#shigure week

[shichansensei]

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[littledashdraws]

my entries for fates route week on twitter!!

[generalmoony]

Day 3: Shinya’s birthday ❤️

Instead of a traditional cake, the fam get Shinya a giant piece of toast

Don’t ask how they got it lol

@gureshin-week-2023

[every-character-ever-poll]

SHIGURE SOHMA - Fruits Basket

[fruits-basket-addiction]

｡:*•. ❁my fruits basket headcannons ❁ .•*:｡

*Their family curse might be that their bodies transform into the 12+1 animals of the zodiac, but their family secret is like, a heavy drug addiction

*Shigure shoots up fentanyl (recreationally, for some reason he can't die), claims heroin makes him write better (genuinely can quit it anytime, he just doesn't)

*Ritzu is hung as shit, like, carries a footlong under that long dress of his, tried to pop your clit like a pimple; apologized

*Akito dosed Yuki with benzodiazepamines, he went into rehab by himself and met Jordan Peterson, that was his personal rehab

*Aya has the picture perfect cock, like it's in a dildo ad, goes to the urologist weekly, had a breakdown when it hurt him when he peed (it was just a small cold) and hasn't recovered since, tried to smoke tobacco flavored vapes because he wanted Shigure and Hari to accept him, they told him to kill himself

*Speaking of vapes, Hiro and Kisa vape in their free time. He likes the coke flavored vapes and she likes the grape soda, Kyo steals from them when they sleep and secretly smokes them on the roof, annoyed they never buy the orange flavored one (he hates the flavor but the color matches his hair so it's AWESOME)

*Kyo has a heavy coke addiction, his master is his coke dealer, the training was a tolerance test(he failed). The reason he's so on edge during S1? Withdrawals. The transformation is just his skin getting itchy :(

*Aya has a collection of cock rings, not out of pleasure, he just decorates them, and matches them with his fits.

Religiously takes pictures of them with the fit (like a BeReal situation). Tried making an instagram for it, but got banned. He has a high following on femboy sites. (is a power-top femboy)

*Hatsuharu and Rin do ketamine, she's heavily addicted and he just does it because she does, you know, sharing hobbiea and stuff.

*Kyo doesn't know where the clit is, but neither does Tohru.

She has never cum, thinks she did. Kyo thinks women cumming is a myth.

*Akito takes meth, Shigure said she's "too lame to try it" and got her addicted, he has no fucking remorse, thinks it's funny how she has hourly psychotic breaks lol. Hides the meth sometimes for funsies, and turns his phone off for days at a time (he's her only plug and she can't let anyone else know)

*Momiji has a 9 incher, but it's like...not even finger girth.

People get impressed when they hear the length, but they never ask about the width, so he thinks it's decent.

*Haru's left nut is comedically larger than his right one, makes him walk funny.

*The reason for Hiro's attitude is his absolute clitoris of a dick (they measured it once in his PE locker room and he got bullied for it).

*Kisa takes opioids, but she's still only addicted to vapes (lame ass).

*Momiji's heroic shroom dose made him gain the german accent in the new version, he's not even canonically german, just a brain fart.

*Kyo got his pubes dreaded once, Tohru called him a culture appropriator, the dreadlocks weren't intentional, he's just hairy as fuck.

*Haru never lets his patients get morphie'd up, stocks it up (for himself)

*Kyo watched that one South Park episode where they get high off cat piss, tries it to get a kick (during his tough times of withdrawal), smells like cat piss, placebo-d himself into thinking he's high as balls, Tohru called up an intervention. Instead of a psychiatrist, calls a psychic. Gets scammed out of the all inheritance money her mom left her (like $150).

Kyo kills the psychic with a bat (he just wanted to hit her, the withdrawal carried him away). He thinks the cat-piss is so potent, it makes him violent, he's just an asshole.

*Kyoko intentionally crashed the car on the curb and died because Tohru didn't tell her "be safe", just wanted to heavily guilt trip her for the rest of Tohru's life, succeeded.

*Shigure has an "Asian fetish", he, himself, is Asian.

*Kyo and Shigure have a heavy ass foot fetish, tried biting their partners' feet like cats and dogs go ham on their toe beans, it just hurt.

*If the human form's dick is shaved, the animal's dick is also shaved. Imagine seeing a tiny ass rat with an even tinier, shaved ballsack.

*Speaking of tiny cocks, some of the animals' cocks sizes is equivalent to the animal they are, regardless if they're human or transformed. Rin has a horse cock, is what I'm trying to say. She tries hiding it under those mini ass skirts. It's uncomfortable.

*Kagura does bath salts.

*Hiro huffs elementary-grade glue, does it the wrong way.

