#or soap Hiyori

[daily-yttd-something]

Day 164: Hate you, Midori. Hate you

[daily-keisou]

Day 155: mutual hatred (love)

[incorrect-your-turn-to-d1e]

Sou: I told Miss Sara like three hours ago!

Keiji: You What!?

Sara: he says insane things all the time!!! How was I supposed to know that one was true!?

Sou: I’m the Keymaster

Sara: SEE!?

[hiyonagis]

hiyonagi are definitely like, "fell first"(nagisa) and "fell harder"(hiyori) ... 2nd year nagisa clinging to hiyori while hiyori was taking him for granted, playing around with girls even. the moment when hiyori called nagisa a good dog and nagisa said hes not a dog but could be if hiyori wanted to...im taking physical damage... and then contrasting with after they seperated, 3rd year/graduate hiyori gets so jealous and tells nagisa to only love him... theyre consuming me!!!!

[riorangedeezguts]

Shoot, I forgot to plug in the blender.

(Reference to this ask)

And Ranger begs, something he'd only do as a last resort, if at all. Because if word got back about this to his dad...

Well... it'd be embarrassing, to say the least. But it's better than being dead, right?

"I'm telling ya now, bastard, if you do this, I'll—"

But the blender clicks on by your hand, the sound loud and crunchy as it fills to the brim with water and soap, blades whirring—

Wait, water and soap?

This is no blender... It's a goddamn spin cycle! Definitely not a cheap piece of plastic like Rio first thought. Probably one of Hiyori's inane gadgets so that he can wash that abysmal scarf of his in record time—as if he doesn't already own 10 with the same ugly salmon color and polka dot patterning as is.

So, as Ranger spins around in his soapy, watery demise, he feels his blood pressure alone could heat the water up to a boil—if he had any blood, that is.

Then, suddenly, all the water drains out. Where to, you ask? Better to take that up with Hiyori, that bastard.

And right when Ranger thinks it's over, a gale-like force sends him up to the lid, banging him around and drying him and his sodden clothes off while also giving him the worst case of dry eye and dry mouth he's ever fucking seen, good god.

So, falling back to the blades, which he recognizes as being made of rubber now that he's not in any sort of major peril from them, he leans against the glass again, squeaky clean and pissed as hell as he bangs his fist against his cage to get your attention.

"Well, turns out it's not a normal blender at all," Ranger eye rolls. "So you gonna let me out now that you've had your fun, bastard? ...Huh? What the shit is it?"

You hold up a little slip of paper that printed itself from a slot within the blender. Just how many functions does this goddamn thing have?

Oh well, doesn't fucking matter. It says, in bold, pixel-y letters, mind you:

THANK YOU FOR USING MAPLE'S CLEANING SERVICE, COURTESY OF HIYORI ^U^

Reading that garbage, Ranger thinks he'd much rather be dead, actually.

[jujywrites]

Strange Weather, Part 2

oops my brain decided there was more to this. never say never but i feel like I Am Finished w/ this vibey lil idek what if u saw it before i edited it no u didnnttttt

AO3

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It’s gray, watery sunlight when she wakes the next morning, alone in Aizo’s bed. But not alone in his room; Aizo himself is snoring on the floor on a futon, with all the extra pillows Hiyori had said she didn’t want. Yujiro had taken the couch.

She thinks if there had been another futon, they would’ve all slept in the same room.

If she had been (if they all had been) brave enough, they could have shared Aizo’s bed, barely big enough for them all. Elbows and knees and bothering the others upon needing the bathroom; she wouldn’t have cared. Alas, that had been a bridge too far for her emotional vulnerability.

She creeps out of Aizo's bedroom to find Yujiro already up, working on breakfast. The time of day, and what day it is, blare into her head, causing her to gasp so sharply she chokes on her own spit.

"What the hell, Hiyori? Don't die," Yujiro comments unhelpfully, not even turning from the stove.

