#tokiwa midori

[animebrit]

[neko-mochi]

ねこもち❀

[nefertari-lilys]

I did that years ago but i guess it still works. What do you think ?

[anipast]

Yeah.

[bo1908]

Midori Tokiwa

[puellamagishowdown]

Round 1 Has Finished!

Thank you all for voting! Some results are exactly what I expected but quite a few were confusing to me. Sometimes I wish I knew why people voted the way they did. Also, just for the record, I did randomize these. None of these pairings were planned.

Now for something important I'm going to say before things get too bad.

I've seen a few heated replies that are getting too close to aggressive for my taste. Guys, this is for fun. There are no real world consequences to the result of this poll bracket. If I believe someone is getting too aggressive or insulting towards other voters (or me), I will block. I don't want any true negativity here and if preventing some people from interacting keeps peace, I will do it. You all are free to try and convince others to vote the way you want, but keep it civil.

If you would like a list of results along with some commentary, feel free to click the keep reading button. Otherwise, see you all soon for the next round.

Suzune Amano vs Ayame Mikuri (54.3%) - The first result gives me sadness. I'm a real fan of Suzune's character.

Niko Kanna vs Miyuri Yukari (63.8%)

Pia Undo (59.2%) vs Yuuri Asuka

Tsubasa Hanekawa (50.4%) vs Alexandra Kurusu - This one was close. It was switching back and forth until the end.

Toyo (81.1%) vs Ebony

Sasa Yuuki vs Madoka Kaname (91.2%) - I wonder how Sasa would have done against someone other than Madoka. You know, the magical girl who will probably be in the top 5 if not win the whole bracket.

Livia Medeiros (67.1%) vs Hikari Kirai

Hayate Yagami vs Rena Minami (81.3%)

Tart vs Sana Futaba (67.1%)

Arisa Narumi vs Asahi Miura (68.1%)

Manaka Kurumi vs Kaede Akino (68.9%)

Ranka Chizu vs Sudachi Suwa (52.6%)

Mikoto Sena (81.5%) vs Hagumu Azumi - I'm sad we'll probably never see Mikoto animated. Her design is really pretty.

Hotaru Yura (83.3%) vs Moka Megumi

Himika Mao vs Saki Asami (60%)

Melissa de Vignolles vs Mikage Yakumo (58.9%)

Yukika Nanase vs Sasara Minagi (55.4%)

Amaryllis (61.3%) vs Shizuka Tokime

Ren Isuzu (83.1%) vs Pernelle

Shizuku Hozumi vs Kokoro Awane (56.1%)

Kuro (58%) vs Kaoru Maki - The character without eyes won. Okay.

Kagome Satori vs Nanaka Tokiwa (54.1%)

Kagari Hinata (66.7%) vs Mayoi Hachikuji

Alina Gray (69.1%) vs Ria Ami - I really love Ria's design. I would like to think she would have moved on if she wasn't against a major character like Alina.

Mikura Komachi (60.3%) vs Umika Misaki

Yu (77.5%) vs Lavi Himuro - Why? Is there some real love for Yu out there for some reason or is it just voting against Lavi? I really don't understand this one.

Kushu Irina vs Himena Aika (50.6%)

Sayuki Fumino (51.7%) vs Chika Aoba - The first of two tiebreakers. What a peculiar duo to be a tie. And I messed up the title of the poll like a loser.

Ashley Taylor (73.2%) vs Akira Shinobu

Yuuri vs Meiyui Chun (87.7%)

Hinano Miyako vs Mel Anna (67.1%)

Satomi Usagi vs Ryoko Natsu (76.1%) - Satomi was the reason I decided to use fan art for the Kazumi girls. The only colored art of her I could find had SAMPLE across the front of it. And she didn't even win.

Ayase Souju vs Hazuki Yusa (75.7%)

Tsukuyo Amane vs Eternal Sakura (75.3%)

Kanami Honoka vs Mayu Kozue (92.3%) - Poor Kanami got bodied.

Kako Natsume (58%) vs Hanna Sarasa

Maria Yuki vs Rui Mizuki (65.8%)

San Kagura vs Kanoko Yayoi (65%)

Chizuru vs Masara Kagami (70.4%)

Ryo Midori vs Juri Oba (66.7%)

Isabeau vs Kyoko Sakura (84.6%)

Tsubaki Mikoto (70.8%) vs Chisato Shion

Riz Hawkwood (83.9%) vs Temari Kira

Kanna Hijiri (52.6%) vs Jun Kazari

Sunao Toki vs Chiharu Hiroe (55%)

Aimi Eri vs Mito Aino (66.7%)

Kuroe vs Corbeau (51%) - The cloak girl showdown was really close. I really never knew who would win.

