#issun (no bitches) okami

[laqueus]

I think it's probably because I'm especially sick and tired atm, but I just have no patience for issun's pervert antics rn

like I have no idea what replay of okami I'm on (6th? 7th? idk) but normally I can put up with it like yea sure whatever

but I've just started the Rao & Himiko plotline like 'o god here we fucking go 😬' and every time issun opens his mouth I'm like

[shayminsh]

i love issun so much because he has so many issues. like okay you cling onto every relationship you can but theres always that nagging fear that youll have to run away far and fast if things go south. you want everyone to love you? but too many eyes on you can eventually wander to your flaws? hows that inferiority complex treating you? bitch

[luminecho]

For the ask game, Okami! Because I love that met through an entirely different fandom but have that one in common. <3

YES I love that too!! <3 I remember when I first saw your ao3 icon and just went “👀”, lol

(And tysm for asking, I will NEVER pass up an opportunity to scream about Okami)

(Ask game)

The first character I first fell in love with: Honestly? Probably Issun. I tend to get attached to companion characters really quickly anyway, and while his general,, nasty attitude (*cough* you know what I mean) definitely threw me off (I pretend I do not see it), he wormed his way into my heart pretty early on. Companions that only come with you for their own personal gain but then end up reluctantly befriending you... my beloved <3

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Tobi. He’s a piece of paper. Why would anyone get so attached to a piece of paper? And yet Okami made us attached to a piece of paper. I never thought I would love him so much initially, but every time I see him I’m filled with joy and love. Favorite little scrap <3

The character everyone else loves that I don’t: Waka. That’s not to say I don’t love him, because I definitely do, but there’s a very clear difference between the way I love him and the way fandom loves him, at least from what I’ve seen. Simps, all of you /lh. Jokes aside, I never really felt all that attached to him beyond his personality. His backstory just left something to be desired for me. He’s still a fun character though!

The character I love that everyone else hates: ISSUN! You have no idea how many times I’ve tried watching someone play Okami on YouTube only for me to not be able to continue watching because they have such a STRONG HATRED FOR ISSUN that I will NEVER understand. It makes me so sad.

The character I used to love but don’t any longer: Ummm I wouldn’t say there’s anyone I’ve really grown to dislike, honestly. If I liked them, chances are I either still like them the same amount or even more than I did before.

The character I would totally smooch: Queen Himiko,, hh,,,, pretty,,,

The character I’d want to be like: This is an interesting one to think about... I wanna say Kai. She just seems like a good sister and a good friend. She’s just an overall really nice person. I love her a lot. <3

The character I’d slap: Issun again, lol. Seeing Ammy chomp him is therapeutic. He’s a little bitch boy and sometimes he really needs to get his attitude checked. Stop being GROSS, man. I would absolutely slap him, and he deserves it.

A pairing that I love: uhhhhhhhhh... I haven’t seen a lot of Okami pairings/ships in my time, but Rao and Himiko? Lesbians. Love that for them.

As for platonic pairings though, I’ve kind of always been obsessed with the potential dynamic that Ishaku & Shiranui/old-Ammy may have had. I wish we knew a bit more about them. I wish their reunion in Ponc’tan had been more... substantial? It was there but it was also mostly played for laughs. I get that Ishaku is old, but I still feel like he would’ve noticed that Ammy, y’know,, doesn’t remember him? Also, the last time he saw her (him? them?), she literally died. You’d think he’d have a bit more of a reaction to seeing her again. Idk, I just found it odd and kinda wish we’d gotten more on them (especially after going through the Spirit Gate, there’s a lot of potential there). ACTUALLY, on the note of Ishaku, I ALSO wish we’d seen more of him and his relationship with Issun touched on as well. I wish we could’ve seen that reunion. I wanna see Ishaku react to his grandson coming home for the first time in years, I wanna see those apologies. We never saw them actually interact but their potential interactions are all I think about.

A pairing that I despise: Romantically speaking? Anything with Ammy in it. It’s just,,,,,, she’s a dog. She’s a dog, please— Just because she has a kid in the sequel doesn’t mean there has to be,, someone, you know? They’re gods. It just,, rubs me the wrong way. A lot. There’s some WEIRD ships out there with her.