"It's— it's Monday, I have to get ready for school and my uniform's at home, and...!" She gets it out around coughs, sitting heavily in a kitchen chair.

"I went to your house and got your clothes."

"Y-You what?"

"And your book bag. And also, your face is fine, if you don't mind using Shibasaki's soap for one morning I'm sure that'll do."

"What did you tell my mom?!" Her voice is hoarse but still forms a half-scream.

"You were sleeping on Aizo's couch after a study session. I live a little closer so that's why I was picking up your things."

Relieved, she sighs, head plunking onto the table.

"Hey, dumbass, what are you doing to Hiyori?"

"Feeding her. And us. So ungrateful."

"Guys, stop, it's way too early for fighting," she whines into the table. But their voice don't hold as much bite as usual, like someone sanded the sharp edges. She sits up and cranes her neck to see Aizo, and Aizo's bedhead, and immediately turns back, face burning.

"Thank you for the food," says Aizo flatly. And equally flatly, sitting next to Hiyori, "Don't make a mess of my kitchen."

"We have to leave in an hour in a half," Yujiro responds, carrying over steaming plates of rice and eggs. "Why are you still in pajamas?"

The rest of their bickering fades out while Hiyori, stomach growling, practically inhales her plate (after a hasty thank you). Scraps of last night come back to her as she eats, warming her chest. It seems like everything has reset, gone back to normal, and she doesn't really mind, but...

But she misses their closeness already.

She doesn't want to believe it was a fluke, but she also most definitely is not going to bring anything up. So: normal school routine it is. Well, as normal as it can be after waking up in Aizo's apartment with Yujiro having retrieved her school supplies.

They let her get ready first, which doesn't take long. And then they leave together, her between them, and she's at least brave enough to take their hands.

The school day is like any other, the bright and sunny weather burning away any lingering lurking thoughts. The boys might sit a bit nearer to her at lunch, and they're certainly arguing less, but nothing new besides that. When they go home, sunset clear and cool, it's to their own homes. None of them talk about the previous night, even though Hiyori can almost feel it between them, like if she just touched their hands, she could unlock the words for all of them.

The next three days are bright and sunny; the routine is similar, with that underlying slightly-different feeling. They still don't talk about that night. They talk about the festival LIPxLIP will play at a month from now, talk logistics and travel and merch.

Friday dawns pleasantly enough, but the sky turns gray by mid-afternoon, and the wind on the way home is wet and heavy.

A light drizzle has started by the time the three of them reach Hiyori's doorstep. Her chest feels heavy now too, dangerously so. Want is welling up in her, the latest wave since that night, and it's gotten more and more difficult to keep it buried.

Aizo grips her shoulder; she turns, gasping lightly.

He's looking down, bangs hiding his eyes. "I have leftovers at my place that are still good, and I can't eat it all, so, you two should come help."

Yujiro snorts, not looking at either of them. "Maybe I need to cook dinner in your kitchen sometime too, then."

Aizo's pink cheeks are obvious even in the gray light. "Also. Doing homework alone sucks in this weather.

Hiyori nods furiously, half-thinking she must be dreaming. Or hallucinating. "O-Okay, yes, I'll do my best to help with the food!!"

Beaming, she ducks inside to tell her mother where she's staying (and really, bless her mother for not teasing or worrying or anything stereotypically Mom-ish, how lucky is she?), packs an overnight bag, and scurries back out, rain clothes forgotten in her happiness.

They sit on the couch after their homework is done, after sitting so close they nearly knocked heads more than once. She and Yujiro are on either side of Aizo. She finds herself stealing glances at him, face warming.

And then she snuggles into him, pressing tight, reaching for and taking his hand.

His face reddens, but he leans right back.

Hardly daring to breathe, she tries to see Yujiro and can't quite manage it. But she feels Aizo's breath trip, and moments later Yujiro's fingers, then palm, reach her shoulder.

Aizo shifts toward him, and Hiyori is pulled along.