Nemu Hiiragi vs Tsuruno Yui (70.2%)

Kazumi vs Yuma Chitose (52.6%)

Hitagi Senjougahara vs Mitama Yakumo (59.6%) - I'll be honest, I kinda thought the Monogatari fans would have risen and voted. Then again, I have no idea how large the Monogatari fanbase is in the first place.

Shinobu Oshino vs Yuna Kureha (62.5%)

Yuuna Kaharu vs Riko Chiaki (70.5%)

Ayaka Mariko (53.5%) vs Takina Inoue

Meguru Hibiki (60.8%) vs Akari Mai

Nadeko Sengoku vs Momoko Togame (55.6%)

Mirai Wakaba vs Ui Tamaki (86.2%)

Ao Kasane (57.3%) vs Matsuri Hinata - I'm actually a bit crushed. I love both Matsuri's design and character. The fact she didn't get through but her sister did is almost worse.

Suruga Kanbaru (52.8%) vs Fate T. Harlaown

Seira Mihono vs Gunhild (69.8%)

Rion Yuzuki vs Homura Akemi (93.1%) - Rion was destroyed. I almost feel bad.

Asuka Tatsuki vs Sae Kirino (58.1%) - Fun fact, when the poll ended the first time it said 50.6% Asuka. Only the next day did it say it was tied. That's why the tiebreaker poll went up so much later.

Nagisa Momoe (83.2%) vs Sakuya Suzuka

Iroha Tamaki (66.9%) vs Chisato Nishikigi - I have no idea what Lycoris Recoil is about, but both of the crossover girls had really nice designs.

Mitsune Miwa vs Yachiyo Nanami (74.6%)

Seika Kumi (61.9%) vs Emika Kisaki

Nayuta Satomi (52.6%) vs Tsuyu Mizuna - The first time I saw Tsuyu, I just thought Ayaka Kamisato. Keep in mind, I was not playing Genshin at the time.

Yozuru Sasame vs Karin Misono (50.9%)

Urara Yume vs Kanae Yukino (75%)

Konoha Shizumi (61.5%) vs Eliza Celjska

Shigure Miyabi (62.4%) vs Haruka Kanade - Really? I thought Haruka had one of the better designs but apparently I'm wrong. Or maybe Shigure's story is really that good.

Tsukasa Amane vs Oriko Mikuni (63.8%) - Also a little sad neither Amane twin got through. I like their designs but that might just be my personal bias towards kimono-styled outfits.

Hotori Yuzuki vs Lapin (72%)

Tsumugi Wakana vs Olga (75.2%)

Mifuyu Azusa (59.2%) vs Mabayu Aki - Mabuyu has a design I think would have fit with the Holy Quintet if she was released back in the day (and the clothes were green). But I have heard Scene 0 is pretty meh so that probably held her back quite a lot.

Natsuki Utsuho vs Felicia Mitsuki (83.3%)

Mami Tomoe (71.4%) vs Touka Satomi

Rika Ayano (58.7%) vs Heruka

Sayaka Miki (86.1%) vs Nanoha Takamichi - I also thought the MGLN fans would have risen from depths and really voted for their titular character. But then again, Sayaka is a force to be reckoned with in this bracket.

Mitsuru Inami (73.6%) vs Luca Souju - Every single one of the characters I used fan art for didn't even move onto the second round. I could have just not included them and nothing would have changed. And that's a shame because I feel Kazumi has some real underrated designs, especially the Soujus.

Ikumi Makino (66.3%) vs Minou

Kanagi Izumi vs Kirika Kure (52.9%)

Konomi Haruna (76.5%) vs Leila Ibuki

[puellamagifashion]

Character Masterpost

Original series: Madoka Kaname Ultimate Madoka Homura Akemi Homura Akemi (glasses/plaits)/Moemura Devil Homura Mami Tomoe Sayaka Miki Kyoko Sakura Hitomi Shizuki Nagisa Momoe

Kazumi Magica: Kazumi Subaru Kaoru Maki Umika Misaki Saki Asami Mirai Wakaba Satomi Usagi Niko Kanna Kanna Hijiri Airi Anri ‘Yuuri’/Yuuri Asuka Ayase/Luca Souju Akane Sumire

Oriko Magica: Oriko Mikuni Kirika Kure Yuma Chitose Sasa Yuuki Komaki Asako Lina Hitomi Mio Miyako Saki Mai Akane Erika Mamiya Koito Asako Akira Namekata Miyuki Nagatsuki Futaba Chihana Masumi

