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drjingujisclinic · 4 years

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FULL DIRECTORY

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UPDATE - Added Chuuoku I cannot believe I forgot my favorite women

Headcanon Emoji Game

**SMUT**

ICHIRO YAMADA

1Gumi Shitposts

**ICHIRO EATS OUT S/O**

Jealousy Headcanons

With an s/o who is best friends with Samatoki’s s/o

Date at Home

Finding Out His Crush’s S/O is Cheating

Convincing His Older Crush He’s Mature

With a Fem!Crush Who Acts Like a Shoujo Manga Lead

TDD Members With Their Daughters

**VIRGIN ICHIRO WITH VIRGIN S/O**

With a Catgirl-Like Girlfriend

TDD With Their S/O Who Can Dance Really Well in the Club

With a Diabetic Partner

Meeting Someone Similar to Jiro

**ICHIRO BOTTOMING**

With DJ S/O

Marriage Proposal

With Ballerina S/O

Being Overprotective of Pregnant Wife

Diamond Ring - Proposal

Cherry Wine - Date

Teddy Bear - Receiving a Confession

**PINK LINGERIE** - SMUT

Pearls - Do They Want To Get Married?

TDD Helping Their S/O Through a Panic Attack (cw: Panic Attacks)

Seeing His S/O Get Hurt

Coming To His Model S/O’s Lingerie Shoot (Poly with Dice)

BB Domestic Content

Spotting His S/O’s Former Bully

Wanting to Cuddle with his Self-Conscious S/O (cw: Weight/Body Talk)

Cheering Up His S/O

BB Sleepover

Has a Crush on the Same Girl as Samatoki

S/O In Danger Because of Him

First “I Love You”

TDD Insecurities

Romantic Headcanons

With an Otaku/Cosplayer S/O

JIRO YAMADA

With a Fem!Crush Who Acts Like a Shoujo Manga Lead

Bonding With Ichiro’s S/O

Meeting Someone Similar to Jiro

Jiro Coming out to his Family

Introducing his S/O to his Family

With DJ S/O

With a Really Smart S/O

With Ballerina S/O

With a Miko from the Local Shrine

Pearls - Do They Want To Get Married?

Seaside - Ideal Date

With a Fem!S/O who can Princess Carry Him

Ichiro’s S/O Taking Care of Jiro and Saburo

BB Domestic Content

Spotting His S/O’s Former Bully

BB Sleepover

How He Celebrates His S/O’s Birthday

First “I Love You”

Carnival Date

Relationship Headcanons

SABURO YAMADA

With a Fem!Crush Who Acts Like a Shoujo Manga Lead

Bonding With Ichiro’s S/O

Meeting Someone Similar to Jiro

With DJ S/O

With Ballerina S/O

Teddy Bear - Receiving a Confession

Box of Chocolates - Giving a Confession

Celebrating Saburo’s Birthday

Ichiro’s S/O Taking Care of Jiro and Saburo

Schoolgirl Crush on Saburo

BB Domestic Content

BB Sleepover

How He Celebrates His S/O’s Birthday

What He Looks for in an S/O

Confessing to His Crush

SAMATOKI AOHITSUGI

Drinks with his Male Subordinate (Continuation of Confessed to by Male Subordinate)

Finding his S/O with a Kitten, soaked in the Rain

**WITH AN OVERSENSITIVE, MASOCHIST M!S/O**

Confessed to by a Male Subordinate

Learning his S/O also Grew Up With an Abusive Father cw: Abuse

**FIRST TIME SUCKING DICK**

S/O Coming Out as a Trans Man

1Gumi Shitposts

Taking Care Of S/O on their Period (Shitpost)

Sushi - Cooking Together

Cherry Blossom - Kissing; Masks - Jealousy

**MASTURBATION/KINK HEADCANONS**

**KISS MARK - INTIMACY** cw: Pegging

Rejecting a Confession

With an s/o who is best friends with Samatoki’s s/o

Date at Home

Sleeping Headcanons

With an S/O with Dyscalculia

Learning his S/O Doesn’t Believe in Love

Coming Home to his NB Partner Crying from Stress

TDD Members With Their Daughters

Meeting his S/O’s Abusive Father cw: Abuse

With a Male S/O who Looks Big and Intimidating but is Very Soft

Being Comforted by his Agender Soulmate

TDD With Their S/O Who Can Dance Really Well in the Club

With a Heavyset S/O Who Feels Insecure

With a Pro Baseball Player S/O

**REASSURING A PETITE S/O ABOUT HER BODY**

**BOTTOMING FOR HIS MALE S/O**

With an S/O Who Talks at Conversational Level in Their Sleep

S/O Caring for Samatoki After a Scuffle ft. Hello Kitty Bandaids

**POSSESSIVE SAMATOKI SMUT**

**SAMATOKI BOTTOM HEADCANONS**

Caring for his S/O with the Flu

In The Moshpit

Boob/Butt Preferences

Being Overprotective of Pregnant Wife

Discovering his S/O is also Yakuza

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

Box of Chocolates - Giving a Confession

Diamond Ring - Marriage Proposal

Cherry Wine - Date

S/O Knitting Him a Present

Dove - How Do You Express Love?

Cupcake - Are You In Love?

Ice Skating with S/O

TDD Helping Their S/O Through a Panic Attack (cw: Panic Attacks)

With a Soft S/O

S/O Meeting Nemu

S/O In Danger Because of Him

TDD Insecurities

Celebrating His Birthday

Samatoki Romantic Headcanons

JYUTO IRUMA

**RILING UP HIS S/O**

Finding his S/O with a Kitten, soaked in the Rain

**FIRST TIME SUCKING DICK**

**Grapefruit Method**

Taking Care Of S/O on their Period (Shitpost)

Mask - Jealousy

**MASTURBATION/KINK HEADCANONS**

Jyuto’s Best Friend

**S/O GETS HORNY WHEN STRESSED**

Rejecting a Confession

Sleeping Headcanons

With an S/O with Dyscalculia

With a Phantom Thief S/O

**WITH A MASOCHIST S/O**

**WITH A SUBMISSIVE FEM S/O**

With a Pro Baseball Player S/O

**GETTING PEGGED**

**REASSURING A PETITE S/O ABOUT HER BODY**

**JYUTO BONDAGE**

**BOTTOM JYUTO HEADCANONS**

In The Moshpit

Being Overprotective of Pregnant Wife

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

S/O Knitting Him a Present

Hot Cocoa - Three Things You Love About Yourself

Valentine - Do you Like PDA?

RIOU MASON BUSUJIMA

Finding his S/O with a Kitten, soaked in the Rain

Finding his S/O caught in One of his Traps

Cherry Blossom - Kissing

**FIRST TIME SUCKING DICK**

Taking Care Of S/O on their Period (Shitpost)

Mask - Jealousy

Hearing his S/O’s Stomach Rumble

Sushi - Cooking

**MASTURBATION/KINK HEADCANONS**

Kiss Mark - Intimacy

Can His S/O Get him Out of the Woods?

**S/O GETS HORNY WHEN STRESSED**

Rejecting a Confession

Sleeping Headcanons

**WITH FEMDOM S/O** cw: Pegging

Soft Domestic Riou

**WITH A CHUBBY GF**

**TAKING HIS S/O’S VIRGINITY**

S/O Bakes for Him

With a Pro Baseball Player S/O

**REASSURING A PETITE S/O ABOUT HER BODY**

Boobs or Butt?

In The Moshpit

General Riou Headcanons

Riou with a Shy & Girly S/O

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

S/O Knitting Him a Present

Dove - How Do You Express Love?

With a Depressed S/O cw: Mental Illness

**RIOU SMUT HEADCANONS**

Riou Dating Headcanons

RAMUDA AMEMURA

1Gumi Shitposts

Jealousy Headcanons

**VIBRATORS**

Finding Out His Crush’s S/O is Cheating

S/O With Their Own Dark Side

Big Sister Type S/O

S/O with an Orthopedic Problem

**TITJOB**

S/O Is Childhood Friends with Ichiro

TDD Members With Their Daughters

With a Catgirl-Like Girlfriend

TDD With Their S/O Who Can Dance Really Well in the Club

With a Heavyset S/O Who Feels Insecure

Being Slightly Possessive

With Jakurai’s Sibling as His S/O

S/O Discovering His Dark Side

Boob/Butt Preferences

Realizing His Partner is Pregnant

With a Model S/O

Weather - What Do You Love Most?

Diamond Ring - Proposal

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

With Gentaro’s Sibling as His S/O

Friendship Bracelet - What Does Friendship Mean To You?

With a Touch-Starved S/O

Seeing his S/O Dance to Sexy K-Pop songs

With a Fem!S/O who can Princess Carry Him

TDD Helping Their S/O Through a Panic Attack (cw: Panic Attacks)

With a Soft S/O

Comforting his Chubby S/O

Wanting to Get Serious with his S/O

With an S/O Who Pole Dances

TDD Insecurities

**RAMUDA SMUT HEADCANONS**

Confessing to His Crush

GENTARO YUMENO

Jealous because of Ramuda Flirting with S/O

**WITH A SHY MASOCHISTIC SO**

**BOTTOM GENTARO HEADCANONS**

**Blast - Fighting; KISS MARK - INTIMACY**

**Grapefruit Method**

Christmas Tree - Holiday HC; Cherry Blossom - Kissing; Mask - Jealousy

**VIBRATORS**

**GENTARO AND ORAL SEX**

Comforting his Sad S/O

**GENTLE SEX**

**THE GENTARO GETTING CUCKED FIC**

Big Sister Type S/O

**SUB GENTARO**

With a Writer S/O

**SUB GENTARO WITH FEM!S/O**

Gentaro’s First Kiss

Marriage/Family Headcanons

Playing with Gentaro’s Hair

S/O Proofreading for Gentaro

Boobs or Butt?

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

Diamond Ring - Proposal

Box of Chocolates - Giving a Confession

Friendship Bracelet - What Does Friendship Mean To You?

With a Touch-Starved S/O

Seaside - Ideal Date?

Jealousy Headcanons

Romcom - Is Your Story a Comedy, or a Tragedy?

Dove - How Do You Express Love?

With a Painter S/O

How Gentaro Acts Around Others When Upset

How He Celebrates His S/O’s Birthday

What He Looks for in an S/O

First “I Love You”

Confessing to His Crush

DICE ARISUGAWA

**BOTTOM DICE HEADCANONS**

**VIBRATORS**

Date at Home

**THE GENTARO GETTING CUCKED FIC**

Big Sister Type S/O

With a Diabetic Partner

**DICE FUCKING HIS FEM!S/O**

With an S/O Who Talks at Conversational Level in Their Sleep

Boobs or Butt?

Teddy Bear - Receiving a Confession

With a Touch-Starved S/O

Pearls - Do They Want To Get Married?

Linen - Do They Prefer to Be Friends Before Starting a Relationship?

Ice Skating with S/O

With a Soft S/O

Coming To His Model S/O’s Lingerie Shoot (Poly with Ichiro)

With an S/O Who Spoils Him

Carnival Date

With an S/O Who is Taller than He Is

Fluffy Dice Headcanons

JAKURAI JINGUJI

**WITH A MASOCHIST S/O**

S/O Coming Out as a Trans Man

1Gumi Shitposts

Sparkling Heart - Pregnancy

With an S/O Who is Taller Than He Is

Cuddling Headcanons

Jakurai with a Colleague S/O

**VIBRATORS**

Sleeping Headcanons

With an S/O with Dyscalculia

Relationship Headcanons with Jakurai

With a Former Escort S/O

Younger S/O Coming Out as Bisexual

Going to a Butler Cafe with his Lolita-Style S/O

**WITH FEMDOM S/O** cw: Pegging

S/O Bakes for Him

Seeing His S/O Dress Up for an Oiran Photoshoot

S/O with an Orthopedic Problem

Reaction to his Child in Danger

TDD Members With Their Daughters

TDD With Their S/O Who Can Dance Really Well in the Club

With a Diabetic Partner

Pocky Game

**ATTEMPTING DIRTY TALK**

With an S/O in a Band Like Babymetal

With an S/O who is very Affectionate

Dating Ramuda’s Sibling

Wedding

**BOTTOMING FOR HIS MALE S/O**

Boobs or Butt?

