#shounen style

[rainbow-taishi]

I Gave Birth to a Shounen Protagonist so I Trained Myself to Avoid Death

[rosie-moon]

Inuyasha (犬夜叉)

[mari-lair]

Akane (Human Aka)

[mayugoo]

AidaIro style study I did for class!

I did a color practice & then did my own attempt with drawing rin in the style from scratch. i might post all my study notes for the style after i pass this year if people are interested

[makshu]

New JSHK art ✨️

This is the art of chapter 116

(I swear I thought it was Tsukasa-)

[royakahoshiart]

No dot version below the cut

tumrlb please stop ruining mu quality

[hanakou-often]

The way they draw each other is so silly <3 Kou with the scratchy lines + borderline analog horror art style depicting Hanako as a smiley person contrasting Hanako's simple blobby doodles that emphasize Kou's spiky hair + angrier eyebrows is everything!! Special mention to Kou's concentrated face, really sells how seriously he takes drawing his goofy ghost

[animeglitch]

[hanakotei]

🌕

[vexsucks]

[adeleine-everyday]

day 29

"Adeleine" from Hoshi no Kaabii: Adventures in Pupupu Land (2006), opening credits

[2rasengan2]

Wip

Eye shield 21

[rosie-moon]

Inuyasha (犬夜叉)

[mari-lair]

they are stupid

[musicalmoritz]

I've noticed you're into psychology so maybe you can help me out with figuring out what attachment style Kou is :D I think he has an anxious attachment style but I'm not sure since he doesn't always fill out the criteria for lack of a better word. Idk I'd just love to hear your thoughts on this

*pulls out my AS psychology degree* You’ve come to the right place

I had to brush up on attachment styles for this because I haven’t thought much about them since I took lifespan development psych. I’ll admit, my initial reaction to Kou having an anxious attachment was to be on the fence. I have an anxious attachment style and my own relationships look very different from the way Kou’s are portrayed, I tend to maintain distance while Kou goes all in. But not all styles are going to present the exact same way, and upon further inspection I think an anxious attachment style is most likely for Kou!

It makes sense with how unstable his home life is, and how Teru focused a lot on warning him about the dangers of the world. Plus with how Teru (who seems to be his primary caregiver after his mother’s death) is very loving but also not home often, putting a lot of responsibility on Kou. He clearly wants strong relationships, but he’s terrified of losing people. He needs constant reassurance, which is a core element of anxious attachment. Even early in the manga, he panicked when he thought Teru didn’t trust him with the school mystery case

Then we have his romantic relationship with Mitsuba, which is a whole train wreck in and of itself. This is another dynamic in which Kou requires constant reassurance, he needs Mitsuba to rely on him and only him. In fact one of his deepest desires is for Mitsuba to be helpless without him. We see this also in his friendships, with how he’s constantly trying to prove himself to Hanako and Nene by showing off that he can protect them (even in situations where he clearly can’t). He’s also insecure in his friendships with Yokoo and Satou, wanting to open up to them about his life as an exorcist but being forced to keep it a secret. And he struggles to talk about his emotions, I don’t remember the exact chapter but Yokoo and Satou pointed this out during the school sleepover at the beginning of the Grim Reaper arc

So yeah, Kou wanting so badly to be close to people but never feeling secure in those relationships definitely looks like an anxious attachment style. I’ll add that Mitsuba shows signs of a disorganized attachment style, specifically with the way he interacts with Kou. He wants someone to rely on, but when Kou offers to be that person for him he pushes him away. It takes Kou jumping off a building for Mitsuba to believe he genuinely cares about him. I mention this because tbh disorganized attachment styles kinda fuck me up, I get emotional just reading the word. But I digress

Thank you for this ask, I love to infodump about psychology!!

[sundaifm]

Currently re-reading soul eater