#takeo ore monogatari

[phopollo]

Hear me out

Double date

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Autistic Anime Boys Side B Round 1 Match 2

Propaganda:

Karna -

"Canonically comes across as unintentionally cold and blunt to others due to his straightforwardness and honesty, he is consistently drawn with a flat, unexpressive face, one of his canon dislikes is listed as being 'The word "communication skill" and multiple issues of his stem from his inability to properly communicate what he means to say to others without them misinterpreting it due how he talks and looks….despite this there's an incident in the mobile game where he has a multi-page spiel about how much he admires the fighting spirit of crabs. He's also projected his rival onto at least TWO people including a 3 week old guy because he's so obsessed with fighting the guy again and I'd argue that counts as a kind of hyperfixation, not to mention how he often tries to relate things back to his divine father and his general one track, hyperfocused mentality whenever he's convinced something needs to be done a certain way. This man is autistic as hell."

Takeo -

"He’s a very straight-forward, honest high schooler, who doesn’t understand social conventions but is also so oblivious that he rarely notices when he breaks one (though he is in fact aware of his own obliviousness, and spends a lot of time worrying that he fucked something up.) He’s very loud, enthusiastic, and earnest about things, and is also a physically massive and not conventionally attractive guy, so a lot of people initially dislike or are frightened by him, but if they spend more time around him, they often realize he’s actually an incredibly good person. Sometimes it’s because they just understand his personality better with time, sometimes it’s because they see him leap to help others no matter how dangerous the situation is (usually the danger is something physical, but he has put himself at risk for other types of dangers, like having his beloved girlfriend stolen by a cool pastry chef)."

[naidje]

[mokacheer]

♡ 14 Days to Fall in Love ♡ with: @apparently-artless

⤿ Day 6: Changes in us + Ore Monogatari!!

[himawaari]

[violetearuby]

[bubblegumrush]

S𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥'𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥⌇𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛⌇𝖬𝗒 𝖫𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝖲𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒!!

Chapter One

You might have been born in the same womb. But when it came to looks and personality, you two were nothing alike. Your brother, Takeo Gouda, was strong and manly, almost like a gorilla; he might even start to resemble one. He’s also sweet and caring. So, you often wondered how you were related. Since you looked nothing like him, and you were nothing like him. 

You might have been twins, but that doesn't prove anything. At least not to you. Your dad likes to tell you how sweet and kind you are and that you’re the sweetest girl in the world. And your mom always tells you how such beauty and grace was born out of her stomach. That, in the womb, you stole all of Takeo’s beauty, so that’s why your beauty shines brighter than anybody else’s. 

You and Takeo share the same golden heart, but you just won’t admit it. In your head, you're trying your best to be like Takeo—kind and selfless; otherwise, you would never feel part of this family. You’re so in your head that the thought of being kind out of your own volition was impossible to believe; you did it to be like Takeo, not because you’re nice. 

You and your brother were close, but as you grew older, you grew further and further apart. You used to be able to read him like a book, but now it seems like you guys are just not in sync anymore. Nevertheless, you knew something had changed in him these past few days. He’s been acting skittish, always daydreaming during dinner, laughing to himself, and telling you how happy and fulfilled in life he has become.

"How weird..." you said to yourself, looking at Takeo enthusiastically typing on his phone.

Suddenly, he got up and exclaimed, "I’m heading out!" He shuffled quickly to get up and head towards the front door to put on his shoes.

"Hey, wait up!" You blocked the door with your body, ready to interrogate him. "Where do you think you’re going?"

He took a minute to come up with an answer, starting to sweat from the tension, as lying was something he had trouble doing. "Umm... to meet up with some friends?" He questioned, not sure if that was the answer he wanted to go with.

"You don’t seem so sure for someone who was excited to go out a second ago." You pushed even more.

You could see the sweat drop from his face; he was clearly hiding something, something he clearly wanted to tell me but was not sure if he should.

His face was turning red from biting his lips so hard that he forgot to breathe. 

"You breathing?"