**FOREPLAY**

In the Back Row of the Movie Theater

Jakurai Getting Injured in his Assassin Days

S/O With a Heart Condition

**POSSESSIVE SMUT**

**RECEIVING ORAL**

Friendship Bracelet - What Does Friendship Mean to You?

Cherry Wine - Date

Diamond Ring - Proposal

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

Seaside - Ideal Date?

Bath Bomb - What is the Best Form of Self-Care?

Brown Sugar - What Makes Your Heart Warm Today?

Cafe Date

Ice Skating with S/O

With the Ghost of a Patient

TDD Helping Their S/O Through a Panic Attack (cw: Panic Attacks)

Matenrou Group Dynamics

Christmas Shopping

Getting Serious with his S/O

Comforting his Chubby S/O

Surprise Party

Sleepy Cuddles with Jakurai

With an Obsessed S/O

Soulmate AU

Jealousy Headcanons

**GETTING BODY WORSHIPPED**

Jakurai falling ill and his S/O Taking Care of Him

Ramuda Flirting with Jakurai’s S/O

Jakurai with a Single Parent

**MARRIAGE HEADCANONS**

HIFUMI IZANAMI

(sorry Hifumi u got clipped)

**BOTTOM HIFUMI HEADCANONS**

**WITH A MASOCHIST S/O**

Zzz - Sleeping; Money - Grocery Shopping; Masks - Jealousy

Cuddling Headcanons

**VIBRATORS**

**HIFUMI SMUT HEADCANONS**

Sleeping Headcanons

Hifumi Caring for His Partner After a Rough Week

Seeing His S/O Dress Up for an Oiran Photoshoot

With a Heavyset S/O Who Feels Insecure

Cooking with Hifumi

Hifumi with a Hostess S/O with a Fear of Men

Boob/Butt Preferences

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

Seeing his S/O Blush

Seeing his S/O Dance to Sexy K-Pop songs

Matenrou Group Dynamics

Male S/O Comforting Hifumi When His Fear Kicks In

Christmas Shopping

Surprise Party

With an Obsessed S/O

Hifumi as a Husband

Jealousy Headcanons

Platonic with a Fem!Friend from Childhood

Interacting with Someone Unimpressed with his Host Personality

Hifumi Developing Feelings for a Woman

**GETTING BODY WORSHIPPED**

Interacting with Sensei’s Girlfriend

Hifumi and a Male S/O

DOPPO KANNONZAKA

**DOPPO WITH MALE S/O COMFORTING HIM FOR HIS WEIGHT** cw: Weight Talk

**WITH A MASOCHIST S/O**

Make Up Cuddles After an Argument

Cherry Blossom - Kissing; Blast - Argument; Drops - Pool/Beach Day

Doppo and S/O on his Off Day

**DOM DOPPO**

**VIBRATORS**

Doppo with a Uni Student

Sleeping Headcanons

Doppo with a workaholic Fem!Coworker

**SECRET VIBRATOR - IN S/O**

Seeing His S/O Dress Up for an Oiran Photoshoot

Doppo and Hot New Manager

**DOPPO WITH FEMDOM S/O** cw: Pegging

**BREEDING KINK**

With a Catgirl-Like Girlfriend

**SECRET VIBRATOR - IN DOPPO**

**TITJOB**

Workaholic, Self-Deprecating S/O

Meeting the Parents, and the Father is his Boss

With an S/O who is very Affectionate

Being Slightly Possessive

With an S/O Who Talks at Conversational Level in Their Sleep

With a flat-chested s/o

Coming home to his Girlfriend Walking Around in Underwear

**AFTER A NIGHT OUT**

Boobs or Butt?

Hot Cocoa - Three Things You Like About Yourself

Teddy Bear - Giving a Confession

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

Succulent - What are You Looking Forward To?

Dove - How Do You Express Love?

Marriage Headcanons

With a Fem!S/O who can Princess Carry Him

**AFFECTIONATE S/O**

Matenrou Group Dynamics

Christmas Shopping

Comforting his Chubby S/O

Surprise Party

With an Obsessed S/O

Jealousy Headcanons

**GETTING BODY WORSHIPPED**

Interacting with Sensei’s Girlfriend

Fluffy Headcanons

SASARA NURUDE

**SMUT HEADCANONS**

**Grapefruit Method**

1Gumi Shitposts

Mask - Jealousy

Kiss Mark - Intimacy

Zzz - Napping

**MASTURBATION AND KINK**

**SMUT HEADCANONS**

Learning his S/O Doesn’t Believe in Love

With a Musical Comedian S/O

Boobs or Butt?

Sleeping Headcanons

ROSHO TSUTSUJIMORI

S/O Coming Out as a Trans Man

**MASTURBATION AND KINK**

Domestic Headcanons

Boobs or Butt?

Sleeping Headcanons

REI AMAYADO

**MASTURBATION AND KINK**

Boobs or Butt?

Sleeping Headcanons

KUKO HARAI

**FIRST TIME SUCKING DICK**

Arrow Heart - Date; Zzz - Napping; Kiss Mark - Intimacy

1Gumi Shitposts

Cherry Blossom - Kissing

Jealousy Headcanons

**MASTURBATION AND KINK**

Finding Out His Cute Girlfriend is an Assassin

Boobs or Butt?

Sleeping Headcanons

JYUSHI AIMONO

**FIRST TIME SUCKING DICK**

**SMUT HEADCANONS**

Cherry Blossom - Kissing; Mask - Jealousy; Kiss Mark - Intimacy

**MASTURBATION AND KINK**

Finding Out His Cute Girlfriend is an Assassin

Jyushi Celebrating His Birthday

Boobs or Butt?

Sleeping Headcanons

HITOYA AMAGUNI

**NSFW HEADCANONS**

**FIRST TIME SUCKING DICK**

Waking up with his S/O

Hitoya Headcanons

**MASTURBATION AND KINK**

Finding Out His Cute Girlfriend is an Assassin

Hitoya and a Chubby S/O

Boobs or Butt?

Sleeping Headcanons

OTOME TOHOTEN

General Headcanons

Water Drops - Pool/Beach Day

With a Chubby GF

ICHIJIKU KADENOKOJI

Domestic Headcanons with Fem S/O

Water Drops - Pool/Beach Day

With a Shy GF

With a Chubby GF

**PINK LINGERIE - SMUT**

Box of Chocolates - Giving a Confession

Dove - How Do You Express Love?; Linen - Do You Prefer To Be Friends Before Beginning a Relationship?

NEMU AOHITSUGI

Water Drops - Pool/Beach Day

With a Chubby GF

#hospital directory #Pinned Post

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kanri-tea · 3 years

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Jakurai dies! AU (part 4)

The veil between life and death isn't quite as solid as some believe.

OR: Jinguji Jakurai wakes up as a ghost, unable to move on and unable to interact with the world around him.

Dying feels a bit like floating - at first that is. You're lying in an endless abyss of nothingness and it envelopes you like a comforting blanket.

Your eyes are closed, you think, and you don't want to open them. It feels like taking a long nap, but like any nap, you slowly wake up.

It's gradual and slow. It starts with sounds, voices that you recognize but filled with emotions you can't quite place. It doesn't take long before you're being nudged to the world of wakefulness.

And that world that greets you is filled with misery.

When you open your eyes, the first thing you see is a grave. Your grave.

Jinguji Jakurai

21XX - 21XX

Beloved friend and doctor. Thank you for the leaving the world a better place.

You're startled. That's right, you're dead. So why...?

Why are you here, in the world of living when you should be in hell the afterlife?

You wander for a little bit, exploring the graveyard. The people there don't see you, can't hear you. You're unable to interact with anything and you float listlessly.

Why are you here? You're so, so tired.

The first of the TDD, of the people you love, that you see is Ichiro. He's blankly staring at your grave, crouching to eye-level with it.

"Hi, sensei."

You sit next to him. There's an aura of sadness that makes you want to hug the young boy, but you know you can't.

Not anymore.

"I... I don't know what to do anymore. It's like.. every night, the only thing I can think about is how useless I was."

You startle. There are tears in Ichiro's eyes, threatening to spill out at any moment.

"If only... if only I'd stayed calm... If only... god, sensei..."

The tears rain quickly and even as you try your best to comfort Ichiro, you can't get through.

The veil that separates the living and the dead couldn't have been anymore evident and painful, and even as desperation fuels your voice, as you feel yourself get more and more frantic, nothing works.

A b s o l u t e l y n o t h i n g.

It becomes a pattern, you soon notice. First it's Ichiro. Then Samatoki, Yotsutsuji, and Ramuda.

They visit on rotation, and fairly often too. Rarely together, and if it is, Yotsutsuji isn't there.

Your son in all but blood keeps away from Ichiro, Samatoki, and Ramuda, avoiding them like a plague.

You notice the anger, the pain. It hurts your soul to see him in such agony, and nothing you do ever gets through.

You watch Ichiro grow more and more tired with each passing week, a victim to his own grief. His brothers are filled with worry, both clinging desperately to Ichiro. You watch them plan out ways to distract their brother from his grief. They aren't getting through though, and it hurts to see, hurts that you can't hug Ichiro, can't tell him that you're proud of him, that it's not his fault.

You watch Samatoki break down more and more, a whirlwind of guilt and agony, burning up from his own emotions. His sister is gone, choosing the Chuuoku over him. You watch as his new teammates slyly pry and prod him for details, their worry growing with each passing day. You long to hold Samatoki's hand, to tell him that it was your choice to protect them. That it is a choice that you'd make over and over again for them.

You watch Ramuda lose more and more of himself, his grasp on reality loosening with every stray memory that resurfaces. You listen to his tales of his escape from the Chuuoku, his apologies for never telling you about himself. It warms your soul that Ramuda trusts you to tell you this, dead or not, but his airy voice and blank gaze worries you. His teammates often watch worriedly, and you're glad that he has someone watching out for him. You love him, and it's something you never realized until your last moments. You regret that you will never be able to tell him, that you'll never be able to hold him in your arms again.

You watch Yotsutsuji drown in his emotions, in his anger and his sadness. He does his best to imitate you, and while it would have been flattering had he been alive, you desperately wish you could tell him to live his own life, to live his best life. You recognize his teammates and you watch as they do their best to be there for the young boy, and you are so, so grateful. In truth, it's Yotsutsuji's agony that hurts you the most. Once upon a time, you'd promised that you'd be there for him forever, to hold him close on his worst days, to celebrate on his best days. You can't do that anymore, and you hate yourself for breaking that promise.

You stay by their side, moving from one to another. Each day is a different person, and despite how tired you feel, you're thankful for the chance to watch over them even after you've died. You'd once wished at a temple to spend your days with them, to be able to love and protect them with every fiber of your being. You can't do that anymore, but you try to watch over them, to get through to them.

Time passes, you don't know how much time, but you watch as the leaves turn from green to brown, as snow turns to grass. There are whispers of rap battles in the air and you quietly worry.

It's the only thing you can do, quietly worrying.

It's also then when you are greeted for the first time by someone that wasn't a friend nor a patient when you were alive.

Iruma Jyuto greets your gravestone on a sunny day.

"I... My name is Iruma Jyuto. I believe this is the first time we are meeting."

"You are quiet famous, you know? The saintly doctor of Shinjuku, Jinguji Jakurai."

