#jigen is my favourite can you tell?

[jellybe-gets-creative]

Ah i Miss the Lupin gang.

But tomorrow I will watch the remastered version from castle of cagliostro in the cinema :D that means I become 70s style Jigen in HD 😂

[wildflower-otome]

[Translation] Olympia Soiree - 50 Questions for Kuroba

Source: Olympia Soiree Official Visual Fanbook Nuit Blanche

50 Questions for Kuroba

1. What are your hobbies and special skills?

Before it was creating specimen books, but these days it’s mainly origami. They seem to make Byakuya and the children of Yomi happy, so I think it’s a good skill if I do say so myself.

2.What are your strong points and weak points?

I’m aware that the part of me that always distrusts everything is not good.

As for my strong point…..I think that I’m unexpectedly good at persevering? If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be able to continue the kind of research I do.

3. What is a common habit of yours?

Fiddling with my necktie.

4. What is something you do everyday?

Tease Byakuya? Haha, she’ll be mad at me. Although I do think it’d be nice if I was able to see her everyday.

5. What time do you wake up and go to sleep?

That’s something even I don’t know.

6. What is the first thing you do when you wake up, and the last thing you do before you go to sleep?

The first thing I do when I get up is drink a cup of tea to wake up. Before I sleep I spray some sleep medicine.

7. What is your secret (within the boundaries of what you can share)?

I’m the son of the previous leader of the Yellow.

8. Is there someone who you think of as a rival?

It was Akaza previously, but these days I’d also include Lord Douma. Although I’m well aware surpassing him will be difficult.

9. Please tell us about an unforgettable event during your childhood.

Yosuga and I got to talking about how we wanted to see the sea, so we put blue dye into Yomi’s waterway and got beaten up by Granny.

10. How strong is your alcohol tolerance? (Do you drink alcohol?)

I like drinking, but when I get drunk I fall asleep.

11. What is something you are really into right now?

Researching new types of origami.

12. What is something about your body that you have confidence in?

……My pec muscles?

13. How would you describe yourself in one word?

Laidback.

14. How do you spend your days off?

On dates of course.

15. What is something expensive you’ve bought recently?

A microscope.

16. What is something that worries you recently?

The problem of the successor to the leader of the Yellow.

17. What is a job that you’d like to try doing outside of your current one?

Bouncer at Shikinjou.

18. Who is someone you respect?

As expected, Lord Jigen, Lord Douma and Lady Shura really are amazing. Tsukuyomi is also someone I respect…..well, maybe not quite, but I’m grateful to him. And in the end, Lord Sakyo as well. A lot of things happened with him, but it doesn’t change the fact that he’s the mentor who guided me.

19. What is something you don’t like?

Flattery.

20. If you could bring just one thing to Tennyo Island, what would it be?

A knife.

21. Please teach us a technique you use to move your lover’s heart.

Rather than any sweet words of mine, it’d have to be origami, right?

22. What are things you like about her?

Her indecent side.

23. What is your favourite food among the dishes she makes?

I’m happy no matter what she makes.

24. What is your favourite part of her body?

Her tongue. Although I like her hips as well.

25. Do you hold hands while you’re on dates?

I probably put my arm around her shoulders or waist more often.

26. If you were to change places with Daifuku for one day, how would you spend your time?

Have her put me on the top of her head maybe? I’d like to try doing things that I definitely wouldn’t be able to do in my real body.

27. You see her sleeping right in front of you. What would you do?

That’s something that happens a lot, but I always have trouble making up my mind. I want to play a trick on her, but I also feel as if I want to keep gazing at her cute sleeping face forever. I end up doing something mischievous at a ratio of about 7:3 though.

28. When your work or study isn’t going well and you’re feeling down, how would you like her to comfort you?

I want her to comfort me, but I don’t want to complain, that’s the kind of being men are.

29. What position do you prefer to sleep in, when you are with her?

I have a feeling I often hold onto her from behind.

30. When you want to kiss her, what do you do first?

I kiss her whenever I think that I want to.

31. Would you prefer to be devoted to her? Or for her to be devoted to you?

More than that, I want to spoil her.

32. If you suddenly missed her in the middle of the night, what would you do?

I’d distract myself by looking at things through my microscope.

33. She has caught a cold. How would you look after her?

I’d try all the treatment methods that I know. Although, perhaps those of the White aren’t affected by illness…..? Or maybe the reason illnesses don’t touch her is because it’s “her”?

34. If you see her while you are at work, what would you do?

If I have the time, I’d love to try helping out with her deliveries.

35. When you and your lover have a fight, what do you do to make up with her?

I bring something sweet over to her and apologise.

36. What would you do if snow started to fall during one of your dates?

Truth be told, it’s something I’ve never really seen much of. Although if it did fall, I think she and I would end up having fun with it.

37. When you are with her, what kind of moments do you feel the happiest?

The times when we go for a walk on the beach and have rambling conversations

38. What is a habit of hers that you like?

When she undoes my necktie.

39. What were you like as a child?

Along with Yosuga, I was spoken highly of as one of the worst brats in Yomi.

40. How many children would you like? Please tell us if you would like a boy or a girl, and how many.

Only as many as she wishes to have. Of course, when thinking of our position in society, I would like to increase the population of the ‘White’, but I do think she would make a great mother. Hmm, perhaps I’ll do some research on safe childbirth methods.

41. When your children are born, what kind of things would you like to teach them? And what kind of children would you like to raise them to be?

Being healthy is the most important thing! After that, I’d like to allow them to do what they want to do.

42. If she were to tell you that ‘I will grant you one wish’, what would you ask for?

I wonder if I could ask her to wash my hair.

43. If you were a ‘White’, including yourself, who would you choose as a partner? And conversely, who would you refuse?

I know Akaza and Yosuga too well to want to marry them. It seemed like Himuka wanted to know more about intercourse, so perhaps it might be fun to teach him.

44. What would you like to do in the world beyond the ocean?

I’d like to collect medical apparatus and medicine.

45. ‘The waves bring what one seeks.’ What is something that you would like to wash ashore?

As to be expected for someone in my line of work, I’d be happy if medical related items, things that might help with my research, would wash up.

46. Is there something you would like to say to Tsukuyomi?

Thank you for your help back then.

47. Is there something you would like to say to her father?

At that time, I was truly stricken with terror.

48. What is a challenge you would like to undertake from here on?

…..Perhaps studying to become a leader?

Although, only if the likes of me is allowed to give that answer.

49. Please tell us about a commitment you would like to make once you become a leader in the future.

I want to back Yomi no matter what, but having a higher colour rank doesn’t necessarily guarantee happiness. I would like this world to become one where there is no need to carry such pain all alone, maybe I’m naive for thinking that.

50. Please tell us your message of love for her.

I’ll continue to love you from now on.

[temporary-dysphoria]

-chinhands- Can you tell us more about your thoughts on FuJigen? :3

-Ell

Oh boy, now you've done it - because BOY do I have THINGS TO SAY!

I need to preface this by saying obviously these are my own headcanons, and as such they're heavily influenced by my own experiences.

So to start with, I think that Fujiko and Jigen are such interesting parallels of each other, in more ways than one - the most standout way being their consistency to their roles. They each compliment Lupin in almost the same way (as a criminal partner who is equally as skilled), but on one hand you've got Fujiko who is consistently unfaithful, compared to Jigen who is consistently faithful.

Then we get into headcanon territory. I have a myriad of headcanons for the gang, although I will admit I'm more fond of the OT4 than any specific pairing. Jigen and Fujiko often get the short end of the stick there, which I think might be partly by design, and partly by just how the fandom hive mind works sometimes.

Sexuality Talk

Jigen is clearly gay-coded (at the very least) in canon - there was a twitter thread about this a while ago that went into detail about it. My own personal headcanon differs and this is influenced by personal experiences. My consistent headcanon is that Jigen is bisexual but he does lean towards men. My other headcanon that shows up every now and then is that he's bisexual, but lands on the aro/ace spectrum. I don't think Jigen trusts or loves easily, so anyone who wants to get in on that needs to stick around for uhhh (checks watch) 12 business years to get past the walls.

Now Fujiko, I'm pretty sure Fujiko might actually be bi in canon, but don't take that as fact. My headcanon is certainly bi. My headcanon for her in relationships is pretty much as she's written in How to Train Your Assassins actually. She uses her body as a weapon so much that it can blur lines between where subterfuge ends and real attraction begins. To deal with this, I think she'd be likely to set out boundaries early on and stick to them, if she's dealing with someone that she actually wants a relationship with (which is not often, but happens occasionally).

Relationship Talk

I don't think Fujiko and Jigen are friends to start with. At all. I think they start as begrudging co-workers, who eventually realise that the other is actually incredibly trustworthy IF the effort is put in.

I think for the longest time they don't move past that almost sibling-esque kind of bickering, and it might even take a large near-death scare to either remind them or show them that they do care about each other.

THEN, even if they do admit that they care about each other, I don't think their relationship is ever as visibly romantic as the relationship Fujiko could have with Lupin or even with Goemon. Because Jigen is just not that kind of person. For him, I think love is shown in small actions, not large grandiose displays.