*Shigure is the only one who knows everyone does drugs (except Haru and Rin who do it together, and Akito who got Yuki addicted), is the family dealer. Only one who knows how to smoke (aka inhale) anything, when anyone catches him smoking weed/crack/meth/whatever mixture he makes that day, he gaslights them he doesn't know what the hell they're talking about as he blows smoke into their face. (his main argument is "you're high"). His high school girl thing is the fact that in his free time, he also deals drugs to them, and if they can't pay him in money, they pay him in other ways, but he doesn't do it out of pleasure, he's just chaotic as fuck. Anytime he gets the "other form of payment", he calls the girls' parents and snitches on them, (not about the drugs, just the payment, because he wants them to become addicted) and he says they lied about their age (even tho they're wearing full on high school uniforms). His cartel is his way of earning, fuck the writing. His secretary or whatever that bitch is, is his main distributor.

*Kisa's mutism is just bullshit; she doesn't open her mouth because it's always filled with vapor, and she can't let her mom find out.

*Rin neighs instead of moaning, gets super pumped up when they do cowgirl position, "I'm your cowgirl daddy" type of bullshit, turns Haru off in an instant, he can't really say shit, she still provides him with K.

*Hatori, Shigure and that third ponytail woman had LSD mixed with DMT, had a 10 hour trip that felt like 5 years, fully made up the Hatori's ex fiance character, it was actually just a rock.

*Tohru is stone cold sober, she just has an IQ of Theodore the Chipmunk. Thinks this is a daily occurrence.

[thethiefinwhite]

Shigure's helping his sister get ready for the day. :)

[lucxien]

oh man u guys are not prepared for this (i’m not gonna finish it)

[adsevel]

[ Early ] Birthday Drabble for Jazz ⸻ ♡ @shigured ⸻

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It was the languid sound of the continuous drum loading the senses in a way that desired an explanation for how sudden, how mind-filling, how nearly overwhelming the sensation of it was in the otherwise uninterrupted serenity of a darkened sky that leads to no answer for all unspoken queries. As they never would come. It was the usual, after all: never would the youth reply past quivers and bouts, past the nearly obstinate behaviour of youthful excitement. One would think that in the way clouds rise and chase each other in heavy winds, the feeling of this subtle strum was explainable 'at best', perhaps surprising 'at worst'. But the breeze around them that Shigure could feel was dry, still heavily loaded with the idea of an upcoming storm, electrified in the ways it could be perceived in seconds worth that one would take a breath. How quaint to feel it all long before it would even reach them. How beautiful to be aware of the surrounding, just for one soul to reach them, to teach them. To hear it all for them, to provide for them, to have them know. Thus, Shigure would look outside the window, watch the shrouding of the sky similar to a maelstrom's heaviness and feel the intensity of the world brought down upon them by someone else. 

He had always had the habit to make them feel whatever it was he would experience. Make it as luminous as the sun peaking through the cracks of sheer darkness. What a comforting thought to have---

That he had always had the knowledge to provide a world lightened and illuminated in ways so unlike anything else that could be seen by their own eyes. So thus, in the warmth and cosy atmosphere of their own home, eyes alight with nought else but another person's unbridled ardour, the cup of tea in their hands could grow cold in just witnessing, just being drowned in a sensation that was tinged in a multitude of nuances representing the brightest shades of colours and sounds and blossoming feelings on skin. Still, the rain had not yet come to them. Would probably need hours and hours to reach the Seireitei, yet if looking at the sky and trying to find it, one could see the veil of greys and whites hazing vision and proclaiming the blanketing comfort of something that should be uncomfortable to behold. 

But it was warm. Soothing. Reassuring. And they couldn't help but chuckle at his antics for wanting to explore a forest under a storm. For feeling the fine, barely [ for them? how was it for him? ], perceptible trace of raindrops he was able to convey in full when all he did do was just let them know about the sensation as a whole. He had not spoken to them in what could be amounted to half a bell, had not found it necessary to do so, not wanting to do so, within that feeling of his appreciation for hours he could spend that way, Kisuke was so willing, so wanting to tend to them with it too. At times, it made them wonder, without having these mental quips and ideas disturb their innocent back and forth: why would he? 

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The crackling noise of dry thunder splits the sky open similar to a spider's web painted in the corner of a room with all its fine silvery feel. Thin lines that promise a cooling of the atmosphere, yet no rain has been spotted reaching the dry ground, no desired relief brought for by the aching sky on that scorching hot day of this unrelenting summer. And still? They were able to feel it. The light tingling of drops across the exposed skin of arm, as if fingertips would tease them towards the very promise of a reprieve now that the day had settled and early evening hours were unfolding before attentive eyes. In a sense, they had to wonder where he was. Wanted to question this wordlessly, silently, within that mild laugh released when only reply to queries were the jovial feelings of delight. What was it today? He had mentioned it, had he not? Sometimes within the everlasting moments similar to playful onslaught, hard it was to figure out the true pieces of information important for upcoming hours and even days the Captain had to keep in mind. Always just when attention had already been divided towards orders and missions of sorts, a terror as always. A well-needed salvation for their mind - as always [ how does he always know when to reach out for them? ].

