we’re going off-pist”, Takuya said and nudged Kouji’s side. ”Unless someone’s a scaredy cat.”

”Maybe I am and you haven’t realized it”, Kouji said with a yawn.

”Off-pist sounds fun”, Tomoki said, ”but they’re gonna open the new and higher jump-slope this afternoon. I wanna try that!”

”Want us to watch?” Kouji asked and Tomoki shook his head.

”I’ll be fine, I’m great at jumping!”

”The best”, Takuya agreed. ”When’s your first olympic game?”

Tomoki laughed. Kouichi looked pointedly at Kouji.

”Why are you so adamant about off-pist anyway?” Kouji asked and closed his eyes.

”More exciting than the slopes. We might even see a bear!”

Kouichi facepalmed.

”You sure know how to sell it”, he said sarcastically, but Kouji sat up again.

”I am interested and would like to subscribe to your newsletter”, he said and Kouichi groaned.

Takuya smiled.

”Off-pist?”

”Yeah, sure. I’ll join you”, Kouji said.

He just hoped he wouldn’t regret it.

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Takuya was faster than Kouji on skiis, but at least he would stay from time to time to let Kouji catch up to him. Kouji coughed and almost hit a tree, but managed to swerve out of the way just in time. Takuya looked at him.

”You doing okay back there?” he called.

Kouji pulled a hand across his face before giving Takuya thumbs up.

”No bears yet”, Kouji called back and had to cough again.

”Maybe on the other side of the rocks!”

He gestured up the slope to a rock formation and Kouji stared at it for a while. It felt so far away. Maybe he should have accepted Kouichi’s offer to play card-games, but it was too late now. They started the climb up, Takuya gestured further down again.

”A cave! Wanna explore it?”

Kouji shook his head.

”Shouldn’t wake a sleeping bear”, he said and shivered.

”...are you okay?” Takuya asked, finally noticing Kouji’s short breaths.

”Just a cold”, Kouji said.

Takuya nodded and they headed further up the slope.

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They hadn’t heard the avalanche warning on the radio. Kouji wasn’t sure if it was he or Takuya who got the snow rolling, or if it had just been a coincidence, but suddenly they were going as fast as they could in order to outrun the snow chasing them.

Takuya swerved to the right, towards the cave they spotted earlier. Kouji followed him, the distance between them increasing for every second, and the snow quickly catching up to him. He wasn’t sure he would make it.

A cough forced itself through his throat, made him swerve in the wrong direction. He corrected it quickly, leaned forward a bit more to try and speed up. He was almost at the cave. The snow sped up behind him.

It was heavy. Kouji tried to roll up to protect himself, but the force of the snow was too strong for him to be able to do anything. He felt something snap and desperately hoped it was his skiis, but there was an intense pain radiating from his leg.

He needed to stay awake. Everything was cold and dark. He couldn’t tell up from down. He coughed, the snow pressed against his chest and made it hard to breathe. There wasn’t any air to breathe anyway. He tried to move, tried to push the snow away, give himself some more room.

Red-hot pain flared up from his leg, made his head spin, and he blacked out.

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Snow crashed into the cave. Takuya backed as far away from the entrance as he could. He couldn’t see Kouji.

He couldn’t see much, the cave was dark with the sunlight blocked.

He pulled off his backpack, rummaged around in it until he found a flashlight, sending a grateful thought to Kouichi for forcing them to take emergency backpacks in case something happened. He turned the light on.

The cave wasn’t big, but maybe that was a plus in this situation. It was easier to heat up and keep a small enclosed area warm than a big one. He stared at the snow covering the entrance and leaned against the wall. He slid down to the ground, felt panic clawing in his chest.

Was Kouji okay?

Takuya took his skiis off. At least he was okay, if closed in. Good thing he wasn’t claustrophobic.

The snow moved, more snow fell into the cave. There would probably be a second avalanche any minute. He really hoped Kouji had gotten to safety.

He pulled a blanket out of the backpack, wrapped it around himself and stared at the snow. Ten minutes went past. The snow was getting darker.

The snow was getting… redder.

Takuya’s eyes widened. He got to his feet again, the blanket forgotten behind him. He dug his hands into the snow. It was cold. And packed.

”Kouji!?”

A bit of snow fell into the cave as he dug a hole in it. The red snow was sticky against his gloves. He didn’t have to dig for long until he found a leg.

”Kouji… Shit.”

He kept digging, had to free Kouji from the masses. Kouji wasn’t moving, wasn’t even shivering. He was pale when Takuya finally got him free, finally got him into the cave. Takuya bit his lip.

