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Komaeda's "Love" For Hinata - A Musing on KomaHina

There’s this thing that this fandom likes to do in regards to the relationship between Hajime Hinata and Nagito Komaeda. More to the point, they interpret Komaeda as loving from afar with the ultimate goal to get his hands on those Hinata-tas, you know what I’m saying? 

I don’t put blame on the fandom itself, though, because you can’t really do that when concerning a character like Nagito Komaeda.

Komaeda is … well, Komaeda is … ? Strange. Complex. Confusing. There’s a lot of adjectives that I could put here and even then it doesn’t entirely sum this guy up. Not only that, there is a lot of complex variables that affect his behavior; childhood trauma, frontotemporal dementia, emotional reservation—the list goes on for a while.

In short, he’s hard to understand—but that doesn’t mean he can’t be understood. At least in a general sense. To start off, examine Komaeda’s mental state. I called him ”insane” earlier and I acknowledge full on that that wasn’t right of me—in all honesty, I was rushing and didn’t quite have my thoughts in order.

Komaeda is, no doubt, extremely intelligent. He is able to plan and has incredible both deductive and inductive reasoning skill. In all of the Class Trials, Komaeda comes to the conclusion of who the killer is long before Hinata even has a general idea in his head. He asks questions for the purpose of leading people into his line of thinking, and to hear different answers—not because he actually needs an answer. 

Mentally? He’s exceptional. Socially and emotionally? Not so much. 

His social and emotional behaviors have led people to the conclusion that he is insane, but it’s not quite the answer. He’s not insane, he’s … Komaeda is … deluded. He’s stuck so far into his disturbed world view and detached emotional state that he comes off that way. Strange. Crazy. Odd. None of which he can help, mind you. 

Moving on from that, let’s focus on the points concerning Komaeda’s and Hinata’s relationship:

Komaeda, as a character, has not had a single, true friend for probably the entirety of his life—outside of a childhood pet that was run over and killed right in front of him.

During marchen-v-friendhof’s translation of one of his Dangan Island events, having Hinata suggest hide-and-seek to him has Komeada respond with 

 Considering what we know about him and that he been alone for a large period of his life, it’s my speculation that the children he was playing with just simply forgot about him, or tricked him into believing they’d let him play. 

As depressing as that speculation is, it’s believable considering what we know about him. After the death of his parents, Komaeda had led a completely hopeless, friendless existence. He’s said so himself—before coming to Hope’s Peak, he pretty much just ”drifted” through life. 

To put it simply, Komaeda sees Hinata as more than just ‘his friend’. He sees Hinata as the first person who has treated him like a legitimate human being since probably the death of his parents. To say that Komaeda loves Hinata is believable and, to be honest, completely true.

Now let’s go over what I’ve just reviewed

Komaeda is somewhat “crazy”.

Komaeda loves Hinata.

Both of these are completely factual—however, this does not mean that Komaeda has an unhealthy, crazy love for Hinata. His love for Hinata is completely healthy.

I don’t mean ”healthy” as in ”not gay”, I mean that it’s entirely human nature for Komaeda to come to the conclusion that

Hinata is nice to him.

Hinata tries to understand him.

Despite upsetting Hinata repeatedly, Hinata still takes time out of his day to go see him.

He sort of kind of likes Hinata more than just him being a Hope’s Peak student. 

Moving on further, it’s no secret that Komaeda has had a completely traumatizing and sucky life. To put it into a summary,

Faithful pet and best friend run over by a truck while still a young boy. 

Parents killed right in front of him while still in elementary.

Kidnapped as a middle schooler and held for ransom, but was let go when the kidnapper realized he was completely worthless. 

No friends to speak of.

Diagnosed with later stage cancer.

Diagnosed with an incurable, horrible neurological disease that makes you suffer while slowly killing you. It also makes it impossible for you to effectively communicate with people, or fully understand emotion. 

This kid has been through some things, alright, and as a result of that Komaeda is heavily emotionally withdrawn. To put it as simply as I can, Komaeda has no earthly idea how to communicate or relate with his peers anymore. 

To give an example: every time Komaeda is being an ”asshole” to Hinata. Playing from Hinata’s perspective, yes, it’s understandable to think that Komaeda is openly harassing him and being mean, but that isn’t it.

When Komaeda says “just kidding”, he means it. He realizes too late that his attempts to try and tease/joke around with Hinata make him instead look like a complete asshole. 

                                       ”Komaeda is Gay”? 

Concerning the emotional trauma this kid has been through, I really don’t think that Komaeda is emotionally able to make the decision for sure that he is either straight or gay—all he knows, or really cares about, is that he loves Hinata. 