He shook his head, scared that if he spoke, he would spill out his secret.

"So, is it a girl?"

All of a sudden, he started coughing profusely, saying, "I-i got to go!" He let out while dying in his shoulder.

He lifted you up, plopped you away from the door, and quickly rushed to put on his shoes.

 You grabbed him by his shirt, making him stop what he was doing. "Takeo, wait."

He looked at you, his face still full of sweat, as he felt that you were going to interrogate him even more. "Y-yes" He managed to let out.

"Look, I get it. You have things you don’t want people to know, especially your family. But please, Takeo, remember that I’m your sister, your twin sister. I’m always here if you need me; I’ll never turn you away." You said it confidently, seeing if he'd fall for your words. You did mean what you said, of course, but this has been going on for too long for you to not pull out the ‘we are family’ card.

He gulped as he decided whether or not to tell you. "Y/N…"

"Yes!" You exclaimed, ears wide open.

"I…I.."

"Yes, Takeo?"

"I-I’ve got to go!" He said, getting out of the house. "But I promise, I promise, I’ll tell you soon. Very soon, Y/N!"

He left you dumbfounded—dumbfounded by the fact that even after you pulled out the irresistible card, he didn’t tell you.

Something smelled fishy, and you had to know!

You run up to Sunakawa’s house, which is just next door, just like Takeo would usually do. You barge into his room without knocking, surprising him since he expected Takeo and not you."Sunakawa! You have to tell me what’s going on with Takeo!"

He put down the book he was reading and let out a sigh. He promised Takeo he wouldn’t spill the beans and would let him tell her at his own pace, but this has been going on for too long. He’s been tortured for too long by dealing with his shtick. From being dragged along to a mixer to getting used like a kissing doll, he had enough of Takeo’s buffoonery.

"I can’t; I promised-"

"C’mon, you can’t leave me out of this." You pleaded, kneeling down in front of him as he sat in his desk chair. "I’m your best friend’s sister; I’m your only friend’s sister. You can’t tell me that doesn’t mean anything?"

He seemed slightly annoyed that you had to mention that he only had one friend. "Fine, but you can’t tell Takeo I told you."

You sat, legs crossed, in front of him, listening carefully to what he had to say. You and Sunakawa had a very weird relationship. You obviously knew him from childhood, but that didn’t exactly make you friends. It was more like acquaintances who've known each other for more than a decade. Well, I guess you two were more than acquaintances…

"So…?" You waited as he thought about whether or not he would tell you. But finally, he decided to tell you, after a long sigh of disappointment in himself for letting him cave to you. "He has a girlfriend."

"…" You shot up from where you sat and gasped very loudly, "Really!?"

You gripped his arms and shook him. "Does he really!?" You pulled him closer to your face, awaiting his answer. Eyes staring deeply into his, patiently awaiting his answer.

He gave out a small chuckle, laughing at your antics, and said, "Yes, really," and gently pushed away.

"Oh, sorry, I didn’t mean to..." You apologized, realizing how you might have made him uncomfortable with just how close you were.

"No, it’s okay. But don’t forget. You did not hear this from me."

"Of course, I would never betray you."

"Sunakawa told me." You let out a sigh as you felt a glare behind you for betraying a promise.

All three stood in the living room as you confronted Takeo about his so-called girlfriend’.

Takeo shot a glare towards Sunakawa, who stood behind you, and as he did, he looked away, pretending not to notice his look.

He still doesn’t know why he told you because you clearly can’t keep a secret to save your life, just like your brother.

"Sorry, I couldn’t keep it in." You looked back at Sunakawa. "But you! You can’t keep this kind of secret from me!" You stated this disappointedly, turning back towards your brother.

"B-but Y/N, I didn’t know how you would react…"

"What do you mean?" You shrugged your shoulders, looking away, feeling slightly guilty.

"Remember that time when you fought a girl because she liked Suna over me?"

That wasn’t the only reason you fought her…

"Meh, I was six. You can’t blame me for sticking up for you. You were saying that you were in love with her. And she rejected you and went for your best friend. In my opinion, she deserved everything that came to her." You said that, proudly remembering that fight.