”Please tell me you’re at least breathing”, he muttered and held his cheek over Kouji’s mouth.

Takuya held his breath. Kouji exhaled weakly, but at least he was breathing. Takuya leaned back. He needed to get them out of there.

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Kouji woke up with a cough. He took a breath and coughed again. Breathing was hard, it felt like he was breathing water.

”Your breathing is getting worse”, Takuya said from somewhere.

Kouji tried lifting his head, but Takuya was there and held him down.

”You shouldn’t move, I’m not sure how injured you are…”

Kouji blinked. The world was dark, a small fire next to him the only source of light.

”Hurts…” he forced out.

”No shit”, Takuya said with a panicked laugh. ”Compound fractures do that.”

Takuya held his hand against Kouji’s forehead and bit his lip. Kouji’s eyes were closing again.

”Are you cold?” Takuya asked.

Kouji had to think. His brain felt slow and disconnected from his body and connecting it required effort. He was wrapped in something, the rescue blanket from his backpack he assumed, and something soft had been placed under his head. He didn’t feel like he was freezing so he shook his head.

”Fire will die out soon”, Takuya told him. ”We’re in a cave and I only had our skiis for fuel.”

”Hn?” Kouji asked and had to cough.

Takuya took a shaky breath and patted Kouji’s shoulder.

”Get some rest, I’ll keep trying to dig us out.”

Takuya stood up again. Kouji took another shallow breath and let himself slip back into oblivion.

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Breathing was even harder next time he woke up. The fire had died out and the cave was pitch black.

”’kuya?”

He had to cough, his body shook and he let out a cry as it moved his broken leg. The light of a flashlight swooped over him and then Takuya was next to him.

”I’m here”, Takuya said.

He put a hand on Kouji’s shoulder and put the flashlight on the floor next to them.

”Are you hungry? Or thirsty?”

Kouji shook his head. Takuya reached for one of the backpacks and pulled out a bottle of water.

”I need you to drink a little anyway”, he said and put a hand under Kouji’s head.

Takuya’s hand was shivering, Kouji notied as Takuya lifted his head slightly from the ground and held the bottle to his lips. He took a couple of sips, then pressed against Takuya’s hand to let him know it was enough.

”You… okay?” Kouji asked when he was down on the ground again.

”Yeah, just getting cold from digging through the snow.”

”Don’t”, Kouji ordered. ”GPS…”

Takuya’s eyes widened slightly and he let out a short ’oh’ before he started digging through the backpack again. Kouji watched him in silence.

”I forgot about these”, Takuya said and held up the gps-sender with an awkward grin.

A loud rumble echoed outside the cave and the hole Takuya had dug fell in on itself. Takuya cursed quietly.

”Hours of work undone just like that.”

”Cold…” Kouji said.

Another cough tore through him and his eyes teared up. Everything hurt. Takuya pulled a hand through Kouji’s hair.

”I can’t do much about that, I’m sorry. Try to get some more sleep, I’ll wake you up when they come to get us.”

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Kouji woke up from time to time. The cave was dark and got colder as time passed. Takuya made him drink and eat every time he woke up.

Breathing got harder and harder. Kouji’s lungs hurt with every breath. Takuya was sitting next to him, wrapped in his own blanket.

”How… long…” Kouji managed to ask.

”...a day”, Takuya said and pulled his hands through his hair. ”They’ll come soon.”

He didn’t say that they had run out of water, but Kouji knew. He didn’t say anything, just closed his eyes and let himself drift off again.

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Air didn’t want to enter Kouji’s lungs. He woke up, desperately tried to take a breath. He threw his hand to the side in panic and hit Takuya’s leg. Takuya stirred next to him.

”Kouji?”

Takuya’s movements were so slow. The panic clawing in Kouji’s chest got worse. Light flooded the cave as Takuya turned the flashlight on and looked at Kouji.

Takuya’s eyes widened. He tilted Kouji’s head back slightly, opened his airways. But the airways weren’t the problem, his lungs were. Darkness was creeping in on him, his eyes were sliding shut.

Kouji grabbed Takuya’s blanket, tried to pull himself into a sitting position. He coughed, muccus gathered in his mouth and he swallowed it. The blanket slid off Takuya, made him shiver, but it also made him move.

Takuya put his hands under Kouji’s back, pushed him into a sitting position and sat down behind him, wrapping his blanket around both of them and his arms around Kouji. Kouji’s breaths came in short and quick successions, but he was breathing again. Takuya rested his forehead against Kouji’s head and let out a relieved sigh. Kouji shivered, started coughing. He didn’t stop coughing and Takuya wrapped his arms tighter around Kouji.