A field trip of sorts, was it not? At least he had fluttered ideas and thoughts about it towards their way for the better part of the morning, something akin to excitement with a mixture of displeasure, as it would take around three days for him to return to the academy, to return to their lectures as it were. What a menace he could be; even though one would think attention dwindling, nought it was when he would carry the upcoming lashing of the sky towards them in the most beautiful of symphonies, the brightest of colours. Just like always, filling different spots of muted tones with the most luminous, sheer delight that one couldn't even fathom experiencing. 

At times, Kisuke's antics could appear a little bit too much. A flustered little sort of glimmer, knowing very well that he would stand somewhere, stare up at the sky, within the light flutter of imperceptible touch Shigure would be able to feel endlessly enveloping them in the drag of evening hours still spent inside the division building. How quaint, that this little tidbit of a musing and enjoyment of this man could set their heart aflutter in the simplest of ways; yet, as time had passed and thoughts would be distracted, there was a huff. At times, he could be a bit much to handle.

Diversion of motivation evident in how minutes had drawled on and turned into half an hour, thus when they decided upon it being enough, their thoughts and wants and wishes to have him cease [ for a few hours at least, he could do that, no? ] would be overturned and caught by a near too childish bout of happiness towards their indignation. A tease. A little bit of a taunt. Enough to be drawn away fully: giving up that endeavour that was lost the moment he intruded upon their 'desire to work', a means of diversion that Shigure did not know they needed right now. At times they have to wonder, would it always stay this way? Would it ever change? Would he ever shift from that ease and wit and humorous little tones, making him hard to be recognised by their emotions finely crafted, sent and travelling through their bond back and forth? Should it ever change, if it came to ending this thought experiment where it had not even begun? - in the blinking of eyes and jovial laughter, when they could feel and sense Kisuke's displeasure of paying attention not to him, but whatever else may catch their fancy. Nothing but him there should be - proclaimed and pushed and hovering above them, even though he was so far away. Mayhaps it sometimes will. But for right now, it sure would never be.

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Hasty, such hasty thoughts and movements, forcing and chasing him around through a downpour like no one had ever seen. It is not the first time drumming sounds of fine delight would press on and on in ways usually enjoyed, now brushed away within the mind's intensity that no human could ever stand and endure. He was glad for the fierceness of the world surrounding him trying to swallow him whole in these pulses that he would draw closer and closer to the person searched for, sought-after for what could only amount to hours now in the World of the Living. All done as soon as his senses had focussed on smoothing over what could only be accounted for as sheer blinding pain [ enough to take his breath away? enough to feel like his heart would stop if not so desperately beating in unison with another person's? ] with eyes widened and concentrated again on what his mind was setting out to do; as soon as that had paths been wound and wound, endlessly rattling on in circles to steer closer and closer ever to his target.

There had been numerous ideas floated back and forth of what could have happened; of what should have never happened, and yet boiled down to a simple solution beyond his expectation. Thus, in a sense, Kisuke desired for it not to be true. Desired for a simpler thing to have happened, like a swirling nightmare unbeknownst to everyone so surely hard to wake up from, if not boiling down to the realisation that this was as palpable as his very thoughts shifting towards the denouement found that he had to move, where none other could have moved anymore. With words brought forth towards questioning, towards inquiring voices, brushed off with the sheer hurry he had been in to make his way towards what could only be boiled down towards his impeccable realisations that mind had drawn in a blind panic. To go out and seek. For all the ones still wanting to hold him back be damned and brushed aside. What a delicate undergoing in attempting to stall someone of power unknown and unmatched, with a vindictive conviction to match it all. If there would be any time, shall regard their queries towards his rightful return [ but would he answer? would Kisuke even return at all? ].

Nearer, ever nearer. Time passed [ too long? too much? ] for him to find the place of hidden pause? To find the place of rest and security now that he stood there, wide-eyed and breathless, drenched in that storm that had all creatures run off and hide somewhere away from - from them - for him to draw through those mazes of nature's beautiful built, through it all, beyond the comprehension of exhaustion to find someone so truly in need to be found. In that harsh and inhospitable world that had carved out a mere meaning of unrest followed by a scathing feeling of sheer despair. And within all of this, in that little wooden hideout he had discovered somewhere tucked away in the corner of this existence, where Kisuke stood and watched and still needed a few too many heartbeats to truly approach, he had missed the stillness of the sky around him. Tearing open through the ominous blackness, obscurity met with calm after the storm. But as if on cue, as if he knows about it, as if he had not subjugated himself to feeling of desparation, and just like that [ simple as that? ] had stepped over the threshold of this humble abode, in that moment that was like entering another world, had the heavens decided to stop their weeping, for that one person, that was the most important to him ever in his life - had finally been found. 