I think there's a real possibility sometimes that Jigen and Fujiko end up in a relationship where sex is not important. That particularly is one of my favourite kinds of headcanon, because Fujiko is so sexualised, I find it personally very fulfilling when I can imagine her in a relationship where her partner loves her without that added layer of sexual attraction.

My second favourite headcanon is that they don't fuck much, but when they do it's *stellar*

Parting words

I fucking love FuJigen as a ship, both platonically and romantically. I think they are a chronically underappreciated pairing who actually have the potential to compliment each other really well if the work gets done to bridge the gap between them.

I love them as a single ship. I love them as a begrudging best friends ship. I love them shipped together within the OT4. This is a hill I am WILLING TO DIE ON.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to rant and rave about these blorbos <3 <3 <3

[vaguely-concerned]

my controversial lupin iii opinion is that the end of part 5 rules actually (even tho the very last episode is kind of a mess and obscures some the cool shit going on beneath the surface in its haste to wrap everything up)

okay. so hear me out but I think it’s a mistake to read the end of part 5 as a traditional narrative that actually takes place at some point in the (already convoluted lol) lupin iii continuity. in my estimation it’s not, it’s more like... metanarrative of the whole show/franchise. a series of metaphors. a story about the story of lupin iii. no, lupin hasn’t actually been wearing a mask the whole time we’ve seen him in canon and he’s just some random dude we don’t know under there -- except on a metaphorical, emotional level. that is kind of the point of him as a character; the tension between how much we get to glimpse of his honest internal life and how much is withheld from us (making us want to share in it all the more) is part of the enduring appeal.

and letting fujiko finally see behind that mask in one stroke resolves the doubts and struggles in their relationship that’s been running through the whole season, doubts that the ‘traditional’ forms of affirming/validating love and intimacy in a heteropatriarchy -- marriage, cohabitation, all the things they’re grieving didn’t work out for them the whole season, ‘what’s wrong with us’ -- never could resolve. y’know it’s like that quote from the seven husbands of evelyn hugo:

People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.  

that’s the metaphor there. if you interpret it literally then yes, that whole scene is very very blind shock value stupid lol, but for those last few episodes of part 5 the fourth wall is so thin you can read the braille writing on the wall through it. (fujiko is sitting in a cage wearing a wedding dress. I don’t think the symbolism is particularly subtle lmao.) lupin finally letting himself be seen by her fully, and her understanding and accepting it, is more important than anything society has told them proves the ‘realness’ of a relationship, and it’s what helps them get through the grief of what they thought they ‘should’ be to each other to the realization of what they already are to each other and that they are enough, they have nothing they need to prove to anyone -- to themselves, or to the world. they do love each other. that’s what matters. and so it goes, that’s the sort of storytelling they’re doing in that last arc. which admittedly is confusing because it’s not what they’ve been doing in the rest of the season at all so if you haven’t been picking up on the nebulous narrative ~*vibes*~ signposting it, you’d understandably be extremely confused. 

(btw one of my favourite scenes of all of lupin iii canon is in the penultimate part 5 episode, where lupin and jigen are sharing smokes (in the aftermath of jigen’s perhaps sexiest scene ever), and lupin essentially lets jigen in on the secret that they’re fictional characters. and after thinking for a few moments jigen is like ‘I get to be a story with you? AND I get my own cool theme tune? heh. yeah, I can live with that’. it’s just soooooooooooooooooooooo... it makes my writing brain go crazy. what a strange yet beautiful way for fictional characters to show love -- to help someone else see the truth of their own self/nature on a metatextual level. peak sometimes-benevolent trickster god lupin AND partners being partners content. jigen is considering his own potential obsolescence in a changing world and lupin tells him that stories live as long as they’re needed, as long as they resonate -- a good story is never obsolete, it will always have been even as it ends. also the vague vibe from how jigen reacts to lupin going to fujiko in that last ep that he has already seen beneath that mask, he already knows… brainworms for days and years and decades folks)

I really like the idea that castle of cagliostro still is the endpoint of the lupin iii canon timeline as we have it today -- miyazaki hit on something compelling and melancholy there and I think deserves to be conserved -- but I don’t believe that’s incompatible with the end of part 5 at all, even though it ‘calls back’ to it like it’s something that’s already happened. because the end of part 5 is not uh, for lack of a better word, real. it’s in sort of a dreamlike space of commentary and -- I say this with love -- fond retrospective franchise navelgazing. and it’s been 50 years, some navelgazing is well earned frankly.

(of course people are perfectly free to hate part 5 and especially the ending for any reason they so wish!  the ending is atrociously paced and the way they wrap up ami’s arc especially is uh, how do you say, unconscionable and slapdash, and the season has plenty of other problems. but to me there are so many interesting meaningful things going on at the end there and I wanted to ramble about it some) 

[dandunn]

Multiples of 8 (OC asks!)

I have a ton of playlists, probably more than I can be bothered to list lol

My favourite right now is the one I made for white rabbit of course:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ikymXqmxrUav0IkzTlYwL?si=mR_A6FDbRaa0yznbDRqdwA&utm_source=copy-link

Yes I do, and I have no idea to be honest. For some reason I'm really struggling to write anything for original characters. I'm (regrettably) very extrinsically motivated eg by brainstorming with friends and receiving ao3 comments and such, and you just don't get that with original work.

It's really rough and difficult to get my head around. It sucks because I think I do have a story worth telling but I can't pull together enough focus to work on it as much as I'd like to.

Not really?? Maybe Flores with Jigen before I updated his design, and I guess his human form still looks a bit like jigen

think I answered this one already

Flores' fuckin Head. I've tried to circumvent this problem by basing his skull shape on a real animal (andean condor) but I still manage to goof it up sometimes and make him look like a sesame street character fhgnng.

[quietsouvenir]

hi i’m falling back into lupin iii nostalgia and also trying to add variety to this blog

[morporkian-cryptid]

Today in "Elliott's Niche AF AUs": one (1) person asked me about this, sooooo...

Lupin III Discworld AU crossover headcanon pile thingy!!!

For those who don't know: Discworld is a flat world held on the back of four giant elephants on top of a giant turtle, floating through space. That world has magic, as well as trolls, dwarves, goblins etc... but in a way that's meant to subvert typical fantasy tropes.

Ankh-Morpork, the biggest city on the Disc, is a hotbed of crime, innovations, and innovations in crime. It is run by a council of guilds, and by a Patrician (a lifelong tyrant; he's elected by the guilds but he has the final say in everything). Notorious for having an Assassins', Thieves', Beggars', and Seamstresses' (sex workers) Guilds. Also notorious for its Watch (the police), which is actually surprisingly good at solving crimes. It's also the biggest immigration destination on the Disc.

Character backstories/situations:

Lupin : half-quirmian-half-agatean (Quirm being the DW equivalent of France), grew up in the Agatean Empire (DW equivalent of China/East Asia). He moved to Ankh-Morpork to follow Fujiko, and/or to escape Zenigata. He’s an illegal thief (meaning he's not registered with the Thieves' Guild), and his favourite hobby (besides just stealing in general) is screwing with the Guild. Commander Vimes, the head of the Watch, is supposed to catch him (or at least help Zenigata catch him), but he's secretly rooting for him because he dislikes the Guild slightly more than he dislikes Lupin.

Jigen : son of a couple of Agatean immigrants in Ankh-Morpork, grew up as a street urchin in the Shades (the most crime-ridden neighborhood of the notoriously crime-ridden Ankh-Morpork). He joined the Assassins’ Guild later in his life as a (mostly self-taught) sharpshooter, with a talent that outshone that of the Guild's best students. He later quit the Guild after he met Lupin (possibly had a contract to kill Lupin, and decided “screw this I’m going with him”). He can use any kind of shooting weapons, but favors crossbows. He’s tried stealing and using the gonne (DW's first and only firearm); it didn't go well. He somehow managed to learn one single spell from the wizards, the fireball, by becoming pals with Arcchancelor Ridcully (wizard, head of the Unseen University, and famous for his unfortunate passion for crossbow shooting).

Goemon : agatean immigrant/fugitive, master swordsman. He left Agatea because Fujiko stole his Zantetsuken and fled to Ankh-Morpork, so Goemon had to follow her to retrieve his sword. He then met Lupin and Jigen and decided to stick around. The Zantetsuken is a talking sword, and its personality is basically the embodiment of Bushido. It's extremely annoying (like all talking swords), but Goemon loves it. (it was probably his only friend back in Agatea)

Fujiko : agatean immigrant/fugitive. Ran away from the Agatean Empire chased by Goemon. She joined the Thieves’ Guild, but everyone confuses her for a seamstress because her technique usually involves seduction. She tried it on Vetinari once. It failed spectacularly.

Zenigata : agatean immigrant, part of the Empire’s police force, who came to Ankh-Morpork chasing Lupin. He only brought his assistant Yata with him, and has to cooperate with the Watch to have resources to catch Lupin. Vimes doesn’t particularly like him, but he’s good at his work so he can’t say anything (they're both too stubborn to get along).

Bonus:

Yata: Zenigata’s assistant, came to Ankh-Morpork with him, rapidly became great friends with Rufus Drumknott (the Head Secretary of the Patrician, Lord Vetinari). He has a bad influence on Drumknott. He also befriended Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, but then again Carrot befriends everyone.

Ami: She's a clacks operator. Clacks are basically the DW equivalent of telegraph. There's a group of clacks hackers called the GNU, so she might have joined them.