She can't not breathe; she inhales as carefully as she can, takeout utterly forgotten. Then Aizo makes some comment definitely about the show they're watching, voice soft, and she ekes out a hum of agreement.

The tension... doesn't snap. More like it relaxes, and Hiyori feels so cozy it's almost as unbearable as that tension. A shiver ripples through her, seems to set off the other two, but no one moves.

The thought nags at her in the middle of a commercial break: So. It's something for the weekends, then. She could learn to be all right with that, really is all right with it, if Aizo and Yujiro are as comfortable as they are now with her and each other.

When she insists on taking the couch (even though it isn't what she wants), Aizo claims the futon.

She spends far too much time over the weekend thinking about that.

Her weekend theory is destroyed by the next Monday, during which it rains all day. She wants to ask, feels brave enough to, but the boys beat her to it and part of her wanted them to bring it up first anyway.

Aizo has gotten another futon, so they all sleep in the living room this time, with him on the couch.

Tuesday is clear and... well, whatever this new routine is has settled into her bones now, so the urge to Talk About It has died down greatly despite their switch to normalcy(???). Whatever this is, it's hers and Yujiro's and Aizo's.

Wednesday is an outright storm at the school day's end, and so Hiyori outright proclaims that this time they're going to Yujiro's, and Aizo had better bring the extra futon because Yujiro was staying in his bed, thank you very much.

They boys accept without a peep of complaint.

Hiyori wants to fly down the street. It's the weather, she's realized giddily; all this set in motion by her emotional crisis over a week ago. For whatever reason, the boys are so much closer, more intimate, with each other and her in autumn rain and cold. It's like they created a secret in those dark clouds, a silver lining for them and no one else.

If this is all she's getting (but what more does she want?), then she'll grasp it with both hands. She'll appreciate it just as much as their time together at school and on stage.

And if she treasures these particular times just a bit more than the others, well, she's the only one who knows that.

[shippudens]

nagisa sitting in front of the washing machine and then ibara finds him and is like your excellency what are you DOING and nagisa's like it's spinning and i'm watching the soap and ibaras like hm. and then just stands there also watching and then hiyori drags jun in and is like oh my god what are you doing ive been looking for you two and theyre both like look. it's spinning and so they all just watch the washing machine spin like cats (they all have autism)

[proshippersstimming]

Real Sou Hiyori/Midori x Shin Tsukimi + green, turquoise, soap, melting, and candles

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[fyrelalli]

YTTD fanart? on MY dash? It’s more likely than you think 

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

IOTA Reviews: Dearest Family

Rather than how I usually start my reviews with a little quip regarding my feelings on the episode, I'm going to take the time to address the loss of a member of the Miraculous Ladybug cast, as this is the first episode without her presence.

On July 1st, 2021, American voice actress Philece Sampler, voice of Sabine Cheng and Ms. Mendeleiev, had died from a heart attack at the age of 67.

Originally getting her start in acting through three long-running soap operas (Days of Our Lives, Rituals, and Another World), Sampler moved onto voice acting through anime dubs, with some of her more famous roles being Mimi and Cody from Digimon, Lori from Zatch Bell!, Beauty from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Hiyori from Lucky Star, and Sarara from Bottle Fairy. Aside from that, she had occasional roles on Western cartoons like the second voice of Betty Ross from the '90s Incredible Hulk cartoon, and the older Toph Beifong in the final season of The Legend of Korra.

It's always tragic to talk about the passing of any actor, no matter what role they played in their life, and Sampler is no exception. Today's episode is the first one where Sabine is voiced by Anne Yatco, who I'm sure will do an incredible job with the role. But for now, if anyone in Sampler's family is reading this (as unlikely as that may be), you have my deepest condolences.

Rest in peace, Mrs. Cheng.

