#im not an animator or anything i just like to try to mimic styles

[ninjasmudge]

i made these when s3 came out to try to understand the difernces in animation style, wanted to do all the characters but i never got around to it so im just posting these little s1 vs s2 vs s3 comparisons + a couple of redraws

the little things i pointed out aint hard and fast rules, they still change around a bit, i was just trying to get a feel for general style

[bamsara]

Im not sure why you hate your art style so much...

You're one of my favourite artists. Your Lamb and Narinder are my favourites. I love how you draw them, it's so expressive and nice and pretty and beautiful— just so awesome. Your art really brings them to life. Your Zim and Dib are also my favourites!! I love your art style. It's simple and yet so perfect.

I dislike it because it feels so simple

There's not really anything super notable about it and I often look at other artists styles as 'man I wish I could draw like that' while the artwork doodles I do make are no where near matching what I have in my head. It's too soft and not anatomically correct and inconsistent to the point where people have commented that they see a difference in my art style since talking about wanting to change it, but I haven't changed anything in any way that I draw.

It's good for quick, scribbled comics for storyboarding because of how simple it is. Less detail = faster drawing and I can make the story board quick enough before it leaves my brain.

But for the past few years I've been doing more and more of those than anything else because it's kinda all I'm good at, just making storyboard and shitposts. It's seriously discouraged me from making full illustrations seriously because it just feels flat, the poses are not dynamic, the faces look like anime twinks or your generic Disney cartoon. Personally I think my style looks like the art kid that never got out of their 'how to draw anime' phase

None of my stuff has clean lines, faces are always look chibified or like I'm trying to mimic a Shonen, and backgrounds are completely out of the question; best I can do is scribbles. I just wish my art hit harder, with sharpness and less big eyes and an edgier, more stylistic kind of look

Don't take this the wrong way, I'm happy my art is enjoyed! I'm just not the one enjoying it right now

[snarky-art]

Alrighty I’ve finally finished season 5

I hate how obvious it is they’re trying to tone the show down completely to even lower audience demographic. The first 3 seasons were for kids but there was actual peril and darker concepts and stuff that were much more interesting damn you Nickelodeon and your desperate attempt to keep the most squeaky clean image ever not only does it not work it’s costing stories and plot

I REFUSE to believe Stella would be a bad fashion designer with how much she loves fashion (I know it was a joke in s1 too but I still refuse). Plus, avant-garde is a thing and she would serve

That boat that was sent from Andros was def made exclusively for the winx there is NO WAY that style exists anywhere else on that planet for land related peoples with all of its hard lines and industrial style architecture with its limited color palettes

The nautical themed outfits are cute but Bloom’s looks SO overdone to me and Stella,, my sweet babygorl,, wtf did you do to your own fit?? Aisha’s poodle puff braid ftw also

Harmonix was totally useless BUT I still like the flower petal aesthetic vibe (even tho only Flora is a nature floral lady) and some of the color combos. Bloom in pink is still a no tho, which is something I mainly hate because of how obvious it is they started integrating it into her more to make her more marketable for toy lines and shit

Where did the gems that were already on the starfish thing for sirenix come from?

The amount of times the girls all gasp or ooo or ahh and go like “wow!” “so cool!” “amazing!”,, I will kill I feel like I’m watching a 1990s or early 2000s anime dub I hate it I hate it I hate it

Icy would NOT simp like this (shoutout to her leaving Valtor when he got ugly and telling him that’s why she’s leaving him)

The relationship drama was just as stupid and hamfisted as I thought it was from an outside skim of the season based off of secondhand knowledge ie posts and gifs. Also, Krystal did nothing wrong, she’s just autistic and Helia would NOT introduce Flora as anything other than the love of his life.

Timmy and Tecna also have one of the healthiest relationships why tf is everyone trying to give them advice like this they’ve all been dating for YEARS why are all of y’all so insecure like this? The writers really said fuck everyone’s character development even more than they already had

I continue to not give a shit about skoom also this was just exhausting I can’t do it

Also that is NOT Luna and Radius. That “he wouldn’t say that!” meme is ME SOOOO MUCH during this season at so many people but I actually started YELLING about Luna being some sort of soft gorl while Radius is this prideful ignoramus

Sirenix giving Aisha that blonde hair while knowing about the insane white washing to come in the future is something I Think About

The sirenix song does bop also, although I’m so sorry to say I don’t think I’m as big of a fan of it as a lot of people are but maybe that’ll change as I hear it more please forgive me

Also, Musa’s little coffee grinder move during her sirenix transformation? So cute, wish we actually got to see it more than like 2 times. Damn you shortened sirenix transformarion sequence

Im convinced Tecna doesn’t actually know karate, she just thinks it looks cool so she mimics it. Same with Flora and her ballet/lyrical looking poses she does during her sirenix transformation sequence. She doesn’t actually know those styles of dance, she just thinks they looks neat and tries to copy it.

