#kite Japan sinks

[unicornsvsglitter]

I just rewatched japan sinks with some friends and I have so many thoughts on that show. In just ten episodes this show manages to be absolutely devastating and make me cry… twice, but also leave me with a weird sense of hope and closure that’s hard to find.

1. Everyone who has seen the show either loves it, hates it, or didn’t finish it. Which I’m not one to dis peoples options, but the main reason people don’t like the show makes zero sense. The main criticism I’ve seen is that it kills off too many characters. But like… it’s a show literally about japan sinking, are you surprised that it’s a tragedy where lots of people die??? I mean I was a bit shocked, but I thought the show was going to be about more of a metaphorical japan sinking (like maybe some sort of political unrest) not a literal one, but simply reading the show’s description would have made me realize I was wrong.

2. Disability representation. They had every opportunity to kill of Onodera and just say he died because that’s what happens when you effectively in the apocalypse and mostly paralyzed, but the main group, specifically Kite it like fuck it, no man left behind, idc if I’m putting my life in the line for this dude who can’t walk, talk, or move anything other then his fingers and toes, he’s one of us and god damn it, he’s not dying on my watch. There were 2 main scene where it was almost set up to kill him, but the didn’t. In a show that, once again, as far as there characters are concerned takes place during the apocalypse, had everyone going out of there way to take care of the disabled character and saw him as just as important as everyone else.

3. Trans representation. I love so much that Kite is trans and they don’t really make a big deal about it. It is never explicitly said, and only shown in one scene. He’s just (I think, if I’m remembering correctly) the top YouTuber in Japan, a complete and total badass, many children’s role model, who also just so happens to be trans. There’s a few other examples of lowkey queerness in the show, but Kite is the biggest example.

4. (Major spoiler warning) To me, I think the big appeal of the show is it has just the right amount of hurt comfort. Other then the dad, every major character death has a reason, and for lack of a better term accomplished something. Like Koga has one of the most devastating deaths I’ve seen animated, and one of only two scene in a show that has ever made me cry, but he dies 1) while doing what he loves and 2) while saving a memory disk that is used later on to help rebuild Japan. The mom is another example is the moms death. Her death is the only other scene in a show to make me cry and 1) once again, she died doing what she loves and 2) she died to save her children. She went fuck it, imma die anyway, might as well have one last hurrah and be a total badass.

I have many more thoughts on this show that I may post at a later date, but these are the big ones.

[doodlenoodleboi]

I just fucking read it apocalypse AU with Tsuki from Haikuu in it and all remind me of is my love here… AHHHHH I MISS THIS MAN!

[tor1su]

care to share your blunt

[fandomz-brainrot]

Softy (Kite x Male Reader)

Originally posted June 20 2021

Also, on an important to the story note, everyone in this fanfic is around 24; Nanami is a bit older at 26, and Go is 20. Thank you ^^

(Only good gif i could find of him lmao)

(Also, too lazy to change any more of these in to 2nd person or edit them at all so theyre all gonna be 3rd person and not proper, if theyre from my wattpad)

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(Y/n) was hanging around his living room, his roommate Kite nowhere to be found. He was bored to say the least. Deciding that he could find more entertainment outside, he sat in the field near their house. He crossed his legs and sighed, absentmindedly picking the nearby flowers and weaving them into a little crown, the neighborhood cat sauntering up to him.

He smiled at the feline, scratching him behind the ears. "Hey Fluffy!" He cooed. "How are you today bud?" The cat only purred in response. Placing the crown on the cats head, he laughed. The cat didn't mind, and payed next to him.

He was staring up at the clouds, when a familiar man came up behind him. "Hey softy" said the man, causing the other to squeak in surprise and look at him. It was Kite, of course. (Y/n) huffed angrily. "I am not soft!" He said defiantly.

 Kite chuckled, and sat down next to him. Their hands were almost touching, and that fact alone made the "tough" man blush. He had loved this idiot since they had first moved in together, soon after high school. Now, 6 years later, they had moved to Japan to be near their online friends Go and Ayumu.

 Kite broke the silence they were in. "So um... Ayumu and her girlfriend-" "Wait, Ayumu has a girlfriend? Since when!" "Let me finish! Ayumu and her girlfriend, Nanami, want us to go to the movies with them tomorrow. Kinda like a double date thing, but only we're not together. Do you wanna go?"

The (h/c) boy felt his face heat up even more. "Oh I- um yeah sure I'm down," and before he could think about what he was saying, he added, "it's a date then." Kite raised an eye brow and tilted his head in confusion. "I mean yeah if you want it to be. It's a date"

Realizing what he had said, the man in question's eyes widened. His face was bright red at this point. "I'm uh- I'm gonna go inside-" he said and pointed at the house. Kite frowned, but waved slightly as he walked inside.