"I should get to the point, shouldn't I? I... We..."

You listen patiently to the young man's words.

But can he really be considered a young man in comparison to you? You're 33, you died at 33. There is no 34 or 35, or any other age for you. You are 33 and you are dead.

"Please, please bless us in this endeavor. We really do want Samatoki to move on, Rio and I. This grief... it's breaking him apart. All of them, really. Aagh, this is so cheesy, why am I doing this..."

"Jinguji-sensei, if you're really there and I'm not just being an idiot and talking to a inanimate object, please let them move on. I know it's not really your fault, but they're stuck. Samatoki, Yamada, Amemura, and Kannabi. So, please, if spirits and whatever exists, please help them come to terms with their grief."

Iruma grumbles for a while longer before leaving. But even as he leaves entirely, his words linger.

You are so glad that they've met teammates that love them so much, but a part of you wonders if you can even help. Nothing you've done has gone through, and sometimes, you question your own existence.

As you ponder and question, questions unanswered by the gods, you watch Ichiro, Samatoki, Ramuda, and Yotsutsuji's teammates stage an intervention. It doesn't go well, not at first.

Of course you should continue on.

You aren't leaving me behind, you're continuing your own path. I'll be by your sides no matter what.

You all deserve the world and more. I would make my choice over and over again if it meant you all lived.

You watch as each division remind their leaders to live. That they are alive and he is not.

You know they will get better one day, someday. You see it in the way they smile, in the way they move with more energy these days. Their teammates are good for them and in turn, they love their teammates with all they have. It's a desperate love of people who've loved and lost many times.

Sometimes, you tell them of how proud you are, of you how much you love them.

You mean the world and more, and I would give everything to protect you.

You're all doing so well, you're all so amazing.

No matter what, I'll be by your side. Nothing but the gods themselves can tear me away.

I love you.

You don't know how much, or if at all, gets through, but sometimes, you like to think that maybe a whisper got through.

They're getting better. They have good days and bad days. The grief and guilt and anger is still there, but they're learning to come to terms with their emotions. Their teammates are their at every step, ready to catch them when they fall.

For the first time in a long time, you're content.

Ichiro will grow big and strong, becoming a responsible and amazing adult. He'll be a kinder man than you could ever be.

Samatoki will stand tall and proud, his strength protecting as many as he can. He'll be far stronger than you could ever wish to be.

Ramuda will shine bright and cheerful, his love will be intense and encompassing. His love will be stronger and fiercer than you could ever hope to match.

Yotsutsuji will become great, a legend in his own right. Someday, he'll find his own path and strive to become better than you, to become someone far more amazing then yourself.

You know they'll be okay, and that fact sits contently in your heart.

They'll be okay.

Had anyone been able to see him, they would've seen a lavender-haired man leaning back against the wall, watching the Division Rap Battle teams. There's a smile on his face, his eyes are crinkled. He looks happy.

Slowly, he fades away, leaving behind nothing to ever show that he was there.

He's gone, but not forever. Maybe he's moved onto the afterlife, maybe he's gone from existence. But in the hearts of those who knew him, of those who've loved him, and he to them, he still there watching over them.

#hypnosis mic #jinguji jakurai #jakurai dies! au #yamada ichiro #aohitsugi samatoki #amemura ramuda #yotsutsuji kannabi #note to self stop writing so much angst #im tired

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courage-a-word-of-justice · 4 years

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Moriarty 8 - 11 (FINAL) | HypMic 12 - 13 (FINAL) | Taiso Samurai 7 - 9 | Akudama 9 - 12 (FINAL)

Hopefully I’ll be able to get on to all that backlog soon, because...I don’t want it to keep accumulating and Skate-Leading Stars (first winter 2021 anime) already has an advance 1st ep. up...

Moriarty 8

(Moriarty 8 notes deleted accidentally…)

Moriarty 9

If you want a modern equivalent to the Baker Street Irregulars, then I’d suggest you look this way *jabs finger at Odd Jobs Yamada (from HypMic)*.

These CGI background horse and carriages are…kind of distracting…

I’m guessing back in those days, the Irregulars were better than Google at finding info…because Google didn’t exist until the internet did.

Moriarty 10

Just this ep and one more until the end…at least, until spring 2021.

Wow, the use of colour here is really striking!

White lilies mean…purity/chastity…?

I’ve never heard of “bending someone’s ear” until now. It means to talk to someone, especially to ask a favour or to talk at length.

Probatio diabolica: the devil’s proof. I didn’t even know that was a concept until now…(I never once studied law, as you can tell.)

“William” isn’t normally shortened to “Liam”…It’s normally “Will”…also, notice all the footprints on the floor…

Moriarty 11 (FINAL)

Last ep. before spring 2021.

LOL, kabedon.

The fishy thing about Brits is that they’ve named things across the world names from Britain. I know there’s a Doncaster which isn’t anywhere near Britain, for one thing…

Observe the weird finger-like marking made by one of the bloodstains and the scratches on the suitcase. The latter was probably forced open.

Considering the number of signs the killer left, he was clearly in a hurry…

Well, based on that shoeprint we can find the killer if we can find traces of blood on his shoe.

“Duram” (sic).

Ah! If it was raining in Durham, then there would be traces of mud on the killer’s shoes. I remember early on in Detective Conan Shinichi, then newly shrunk, deduced Agasa was running in the rain based on the mud on his pants…this is similar.

Chloral (hydrate…?).

The “washroom” (apparently a Canadian term, the British term is “water closet”) has privacy and a place to get rid of the evidence, to some extent.

What about the rest of Eddie’s clothes?

Considering there are still 5 minutes of the ep. left…there’s going to be some kind of stinger for the next season. I can feel it.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait…Director Holmes??? Y’mean, Mycroft?! That is a good stinger! See you next time.

HypMic 12

“Ever since I was born, there was never a time I’d felt I’d accomplished something.” – Aw, Doppo, sweetpea (<- this blogger calls people “sweetpea” when they’re feeling lots of moe feels for them). Please don’t say that. You’ve accomplished more than enough in your life!

…Oh, almost didn’t notice it until Hifumi hid behind Doppo and the angle changed to confirm the jacket was on the bed, but Hifumi doesn’t have his jacket on.

I think I saw a tweet that said something about a wall being wrecked (specifically “Wall: Ow…”) but I wasn’t sure of the context, so I saved it in my bookmarks…LOL, so that’s what it means?

Samatoki, I know you don’t like Ichiro…but please stop trying to preach what his 2nd character song says in the title…(i.e. Break the Wall, LOL)

Jyuto’s very much a “I’ll leave this problem to the other guy” guy.

When the Funi subs say “dame”, I think Samatoki is just referring to an “onna” (woman). It’s a bit of an odd choice, really…although I can’t go and interrogate whoever was responsible for it. I don’t have the authority or the contacts that will allow me to.

This is not the time for fighting one another!!!

Notably, in the manga, Jakurai was going to chaffeur Hifumi and Doppo to their place, but then he had to go to work and so they rode the train with their prize money. This “run from Special Forces” ending is better, I think, since people got grumpy at Jakurai for having to abandon them with the money.

“…permission to cover a story.” - Permission from…who?

*screams* I was thinking Tom, Rex and Iris worked for a foreign government! They work for Ichijiku – why didn’t I think of that?!

LOL, I couldn’t even tell what Tom was saying until I played it back…it’s English, just…said in a spot where you don’t expect it.

“…that scares me.” – This may be nitpicky of me, but osoreru is actually a derivative of osore (fear), so “it strikes fear in me”…? “It strikes fear in my heart”? What would sound right…?

Go, host mode Hifumi! (...but does that imply host mode Hifumi is the only “version” of Hifumi able to rap? Certainly, he was able to do Wrap and Rap without his jacket, right…?)

You can tell Tom still respects Jakurai after all this time because he (the former) calls him (the latter) “Sensei”. Also, this’ll be interesting, we haven’t seen many mics and speakers beyond the standard bad guy ones (depicted in both the anime and the manga).

My gosh! All I knew of this song was that m-flo, also responsible for Human Lost’s theme song (and notably they’re a hip hop group with techno influences), was responsible for this song. Man, this s*** slaps! It’s great! (Sorry, I’ve just never really had the chance to capitalise on all the info I gathered on EDM DJs when talking in terms of things from Japan…m-flo is basically the only act I know which does that, so I’m really excited…can’t you tell from how verbose I’m getting in this note?)

That’s interesting that Matenrou won and Tom still took the gold chair symbolism to represent him and the Secret Aliens as the victor instead.

Iris’s parts are awesome. M-flo has a female vocalist and so I’d assume Iris takes on Lisa’s (m-flo’s vocalist’s) parts.

…Hmm, Gentaro’s made a reference to the track “Me Against the World”, has he?...Maybe.

I’m not quite sure, but I think Ramuda said “majo” (witch) when he was referring to Beauty and the Beast in the English subs.

…gosh, what is up with that airhorn…? Still, next time is the last time. See you on Christmas…no, Boxing Day.

HypMic 13 (FINAL)

This is the beginning of the end and the end of the beginning…y’know, considering how stuff trended on Twitter, I’d say this anime’s gonna get a 2nd season, but you can’t really say that until it actually happens. I mean, Boueibu is much less popular than HypMic and that got a 2nd season…

This is the 1st episode where I woke up early enough to watch without spoilers and had no obligations to place over it, so…this is exciting, in its own sense, but in a sense, it could also be called “profoundly disappointing” because this experience is only available to me as of the final episode.

One of the tweets I saw a few weeks back came to mind – someone became interested in sakuga houkai (terrible animation, literally “animation collapse”) because of HypMic…I don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing…

…Dude, you probably shouldn’t answer a call from someone who just revealed themselves to be a traitor last episode…*sweatdrops*

(Spoiler for rest of franchise) Hmm…Dice’s face is pretty straight. Assuming at this point we knew Dice was Otome’s son, this is a good poker face from him…!

This thing about gangs was mentioned in their profiles (although the words used implies they “went delinquent”), so it actually doesn’t surprise me.

I wonder if this subway exists in the mainline story…?

According to the next ep. preview I saw on Twitter, TDD will reform to take down the Secret Aliens. I’m not sure if that was a guess or whether that’s true, so I’m waiting for the shoe to drop on it.

Samatoki-san, not -sama. Hmm…

There was definitely the word “team” in Dice’s line, so it’s “what the legendary team was made of”.

…oh gosh…they’re still using that airhorn…?

Again with the play on “lonely thunder”. It’s a really fun pun, but one I’d like to see in the rest of the series more.

Notably, Iris’s rap in English missed the word “charisma” where it could have fit (unless I missed reading it the first time).

Note Samatoki does actually use the word “shinsensa” (freshness), so there’s no lie there.

I still love how much they went in on Rex’s theme, even in his raps.

Huh, that’s new. Never seen a tag team like this before.

It seems Tom’s signature is using a lot of English, which makes it easy for us English/Japanese pair translators.

Saburo didn’t actually say “Ichi-nii”, did he…?

…based on the rock intro, this is Rhyme Anima, the OP, or something that sounds similar. What I’d need to confirm this is the “nautilus” line and the “ends corruption” line, which are the OP’s two biggest tells for AMQ.

“rainmaking” – Hmm, another link from Gentaro to Rei. This might be a different part of Rhyme Anima (OP) that wasn’t used as the OP proper.

“this white light invites and heals” (<- paraphrased) – Sounds like Sensei, alright!

…now that (rainbow bit). That’s sakuga!

*a silhouette appears* - Oh nooooooooooooooo! Now they‘ve done it! They’ve included Rei! That’s more than enough spoilers to last a lifetime for y’all anime-onlys!

I wish someone would work on this collaboration between Saburo and Riou…

Hmm…what is the series endgame? Putting in Dice as the new ruler??? I mean, Dice is the worst possible politician ever. He’s far too lax about things.