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How quaint. To not be able to perceive with one of the senses that would be normal to ely on alone. To be left to only depend on those that are left to him, that remain to him, in that delirious state of his mind where he had brought down to a halt and rest, if not for the continuous search of someone else so lost in the maelstrom of their emotions when he had done and fulfilled the unthinkable. Had brought them both down to a separation his mind now screamed for to be reinstalled fully and wholly, for as dark and invisible as the surrounding truly was, his soul and mind had blackened themselves out. Grey, his world was so misleadingly grey that he could not even fathom what another might think. Was that what it was? This feeling so similar to--- To lose something so precious that all the life could be sucked from his perception as brilliant and shining as it usually had been? Losing eyesight was not a problem [ had it ever been? ], but losing that connection, that warmth, that love, it was as maddening to his jumbled thoughts as he would never want to experience it ever again. 

Distracted and disturbed, chasing own thoughts down a rabbit hole, there is a quiet breath exhaled in seconds that his hand had been taken, had been cradled in such familiar ones that he couldn't help but smile. He knows, knows it all well enough, the way that he should have felt their approach, yet had not been able to, had not caught the idea of conferred rain he could hear steadily drumming around them upon the division building of the fourth. Subtly, calmly, pressing against the window plane of the room Kisuke had been brought into to rest and be cared for. Steady and calm as it was, nought upon his skin in the fine strum of another's perception, only now knowing that Shigure had made their way through the soothing feeling when he felt the wetness on their fingertips. The cold. The chill. The knowledge of it all usually would be kept off and away just for the ideas and notions and thoughts that they wanted to bring before one another. How artistic had it always been. How bright and open and creative---

How bizarre to be unable to know about it now beforehand. To be aware of this sheer purity of the moment when it all boils down to them, and only them in the bustling of a division that sounded yet so far away. 

It all was brought down to heartbeats, fingertips against the fine pulse of a subtle intonation beneath formerly torn open skin. It was all there in just the pulses, the sounds of voices, the way they would reach for each other even though Kisuke should not know where they are, had blocked out visions and images, pictures and ideas, burnt it all like a bridge to never be crossed again. A lie that was, and one that his mind had nearly ruptured in reassuring himself about it, where reassurance should be only given to one person. One alone. 

One that would question him. Plead with him. The desire for him to undo the pain inflicted, not physically, not outwardly, not palpable, but all that was in their cores screaming for each other raw in their back and forth to become one yet again. And how he desired it to be. How it was drowning in his mind beyond the expectations of what he was able to do. To separate a bond as shiningly beautiful as this one that they crafted over hundreds and hundreds of years in his numbing pursuit to keep them safe while knowing well enough: this action alone could leave them at the end of their wits and powers. But was it not that? To spare them the feelings running and coursing through his veins and nerves, splitting his skin open like a fine spidery web done by his very own hand. What a particularly horrendous power, one he had just desired to keep away from them. To keep them safe from it. From him. And yet? In the subtle moments and movements of toiling hands along ruptured skin, trailing up and leaving the fine veil of rain brought inside for him to experience in full, within that tone of voice so broken, so feeble, all that he could not see brought towards his brilliant mind in nearly suffocating realisation - it had not been enough. It had never been enough. For they make it so hard for him, to fulfil an unspoken promise of unbridled protection, of an unbroken oath he would yet - yet still - shatter in that very breath taken to fill his lungs that sting within the remainders of his sacrifice. 

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Vast expanses of greys and shimmering dark nuances of blues. Within the rolling sound of rumbling, that greets his senses in the most obvious of ways, now securely still tucked away in their shared office when only his head had raised to glance out of the window. Kisuke could easily know about the lightning and thunder and yet paid little to no attention to it, momentarily distracted gaze flitting to wander back towards the plans on hand, another's headwriting he was about to read, his own he was about to create, the thoughts he was about to write down. 

Till he felt it. 

The fine sensation of raindrops colouring his senses with unbridled joy. With a nearly juvenile feel to it, a happy little coincidence that went on and on in the cheerful ardency, rushing towards him in what could only be called the luck of the moment when it was, for once, not him to bask his lovely partner in these subtle and simple delicacies of the world. He couldn't help the smile that would etch up upon his lips, that slight little twitch that was all the more telling even if none would have been around to perceive it [ but there were some? ], carried off and away by their bond alone, by that love that would lighten it up time and time again. He knew well enough that they had been out on an errand while he stayed behind to finish up a mutual project, to look after their two little ones, to make sure they would be cared for, as much as Shigure did care for him, care for them. 