Albert: He's part of the Patrician's Dark Clerks (they're the secret services of Ankh-Morpork)

Rebecca: She's from Quirm. That’s all I have about her for now. (Quirm's the equivalent of France, but in the french translation it was made into an equivalent of Italy)

Random-Ass Headcanons

Lupin gets along like a house on fire with Moist von Lipwig (former conman and current postmaster, notorious adrenaline junkie), both figuratively and literally. Lupin and Lipwig sometimes team up on heists and rely on each other’s help, when they’re not busy competing against each other because Lupin keeps daring Lipwig to thieving competitions.

One of the contests’ goal is to steal Vetinari’s manuscript, The Servant. Fujiko wins. She wasn’t even in the race.

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Fujiko quickly became friends with Adora-Belle Dearheart (Moist von Lipwig's rather explosive girlfriend), they get together every now and then to trash-talk their respective boyfriends.

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For some reason everyone thinks Lupin is a werewolf. (it’s actually Jigen)

(maybe. I haven't yet decided whether or not he is. That would be a very good source of angst, considering what most werewolves are like, and also a very good source of domestic fluff if the whole gang has to adapt to the moon cycle and Jigen's transformations. Idk. Might be fun.)

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Fujiko owns a horse golem (a gift from Adora-Belle or something she stole, we may never know). The Gang also owns a carriage, modified with a spell so it will drive faster, and they drive it completely carelessly. It has been destroyed and rebuilt countless times. (actually a bunch of spells, Lupin probably found a way to blackmail Ridcully so he could mod the shit out of his carriage. Or they rely on Jigen’s friendship with Ridcully)

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Lupin uses swamp dragons as firearms (dialogue courtesy of @marquise-de-clarabas: Jigen: You stole a dragon??? Lupin: I didn’t steal him! He’s his own person and can make decisions himself! Dragon: I wanna steal). He has an alias and disguise entirely dedicated to visiting the Sunshine Sanctuary For Sick Dragons, and somehow became friends with Lady Sybil Ramkin-Vimes (Commander Vimes' wife, and the greatest expert on swamp dragons in the city, probably on the Disc). Vimes doesn't know about it, and Lupin finds the whole situation hilarious. He constantly makes jokes about how he’s playing with fire.

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The Thieves’ Guild and the Watch are competing to catch the Gang, but secretly Vimes is rooting for the Gang (the Guild just hates them). That said, Vimes also hates Lupin (only slightly less than he dislikes the Guild), because he's always a little shit whenever he gets put in jail, and then he immediately breaks out.

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Rincewind (famously bad wizard with a shit luck and a tendency to run from problems) once got arrested by Zenigata, because he got startled by him yelling LUPAAAAAAAAAN! and started running for the hills, making Zenigata believe he was Lupin in disguise. Rincewind is terrified of Zenigata.

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Zenigata is actively trying to stop the Thieves' Guild from catching Lupin and Co, both because he wants to catch them himself, and because he knows what the Guild does to illegal thieves and he doesn’t want it to happen to Lupin.

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Lupin stole Ridcully’s hat (custom wizard hat with a bunch of pockets, drawers, a crossbow, and a tiny flask of alcohol) as a gift for Jigen’s birthday. He also stole Lipwig’s hat (golden cap with dove wings), after which Adora claimed she didn’t recognize Moist (dialogue courtesy of @marquise-de-clarabas: Moist: C’mon babe, it’s me, your boyfriend! Adora, knowing full well who he is: I have never met this man in my entire life). He also raided the Assassins' Guild's armory/museum to get a birthday gift for Goemon.

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About Jigen and the gonne (spoilers for Men at Arms) : basically, the gonne being such a dangerous and destructive weapon compared to crossbows, it has a nigh-magical attraction on people, and awakens and strengthens whatever lust for power, vengeance, blood etc they have. It basically controls its user and feeds on their convictions, addictions, wants, etc. The only person known to have resisted it is Vimes (because he's a stubborn mofo with a sense of morals you could bend iron on), and even he came damn near to losing his mind. (And Carrot, because... he's Carrot.)

Assuming the gonne didn't get destroyed in this AU: after they steal it, Lupin tries to use it, gets completely possessed/cursed (again) and accidentally tries to murder his friends (again), prompting Jigen to take it from him. Jigen then gets possessed as well, and they start fighting for the gonne, until Goemon just walks in, takes it out of their hands and takes it away. Goemon's completely unaffected by the gonne because 1) of his ascetic training and 2) "it is a filthy morporkian artifact and cannot compare to the noble art of the sword."

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Zenigata often teams up with Angua (resident werewolf of the Watch), they get along very well. The Gang is very easy to track, they smell like a tobacco factory that has caught on fire.

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Yata and Drumknott (Patrician's head secretary, and confidante, sort of) get together after office hours, and argue about whose boss is the best (because as we all know they both have a crush on respective bosses). One day Drumknott accidentally calls Vetinari “Sempai” after he heard Yata call Zenigata that all the time.

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Lupin follows Lipwig’s example and steals all of Yata’s pencils every time he visits the Pseudopolis Yard (the Watch's HQ). Drumknott is fuming when Yata tells him about it.

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Leonardo Da Quirm is butt-naked, because Part 4.

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Something with vampires, probably.

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tagging @carriagelamp and @mad-whoman-with-a-book00 because I know you may be potentially interested in this AU ^^

[non-bee-knees]

I just watched Episode 0 of Lupin Part 6 and I gotta say;

I cried. I cried so gently for this episode. It’s the only time I’ve cried over an episode of this show.

I only got into Lupin a few months ago at best, but let me tell you it’s been a hell of a ride: the show, the movies, the comics and fanfics and edits and animatics, it’s all been so fantastic and loving and funny and I can’t believe such a fantastic show exists.

I never watched the original Japanese for any of them, purely because I prefer to listen to shows in the background rather than actively watch them, and I can’t speak Japanese.

But knowing that this was the last time Kiyoshi Kobayashi was voicing Jigen, knowing that this show is so iconic and amazing and all the brilliant things it can be because this man helped to bring such an iconic character to life for 50 YEARS is just heartbreaking.

Hearing Jigen laugh, seeing him smile, all the stupid goofs this ep had between the angst, you could tell it was genuine.

I’m so looking forward to the newest season, to seeing all my favourite characters again; Yata, Albert, Zenigata, the whole lot, and the new Jigen certainly has his share to live up to.

But before we go any further, although the legend will never see it, we need to say thank you. Thank you for the memories, the laughs, the inspiration, thank you, thank you, thank you Kiyoshi Kobayashi. You deserve every moment of a good retirement.

Thank You

[jigenshat]

hey tumblr user jigenshat, do u have any jigoe hcs?

jigen and goemon have my favourite dynamic out of anyone.

neither of them could stand lupin if it weren't for each other

they're both pretty calm and composed and it takes two of them to balance his energy

so much can be said between jigen and goemon in just one glance

this is their primary method of communication while on jobs

they both trust each other entirely. even though they love lupin too, a lot of what he says is dubious to say the least. if jigen suggests something, goemon trusts it completely. and when goemon puts himself on the line during a heist jigen knows he knows what he's doing completely.

they spend a lot of time together in safehouses or hotels while lupin's out on his usual adventures

they're very comfortable in each other's silence. as two introverts they look forward to this peaceful time. jigen is happy (well....'happy') to be with only his thoughts while goemon meditates or reflects

goemon has spoken to jigen a lot about spirituality. he sees his partner has a lot of emotions pent up inside him and suggests spiritual methods to help him when he's struggling.

he also talks to him a lot about japanese folklore and legends. jigen doesn't have as strong a connection to japan as goemon, but feels it growing with each story he tells.

jigen also gets kind of nerdy and asks lots of intricate details about the zantetsuken such as how to look after it, and how to repair it. he's gone from a gun nerd to an all out weapons nerd.

jigen cooks a lot for goemon. not everywhere has a japanese restaurant but he is able to make the food goemon needs to stay strong and healthy wherever they are.

they can sit and talk for hours over sake about other things in their life, or how they are feeling.

putting the job to one side without completely neglecting it and talking things over is a life saver for both of them. they have a lot weighing on their shoulders and not enough free time to vent to anyone outside of the gang.

goemon was hesitant when talking about himself for a while, he felt it to be burdensome. jigen pitched venting as a spiritual practice whereby you physically rid yourself of destructive thoughts and goemon got a little more on board.

jigen trusts his abilities as a marksman but if he was to have someone fight on his behalf, he would choose goemon. he knows the confrontation would be honourable and without deception.

sometimes jigen hides himself behind goemon when he's particularly scared on a job because he knows he's protected. knowing his abilities and skills are trusted and appreciated makes goemon smile and only strengthens the bond between the two of them.