*Nemu enters* - No! Nemu!

Not only is Iris a “ramen shop owner”, it’s Tom’s favourite food…No wonder ramen has significance to her.

…ooh! A new song! Update: I don’t know what this song’s name is, although it probably will become clear what its name is on the 13th. I’ll keep my eye on Twitter in case the answer is there.

…I knew it was far too early to say if there was an s2 – the DVD’s live events go until September 5th and the 2nd DRB finishes in March. That almost felt like a stinger right there. Oh well, I’m more than happy to call this anime a success, even if I would call it the worst of the arms of the franchise. All HypMic’s anime had to do was deliver fun, before anything else, and it delivered on that front. See you around!

Taiso Samurai 7

Anime burnout means I’m coming back to the anime after the day it finishes.

This dancing scene is kind of like the one at the start of ep. 2 of IWGP, except it has the owl to represent the setting as well as the dance stage.

Leo doesn’t seem to know kanji or katakana, only hiragana.

Even though this part of the anime is set in London, the characters are still speaking Japanese (lel…?).

LOL, Edward Scissorhands much?

LOL, these background gossips are like the Plastics from Mean Girls…haha.

…LOL, that’s not one of those dismounting moves, is it? It’s just kind of…jumping off the bar.

Lookit how Leo’s sticker is 90 deg. sideways from what it should be, haha.

I don’t think it’s true that Olympic gymnasts have never failed. Like other people at the top of their game, they’re probably failed millions of times, but only outside the view of most of the world. Persistence and passion are what’s key to becoming the best at what you are, no matter what field you’re in.

Now Aragaki’s what I call a “determinator” (see TV Tropes on what that is).

Taiso Samurai 8

Notably, the word used for “clothes” is specifically for Western clothing, like dresses.

Well, now we know why Leo can do those stretches…

They’ve clearly sped up the dance here, but…it’s basically the same sort of movements Yuri on Ice used to suck me in. I’m here for it!

Leo seems to be the type who tries to push away his worries by distracting people (including himself) with other things…I see. I didn’t have much of a grasp of his character beforehand.

Britney! F*** you, Britney!

Ah, that must be the (a?) fabled owl of Ikebukuro. I’ve never actually been to Ikebukuro…the closest I got was Akihabara (to memory) and even then, that was for electronics, not anime…so I’ve never seen the owl statue I’ve been talking about close up.

Rei does kind of look like her mother like this.

Ah! Rei and Kitty have a pair look now! “Twinsies”, they call it.

Amakusa’s head is located right next to Leo��s butt, so I end up staring at it…LOL.

The Hoover mission.

“I <3 Ninja”, LOL.

LOL, “Nyapoo!”

*sighs* The problem with being multi-talented is that you’re going to be told to one day put one passion above the others, even if you don’t want that.

LOL, you can be a ninja with this WikiHow article. (I was looking for Kitty’s quote, but found that instead. It seems to be a quote from one of Tomoyo’s movies.) Update: I was right.

There’s a movie in the back where the title is “Black Rainmaker”. (Tomoyo, I presume) Mifune is the 1st person credited.

Considering this is 2003…you won’t be on Mars in 2013, Kitty.

Wow, a tape! That brings me back to 2003, indeed.

Charlie’s Angels…so that’s what the tape was.

LOL, a shoebill.

“blade in your heart” – That would refer to the character for “ninja”, which has a blade over a heart. Y’know Kiss Shot Acerola Heart-Under-Blade (from Monogatari), yeah? Like that.

…you might think emails were out of place in 2003, but a virus from an email caused me to be an avid reader and that virus was unleashed around the late 90s – early 2000s.

LOL, Kitty’s cat belt buckle.

You said it, Rei. You said it.

Taiso Samurai 9

Lausanne, Switzerland.

I noticed one of the boxes at the start of the OP says “Horizontal Bars”, rather than some random name to make the boxes look like they were discarded.

Someone encoded the video funny…

LOL, BB’s getting possessive of his territory.

Fuku-chan the fukurou (owl) in Ikebukuro…LOL.

LOL, randomly there’s a skeleton with a hat in the background of Britney’s clinic.

Notably, one of the wall hangings says “heart” on it – alternatively, “soul”.

Notably, Atlanta was the 1996 Summer Olympics…there is no 1997 Lausanne Olympics, as far as I know.

Akudama 9

I watched the part where it glitches twice and I can’t quite figure out what that circular symbol is…maybe it’s Hacker’s symbol…?

Ah! Only now they properly confirm Swindler used to work in the Seal centre.

“Life that never dies is defective.” – Doctor

Does that mean Doctor is actually older than she looks, due to plastic surgery…?

Marker? What marker?

Apparently that flower is a cherry blossom…according to Detective Conan.

…I know this anime wasn’t made in America (it wouldn’t be “anime” otherwise), but Anime Feminist is going to have a field day with this one…if they haven’t abandoned it already due to their idea of morals.

…now I can even see parallels between HypMic’s authorities and Akudama’s. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not.

“Why did this have to happen when I’m chief?” – Sounds like…basically every authority during COVID and BLM, to be honest.

See? Akudama likes the S word. I told you.

I haven’t watched The Shining, but reading the synopsis, you can figure out why Cutthroat is the way he is…sort of.

How does the iconic quote go? “Heeeeeeeeeeeere’s Danny!” (or something…?)

They even copied the iconic eye shot! There you go!

Way to take a guy out (with the door, LOL).

…with all this killing, I can see why Akudama Drive was only in one magazine now. (Then again, HypMic was in basically all of them and that also has a tonne of problems…)

Akudama 10

万死 literally means “10000 deaths”.

Babel.

That police chief is such a mood, LOL.

I can see why people didn’t recognise Swindler, but Courier never changes his look, so…uh…

You can’t become a police chief without a sense of justice, no?

“Since when did you know that I’m not-“ - *facepalms*

Is this what they call an “ass-kickin’ Christmas”? (LOL)

Y’know, Sister, you could just do the whole “wherever you are, I’m also seeing the same sky as you” thing some other anime do.

Notably, there are shide (the paper strips) and a rope over the vault…they really do treat the shinkansen and its immortal children as a single god, huh?

Hmm? They don’t care about Sister anymore? Just Brother? (Somewhere along the way, the priorities must have shifted.)

In the end, the best ship is Brawler and Hoodlum (lel).

Akudama 11

One more ep after this. I’m gonna miss this anime, even if it was crazy over-the-top and I didn’t finish it until after the day it ended.

I think the scariest scene in all of Akudama Drive is the one where the “cleaner” tosses the girl aside.

“This nowhere place!” – Around this time, the bunny and shark’s shirts say “morning”/”afternoon” (shark) and “evening” (bunny).

The blue bird of happiness…literally. That character on the birds is the one for “happy”.

…LOL, that one glitched Courier looks more like Cutthroat.

Hacker’s drone matches Courier’s head angles, LOL.

I guess if you think you’re falling in Kanto, you’re falling in Kanto and if you think you’re floating (like Courier did), you float. I always liked that concept.

War Games. Now the title makes sense!

…but they can be together if they stay here in Kanto as vessels for the citizens? (That sounds mighty antagonistic of me, but…that logic does compute.)

Maybe swindlers play games with the truth…? (What an interesting concept.)

“Just fine.” – I think Hacker needs a “This is fine” meme.

“We can hear your heart talking.” – It means something like “We can hear you spouting your true intentions.”

“…worth every last penny…” – That’s a weird thing to say for someone whose life got changed by 500 yen…Just goes to tell you how American the subbers can be sometimes.

Swindler’s smug face is so good, LOL.

Akudama 12 (FINAL)

This episode isn’t named after a movie. It’s named after the anime itself.

The TV says “Please watch away from the TV”, i.e. stand back from the TV while you watch.

“They came and stole the offerings…” – At this point, bunny’s shirt says “freedom” and shark’s says honpou, meaning “wild, uninhibited, rampant, extravagant”.

…where did Shikoku come from? Is that where Swindler and Sister landed after they tried going to the moon?

Ohh! That Christian imagery! That’s scary!

Is Akudama Drive a tragedy? No, I think…on the contrary, it’s a story of hope.

LOL, “s*** guy”.

I thought the girl had a bomb. Turns out she has a gun, which is…far worse, come to think of it.

Instead of red characters which say things about the situation, now Shark and Bunny have Hacker’s symbol on them.

There’s no way anyone who wasn’t immortal would survive the attack Courier took…

…why is it that falling over represents vulnerability in children in all of these stores where a war has happened and/or there’s a chase? Hmm?

Wow, Sister did everything with heels on…?!

Anyways, that was a fun time. See you next time!

#simulcast commentary #akudama drive #Chesarka watches Akudama Drive #taiso samurai #Gymnastics Samurai #HypMic #Hypnosis Mic #Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - Rhyme Anima #moriarty the patriot #yuukoku no moriarty #Chesarka watches Yuukoku no Moriarty #Chesarka watches HypMic #Chesarka watches Taiso Samurai

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katyslemon · 3 years

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TDD vs BDD vs ATDD — Developers’ Methodologies to Navigate Complex Development Processes Smoothly

Introduction

The last decade in the history of humanity can be easily called the technological revolution. The pandemic made it starker than ever before. The developers need to keep pace with the new languages, frameworks, tools, and processes that come into being every second.

To write code is a developer’s second nature. But, what code to write; how to write it; when to write it; and for what purpose may easily overwhelm even the most experienced and expert developers when it is raining new codes and processes day in and day out.

This constant flux can be easily navigated through the structured methodologies that focus on the task of the developers. Such methodologies anchor developers and their creations. Major development methodologies include TDD vs BDD vs ATDD, TDD stands for Test-driven Development , BDD stands for Behavior-driven Development (BDD), and ATDD stands for Acceptance Test-driven Development (ATDD).

Let us explore each in this post.

Test-driven Development (TDD)

Test-driven development method is about developing test cases before the developers start writing code. These test cases are essentially small units as per the requirements of the entire software.

The idea is to continually and consistently test the code against these test cases through the “red green refactor loop” until a stipulated unit is absolutely ready to be a part of the whole scheme.

One of the original authors of the Agile development manifesto, Robert C Martin has set forth three rules for TDD which are famously known as The Three Laws of TDD. They are:

1. You must write a failing test before you write any production code. 2. You must not write more of a test than is sufficient to fail, or fail to compile. 3. You must not write more production code than is sufficient to make the currently failing test pass.

The essence of these laws is to write the bare minimum code for the specific feature so that it passes the testing cycle successfully. The reason behind this exercise is to keep the codes clean and precise as much as possible at the unit level itself.

The best part of the TDD methodology is it allows the developers to experience the failure at the outset of the development. This helps them rule out all the possible flaws that may arise during the course of the development. And, that gets them the very exact code that is required for the exact expected software.

Major characteristics of TDD

Test-driven development promotes short development cycles for each unit to get finally added into the entire design of the software. Its major characteristics are:

Writing of the simplest and the shortest of the code possible that passes the unit test.

Restructuring the code that does not demand any alteration either in the functional or certain non-functional attributes of the entire software.

Advanced planning that often saves time during coding and debugging and brings about greater customer satisfaction and better performance.

Behavior-driven Development (BDD)

Behavior-driven development (BDD) is a higher version of TDD. This method tests if all the units of the application function as per the requirement of the entire application design.

In this extended version of TDD, a higher-level test which is often called functional test is created to rule out unnecessary code writing requirements for the maximum functionality of the application.

Having written the feature-failing test, the developers then test prototypes to obtain feedback on early failure and finally write the minimum code to get the correct application function at the maximum capacity. They keep writing this code until it passes the functional test.