Did care to show the purity of the world, the freshness of the air, the clearing symphony on skin that had yet to reach their home and would likely only when they had returned to him, had made their way back with sweets and trinkets not yet talked about, but still snatched up when only the eye had been able to spot them. Luster as it was, flittering of thoughts, the way he could feel it all blossoming and blooming, extending to more souls this time, not only to him.

Thus he moves, chuckles slightly to finally completely divert, to stop, to readjust his attention on more important things than those that had time they could spend in different ways. With how soft, how low his voice would whisper towards their small children running to and fro, filtering themselves in and out of the room to adorn a wall they had left clear and free for them to play with. " Come on. " Within the way, they spoke and the sudden relaxation of his body would lighten up their whole surrounding, would send a jolt of excitement through the bond - not from him, no, from their little ones. " We should make dinner, Mommy will be home soon. " For drowning out the feeling of the rain, the fine drops and rivulets following creases and curves through hair and strands, flowing over the whole body, their little back and forth with those simple sentences spoken, was just enough to tell them. 

And just as that was, Shigure was soon home. 

[buryam-soul]

THIS MAN TOOK ME 158(?) PULLS BUT HE'S HOME AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS!!

(Gave me a C2 Qiqi... I remain Tighnari-less)

Hidden blessing is I got a C6 Yun Jin (heehehe Yoimiya go brr) and C3 Yaoyao out of my attempts.

Bonus:

Starting this year, I'm getting TWO letters on my birthday!! Aether who?? I found my twin already!

[okawarihappylife]

ok now that I outed myself as "I watched fruits basket". we watched 2001 ver last year. um. Shigure and Hatori and ayame can GET IT.

[shichansensei]

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[didsomeonesayventus]

on one hand I should probably branch out and not pair azura up with jakob for my nth playthru of fates rev on the other I simply cannot resist slightly messy but ride or die shigure + dwyer sibling bond

[generalmoony]

Day 2: Shinya’s Birthday

Surrounded by love 💕

[cinderella-ish]

Momiji, Kyo, and what it means to protect the ones we love (part 5 of 5)

From the beach arc onward, we see Kyo intentionally spending more time with Tohru. He asks her to hang out in Kyoto, he eventually agrees to be in the play, they spend the New Year together, and he does little nice things for her when he can, like washing her scarf, or giving her the paper flower when he sees how upset she is.

This isn't wildly different from S1 Kyo, of course. He's done little nice things for her right from the beginning, like going to pick her up from work in E2. But he's more intentional with it now, and he's aware of his feelings for Tohru and desire to spend time with her. He may still feel unworthy of her, but he finally accepts that his presence makes her happy, so he's willing to quash his self-hatred enough to spend time with her, for her sake.

And we see Momiji work at protecting Tohru, most notably in Ask Him For Me, when he tries to accompany her on her mission to find Kureno, and when she insists on going alone, he draws her a map, tells her to stick to the bushes and give his name if she's caught, and tails her to make sure she doesn't get into trouble as she searches for Kureno. (Just look how worried he is! And look at him getting Tohru out of there!) He sees that Tohru feels very strongly about being involved, so he does absolutely everything he can to make sure she can do so as safely as possible. We even see his memory of the night Akito scratched Tohru's cheek, just to make his worries crystal clear.

He also doesn't try to distract or manipulate Tohru when he realizes she's upset. He asks her what's wrong and listens, and he even cries with her.

Takaya also connects Momiji and Kyo in the structure of Ask Him For Me/manga chapters 74 and 75. Momiji's section of this episode is almost bookended by two appearances from Kyo.

Near the beginning, Tohru asks Kyo about Kureno, and he warns her not to go looking for trouble. And at the end, we have that rooftop conversation.

Tohru: It's only natural to want to be with the person you love, to want to be by their side, right? Kyo: What is it? Are you in love with some guy? Tohru: N-n-n-no! It's not about me! Kyo: Don't worry. When you do fall in love, you'll have my full support.

So, in this episode, we have Momiji trying to protect Tohru, and Kyo trying to cheer her up and spend time with her, a complete reversal from where they started relative to each other.

And then, Momiji grows up.

After Golden Week, a bunch of the kids gather at Shigure's house for dinner, and when Tohru notices that Kyo isn't with them, Momiji volunteers to go get him (Momiji really is always the one to invite Kyo to join everyone). In the manga, Tohru starts crying when she notices that Kyo's not with them, no doubt thinking of Kyo's upcoming confinement.

When Momiji arrives in Kyo's room, they have this exchange:

Kyo: You guys are gonna eat here, too? Momiji: It's okay, we settled on curry. Kyo: Whatever. You grew a lot, huh? Momiji: Right? Pretty soon I might be taller than you, and better looking! And then, and then... maybe Tohru will accept my proposal? Do you get that if you give up, something like that might happen? So you shouldn't give up. I'm gonna stop going, 'There's no point in thinking about this,' and giving up. Wouldn't it sting if some other guy took Tohru from you? Well, look at the time! We better go help make curry! Come on!

