#ryuuku

[moncher-pierrot]

I would make a nice inspiration for an obscure character for an horror/gothic manga, don't you think? Could someone skilled and kind, please draw me wearing this look? ♡

[atomicpsyche]

Yeah Light!

In all seriousness though, I think Soichiro is trying to reassure Light here. Especially as he continues:

[hornetkun]

my sweet pea

[chiefatticcreator]

What did you get Ryu for his birthday?

"Some strong pirates he could show off by beating." Zoro shrugged. "That seemed something he would like, to demonstrate how powerful he is."

"I invited him to eat and paid for his meal, and I did my best to be sure he had a good time." Naruto smiled.

"Tried to set him with a good one night stand." Jack shrugged with a smirk.

[mangaworld]

[mistressmanga]

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Hello! This is my first time talking to you, so please be nice! I like your color scheme and all you posts. I know your creator wants people to be creative with you, but I’d rather just ask what’s your favorite Pokémon. And what’s your favorite yu-gi-oh card? Oh! Sakura is one of my favorite Naruto characters, simply because she’s one of the only female characters given a strong characterization in the show, even is her crush on Sasuke seemed to ruin her for a lot of people. Do you like her character, and if so, do you have any fanfic recommendations starting her?

Thanks for the nice message. (I'd rather you weren't anonymous, though, since that's what you're doing anyway.)

A lot of my favorite "stuff" is a mix of 1) things that I've only seen a few times/haven't really thought about for a long time, and 2) things that were very influential in me developing my interests as a kid, things I've thought about and written about a bunch and which have stuck in my mind.

I guess I should put it more plainly: I've been reading a lot of Harry Potter in college, and I kind of like it, but it's so deeply entrenched in my head that I've spent a lot of time thinking about it, and I often find myself remembering some cool detail from a HP book or article or whatever and thinking "hey, I didn't realize this was in the books, I've only read so much." And then of course I'm going to reread that book now that I know what's in it (especially as I move through the series). This is in part a function of the series' popularity -- HP has to be read pretty thoroughly in order to get you even a basic sense of what's going on (see e.g. this SSC post which I liked a lot).

But it's also true that people keep bringing up new details that I haven't read before and don't recall. The books' popularity has allowed them to be referenced in things I've read like fanfic, which is also new, and in the fanfic they're mentioned again and I read them and get to look at the way people are writing around them.

I'm sure this is kind of self-centered, but one reason I'm reluctant to put my fanfic on the internet is that it's kind of hard for me to distinguish "this is good" from "this is a Harry Potter reference" so as to keep myself from being swamped by Harry Potter stuff I didn't read in the past. (Like, a few days ago I found myself watching an episode of Mystery Science Theater and, like "hey, this is cool! I'm watching this, because I know of it and like it, because the MST3K theme song is cool and makes me think of it!")

Anyway I guess I'm talking to myself a bit there, but I've been saying for a while that Harry Potter was kind of a watershed for me in the way that Yudkowsky has talked about his influence on him. For me, Harry Potter wasn't a huge series, I don't reread it regularly, I've read a little bit of every book and watched every movie, but it had a huge cultural impact and I've been obsessing over fanfic and fanart and analysis of its themes since I first heard about it at some point in the early 2000s.

As far as Naruto, I'm a big fan of pretty much all the characters and not really bothered by any of the pacing or plotting, but I don't think I'd pick any particular character to think about when I read. It's mostly all tied to "remembering the moment I first heard of this character."

As far as yu-gi-oh cards go, this is the best page I've seen.

Thanks for the questions.

[aiai-cafe]

OBSESSED with how this panel implies that light yagami, infamous ultra edgelord, has not only played mario golf with ryuuku before, but has done so several times

[henrikque-art]

Ryuk - Death Note fanart (remake of a old one from 2018) "My name is ryuuku, The Shadow of Darkness, the dark king of death, the exu skull invoked in someone who is goth, You know what i mean? I talk black and I have a black eye, depression is my last name, I am from the darkest darkness and the Batman next to me is colorfull, if I could I would kill a thousand! because I am Fucking goat"

[ruindunburnit]

Do you think Ohba named the shinigami Ryuk (Ryuuku) because it sounds a lot like the Japanese word for backpack (Ryukku), and Light would always be "carrying" him on his shoulder?