GWT: BDD’s syntax

The acceptance test in BDD is created by defining the user story. All the developers, testers, QAs, experts, and product managers get together to review the requirements of each user story. They brainstorm and define a certain standard of each user story that has to be fulfilled.

The team uses Gherkin language to write the examples of user stories. The domain specific language Gherkin with its specific syntax exploits this approach of GWT which stands for Given-When-Then. They are:

Given: An actual scenario or the platform for the user to take the test, or username and password or entering of credentials by the user

When: The actual action that the user performs or pressing of the login button by the user

Then: The outcome of the action that the user performed in previous stage or sending the user to the home screen or the display of successful validation message.

Major Characteristics of BDD

Emphasis on defining user stories clearly so as to fulfill the requirements of each of them.

Reusability of the tests

Use of non-programming language to make the code accessible to all the stakeholders in the development process.

Focus on language and interactions.

Acceptance Test-driven Development (ATDD)

ATDD may come across as a combination of both TDD and BDD. However, the focus of this technique is on meeting the demands of users as against on getting the exact expected behaviour in the previous two techniques. This method is also called Story Test-driven Development (STDD).

The Acceptance Test-driven Development method gets together diverse stakeholders such as customers, developers, and testers. It is very important that all these stakeholders share common understanding of the user stories and their requirements in simple plain language which can be then transformed into programming language to write automated acceptance tests. For this, ATDD can draw upon BDD’s GWT approach.

Read more for TDD vs BDD vs ATDD

#TDD #BDD #ATDD #Development #Comparison #Technology #RemoteWork

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thesportssoundoff · 5 years

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Luis Pena TKOs Matt Wiman in the third round

The first round was a fun back and forth battle with Pena just being sharper, longer and stronger than Wiman. The second round was a lot uglier and it was primarily Pena realizing that the only real thing Matt Wiman had going for him was his toughness and leg kicks. Pena was all over him on the feet and when it hit the ground, Pena was just a level above on all levels. Pena’s ground and pound looked borderline gruesome when he was just raining the offense down.

Pena’s got high upside but I still need that TDD to get tightened up. I’d be fine seeing Wiman try ONE more time. Gimme Wiman vs Gray Maynard where nobody gets hurt.

#MMA #UFC

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representshinjuku · 2 years

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Dirty Desire

(Note: this matches the studio version)

[Ichiro]

Yeah, let’s go passionate player

[Samatoki]

Light your heart with this dirty desire

[TDD]

One way, resonant dreamer

[Ramuda]

Let’s sing together, everybody’s a dreamer

[TDD]

Dirty Desire

[Jakurai]

One way, along this road, as far as we can go

[TDD]

No time to reminisce, right now we’re on a journey

Can’t keep running away

No reliving yesterday’s bitter tears

Today is another day

[Ichiro]

Hey Bros is my voice reaching you?

Are the words I spit soothing you?

[Samatoki]

We used to laugh together more than this,

Even if we fought, we understood each other

[Ramuda]

Yeah, not all of us can be angels

We’re not strong enough to accept it all

[Jakurai]

Maintain the strength to venture towards your dreams

Fear not deviation, and proceed believing in yourself

[TDD]

All the pain we’ve carried alone until now

And the dreams we’ve drawn out with our friends

Still burn pure white in our chests

Let loose through this Mic

Let’s go one way, resonant dreamer

An eternal passionate fire

Dirty Desire; let it light your heart

The world spreads before us on the eve of revolution

The light shines on still higher ground

I promise that one day I'll take you all there

Taking our unbeatable bonds as far as we can go

[Ramuda]

When you feel trampled by the hate

Abandoned in the endless fog of your despair

The rain’s falling down to hide your tears

I’ll hold out an umbrella and a candy to shelter your heart

[Jakurai]

It’s simply irrational to quantify future possibility

Please never allow yourself to fold beneath the scorn of others

So that you might love yourself today too,

And so that you might arrive to tomorrow in your own way

[Samatoki]

Life ain’t got a bonus stage

So better burn bright while you still can

There ain’t an escalator you can just ride to the top

But instant surrender’s the scarier choice

[Ichiro]

Wishing to protect our brothers and sisters

We grow stronger all on our own

Takin’ the hard way’s just how we live

Finding your place in the world’s your real battle

[TDD]

No time to reminisce, right now we’re on a journey

Can’t keep running away

Dirty Desire

Remember this--our feelings now are the real deal

No reliving yesterday’s bitter tears

Today is another day

Don’t stop yet, just keep believin’ in hip hop!

You can make it, draw out your story

And break out of the suffocating night

Nobody’s getting left behind so

Come follow me

Down this one way wavelength

[Ichiro] I’ll never lie or go back on my word

[Samatoki] Homie, I’ve got your back for life

[Ramuda] Hold you tight, don’t be afraid to fail

[Jakurai] You’re not mistaken, life is onetime

[TDD]

All the pain we’ve carried alone until now

And the dreams we’ve drawn out with our friends

Still burn pure white in our chests

Let loose through this Mic

Let them hear your heart’s cry

Let’s go one way, resonant dreamer

An eternal passionate fire

Dirty Desire; let it light your heart

The world spreads before us on the eve of revolution

The light shines on still higher ground

I promise that one day I'll take you all there

Taking our unbeatable bonds as far as we can go

One way along this road, as far as we can go

No time to reminisce, right now we’re on a journey

Can’t keep running away

Dirty Desire

Remember this--our feelings now are the real deal

No reliving yesterday’s bitter tears

Today is another day

Don’t stop yet, just keep believin’ in hip hop!

#rule the stage #track 5 #the dirty dawg #dirty desire #hypstagetl #koutranslates

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blossomfestival · 8 months

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Drwaings jfoiewt discord server

#me art #total drama disarray #tdd raine #tdd kai #tdd nibbles

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ittechnicalandnontechnical · 3 years

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TDD vs BDD vs ATDD — Developers’ Methodologies to Navigate Complex Development Processes Smoothly

Introduction

Let us explore each in this post.

Test-driven Development (TDD)

Test-driven development method is about developing test cases before the developers start writing code. These test cases are essentially small units as per the requirements of the entire software.

One of the original authors of the Agile development manifesto, Robert C Martin has set forth three rules for TDD which are famously known as The Three Laws of TDD. They are:

Major characteristics of TDD

Test-driven development promotes short development cycles for each unit to get finally added into the entire design of the software. Its major characteristics are:

Writing of the simplest and the shortest of the code possible that passes the unit test.

Restructuring the code that does not demand any alteration either in the functional or certain non-functional attributes of the entire software.

Advanced planning that often saves time during coding and debugging and brings about greater customer satisfaction and better performance.

Behavior-driven Development (BDD)

Behavior-driven development (BDD) is a higher version of TDD. This method tests if all the units of the application function as per the requirement of the entire application design.

GWT: BDD’s syntax

Given: An actual scenario or the platform for the user to take the test, or username and password or entering of credentials by the user

When: The actual action that the user performs or pressing of the login button by the user

Then: The outcome of the action that the user performed in previous stage or sending the user to the home screen or the display of successful validation message.

Major Characteristics of BDD

Emphasis on defining user stories clearly so as to fulfill the requirements of each of them.

Reusability of the tests

Use of non-programming language to make the code accessible to all the stakeholders in the development process.

Focus on language and interactions.

Acceptance Test-driven Development (ATDD)

Major characteristics of ATDD

Writing of user-centric acceptance tests

Improved communication and understanding between the teams in plain language

Improved code quality and specific tests in business domain terms

Facilitating quick feedback through failing tests

Reduction in time to market

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I knew teardrops Drew had been arrested after hitting his kid (there was a whole story about the kid having to be picked up in a helicopter?) but I didn’t know he was also a sex offender

Let me go edit that ur correct he’s a child abuser not a sex offender. Still not an upstanding citizen by any means and NEVER the Drew we talk about here when we say like Midnight Rain or TDDS or whatever was inspired by a Drew. That’s always the other (as far as we know fairly upstanding lol) Drew.

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Tear Rain cysmix TDD Ichiro song

#CRAZY INSANE ASYLUM

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Greek Myth In Contemporary Society

For years I have been liking Rick Riordan (Rick)’s works, it seemed like I have not written a review on it yet. So, here’s one on my favorite book series of all time.

HOW AND WHEN DID I START ON THIS SERIES?

It all started during my first year of high school, when I had a fixation on Greek Mythology. I admired the humanized personality of different gods, the adventures of heroes with their tragic end, and the inconsistent romance (either a happy or a miserable end). The passion led me to discover the first series of the Chronicles, Percy Jackson and the Olympians (PJO). I think I borrowed the first two books from the school library and bought the rest from the bookstore. I pretty much spend most of my time reading these novels forth and back.

Then it came the Heroes of Olympus (HOO) series, which Rick introduced Roman Mythology. With a set of new characters and old friends, I was even more absorbed into the series throughout my high-school years. I waited anxiously whenever a new installment was published, and was really content when I got to know the continuation of their adventure (which the author is a troll for cliffhangers, just like how they do for Attack on Titan Season 2). The Blood of Olympus (BOO) was published during my fourth year, which the moment I read it I had a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow. The ending was extremely shocking, from Leo’s plotted death to his revival (He’s the Percy Jackson’s Jesus), I nearly wanted to punch the author. But then, Rick created many mysteries inside the book itself. For example, Apollo’s punishment, the prophecy Ella recited, Nico and Will’s relationship, and Leo and Calypso’s whereabouts. These unexplained mysteries just made me go ‘What the hell’ at the end of the book. There were conspiracies that Rick would make a new series, with all these hints. Yet I fulfill all my needs through fanfictions, seeing what people predicted the future ‘book’ will happened.

Good news rained down on me in my last year of high school. During his tour for Magnus Chase series in 2015, he announced his new Greek Myth series, Trials of Apollo (TOA). The Hidden Oracle (THO) came out when I was studying my A-Levels, I went to the bookstore on the day when it was published. Since shipping required an amount of time, I was informed that the book will arrived one week later. Eventually, I waited patiently, and finally I received it. The book was still amazing as ever, with a God as the narrator and the main character. The other main character, the daughter of Demeter (which I predicted accurately) who can perform badass sword-fighting at the age of 12, sometime out of the ordinary Demeter child people would imagine.

During my A-Levels period, my taste has turned to Victorian classics. Besides, I have started on anime. Thus, my need for the series had lessen. Even I bought the Dark Prophecy (TDP) months ago, I managed to finish it. However, this does not stop me from loving the author’s style of writing and sense of humor.

(Additional note: I have finished TDP on Percy’s birthday.)

(picture of the troll)

WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT?

After pouring all my love for the chronicles, so what are the series all about? Americanized Greek Mythology in the modern world. These demigods live in training camp named Camp Half-Blood (another word for demigod) during summer or for the entire year so they can prepare themselves for the dangerous outside world full of monsters. Since it has 3 different plots for each series, I need to introduce them in detail separately.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2005-2009)

The gateway to the demigod universe. It started off with the Lightning Thief (TLT), through first-point of view of our beloved hero, Percy Jackson. He discovers himself as the remaining demigod son of Poseidon, the Greek god of sea. Due to a great prophecy predicted one of the Big Three (Zeus, Poseidon and Hades) children will bring to the fall of Olympus, his presence was a threat to the Gods. He was also set to vanquish Kronos, King of Titans who is under the aid of another demigod, Luke Castellan.

The five books of the series described his journey to be a living legend, with an amount of betrayals, deaths of his trusted partners, slight romance and awesome fighting scenes. His humorous jokes and comments presented Rick’s unique style of writing, giving the readers memorable images.

The final book, The Last Olympian (TLOl), is the greatest among them all. brings up another prophecy which is the key to the next installment. No matter how much Luke is a villain, his devastating childhood stories and his anger towards the Greek Gods made the readers understand his resentment and yearning for a familiar love. Besides, it also revealed another prophecy, which is the key to the next series.

Heroes of Olympus (2010-2014)

The sequel of the previous series, narrating seven demigods on a quest to defeat an ancient deity in the ancient grounds of Greece and Rome. They meet challenges from the worst monsters, mortals and deities, sailing to stop the wrath of Gaea, the Earth goddess.

This series, is my favorite series among the three. It does not focus on a main character, or written in 1st person point of view. Instead, we got a third person omniscient from 9 different people, who are the seven main demigods (with Nico and Reyna in the last book). We do not get our beloved son of Poseidon in the first book, but we were given a new set of characters with different background. We also discover the Roman Version of Camp Half -Blood, Camp Jupiter, a rigid military-like camp full of Roman demigods and their descendants. The series narrated two parallel sides of the Greco-Roman Mythology working together against a common enemy.

Unlike the previous series, this brought up many backstories of characters even more tragic than Percy’s. The narration was still amusing, yet there’s a sense of seriousness inside. There was an obvious character development when the series goes on. For example, Piper McLean, who refuses to recognize herself as the daughter of Aphrodite, later accepts her identity and able to use her own inherited powers. Frank Zhang, an insecure demigod with a bad reputation, turned into a confident Roman praetor.

The thing I would like to complain about is the final fight scene in BOO. It was a few pages long with Piper, Jason and Leo putting Gaea back to her slumber. It was not as majestic as people expected it would be. It could be as fantastic as TLOl!

Trials of Apollo (2016-?)

The latest sequel for the previous series, which feature the sun god Apollo as a powerless mortal, finding his way to gain back immortality. Rick had converted back to the first-person point of view style, with the sun god as the narrator. His choice of narrator gives us an insight to a deity’s mind and opinions, how he sees the world compared to how mortals, having an ephemeral life, perception on their life. It’s a philosophical matter which discuss about life and death, and living an eternal life.

In THO, readers could see the improvement on Apollo’s personality. From the arrogant and narcissistic god who cannot accept on his ‘ugly’ condition, finally learns how to be humble and trying to see the world as how mortals would. We also witness the psychological abuse of Nero on Meg McCaffery. Letting her believe her abuser is another person from her adoptive father, but what she does not know Nero and the ‘Beast’ are the same person.

The second book, TDP, probably is my least favorite of the series. There was not much Leo-Calypso endearing moments that I expected it should be. The first half of the book narrating Apollo doing various pet tasks, and remembering his ex-lover, Emperor Commodus. However, I am pleased that Rick put a lesbian couple in the story, which I had no idea that even same-sex relationship is prohibited as well for the Huntress of Artemis. There are old friends from the previous books, which I am delighted to see again.

The third book, The Burning Maze (TBM) will be released next year.

Companion books

As much as the companion books are light and consisted with short stories, I explored the little things that were never mentioned in the main series. Besides fillers, there were information on the demigod world, giving readers a clearer sight of the Greek Mythology and Percy’s world.

The Demigod Files (TDF), narrates how Percy assisted Clarisse on her Ares rite of passage; the discover of the bronze dragon (which later Leo named him Festus); and the children of the Big Three Gods finding the newly forged weapon of Hades (Gods do like causing unnecessary trouble and giving quests to their half-blood offspring).

The Demigod Diaries (TDD), explains the adventure of Luke and Thalia in a trapped mansion, finding Annabeth on their way; the task given by Hermes during Percy-Annabeth’s one-month anniversary date; Leo and his friends’ encounter with the drunken followers of Dionysus; and an extra story written by Rick’s son, with impressive writing style for someone diagnosed with dyslexic and ADHD.

Camp Half-Blood confidential (CHBC) is a collaborated guide ‘made’ by the campers, due to the horrible orientation film directed by Apollo. Poor Nico is the only one who suffered from the film and accidentally humiliates himself in public.

Percy Jackson’s guide to Greek Gods and Greek Heroes are separate two books as a guide introducing to Greek Gods and Heroes. People could actually score Greek Mythology with these two non-boring lecture books.

Rick also made a crossover on Percy and his Egyptian Mythology counterpart, Carter Kane. They work together to defeat Setne, an Egyptian magician who thirst for divine powers. It was like an official crossover fanfiction.

Diverse Demigods with Dazzling Characteristics

I love the characters in the series, they were just full of animation and so on. I’ll state my top 10 favorites and that one character I truly despise.

First come with my favorite characters of the series:

(art by viria, she makes the old official arts belongs to the pit of Tartarus)

10. Frank Zhang

One of the cinnamon roll of the series, and the tamest among Mars/Ares children. I’m glad that Rick put a Chinese demigod in it. His Chinese name, Fai Zhang, probably based on Zhang Fei from the Romance of Three Kingdom. He is the only demigod who can read and write normally. He has shape-shifting abilities, inherited from his ancestors, is adapted from the Monkey King from Journey to the West. Like the Greek hero Meleager, his life is depended on a wooden stick, showing his pyrophobia.

Frank started off as shy with low self-esteem. He was raised by his military mother and his strict grandmother who told him various tales of their ancestors. His mother died in a war, giving him a start to train himself as a Roman demigod. In the Son of Neptune (SON), we first see him doing tasks that are undesired by the other campers. He is officially welcomed into the centurion of the fifth cohort, after he was claimed as the son of Mars. His first quest to Alaska causes him slowly gathers courage and discovers his family power. The funniest makeover he has was in the House of Hades (HOH), when Triptomelus rewards him with a buffer and taller figure, saying goodbye to his chubby self. Finally, he is upgraded to praetor.

The dynamic between Leo and Frank plays a vital role. Frank, who is initially afraid of Leo because of his fire power while the latter keeps making fun of him. We can see in the Mark of Athena (MOA), his act of jealousy towards Leo due to his similarities with ‘Sammy Valdez’, Hazel’s first love. As the series continues, Leo gives him a fireproof cloth for him to keep the wood, as a baby step for Frank to give him trust.

I heard that he will be in the subsequent book, as the Dark Prophecy stated him as the ‘changeling lord’. I might see him as a mature praetor on duty alongside with Reyna.

9. Hazel Levesque

Another cinnamon roll in the series. Despite being a daughter of Pluto/Hades, she is the less miserable version of Nico. Originally, she is known to have the abilities of controlling metal and valuables. Her magical abilities in controlling the mist is known in HOH, becoming another useful weapon. Like any child of Hades/Pluto children in the series, Hazel was from the pre-20th century. Her mother, Marie was hungry for wealth, causing her daughter having a cursed ability of attracting metals. Despite Hazel resented her greedy mother, she saved her from raising Gaea. Her heroic deed gave her a token to Elysium, yet she gave up her position to refrain her mother suffer from eternal punishment. As the child of death, she wandered around Asphodel for decades. Until her Greek half-brother discovered her and brought her back to life, giving her another chance to live again, in the 21th century.

In SON, it is revealed that Hazel’s half-brother is Nico. Originally, he wanted to bring his biological sister, Bianca back to life, seeing that the Doors of Death was opened. It was hinted Bianca had chosen a new reincarnated life than staying in the Underworld. Eventually, he learnt about Hazel’s presence and decided to take her back instead. Initially, we thought Hazel as a replacement for Bianca, judging Nico as a selfish person. Slowly, he shows brotherly affection for her in HOH by kissing her forehead, something he would not simply do. In BOO, he accepts Hazel’s relationship with Frank and teases them. He even comforts Hazel when she cries for Leo. It’s a coincidence that their mother almost shared the same name.

As she lived in an era where colored-race were low-key discriminated, with her unusual ability, she was a target of bullying. Her only comfort among these mishaps was Sammy Valdez, who sees her as a diamond. As Leo shares the same looks and last name as Sammy, believing as his reincarnation, she has slight romantic fondness for him. Later, they discover Sammy is Leo’s Great Grandfather. She finally settles down with Frank, treating Leo as her friend.

Her curse, which will be washed away by a descendent of Poseidon/Neptune, which readers are not sure if it is Percy or Frank. Besides, she probably learns some interesting 21th century stuff she had never seen before. Hopefully she does not craze for fidget spinners (those things are just all over the place!).

8. Annabeth Chase

The Brainiac of the group. Our favorite Wise Girl who is Percy’s love interest and strategist. The architect of Olympus. Someone you would choose as your girlfriend. After meeting her, you will change your views on blonde hair people.

No matter how beautiful and smart she is, she has her own fears and flaws. She has Arachnophobia, based on the feud her mother and Arachne had. In MOA, she faces her greatest fear, mother of spiders Arachne. With her clever trick, she easily defeats Arachne, possibly the first Athena demigod to do so. In SOM, she reveals her fatal flaw is hubris, believing her intelligence and power are beyond the Gods.

She ran away from home at 7, believing that her father and stepmother had disliked her part god status. On her way, she met Luke and Thalia, who presented her one of her signature weapon, the Celestial Bronze dagger. They were like a parental figure to her, and the first demigods she encountered. In the beginning of TLT, Percy figures Annabeth develops a crush on Luke, who turns out to be a backstabbing traitor and a threat to Camp Half-Blood and Olympus. Her feelings towards Luke varies in the PJO series, we see compassion, sympathy, love, respect, hatred, and regrets. In TLOl, she settles with having a sibling love towards Luke, choosing Percy over him.

The Percy-Annabeth relationship is one of my favorite hetero fictional couple. They treat each other as equal, rather than having Annabeth as his personal sidekick. With her, as the intelligent girlfriend; and him, as the brave puppy-dog boyfriend. We surely remember the first thing she tells Percy in TLT is ‘You drool when you sleep’. Even the rivalry between their parents, Annabeth still treats him as a friend, with one or two disagreements. Of course, I shipped them before they are officially together. In the Titan’s Curse (TTC), we get hints on Percy starting to fancy Annabeth, with Aphrodite’s appearance and her teasing. Next, there was the infamous kiss scene in The Battle of Labyrinth (TBOL), confirming the start of Percy’s romance journey, which becomes true in TLOl (that underwater kiss is so romantic!). After dating for months, Percy is swapped place by Hera/Juno, without any previous memories except for Annabeth. In MOA, she gives him a judo-flip (I laughed at that scene for hours) and spend a night with him in the Argo II stables (Frank does not deserve to see this ‘intimate’ moment).

Besides, do you know that she has a Norse Demigod cousin? Check out Rick’s Norse Myth series to find out.

7. Luke Castellan

You would probably ask why I place him as Number 7, for someone like him as a traitor who almost destroy Olympus and the host for Kronos. He is the anti-hero in the first series, but I like the fact that Rick created someone like him.

Luke is not an entirely a bad person. Normally, he can pass as a protective older brother, a swordsman mentor, or that mischievous and charming friend you want to hang out with. His ambitions to destroy Olympus and feeling of resentment the gods, due to the injustice of the Olympians to their demigod offspring, makes him an antagonist in PJO. He is one of the demigods who can see the flaw of the lawful system, the one who questions the authorities.

Luke constantly seeks for familiar love which his parents failed to give him, with him living with an insane mother and an absent godly father. After he ran away, he was paired with Thalia and Annabeth, giving him a new meaning of family. However, Thalia’s death added as a fuel of his bitterness. His became the head of the Hermes Cabin, leading his half-siblings, but his anger had not fully stopped, with Kronos’s constant impure motivation. He also feels compassion towards minor godly children who have no place in Camp Half-Blood, which most of them serves him during the Titan War.

For most horrible deeds he has made in the PJO series, he finally died as a hero, oppressing Kronos who possessed him. Inspired from his wish, Percy refuses his eternal life by demanding fair treatment for every demigod child.

I ship him with Thalia, which they share a few romantic tensions in a short story in TDD. He is the reason why Thalia declined her offer as a hunter in the first place, and also the reason why Thalia settles down as the lieutenant of Artemis in TTC.