It’s never implied that he wants to kiss or do anything romantically appropriate when concerning Hinata, but just that he likes to be around Hinata. Even if Hinata so much as looks at him, it makes him happy.

                    The Infamous ”Daisuki” and “Aishiteru”  

Coming from an American who’s native language is English and has spoken nothing but it for the last 18 years—Japanese is confusing. Translations are never set in stone because there are so much ways a specific thing can be interpreted. Now throw a character like Komaeda into the mix? We’re going to be here a while. 

In Japanese, there are a lot of different ways a person can say ”like” or ”love”—all of varying degrees. Koishiteru, aishiteru, koisuru, daisuki, suki—

Based on my limited knowledge of the language, “koi” can be interpreted as more of a passion than love. Suki and daisuki have a literal translation of ”I like/I really like you”, so it’s more gentle and … casual, I guess? “Ai” on the other hand pretty much means true love. I think.

If you take the time to do Komaeda’s Free Time Events, and listen to his Drama CD which is pretty much a compiling of all his events, Komaeda uses a lot of these. He uses suki, daisuki, and—the ”nail in the coffin”—aishiteru. 

It’s pretty safe to assume that what Komaeda feels for Hinata is ”true love”.

However, that does not mean that Komaeda is truly in love with Hinata, as in from a romantic standpoint. He just loves Hinata. It’s completely different way than what this fandom likes to interpret. He’s not necessarily in love with Hinata—he just loves him. 

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Another FANTASTIC mini Manga from the same amazing artist who did That Hazy Depression of Yours! It’s not often we get to see Saihara outwit Ouma and I ADORED the interactions between them in this one! Don’t worry guys! There’s more coming from the talented artist  丈中 but for now go send them some love on their pixiv~~! Atua knows they deserve it!

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Kokichi Ouma Character Analysis: Chapter 4 and Grey Morality

So a quick disclaimer: Yes, I am very aware that this is most likely not canon, or at least not what the writers intended on being canon, nor am I saying that this is 100% canon and should be considered as such. This is just a fan theory/analysis I came up with for my own enjoyment and wanted to share with others, as I like coming up with theories/analysis posts and reworking canons to make enhanced stories and character development in my perspective. I firmly believe that the idea of making theories isn’t supposed to be a shouting contest to see which opinion is the most loud and correct, but should be something to share with others and find acceptance and understanding in different interpretations, even if you don’t agree with them.

I want the disclaimer here to be taken extra-seriously as I know for a fact that this topic within itself is one hell of a problem when it comes to Kokichi’s character. This incident and series of events is what makes or breaks Kokichi’s character for a lot of people. People who see Kokichi’s character as nothing but up to no good be warned; this post is not for you.

However, the said can be said for those who think Kokichi can do no wrong. I may call Kokichi a “precious cinnamon roll” but in reality, the scale of his sins during Chapter 4 is impossible to ignore, especially when it’s such a huge deal that it carries over into the rest of the story of the game. There’s a lot of divide over whether or not Kokichi is a pure saint or pure evil, when in actuality, human beings are far more complicated than black or white, good or evil, and that’s sort of the beauty hidden within this case. Morality is crushed to the ground and stomped on until it’s borderline unrecognizable.

So without further adieu, let’s begin the analysis, and talk about Kokichi’s fall from grace and into a despair so miserable that it ripped him apart.

WARNING, THIS POST IS VERY LONG. Only stop to read it when you have a good amount of time to do so.

Keep reading

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HEROES RISING SPOILERS

FIRST AND LAST WARNING, IT'S 100% CONFIRMED TO BE REAL SO PLEASE LEAVE LMAO

ANYWAY SO BAKUGOU INHERITING OFA,,,,,, IF THE SILHOUETTE IS HIM AND THE MOVIE TAKES PLACE AFTER THE CURRENT ARC, THEN DO THEY GO BACK IN TIME?????? DO IZUKU AND KATSUKI BOND AND STOP BEING RIVALS? DOES BAKUGOU USE THE POWER AT 100%?

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW DID HE CONSUME IZUKU'S DNA. IF HE ONLY TEMPORARILY HAS OFA, DOES THAT MEAN DEKU GETS IT BACK BY EATING KATSUKI'S HAIR??