”Don’t die”, he whispered.

Kouji wanted to answer, but he couldn’t. He grabbed his blanket, tried to cling to conciousness, but it slid away from him. He still wasn’t getting enough oxygen.

Takuya hugged Kouji tighter as he slipped back to sleep and his coughs died out.

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”Kouji”, Takuya shook Kouji. ”They’re here now.”

Kouji was cold and still in his arms. Takuya stared at the hole that was slowly getting larger. Light was flooding into the cave and he blinked.

”They’re here”, he repeated. ”We’re saved.”

Tears filled his eyes. He hoped it wasn’t too late.

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Something was breathing for him. Kouji opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. A face he didn’t recognize hovered next to him.

”You’re awake”, it said and Kouji closed his eyes again. ”Your dad will be back soon.”

Kouji didn’t want to know what had happened. His body was still exhausted and he fell asleep again.

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The machine was still breathing for him next time he woke up. He lifted a hand to pull it out, but someone put it back on the mattress.

”Better leave that for the nurses”, Kousei said next to him. ”How are you doing?”

Kouji couldn’t answer, didn’t even have the energy to glare. Kousei patted his hand.

”Stupid question, I guess.”

He squeezed Kouji’s hand.

”Kouichi has promised to never let you out of his sight again.”

Kouji tried to glance around the room, but moving was painful and hard.

”He’s not here, I’m the only one allowed inside until you can breathe on your own.”

Kousei squeezed his hand again.

”Get some more rest, you’ll need lots of it.”

Kouji obeyed.

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Kouji opened his eyes and the nurse next to him jumped.

”Sorry”, he said. ”Most people in the ICU are unconcious.”

Kouji frowned. He felt a bit more energetic and the nurse’s words did not fill him with confidence.

”We’ve gotten your fever under control”, the nurse continued. ”You might get a chest x-ray today to see if your lungs are getting better as well.”

Kousei squeezed Kouji’s hand.

”Otherwise we need to start looking at a lungtransplant”, the nurse said and Kouji grabbed Kousei’s hand in panic.

”Don’t worry, they know what they’re doing”, Kousei said and patted his shoulder.

Kouji was not as confident as his dad.

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”Acute respiratory distress syndrome”, Kouichi said with his head in his hands when Kouji was finally off the ventilator and out of the ICU.

Kouji had a mask over his mouth and nose to ensure he got enough oxygen, but it was absolutely an upgrade from the ventilator. He patted Kouichi’s shoulder.

”Better now”, he said and hoped that would make Kouichi less worried.

Kouichi let his hands down and stared at him.

”You almost died, Kouji.”

Kouji closed his eyes. He did not want to hear it.

”Guess we’re even know”, he said.

Kouichi kept staring at him. Kouji turned his head away.

”You’re never going off-pist again”, Kouichi said and Kouji rolled his eyes.

”Wasn’t planning to.”

”Good.”

”Good.”

Kouji took a shaky breath. His eyes were suddenly filled with water and his shoulders shook. Kouichi put a hand on his shoulder.

”Kouji…?”

”I’m fine”, he said and pulled a hand across his eyes.

Kouichi didn’t believe him. He got up from the chair, walked over to the other side of Kouji’s bed and sat on the edge of it.

”I was so scared…” Kouji whispered.

Kouichi grabbed Kouji’s hand and put a hand on his shoulder. Kouji’s breaths were getting shorter again.

”Hey”, Kouichi said, ”the worst is over. Now it’s just a slow and tedious process of getting well again.”

”Horrible vacation”, Kouji said and snorted. ”Zero out of ten, would not recommend.”

He took a shaky breath and yawned. Kouichi squeezed his hand.

”Get some rest, I’ll be here.”

”Sounds good”, Kouji mumbled and closed his eyes.

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Kouji spent most of the first week out of the ICU sleeping, his body still needing time to heal and recover. Kouichi was by his side every time he woke up.

”Don’t you have anything better to do that sit in the hospital?” Kouji asked when he felt less out of it.

”Not really”, Kouichi said and looked up from the paper he was writing. ”The teachers have been very understanding and I can do most studying here anyway.

”Okay?” Kouji asked and tried to sit up.

Kouichi stopped him before his lungs could protest. Kouji raised the headend of the bed instead and tried not to look at the device keeping his broken leg fixated. Kouichi noticed the way his eyes moved.

”They’ll change it into a cast next week”, he reminded Kouji for the fifth time.