Suzune Magica: Suzune Amano Arisa Narumi Chisato Shion Haruka Kanade Matsuri Hinata Kagari Hinata Tsubaki Mikoto Kanami Honoka

Tart Magica: Tart/Jeanne d’Arc Riz Hawkwood Melissa de Vignolles Eliza Celjska Corbeau Lapin Minou Isabeau Pernelle Fleche Lame

Magia Record: Iroha Tamaki Yachiyo Nanami Tsuruno Yui Sana Futaba Felicia Mitsuki Mifuyu Azusa Touka Satomi Alina Gray Nemu Hiiragi Ui Tamaki Rena Minami Momoko Togame Kaede Akino Karin Misono Kanagi Izumi Mitama Yakumo Tsukuyo Amane Tsukasa Amane Kuroe

Kagome Satori Yuna Kureha Hikaru Kirari Ao Kasane Juri Oba Shizuka Tokime Chiharu Hiroe Sunao Toki Himena Aika Shigure Miyabi Hagumu Azumi San Kagura Miyuri Yukari Lavi/Rabi Himuro Asahi Miura Alexandra Kurusu Urara/Ulala Yume Nayuta Satomi Mikage Yakumo Sudachi Sawa Yozuru Sasame Livia Medeiros Mikoto Sena Tsuyu Mizuna Chizuru

Asuka Tatsuki Kanoko Yayoi Natsuki Utsuho Hinano Miyako Sasara Minagi Nanaka Tokiwa Emiri Kisaki Shizuku Hozumi Akira Shinobu Manaka Kurumi Ria Ami Kako Natsume Meiyui Chun Leila Ibuki Seika Kumi

Mito Aino Kokoro Awane Yukika Nanase Hanna Sarasa Ayaka Mariko Himika Mao Sakuya Suzuka Aimi Eri Tsumugi Wakana Ren Isuzu Konoha Shizumi Hazuki Yusa Ayame Mikuri Masara Kagami Konomi Haruna

Rika Ayano Mayu Kozue Sayuki Fumino Moka Megumi Riko Chiaki Maria Yuki Mel Anna Mikura Komachi Seira Mihono Temari Kira Hotori Yuzuki Meguru Hibiki Eternal Sakura/Sakurako Ranka Chizu Rion Yuzuki

Ryo Midori Chika Aoba Hotaru Yura Kanae Yukino Yuuna Kaharu Jun Kazari Ashley Taylor Ikumi Makino Mitsune Miwa Sae Kirino Rui Mizuki Akari Mai Ryoko Natsu Kushu Irina Kuro Mabayu Aki

Other: Pia Undo Overall other characters

[translationandbetrayals]

There are always similitudes and differences in media from a specific show, below you could find how subtle changes can affect the audience perception, without ruing the charismatic aspects of the media.

Tamako Market is the 1st anime-only production by KyoAni (not adapted from any other media), directed by Naoko Yamada and the team of K-On!. To date, there's only a 12 chapters anime, Tamako Market (2013) and an 83 minutes movie called Tamako Love Story (2014).

It tells the story of a girl named Kitashirakawa Tamako and her friends. The story is set around the Usagiyama Shopping District in Kyoto, where Tamako lives with her family in a mochi store called Tama-ya, founded by her great-great father.

Tamako, the main character is a bubbly, energetic and joyful 16 years old girl that LOVES mochi and life around the shopping district. She has a younger sister called Anko (like the mochi filling) that is kinda the opposite of her elder sister, she doesn´t like to be related to mochi neither like much the district community. Their front-door neighbours are the Ooji family, like the Kitashirakawa family they also have a mochi store, called RiceCake-Oh! Zee is not as traditional as Tama-ya. The son of the family called Ooji Mochizou is a dear friend of Tamako, they know since they were born, and talk sometimes via cup-phone. There are also Tamako's school friends, like Tokiwa Midori, Makino Kanna and Asagiri Shiori. The first two girls attend with Tamako at the baton club at school, and the last girl is Tamako and Kanna´s classmate. Another interesting character is Dera Mochimazzi, a talking bird that Tamako found in the flower shop of the district.

The story is made in chronological order, being the anime the first part of the story and the movie the second and final part of this word. Both stories are, as previously said, about Tamako´s life and the relationships between her family and friends. The two media present a world view where collectivism is fairly visible and remarkable in the daily life of the characters that live in the district. For example, every day the shop owner welcomes the children of the district with several gifts when they arrived from school, taking care of them in a family-like manner. Another way that collectivism is portrayed is that they do meetings to craft ideas to help each other and thrive in the Usagiyama Shopping District, a example of that is chapter 6, "I felt chills down my spine too" (俺の背筋も凍ったぜ Ore no Sesuji mo Kōtta ze), when Tamako notice that not many people went to the district because it was too hot, and decide to do a “haunted house”.