In the manga, it's made clear that Kyo is horrified that everyone knows he loves Tohru. He stands separate from the rest of the group at the barbecue. In the manga, he and Tohru share a cute moment of blushing eye contact.

I love how Momiji says he'll stop thinking it's pointless, too, after he encourages Kyo not to give up. In a conversation where he could have focused on the fact that Kyo is his romantic rival, he instead focuses on the fact that they both might have futures worth fighting for. They're fighting beside each other, even if they can't both be the one Tohru loves romantically.

Later that episode (or a few chapters later), Momiji's curse breaks. He now has a real future ahead of him, but he sees how Tohru looks at Kyo, and he knows that his own future won't be at her side like he wants.

Kyo: Momiji? Jeez, you're here of all places. Tohru and them are inside looking for you, so- Momiji: What? Kyo: Huh? Uh, nothing. Did something happen? Momiji: My curse is broken. Would it surprise you if I said that? Kyo: What? Listen, you- Momiji: Yours breaking would make Tohru happier than mine breaking. I'm sure she'd be happy. I mean... you know, right? I'm the one this stings. Kyo: Shut up. I don't wanna realize that. It's too...

Gosh, this scene breaks my heart every time. On both of their behalves. Momiji is dealing with his first real heartbreak, and Kyo is dealing with his extremely complicated feelings about loving Tohru, his guilt over Kyoko's death, and his upcoming confinement in the Cat's House.

It's clear Kyo cares for Momiji in this scene, and Momiji really tries to put on a happy face for Kyo, but he can't. Megumi Han does an outstanding job as Momiji in this scene. The way her voice breaks when Momiji smiles and says, "Would it surprise you if I said that?" is just crushing.

The visual storytelling is stunning, too. The wide shots, emphasizing how lonely both Momiji and Kyo are. The way the scene is composed to emphasize the distance between them. The close-ups on their faces when they're each grappling with the thing that's gutting them. The way Momiji's smiles are always immediately followed by the saddest looks. The way their solo shots mirror each other's, at the beginning, middle, and end. We also don't see Kyo's eyes between the moment Momiji says his curse is broken and when Kyo is saying, "I don't wanna realize that."

Before the beach arc, I don't think Momiji would have watched that sort of interaction from a distance, and I don't think he would have let it stop him from making plans with Tohru. He would've just wanted to make her smile and spend as much time with her as possible, even if that meant ignoring her feelings. And he definitely wouldn't have let himself feel sad. Momiji's pain in this scene is evidence of his growth.

That night, Momiji goes to speak to Akito, after having dismissed her the night before. His speech to her might be my favorite moment of the whole series. It's the climax of Momiji's arc, at the very least.

Momiji: I'm sorry I sent you home alone yesterday. I spent the whole day thinking. Wondering why my curse is gone... only mine. I couldn't think of anything that would cause it. But I can say this: Akito, I can't stay by your side for the rest of my life. And you can't tie me down anymore. [Akito slaps Momiji] Akito: Monster! Traitor. Traitor! [Akito beats her fists against Momiji's chest] Akito: If you leave here, leave me, you've got no place to go! Your mother and father won't just welcome you back! No one will! You'll never be happy! Momiji: I know. I've become so free, and so lonely. The curse breaking doesn't mean I'll get the girl I want. And the bonds that unconditionally connected me to everyone are gone. It's too late. I can't go back to before things were broken. But... but don't tell me that not having those things means I can't be happy! Don't just decide that! I feel vulnerable being free, but a happiness might exist for me! It might be somewhere in the future, waiting for me to catch up! I'm going to finally start walking along my own life's path. What about you? How long will you stay here? The person most afraid that if they leave this place, they'll have no home and no happiness... Akito: Shut up. Just shut up. Get lost. Momiji: Okay.

It's almost the credo of the whole series, isn't it? That it's better to make your own way, with no guarantee of love or happiness, than to cling to bonds that have become a burden and wish for things to never change. What Momiji's saying is what Akito needs to accept in order to be free herself.

And Momiji, despite all the loss he's suffered, despite having his heart broken that very afternoon, he's still determined to keep going.

I love this as the climax for Momiji's arc because it showcases the ways he's grown while also showing us the things that have always made him such a special character. He's standing up for himself and his future, not afraid to make Akito angry or say things she doesn't want to hear. He's acknowledging that it hurts, and that he might never have the family he so desires. But he also might.

It's a waste of time to think about loss or life getting harder. The traveler never thought about that stuff.

He still has hope, even as everything seems so dark. And he still tries to help Akito, even after everything she's done to him.