”I hate this”, Kouji complained, also for the fifth time.

”At least you’re getting better. Maybe I’ll even let Takuya visit after school.”

”That’s not really up to you.”

Kouji was quiet for a while and Kouichi went back to studying. A nurse peeked inside at eleven and changed the breathing mask Kouji was still sporting to a nasal cannula and then food was served at midday. Kouichi had a sandwich while Kouji got to enjoy rice, fried fish and fruit sallad. It wasn’t bad, but…

”I want to go home”, Kouji said and his shoulders fell.

”Food that bad?” Kouichi asked.

Kouji shook his head and had another bite of the lunch. Kouichi watched him.

”We’ll get out of here when your lungs work again.”

”And when’ll that be?”

Kouichi shrugged.

”Ask the doctor when they come to check up on you. I don’t know everything.”

Kouji went for an overdramatic and sarcastic gasp, and was sent into a coughing fit. He grabbed Kouichi’s hand as he struggled to breathe.

”They literally just took the mask off”, Kouichi said with a laugh when Kouji was done.

”Maybe I just hate being able to breathe”, Kouji said, still out of breath.

He leaned his head back with a sigh and closed his eyes.

”Can you…” His cheeks felt warm. ”Can you read to me?” he asked.

”I don’t have any good books for that”, Kouichi answered. ”I’ve only brought the school books.”

”You can read the math book, I don’t mind.” Kouji had to cough again. ”I’m not up to talking any longer.”

”...but you don’t want silence.”

Kouji nodded. Kouichi grabbed one of his books.

”I’ll ask dad and Satomi to bring some better books when they come tonight”, he said before leaning back to read about algebra.

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Another week later and Kouji was finally allowed to go home. He was vibrating with excitment at the thought of not having to stare at the hospital walls all day. Kouichi laughed at him.

”You’ve been here almost as long as I have”, Kouji said. ”Aren’t you excited to go home?”

”I’m here by choice”, Kouichi answered and helped Kouji pack his bag. ”But it’ll be nice to get out.”

”I still don’t get how you convinced the teachers to let you sit here for 2½ week. It’s not like I was dying or anything.”

Kouichi stared at him.

”You were in the ICU for a ten days, Kouji.”

”I wasn’t even unconsious for most of it, it was fine.”

Kouichi put his face in his hands and shook his head.

”Your lungs were so bad they considered a lung transplant. Can you stop downplaying it?”

Kouji looked at Kouichi, then looked away.

”...I’m sorry I scared you”, he said.

”I’m just glad your finally feeling good.”

”Are they still planning a surprise party?”

”Yeah”, Kouichi laughed. ”I told them not to, but Takuya insisted. You scared him pretty well too.”

”Honestly surprised he hasn’t hovered like you have.”

”He tried”, Kouichi laughed again. ”Security threw him out and he decided to just plan a party instead.”

Kousei entered the room together with a doctor, who checked Kouji over one last time before telling him he was free to leave. Kousei smiled at him.

”Ready to go?”

”Packed and ready”, Kouji answered and gestured at the bag Kouichi was holding. Kousei nodded.

”Wheelchair or crutches?”

”Eargh”, Kouji answered and pulled his hands over his face. ”Wheelchair? I don’t think I can walk that far yet.”

”Wheelchair it is”, Kousei agreed.

He helped Kouji over to it and Kouji was finally out of the hospital.

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”SURPRISE!” everyone called out as Kouji entered the living room.

”Oh, a surprise party. Who’d have thought?” Kouji said in an attempt to act surprised.

Takuya laughed.

”You’re a terrible liar and I’ll be having a word with Kouichi about the meaning of ’surprise’”, he said.

Kouji hobbled over to the couch and sank down, his arms already trembling. Kouichi took the crutches from him and put them to the side where they wouldn’t be in the way.

”I’ll leave you alone”, Kousei said and waved to Kouji. ”Don’t tear the house down while I’m out.”

”Where’s mom?”

”With Tomoko, I think they’re also planning a surprise party. Call me if you need me.”

”See you!”

Kousei left. Kouji put his casted leg on the table and leaned back with a sigh. His eyes teared up.

”Are you okay?” Izumi asked and sat down next to him. ”Did we already overwhelm you?”

”I’m not sad”, Kouji said and dried off his eyes, ”It just… feels weird?”

Junpei put a hand on Kouji’s head.

”We’re just gonna watch movies and eat cake. You can tell us if it gets too much.”

”I made the cake!” Tomoki told him. ”So it’s not poisoned this time.”