With that being said, let's get into the seventeenth (chronologically the twenty-first) episode of Miraculous Ladybug's fourth season: Dearest Family

We start off with Gabriel experimenting with a Magical Charm I'm assuming he got in an earlier episode and seeing it's effects preventing his Akumatization, with Nathalie recapping what we learned in “Mr. Pigeon 72”, that the user dictates how their powers work. After focusing hard (for a few seconds like how Ladybug unlocked her new form in “Mr. Pigeon 72”), Gabriel manages to create an Akuma capable of destroying the Magical Charms, briefly akumatizing himself into the Collector again.

So what exactly was the point of these Magical Charms again? I mean, given how this season's been relying on past Akumas most likely for budget reasons, I figured they'd have to find a way to render them useless, but why seventeen episodes after they were introduced? Doesn't this sound more like something you'd see in a season finale with how they were being subtly built up? And why show off the newly dubbed Megakuma (yes, that's what he's calling it) in an episode where he akumatizes Marinette's family when only half of them got Magical Charms? If you're going to show the effectiveness of the Megakuma, why not akumatize Chloe's family when they all got Magical Charms? It would make the Megakuma's first outing far more impressive.

We cut to Marinette's family's bakery preparing galettes, a French pastry typically eaten on Epiphany, a holiday celebrating the Three Wise Men visiting the newly born Jesus and presenting their gifts to him. Granted, the show doesn't acknowledge that, so for all the audience knows, it's just an excuse to eat galettes. Roland's there too, and we get a nice moment of him hugging his son as they bake a galette, the first recipe they made together, which sets up the episode's theme about family pretty well.

The freshly baked galette lets out a smell like it's a pie in a cartoon from the 1940's, which causes Tikki to wake up a sleeping Marinette, demanding to know what it is. Marinette goes down to ask for a piece of galette so Tikki will shut up, so she offers to give out free samples outside while people wait in line, sneaking a few pieces into her purse for Tikki to eat and more for the Kwamis in her room. The only problem is...

It turns out that being the Kwami of Creation, Tikki has a genetic disposition to extraordinary sweets, and Sass thinks that the galettes Tom and Roland made were so unique, Tikki became a borderline addict as soon as she tried it.

After yet another Chloe cameo showing her yelling at her father for not getting a galette before they sold out (Astruc has to squeeze in his Chloe hate somehow), Marinette's globetrotting biker grandma who Roland actually had sex with, Gina, arrives to give Marinette a late birthday present.

How the traditionalist Rolland managed to raise a son with her is anyone's guess.

While the other adults obviously protest giving the fourteen year old girl a motorcycle, Marinette struggles to keep Tikki from eating the last galette her family is supposed to eat, leading to the return of Unfunny Marinette Slapstick. Oh, good. I thought the writers were starting to realize there were other ways to tell jokes other than this. Marinette finally decides to reel Tikki in by transforming into Ladybug in her room, only for it to result in her catching Tikki's case of the munchies. So yeah, for the second episode in a row, a subplot involves Ladybug being made dumber for the sake of the plot. Do we really need this? There's already a lot going on with the Megakuma, so why use this to raise the stakes?

As Marinette's parents and grandparents keep arguing, Shadowmoth takes the opportunity to try out his new Megakuma (which looks just like a normal Akuma with some cheap editing over the stock footage) on the four of them. By infecting a small trinket inside an uneaten piece of the galette they were eating, Rolland and Sabine's Magical Charms are broken and the two are akumatized back into Bakerix and Qilin respectively, while Tom and Gina are reakumatized into Weredad and Befana as well.

I'm going to try something new and talk about the other reused villains in the titular Akuma team barring Qilin (whom I'll save for her episode when it airs). I'll also try and edit my older reviews to talk about the resued Akumas too.

Bakerix (top left) is a very creative looking Akuma made entirely of bread products that really stands out among the show's roster of villains. I like how his shoulderpads and helmet are made of croissants and he has a belt made of toast slices and a pretzel belt buckle. His powers are... pretty boring. For those who don't know, Bakerix is meant to be an homage to the French comic series, Asterix. Much like Asterix himself, Bakerix has a potion that allows him to briefly become bigger and stronger for a brief period of time. Ignoring how Asterix's powers are a borderline ripoff of Popeye the Sailor Man, they don't really match up with Rolland's character. Rolland is a traditionalist who hates technology, and in “Bakerix”, all he really did while akumatized was complain about the modern world. As stupid as his powers were as Simpleman, they at least kind of alligned with his idea for things to be like they were in the past. If Bakerix had something like control over bread, I'd be more of a fan of him.