Dark sirenix, you’re slaying thank you for your service

Bloom, you can’t insult Diaspro and remind her you’re a princess in that fucking dress while she’s serving cunt like that

The combat is soooo slow compared to previous seasons I hate it

The rigging throughout this season was a MESS

They should go after the handful of companies that are actually responsible for the majority of pollution and destroy them and their ceos a la Flora season 1 core

Where did they put all of that trash they got out of the ocean? They went to the pacific trash island and cleaned it up. Where did it go? I’m so curious

All of the kings are so STUPID too the whole meetup thing was so dumb like just fucking,, help each other you know it makes more sense

AND PUT SOME MF RESPECT ON THE WINX’S NAMES, ALL OF THEM. They are GUARDIAN FARIES who have saved the magical world HOW MANY TIMES NOW??? Bites the writers bites the writers bites the writers

Their little dance workout outfits? Hatred. I miss the old ones so much. All of these outfits from this season,, it’s so clear cishet people were the main ones designing the clothes I hate it so much it’s not the same kind of tacky and camp that the first 3 seasons had. The only good things I can say about the dance outfits is that Flora’s purple leg warmers were cute, Aisha’s color palette was nice, and Bloom’s was very Bloom core

Icy: you guys are helping me??

Darcy and Stormy: I mean, yeah, we aren’t talking to you rn, but you’re still out sister

Me: OUGH🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

I forgot Roy existed🥲

Daphne being brought back like this still seems so bleh to me knowing how they don’t really do shit with it and about how it was done only because they retconned all the og stuff from canon and to continue to milk the franchise until it’s teats are dry and chapped BUT I’m glad she does a little spinny at the end of the season with Bloom so at least I got that

that’s all I got for now

Shout out to @charmixpower for suffering through this all with me.

We watched the first half of the series in like 2 or 3 sittings that took place months apart, and then did the last half in one 8 hour sitting

I couldn’t have gotten through it without yelling at each other and making shitty jokes.

The psychic damage you inflicted on me throughout this was awful but I would do it all again in a heartbeat (but not really because good lird this was EXCRUCIATING sorry bestie💕💕💕)

Anyway onto season 6 now I GUESS

[moonsidesong]

ok ive finished puyo chronicle. dont play puyo chronicle. if you want to see puyo chronicle just watch the precise museum video uploads of it and ignore the fact they dont have eyebrows because its in citra. im gonna talk about puyo chronicle now.

absolutely miserable slog of a video game. every single open area is nearly completely empty and full of dead ends. every chest is full of lame rewards that i almost never got use out of and i eventually just stopped opening them so i wouldnt have to fight mimics anymore. you dont want to explore anything because there's hardly any reward for it and your movement speed is so slow there's even less of an incentive to go out of your way to trek to a random corner of the map for 200 coins that you wont use.

the final gauntlet, which is a 15-story tower, comprises of like, three stories where something happens and the rest are completely empty and only occupied by common enemies, which by then you will be tired of fighting and actively be avoiding encountering. the devs made a bunch of maps and said thats enough game design for today<3

and then, at the end of it, you fight a final boss that had literally nothing to do with anything else up until that point. rafisol really had the potential to be an extremely cool antagonist if she had been involved in the plot from the getgo but instead she shows up having not at all been foreshadowed prior, you do the same lame fighting style youve been doing for almost every encounter up until that point, and the only saving grace of it is a really cool battle theme. its pretty bad presentation to just watch this supposedly UBER powerful absorption themed final boss just float there menacingly and occasionally throw a line of nuisance puyo at you. rafisol has a lot of cool animations, i dont know why you'd rob her of the chance to show them off in a dramatic way!!!! aaah!!!! its all really disappointing because she's the only female final boss character besides doppelganger arle and shes stuck attached to this soggy sad nothing burger of a video game. i want my evil women INVOLVED sega

puyo characters have never been the most complicated to figure out but they are NOTICEABLY flatter and more annoying. you can see it the most on sig and ragnus who refuse to talk about literally anything other than "bug!" or "im the hero from videogame world!" respectively. the plot spends all its time being completely aimless other than the vague idea of "if we find these stone pedestals, something will happen questionmark???" up until ally randomly starts getting sick when rafisol starts ready to hatch from her evil egg or whatever. the plot's idea is that satan modified this story because he wanted to go on an adventure with arle. and well chroni writers i have to say you guys arent really doing a good job of conveying that when the only places you see satan are at the very beginning and very end of the game.

