#where does the path of thorns go

[lovesick-level-up]

"In This Painful Twilight" Ena Shinonome Layouts (+ Bonus Matching Kaito, Kanade + Mafuyu)

@project-sekai-archives requested: Hiii Can I have Ena Shinonome Layouts With her new Card trained or untrained is your choice ^ ^

transparents by @milaxan7

feel free to use with credit as long as you aren't on our dni, but don't claim as your own! like/reblog if you save or enjoy!

[itsmizuover]

doodles

[redcomet-stims]

A Stimboard based around mizu5, specifically that image

Does anyone else hear the ominous bells tolling, or is it just me? ...😅

Content warning: scopophobia, fire

🥀👁️‍🗨️🌹 "Where Does the Path of Thorns Go?" (Project Sekai) stimboard centered around THAT card ("What Has Been Lost" untrained 4*) for anon...

Yeah, this event broke me. Don't ask a Project Sekai fan what happened on October 11th/12th...😄 Also, I was listening to Bake no Hana while making this, so I might've been subconsciously influenced by it. I still tried to match the colors/vibe to the card, but just know that this is more influenced by the event as a whole.

Also, I have NEVER seen a Project Sekai character with such a purely ANGUISHED, horrifying expression before this. There have been cards of characters breaking down into tears and IMO, THAT does not compare to the pure terror this card gives off.

Anyway, I hope you like this...! 😅

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[n4tsum1-san]

it's so good and realistic!! even about ena's reaction, mizuki says it herself: logically she knows that ena is just surprised without any hurt or malicious intent. but still, part of her can't accept being known so soon, under circumstances out of her control. and that same part of her simply cannot accept the kindness ena & others give her because she instinctively rejects it. so even though she says she knows it'll be fine and things will continue with niigo as normal, at the same time, everything is going out of control. everything is going wrong.

so she runs away and hides her face because she just

can't

stand it

Mizuki Akiyama is one of the most realistic portrayals of a trans-feminine person in any media and the event story method Project Sekai has of telling its casts story really benefits Mizuki's arc. Her issues have been subtly shown and implied since the game started 4 years ago.

She doesn't feel comfortable going to school due to the way kids in her class and in the school generally bully her for her gender presentation. Mizuki tries to not let it bother her with her generally friendly personality and acts as if it doesn't bother her.

Outside of An and later Akito she doesn't feel comfortable getting closer to anyone in her real life, out of fear of them finding out who she truly is. It's due to this that her time on Niigo helped her figure herself out over time.

Due to contacting each other through Nightcord, Mizuki doesn't have the same fear initially that they'll find out she's trans and isn't 'like them'. That is until they get closer as a group and start meeting up in person. Ena specifically gets close to Mizuki and starts worrying.

Ena can tell Mizuki has a secret that weighs on her, but she doesn't want to be forceful about getting Mizuki to tell her. Mizuki is grateful for this and spends a lot of time watching Mafuyu, Ena and Kanade grow over their time as a group.

More and more, she feels she has to open up to them about who she is or she'll never progress as a person in the same way they have. She works up the courage to at least tell Ena over time to pay her back for her kindness and friendship.

Unfortunately, she gets outed in the worst way possible by Ena hearing a classmate misgender Mizuki and make fun of her for being friends with Mizuki. This makes Mizuki panic and worry the worst without hearing Ena out.

It's realistic, and the way Mizuki's issues have been portrayed so far are realistic to the fear trans and non binary people struggle with opening up about their identity to others. Out of fear of being treated differently or abused in the same way others did to them in the past.

Anyway, all of this to say Mizuki Akiyama is one of my favorite characters in general and I'm glad Project Sekai treated her character with care and respect the entire time the game has been going on for.

[mizuribbons]

[chichirid]

mizuki themed stamps and blinkies - all edited by me♡

credit not needed but appreciated

[project-sekai-facts]

The event logo for Where Does The Path Of Thorns Go? contains a couple of callbacks to the My Footprints, Your Destination event logo. Most obvious is the background of the chainlink fence, but the exact same butterfly (based on Mizuki's original school uniform hairbow) appears on the right side of each logo.

[astergore]

everything would be so much better if i disappeared.

[sekaitransparents]

where does the path of thorns go? | what has been lost ~ mizuki akiyama

[biancabxtch]

just like how you should never ask a vbs fan what happened on june 30 2024, you should never ask a n25 fan what happened on 12 october 2024.

[sailingseals]

anyone else hear that ominous bell toiling??? Hhshzhjsj

[grassctzen123]

Mizu5 collage made by me!!!

Idk Japanese, so I Know the writing is messed up, but I tried ig😔

I have an ena5 collage prepared, but it's not complete cus the song's not out yet 😩

[cricketsintensify]

“What's with those eyes? Ah, of course it's those eyes.”

Part 2 to Dipper

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FRAMES: 4

TIME TAKEN: 30 minutes (again? I’m too into this au)

[endlessrailroad]

../ "favorite event + crossover"

for: @sekaitransparents 1 year bingo

with themes of regret, pain, and emotional blindness

credits // : [ psd ]

[siren-serotonin]

"are you okay" no, mizuki got an inochi bakkari alt on the SAME DAY as mizu5

[mizuribbons]

WAS THAT THE BITE PATH OF 87 THORNS?!