[eriks-magnificentcape]

Angst Lupin HC

Here’s one of my favourite trope of Lupin’s gang: one sided pining (warning: Jigen is an ass)

One night, Jigen is having a drink with Lupin and it seems like it’s going quite well, where Lupin is getting all touchy and flirty with Jigen. When Jigen thinks they are gonna kiss, Lupin gets a phone call from Fujiko, asking him if they wanna meet up now (she perfectly knows that Lupin is drinking with Jigen and Jigen has a feeling for Lupin). Lupin says yes without a second thought and dashes out from their hideout, leaving Jigen alone. Completely pissed off at the treatment of Lupin and how he’s always the one feeling miserable, he drinks himself to blindness. After an hour or so, Goemon comes back from wherever he was, noticing how messy the hideout is, littered with many empty bottles. He sees Jigen quaffing down anither bottle of whisky and scowls at him. Jigen sees Goemon just standing at the doorway so he beckons him over and tells him to sit down next to him. Goemon slowly approaches the couch and sit down, while frowning at the stench of alcohol.

Goemon: you are drinking a lot tonight

Jigen: so what, I need it tonight

Goemon: what happened

Jigen: Lupin ran off to Fujiko like a fucking dog

Goemon: that’s nothing unsual of Lupin

Jigen: yeah yeah

Goemon: Jigen, you need to stop drinking. You must had a lot by now, you-

Jigen: oh shut it, I know I’m going to have a frigging headache tomorrow, but what is it compared to what I’m feeling right now. I rather forget everything, you know

Goemon: that’s not a very healthy way to deal with your problem

Jigen: I ain’t a fucking monk like you Goemon.

Jigen: Wait, you can tell me, how do you deal with it

Goemon: what do you mean

Jigen: I know you’ve been having some feelings for me

Goemon: .... no I don’t

Jigen: oh please, like I don’t notice your glances. You think you are being subtle? It couldn’t have been more obvious! You can’t lie and hide your emotions!

Jigen: Now fucking tell me, how do you deal with it? The fucking pain in your heart

Goemon: I don’t know what you are talking about!

Jigen: yeah you do!

Goemon: you are clearly drunk, you don’t know what you are talking about!

Jigen: oh for fuck’s sake!

Jigen then throws himself on Goemon, pinning him and kissing him hard. Goemon tries to wrestle him off but he can’t help but gets carried away. When he starts to completely emerse himself into the sensation, he hears Jigen whispering Lupin’s name. Dream shattered, Goemon throws Jigen off himself and knocks him to the ground. Feeling absolutely wrecked, Goemon runs out from the room and disappears into the night.

Next morning, Lupin comes back home humming to himself. He sees the mess of the hideout and Jigen passed out on the couch. Shaking his head, he wakes Jigen by shaking his body. Groaning, Jigen wakes up. At the same time, Lupin receives a text from Goemon, saying that he won’t be returning and to not go looking for him.

Lupin: omg Goemon said he’s not coming home. What the hell, we got a heist tomorrow and it’s all planned out!

Jigen: what?

Lupin: he’s gone! What are we gonna do now! The plan won’t work unless we have Goemon

Jigen: forget it Lupin

Lupin: what do you mean forget it? He can’t just disappear on us like that! We gotta bring him back! Now where the fuck did he go

Jigen: I’m telling you, forget the plan!

Lupin: why, what’s going on

Jigen: I fucked it up

Lupin: what did you do

Jigen:....

Lupin: what did you do!

(And then, there’ll be reverse “pining” where Jigen feels absolutely shit about what he did and goes on search for Goemon, while remembering all their interactions and slowly starting to develop some feelings for Goemon. Lupin also feels bad about the way he treated Jigen, knowing how he’s always been there for him despite anything that happened between them. Fujiko also feels bad because even though her intention was to hurt Jigen, cos she was jealous of their relationship, she didn’t want to ruin the gang, least of all hurt Goemon. So everyone starts to work reversely, mending their issues with each other)

[mushroombossa]

Lupin for the character ask thing

thanks!!

how i feel about this character

he’s a trashy monkey boy and i adore his silly shenanigans. i love how versatile his character can be that you can tell all sorts of stories with him and the gang, though personally my favourite is the adultish completely bonkers kind of takes like in Mamo.

all the people i ship romantically with this character

Fujiko and Zenigata. I’d be very happy with either or both of them tbh

my non-romantic otp for this character

don’t kill me for that pls but Jigen

my unpopular opinion about this character

idk how unpopular it actually is but I hate how most specials and even recent series have been like, introducing an extra female character, most of the time to be his female love interest of the week (bc we gotta keep the whole oh “Fujiko is an untrustworthy whore” cursed trope) and then they just completely forget about her and move on. like why even bother. i also get that he’s the main character so it’s only natural for him to have the most screentime, but most of the time i feel like it gets on the way of the rest of the gang.

one thing i wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.

i wish we got more on his parents honestly, i have a couple of headcanons for them but nothing that substantial. but considering the whole mess with Albert i don’t with it would happen any time soon.

[bananapajama87]

New Year’s at the Paris Hideout

8:30 pm, New Year's Eve. Paris.

        It had been a drearily grey Christmas that year, but tonight, the Parisian air was glittering with softly falling snow. A once in a decade spectacle that made the city of lights ethereal. On the Canal Saint-Martin, a penthouse apartment window was set aglow as its occupants finally returned, kicking the door open giddily.

“Another flawless operation! And home just in time for some New Year’s binge drinking!” Lupin III twirled dramatically before tossing a sack full of stolen euros into a corner, grinning from ear to ear. His cheeks were flushed from the cold and snow dusted his hair and shoulders, but he seemed too pleased to notice. He hummed as he made his way over to their liquor cabinet.

“Hmm.”  Goemon shook his head solemnly and deposited two bags of loot carefully next to Lupin’s. He knew his arms would be sore for a few days after having to cut down two dozen gun turrets earlier that night, but at the moment he was more distracted trying not to let Lupin’s childish excitement infect him. He crossed to the opposite side of the room and sat cross-legged in his usual spot on the floor. 

“If you call getting strapped to fireworks and nearly being blown up ‘flawless’, we gotta get you some help man.” Jigen laughed around his ever-present cigarette. It seemed to have been crushed during their escape and hung, nearly unrolled, from his lip. He tossed a bag down on the growing corner pile and fell lazily onto the couch, splaying his limbs haphazardly across its entire surface. He tried to take a drag from his cigarette, only to have it fall apart entirely. Giving it a disgusted look, he tossed its remains in an overfull ashtray lying on the floor next to the couch. “At least Fujiko hasn’t betrayed us yet,” he said peeking out from under the brim of his hat to fix the woman in question with an accusing grin.

“I would never! I can’t believe you would say something like that Jigen!” Fujiko huffed. She hadn’t been carrying anything so perched herself immediately on the arm of the couch’s matching loveseat. She then produced a large diamond from somewhere on her person, kissed it lightly, then dropped into her cleavage for safekeeping.

“Hey! You-”

“Alright, guys! Let’s get this party started! Champagne?” Lupin swirled around, an expensive bottle in one hand and four glasses held between his fingers in the other. He was in too good a mood to let these two get into another squabble. He set the glasses down on the coffee table in the center of the room.

“You got any bourbon?” Jigen leaned over, trying to get a better look at what was in the cabinet.

“Sake is the superior drink for celebrating,” Goemon added, cracking open one eye to try to sneak a peek more subtly around Lupin. Lupin rolled his eyes with a smile and pulled two bottles out from the liquor cabinet.

“I expected as much from you ingrates,” he tossed them gently at his friends. Jigen caught this deftly with one hand, but Goemon almost dropped his sake.

“Oh, my favourite brand, you shouldn’t have,” Jigen turned the bottle over in his hands admiringly.

“Thank you,” Goemon said curtly, not wanting to seem too eager. He produced his own sake cup from inside his sleeve and waited for the others to pour their drinks.

“You just keep that thing on you at all times? Don’t you think it might break?” Fujiko asked, covering up a giggle. Goemon frowned and looked away.

“I just happened to know that we would be drinking tonight.”

“And yet you make me buy the booze. I see how it is Goemon,” Goemon didn’t move but Lupin saw his cheeks flush slightly. Lupin laughed and walked over to Fujiko, picking up a flute and the bottle. “You’ll share a drink with me won’t you Fujicakes?”

“Of course,” Fujiko took the offered glass and fluttered her eyelashes. Lupin then set about uncorking the champagne. It exploded with a loud POP! Jigen and Fujiko cheered as a Lupin scrambled to catch the shower of foam that came with it in a glass. 

“Probably, shouldn’t have tossed it,” he said sheepishly. He then filled Fujiko’s glass and raised his own. “To a year of being the best in the business! Best thieves, best crew, best family a guy could ask for!” A cry of ‘cheers!’ (and one kanpai) rang up in the apartment and glasses were drained, or in Jigen’s case, a swig was taken.

“Didn’t know you were such a friggin’ sap, Lupin,” Jigen chuckled. Lupin tossed himself down into the chair where Fujiko sat and poured them both a second glass.

“Liar,” Lupin grinned at him, narrowing his eyes.

"You’re right, I guess I did know that.” Jigen smiled back at him fondly.

“We get it, you’re in love,” Fujiko ruffled Lupin’s hair then downed her second glass and held it out for Lupin to refill, “now let’s drink until we wake up in the new year!”

“That we can agree on!” Jigen took a deep drink from his whisky.

 8:45 p.m.

“So you’ve never? Not even once?”

“A lady never tells.”

“HA! Some lady!

 9:38 p.m.

 “Ok, you gotta tell us. Ain’t it breezy? I mean, it’s basically your whole torso out-”

“I am perfectly capable of controlling-“

“What are you complaining about? If I had a chest like that, you can bet I’d never wear a shirt either-”

“As someone who also has a great chest, I understand the choice-”

“This is highly inappropriate!”