[relatablepicturesofamaterasu]

tumblr bitch: liking okami makes you a freak!

me: **growls really hard**

issun: its ok theyre just jealous babe...

me: i know issun, i know

waka: **slaps my fat juicy ass**

me: NOT NOW WAKA ISSUN AND I ARE HAVING A MOMENT

waka: youre so boring **murders all the celestials**

me: **sighs**

orochi: **en route**

issun: **wandering artist**

[princealberich]

Zeph I related what you tagged Okami (even if im not done yet cause my ass explores but I just got good boi Orca), I didn't remember well the playthrough i watched years before I recently got the game, and most of the time I was waiting for the time I call the moon cause that was the most I remembered so I was just going "you want me to do what next Issun?? The fuck?? When's the moon bitch??" Eudbwijsjsjsusns

DUDE that’sssss east ryoshima coast right?? That is one of my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE LEVELS HAVE FUN

(Also- just a tip from one okami fan to another if u didn’t already know... Make sure when you go to the ice levels (through the creepy building in shinshu field) use a SEPARATE SAVE. Don’t make the mistake I did, because you can’t go back for some god forsaken reason!! So if ur like me and love exploring and running around, then pls use a different save slot so u can always go back!!)

[akutatchi-moved]

celestiaesthetic replied to your post: issun is still the most annoying part of okami for...

i really hate when you fucked up a drawing and you gotta press start 2 fucking times to ignore issun’s bitching

dueiurifhf honestly i skip whatever he has to say bc its like NO SHIT issun i had NO idea what i just did made a major turning point in the fucking plot (ive played it a lot so i know what happens anyways and i can sit through EVERYTHING but issun and his stupid noises)

[nikolateslut]

Just feel like sharing a pic I took today of my puppy with the Okami fandom. Her name is Amaterasu, but like a true partner in crime, I call her Ammy for short. She is the sun of my life.

[shayminsh]

YOU NEED TO DO ISSUN - 🪐

ANYTHING FOR YOU SPACEY

[shayminsh]

Blorbo chart for Waka pls

anything for you bestie 😘

[shayminsh]

*bonks u with LISTENING TO YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS YOUVE GOT VERY GOOD INTERESTS (and cardboard tube)*

ANON ILY I SAW THIS AND I WAS LIKE "hmm i think ill save this for when i want to ramble about my interests since rn i cant think of ANY of my varied and many interests" AND THEN LIKE JUST NOW I WAS THINKING HMMMM I WANNA TALK ABOUT OKAMI BUT WHERE DO I DO THAT so now youre stuck here listening to me talk about issun!

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issun,,,, thoughts. ough. waugh. woahoogjhoo. he's a punk. he has authority issues. probably an inferiority complex that he shoves deep deep down. He's been raised to become a celestial envoy. that's who he's going to be. shaped and molded into an artist from birth.

He tries, he improves, but he never gets the recognition he wants, the recognition he craves. His confidence tells him he deserves it, his confidence shows that he doesnt have to be STUCK doing this his whole life. I feel like being stuck is something Issun fears alot, actually. He needs to be free. He wants change when things arent going his way. He wants to be respected! He wants people to STOP CALLING HIM A BUG.

His entire character just- ough. The CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. MAN. The first two acts he's crass. He's immature. He's demanding. But he doesn't notice, or else he doesnt care. Because journeying with Ammy, even if its scary sometimes, even if times are uncertain, he feels free. Is this what being a Celestial Envoy is? Maybe it's not so bad.

He's still hiding from that destiny, mind you. Its more of a feeling that he can't name, won't name. Waka prods him about it, and it Pisses. Issun. Off. Can't he escape that? He left Ponc'tan for a reason! Why is it still plaguing him?

When Ammy visits Ponc'tan, Issun refuses to go in. And I got to wonder what's going on while she's in there. (Asides from the hilarious mental image of him sitting on a mushroom arms crossed just pouting) Is he guilty? Angry? Scared? I think it's a mixture of all of three, tbh. He's so so resentful of- is it Ishaku? Is it himself? Is he angry that he couldn't just wait to find his destiny as an envoy? He had to go find it himself? Then he was RIGHT! He's RIGHT and Grandfather is WRONG.

