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Oh I didn't see this reblog for some reason until now! I'm joining this sailing boat with you ~~ If you are an anime only watcher, you are in so so much more for a surprise with this ship 🛳️ 🥹

A 27yo woman, her housewife cat and a gorgeous boss

This anime is by far my favourite of the season. Scrap that - of the year so far! I am absolutely in love with this fuzzy, warm and absolutely hilarious anime~

Upon the completion of episode 1, I went onto tumblr straight away to share this warm fuzzy feel with fellow fans... but alas! almost nothing aside from screenshots and gifs. No analysis! No thoughts! No opinions! Nothing! How very disappointing. So I just wanted to tell the world how much I adore this anime. A giant cat that does all the household chores, cooking, cleaning, sewing, grocery shopping. Hell the cat doesn't even talk! And you get a cute floof ball to cuddle when the weather goes cold. This should be reality. Just saying.

And....

Is no one going to talk about the adorkable relationship between Saku and her gorgeous boss??!?!?!?!?! No? Just me? Alright then...just me and my feels...

This anime just ticks all the boxes for me. Slice of life, cat, beer, adult life, a bit of romance, a gorgeous love interest and food...lots and lots of food...

So now who wants to ride a long this wild fluffy ride with me? I binged read the manga afterwards and my heart just soared to new heights ~~

waiting for someone to share my feels for this anime and this ship...

#the ship is sailing so smoothly !!! esp with yukichi as shipper on deck too #orifuku #orizuka x fukuzawa #orizuka kaoru #fukuzawa saku #the masterful cat is depressed again today

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our stoic boss is changing

He went from a stoic, scary looking, non-smiling, not good with kids to someone who talks so much more after spending one day with Saku.

He's thinking of her smiling face and her words.

He loves her your honour 😭

#gosh i love this anime #i love this manga #i love the characters #i love this ship sm #the romance is a small part of this manga but it's done sooooo well #yume is making this ship sail hard without even realising it <3 #does anyone wanna talk about this ship with meeeee? #orifuku #orizuka x fukuzawa #fukuzawa saku #orizuka kaoru #the masterful cat is depressed again today #manga spoilers #manga caps

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Thanks so much for the tag @kannra21 dearest 💞 Goodness it's been so long since I've done one of these - I was thinking just the other day, it's been almost 4 years since we first knew each other. How time flies 💫

Last song: Don't judge me, but Afterglow by Taylor Swift.

Currently reading: Consumed by Aja Barber

Currently watching: Supernatural (I'm back watching this after leaving it at Season 3 more than 10 years ago!), The Big Bang Theory, 7th Time Loop, Doctor Elise, Solo Leveling, Mashle, Frieren, Classroom of the Elite and The Apothecary Diaries.

Currently obsessed with: The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today. I recently got the latest vol 8 manga! Love, love, love it!

Tagging: Oh no, I haven't been on Tumblr in so long so I don't know who is still around! I will tag the top three who give me loads of nostalgic vibes; @narcopharmacist, @mimi-cee-hq, @sinemoras09

Please ignore this if you do not wish to participate~

thank you for the tag, dove!!!!! ✨💖✨

get to know you better game! answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better.

tagged by: @gallopinggallifreyans 🥰

last song i listened to: I, Carrion (Icarian) by Hozier (ngl this album has had me wrapped around its nonexistent finger since it came out last year)

currently reading: rereading pjo and in the middle of the titan's curse, i forgot how good this series is and it's particular humor always leaves me cackling 😂💕

currently watching: still working my way through one piece, but lately it's been nature documentaries and buzzfeed unsolved: supernatural/watcher ghost hunting vids 👻

currently obsessed with: playing through pokémon shining pearl!

no pressure tags: @sanjisflatass @leftsidebonfire @rxwen @deermessrs @theclearblue @tojiswhore-nanamisslut @if-dreams-do-come-true @moocowofdoom and @smallsilvermoons 💕

#ohhh i so wish i have more time to blog things on tumblr but life is so busy and i hate it :( #maybe there will be a fkbu part 2 and we can all re-connect again #thank you so much for the tag kannra <3 #tag game

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Yuta & Rika - a speculative analysis

Like with basically any fandom out there, I'm about 3 years late with JJK 0 😩 Regardless, I finally watched it yesterday and subsequently really, really needed to discuss this topic before I forget.