“No! don’t put it back on!”

 10:34 p.m.

“Hey, can I try on your hat?”

“You?”

“Uh, yeah, I’m the one asking.”

“…”

“It’s not like I’m gonna break it. It’s a hat”

“…”

“Let her try the hat. C’mon Ji-ji~”

“… y-yeah fine.”

“Yay! Look me! I shoot good and I never wash my hair!”

“Ok never mind, give it back.”

 10:53

“You know, even though it’s so stupid, you trusting her no matter what is kinda endearing. It’s like… unconditional love or something.”

“Unconditional lust more like.”

“Aww, don’t say something so unromantic Fujicakes!

“No, I am inclined to agree with Fujiko.”

 11:59

“Almost midnight, guys!” Lupin slurred. His jacket was thrown on the floor next to him and his tie was around his head but kept sliding into his eyes. They had gone through the bottle of champagne and he and Fujiko had switched to red wine. Fujiko had turned on the radio and pulled lupin into a spirited dance around the apartment, laughing wildly. Jigen seemed to be handling his half bottle of whisky pretty well, except for the fact that he had undone his tie and the top buttons on his shirt and was hanging off the couch more precariously than normal. He was smiling stupidly at nothing in particular, nodding along to the music. That may have had to do with the fact that Goemon had moved from his spot at the wall to lay his head on Jigen’s lap. His face has gone fully red by his fourth cup of sake. Jigen was running his fingers idly through Goemon’s hair and it seemed like the samurai had almost fallen asleep. He roused a little when Lupin announced the time. The radio had stopped the music and was now playing the broadcaster's voices. Goemon couldn’t quite make out what they were saying.

“How ‘bout a kiss for New Years Fujicakes?” Lupin asked, dipping Fujiko low and leaning in. She pressed a finger to his lips.

“Thirty more seconds Lupin, patience!” she was giggling as she said this, surprised by the dip.

Jigen’s hand left Goemon’s hair and Goemon stirred properly.

“Looks like it’s you and me pal.”

“For what?” Goemon wanted to ask but the radio had begun counting down.

Five!

Jigen slid down onto the floor next to him. Hello Jigen~

Four!

Oh, he was moving closer. Their shoulders were touching. What was going on again?

Three!

Oh yeah, it was New Years. Why was Jigen getting closer?

Two!

Jigen was gently holding Goemon’s chin and turning his head. Was this…?

One!

Goemon could feel the warmth radiating from Jigen’s face and his eyes closed almost reflexively.

Happy New Year’s!

Contact. Goemon’s whole body went tense and relaxed all at once. Jigen was kissing him. His beard was scratchy on his face and his lips were chapped. Something in Goemon’s brain lit up brighter than anything he’d ever seen. Was that supposed to happen?

Then it was over. Just a moment. Goemon jumped away and scrambled up the couch.

“Excuse me? I… Jigen- what?” Goemon felt his face go impossibly redder. He covered his mouth. This was outrageous. That had been… he had…

“Huh? New Year’s kiss… uh…” Jigen sat stunned on the floor. Lupin and Fujiko were pulled out of their much more intimate kiss by the sound of confused sputtering. “Sorry Goemon, didn’t mean anything by it. We can just forget it.”

“New Year’s kiss?”

“Yeah. You never heard of it?” Lupin had walked over and clapped a concerned hand on Goemon’s shoulder. He jumped and Lupin withdrew his hand.

“Come on Goemon, it’s not like it was your first kiss or anything,” Fujiko said, crouching next to the couch to look up at Goemon. Goemon looked away quickly and Fujiko put her hand to her mouth to cover her shocked gasp. The other two men were not so polite and just looked on with jaws hanging open.

“Oh no… Goemon, this is the real fucking crime of the century,” said Lupin, his face slowly breaking out into a grin as he shook his head. Fujiko was trying very hard to suppress and ‘aww’, she knew Goemon would not take kindly to that.

“I guess he has been training to be a damn samurai his whole life...” Jigen said, looking dumbfounded. “Really? No one else?”

Goemon shook his head, unable to look at any of them.

“How was it?!” Lupin asked excitedly, jumping the couch to sit on Goemon’s other side. Now he had nowhere to avert his eyes to.

“Lupin!” Fujiko chided.

“…Scratchy”

The room went dead silent for a moment, leaving only the radio quietly playing Auld Lang Syne. Then Lupin and Fujiko erupted into laughter. Jigen collapsed into the couch, burying his face in the cushions.

“It is, isn’t it?!” Lupin guffawed slapping Jigen on the back a couple times and Jigen groaned.

“… it was nice,” Goemon added. That was too much for Fujiko, who scooped Goemon into a hug.

“Aww, Goemon!” She cried, holding him close. Then she pulled away and looked him in the eyes. “Can I give you a kiss?”

Goemon’s eyes flew to the ceiling, the only escape route. He would not be able to answer her the way he wanted if he had to maintain eye contact.

“If you must,” he managed to cough out. She beamed and planted a lipstick kiss on the corner of his mouth. It was a distinct experience from earlier, but just as nice. Something about it made Goemon’s lips curve up without his permission.

“Aw, no fair! Goemon, can I kiss ya?” Lupin pouted at him, pulling his puppy dog face that got him what he wanted with Jigen. Goemon resented this attempt at manipulation but had his answer anyway.

“I suppose…” Lupin jumped in excitement and planted a huge kiss on his cheekbone then peppered his cheek and finally landed squarely on Goemon’s mouth. Goemon was dumbfounded for a moment but found himself bursting into laughter with the rest of them.

         Jigen was still sitting on the floor, laughing, but still looked a little guilty about what had happened. Goemon extended his arms to him and made a ‘come here’ motion. Jigen did as he was asked.

“May I kiss you?” Goemon asked curtly, smiling, and still flushed.

“Uh, sure. Yeah…if you wanna?” Jigen said, sounding confused. Goemon took Jigen’s chin like he had taken his just minutes before and kissed him very softly. When Goemon opened his eyes, Jigen was bright red.

“Jigen! You’ve turned Goemon into a kissing machine! We’ll never be able to stop him now!” Lupin howled with laughter and Goemon pushed him off the couch, where he continued laughing on the floor.

[stealinghero]

Inspired by the gater catching description from your last marriage ask: Lupin characters reacting to catching the Bouquet / Garter that is thrown, which signifies that they are the next to marry. Our main scoundrels as well as Zenigata and Yata pot favor. would also love to know how they would act if they wanted to catch it vs how they would react if they where just minding their own business far , far away and suddenly a garter just drops from the sky

That’s my new favourite request!!! What a great ask!!!

1 how they would generally react

2 wants to catch it

3 didn’t even try to catch it

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Lupin:

1) he would be a bit embarrassed and faintly blushing on catching it. He has of course a certain lady in his mind and grins at her while holding up his catch.

2) He is ruthless when he wants to catch it. He’s tall and lanky and can jump quite high so the chances are good. But he also wants to be on a good position for catching it!!

3) He just wanted to get some food on the buffet when the garter falls into his hands. His reaction is similar to this: O___O

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Jigen:

1) he blushes and pulls his hat deeper into his face in order not to let anyone see the faint smile on his lips. He might have someone on his mind but he won’t give any sign of it. He will tell them in private that it’s bad luck to break with traditions.

2) he isn’t a big fan of this but when he wants a reason to finally ask his s/o out, he will even use his friends as stepping stones to catch that damn thing and if it’s the last thing he ever does!!

3) he just wanted a drink at the bar and this damned thing comes out of nothing and he catches it instinctively. He needs a few seconds to understand what just happened and why everyone is cheering him on, before he curses his bad luck with things like this

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Goemon:

1) he needs someone to explain the tradition to him and he will gladly participate.... until he catches it. He will blush and stare at the thing in his hands, completely aware that now he HAS to marry someone (he believes what Lupin and Jigen tell him), looking around for anyone willing to share his life and fate

2) Come on, really? He just stands there in the middle of the crowd and looks pissed with Zantetsuken in his hands. No one will dare to come near him when he’s like that and he will catch the garter with a smile

3) he isn’t ready for marriage and he thought he could avoid his fate with not participating in this. And still this cursed object haunts him?! He will silently accept his fate, swearing that he will never again mess with destiny and karma.

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Zenigata:

1) he will be blushing and laughing about it, he’s totally cool with this and might use it for the future when he has a s/o in a way to steel his nerves before asking them. (”You caught the garter! You have to grow up and ask them right now!”)

2) He’s taller than most japanese men and when he jumps, he can reach even higher. He might or might have not read on the catching of the garter on the internet and practiced maybe a bit in front of a mirror

3) he don’t want it and here it is, following him even outside when he was smoking?! (It flew through the open window above him) He is not amused but doesn’t want to be the bad guy. So he will go, smile and die inside.

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Yata:

1) he stares at the garter for a moment, before simply cheering with the other guests. He doesn’t believe in things like this and sees it just as a party game without any deeper meaning

2) He wants that thing!! And he is too short and can’t jump very high. But he is not too proud to grab a chair and stand on it to catch that thing! He wants it and he might even push someone away in order to get it, if necessary with an elbow to the ribs!