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The Boku No Hero Academia Vol. 3 Light Novel is finally out and contains a chapter focusing on the Fantasy AU from Season 2 Ending 2! One of the biggest reveals in this chapter is that the Dragon that Bakugou is riding in the Fantasy Ending sequence IS ACTUALLY KIRISHIMA. The context is that Deku and Co. are heading to battle against some strong opponents and come across Bakugou with a fire breathing dragon. Bakugou then tells Deku he wants to tag along, and the translation is as follows:

— Bakugou: I’m coming too. Defeating these men of valor just means that the person who does so is super strong, right? I’m going to fight them and win! Deku: EHH? Umm…it’s okay if you tag along with us, but if that dragon also joins us then that’ll be a little… The dragon listened carefully as soon as he said those words and suddenly morphed into the appearance of a young man. As the others cried out in surprise, there stood before them a young man with red hair who was smiling. Kirishima: Me? I’m half dragon half human! The name’s Eijirou. It’s not going to be a problem if I come along looking like this, right? Anyway, let’s get along! Eijirou, brimming with courage and bright personality, lost against a one on one duel to Katsuki and ended up becoming his servant as a result.

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T/N: PLEASE SCREAM WITH ME AS WE BLESS THE CANON THAT IS DRAGON!KIRISHIMA.  Read the entire chapter translated here! Purchase the BNHA Vol. 3 Light Novel here! Scream with me on Twitter!

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THANK YOU ALL MIGHT!!!

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bonding

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...Yuki (given)

Name this anime character

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♫ SATOU MAFUYU ♫| GIVEN: BAND VOCALIST ♫

↳ Birthday gift to my adorable Go-chan @mafuyuh ❤ヾ(˘⌣˘๑)

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Uenoyama’s endless gay panics

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*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ Precious Mafuyu expressions ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

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Lgbt anime I highly recommend

Part one

A list of anime for fans who are tired of fetishized “representation” meant for straight people to gawk at enjoy!

This list includes exclusively LGBT series and series with canon LGBT characters

Banana Fish (2018)

“Aslan Jade Callenreese, known as Ash Lynx, was a runaway picked off the streets of New York City and raised by the infamous godfather of the mafia, Dino Golzine. Now 17 years old and the boss of his own gang, Ash gets his hands on a mysterious drug called "Banana Fish"—the same two words his older brother, Griffin, has muttered since his return from the Iraq War. However, his investigation is hindered when Dino sends his men to retrieve the drug from Ash at an underground bar he uses as a hideout.

At the bar, Skip, Ash's friend, introduces him to Shunichi Ibe and his assistant, Eiji Okumura, who are Japanese photographers reporting on American street gangs. However, their conversation is interrupted when Shorter Wong, one of Ash's allies, calls to warn him about Dino. Soon, Dino's men storm the bar, and in the ensuing chaos kidnap Skip and Eiji. Now, Ash must find a way to rescue them and continue his investigation into Banana Fish, but will his history with the mafia prevent him from succeeding?”

Given (2019)

"It's stuck deep inside me and I can't get it out of my head. Mafuyu's voice is an insane and dangerous weapon."

That day, Ritsuka Uenoyama started to feel that playing the guitar and playing basketball, both of which he liked very much, were becoming boring. He then encounters Mafuyu Sato, who's holding onto a broken guitar, and decides to fix it. The moment Uenoyama finishes fixing the guitar, Mafuyu becomes completely attached to him. However, after hearing Mafuyu sing it leaves a deep impression on him.”

puella magi madoka magica (2011)

“Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are regular middle school girls with regular lives, but all that changes when they encounter Kyuubey, a cat-like magical familiar, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer student.

Kyuubey offers them a proposition: he will grant any one of their wishes and in exchange, they will each become a magical girl, gaining enough power to fulfill their dreams. However, Homura Akemi, a magical girl herself, urges them not to accept the offer, stating that everything is not what it seems.

A story of hope, despair, and friendship, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica deals with the difficulties of being a magical girl and the price one has to pay to make a dream come true.”

wandering son (2011)

“Effeminate fifth grader Shuuichi Nitori is considered by most to be one of the prettiest girls in school, but much to her dismay, she is actually biologically male. Fortunately, Shuuichi has a childhood friend who has similar feelings of discomfort related to gender identity: the lanky tomboy Yoshino Takatsuki, who, though biologically female, does not identify as a girl. These two friends share a similar secret and find solace in one another; however, their lives become even more complicated when they must tread the unfamiliar waters of a new school, attempt to make new friends, and struggle to maintain old ones. Faced with nearly insurmountable odds, they must learn to deal with the harsh realities of growing up, transexuality, relationships, and acceptance.

Lauded as a decidedly serious take on gender identity and LGBT struggles, Takako Shimura's Hourou Musuko is about Shuuichi and Yoshino's attempts to discover their true selves as they enter puberty, make friends, fall in love, and face some very real and difficult choices.”

Doukyuusei (movie 2016)

“Rihito Sajou is an honor student who got perfect scores in every subject on his high school entrance exam. Hikaru Kusakabe plays guitar in his band that performs at live events and is popular among the girls. These boys would have never crossed paths. But one day Hikaru offers to help Rihito prepare for their upcoming chorus festival and the two begin to talk. As the two meet after school, they feel one another's sound, listen to each other's voice, and begin to harmonize as their hearts beat together.