As an anime only fan, I only heard of Yuta from bits and pieces in the anime and from the fandom. That would go for Rika too so I never really understood the extent of their relationship until I watched JJK 0. But oh man, when I watched it, these two took my entire heart and soul.

And whilst I do get why Yuta is shipped with Maki or Inumaki, Rika wins it for me. And before I jump into my explanation, I want to say it outright - Yuta and Rika gives me strong Obito and Rin vibes 😳

Anyways let's talk about Rika.

This sweet yet psycho girl is a super side character (much like Rin), but I did a bit more research into her and it explained so so much more about her character and why she is the way she is (both as human and cursed spirit). Rika lost her mother unexpectedly at the age of 5 and then her father during a hiking trip together at the age of 11. There are speculations (by paternal grandmother) that she is involved in the death of both her parents. I cannot say too much about whether a 5 year old would have too much influence over their mother, but I will shelve this for now. I want to focus on Rika and her father. There is an explanation that one of Rika's biggest dislikes is older men. Let me tell you this - an 11 year old child with an adverse dislike for a specific portion of the population (older men) points towards one thing - abuse. This is an educated guess on my end (and if I was given a case in real life about this, I would come to this hypothesis as well), but the trauma Rika endured shaped her personality and how she would end up attaching herself to Yuta. We don't know exactly what sort of trauma Rika went through, but my guess is some form of physical or sexual abuse. The development of a 'manipulative' personality towards adults is a form of a survival mechanism developed to keep herself safe. Rika's father most likely had a role in her abuse and hence the mystery of his disappearance (and how it alluded to the fact that Rika had something to do with it, together with the explanation of her manipulative personality).

Let's come back to Rika's mother. There are two theories/hypothesis to this.

A 5 year would have enough cognitive capacity to understand that they are in an unsafe situation. However, it is unclear whether Rika's mother had any involvement in Rika's abuse. But what I presume is that she did not have a close relationship with her mother. The reason? She gave her mother's wedding ring to Yuta. A child impacted by abuse by one parent and not the other means they would naturally be attached to the safe parent, so anything sentimental attached to the safe parent would give the child a sense of safety. To give something special away like her mother's ring means her mother meant very little to her, so Rika decided to re-symobilise the ring into something new - something for Yuta. And because an 11 year old most likely cannot afford a ring

The second theory would be that Rika had a close and safe relationship with her mother, and the giving away of the ring to Yuta symbolises the safety and security she finds in him. I.e. the element of safety and security she found in her mother has been transferred to Yuta (via the giving of the ring).

Regardless of what theory we go with, there is too little information regarding Rika's relationship with her mother. We don't know what happened to her mother, whether she died of natural causes or was murdered. But all we know is that Rika most likely endured severe abuse by her father (that may or may not involve other older men).

Looking into Rika's personality. Her proposal to Yuta is a dead giveaway of her need to locate a safe space. Yuta is Rika's safety net. They met at a time where both were quite vulnerable - Yuta being unwell and Rika having returned from a mountain climb where her father went missing. Rika's proposal is an indicator of her need for a new life, the idea of marriage is to be permanently attached to her safety net and to have Yuta take her away from whatever she experienced. Of course, 11 year old children do have a basic idea of what marriage is, but it seems like Rika has more of an underlying idea of what she would like to utilise the marriage concept for - that is, to escape and re-establish her safety within the one person she loves and trusts. This explains her personality as a cursed spirit - jealous, overprotective, intense, emotional and childish. Through trauma, Rika learnt ways to ensure she is kept safe emotionally, psychologically and physically. She is always having to survive day by day until she is finally able to manipulate her father out of her life (again this seems a likely scenario, given the very little info readers are provided). When the one person (Yuta) who comes into her life finally allows her to be a child - to play, to have fun and give her the life she should have been having, naturally Rika would be overprotective of Yuta. As I mentioned, Yuta is her safety net, and to have him taken away (by bullies, by another love interest etc), is the decimation of Rika's own safety.

We were given only very small snippets into Rika's life and what she was like as a human. But her personality carried over into her cursed spirit form, and the basic information provided in the character profile, are both more than enough to deduce that Rika's background is incredibly complex with multiple layers of trauma.

One really big thing I would like to point out is Rika's comment before she moved into the afterlife - she was happier accompanying Yuta as a cursed spirit than when she was alive. This is another important piece of information that showed Rika most likely experienced a significant amount of trauma as a human. What would force an 11 year old child to come to such conclusions? The only answer is abuse. As a cursed spirit, Rika is able to escape everything and be by Yuta's side (almost like the prospect of marriage - "take me away from all this and let me be by your side forever")

For Yuta, I can't speak too much about him because his background as a child is essentially a mystery. Not sure about his parents and how he grew up. But judging from his bond and connection with Rika, I presume he grew up quite lonely and friendless. Whether there was trauma, I don't know but it did mention he had to distant himself from his family when Rika became a cursed spirit. Regardless, Yuta's acceptance of her proposal and his happiness at the prospect of being together forever with her as they grow older indicates to me that Yuta may have some complexities in his childhood we don't know about. But it could just be that he genuinely had a normal childhood and Rika was the one and only person outside his family he connected with. However, we don't know whether his timid nature occurred before he met Rika or after she became a cursed spirit. There are too many unexplained parts with Yuta. Anyways, we know Yuta loved Rika immensely (as much as Rika loved him), and his refusing to accept her death is an indicator of his feelings towards her. Their love for each other is pure and innocent because they allowed each other to live in safety and to be children.

And even after releasing her spirit, Yuuta still held onto remnants of Rika. I do love the idea of Yuta being able to move on and give himself to someone else, but I feel Yuta has a lot more unprocessed emotions regarding intimacy - that though he freed Rika, he seems forever bounded by being with her and only her.

So here's my conclusion for this pairing - their background and their pure love is what really made me love them so much. Does all this sound very Obito x Rin to you? Whilst Yuta is able to bounce back from the grief with the help of a mentor and friends, Obito never did. But they both shared an immense amount of grief from the loss of their loved one at an early age.

And yes, I seem to love my tragic rare pairs...dear oh dear.

Anyways, these are all speculations based on canon materials. So if you have any interesting hypothesis, I'd love to hear it!

#if there are any grammatical or spelling errors i apologise but i cbf fixing them #this is a long speculation but i love doing these analysis #especially when trauma is involved #i find the relationship between these two fascinating #there's almost that intermeshment between them #which is most likely unhealthy but unhealthy love and obsession stems from trauma #i do however love the fact that they found respite within each other and gave each other opportunities to be kids #and i found out that they're a rare pair oh great #here we go again with my rare pairings #okkotsu yuta #orimoto rika #yuta x rika #do they have a ship name? #jujutsu kaisen #jjk

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happy valentine's day!!

#HAHAHAHA omg i can see this happening fr #damianya #damian desmond #anya forger #becky blackbell #spy x family

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I did a thing and made them matching... 💞🥹

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#from that classic tsukiyachi scene in the anime #don't ask why i chose a brown colour outfit for them i just did #oh no i forgot to fix the colouring on tsukki's eyebrows #sorry tsukki you will just have to have tinted eyebrows 🤣 #tsukiyachi #tsukishima kei #yachi hitoka #haikyuu

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Get in loser, we’re going to support Tsukki at the Sendai Frogs game today

#HAHAHAHA omg yamaguchi's shirt i can't that's exactly how i see tsukki doing his interviews #my fav trio #my precious babies #yamaguchi tadashi #yachi hitoka #tsukishima kei #haikyuu

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#my boy tsukki #who's secretly a big nerd that likes to read #tsukishima kei #haikyuu

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#they missed yachi! #but this is still dorky #or maybe yachi is sitting on a chair making sure they clean properly #tsukishima kei #yamaguchi tadashi #kageyama tobio #hinata shoyo #haikyuu

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Deidara: Tobi, how old are you? Tobi: Why does Senpai want to know? Deidara: We've been partners for two years and I still feel like I don't know anything about you, hm. Tobi: Tobi ... is thirty-one years old. Deidara: Whoa ... really? Damn. Tobi: Does Senpai think Tobi is too old? Deidara: No. It's just now I'll have to wait until I'm twenty before I can ask you out, hm. Tobi: Tobi: Before you WHAT? Deidara: Ask you out. I mean I know I'm an adult but nineteen still sounds like teen, hm. When I'm twenty it'll sound better to be dating a thirty-two year old. Tobi: W-when did you decide to ask me out --? Deidara: That day I saw you in the shower, hm. You should really get into the habit of locking the door. Tobi: Deidara: Anyways, I think I'll do it on my birthday. Great gift to myself, hm. *moves Tobi's mask to the side and kisses his cheek* Only seven months to go! *walks off* Tobi:

