#neku sakuraba

[syringaledraws]

[ 2021 ]

A small kiss for the comfort

[yoshiyakiryu]

[purplelea]

If your protagonist:

Is a closed-off emo teenager who's scared of opening up to people because he might get hurt

Frowns and complains a lot

Starts opening up to someone and ends up getting shot by the same someone is a month or less

Doesn't let it stop him from opening up to others still

Then it's not your Neku Sakuraba, it's also Denizen Hardwick from the book the Knights of the Borrowed Dark. VOTE FOR HIM

[twewyautismshowdown]

[ID: A transparent background with the rainbow autism acceptance infinity symbol, the sprites of Neku Sakuraba and Kaie Ono face each other with a red decagram with a yellow "vs" between them.]

Round 4 Match 1: Neku Sakuraba VS Kaie Ono

What gives these two Autism Swag?

Neku Sakuraba:

Feels isolated and annoyed by other people. "I don't get people. Never have, never will."

Is extremely sensitive to sound, wearing headphones to muffle it and reacting to loud noises by covering his ears.

Ignores social cues in order to do his own thing, such as not responding or even listening during conversations and leaving while someone is in the middle of talking to him, mid-sentence. He doesn't care if he is seen as rude.

Special Interest in CAT. Would spend hours after school every day just staring at the mural in Udagawa and lived by CAT's words.

Dislikes lying and doesn't even understand why anyone would lie.

Can do complex math problems very quickly in his head.

Wears clothes exclusively from one brand and doesn't care about their fashion or condition.

His whole arc in the first game was about learning to expand his world and connect with people, that even if they'll never fully understand each other, it's okay. It's the clashing that makes relationships worth it.

Kaie Ono:

Is nonverbal and communicates through text messages, even when talking face-to-face. He prefers it because it's easier for him to convey what he means and prevent miscommunications.

Has a flat affect in person but frequently uses emoticons while texting, and his language is very formal.

Is a programmer, data analyst, and fortune teller.

[xshinina]

Got into Omori recently

[banchagu]

you listening?

[homoeroticbetrayal]

Iconic Homoerotic Betrayal: Round 2

Round 2 Directory

Context:

Ides of March

Summary by Mean Girls (from an Anonymous Contributor)

Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant while the rest of us try not to get smushed under his big feet? What’s so great about Caesar? Hm? Brutus is just as cute as Caesar. Brutus is just as smart as Caesar.

People totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caesar. And when did it become okay for one person to be the boss of everybody, huh? Because that’s not what Rome is about. We should totally just stab Caesar!

Joshua/Neku

Summary by @purplelea

What if I was a jerk who decided to reject everyone because I was scared of getting attached and getting hurt, and what if I ended up in a death game where I had to learn how to put my trust in others in order to survive

What if I started to change, I started to trust others, to value their inner worlds, and then you came along as one of the people I had to learn to trust

What if you understood me better than anyone else, what if I recognised myself in you, and what if I HATED you for that, because you were everything I were, but that weren't not who I wanted to be anymore

What if you made it so hard to trust you because you were so grating and annoying and didn't deny when I accused you of killing me

What if you gave your life for me right after I learned that you weren't my murderer, what if I had spent an entire week blaming you for my death and what if you died for me before I could even apologise for that

What if I grieved you for a week while trying to fight for my life and fighting to keep trusting others despite all the hurt it kept bringing me

What if I fought my way to the end, victory and salvation so close, and what if suddenly I saw you again, giggling and telling me you were the one behind the whole thing since the very beginning

What if you told me that you were the one who killed me. That you were the one who created this death game. That you were the reason all of this ever happened. That I was nothing but a plaything in your grand scheme, that I've been your pawn since the very beginning, and all the fights I fought in order to come back to life were in fact helping you to achieve your goal of destroying my city and everyone I cared about

What if, still smiling, you gave me one last chance to save everything. A duel. A countdown. 10 seconds, one pull of the trigger, and you would be dead, my death would be avenged, my city and my friends saved

What if three weeks before that was exactly what had been asked of me, to kill someone else to save myself, and what if back then someone had to stop me from doing it

What if, pushed by how angry and hurt I was because of your betrayal, of your lies, of how you manipulated me and everyone around you, I found the strength to aim the gun at you, ready to shoot, crying but determined

But what if this time, because of everything I've been through, everything YOU put me through, I couldn't do it. Because you betrayed me, you hurt me, you did everything do I would want to pull that trigger, but everything you did also lead me to change, to start to trust others, and you're included in those others. You made me see that others' lives are worth the fight, are deep and meaningful, are something precious that shouldn't be discarded because I can't understand them

What if as you counted down to zero, I lowered my gun, and when your countdown met its end, you shot me once again, a bullet piercing my heart just like your betrayal did a few moments before.

What if after living all of this, I woke up in the middle of the city where I had been waking up at every start of every week of the death game you put me in, but this time alive and well, and I had to come to terms on how I felt towards you and the whole ordeal

What if I did come to terms, and put words on it. An entire monologue I gave to you, not even knowing if you were listening, but trusting that you would.

What if my name was Neku Sakuraba, and yours was Yoshiya Kiryu, but I could call you Joshua, seeing as I was your dear, dear Partner.

"I can't forgive you, but I trust you."

For other JoshNeku essays, see spreadsheet

[emilyirvineart]

you know he took 100 of those and walked away

[goldensunset]

enough poking fun at sora’s clown shoes. at least they actually look like solid hard shoes that provide a great amount of support. neku looks like he’s wearing sacks of cloth tied to his feet that were made from leftover fabric from his shirt. go after him instead

[scramble-crossing]

Minaman adventures

[wiredphonez]

there was alot happening at that week 2 boss fight

[syringaledraws]

[ 2021 ]

[windieblight]

show me your best set 📸

[katsurolle]

assorted (neo)twewy art i havent posted here yet!! the sho and coco one is nearly a year old lol

[doufusoup]

my joshneku renaissance era

[xshinina]

No one’s talking about how Neku and Sho are in amicable terms now aparently?? when did this happen?? where’s the backstory??