hey speaking of characters hanging out with arle. theres. too many. of them. i think they were just trying to make the whole skill battle team thing make sense in universe but i think itd be a lot easier to just focus on like. the A trio and Ally and you only hang out with the other characters in the areas they're actually relevant. and they just go "well arle ill be there to help you if you need me!" but they dont physically come with you and then we just pretend that makes sense.

anyway despite it all i still like ally and i still like rafisol despite both of them having terrible haircuts god bless but i wish they were in a video game that didnt suck absolute egg!!!!!!! like i said earlier rafisol couldve been extremely cool if she was involved early on and wasnt just some unrelated problem girl. ive been playing around with a few re-write(ish??) ideas that ive been sharing with my friends to keep my sanity while trudging through this videogame and i might share some of those some other time.

until then please look at this picture again. my favorite part about this game is when accord holds popoi like this. every time popoi was on screen i briefly forgot how much not fun i was having

[homebrew-a-la-traumaverse]

hey thanks for pointing out those 2 things about the bladeborn, im trying to actually think of how you could get some form of armor and i want your opinion on what sounds better -Reinforcements that take smithing tools to attach and cost the same as the armor they give the equivalent ac to, does kinda not make sense what the different of half plate and plate is on a sword though

-any + enchantment on whatever enchantment you currently have also adds to armor class as long as you are not puppeteering anything, does kinda make it hard to be any heavy armor focused class though

Some potential solutions re: Bladeborns and armor:

1. Similar to barding for animals, armor can be modified to suit you. Could potentially be flavored as reinforcement or a special scabbard, though you're right that it kinda falls apart if you ask what the difference between different armor types is. Not to mention a good number of weapons wouldn't use scabbards, like bows. A "work with your DM to determine the presentation of this feature" wouldn't hurt.

2. Flat AC from your race, similar to Tortle, makes a decent amount of sense, given that most weapons are primarily made of metal and designed to clash with other weapons. Tortle isn't exactly a shining star of balance, but that's more because of how it interacts with casters, which the Bladeborn isn't synergistic with (kinda hard to hold a focus without hands). Being unable to benefit from most magic armors designed for martials is kind of a bummer, though.

3. Natural armor, scaling with either Dex or Con (as with Lizardfolk), could work - forces you to at least invest a bit for the benefits of AC. Similar problems with magic items remain, however. Actually, given that youre a sentient weapon, you also have similar problems with magic weapons as well - other people could be getting handed Flametongues and Frostbrands and you're stuck just being a normal sword. Perhaps the ability to absorb/transform into other magic items that you attune to in order to gain their benefits? Probably want to be careful with how that works, but that's not an uncommon trope for cursed weapons. Also, trying to possess a weapon that's already sentient might run into some. Interesting issues.

4. Possibly in conjunction with any of the above options, an AC bonus based on how many hands it takes to wield your chosen weapon? All else being equal, you're basically forced to go for a two-handed weapon since you (presumably) can't dual wield or use a shield without hands, which forces you to go for a Strength build. If you want to be a flying rapier, getting a +2 AC to mimic the benefits of a shield would be nice. Though then you can do something cheesy like Great Weapon Fighting style on a longsword, effectively letting you benefit from both a two-handed weapon and a one-handed one simultaneously... Might need a stipulation that you can only wield yourself in one "hand" to get that bonus then?

also i didnt think of this while writing the feedback on the post but. What would happen if someone used the disarm maneuver on you.

[ducktracy]

can i just say you genuinely give me so much hope? your wacky and carefree personality, your uniquely lovely writing style, and lest we not forget your ABSOLUTELY olympic art?? your interest in looney tunes sparked mine, and well, here i am craving oldies and much more! im striving to recreate the golden age style that you mimic so well! your art is SUCH a fresh breath of air, by the way. and the fact that you're pursuing your dream job? AND it was your first one nonetheless?? absolutely gives me hope for my 3d animator goal, keep up the jovial attitude, my friend! you've done a lot to influence me C: 🐣

i’ve been on Tumblr for 9 years (i know.) and have received literally THOUSANDS of asks, and in all my time this is by FAR the kindest, most gracious, considerate, inspiring, moving, compassionate, and lacrimal fluid-inducing ask i have EVER GOTTEN!!!