There are also some differences between the anime and the movie that makes a difference in the perception of the media. Tamako Market has fantasy elements like Dera, the flamboyant talking bird, that the movie does not incorporate (it's never denied, but it's almost irrelevant to the story). Also in the anime, the problems are much non-existence, or not in a way like an antagonist force, Tamako prefers to be non-confrontational because the problems do not affect her at all, unlike in the movie. In the movie, Tamako has to deal with her changing environment, and problems like her future, career and relationships, which worry her to the point where she does not behave like herself because the movie is focused on how life changes when you are in the last years of your school life. In the movie, there's even more depth to certain characters like Mochizou and brief mentions of Dera or Choi (Dera´s boss). Another thing that can be distinguished is the use of colour both media are very colourful but the pallet used in Tamako Market is more consistent, while in the movie there's more experimentation with hues and tones. With that display, both media deal with a difference in the approach to life, whereas the anime is very optimistic, colourful and funny the movie is more gloomy, profound and tense than the anime.

To put it all together, the changes in the two of the media are very slight but they impact in a way that doesn't affect the core of the world of Tamako Market, the changes feel organic because it´s like quite relatable events that occur at that age. The motive of the character evolves as they grew older and experience new things. Because maybe the magic of the mid-teens being kinda lost when you are in your last year of high school and you are also kinda scared that everything you ever know will probably change and that the world is not as you used to fully believe.

To prefer one media over the other would be to disown a part of my teen years, so I recommend you watch the anime and the movie, they are perfect if you are feeling down because I'm pretty sure they will brighten up your day, and it also refreshing to watch something so optimistic for once in this world that has focused on bad news and chaos. Francisca Scopesi ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

[cxsmic-hxrrxrs]

by Tokiwa Midori

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KyoAni Month

Day 8: cutest KyoAni work → Tamako Love Story

[animebrit]

[violasarecool]

Rating: G, Gen Summary: Given their tumultuous start, Mochizou never expected to find a kindred soul in Midori. While neither of them are willing to tell each other the exact identity of their crushes, before long they've fallen into a comfortable rhythm of mutual support and commiseration.

The sun on the water was nauseatingly bright that afternoon, glinting like a thousand tiny laser pointers in the hands of one determined toddler. Mochizou tipped his head back until it thunked against the bridge's metal railing, listening idly to the rush of passing cars and steady footfalls growing gradually louder. A few feet away, the footfalls stopped. A heavy sigh, and the thump of a bag hitting pavement, and then Midori was plopping down on the sidewalk beside him.

"Good afternoon," Mochizou said, not bothering to lift his head.

"Is it?" Midori shot back.

"Eh," Mochizou said. Then, because it was still early and he was in a mood to be distracted by someone else's problems: "Girl trouble?"

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[anipast]

Say, was that Dera's voice just now?

[blissful-dreaming]

[riceiyu]

[aimailyrics]

“Girlfriend” - Tokiwa Midori

from『twinkle ride CD』 Tamako Market album Listen here: (x)

Requested by @hiyokosacchin. Much thanks!

そっと めくばせ 合図する 用意はできた? ちょっと おしゃべりをしながら さぁ帰ろう We signal each other with a furtive glance, asking, “are you ready?” C’mon, let’s walk home, while we chitchat and gossip

ごちゃまぜ わからないキモチ 言葉にできないよ 手さぐり What a mess these feelings are, I don’t understand them I can’t put them into words, I fumble around

いつかは 大人になるけれど いつまでも ここで 守ってあげるね Some day, I’ll grow up But I’ll always be here to protect you

きまぐれかな 少しだけ 悩んでいるの? 小さなひみつ 私だけは 分かるよ Am I capricious? Maybe a little. Does that trouble you? Only I am privy to this little secret

あいまい 名前もないキモチ そっと 近づいて また遠くなる These vague feelings don’t have a name Whenever I get close, they escape me again

いつかは 大人になるけれど いつまでも 変わらないでね Someday, you’ll grow up But please, don’t ever change

見慣れた 私たちの街も キミと 笑いながら歩けば きらめく Even our city, so familiar, Sparkles, while walking and smiling with you 

いつかは 大人になるけれど いつまでも 変わらないでね Someday, we’ll grow up But let’s stay the same forever

さみしくて 涙がこぼれたら すぐに 駆けつけてあげるから どこでも Should you ever shed tears from loneliness  I’ll come running to you, wherever you are

どこまでも いつまでも Wherever Forever