"And that time when you cursed at a girl because she said I was weird."

"Well… That was five years ago, when I was eleven. How can you blame me for standing up for you? That girl had no right to call you that; only I can." You confidently stated this, slowly starting to see where he was coming from when he said he didn’t know how you’d react.

He had a huge smile on his face when, suddenly, you got tackled into a bear hug. "Oh, Y/N. I love you so much. You’ll definitely be the first to meet Yamato!" Lifting you off your feet and swaying you left and right.

"Can’t…breath…" You mumbled, your life flashing before your eyes.

He freed you from his arms, letting you breathe. "Tomorrow! You’re going to meet her tomorrow!" he said, holding your hands and jumping up and down like a little kid. "I’ll go see her right now and tell her! She’ll be so excited!" He squealed, running off to go see his girlfriend.

"Well, that wasn’t so bad, was it?" You turned around towards Sunakawa, who still looked disappointed at you for calling him out. "I’m so sorry. I promise I couldn’t keep it in; I just couldn’t lie to my brother. Could you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?"

You walked closer to him, giving him puppy eyes. He took a step back as he was stunned by how close you were. "Y-yeah, of course."

"Good, cause I don’t want to have bad blood between us." You said this, relieved from the thought you may have upset him.

"Well, it’s not like I didn’t expect it. You’re a bad liar; I can’t really blame you." He insulted you casually, probably because of the earlier comment about him having no friends. "But I’m not sharing with you any more secrets; you can’t be trusted with that big mouth of yours."

He looked at you with a slight smirk. "Wha-? I wouldn’t go that far. I mean, bad liar, maybe. But not sharing with me your secrets? I’m offended." You smirked back.

"Offended?" He questioned, moving closer to you. "Sure, I’ll share with you a secret, but you can’t tell anyone." He leaned down at you and looked you straight in the eyes.

You started to sweat, nervously laughing as you avoided his eyes. ‘So close…’ you thought, your cheeks slowly turning red.

He opened his mouth and slowly whispered, "I’m going home."

He stood back up straight, a smirk still plastered on his face.

"What? Wait, that wasn’t even a secret-"

He walked toward the door, ready to leave. "Hey! I’m not finished." You ran up to him.

He turned around for the last time and smiled at you before leaving home for the apartment next door.

"Jerk" You murmured under your breath as he left.

[troycattribunny]

My Love Story!!! isn't just a trope subversion of "cute girl gets with ugly guy". A big thing with the story is Yamato thinks Takeo is HOT. Like yes she loves his personality but its really his looks that she is usually focusing on. AND THATS A GOOD THING.

Think of it this way, "You have a great personality" is usually used as a shorthand in media to highlight physical lacking. You have to get by having a great personality because you're ugly. Thats also what Takeo has been told before. He's not beautiful or an ikemen like Makoto but he's kind and purehearted, funny and great but he's in competition with Makoto and he's not conventionally attractive they don't expect him to get a girlfriend and therefore he's not enough. This is even brought up by Makoto's sister: no one would date him because he's not conventionally attractive.

We're AWARE of this because we're aware of shoujo troupes. We're aware of the funny fat friend. In our culture, in the real world.

Now before I bring up the subversion of Takeo, because obviously thats a big theme in My love story i want to bring up Yamato. If Takeo is a subversion of Shoujo male leads, Yamamoto is a subversion of Shounen romance female leads. "How?" You ask, "Yamamoto is obviously adorable and conventonally attractive' and to that i say YES, You are so correct! Thats the point. She's beautiful and clumsy and adorable and thats why she's a subversion.

She is so much morte than a pretty face, even when we first meet her trying to court Takeo we find a hobby: Baking. And obviously Takeo likes to eat.