[silentmagi]

Bad Publicity AU: (Alya & Mireille & Aurore) & Ryuuko vs Hawkmoth in "I Thought We Were Supposed To Leave Our Weapons At The Door!"

In which Ryuuku reminds the adult of the rules, despite being across video clients.

It was an audience favorite.

[nerdreamer]

[airen7]

[geekgirles]

🚨🚨Ladybug SDCC2019🚨🚨

SPOILERS

SPOILERS!!

So sorry I can't put this with a "keep reading" option, I'm actually on my tablet and I'm pretty sure I just don't have that option. So, please, I don't want to spoil anything for anybody, so, if you prefer to wait, the moment you see this post, scroll past it! Thank u so much!! 💖💖

So, Ikari Gozen...

I haven't seen the live stream, but I have watched the spoilers and I can confidently say this is one of those episodes the fandom has been waiting for for a long time.

Firstly, because it has some more than awaited Kagami-Marinette bonding time, and secondly, because this episode has brought us a wonderful gift; a true insight on their interactions and development of the two. Especially Kagami.

Why Kagami?

Because, mainly, she's the one who's appeared less (obviously) and whose appearances have portrayed her in a far from positive light many times. Whereas this episode has finally shown us how she truly is, making her a lot more humane. Ikari Gozen has given us a Kagami who just wants to make friends, but doesn't know how.

In other words, Kagami is just socially awkward, instead of the cold, apathetic version of her we've seen so many times before directed to whoever that wasn't Adrien. And, boy, do many of us relate.

Of course, this could've been deduced before in her previous appearances and I just so happen to have missed it (don't be confused though, I was never a Kagami hater, I always remained hopeful), however, as I was saying before, her previous roles made her look completely uninterested in spending time with other people but Adrien. Luckily, this episode finally brought us back the eager-to-meet-Marinette Kagami from Riposte many of us missed and loved.

Kagami's dialogue in this episode hints too that the reason why she's bad at making friends is that, just like Adrien, she's had a very isolated, training-focused life; as well as her mother has some very strict rules and is very distrusting of other people, which makes her seem as being almost as picky as Gabriel when it comes to her daughter's affiliations.

And speaking of Adrien, her conversation with her mother helps us realise Kagami is well aware that her friendship with Adrien is not enough, even going as far as saying that "...it's different". This opinion is most likely based on her crush on the model telling her they should be more than friends; which leads Kagami to look for a true friend and not just a friend who is also a potential boyfriend. And who better than Marinette, amirite? ;)

If that doesn't make Kagami more humane, this should do the trick:

Unlike her previous appearances, which portrayed her as confident or even cocky to some fans, this episode demonstrated or rather, allowed us to see in depth, Kagami's hidden insecurities; her insanely high expectations on herself and her fear of not being good enough.

Again, this was hinted in Riposte, but it could've been understood as Kagami not being as comfortable as losing as she let on. However, now we got to see the true depth of Kagami's fears. To the point it becomes both tragic and endearing.

Tragic because, most likely fueled by her mother's strict training and rules, or her obvious superiority at fencing; Kagami is convinced a mistake, even the tiniest, most insignificant one, is unforgivable; something she proved as Ryuuku (sorry if it's misspelt), when her recklessness led Chat to be captured and afterwards she almost gave her miraculous up and thought the reason Ladybug couldn't give her the miraculous again was because, according to Kagami, she had failed and wasn't worthy of a miraculous nor good enough. Thank Goodness Ladybug actually explained it all both times!

And endearing because, as I said before, this only makes her more humane! She's just a teenaged girl who wants to make friends badly but just doesn't know how, getting very nervous because she's in unknown territory. Very similar to Marinette when she's around a certain blond, don't you think?

I guess all I want to say is "Thank you", Miraculous staff. You've given me my faith in Kagami back; it was wonderful.

[queen-ofsunflowers]

Let's go for a random My Hero headcanon!

Ryuuku is Kirishima's aunt on his biological mother's side.