AAAAAAAAHHHHH!! i don’t even know WHAT to say or where to begin!! 🥲🥲🥲 i guess thank you would be a good start, so THANK YOU!!! thank you thank you thank you thank you!! i can’t stress that enough!

i really am so humbled and honored you’re able to find so many good qualities!! not to get TOO down or self deprecating, but these are all aspects about myself i’d never pay a second thought to, so to hear that i can influence and inspire and MOVE people to leave such COMPASSIONATE messages as these??? it genuinely brings a tear to my eye and i’m sitting here trying to fight it back HAHAHA 🥲🥲🥲 what kind and generous observations!! i genuinely don’t know what to say!

i can’t say HOW excited and happy i am to hear that you’re interested in some good ol’ oldies!! LT is such a treasure trove of history and there’s something new to learn at every single corner, it’s such an exhilarating adventure—and that’s only LT!!! ALL animation studios have such a rich history worth exploring!! it’s almost overwhelming but in such a rewarding way!! i’m SO HAPPY to hear you’re along for the ride—ENJOY IT!!

AHHHHH 😭😭😭 i’m so happy to hear my art can inspire you too!! i’m still striving to hit that vintage style JUUUUUST right, it’s a process, but if i hit the mark right away it wouldn’t be as fun! there’s something very comforting and endearing but also FUN and a little off kilter about it too, and that’s what i strive to hit—cozy but energetic! i’m genuinely so happy to hear all of this!!

3D ANIMATION SOUNDS SO FUN!! i am VERY very lucky to be doing what i do, this year has been such a wonderful surprise!! i actually had to turn down ANOTHER dream job offer recently which was probably the hardest choice i ever had to make 🥲 but if anything it’s a nice little ego boost! HAHAHA AHHH BUT SERIOUSLY THANK YOU!!! i’m a very lucky case, but if anything, working on SB as my first job and having 0 experience at all has taught me that things are much more possible than they seem!! i’m CONFIDENT that you’ll make an EXCELLENT 3D animator and i absolutely wish you the BEST OF LUCK!! YOU GOT THIS AND I BELIEVE IN YOU!!

it is SO SWEET that you’d take the time to write something so kind and so thoughtful!! this really made my entire day, week, month, year, decade? messages like these remind me of why i’m doing what i’m doing, and they’re a very much appreciated reminder in times like these where unnecessary negativity and vitriol seem to be growing at every corner. it can be easy to fall into that trap or be bogged down, but this reminds me to be resilient and to keep on keepin’ on, so GENUINELY, i CANNOT thank you enough.

this is an ask i’m going to save for a very, VERY long time and look back at it quite periodically for a boost. thank you SO MUCH and i hope you have a WONDERFUL day!! 🦆🦆🦆🦆 (i was going to respond with that baby chick emoji because it’s so CUTE but i saw the duck emoji first… isn’t that always how it goes 🦆🦆🦆)

[grayfilmsandstuff]

May i get a platonic matchup ?

(Sorry for some error my english is not really good) Im 5,3 french girl with very long dark hair and very pale skin ,im into cottagecore,vulture culture and clowncore,im selective mute and not really good at being social and interacting with other cause of trauma but i dont mind to listen to what ever other have to say, at my loss time i like drawing and sculpt random thing mostly monsters and animals,i have a chihuahua that i literally call my baby even if he just a gremlin,my favorite music genre is mostly metal and simply spoopy circus music, if i could my everyday outfit will be a black a d white clown suit but it imparantly not really socially acceptable so

well first i'm sure you already know who you're getting matched with but also omg you sound so nice!! your english was great don't worry

i match you wiiiiiiiith...

Tricky!

- you met him when you were selling sculptures you were making. he walked up to your stand and asked if he could get your entire stock. you negotiated and gave him a few, after he paid you of course

- after that he would show up every day and you slowly became really good friends with the clown

- he thinks your style is the coolest thing ever, and sometimes he will try to mimic you so he can be just like you

- he's known sign language since he worked as Hoffnar, so whenever you're mute he'll communicate with you using that

- you're more of a listener than a talker, so a lot of the time Tricky will just ramble about Hank and everything that's happened and you'll just sit and listen

- he LOVES watching you draw. he's learned from you so his scribbles went from just lines and shapes to actual drawings, so sometimes he'll draw with you and once he's done he'll give his doodles to you. you think it's super sweet and you've kept most of his drawings

- he also likes your music taste, and whenever you have circus music playing he will 100% get up and dance and most of the time you'll dance with him

- "y/n! y/n y/n y/n come and dance with clown! we can be the ringmasters of our own circus!"