The real subverion of My love story obviously comes by their love. But its so much more than "Cute girl loves ugly guy". Its the fact that Takeo does think Rinko is cute, but more importasntly its Takeo caring about her interest. He takes her to cafes and is aware of her baking hobby. He's more in love with Rinko than her body. She's so much more than a "cute girl"

and on the flip side: RINKO IS HORNY AS FUCK! There are three episodes that continuosly show us how Horny on main Rinko is. The fanservice isn't on Rinko its on Takeo. She thinks he's HOT. Yes she loves his personality but He's HOT. To her Takeo isn't "the ugly guy" he's a hot guy.

[mahoutoons]

this is the funniest scene in anime history

[ecargmura]

Unexpected My Love Story!! (Ore Monogatari!!) Reunion

I finished watching the new episode of Nokotan and was surprised when I heard the voice of the cafe owner.

He's voiced by Takuya Eguchi.

Noko is voiced by Megumi Han.

These two were in an anime together before, My Love Story!! They were the leads!

I adored that anime, so I was surprised to realize it was a surprise reunion.

[choujinx]

ORE MONOGATARI!! (2011-2016) by kawahara kazune & aruko

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Autistic Anime Boys Side B Round 2 Match 1

Propaganda:

Haru -

"I mean, obviously he's the autistic boy obsessed with water and everyone knows that, but his whole character arc pretty much stems from this quote he says at the start of the show: "There's an old saying my late grandma taught me. When you're ten, they call you a prodigy. When you're fifteen, they call you a genius. Once you hit twenty, you're just an ordinary person." And if that doesn't scream autistic kid being singled out at a young age and then panicking about not knowing how to deal with the expectations of being older, then I don't know what does.

… But also, yes, he's the water guy. They had to stop him from climbing into a fish tank in a shop one time."

Takeo -

"Takeo loves working out and helping other people and, most of all, his beautiful girlfriend and equally beautiful (boy)friend. He's not great at reading social cues, but he is great at literally everything else."

[spoopysaz]

Takeo!! Such an amazing character x3

[maritessa]

I just read Ore Monogatari and can I just say that Suna is such an AroAce icon I absolutely LOVE him.

When Yukika showed up, I feel so bad but I was PRAYING for her downfall because I DID NOT want Suna to get together with anybody 😭 I'm sorry y'all but it just wouldn't feel right. Suna says he's never really had an interest in dating anyone, he's never really had those feelings, and while he says it would be nice to experience them— he's never really felt like he's missing out on anything.

A lot of people argue that his thinking of wanting to try to be in love is a sign that he's not aspec but I think saying that is dangerous for the community. Aspec individuals can also yearn for a connection, it's a matter if we can and in what way. Being connected doesn't necessarily mean "romance", Suna always makes a point that he wants to be with someone like Takeo aka his best friend who's always there for him, who he feels natural with, who he can just vibe with.

I can relate with him in that sense! I have a partner right now and we are NOT romantic in the slightest, we just want to support each other in our own endeavors and talk when we update each other on it. I think that kind of relationship suits Suna best and it's gonna take a while before he can discover that because everyone around him is very alloromantic 💀 (it kinda irked me when people kept pushing him to get a girlfriend cause haha happened to me too and it was not great)

I'm blabbing at this point but I love the idea of Suna being in a polycule with Yamato and Takeo but he's not really dating anyone, he's just there. He's a very vital key of their relationship but he's not really committed to anyone (I guess Takeo if you count being the best bro as a commitment).

[couldpolyamorysavethem]

TAKEO GOUDA, RINKO YAMATO, and MAKOTO "SUNA" SUNAKAWA from MY LOVE STORY!!

Justification:

"Suna is already practically dating these two. They constantly invite him on their dates and plan things for him in just as detailed a way as they do each other. He's the Queer-Platonic member of their relationship. They can always go to him for advice, and he always finds joy in their antics. They're the happiest example of "You and me, and your friend Steve"." - Anonymous

[swandrawn]

Every now and then I like to update a print design to see how much I've improved, and it's so satisfying to see! These are both a little old but only two years apart from each other! Also everyone needs to watch/read Ore Monogatari (the big guy gets the girl 🥰)