3) This is too childish for him and he is too far away to catch it. He nips at his drink and wonders why there is a garter next to the typical slce of orange. Then he groans and accepts his fate to be the idiot that caught the garter.

[golden-saga-imagines]

The Lupin iii gang + Zenigata kissing their s/o under the misltoe??

Yeah, of course, sweetie! This is my first request of Lupin III, thank u so much! It makes me so excited. I decided do a scenarios with hcs form, I hope you like it. Is very long.

 LUPIN

Well, this morning arrived in your mailbox a beautiful Christmas card, it said: “I’ll kiss you tonight. Lupin III”. And you KNOW that no card of Lupin lies.

Lupin will have made a plan (very complicated) for kiss you under the mistletoe, if you try escape from him fall faster in his trap. Then you play the game of cat and mouse all night along.

As soon as you go into the door, Lupin is the winner (although Jigen grab him before that Lupin jump on you). In the dinner, you share glances and smiles with him, flirting and tempting him. He has control himself for no to kiss you right know.

You’re searching a mistletoe, but you don’t see it. Lupin’s house it’s beautifully decorated, a great birch tree, the fireplace ignite. But there isn’t damn mistletoe.

When you share out the presents, one of them is a card with your name, but have a red ribbon that leads you through all rooms of the house, in each one there’s a present: a ring, a necklace, the first edition of your favourite book, all collection of your favourite music band, and a lot of great things.

But in the last there is nothing. You search, but nothing. Until a bang surprise you, then Lupin appears and kiss you. The entire the ceiling of the room leads mistletoes.

The kiss is sweeter than you thought. Lupin is a great kisser.

Well, needless to say, you and Lupin didn’t appears in the party after that kiss.

 JIGEN

Good luck, Lupin invites you a Christmas party in a one of his safe houses, it’s a dinner with his friends and partners, later you’ll drink champagne and you’ll be surrounded by thieves and assassins. Well, don’t worry, you don’t fall behind, sweet poisoner.

You wear with yours best clothes and your favourite shoes; Lupin will not can resist your charm. The dinner is good, delicious, mostly the wine. Your eyes can’t stop looking at Jigen, for once seems he dress a different tuxedo. Is black, but his shirt is red. (Needless to say you have a crush for him since a lot of years). This is your opportunity to kiss him under the mistletoe.

Later, you looking him, but don’t find him. Go to one of the beautiful balcony, the house is very hot and there’re a lot of people. You need a break. Then you meet Jigen, he’s smoking in the balcony. Before you can go back, he calls you. You apologize, but he points at the mistletoe between them.

Jigen closer you and mutter “damn Lupin, this is your fault”. BUT he grab your hip and kiss you. The kiss taste like whisky and smoke. You caress his neck and he sinks his fingers in your scalp. Jigen kisses you slow and methodically until yours lips swell.

He separates and gift you a half smile. “Merry Christmas”, says, then kiss your cheek and adds: “See you later”.

 GOEMON

It’s normal for Goemon to avoid you if the house is full of mistletoes. He doesn’t get so much close, he watching you in the distance and try to avoid your eyes, but his face burn in a red blush.

After the dinner, when the second glass of wine is in your hand, Lupin gets out dancing to you. With your foggy mind, you have trouble following his dance steps.

Goemon gets up from the couch to leaves to meditate. Lupin rotates you and then you’re in the Goemon’s arms. Again the blush colours his cheeks, he looks the ceiling and there’s a mistletoe.

The samurai glares Lupin, but he doesn’t move to you. Goemon sigh and blush. “It’s only a tradition”, you says, trying to convince that he isn’t obliged to do it.

But he rests his forehead on yours, and with a fast movement kiss your lips and steps back, his is face is red.

“Merry Christmas” he says before leaving the room.

 FUJIKO MINE

You though it would be a quiet dinner, but, sorry, you was wrong. Why? Because Fujiko is here and everybody want to be with her.

Fujiko is an intelligent woman, she knows the art of manipulation and seduction, everyone want kiss her under the mistletoe (except Jigen). Nevertheless, she has in the mind an only one person.

You don’t know how, but you end up in one of the bedrooms of Fujiko house. You were supposed to be searching the bathroom, you think because your mind is full of alcohol.

Then, the host enters, looks at you and smiles. You melt to see her red lips, her neckline. In a blink of eye, her dress is gone and now she wears only lingerie.

Fujiko approaches to you and caress your neck until your chin with her finger. Your eyes hit with a mistletoe with red fruits, like Fujiko lips, your cheeks makes red-hot. You smell the Fujiko perfume.

She caress your waist slowly and you shudder, take your chin and approaches until his lips caress yours. Her breath smells sweet, before you thinks her origin, she kiss your lips, softly, slowly and you melt in his hands.

You run of the breath when she end up the kiss, but she doesn’t walk away, her lips touch yours, she smiles and mutters so quietly:

“Merry Christmas, honey”.

 ZENIGATA

Holy cow, the police office is full, the work is about bury you. To be the left hand of Inspector Zenigata is very hard, he never rest. “The crime never sleeps, (Name)”, he said when he found you asleep on the desk.

You need a lot of coffees to survive Christmas Eve, you would want stay in your house sleeping, but no. The fucking Lupin III had to steal tonight.

You run across the hallway when Zenigata calls you, then you stumble with a stack of papers and falls over the inspector. Your head crash with his nose, you whine and handle your forehead.

“Are you fine?” you listen to the inspector (he’s very close).

You look up and you meet a mistletoe hanging from the ceiling. (Damn Yata, you tell him to leave the Christmas decoration for another time).

“Oh… Oh! Yes, I’m fine, thanks”, you answer.

Zenigata takes your face in his hands, there’re warm and suddenly, he kiss your lips. It’s a brush so smooth and gentle that you can’t believe it, but his lips tastes coffee. When he separates, he smiles.

“Merry Christmas, (Name)! Now, back to work!”

Ari 🌿

[swiss-cheeze]

Anime || Gwilym Lee x reader

Request: can you make a Gwilym Lee fanfic were the girl is one big anime addict and Gwilym learns about lupin iii from her?

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Warnings: might have swearing I can’t remember

A/N: I’m so sorry this took so long!

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Requests: open!

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Anime had been a big part of (Y/n)’s life since she was a kid; Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Yu-Gi-Oh, all that good stuff. As she got older, all the newer anime just didn’t stick. She had heard of all the famous ones; Black Butler, Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, but none of them looked interesting or sparked her enough for a watch. So she stayed with the retro stuff. When Gwilym found out about (Y/n)’s anime likings he couldn’t help but let a smile slip when she got giddy over some old things she had found; whether it be original drawings, figurines, buttons, toys, posters or even the original books or special DVD collection.

“Babe look!” (Y/n) said with a grin suddenly pulling Gwils hand in another direction, she came across an anime shop, “can we go in? Can we? Can we? Can we?” the girl pleaded.

“It’s your choice babe” Gwil said with a chuckle and smile. (Y/n) grinned and quickly ran into the shop, heading straight for the manga and DVD section while Gwil held back and slowly walked around looking at everything.

“Sweetheart!? HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME!?” (Y/n) called out from wherever she was.

“I tell you every night. WHY” Gwil answered as he slowly made his way to his girlfriend. Gwil turned the corner and came face to face with a grinning (Y/n).

“They have the whole collection of Lupin the Third!” (Y/n) quickly said, “Please can we get them?” she asked, “this was my childhood and I was only able to watch the episodes!” she said quickly, hoping to con the man in front of her, Gwil chucked softly at (Y/n)’s antics before nodding.

“Yes we can” he said through his grin. (Y/n) quickly threw a thank you to Gwil before walking to the front desk and happily placing down the collection as Gwil trailed on behind, stopping quickly to grab a book and then placed it down on top of (Y/n)’s manga. ‘Manga for Dummies’ it read. (Y/n) cast a quick glance to Gwil before deciding against it and opting to later question him. Gwil paid for the books as (Y/n) happily bounced next to him with anticipation.

“Thank you” the person behind the counter mumbled as (Y/n) and Gwil started walking out of the store, plastic bags filled with Manga in hand. The door made a small dingle as the girl opened it to walk out and took Gwils hands, looking to the right she immediately saw a few people with cameras.

“Gwil, they’re back” (Y/n) said with a little sigh, she just wanted a nice, quiet day out with Gwil and her manga but that wouldn’t be achieved right now. A group of three teenage girls walked up to the Gwil and (Y/n).

“Could we have your autograph Gwil?” one girl asked shyly pushing a ballpoint marker towards the man, Gwil simply smiled warmly.

“Of course!” Gwil said happily, the other girls let out a breath as they grabbed pieces of paper or old receipts. Gwil signed the girl’s phone case, another girl’s receipt and the final one held out a Robin Hood book making Gwil chuckle softly at the irony. As Gwil signed the book he was given the girls looked to the bag that was wrapped around your elbow.

“Did you just come from that anime store?” one of the girls questioned as Gwil handed back the book to the one who wasn’t speaking.

“Yeah we did, Gwil was kind enough to let me buy some manga” (Y/n) said with soft confidence and a happy smile (which was contagious seeing as it made Gwil smile too) but the girls looked at each other before bursting out in fits of giggles and laughter. The smile was quickly wiped from (Y/n)’s face, as was Gwils.