Befana (bottom right) on the other hand, I have much more positive things to say about her. I love how they managed to give her both a biker girl motif and a Wicked Witch motif while making them fit together so well. The punk leather jacket mixed with the bright red hair goes perfectly with her green skin and flying motorcycle broomstick. It makes sense because not only has Gina been established as a caring grandmother to Marinette, she's also more of a rebel at times, so the motif works so well. Her powers are very circumstantial but still make sense for the context for this episode. Like in her debut, Gina's motivation for getting Akumatized was to judge Marinette's friends and family with her candy bullets, turning them into stone if they're mean to her and making them angel, I mean fairy minions to do her bidding. Her akumatization makes far more sense here than it does for Rolland.

And back to the bad designs with Weredad (top right). First off, that pun's terrible as he has no werewolf powers, and takes more inspiration from fairy tales, with his debut episode being to trap Marinette in a beanstalk castle, despite the minimal connection to his motif. Second, his design just looks so generic compared to other Akumas, and again, the beanstalk vines don't really go with him and just stick out because of how bright they are. The one thing I actually like about this design was how Tom's mustache was made bigger. It's just a little touch I find clever. Other than that, it's just a bad design in my opinion.

As for the team as a whole, they're kind of like Crocoduel in that they're all fighting over what they think is best for Marinette. The idea of a free for all team sounds kind of interesting on paper, but I just don't get why Shadowmoth thinks akumatizing multiple people just to fight each other yet again is a good idea. They're more likely to hurt each other than they are Ladybug and Cat Noir.

In fact, why were all four of them akumatized when none of them touched the evilized object? I can understand how Tom and Rolland got Akumatized since the recipe for the galette was established to be very important to them and their bond as father and son (this kind of loophole was established in “Gang of Secrets”, with the charm bracelet meaning a lot to the girls), but there's no reason Sabine and Gina got akumtized as well, especially since the latter just got here.

Here's an idea to make all for them getting Akumatized feel more natural: Have Tom agree with giving Marinette the motorcycle initially, causing Tom to get into a fight with Rolland that leads to the two of them getting akumatized again, but once Sabine takes Rolland's side and refuses to let Marinette have the motorcycle, then she and Gina start arguing, and to show another potential threat of the Megakuma, have the akumatization spread to the two of them. It's not perfect, I can say that much, but I still think this at least gives more of an explanation for making the Akuma “team” four people instead of two.

Ladybug sneaks out of her room and tries to chase after the Akumas, but finds she's too hungry to move, so she steals a galette from Andre, which I'm pretty sure is all kinds of prosecutable. She can't even stop eating to fight, so Cat Noir has to bail her out, giving her time to retreat and talk with Tikki as Marinette. Befana then kidnaps her, and Shadowmoth learns once again why he needs to think his plans through more.

Earlier in the fight, Cat Noir had to use his Cataclysm to escape Weredad and Bakerix, so he has to recharge in the sewers to think of a new plan. Unfortunately, Tikki just remembered she can literally create anything she wants, so she uses her own Lucky Charm to create a giant galette that starts falling toward Paris. Interestingly, the animation used for Paris being crushed by the pressure of the galette is edited footage from when Plagg used Cataclysm all the way back in Season 2's “Style Queen”.