He headed straight into his room, and flopped onto his bed. Grabbing his pillow, he happy screamed into it, his legs kicking aggressively. He had accidentally planned a date with Kite! The excitement he felt was immeasurable. Now all he had to do was go to sleep, and he'd finally be on that date. After a few hours of just scrolling through his phone, that's exactly what he did.

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It was date day, and (Y/n) couldn't be more nervous. He was wearing a black Jean jacket with ripped black jeans and a spiked collar, but still felt he didn't look good enough. He looked in the mirror, narrowing his eyes. Calm down (Y/n), you look badass. Now just to see what Kite thought.

He walked into the living room to see his date. The other man was wearing his usual black turtleneck and jeans, but he was still stunning. His eyes widened when (Y/n) walked over to him, a light blush on his cheeks. He walked over to the other boy. "You look... wow" he said breathlessly.

He put his hand up to the spiked collar, his hand brushing the throat of his date. That sent shivers down his spine, his face bright red."T-thanks... You're not too bad yourself" he managed to sputter out, causing Kite to chuckle. "Come on idiot" he said, holding out his hand.

Realizing what he did, he put it back to his side. "Sorry that was a bit forw-" "hey no i don't mind!" He was cut off, as he felt a hand grab his. "Let's just go."

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The two met the other two girls there. Ayumu smiled, running up to them and giving them big hugs while giggling. "I'm so glad you too could make it!" She said happily. "Wouldn't miss it" (Y/n) replied with a small smile. "What movie are we even seeing?" Ayumu led them to go purchase their tickets. "They're replaying The Exorcist, so we're gonna watch that"

(Y/n) paled, his eyes widening. He hated horror movies, he was always so easily scared. "Neato. Cool. Great choice" he said with an awkward chuckle. "Anyways, you should meet my girlfriend. Kite, (Y/n), meet Nanami, and Nanami, meet Kite and (Y/n)!" She said cheerfully, shoving said girlfriend over to her friends.

The taller girl smiled and waved. "Pleasure to meet you too" she said politely. Kite was the one to respond, "You too. Now, for the movie. Everything is on me guys!"

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They were watching the movie, a big bucket of popcorn between the couples. (Y/n) reached for some popcorn and, in cliche fanfiction fashion, Kite did the same and they ended up holding hands the whole time.

And then the jump scares came. Despite his tough facade, (Y/n) was secretly a huge coward. Especially during one specific jump scare which caused him to jump halfway out of his seat and scream rather loudly.

Kite looked at him and chuckled, an eyebrow raised. "You okay tough guy?" He asked jokingly. "I'm fine, I don't know what to talk about!" And that statement earned him an eye roll and a soft smile. Kite put his arm over the other man'a shoulders and held him. "Whatever, softy"

[aretheyqueer]

List of Canonically Trans/gnc Characters

My own list in this post is anime, manga, games mostly but in the spreadsheet you can add anything.

Following my tierlist of them, I realized I should make a public list so theyre not just kept in my head, since I spent quite a while finding these characters. If you want to watch/play anything with trans or gnc characters, you can use this list.

They range from good rep to bad, characters viewed as "traps" or not taken seriously to ones that the whole fandom understands is trans. I've added trigger warnings to the characters and fandoms I know can be triggering. I've also put certain names in bold to show that they're a main character, but i've only watched a few on this list so some are missing.

I would add trigger warnings for "bury your gays" and similar tropes, but I want to avoid spoilers. Maybe you can look it up first if you're worried. I've tried to exclude characters that are referred to as hermaphrodites.

The "crossdressers" section obviously includes some spoilers.

Enjoy :D

Transfem

Alice Arisuin from Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Prefers feminine name and terms but doesn't care too much).

Arachne from Angel Sanctuary

Arashi Narukami from Ensemble Stars

Astolfo from the Fate/Grand series

Leonardo Da Vinci from the Fate/Grand series (unsure)

Cassandra Igarashi from The Wicked + The Divine

Dahlia Carpenter from Carole & Tuesday

Victoria October from Batman

Elendira the Crimsonnail from Trigun Stampede

Giselle Gewelle from Bleach (The fandom is very transphobic)

Grell from Black Butler (Unnecessarily debated)

Hana from Tokyo Godfathers

Okasan from Tokyo Godfathers (Could be a drag queen)

Hibari Oozora from Stop!! Hibari-kun!