I know i'm skipping a bit but they find the arc of yamato and just. JUST. FUCKING. ISSUN TRIES TO SEPARATE HIMSELF. AMMY'S GOING ON TO FINISH HER DESTINY AND HE'S NOT COMING WITH. I HAVE SO MANY FUCKING FEELINGS ABOUT THIS SCENE BUT I NEED TO PLAY IT AGAIN BEFORE I TALK ABOUT IT JUST IN CASE I GET IT WRONG

Issun's goodbye breaks my fucking heart. He's resigned to not seeing her again. It's like all this time he's been growing closer and closer to who he's meant to be, and now he's backing away. He doesn't want a stiff goodbye, he doesn't want an emotional one. He wants Ammy to STOP looking so sad. What does she care, anyway? She needs to go to BRUSH GOD things! EPIC WORLD SAVING THINGS!!

Waka shows up and. BITCH WHY SO INSENSITIVE??? YOU COULDVE BEEN SO MUCH NICER. But also I think Issun really needed to hear someone say that he had to face facts, you know?

Waka prods him, Issun gets angry, he tries to enter the arc anyways. I GOT SO EXCITED SEEING THIS PART WE GET TO KEEP THE BELOVED BUT THEN BAM. A barrier forms and Issun is repelled. He falls back against the dissolving bridge. Issun falls into the cold lake as Waka leads Ammy into the arc.

What was he thinking while the arc closed? While his best friend Ammy disappeared to go to important- life threatening things- without HIM? I think he had a severe case of fomo for a minute there, but he stomped it down. It's not like- its not like this is HIS problem. What does he care anyways?

......no. He does care.

THIS IS THE PART. THE PART WHERE HE ACCEPTS THE SIDE OF HIMSELF THAT HES BEEN BEATING BACK WITH HIS LITTLE BRUSH SWORD FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN. IT ALL COMES CRASHING DOWN ON HIM. HE THINKS MAYBE THAT DUNK IN THE ICY WATER DID HIM SOME GOOD. HE STARTS TO DOGGY PADDLE TO SHORE.

THE PLAN FORMS IN HIS MIND. I- FUCK I NEED TOSTOP TYPING IN CAPS

The plan forms in his mind all at once. What if the reason he was hiding so long is that he didn't know HOW to do what he was trying to do? Now he knows. He feels it in his very being. He needs a scroll and some ink.

FUCKING. DUCKING FUCK HELL. IM. GENUINELY TEARING UP MAYBE ITS THE FACT THAT IM LISTENING TO RESET BUT-

Issun has to move fast. He doesn't know when, he doesnt know HOW he's so certain of this but- Ammy needs him. Ammy NEEDS a celestial envoy, and isn't it selfish of him to deny her one? Who's a better candidate, after all!!

Susano, Kushi, Oki, everyone they know, everyone they barely met. He meets with them all. He MAKES them listen, he MAKES them see. Don't you remember that white wolf that came through a while ago? She made you a drying pole, she saved your dog. She saved and defeated the water dragon. She ate all of your food, she won your race. Don't you remember? She's a god, silly! See her here? She's in trouble. I need you to believe in her, so that the sun can shine on us again.

FUCKING. TEARS IN MY EYES.

I like to think that Issun knew the whole time how much that saved Ammy's life. Powerless, facing the stupid fucking evil discount mike wazowski orb and missing her friend. I like to think that Ammy felt the warmth of the sun, too. I mean yeah she IS the sun but- all of those souls thanking her and believing in her? I like to think that it flooded her body with a determined burn that woke her up, spread through her veins and made her seethe with a power to dispense some Divine Retribution.

..

I think that after everything is all said and done, Issun feels ten times lighter. Not only because the world is saved and Ammy victorious, but because he did it. He became what he had to become, what he was so afraid of. He conquered his fear. Would Ishaku be proud now? You fucking BET!

ough,,,, i just,, i have so many feelings over him and i would write more of them out if i didnt just write a THOUSAND FUCKING WORDS OVER THIS PINT SIZED LIL SHIT

anyways bows impressively and remember you asked for this <3