It's entirely possible that could be an intentional, yet stylistic choice, representing the duality of creation and destruction, saying despite how different they are, both are equally as powerful, and just as deadly. While Plagg held back when using his power Paris while trying to help Ladybug and was horrified by the destruction he caused, Tikki selfishly used her own powers to create something for herself, ignoring the Akuma and the destruction she caused. Creation and destruction are concepts that are commonly associated with good and evil respectively, but what do you do when the embodiment of destruction does less damage than the embodiment of creation? How do you react? What is creation? What is destruction? The very balance of yin and yang is shown by the way this show brilliantly parallels the effects of Tikki and Plagg's powers is visualized by the same frames of animation being used, and will make the viewers question the synchronous relationship between creation and destruction, and the meaning of life itself.

Well, that, or the animators just thought it would be easier to reuse the animation from “Style Queen” because in case you can't tell by the fact four Akumas are being reused in this episode, the animators are kind of cutting corners in a few places, like the animation itself. Also, while I don't normally screenshot the dub for these reviews, I had to in order to get the clear screenshots, and it's pretty obvious Mela Lee is just phoning it in this episode. Seriously, her character is going crazy while creating a giant pastry. How the hell does she sound so bored here?

Adrien sees the gigantic galette, transforms into Astro Cat (oh, so now you remember the space forms exist), and just... destroys it with a Cataclysm, not even looking like he's putting in a lot of effort to do this herculean task. So yeah. Cat Noir just saved the planet.

What was the point of this entire subplot? All this did was kill time that could have been spent on the Akuma fight and the main story. Hell, the idea of Cat Noir using his powers to destroy the biggest target he's ever had could work on paper, but the way it's shot is done so casually, there's no impact to it. It's just another thing Cat Noir broke, and nobody ever acknowledges how impressive this feat of strength is. I'm being serious when I say that after a brief talk with Tikki, Ladybug is just back to normal and goes on with the fight like it was nothing (barring a brief moment when she stops herself from eating the galette piece the akumatized object is in). Does she even know Cat Noir destroyed the giant galette?

So yeah, after talking with Tikki about her addiction, Marinette transforms back into Ladybug and rejoins the battle. After a brief skirmish where she and Cat Noir realize none of them have the Megakuma on them, Ladybug summons her Lucky Charm, a crown like the one the person who finds the feve in their slice of galette wears after becoming “king” or “queen” for the day. Ladybug realizes the Megakuma is back at her house, so she and Cat Noir head back to find it before Cat Noir Cataclysms it.

Oh, for the love of—IT'S A PLASTIC CHARM! Why does he need Cataclysm to break it? Are the writers that desperate to prove Cat Noir is still useful after he just saved everyone on earth from death by galette? So the Megakuma flies out, and somehow, Ladybug realizes it's different even though it wasn't flashing like it was earlier.

And when Ladybug de-evilizes the Megakuma, she actually knows the name. Do she and Shadowmoth just have similar naming ideas? So after some cute banter with Ladybug and Cat Noir putting on their crowns, Ladybug uses Miraculous Ladybug to fix the damage Tikki caused, gives Magical Charms to the four Akuma victims even though she knows they won't do anything now, and heads back to her room, talking to Tikki about her galette addiction.

Hahaha! Tikki almost wiped out all life on Earth because of how hungry she was and learned nothing from it! Seriously, if Astruc can blame Marinette for causing the apocalypse in “Cat Blanc”, then this shouldn't be written off either. So the episode ends with Marinette deciding not to accept the gift and instead gets an electric scooter, increasing her Parisian stats by 17%.

But then we get a post credit scene where Gabriel talks to Emilie's body and explains his true plan to use the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous.

Yes, you read that correctly. Gabriel's plan isn't to use the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous to revive Emilie, but rather TO DESTROY THE WORLD AND RECREATE IT SO HE AND EMILIE CAN BE TOGETHER.

What kind of cocaine-fueled bender gave Gabriel this idea in the first place? I know he's one of the most inept villains out there, but he's seriously planning to slam the reset button on ALL OF REALITY, just to save ONE person?! What the hell is wrong with you?! And Adrien isn't even mentioned, hinting that Gabriel might kill him too! I guess it explains some of his more omnicidal plans like in “Cat Blanc” and “Stormy Weather 2” because he doesn't care who he harms as he's rewriting the world anyway, but this just makes his portrayal even more confusing. Are we still supposed to see this maniac as a sympathetic villain? Because the next episode to air seems to try saying that, even if it's earlier chronologically. 