“Y-you have a weeabo as a GIRLFRIEND!” one of the girls cackled as she doubled over for a second with her hand over her mouth. The paparazzi down the street started clicking their cameras even more now and opted for the flash on their cameras a well.

“SHES PROBABLY A FURRY TOO!” another one yelled. That comment made (Y/n) flush and tears spring in her eyes but she blinked them off; and made Gwil flush with anger.

“It’s none of your business what my girlfriend is or isn’t” Gwil said quickly. His grip tightened on (Y/n)’s hand, “now if you’ll excuse us. We have some light reading to do” he said before quickly walking away, tugging (Y/n) along slightly. The girls gaze stayed looking at the floor as the pair walked to the car only another street away. The car ride home was silent and thick with unwanted tension; Gwil was angry at the girls for saying such rude things to his beloved while (Y/n) couldn’t help but think that maybe Gwil didn’t like her having such a liking and addiction to anime and manga, she didn’t want to bring it up in case he ended up hating her and wanted her to move out. So she quickly got out the car when they got home and raced to the shared bedroom as Gwil brought in their bags form earlier, Gwil understood (Y/n)’s feelings and wanted the girl to feel comfortable so he let her go and didn’t chase, it would most likely only make things worse between them.

Gwil placed the bag of manga outside the door to the closed bedroom and knocked on the door, “your books are out here babe, I’m going to start dinner and I’ll call you when it’s done. Come out whenever you’re comfortable my love” the man grabbed his own book before heading off into the kitchen to make dinner. The door opened behind Gwil and the plastic bag was moved from the hall into the bedroom along with the sound of the door shutting quickly, at least she’s happy was all Gwil thought as he started on her favourite dinner.

Ding!

Gwils phone went off.

From: My Lover ❤

I hope I don’t embarrass you with my anime obsession…or whatever you are wanting to call it. I understand if you don’t want me to be around anymore, I can have my bags packed by morning.

Needless to say Gwil was shocked and sent a quick message back.

To: My Lover ❤

Darling its okay I promise. I don’t want you to leave me. Not ever unless it was an actual reason. And I promise you this isn’t a reason. Anime and those books make you happy and as long as you’re happy I’m happy; that’s why I also got that book, so I could understand and be happy with you. Not that you don’t make me happy anyway! But you get what I mean.

Gwil didn’t get a message back but continued with making the dinner.

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The smell of (f/d) wafted through the house as Gwil set the table and lit some candles in the middle, it wasn’t meant to be romantic but (Y/n) deserved it after today. Since locking herself in the room (Y/n) had been storming through her manga and was already onto the last book before Gwil knocked on the door.

“Love? Dinners ready. If you want to eat in the room you can” Gwil said softly. (Y/n) got up from the bed and shoved a bookmark in the manga as she trudged to the door and unlocked it. Gwil stood before her in the same clothes as before but his hair was messier, he looked slightly pale and exhausted, probably worried about me (Y/n) had thought, her head dropped low and looked at the ground.

“I’m sorry” (Y/n) said softly, Gwil gave the girl a tight lipped smile.

“It’s alright, have some food and you can come back and keep reading” Gwil said softly, he kissed the girls head before walking off back to the table he had set up. A candle stand stood in the middle as the candles let off the only light, the smell was amazing as (Y/n) walked to the table, and a small smile graced her lips as she immediately recognised the smell as her favourite dinner to be served. Gwil stood behind her chair as the girl sat down and pushed it in for her before walking to his and sitting down, he looked to (Y/n) sheepishly. “I used your parent’s recipe” he mumbled softly, “I hope its okay”

“I’m sure its lovely Gwil, thank you” (Y/n) said softly before digging in, it tasted the same as it used to when she was a child; it was perfect.

“Would…” Gwil started before pausing a second, “would you teach me about the anime and manga you like?” he asked. (Y/n) stopped her chewing as she looked to the man in front of her.

“You want me to…teach you?”(Y/n) asked.

“I guess? Or watching and read. I’m not sure…” Gwil answered before continuing with his food, “it makes you happy and I don’t want those things the girls said to get to your head. It wasn’t right” Gwil said.

“We can watch it if you want” (Y/n) mumbled softly through a mouthful of food, she had covered her mouth with the back of her hand out of respect but it still came out a little muffled as she tried not to spill her food.

“Yeah? You wouldn’t mind?” Gwil asked, not knowing what he even meant by ‘you wouldn’t mind’.

“Why would I mind?” (Y/n) asked chuckling softly as Gwil shook his head.

“I don’t know” Gwil said through his smile as he continued eating.

“Well, which one did you want to watch first?” (Y/n) asked as she took a sip of her drink.

“Whichever is your favourite” Gwil said softly, this made (Y/n) shift slightly in her seat.

“Lupin the Third is my favourite” the girl mumbled softly.

“Yeah? What’s good about it? Whys it your favourite?” Gwil asked with a smile, trying to coax the girl into opening up more about this.

“W-well…Arsène Lupin III is the grandson of world-famous thief Arsène Lupin, and he's living up to his grandfather's memory as a high-profile thief himself. But because of this, Lupin III attracts the attention of the Inspector Zenigata of the ICPO, as well as other criminals. Lupin III's criminal lifestyle even seeps into his love life!” exclaimed a little with a smile remembering some bits of the show, “the main woman in Lupin III's world is Fujiko Mine, who Lupin III can never tell is working with or against him. Lupin even has a gunman partner called Daisuke Jigen!” (Y/n) finished with a smile.

“Well” Gwil said as he finished his food and put his utensils down with a smile, “sounds interesting, when can we start?” he asked and (Y/n) it her lip softly and shrugged.

“You know, whenever I guess I don’t mind” the girl said.

“How about after dinner?” Gwil asked with a knowing glint in his eyes. (Y/n) looked up with a smile and nodded, “then is settled!” Gwil said happily, “now, desert?” he asked.

“I would love some desert” (Y/n) said as she finished her last mouthful of dinner, “that was lovely Gwil. Thank you, for the food and help with the girls” (Y/n) said as Gwil took their plates. As Gwil set the plates so they wouldn’t drop while carrying them he bent down and kissed (Y/n) softly.

“My pleasure doll” he said softly before walking off.

[gaarfielf]

k im gonna throw in my hot take on part 5 now i think the time has come where i’ve watched enough of the damn series i can make a coherent essay on whats what on what (putting it under a read more bc this shit is gonna be long and i dont want my followers to suffer too much)

I’ll do this character by character starting with the new ones

Ami: I’m having a hard time deciphering whether she’s being underutilized or over utilized because number 1) her character isn’t interesting enough to have her keep coming around, especially when her only connection to the group is Lupin. She hasn’t had any interaction with Goemon or Jigen that i know of and she hates Fujiko for ??? reasons. That being said, I would’ve preferred if she was fleshed out more because 2) literally having her be the distant girl that is quiet and doesn’t understand social norms is..... really boring. It’s almost as boring as having a female character whose only there as a set of boobs... (coughs). She isn’t interesting because they didn’t make her interesting, yeah? It’s hard to hate a character based on the fact alone they were clearly written by a man but I mean it very literally when I say she could’ve been something great. Having her confess her love to Lupin was straight up disgusting and I really expected more from tms in that vein. Putting romance where romance doesn’t need to be is bad enough let alone when you jack knife it in between a child and an adult. And for those of you saying ‘Oh hhhh she’s like nineteen’....look into your heart. Even if she is 1) she sure as hell doesn’t look it and 2) Lupin is like 40-50. In the wise words of me, children loving adults was a myth made up by pedophiles in support of the devil. Npot to mention pitting her against Fujiko because they both like Lupin?? I ain’t even gotta explain why that’s a pathetic excuse at writing. But I will. Fujiko is a grown ass woman so why the fuck would she care and Ami is a child who shouldn’t be in love with him anyway. She has truly been nothing in the series except a tool and even at that not a likable one.

Yata: Do I even have to say that I can’t write anything about a man who hasn’t had more than 4 minutes of screen time in the last 24 episodes? He was hyped up before the series started and he’s done nothing but be Zenigata’s personality in the place of Zenigata y’know. Actually speaking and having one for himself BUT WE’LL GET TO THAT LATER. He’s done nothing but yell and cry over literally nothing? Like he fights Zeni’s fights because for some reason Zenigata got super lazy this season (again, we’ll get into that later) and he’s just a pointless character.

Albert: Gay rep for life haha just kidding he was bad at that too. I think they literally introduced him as faux-gay rep because they know the fans wanted more sensitive interactions from their already existing male cast members and they were like ‘well that’s gay so we’ll give them this guy’. And speaking on behalf of myself - ‘I don’t want these’. So Albert shows up, supposedly having a HUGE connection to Lupin’s past and then............we never see him again. And they literally tell us nothing about him except he’s gay and works in the government. Apparently when we say ‘we want gay rep’ they hear ‘very minor gay character??’ and didn’t hear us say ‘no’ back. And every time I hear anyone say 1) ‘well, his connection to Lupin is supposed to be a mystery!’ I can feel hives growing on my skin because i’m allergic to bullshit like if they weren’t gonna tell us the connection, and whatever the connection is didn’t reveal anything new about the character outside of ‘Lupin knew somebody that wasn’t Jigen when he was younger’ then why?? mention it?? why make an entire arc dedicated to not telling us something if the end result was ‘it doesn’t matter who he is’? 2) ‘well they’re obviously cousins’ except they obviously aren’t. if they obviously were, they’d say that they were cousins. like if y’all are digging up bits of the manga from 40 years ago to say ‘there was a character who had the same last name’ but are also out here saying ‘Jigen doesnt have a sister bc they said that over 40 yers ago and haven’t mentioned it since’ then I ain’t got nothing to say to y’all, you’re just dodgy and ain’t worth the stress of talking to. 3) ‘they’re maybe gay’ well the cool thing about gay rep is that we don’t give honourary mentions out for series that were too cowardly to actually come right out and say it. So in conclusion, Albert was written by cowards who couldn’t decide what to do with him.