- "ooookay, as long as you promise not to spin me again, haha"

- he looks up to you, almost. not physically, seeing as he's several inches taller, and he doesn't see you as an idol or anything, but he just thinks you're awesome. you're the best friend he's ever had and he appreciates you very much

sorry if this is short, my brain refuses to work this morning for no reason at all

[kunikuzxshi]

❀ I update my bio and my masterlist whenever I’m not accepting requests as well as when I am

❀ My inbox is open, however, I will not accept requests when they’re closed. Thirsts are fine, but anything else will have to wait or will be deleted

❀ I have a job, an extensive family, and a handful of pets. I don’t have time to write all day. As far as I’m concerned, this is a hobby I picked up, not a job

❀ I try to avoid x readers with a certain body types. It’s just not very comfortable for me to write something I’m not too familiar with, and I don’t want to write about my own since not everyone has my body type

❀ I won’t get everything out. I will try to, but it could take a long time for it to be filled out. If you really want something, then be patient

❀ I will only write any genre (or try to), but angst is not something I usually write

❀ Minors… please just don’t request smut. I’m already uncomfortable when I see minors on TikTok thirst over Shigaraki

❀ I don’t write any culture x character stuff, like Hispanic reader x Shigaraki

❀ I can do male readers as well, but again, I will always try to keep it gender-neutral

Requesting

❀ I prefer to write for one character for fics. Headcanons, I don’t mind taking asks with more than one character, but my limit for fics is two

❀ I can write dark content, though it’s not my style and I’m not sure how good it would turn out

❀ If you want a certain genre, then you need to specify it. Once you submit your request, that’s on you if you don’t like the genre I turned it into

❀ Specify what kind of writing you want. I can’t read minds, especially if you’re on anon. Don’t complain when I make headcanons when you wanted a fic just because you didn’t specify

❀ Please don’t pick more than 6 characters for headcanons. Please pick two main characters max for everything else

❀ Im fine with you giving me a prompt and I will try to write it, though I can’t guarantee it will turn out well

❀ I’m willing to write for Naruto, Cells at Work, My Hero Academia, and Jujutsu Kaisen for now

What I won’t write for

❀ Underage & Age play

❀ Incest/Stepcest

❀ Piss kink

❀ x OC

❀ Ships unless it is ___ x reader x ___

❀ Cuckholding

❀ Voyeurism

❀ Specific cultures/religions

❀ Agalmatophilia (think I spelt that right)

Who I won’t write for

My hero academia

❀ Endeavor / Enji Todoroki

❀ Hawks / Keigo Takami

❀ All might / Yagi Toshinori

❀ Mimic / Joi Irinaka (romantically)

❀ Kendo Rappa (romantically)

❀ Rikiya Katsukame

❀ Deidoro Sakaki (romantically)

❀ AFO / All for one

❀ Fat Gum / Taishiro Toyomitsu

❀ Mirio / Rumi Usagiyama

❀ Class 1B

Jujutsu Kaisen

(these are all who I won’t write romantically for)

❀ Jogo bc he gives me extremely bad vibes

❀ Hanami because I don’t know if it’s a he or a she or if it’s neither

❀ Anyone in the anime is fair game besides them. The only manga character rn that I will write for it Toji but only bc my friend talks about him, so I know generally how he acts

Genshin Impact

❀ Everyone is fair game but I prefer it’s a guy since I tend to lean towards guys more than girls, or more masculine types

[engekihaikyuu]

Hyper Projection Engeki Haikyuu – The Tokyo Battle

Entertainment Station Interview Translation with Nagata Takato and Kondou Shouri

Full interview translation and more photos under the Read More! Please do not repost my translations or scans.

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Nagata-san and Kondou-san, it’s been about year since we’ve seen you appear in this series since “Start of the Giant.”

Takato: One year huh... Ever since we first appeared back in December of 2016 with “Karasuno, Revival!” we’ve done an Engeki Haikyuu every six months afterward, and at that pace I sort of worried if I might get a little tired of it, but I’ve been able to add to my experience with other plays in the past year, and now I really want to bring “The Tokyo Battle” to life.  

Shouri: Karasuno High won’t be appearing in “The Tokyo Battle,” but together with everyone in Fukurodani and Nohebi, we’re going to get everyone even more excited about the amazing production that is Engeki Haikyuu!

When you’re doing photoshoots for the play visuals, do you get back the feeling of Kuroo instantly once you put on the hair and the makeup and the uniform?