6. The Grace siblings (Thalia and Jason Grace)

It’s a tie. Yes. I could not separate them like how Juno/Hera does. The Grace siblings are the improvised version of their father. We see their father as a womanizing, dramatic and disloyal King of Gods. They showed his best qualities, like leadership. The siblings are very loyal to their partners and masters, like Thalia to Luke and Annabeth in the beginning and Artemis in TTC. Jason, a loyal and supportive friend to his Argo mates and his girlfriend (He did admire Reyna before, but thanks to certain goddess).

Thalia Grace is that cool-looking sister in punk. Her name is from Thalia, one of the Muses. The irony is that she has a great fear of heights, but she can control lightning. Like Percy, Thalia was destined to be the child in the prophecy. She fought the monsters sent by Hades to her death, protecting Luke and Annabeth. Then, she is reborn in the Sea of Monsters. Luckily in TTC, she joined the Huntress. She also been through a rough childhood, with taking care of her baby brother and her irresponsible mother, then with the disappearance of Jason. She had to take the role that her parents failed to perform, yet the Gods accused of her existence before Percy showed up. It’s pretty much Zeus/Jupiter’s fault for not stick with the oath. Not once, but twice! Worst of all, he named his son Jason, like the mortal hero, so he can make his wife happy! Best Dad award for him!

Her brother, Jason, with blonde hair and blue eyes, the typical American boy. The ‘perfect’ boy with duties and leadership, he could live a perfect Roman demigod life in Camp Jupiter. Then, Hera/Juno interfere again. From the Lost Hero (TLH) to BOO, we can see a few changes of him. The rule-following golden boy to a slightly laid-back person with nerd glasses. Most fans expected Percy and Jason had a death-match against each other in MOA, with Percy replaces his position as the praetor in SON and Jason, the legendary son of Jupiter. Unexpectedly, they become best buddies on first sight and gang up against Octavian (We also got that one scene with them fighting while being possessed by eidolons). He also has the most passed out scene in MOA (hence the birth of Brick x Jason). His sympathetic character cares for Nico when he is forced spit out his crush on Percy (who does not have a crush on him, I mean, it’s obvious to fall in love with the greatest hero). He does not question or having a prejudice on the boy’s sexuality. At the end of BOO, him and Piper sit on the roof, remembering his ‘dead’ friend Leo.

These polar-opposite blood-siblings are a unique element of the series. I would like to see more of their interactions, or Thalia spilling out more embarrassing stories of Jason.

5. Leonidas ‘Leo’ Valdez

I called him the second Percy Jackson, with that same level of humor and that friendly attitude. He has a pair of magical hands that can create things and repair broken stuff. In TLH, he modified a simple paper into a small flying helicopter. Leo was partly raised by Hera/Juno, who makes him do dangerous tasks in his childhood (This woman is nuts!). When he was eight years old, Gaea made him believe he caused a fire that kills his mother in her workshop, leaving a scar in his heart.

Leo probably knows himself as the third-wheel, constantly the one being left out. There was a period of time he is jealous of Jason’s charisma and excellent leading abilities, while he is a low-profile mechanic, with no one cares about him. Otherwise, he is a good friend to people who are nice to him. In BOO, Nike/Victoria predicts either Frank, Hazel, Percy or Leo will die in the war. Leo, helping the idea of getting the Physician’s Cure while secretly plotting his own death and his chance of survival.

This guy has a tough time catching the girls’ attention, he keeps falling for the wrong person. In the beginning, he has the hots for Khione, the cold snow goddess who side with the Titans. Next, he falls for Jason’s sister Thalia, who tries her best ignoring him. He has a small chemistry with Echo, a camouflaging nymph who is cursed to repeat people’s sentences (I feel hurtful when Echo disappears). Hazel mistakes him as her first crush Sammy, who happens to be his great-grandfather. Finally in HOH, the Titaness Calypso despise his sudden appearance on her island, later they find themselves being attracted to each other. He is also the first hero who can return to Ogygia and claim Calypso as his girlfriend, and the first demigod known dating an ancient being.

I need more interaction of Percy and Leo, which was rare in HOO. I expected them to be joking buddies, but in MOA Percy yells at Leo for setting New Rome on fire, not a good start for best friends. Leo also dislike Percy for abandoning Calypso behind, which turned out to be a misunderstanding. I finally get a scene of them making Nike and Adidas joke they made in BOO.

By the way, Team Leo for the win.

4. Piper McLean

I do not get why people would dislike someone like her. There are several fans disliking her characteristics, including an ex-classmate of mine. They think her as the most useless and bland character. I love Rick’s arrangement of her characteristics! What is the point of making her the main character if she does not contribute anything? I mean, she singlehandedly defeats Khione and the Boreads in HOH. When Khione degrades her, she confidently argues with her, proving her strengths.

People stereotyped daughter of Aphrodite as living Barbie dolls, who do nothing but looking into their reflections and gossiping. Sometimes, they either pair people up or break others’ hearts. She breaks that idealistic view as a tomboyish girl who cares less of her look or fashion. She is one of the boldest Aphrodite child who fights for people she loves (the other one is Silena). She is very down-to-Earth about her father’s job as a Hollywood actor, until she is cornered by others. She is also the first person who dauntlessly challenges the cabin leader and oppose the Aphrodite’s rite of passage of breaking other’s heart. Piper is not a dumb-beauty, she already has an abundance of knowledge on Greek Myth and Cheeroke legends which play extremely useful information to other.

That ex-classmate told me Piper is possessive towards Jason. For me, it is very normal for her to be possessive to her ‘boyfriend’, or someone whom she loves, as long as it’s not Yuno Gasai level (see Future Diary for references). Besides, Jason is not the only one she cares about. There is Leo, and her father who is captured by the Giants. There are people dislike her because in MOA, she thinks Percy as cute, but average. Everyone has their own opinion, not everyone fancies the greatest hero on Earth. I really adore her and Percy as best friends, rather than her being another Percy’s admirer.

I would say she has the second-best character development. In TLO, she has the image of an insecure girl. Her adventure as a demigod makes her grow, mending her weaknesses. I love her chemistry with Annabeth in BOO, when fear and phobia prevent Annabeth’s logical reasoning from functioning properly, her feelings guide her to overpower them.

3. Reyna Ramiez-Arellano

Most of the major female characters are taken (except Thalia, the huntress and Rachel, the oracle), she’s the only major female demigod character in the series without a romantic partner. She made a minor appearance in the Sea of Monsters (SOM) as Circe’s apprentice, but soon

Her first appearance in SON gives a dignified and mysterious aura, we barely know her last name and such. She is fearless in battle and a wise leader. In fact, the last book reveals her fear towards ghosts, leading to her haunted childhood of physical abuse. She has moved from home to home, and settles as a praetor in New Rome. Her former sin for patricide might lose her power and trust in New Rome, thus she never speaks of it to anyone except for Nico.

I am really entertained with the fight between Orion and Reyna. Orion, being the male chauvinist, comments the greatness of male dominance. Reyna proves herself that she can perform as well as a man could do, defeats him by herself while avenging the fallen huntresses and Amazon warriors. ‘You will die at the hands of a girl’, that sentence literally gives me the chills.

She has a successful career, blessed by two divine beings, and having an excellent characteristic. One thing that she does not own is romance, just like Aphrodite/Venus tells her that she will never find romance in half-blood. There might be a chance for her having a mortal lover, or catching the eye of an immortal being.

2. Perseus ‘Percy’ Jackson

He is the key character for us to fall in love with the demigod world with Greek Gods and monsters. He was not only charming, but having a great sense of humor. The dark hair and green eyes of his makes him fall into the category of the stereotypical hot-blooded protagonist with a tragic backstory and secret powers, like Eren Jaeger from Attack On Titan, or Hyakuya Yuuichirou from Seraph of the End. The character is based on Rick’s own son, Hayley Riordan, who suffers from ADHD and dyslexic. Rick used to tell him Greek Mythology as his bedtime stories, until the child gave him the inspiration to create his world with Greek Myth as the base.

In TLT, he is shown as a troublesome child who gets kicked out of school frequently. He has an abusive stepfather, Gabe Ugliano, a nasty gambler. He does not have any friends except for Grover, who has difficulty in walking, and stands up for him. He nearly loses his mother from a Minotaur. His unfortunate past changes when he knows of his identity as a demigod. From SOM to TLO, we can see improvements in his mortal life, such as gaining a new stepfather, Paul Blofis, able to attend high school, and getting loyal friends. In TOA, it is known that he will have a baby sister.

Besides his heroic acts and his brave deeds that we all know, he is pretty goofy and sarcastic. We all know of his personality through that first-person point of view about his views on others and the description of his adventures. He is moderately smart and observant, but he can be oblivious in simple stuff around him, like his own romantic encounters. He needs years to realize he is in love with Annabeth, which most of the readers get the clue before him. Reyna confesses her feelings to him in SON, which Percy needs minutes to figure it out. In BOO, when Nico opens up to Percy, Annabeth already gets the point right ahead, leaving him still in a daze.

Percy, despite being the best demigod alive, he acts quite modest and selfless. Most Greek Heroes we all know are portrayed as prideful, arrogant, womanizer or ungrateful. Him, as the son of Poseidon who technically saves the world, he never looks down on anyone. He barely sells himself, except when it’s needed, or in a very sarcastic way. He makes friends with everyone, including non-humans. In SOM, he is a little ashamed that his half-brother is a Cyclops, in the end he accepts him as his brother. The most significant moment is in TLOl, when Zeus offers him immortality. He considers at first, but then realizes the price of it, and turning it down. Instead, he asks for minor deities’ equal rights to claim their demigod children, including Hades, who is not welcomed in Olympus. If I were him I would probably do the same thing, except I might face the wrath of the King of Gods.

**Before revealing my top favorite character, here’s some honorable mentions:

Zoe Nightshade, Bianca di Angelo, Will Solace, Charles Beckendorf, Rachel Dare, the Stolls brother, Ethan Nakamura, Grover Underwood, Tyson, Blackjack, Chiron, Silena Beauregard, Gleeson Hedge, Clarisse La Rue, Calypso

Now here comes my favorite character:

1.Nico di Angelo

I am so sorry, I must put him at number 1 because of my personal bias.

This character has the most noticeable character change and development. He is debuted in TTC, which he is portrayed as carefree 10 years old boy who loves Mythomagic and very curious about everything. The death of his sister, his only known blood relative, caused him fall into despair. Soon, he learnt about his parentage, separating himself from the other demigods.

Despite him as the serious, angry son of Hades with depressing background, he gets a few hilarious moments. He is turned into two types of plants; the Spiderman referenced quote ‘With great power…comes great need to take a nap’; his imagination of Percy joking about farturas; and his confession to Percy.

His personality is mostly seen from other demigods’ views. In TTC, Percy sees him as an annoying little brother and full of curiosity of the demigod world. He seems excited with everything he is involved in, and very eager in participation. He also shows concern for his sister Bianca, asking Percy to protect her. His twist of personality comes in when Percy brings the news of Bianca’s accidental death. In BOTL, he becomes the gloomy, antisocial, and angry child who seeks for revenge and performing necromancy. He also crowns himself as the Ghost King, which the name sounds very Chuunibyou-ish (Chuunibyou is a Japanese term for people who acts like a know-it-all adult and look down on real ones, or believe they have special powers unlike others, see the anime Love, Chuunibyou and other Delusions for more info). In TLOl, he tricks Percy into his father’s lair, which makes Percy angry. He is one of the important ally who aids Percy gaining his Styx River immortality and convincing Hades to fight the Titan army.