Enzo: Boring. That’s literally all I have to say. Trying to give him depth by making Ami his daughter was predictable and not at all interesting. To be honest I completely forgot she was looking for her dad anyway because she didn’t seem to care that much about finding him either (or seem to care about anythign really). He’s a shitty villain and every time he speaks I got my finger on the right-key because I don’t care what he has to say and so far I haven’t missed anything good so yeah. Just disappointing.

I think that’s it??? For new characters?? So I’ll move onto the main cast

Jigen: I 👏 WANT 👏 JIGEN 👏 TO 👏 DO 👏 SOMETHING like good fucking God the man hasn’t done anything this whole series up until 24 where he got  5 minute scene dedicated to him killin’ cops (direct action) but like?? As a character he hasn’t progressed he has BARELY spoken and we’ve learned one new thing about him the whole series in the episode where he meets the daughter of a woman he used to work with. And that one thing that we learned was: he used to work with the mother of this girl. That’s it. Episode 24 he got a little bit of dialog with Lupin that I guess was supposed to be like character development but it was so weird because it was kind of directed at the audience?? So it’s like is he talking to me or to Jigen because if I was Jigen I would not have one goddamn clue what he was talking about. Also, he’s so depressing this season?? Right up until now we’ve seen very little personality from him aside from Angry and Complains a Lot. He smiles sometimes sure but like he doesn’t exactly have a lot to smile about this season considering he’s not really in the limelight anymore and is only brought back to foreshadow how much he hates technology and wants to retire. Personally, Jigen is one of my favourite characters and the fact he hasn’t achieved much this series is a big let-down

Goemon: I can’t even imagine how let down Goemon fans feel because again, up until Episode 23 he did nothing. He had an episode where he fell in love?? With a girl?? Disguised as a woman?? For some reason?? It was in one of the throwbacks and I’ll admit that maybe the episode made sense and I probably missed something but to me I had no clue what was going on. ANYWAY like his big scene in the spotlight is 3 episodes before the end of the series (its not like he’s a main character or anything) and he cuts Lupin. Because he thinks that he isn’t really his friend. That’s it that’s the only reason he almost murders his friend. Just kidding the other reason was that it was a half ass attempt at shock value to make sure the audience was still paying attention. They can’t seem to decide this season whether they want Goemon to be edgy or stupid but I think we’ve gotten a greta big helping of both so thanks tms /sarcasm/. They’ve really just dragged his character through the mud this season because he used to be stoic, mysterious, traditionalist but lowkey clumsy guy and then now he’s. I don’t even know how to describe it he’s just become so cutesy and edgy at the same time so we get him cutting Lupin in half right in front of UwU i eat my fish skin first ! I’m quirky ! like what am I supposed to feel about this grown man? He’s really too back-and-forth for me this season

Fujiko: I’M GONNA GET HEATED ABOUT THIS ONE SO BUCKLE UP I’ve never seen Fujiko written this poorly since TWCFM (yes i’m outting that as a bad series too so don’t @ me about that lil tidbit). She’s there as a piece of eyecandy bUT SHE IS SO POORLY DRAWN IT MAKES ME WONDER IF ANYBODY AT TMS HAS EVER SEEN A WOMAN IN THEIR LIFE TIME. Seriously her proportions are so off and outwardly repulsive looking it makes it hard not to skip anything she says in the series on account of how half-ass her character looks. Not limiting herself to being visually repulsive, she also has a half-ass personality. Suddenly Fujiko isn’t the come-and-go as she pleases, mysterious woman that gives Lupin intel on very high security operations she’s just. There. At some point in the series she said ‘a woman’s body is just a tool to get something she needs’ and I wanted to puke this is NOT Fujiko’s character at all and I’m disgusted that they’re brushing her off as a pair of walking talking boobs. Also her absolute lack of empathy is just mind numbing because they’re somehow trying to convince the audience that Lupin broke her heart due to wedding related reasons that still haunt her but? Seeing him cut almost in half does nothing for her? And then she deadpan ‘This is just how it is’ like this is just putting her in such an evil light that I hate because I love Fujiko! In every other season she’s fighty and sarcastic and witty AND NOT JUST THERE FOR EYE CANDY. And going back to the wedding thing, why is this being made into such a big deal? There’s literal episodes in other seasons called ‘Fujiko Doesn’t Look Right in a Wedding Dress’ ‘Fujiko Doesn’t Want to Be Married’ ‘A Ring Is Like a Trap’ like she 👏 don’t 👏 want 👏 to 👏 be 👏 married 👏. And the preview for the next ep shows her in a wedding dress so I’m ultimately preparing myself for the big season finale being them getting married.

hurray.

Final thought on Fujiko being, the episode where she picks up Lupin to save him from succumbing to his crossbow wound (easily the funniest thing thats happened all season) I mean. Yeah it’s kinda cool. I don’t really have any strong feelings about that like I’m not about to praise them for something like that when it was immediately followed by her and Ami slap fighting over him again.

Lupin: In my days of watching Lupin movies/specials my slogan was ‘if the ratio of screen time in the movie between characters is 10:0 in Lupin’s favour then it ain’t a good movie’ and it’s ringing true to this season where it’s all about Lupin. I understand obviously it’s a series called Lupin III like I’m not stupid but the amount of ass kissing to his character is something else like they’re putting him on this huge pedestal like he’s a do-no-wrong kind of guy to the point where he’s boring because he’s done nothing wrong. Ever. He doesn’t argue with anybody he doesn’t have any strong emotions really (outside of that episode where Zenigata loses his memory we see him outwardly angry for a minute). It just makes him such a dry character when they try to mold him into being absolutely flawless and admirable. Also the amount of faking his own death and ‘oh no is he gonna die’ moments are just not entertaining. Like I said earlier when he got shot with the crossbow that was the hardest I’ve laughed in a long long time. It played like an SNL skit (you know what one). And again we aren’t learning anything new. Whose Albert to him!? We never got to know, What’s his relationship to Fujiko!? We’re probably gonna find out they’re getting married last episode after all the touching moments they had together this season like.... like uh.... when they uh... oh right they’ve barely spoken to each other all season. And when they did they were arguing. Love is in the air huh?

Zenigata: AI’ll try to keep this brief but Yata’s taken over his character this season. He’s barely spoken, he has like, NO energy or determination. After the episode where Lupin faked his death (the first time, not the proceeding 90 times) Zenigata just stopped appearing and stopped doing anything productive. If anything his character became an excuse for an info dump. Like oh we see a war torn area whats going on? Zenigata is conveniently nearby to say ‘these people are at war!’ and then outside character will tell a 18 paragraph history on him of whose at war and their history and then Zenigata says ‘okay’ and doesn’t appear again for the next 2 episodes.

Now for the closing thoughts I guess

i don’t know why they’re looking at Lupin having plot as separate from Lupin being episodic. Like they’ve separated him from adventure so he’s just doing the same things over and over again. Not to mention like I said earlier, the fans wanted to see more sensitive interactions between the already existing characters, and if anything, they’re farther apart and just really confusing and contradictory. It’s hard to get through an episode when every week its another ‘great time for another plot arc they’re never gonna finish’. When I watched episodes of Part 1 and 2 and 4 (not so much 3 because i can’t find anywhere to watch it lol) I’m pretty attentive all the way through because the series drops tidbits of information about the characters and they make the episode enjoyable to watch. This season is so dreary and dry I can’t find anything to enjoy about it because it’s just one disappointment after another. I’m trying to to sound bitchy as I type all this out but I mean I’m speaking as a fan who is just really disappointed. I know I’ve said ‘disappointed’ a lot in this whole thing but there isn’t another word to describe it because that’s really the way that I feel about part 5. Seeing my favourite characters on screen is supposed to make me feel happy and excited to see where they’re gonna go and what they’re gonna do not make me think “I hope they don’t ruin this character for me’ in every. single. episode. This season has been underwhelming, unenjoyable, inconsistent and just really exhausting to me overall.

i gotta go eat now so peace out and if you read to the end of all this then hopefully i’m not the only one in this boat but if you don’t agree with me then i guess thats just how it is yeah?

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the callbacks were cool at first but now I just find they’re baiting me into thinking i’ll enjoy the episode because i’ll find something I liked from one of the better seasons in it. They’re just really overused at this point because these callbacks aren’t being used for anything. like ‘lupin is making his plan at the cagliostro castle!’ like. why. ‘detective melon is also angry at lupin!’ but if she isn’t like teaming up with zenigata or actually doing anything to find him why should i care.