It starts out slow but soon their feelings for one another grow and in just one moment they both realize that it is love. Hikaru's emotions are frivolous, pure, and direct causing Rihito to hesitate at first, but he gradually opens his heart. The boys are learning about each other as they also learn about themselves and support one another during this difficult time typical to youth. As the time to start thinking about their futures approaches, what do these young men find as they try to move forward...”

sweet blue flowers (2009)

“Fumi Manjoume, an introverted, bookish teenage girl, is beginning her first year of high school at Matsuoka Girls' High School. She enters the school year with her heart broken by a previous relationship. At about the same time, she reconnects with her best friend from ten years ago, Akira Okudaira, who is now attending Fujigatani Girls' Academy as a first-year high school student. As they reconnect, they both deal with their own respective romantic problems, and help each other get through them.”

cardcaptor sakura (1998)

“Sakura Kinomoto is your garden-variety ten-year-old fourth grader, until one day, she stumbles upon a mysterious book containing a set of cards. Unfortunately, she has little time to divine what the cards mean because she accidentally stirs up a magical gust of wind and unintentionally scatters the cards all over the world. Suddenly awakened from the book, the Beast of the Seal, Keroberos (nicknamed Kero-chan), tells Sakura that she has released the mystical Clow Cards created by the sorcerer Clow Reed. The Cards are no ordinary playthings. Each of them possesses incredible powers, and because they like acting independently, Clow sealed all the Cards within a book. Now that the Cards are set free, they pose a grave danger upon the world, and it is up to Sakura to prevent the Cards from causing a catastrophe!

Appointing Sakura the title of "the Cardcaptor" and granting her the Sealed Key, Keroberos tasks her with finding and recapturing all the Cards. Alongside her best friend Tomoyo Daidouji, and with Kero-chan's guidance, Sakura must learn to balance her new secret duty with the everyday troubles of a young girl involving love, family, and school, all while she takes flight on her magical adventures as Sakura the Cardcaptor.”

Tanaka-kun is always listless (2016)

“For high school student Tanaka, the act of being listless is a way of life. Known for his inattentiveness and ability to fall asleep anywhere, Tanaka prays that each day will be as uneventful as the last, seeking to preserve his lazy lifestyle however he can by avoiding situations that require him to exert himself. Along with his dependable friend Oota who helps him with tasks he is unable to accomplish, the lethargic teenager constantly deals with events that prevent him from experiencing the quiet and peaceful days he longs for.”

bloom into you (2018)

“Yuu Koito has always been entranced with romantic shoujo manga and the lyrics of love songs. She patiently waits for the wings of love to sprout and send her heart aflutter on the day that she finally receives a confession. Yet, when her classmate from junior high declares his love for her during their graduation, she feels unexpectedly hollow. The realization hits her: she understands romance as a concept, but she is incapable of experiencing the feeling first-hand.

Now, having enrolled in high school, Yuu, disconcerted and dispirited, is still ruminating over how to respond to her suitor. There, she happens upon the seemingly flawless student council president, Touko Nanami, maturely rejecting a confession of her own. Stirred by Touko's elegant manner, Yuu approaches her for advice, only to be bewildered when the president confesses to her! Yuu quickly finds herself in the palm of Touko's hand, and unknowingly sets herself on a path to find the emotion which has long eluded her.”

No.6 (2011)

“Many years ago, after the end of a bloody world war, mankind took shelter in six city-states that were peaceful and perfect... at least on the surface. However, Shion—an elite resident of the city-state No. 6—gained a new perspective on the world he lives in, thanks to a chance encounter with a mysterious boy, Nezumi. Nezumi turned out to be just one of many who lived in the desolate wasteland beyond the walls of the supposed utopia. But despite knowing that the other boy was a fugitive, Shion decided to take him in for the night and protect him, which resulted in drastic consequences: because of his actions, Shion and his mother lost their status as elites and were relocated elsewhere, and the darker side of the city began to make itself known.

Now, a long time after their life-altering first meeting, Shion and Nezumi are finally brought together once again—the former elite and the boy on the run are about to embark on an adventure that will, in time, reveal the shattering secrets of No. 6.”

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Doofenshmirtz is trans and it’s undeniable at this point.

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Some of my old Klance art started going around again n reminded me how long it’s been since I drew them so!

Pls have these new cuddles too!! ❤️💙

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the only difference between Sokka and Lance is that one of them actually developed as a character

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LET HIM PEE DAMMIT

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I STILL CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED.