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we get nothing but CRUMBS!!!

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quite literally the best picture of him. not a thought behind those eyes except bloodshed.

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Mini-analysis on Tsubakino's fighting style and why I think he's comparable to Suo and Kiryu bc I loved watching him fight

//Wind Breaker S2 spoilers under the cut //Also english is not my first language so theres probably some words i coulda used to make this shorter but i dont know them OTL

So from what we've seen so far (anime only), Tsubaki loves cute/pretty/stereotypically feminine things and he takes kind of a protector role for Shizuka. Something we see from three other characters: Suo with Nirei, Kiryu with the unnamed girl, and Anzai with Nagato. (Anzai doesn't matter for the sake of this comparison since we dont rly see him fight but i gotta give my boy the creds he deserves)

I don't have clips for what I'm gonna say abt Suo and Kiryu's fighting styles and I'll be grossly oversimplifying it since this post isn't about them.

From what we see of both of them, they focus heavily on evasion and counterattacks, not often do they strike head-on.

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Suo seems to do it for fun, keeping things playful, and making sure not to get hit. In a 1 on 1, we see Suo gets his opponent frustrated so they leave themselves open for heavy counterattacks and when in a brawl, he still focuses on evasion but makes sure to always follow it up with a counter. We barely see him block and mostly redirects. AAHHHHH IM RAMBLING OK MOVING ON.

Kiryu fights very similarly, but for a different reason. He doesn't have the same weight to his strikes that Suo has. In the group brawl, we see him redirecting his attackers back at Sakura to finish them off after he knocks them off balance. Then in his 1v1 vs KEEL, we see him employing the same tactics but this time, he keeps his opponents attention. There is no one to redirect him to so, like Suo, he frustrates his opponents, finds an opening, and strikes. Being much more precise than Suo, taking down his opponent in one weak hit.

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Point being, with heavy focus on evasion and redirection, their fighting styles can be described as very elegant and graceful. Words that can be used for stereotypically feminine things. At a glance, Suo and Kiryu are very similar to each other and Tsubaki is almost a polar opposite to the both of them. However, they do share a lot of similarities. All three being very forthright and blunt in what they have to say. The only difference being in the delivery of their words.

That being said, seeing the similarities between the three and the themes that Tsubaki's character centered around, I assumed his fighting style would be very similar to the two.

We do get a hint of this not being the case after we see his dancing at the end of EP20. To the unintroduced, pole dancing appears very weightless due to the minimal contact a lot of the moves have with any surface with a lot of reliance on momentum. Lots of flow to it and stereotypically a feminine form of dance. Animation tends to use a pole dancing sequence to showcase the female form in a sexualized manner, ignoring the athleticism required to perform such feats.

However, if you pay attention to Tsubaki's sequence, its not meant to appear sexualized. A lot of the detail is put into showing off his muscle mass/definition and athleticism as opposed to elegance and style. He is rather tall compared to the rest of the cast (even accounting for the heels) and if put side by side with Umemiya, depending on how inconsistent the animation is, the two are almost comparable in size.

OK SO NOW TO THE ACTUAL COMBAT ANALYSIS I PROMISED OOPS I KEPT RAMBLING!!!

So where we see both Kiryu and Suo are very light on their feet, Tsubaki is very grounded. Every swing he throws out has a lot of weight to it. Normally, heavy swings means long recovery, usually means you leave yourself open to a counterattack. But he uses a lot of the momentum to create false openings, turning his back to his opponent but still using that momentum to either throw a second strike before they can react or to quickly block.

We see Tsubaki throw off three kicks like this in the episode. He does kick a lot in this fight, but these are very different. His very [rotational?] fighting style lends well to swinging kicks. He swings his whole body around as a form of defense and offense. The difference is that these are thrusting kicks. Only forward momentum, no rotation, and not as centered or grounded. He's very wide open and can easily be knocked off-balance. But each time, it successfully zones his opponent. He only goes for these risky moves when he's sure he can connect.

In contrast to Suo and Kiryu, he's not as talkative as them during their 1v1s and he's a bit more of a brute, focusing on heavy hits and blocking. He is a big target after all, towering over most of the cast.

That being said, he still stays very true to his character, starting off the fight in a playful manner, almost teasing his opponent like Kiryu and Suo do, while also throwing in a bunch of fancy footwork and spins to make up for his shortcomings.

All three of them are very deceptive and precise and they throw in so much showmanship and grace into their routines. Tsubaki just has a different way of delivering!

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Final/Part 4: Messing with straight hair!

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I was wondering if there were anymore character ref sheets besides the ones I have and if there are please reblog with the ones I’m missing 🙏🙏

I also technically have Noir’s but it’s a picture with the translations slapped on top if someone has his in English please lmk 🙏🙏🙏

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just learnt that scorpions mate by holding hands then the male splooges all over the floor and the female basically has to dry hump the ground with ha coochie like girl what if you get a UTI

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i miss being evil i hate having an overwhelming sense of justice i hate that empathy flows through these veins more than my own blood i miss being selfish i hate being so considerate arehgyawrukgwufe RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

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Part 2: shape, style, and length with femme styles!

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Part 3: Combining shapes, braids, and textures! And utilizing parts and fros!

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“I think it’s best if you were honest with your feelings.”

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just a note to anyone that stumbles upon this blog

pardon how i speak when no one is watching this side blog is slowly turning into my unhinged text chat now that i have destroyed my tweetor and sometimes i need to curse bc it is lethargic, no matter how unbecoming of me it may seem

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also to add to that last post, not too be horridly vain but i am one of the prettiest people i know of and have seen so its actually amazing how my mom is only physically capable of taking the worst possible photos of me oh my goddddd

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my god my mom wonders why i hate getting my photo taken but the pics she posts of me on facebook are some of the FUGLIEST things ive ever seen its a good thing i refuse to interact with anyone on her friend list

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watching the new jentry chau and that is jade fucking harley

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how does one deal with the anguish of self-awareness bc i so want to be a good person but for so many years of my life ive just surrounded myself with horrible people and made myself horrible in turn

i do unfortunately manifest some toxic manipulator traits sometimes but i am getting better about it but i catch myself slipping up

im not even trying to be manipulative anymore but its so habitual like... ugh i feel so icky hearing myself speak

i still catch myself pre-emptively saying "youre gonna have to forgive me" before saying or doing bad shit instead of apologizing afterwards or even stopping myself from the clearly self-aware problematic behavior im about to take part in and like in the moment it always feels right to me but always hits in hindsight when its too late

grrrraaaaAAAAAAHHHHHH

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i dont consider myself a 'fashion guru' by any means but one thing i will say is guys you dont need to know the specific brand an item you like is - you need to know what the item is called. very rarely does a brand matter, but knowing that pair of pants is called 'cargo' vs 'boot cut' or the names of dress styles is going to help you find clothes you like WAAAYYYY faster than brand shopping