Isabella Yamamoto from Paradise Kiss

Kanamori from Heaven's Design Team

Kano Ienaga from Golden Kamuy

Kaoru Anesagi from IDOLiSH7

Kaoru Hanase from Tamako Market (Speculated to be a trans woman)

Kenji Hikiishi from My Hero Academia

Kikinojo from One Piece

Mariandale/Marian from Ixion Saga DT

Mizuki Akiyama from Project Sekai (Heavily implied)

Momoko from Shangri-La

Kikyou Motoki from Itazura Na Kiss

Nao from Skip and Loafer

Nathan Seymour from Tiger & Bunny

Perfuma from She-Ra and the Princesses of power

Petrichor from Saga

Ruka Urushibara from Steins;Gate (Transphobic fandom)

Saber from the Fate/Grand series

Stephanie from Majutsushi Orphen

Ushiyama from All Worlds Alliance

Hiroyuki Yoshida from Wandering Son

Shuuichi Nitori from Wandering Son

Yuujirou Shiratori from The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi

Transmasc

Hachiro from Gintama

Kite from Japan Sinks: 2020

Kusuo Saiki from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Turned himself into a boy when he was in the womb, otherwise never mentioned)

Ryo Watari from Boys Run the Riot

Shou Fujita from Stars Align (Very minor character)

Tooru Mutsuki from Tokyo Ghoul:re

Yamato from One Piece

Yawara Chatora from My Hero Academia

Yoshino Takatsuki from Wandering Son

Nonbinary

Anne Faulkner from Paradox Live

Asra from The Arcana

Alucard from Hellsing Ultimate (genderfluid)

Chaos from Hades

Berg Katze from Gatchaman Crowds (androgynous)

O. D. from Gatchaman Crowds

Daishikyou from Gintama

Chevalier D'Eon from Fate/Grand series

Enkidu/Lancer from Fate/Grand series (Inherently no gender/sex)

Double Trouble from She-Ra and the Princesses of power

Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist (can transform into any gender)

Francois from Dr. Stone

Halara Nightmare from Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

Hange from Attack on titan (Fandom mostly refers to them as female)

Ivankov Emporio from One Piece (i'm not sure what they identify as)

Juniper from Xenoblade Chronicles

Kaoruko Someya from Okane ga Nai (Okama)

Kimera from Kimera (nb or transfem)

Kyuubei Yagyuu (Born female, raised male so has an unconventional relationship with gender)

Vanitas of the Blue Moon from The Case Study of Vanitas

Milo Belladonna from Monster Prom

Mogumo from Love Me For Who I Am

Najimi Osana from Komi can't communicate (Unknown gender)

Nakuru Akizuki from Cardcaptor Sakura (Sexless, identifies as female)

Nico from Tokyo Ghoul (Okama)

Opera from Marimashita! Iruma-kun

Orochimaru from Naruto

Ryuuji Ayukawa from Blue Period (Unsure, can be gnc/transfem/nonbinary)

Satan from Devilman

Shion Zaiden from RWBY

Someone (yes thats their name) from Shimanami Tasogare

Xanthe Zhou from Prime Earth

Yuuta Asuka from Stars Align

Intersex

Asuka Ran from Devilman Lady

Luca Esposito from Asra Lost in Space (identifies as male)

Desmond from Carole & Tuesday (Became intersex due to universe stuff but is at peace with this)

Megumi Yoshikawa from Princess Princess (Raised male before she found out she was genetically female, decides to live as a girl)

Richard III from Requiem of the Rose King (Struggles with his intersexuality, feels his body and him are unloveable)

Yoite from Nabari no Ou (Lives as male but they're unsure of their gender)

Crossdressers

Aki from Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi

Azumi Agonoske from Gintama

Buzam A. Calessa from Vandread

Ferris from Re:Zero (I've heard that the novel version is transfem)

Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran high school host club (Nonbinary coded)

Ranka/Ryouji Fujioka from Ouran high school host club (Drag queen)

Hatsuka Suzushiro from Call of the Night

Hazumu Osaragi from Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl

Kurako from Kuragehime

Naoto Shirogane from Persona 4 (The reveal can be triggering)

Chihiro Fujisaki from Danganronpa (The reveal can be very triggering - I recommend looking it up first if you're worried.)

Nuriko from Fushigi Yuugi (Unsure)

Rui Ninomiya from Gatchaman (May be transfem)

Cis characters that are gnc

Haruka Tenou from Sailor Moon

Kaoru Orihara from Oniisama e... (not sure what gender)

Kashima Yuu from Monthly Girl's Nozaki-kun

Complicated

Angela from Black Butler (Changes form)

Berg Katse from Gatchaman (Changes form)

Fushi from To Your Eternity (Can change into female but presents masc)

Ginshu from Amatsuki (Raised male, turned genderless, dressed feminine. Idk their gender identity)

Inazuma from One Piece (Can present as both male and female, okama)

Izana Shinatose from Knights of Sidonia (Genderless to female due to universe rules)

Kou Seiya from Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars (Has a male and female form, I think)

Mahiro Oyama from Onimai: I'm Now Your Sister! (Was turned into a girl against his will)

Mermaid Sisters from Carole & Tuesday (I don't know, man...)