The parallels between Kyo and Akito in this episode/chapter are so well done. For both of them, the pain of moving forward is just too much right now, but Momiji still wants to see them both move forward anyway, and he's telling them this in a straightforward, mature way, rather than manipulating them.

And Momiji's not done affecting Kyo's arc.

After Kyo asks Tohru if she loves him, we see Momiji's face and hear him say, "I mean... you know, right?" Once more, it's Momiji whose voice Kyo hears at such a crucial moment.

It's painful for Kyo to finally accept that Tohru loves him. He doesn't know she already knows about his confinement, and worse still, he knows he has to tell her about the day of her mother's death.

But again, it was Momiji who led Kyo to realize that he loves Tohru in S2, and now it's Momiji leading Kyo to realize that Tohru loves him, too.

After Kyo unloads his guilt on Tohru, and Tohru falls from the cliff, it's really Yuki who gets Kyo to take the final step toward accepting Tohru's love, so I won't say much about that except to point out that Yuki says making Tohru smile was protecting her, and that only Kyo could make her smile like that.

I think this scene, where Momiji and Kagura team up to tease Kyo, is the last time we see Kyo and Momiji together. But they're still affecting each other's arcs all the way to the end.

After Kyo and Tohru get together, they visit Kyoko's grave, and Kyo asks Tohru to move away with him.

It's selfish, and it's going to take Tohru away from everyone else, but he still asks anyway. It's a very Momiji-like thing for him to do.

And then, he says this:

I'm taking her with me. You good with that? I'll keep my promise. I know I'm really late, but... I'll protect her for life. So, we're good, right?

He's taking her with him, and he'll protect her for life. He's learned from Momiji, but he's still Kyo.

As they get ready to leave, Tohru starts reminiscing and starts to cry because she'll miss everyone so much.

Kyo: Clearly you don't get it. Listen up: everyone loves you more than you think they do. So it'll be okay. This isn't the last time you'll ever see them. It's the start of a new banquet, right?

In his last appearance, Kyo hugs her and cheers her up and offers a healthy dose of optimism for their future.

And the last time we see Momiji, he's sitting at the dojo with Haru and Rin.

Momiji: More importantly, how dare Kyo take Tohru with him! I bet he just wants her all to himself. I wanna pinch him! Really hard! Haru: Why not pinch him tomorrow? Momiji: Nah, I can't do it in front of Tohru. Oh, but thanks to him, I have another dream. I'm going to find an amazing significant other, and we're gonna go visit them just to show off! So Tohru had better stay happy. She'd better keep on smiling, or I'll be disappointed.

He's complaining and getting annoyed at Kyo (and threatening light physical violence!), but he's still dreaming of a bright future for himself. And he's trusting Kyo to keep cheering Tohru up in their new home.

When I started thinking about writing this series, the point I thought I'd be making was that Momiji functioned as Kyo's mentor in Fruits Basket. But after putting these posts together, I really think it'd be more accurate to say they were each other's mentors. Their relationship has a mutuality from the start. I hope they remained close as adults.

And I really hope Momiji found an amazing partner.

Momiji and Kyo: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Here's a plug for my fic, Bloom Within Us. It's a canon-divergent AU where Tohru dies after falling from the cliff. I've really enjoyed exploring Momiji and Kyo's relationship in that story. If you've enjoyed this series, I hope you'll check it out!

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Gureshin Week Day 4: Fem!Gureshin

🩷✨Madoka Magica AU✨🩷

@gureshin-week-2023

GRIEF / SEED

The world ends in despair.

Quote from Richard Siken, i know i know.

AU explanation under the cut 👇👇 look im overly dramatic

For fifteen year old Guren Ichinose, the heir of a lowly clan, life offers few possibilities. But when she enters First Shibuya High School, everything changes.

Shinya Hiiragi, part of the very family oppressing Guren's clan and a magical girl, rescues her from harm and asks Guren and her friends Sayuri and Shigure to join her to rebel against their oppressive system.

But then Mahiru Hiiragi, Guren's childhood friend, reappears as a magical girl more powerful than any before, proclaiming that the world will end at the end of the year, and at once the city is met with an increasing swarm of witches from a mysterious organization, The Sisterhood of the Thousand Nights.

As the year wears on, Guren’s friends Sayuri and Shigure join Mito and Goshi in the fold of magical girls, and all must use their newly obtained powers to prevent the nearing apocalypse.

But they fail.

At the end, all that is left against the great witch Mahiru is Shinya, and in front of Guren's eyes, Shinya dies, and all hope is lost. Guren, at Mahiru’s behest finally becomes a magical girl to bring Shinya back to life and turn back time, hoping that if she can do it all again, she might save Shinya from this terrible fate.

The rules are simple -

Shinya cannot learn the truth.

Shinya cannot know Guren loves her.

Shinya cannot become a magical girl.