And that’s how the episode ends. The Gabriel focus episode better explain a lot of stuff like this man's motivation to erase all of reality for some reason.

Barring the final scene and the giant galette, this episode was just forgettable. The action was okay, and the idea of the various family members fighting over what they thought was best for Marinette sounded interesting, but it was ruined by the Tikki subplot taking up too much screentime. Seriously, they made Cat Noir destroying a giant galette seem boring because it had little to impact on the story or characters. I think if there was more focus on the Megakuma and Gabriel's relationship with his son to contrast with Marinette's family and if the whole “turning the world off and on again” plan had more buildup, the episode could have been a lot more interesting. Like “Simpleman”, it's just the forgettable kind of bad, which is arguably the worst kind of bad from a certain point of view.

The next episode I’ll review, however, is anything BUT the forgettable kind of bad. 

[daily-yttd-something]

Day 136: upset

[daily-keisou]

Day 140: ‘man’

[hiyorisarugaki]

Hiyori’s shitty planner

Mondays are for meditation

Tuesdays are for intense, focused training

Wednesdays are for work

Thursdays are for therapy (after work)

Fridays are for field excursions which tend to last until Saturday night

Sunday is dedicated to catching up on chores that were not done through the week, so that the apartment is clean for meditation Monday. Her free time in between her therapy and homework is spent missing Shinji and then watching soaps/TV with Starrk (who is currently her arrancar house mate)

She asked for some leave from work for the last two weeks, but has now resumed her post at Unagiya. Hiyori trains every day, but she dedicates Mondays solely to Kubikiri Orochi and training her bankai. She intensifies her hollow training the following day.

[koizumicchi]

yuujirou: aizou's the one who doesn't understand a woman's heart.

and then yuujirou was like, "oh right didnt you hate women? then that means you won't get it."

aizou really had the nerve to say to hiyori he and yuujirou isnt fighting; that's it's only bcoz yuujirou is bumping heads with him. yuujirou also said that the same could be said towards aizou

yuujirou: oh, enough. i wont do this anymore

aizou: and what do you mean by that

yuujirou: you won't undestand if i don't say it out loud?

yuujirou: im saying, i cant form a unit with someone like aizou

aizou: i understand well what you want to say yuujirou

later: when aizou left,

hiyori : that's going overboard, someya-kun.

yuujirou: it's refreshing that the annoying (urusai) guy isnt here anymore.

yuujirou thinking, when alone, after hiyori left for shopping: *repeats what he said above* really.

flashback of aizou saying he knows well what yuujirou means

yuujirou:

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me: *SCREAMS* is this some kind of soap opera!?

[cloud-does-art]

soap hiyori

[meishutori]

The first thing Hiyori notices about the new captain is his very, very pretty smell. Whenever she walked (read as stomped) through the corridors, she knew exactly where that captain has walked by because he smelled so good. She wasn't sure how to describe it. A floral scent?? Definitely not of sweat, blood or food. It was just... quite nice. And when they are in exile, she attempts to get him those nice-smelling soaps again. To remind him that Maestro may live within his skin, but he hasn't completely infiltrated it. "Ya smell good. Like yer name, I guess."

--- He smiles at her. In the early days, he definitely wore more perfume than he does now. Scents are not particularly practical when you have to be able to hide away from monsters and the like. She must have remembered it, because after their exile she kept bringing him gifts. All kinds of scents. Each more gaudy and floral than the next. Some came eerily close to that scent he had worn back then.

      He chooses a more neutral one, nowadays. It has notes of wood and citrus in it, too. Less sweet, more earthy, yet still with that floral hint. No roses though. Nothing so predictable.

      “Thank you, Hiyori.. You know, I’ve kept every bottle you’ve ever given me~”