Natsuru Senou from Kämpfer (Transformed into a woman)

Shi Qingxuan from Heaven Officials Blessing (Can transform)

Ranma Saotome from Ranma (Changes between them)

Hinata Tachibana from Life with an Ordinary Guy who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout (Gets transformed into a girl, goes on a quest to get their original body back)

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If you see anyone missing, feel free to let me know if I should add them. Input on who is a main character, triggering themes and offensive characters can be commented or sent to me.

[cannontranscharacteroftheday]

Trans Character of the Day

KITE/Kaito from Japan Sinks: 2020 is implied to be a trans man and uses he/him pronouns!

[centuriantalevevo]

Spoilers for Japan Sinks: 2020

YO JAPAN SINKS: 2020 IS WILD- AN OLD DUDE ALMOST KILLED A LIKE 7 YEAR OLD WITH A BOW-

Main character's dad died in a gruesome way, and then the girl tagging along died- before that she almost got raped, had it not been for the fact she could kick ass and the MCs mom cutting in AND MC DISTRACTING THE GUY-

I liked that girl... but Kite is hot and the dude who apparently used to run or something is also hot

[nightmarebound]

get to know the mun :-)

wallpaper ? computer background is currently a picture of kite from japan sinks! my phone background is. one of the default wallpapers because it keeps resetting and i am just one man

currently reading ? the secret history by donna tartt and six of crows by leigh bardugo!!

last movie ? started watching sleeping beauty. fell asleep before i could finish it

currently wearing ? shorts and a t-shirt but like a million blankets

piercings / tattoos ? i have both my ears pierced! but one of the piercing holes on my left ear is closed because the lady at claire's did them suuuper unevenly and i couldn't make any earrings look good. i also have plans for tattoos :)

glasses , contacts , both , or neither ? neither!

last thing you ate ? strawberry frosty from wendy's <3

favorite colors ? purple or silver for the win. no other option really. gold is a close second though. gold and black >>>>

current obsession ? could've been hollow knight but NOOOOOOOOO a certain sequel just HAD to get delayed AGAIN. instead it's shadow and bone

crush ? literally show me any cute boy and i'll lose my mind

favorite fictional character ? the only thing stopping yall from seeing how obsessed i am with matthias helvar is the fact that this isnt my shadow and bone blog tagged by: @trxvelingnightmxre tysm!!

tagging : @rathalascendant , and anyone else who sees this!

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 1.19 (after 1930)

1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds. 1941 – World War II: HMS Greyhound and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine Neghelli with all hands 64 kilometres (40 mi) northeast of Falkonera. 1942 – World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins. 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, fewer than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation. 1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals. 1953 – Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth. 1960 – Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty 1960 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard. 1969 – Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest. 1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose"). 1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003. 1981 – Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity. 1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. 1983 – The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced. 1986 – The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written. 1988 – Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 crashes in Bayfield, Colorado, killing 19. 1990 – Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency. 1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries. 1993 – Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations. 1995 – After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued. 1996 – The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. 1997 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. 1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company, forming BAE Systems in November 1999. 2007 – Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast. 2007 – Four-man Team N2i, using only skis and kites, completes a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Antarctic pole of inaccessibility for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance. 2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI. 2014 – A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.

[canonlgbtcharacters]

The canon LGBT+ character of the day is

Kite from Japan Sinks 2020, who is a trans man!

[unicornsvsglitter]

Anime men that are shaped like a friend

- Daichi (Haikyuu)

- Morel (hxh)

- Kite (Japan Sinks 2020)

- Might Guy (Naruto)

- Kitamura (Toradora)

Feel free to make your own additions :)

[number1-arashi-narukami-fan]

kite the youtuber <3

[jimorin]

Me after i seen KITE don't actually abandoned the kids and he just wanted to seek signal to get rescued

[afkalways]

Arthur Parnassus (of The House in the Cerulean Sea), Norman (of The Promised Neverland), Kite (of Japan Sinks 2020), and Kenya Kobayashi (of Erased) give off the same vibes no i will not elaborate

[skatinginfinitelywithyourmom]

Kite in disguise watching Ayumu at olimpics after he "died" is perfectly in character

[breakfastspecials]

its time to start stanning youtubers again <3