There are more demigods involved with his description of personality and people’s opinion of him in HOO. Hazel, seeing him as her savior and brother, showing an amount of respect and admiration. Annabeth, doubting him having a crush on her (which he does not), only sees him as a younger brother. Leo is scared of his necromantic skills, trying to avoid him as best as he could. Frank shows respect and fear to his ‘brother-in-law’, but unexpectedly sharing the same interest in Mythomagic. Jason, originally suggests abandoning him to the Titans while proceeding their main task in MOA, receiving many objections from the other crew members. In HOH, Jason has a sense of sympathy to Nico when Cupid forcefully make him spill out his feelings. He approached the younger boy to befriend him. We also have Reyna, who forms a big sister instinct towards him, and also feels his pain.

We get Nico’s own point of view in BOO. We could not help but to sympathize with his old memories and feelings. We can see his unrequited feelings towards Percy, his moments with Bianca, his hatred towards the Hunters, his intense feelings with his father and the most importantly, his concern towards other demigods. He is not entirely a cold-hearted, unemphatic person like others believed him to be. The way he describes Will, it definitely sounds like a typical boy meets boy fanfiction. Using comparison to other demigods like Jason and Octavian, he has a sense of fondness to the child of Apollo. The Percy-Nico-Will mirrors the Luke-Annabeth-Percy relationship. Both Luke and Percy are the heroic figure to Annabeth and Nico, they are years older than them (technically Nico is older), and they the first demigod they encounter. Annabeth had a love-hate relationship with Luke due to his betrayal; while Nico hates him for breaking their promise and admires him at the same time. Annabeth bickers with Percy like how Nico argues with Will, and they are opposite attractions. In the end of the series, Annabeth tells Luke she sees him as a brother and starts to date Percy in PJO; Nico confesses his past crush towards Percy and sets his eyes on Will, which they end up dating.

I am glad that Riordan arranged Will as his boyfriend. There is a slight change of his personality after they are dating. For example, in CHBC, him and Percy team up and tease Annabeth. In THO, he becomes more participating in camp activities, and willing to socialize with other campers. Plus, he gives an excuse for himself to sit with his boyfriend in the Apollo table. Nice job kid! The loophole of two demigods of the opposite sex cannot stay alone in a cabin gives them a nice chance to spend nights in Hades Cabin, doing stuff.

The character I despised the most, is none than other:

Octavian

He is purely whiny and annoying, like a fly. I knew he was up to no good when I first know this person. I do not care if he is the descendant of my favorite god (Apollo), this puny auger is terrible. In SON, he reminds Percy as Luke Castellan. In BOO, Nico describes him as a watered-down, unhealthy version of Will Solace. Leo also states he has a girly screaming voice. These descriptions give reader an image of an undesired person, also adding humor in the series.

Octavian is extremely xenophobic. He immediately dislikes Percy, insulting him as graecus scum. He does not show any sign of welcoming to the arrival of the representatives of the Greek camp. Ironically, he fears for Nico, who is a powerful Greek demigod. He discriminates Rachel Dare, Apollo’s chosen oracle, believing she is a fraud who practice sorcery.

His sadistic and prideful side is portrayed in many scenes. For example, he rips off stuffed animals as an offering to the gods. He hopes Percy feel the pain of getting his new SPQR tattoo. When he is in charge as Pontifex, he picks people who are brutal like Bryce Lawrence and strong like Mike Kahle. He casually tells people that his family is wealthy in New Rome and he is a descendent of Augustus.

In the end, his own pride and lust for fame and power blinds him, giving him a death sentence. His death is graphic and funny. He might receive eternal punishment in the Underworld. My favorite scene of him is when Piper, Jason and Percy tells him to shut his mouth in MOA.

(I almost forgot Gabe Ugliano, who happens to be the worst parent and husband in the fictional world. This man is gone for good!)

Groovy Gods of Olympus

The Greek Gods in Percy Jackson’s world rules the world, which all of them have humanistic personalities. Greek Gods mirrors human’s behavior with their vice and virtues, like Hera’s jealousy, Hephaestus’ diligence, Zeus and Aphrodite’s lust, Hestia and Artemis’s chastity, Zeus and Ares’s wrath, Hestia’s kindness and Dionysus’s sloth. They moved their base from empires to empires, until they found their spot in United States, the world’s superpower nation. Olympus is based on the top floor of the Empire state building, while the entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles. These settings probably make us never see those things the same way again. The gods, adapted to the 21st century lifestyle, with their area of power matches the modern professions.

Rick still sticks to the original description of the gods, with Athena’s greyish eyes of wisdom, Aphrodite’s changing beauty (depends on different people), Ares’ ruthless behavior, Apollo’s flashy and handsome looks and Hephaestus’s unappealing image. Not all the gods are divine as they should look. Dionysus/Mr. D in PJO series acts as a sluggish camp director. He is banished to Camp Half-Blood due to his flirtatious manners on an off-limit nymph. He does not contribute much to the camp, except for having naps or playing poker with Chiron and a few satyrs. Apollo, the prideful and narcissistic sun god, turns into a mortal by his father in TOA series. He has lost his former glory and powers, leaving him a mortal identity and body to live on Earth. Hestia, the former Olympian in the appearance of a young girl, is easily neglected due to her status.

I would admit that Greek Gods does not make excellent parents. Zeus forbids the gods from visiting their mortal children, except in a few occasions (he is also the douche who broke the oath twice and have 2 demigod children, and he passes most of the blame to Poseidon). Hera, expecting an ideal family, abandons her child Hephaestus because of his ugly appearance. In TLOl, Hades openly declares he prefers Bianca over Nico. However, some gods do care of their children. Poseidon in the series acts as a caring father to Percy (we barely see his angry side like in the myth). Hermes, who has multiple jobs, and countless children, he cares deeply for them. He even kisses Luke on the forehead before the Fates carry his body away. In BOO, it is revealed that Hades has a deep affection for his children, which most of them do not have a happy life. The antisocial and awkward god has difficulties in showing fondness, thus he provides his children gifts (Pluto gave Hazel colored pencils on her 13th birthday while Nico gets a French zombie chauffer).

Usually, gods conceive children like normal human beings. In BOTL, children of Athena are born in a unique way. I was curious at Annabeth and the other Athena’s children birth since their mother is a virgin goddess. There was a story in Greek Myth which she and Hephaestus had a child sprang from her handkerchief (of course they do not have any intimacy). It is told that children of Athena are born from the mind and pure love, not through intimate love and pregnancy. In THO, the daughter of Apollo Kayla Knowles has two fathers. I had to stop and reread that part, and it is true. I still do not get how demigod children are born from same-sex parents. Subjugate mothers? Or maybe like Athena children, sprang out from something. (I need to stop thinking about this or else the complexity will burn my brain cells).

Controversies

There’s a few controversies I have heard around.

Similarities of Percy Jackson and Harry Potter

This one was all over the place. People keep comparing Percy Jackson to Harry Potter. Some complaint that Rick copied the characters Rowling owned. These are the examples people brought up.

1.Percy has green eyes and black hair, living with an abusive parent. He does not know of his parentage. Harry, who has green eyes and black hair, living with abusive relatives.

2.Annabeth plays the smart one in the first trio. She is constantly compared to Hermione, the brightest witch in the Wizarding World.

3.Grover is the timid person of the trio, and the first supporter and companion to the main character. Another character in Harry Potter with the similar personality, Ron Weasley.

4.Chiron, the knowledgeable and caring mentor in the series, like Dumbledore in Harry Potter.

5. Luke, blond hair, the anti-hero. Draco, the anti-hero to Harry.

6. The mischievous Stolls brother, who keeps pranking on people. The Weasley twins, pranksters duo of Hogwarts.

7. Camp Half-Blood that is invisible to mortal’s eye, a haven for Greek demigods to learn defensive skills. Hogwarts, unknown to muggles and where young witches and wizards lean magic.

Maybe the author was not stable with the characterization in the first place, he might get references from the series itself. However, Rick has not confirmed that his characters are based on the Harry Potter series. The characterization became better later.

To be frank, I prefer Percy Jackson than Harry Potter. I love the diversity shown in the book, with good humor in it. Otherwise, Harry Potter gets the best language form.

The Percy Jackson movies

Movie adaptations are barely good, this is one of the examples. Even Rick himself acknowledge that the movie is horrible. I watched both movies, the plotline itself is good, but it cannot satisfy us fans.

The producers casted young adult actors for the roles than 12 years old. They could actually make the actors grow up with the movie, just how they did for Harry Potter. I’m alright with the Percy Jackson actor, I have no prejudice over Movie Grover’s race, Luke’s actor is fine (where’s the scar). I just have problems with the casting on female characters. Firstly, Annabeth Chase. In the first movie, she’s a brunette with blue eyes. I legit thought that’s a random daughter of Aphrodite. Where is the blonde hair and blue eyes? It does not mean I dislike the actress herself, it just her signature curly blonde hair with grey eyes are gone! This mistake was soon corrected in the 2nd movie. In the SOM movie, the Clarisse’s actor looked like a Victoria Secret Super Model, rather than the buff, mean-looking leader of the Ares Cabin.

There is a stark difference from the movie settings and the book settings. Instead of having cabins based on their godly parentage, each member has their own cabin. What is this? Luxury camp for the godly children? There is also no rule on camp clothing, where’s the orange camp shirt? The worst of all, why do they have advanced technologies? It is said that technologies attract monsters, which is unusable for demigods.

All of these flaws made me prefer a sophisticated anime adaptation than a real-life movie or TV-show.

LGBT+ characters

(whoever made this edit deserves a thumbs up)

This is a recent controversy after the publicize of THO. Mostly from parent readers, they complained on the god’s sexuality and Nico and Will dating. I understand that some parents don’t want their children to knowing much about human sexuality at an early age. What makes me feel mad about the people who complained about having same-sex couple or characters in the LGBT+ spectrum does not realize that homosexuality is accepted in the ancient times.

It is true that Apollo is bisexual, who has countless affairs with women and men. Other gods are not 100% straight, even Zeus fancied Ganymede. (I know, Greek Myth is one hell of a messed-up pit!)

Besides, I have nothing against Nico and Will dating (Solangelo shipper here!). Rick does not use words like ‘gay’, ‘queer’, ‘homosexual’ to identify their sexualities, which he does not want to label them as a specific identity. In Ancient Greco-Roman, same-sex relationship is highly encouraged in the army to strength the bonds between teammates. Also, as someone in the LGBT+ spectrum, I appreciate Rick’s decision to take the risk and promoting diversity. One thing I am mad about him is the vagueness of Nico and Will relationship. There are so many gaps in between BOO and THO which there’s no description on when they started dating, who confessed first and how do they get together! I need to know more about their relationship! I will be glad if there’s a side story of them. Also, Kayla’s mysterious birth from same-sex parents.

I love the fact that Rick does not give a dam (I simply just put a pun here) about the people who complained. He straight on inserted a kick-ass elderly lesbian couple in TDP.

How the series made an impact on me? My hopes on the franchise.

It is one of the reason why I took the path of writing. The story, and the writing-style had inspired me to be a writer myself. Looking at the vivid image of modernized Greek Gods brought some magic into my dull high-school life. I would also like to cosplay those female demigods in the future. As an anime fan, I hope this series can be created into an anime series, just like how they did for the Powerpuff Girls back then. I also hope I can meet more PJO/HOO fans in my country.

Jenny (14-21 Aug 2017)

Author’s Note: My first essay describing on a fictional work I like. I tried to avoid any grammatical mistakes and add as much vocabulary as I can in it. The one week of writing this essay gives me neck pain (from looking too much on my laptop), and a better insight to the character and the story. I took a hiatus in the PJO/HOO fandom since I started on Hetalia and other anime. The day I decided to write this fic, I realized there are so many details I have forgotten, thus I need to check the Wikia and the books for references. This is a pleasant experience for me to start on writing reviews and simple creative writing. I might write more reviews or analytical essays for other book series and anime.

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