But every time she turns back the clock, it becomes harder and harder to stop. Every time she repeats the year yet again, reliving an oblivious meeting, Shinya's death becomes more and more inevitable, the devastation of the apocalypse more and more complete. In every timeline, in every reiteration, the angels, the incubators, will take their due, on the despair of the young.

Guren is the reason the world will end. This is the point, the mechanism of magical girls, after all.

The gears of Armageddon will turn. Shinya will choose love over safety, Shinya will die, the world will fall and Guren will rise from the ashes with all the world's blood on her hands.

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Contestants!

Below the cut is the contestants and their matches!

Each poll will be 1 week long, and they'll go out 10 at a time. The exact date and time polls will start going up is a little up in the air right now, because I'm going out of town over the weekend. So they might begin as early as Monday 18th, but probably not later than Wednesday 20th. I'll let you know the night before.

Anyway, just think of this delay as time to write propaganda ahead of your dog's poll going up!

Ruff Ruffman (Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman) vs Muttley (Wacky Races)

Snowy (Tintin series) vs Dog (Columbo)

Maliketh, The Black Blade (Elden Ring) vs Wolfie (Until Dawn)

Unnamed Dog/The Imitator (The Thing) vs Whisper the Wolf (Sonic IDW comics)

Queen Teatinu (Healin Good Precure) vs Nigou/Tetsuya 2 (Kuroko no Basket)

Melody Amaranth (Super Lesbian Animal RPG) vs Pappy van Poodle (Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball)

Sunkist (HLVRAI) vs Dog that can Drive (Drawfee)

Hylian Retriever (Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) vs Wolf (Minecraft)

Bee/Bay (Dragon Ball Z) vs Shadow (Homeward Bound)

Blue (Blue's Clues) vs Ein (Cowboy Bebop)

Snoopy (Peanuts) vs Clifford (Clifford the Big Red Dog)

Argos (The Odyssey) vs Barkspawn (Dragon Age)

Diogee (Milo Murphy's Law) vs Winston (Hannibal)

Good Boy (DuckTales) vs Bear (Person of Interest)

Daisy & Winnie (The Mistholme Museum Podcast) vs Heidi & Jackie (Hello from the Hallowoods) 

Missile (Ghost Trick) vs Sparky (Frankenweenie)

Bond (Spy X Family) vs Goddard (Jimmy Neutron)

Scratch (Baldur’s Gate 3) vs Iggy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Cujo (Danny Phantom) vs Cujo (Cujo (1983))

Momiji Inubashiri (Touhou Project) vs Tequila/Ernesto Salas (Arknights)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes) vs Scooby Doo (Scooby Doo media)

Shrimp (The Upturned) vs Holidog (Holiday World)

Rapunzel the Corgi (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) vs K9 (Doctor Who)

Blue (Wolf’s Rain) vs Shiba-Warrior Taro (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Annoying Dog (Undertale) vs Old Dan & Little Ann (Where the Red Fern Grows)

Chou Chou (Shoujo Cosette (Les Miserables anime)) vs Porthos (Star Trek: Enterprise)

Pompompurin (Sanrio) vs Krypto (DC)

Sorry-oo (Moomin) vs Tau (Palia)

Jake the Dog (Adventure Time) vs Lesser dog (Undertale)

Noodle (Nona the Ninth/The Locked Tomb series) vs Nina Tucker/Alexander (FullMetal Alchemist)

Lucky the Pizza Dog (Marvel Comics) vs Seymour (Futurama)

Wishbone (Wishbone Series) vs Angelo (Final Fantasy VIII)

Ox (Dimension 20: Unsleeping City) vs Hewie (Haunting Ground)

Bingpup (The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System) vs Elena (Spiritfarer)

Barnaby B. Beagle (Welcome Home) vs Charlie B. Barkin (All Dogs Go to Heaven)

Polterpup (Luigi’s Mansion) vs Gromit (Wallace and Gromit)

Santa’s Little Helper (The Simpsons) vs Slink/Slinky Dog (Toy Story)

Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog) vs Twig (Hilda)

Zosimos/Zozo (The Glass Scientists webcomic) vs The BTS Wolves (Midnight Burger)

Unnamed Dog (Teletubbies) vs Shigure Souma (Fruits basket)

Dachsbun (Pokemon) vs Hector J. Peabody (Mr. Peabody & Sherman)

Inuyasha (Inuyasha) vs Frank the Pug (Men in Black)

Sam (Sam and Max) vs Barnabas (The Sandman)

Duck Hunt Dog (Duck Hunt) vs Mira (Silent Hill 2)

Fairy (Mo Dao Zu Shi) vs Shiloh (Shiloh series)

Makkachin (Yuri!!! On Ice) vs Becquerel/Bec (Homestuck)

Rush (Mega Man) vs Dogmeat (Fallout 4)

Dog (Good Omens) vs Zamazenta (Pokemon)