Takuya blushed and Kouji laughed. It was nice to be back home.

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It was the third movie. Kouji was almost drifting off, Kouichi, Junpei and Tomoki were playing card games instead of watching the television and Izumi was chatting with someone on her phone. Takuya sat down next to Kouji for the first time that afternoon.

”Hey”, he said and didn’t look at Kouji.

Kouji raised an eyebrow.

”Hey?”

Takuya gripped the hem of his shirt and pulled at it.

”This is gonna sound weird, but…” Takuya scratched the back of his neck. ”...can I hold you?”

Takuya’s voice shivered. Kouji turned to look at him.

”...what?”

”It’s just…”

Takuya stared at his hands. They were trembling.

”Like in the cave”, Takuya said and his voice got quieter. ”Can I hold you like that?”

”Oh”, Kouji said as realization struck him. ”Yeah, sure. Just don’t make it awkward.”

He turned his back towards Takuya, put his legs in the couch. Takuya turned around as well, back against the armrest, and Kouji leaned against his chest. Takuya wrapped his arms around Kouji and took a shaky breath.

”I was so scared…” he whispered.

”I’m fine now”, Kouji answered.

”Yeah”, Takuya hugged him tighter. ”You’re fine now.”

Takuya was warm and Kouji drifted off against him. Everything was fine again.

[otakween]

Digimon Frontier - Episode 3

For this episode I decided to check out the English dub for Frontier. I really enjoyed it! My problem is that the Digimon dubs are more fun and nostalgic to watch, but I'm always really conscious of missing out on lore and emotional beats. Maybe I'll finish the sub and then watch the dub someday when I wanna revisit this.

Notes:

The American OP is hype as heck! I like the tribal vibe with the drums. I think I like the Japanese digivolution music a little better though.

I liked most of the English VAs but Takuya sounds like a 30 year old lol. For some reason, Izumi's Italian outbursts were a lot funnier in English, "Mamma mia!"

I coulda sworn Takuya said he was in the 4th grade in the last episode but now he's in the 5th? In the dub he's in the 6th, so let's just say he's somewhere in the upper elementary range.

I really loved Tomoki's digivolution sequence. I like how his hand movements are a little more childish/cheerful than Takuya or Koji's Also, in the dub I love how he said "EXECUTE" lol. I know they meant like "executing a program" but I was just thinking of the murder version of "execute" hehe.

So I guess Bokomon and Neemon have a boke/tsukkomi dynamic going on. I think they overdid Bokomon's bullying a bit tho

Lol @ the DigiCode fixing one (1) single bridge in this episode whereas in the first episode they fixed like an entire village. I guess some digimon get you better results than others? (Also they said that the bridge "protected them from bad digimon," how does that work?)

So they've established a bunch of times now that there are supposed to be 10 warriors. Betting the cast will expand with some minor characters later.

I just noticed this, but Takuya has a little symbol on his shirt and hat but I'm not sure if it's supposed to be a reference to something or it's just a cool graphic.

Speaking of graphics, I finally noticed that the symbols for the spirits are literally just kanji. Like Agnimon's is the kanji for fire, Wolfmon is light, Chackmon is ice...

Uhhh...why is the dub name for Chackmon (Kumamon) way more Japanese sounding? I guess they couldn't have used Kumamon in the sub cuz...

Chackmon is a weird name and even after reading the etymology on the wiki I don't really get it.

These kids are kinda savage. First Bokomon is pleading with them to save his world and they just look annoyed and then when Agnimon is battling all the Candlemon they're just like "wow, he's really trying to fight a fire type? What a dumbass" (paraphrasing) and they walk off (to be fair, Takuya told them to hide, but still!) It was really funny when Bokomon was telling the Candlemon that the kids were there to save the Digital World and Takuya was like "not really" lol.

I'm glad that they were at least given the chance to go home because otherwise it feels a little bit like they're being blackmailed into being heroes (save our world or you'll never see your home again)

I'm sure someone has meme'd on Agnimon being covered in white drippy wax before...I'll refrain.

I feel like we already have too much lore here. First it was Cherubimon was messing up the world and now it's actually Lucemon that was the OG world messer-upper? Now I dunno who the big bad is!

If there are 10 warriors...I wonder what the elements are gonna be. Well I guess Pokemon has managed to come up with a zillion "elements." Is someone gonna end up with "heart?" hahaha

Didn't expect Wizardmon to show up as a baddie-of-the-week. Feels weird.

I kinda like that Koji is taking his sweet time to join the party. We don't need his drama in the friend group.