#HAHAHA i love this too much #every tobidei week i'm always seeing something new and exciting #tobidei #uchiha obito #tobi #deidara #naruto

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I kinda like thinking about a part of Obito's and Rin's dynamic that feels (for me) often overlooked...and it's that Rin was Obito's best friend (and presumably vice versa, although I can't say for sure on that part...Rin seemed like a social butterfly seeing how she organised and connected she was with the others. Still, she had a special friendship with Obito, so I assume he was her best friend too, especially with how protective she was of him). I feel like most of the time this part only gets closer attention when they're seen as friends only/exclusively in a platonic light, for example when Obito has a different love interest or when romance as a whole isn't a focus.

I think there's something sweet about examining the friendship while Obito's crush is still present. They had a strong bond that goes beyond just him crushing on her, which is a rare concept (in my opinion) in the story. A lot of other crushes we get to see (Sakura's crush on Sasuke, Naruto's crush on Sakura, Hinata's crush on Naruto) start out from afar and with the direct intention of romance. Obito and Rin started out as friends, before he got into the age to develop a proper crush. He didn't fall for a stranger, but for his best friend, who's sweet, loyal and has been his biggest supporter his whole life.

I want to see them hanging out, I want to imagine their inside jokes, the embarrassing stories they know about each other and bring up constantly, them instinctively knowing the other's likes/dislikes/allergies, the little pet peeves. Rin always reserving the seat because she knows Obito will be late, in turn, Obito develops a habit of getting her a hurried thank you gift on the way as soon as he notices he's too late to make it in time. Rin has a mental list of the weirdest and of the best gifts she got out of this. They know each other inside and out. The day Rin is the one to get sick and Obito plays nurse, she'll get surprised by how many little things he picked up from her, just by virtue of soaking up every move she makes. And she'll laugh till her lungs hurt when he still gets it wrong.

They don't feel the same kind of love, but they love each other.

And I'll end the post here because I'm starting to cry

#please stop my heart can't take it #these two are soooo underrated #i'd rather have an entire season just focused on their friendship than the crappy infatuation that we get from sakura #now i want to write more for these two sigh #obirin #nohara rin #uchiha obito #naruto

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#i really really really like tsukki here #they the blonde boys in green haha #tsukishima kei #koganegawa kanji #kyotani kentaro #sendai frogs #haikyuu

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Selfie :3

#oh my yachi is so smol that the boys had to really work hard getting into the camera #bless them #yachi hitoka #tsukishima kei #kageyama tobio #hinata shoyo #yamaguchi tadashi #haikyuu

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My first post back and it's TsukiYachi again (what's new?)

I've recently been playing around with an assisted drawing program and I am totally hooked...since you know, I'm more of a writer than a drawer 😅 But the program has a lot of drawbacks so you can't always have full control over what you want to draw.

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#i got yachi to wear glasses too because i think it's cute if she copied tsukki hahaha #and she studies a lot so maybe she has reading glasses or something idk #and i wanted her glasses to be similar to tsukki's #i gave tsukki longer hair cause i like his hair longer #and yachi's hair a bit longer than her first year style and shorter than her third year style #the existence of assisted drawing program is interesting #i prefer full on hand drawn artwork though #but this helps you create more artwork to the ships you want #tsukiyachi #tsukishima kei #yachi hitoka #haikyuu #assisted drawing program

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u mad sy-on boy?

#grown up babies #he secretly finds her provocation cute #who wants to do a doujin of them as angsty teens ? #i wish i could draw #damianya #anya forger #damian desmond #spy x family

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#big boy in 3rd year #i want more 1st years as 3rd year karasuno material #tsukishima kei #haikyuu

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Gojo: Hey, do you know the password to Utahime’s computer? Shoko: Fuck you, Gojo. Gojo: Hey!! Shoko:: No, you misunderstood, the password is "fuckyouGojo". Gojo: Oh, no numbers? Not very safe.

#HAHAHAHAHA #oh man i can't with these two #bickering love is my muse #gojohime #gojo satoru #utahime iori #jujutsu kaisen