Shouri: In one sense, but even more because we move around a lot during those shoots, and when I start to feel sore after we’re done, then I feel like, “Ah, this is Haikyuu!” (laughs)

Takato: Once rehearsals start, you basically live with a little bit of muscle soreness all the time.  Every single time we do this, the day after the first day of rehearsals, I’m sore all over and it’s hard to even walk.

Shouri: I move around a lot in other shows too, and I go to the gym regularly, but even so Engeki Haikyuu rehearsals are seriously tough! The stage is slanted, and just from that alone you end up using muscles you don’t normally use just to brace yourself on certain parts of the stage.  

Takato: That’s how we train our “Haikyuu muscles.” (laughs)

Speaking of those “Haikyuu muscles,” which specific muscles would those be?

Shouri: Mostly your lower half.  Your thighs and calves get especially rock-hard.  The road back to rehearsals is a lot of, “Yeah yeah, that! That pain,” but that is part of the Engeki Haikyuu experience, and I’m going to enjoy it all over.  

This time we’ll see Fukurodani Academy and Nohebi Academy as they compete for a spot for the Spring High national tournament.  What are your impressions of your opponents?  

Takato: When it comes to Fukurodani’s Bokuto Koutarou and Akaashi Keiji, this will actually be our third time appearing together with them, but this will be Nohebi Academy’s first appearance... so I wonder?  But you can tell just by looking at the school names that our secondary theme is “Battle of the Animals,” and the thing to look for will be to see how the fight will go when it’s cats versus owls or when it’s cats versus snakes.  

As a fan, I’m very much looking forward to see how Engeki will portray the various highlight scenes from the manga.  Do you personally have any parts where you think, “It’d be great if we could have that scene from the manga,” or “I’d love to make this my highlight scene?”  

Shouri: For me, it’s the combination plays between Kuroo Tetsurou and Kozume Kenma.  When I read the manga, I immediately thought, “That was amazing!” for certain parts and I definitely want to recreate some of those on-stage.  

Takato: In the manga, this is the part where we get a lot of great expressions from Kenma.  For example, after Haiba Lev joins in, the usually poker-faced Kenma starts to make a lot of snide comments. (laughs)  But that side of Kenma is cute too, and I always want to play him while keeping that in mind.  And then of course, Nekoma will be the main school this time, so we’ll be situated right in the center of everything, so our level of responsibility has changed. We’re going to lead the company with confidence and make a magnificent play.  

Shouri: For Nekoma, I’m looking forward to seeing the first-years develop.  I’m looking forward to Ishikura Noah’s Haiba Lev and Kimura Fuuta’s Shibayama Yuuki, and the new female cast members!

Since this will be an episode without Karasuno who have been the main characters thus far, and adding in the new cast members as well, this production as a whole is going to have a different atmosphere and color and style, isn’t it?

Takato: If we don’t change to something new and good, then everything we’ve built up so far will go to waste.  I think it’s going to be extremely difficult, but we’re continuing the will of the Engeki Haikyuu that we’ve built up together with Suga Kenta and everyone else in the first generation of Karasuno who led the way, and from now on, we have to be the ones to lead the way... I firmly believe that.

Shouri: Let’s help each other!  We’ll help each other, support each other, boost each other... because that’s our specialty on Nekoma.  

Takato: Yeah.  I can say with confidence that we won’t lose to any other school when it comes to our teamwork.  We’ll display that great teamwork of ours front and center, and hope to create a new Engeki Haikyuu with everyone in the cast. 

And now I’d like to look back on previous tours.  I’d like to ask you about your memories of the Karasuno cast who graduated at the end of last year.

Takato:  We spent about two years with them starting with “Karasuno, Revival!” and in a certain sense, we have an inseparable relationship.  Even if we’re a different school, we’ve been Karasuno members ourselves in some ways...

Shouri:  It does feel like even the Karasuno cast think of us as part of them.  “Karasuno and then some.”  During the Miyagi portion of the “Start of the Giant” tour, me and Takato, Kenta-kun, Kosaka Ryoutarou, and Arita Kenji were talking, and then suddenly everyone from Karasuno had gathered together, and someone said something along the lines of, “This will be the last Engeki Haikyuu with these guys, and that’s sad,” and I just involuntarily started crying.  

Takato: We had a closing party of sorts in the middle of the tour, and when I hugged Kenta-kun, I just wailed.  

Shouri: At first I thought, “Come on, we haven’t even finished all our shows yet,” but then suddenly it was me and Takato and Kenta-kun all hugging and wailing together. (strained laugh)  Seeing us like that, everyone laughed and said, “You guys, we’re not even done yet, why are you crying?!” but we were really sad about Karasuno’s graduation.  

Takato: But it doesn’t mean that our relationship ends just because they graduated, and I definitely want to act together with them in some other production.  Probably they’ll come hang out during rehearsals of “The Tokyo Battle”?

Shouri: Kenta-kun said, “I’m going to keep watching over Engeki Haikyuu from the audience, and I’m going to stay over in the dressing rooms too!” (laughs)

Takato: In exchange for us just turning over a dressing room for Kenta-kun’s use, he can treat us to bentos!

Shouri: Let’s LINE him and say, “Treat us to some bentos ♡”.  (laughs)

As rehearsals formally begin for “The Tokyo Battle,” is there anything you’re especially looking forward to?

Shouri: There’s a lot I’m looking forward to, but the most important thing is that we stay careful and focused so that we don’t get injured!  I really think we have to be careful about injuries, and in the worst case that someone does get injured, that the damage will be minimal.  So I’ve been thinking that I need to do some training on my own starting now.  

Obviously this is true of cast injuries, but when I heard that even the director Worry Kinoshita-san isn’t free from injury, I was surprised. (laughs)

Takato: Ah, that makes it seem like it’s our fault but it’s not! (laughs)  Worry-san will watch us at rehearsals and then on his own just go, “No, not like that! That part’s more... -jerks his ankle- Owww!” and then he twisted his ankle, but we didn’t do anything.  

Shouri: Worry-san gets the most excited when he’s with our group.  When the music gets going, he’ll dance his “Worry☆Dance,” and then when he gets too excited from that, he ends up hurting himself. (strained laugh)

Engeki Haikyuu obviously has dancing, lifts, and acrobatics, and I’m always surprised with the various ways in which you use your bodies to express everything.

Takato: It’s the appeal of Engeki Haikyuu: it surpasses the general concept of a stage play and greedily takes in and incorporates all sorts of challenging things.  We attack our limits and then the breadth of what we can show gets steadily more expansive. It’s fun for us, and I think it’s really cool.  

Be honest, have you ever once had a moment where you said, “This is impossible!”

Takato: Even if I think it’s impossible, when I try it out I can be surprisingly capable.  In “Start of the Giant,” there’s a part where Shouri and I do a one-handed backflip followed immediately by a dolphin and then from there we do a scorpion to get up... Trying to explain it is... It’s easier to understand if you just watch the DVD (strained laugh), but even that seemingly impossible sequence of techniques is doable once you try it.  In “Summer of Evolution,” when Shouri and I were using pro-wrestling moves like Luchadors, I got that down in one blow.  

That was when you wrapped your legs around his neck and then flipped around, right?

Takato: Yes, exactly.  That’s a contact move, so it’s really important to have a lot of trust in each other.

Shouri: If we don’t match our timing, he’d go flying so it’s a pretty scary technique, but we just went, “Something like this?” and tried it, and we did it.  

Takato: At Engeki Haikyuu, we have brainstorming sessions and there people suggest things going, “I want to try this kind of thing,” and then we decide what we’ll use.  During “Start of the Giant,” I wanted to throw in hints to a line from the manga about “a controlled fist-fight” and suggested, “For the Nekoma and Fukurodani match scenes, what if we have us appear on-stage in those hooded robes like boxers wear and make it look like a boxing match?” and people went, “That’s great!” and we went with that.  

Shouri: And this time I think we’ll be using a lot of moves that mimic animals according to our school names, so please look forward to how that’ll look.  

“The Tokyo Battle” opens on April 5th starting in Osaka, then moving to Miyagi, then Tokyo for a one-month long tour. Please give us a message to everyone who’s looking forward to seeing this play.

Takato: We are carrying on the torch for Engeki Haikyuu, and from here on I think a brand new Engeki Haikyuu will begin.  We will meet the expectations of everyone who’s loved Engeki Haikyuu until now, and to people who haven’t yet seen Engeki Haikyuu, we’ll show them the Engeki Haikyuu charm.  To that end, everyone on the cast will give their all together, so please come see us!  

Shouri: This is a production that children and adults, men and women can enjoy without question, so if you’re on the fence going, “Should I go see it? Hmm, what should I do?” I want you to take this chance and definitely come see us.  We’ll definitely make you have a good time, and put on a production that’ll work up your spirits!  We’ll be waiting for you at the theater!!  

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10/22/19

@dsxsquaredx and I were talking about how it can be isolating and hard to connect with people again once you start gaining your sense of self back. That's definitely what I've been experiencing for a couple months now. It's nice to feel like myself again. I actually feel like a human who belongs in normal society. Im allowed to be my own human. I don't have to conform to an image that is acceptable to my partner. There are definitely things im interested in that driver is not and vice versa. Yes I've still gotten into some things because of him but it doesn't feel forced at all. I dont feel much different and yet I feel completely different all at the same time. Even talking to new people I dont feel the compulsion as much to mimic them or have all the same interests in order for them to like me. I love that I have all different types of friends so by being myself I add even more variety to my environment.

So I kinda wanted to write a list of things I know about myself without any influence of thinking about who i used to be or who i want to be. Just the truth about me. Kinda like filling out my own character sheet, faults included. What makes me, me.

I love to play video games

I can watch anime forever

I love fantasy and everything to do with it

I love things that are spooky and dark

I love really cute things too

I like to make figurines out of clay

I really love cooking for my family

I like to bake regularly

I love taking baths but can get bored easily

I will forget the weirdest things but will also remember some very asinine stuff

I care about my friends being happy more than myself being happy

I like to make jokes but I do it in a nice way most of the time

Im still suicidal but im getting better

I really enjoy collecting magic cards

I get over simulated by sound fairly easily and it can really affect my life

I really enjoy chemistry

I really enjoy most crafts

Im charming as hell when I want to be

People want to know who I am

I love music

I love pop music and I'm not ashamed

I'm a leader and people look up to me

I speak with confidence and that is something I am proud of

I'm decisive but I can change my mind quickly which does not make me fickle, it makes me adaptable to new situations

I am adaptable

I cannot be broken

I exude a strength that not many have

I often love things that other derm unlovable

I can see the value in the smallest things

I love animals

I love bugs

I love plants and I want to get better at identifying them

Vampires are all my daddy's

I love monsters

I am a prodigy of Pan

I am a witch

My emotions run very deep and I feel everything very intensely

I try really hard to make people happy

I'm getting better at setting my boundaries

I have a lot of wisdom even beyond my age

I have an amazing sense of style

I like show tunes

I like to sing and I'm good at it

I'm very much so not intrested in cars

I'm not interested in a lot of tech beyond being able to use it

Im not really into most sci fi but will watch it for my love

I like reading but I suck at coming back to it

I suck at coming back to projects

I work best when I can complete something in one sitting or it's super easy to pick up again

I don't know if I like sports

I really love most holidays

I like decorating for holidays

I hate cleaning but I like things to be clean

I can get really good at something with not a lot of time

I have a good eye for detail

I'm a very doting partner

I have the bad habit of avoiding work I dont find engaging

I can be quiet because I really enjoy listening to others way more than talking about myself.

I'm traumatized as hell

I'm a sad and anxious bean

I'm courageous as fuck

I can inspire people

I am loved

People like me

I have some weird eating habits

I am willing to do anything it takes to get what I want

I'm in pain a lot

I need to take care of my body or I can get grumpy and snap at people

I'm patient

I'm intelligent

I love science

I'm an artist

I'm the eccentric friend

I'm loud

I'm animated

I know how to have a good time

I understand people pretty naturally

I'm a good person

I'm a good partner

I always have a million ideas

I'm flexible most of the time

Sometimes I suck at boundaries but not on purpose

I dont like being touched by people most of the time unless it's a partner

I'm a good dog mom

I love to dance

I love fashion A LOT

I can read or watch the same thing over and over and still love it

I'm a fighter

I love to fight

I love to smoke weed

I need my hair done to feel good about myself

I dont have a hard time making new friends

I do have a hard time feeling close to people

Spring is my favorite season

I'm obsessed with astrology and I do believe in it

People think I'm sexy

Some people think I'm awful

I'm willing to ruin my reputation for mine and others happiness

I'm good at sacrificing everything

I'm good at starting over

There is nothing wrong with who I am. Doing this was actually pretty great because i felt like i was writing things for a new character and if I ever met a character like myself I would really love them a lot. Im a witchy mad scientist who has a ton of love in her heart. Some how, when I think of myself as a character in a book, it's easier to not just accept my faults but to love them as an addition to my complicated character development. I think the next phase for my story is learning to trust that people have good intentions. That I will be loved and even if not everyone loves me it doesnt matter because I'm still a complex and interesting person. I cant wait to see me love myself. I cant wait to see me grow into someone who is going to stick up for herself as fiercely as she does for others. I cant wait to see the new friends and lovers that will come and go, each one changing me just a little more. I'm definitely not the person I used to be. I like me now way more than I liked me back then. Way more than I ever have liked myself before.