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Higurashi When They Cry - Tatarigoroshi Chapter 1

Good news, everyone!

I got my tax refund this past weekend, so I was finally able to buy the next arc of Higurashi. Plus, the personal life drama that had been distracting me from One Piece has settled down now.

So those are both of the posts you can expect from me this summer!

And this is the first of them.

This episode starts with the dramatic reveal that the well had a happy snake in it. Presumably the well in question is the murder well from the end of last time. However, it's also clear that this snake is not the sole perpetrator of the incidents in Hinamizawa, because anything which happened anywhere other than the well is something the snake doesn't even know about. Still, I'll have to keep this plot-essential snake in mind for all my future theories.

A miserable faceless woman gets tormented by a faceless cackling man. There are all sorts of corpse varieties, like Cuddly Creature variety, Feathered Friend variety, and Naked Normal-lady variety. Wow, are we skipping the entire no-murders-have-happened-yet first half of the story this time? And also skipping the part where Keiichi, Rena, Mion and the Toddlers are involved? Neat!

A faceless cop wants to eat the Naked Normal-lady corpse. Not a lifestyle choice I agree with.

Oh, darn, now Keiichi is the POV character. On the upside, though, it's well and truly time for a genuine return to Lunch Arc. Here's what happens in Lunch's return: -The Toddlers proclaim that Mion has an excellent lunch -Mion reveals that this so-called excellence is naught more than a ramshackle old people menagerie -Keiichi points out the importance of visual artistry towards any mealtime experience, devastatingly countering Mion's humility -Everyone wholeheartedly agrees, but Toddler 02 provides an opportunity for Rena to assert artistic dominance -The Toddlers just wanna grill for God's sake -Toddler 02 claims her rightful place as heir to the Housewife Throne -Five seconds into the events of this arc and Keiichi already hasn't been paying attention to his surroundings -Seven seconds into the events of this arc and Keiichi is already screaming -Toddler 01 almost dies -In a tragic flashback, Keiichi's parents are revealed to be busy right now -Keiichi says that curry is bad and everyone starts panicking -The teacher with pronouns is revealed to be a security guard from a stealth game -Keiichi almost dies -Rena tells Keiichi not to be a bitch baby, but Mion and Toddler 02 are also bitch babies -Keiichi willfully ignores that and is now emboldened and shall no longer be a bitch baby.

Finally, we segue out of Lunch Arc and into a recap episode of Kaiji Joke Part 16.

Toddler 01 declares that Toddler 01 is competent. Keiichi says nuh uh. Toddler 01 says "Double-nuh-uh, I will someday be competent." Um, moving the goalposts much??? -_-

Toddler 01 asks Toddler 02 if Toddler 01 will ever be competent. Toddler 02 says nuh uh.

Rena declares that Toddler 01 is competent. Keiichi says nuh uh. Asshole.

...Admittedly I'm already primed to expect Toddler 01 angst from this arc. But also, I can relate to Rena's propensity for smoothing over social situations, and it would tick me off something fierce if someone cockblocked my kindness like Keiichi did to Rena just now.

I shan't be forgiving Keiichi for this... ever... I will soon kill him...

Anyway, Toddler 01 gets TOTALLY OWNED by one of Rena's sickest burns.

Rare green cauliflower...

Anyway, the stage has been set for a Lunch Arc Kaiji Joke Part. This is it... the ultimate culmination of everything Higurashi has been building towards...

okay this bit of narration right here is kind of hysterical

Keiichi says that he's gonna make Toddler 01 take her shoes off and everyone gets excited.

...God, my opinion of Rena has risen to high-as-fuck levels over the course of the break... I remember thinking of her as a Keiichi-tier loser like it was yesterday, but she's actually kind of based and Mion-tier and the light of my life. Anyway, I'm not going to describe this Rena scene to you because it's not that interesting. Trust me. ;)

oh god dude

"more exciting"

yeah manm

Keiichi succumbs to the Devil's Influence and decides to wreak evil, but Toddlers put a stop to his madness.

this is so awesome

i like higurashi

Ah, you can tell it's the Toddler 01 arc this time because of her new and previously-unseen behavioral patterns. What's with her eyeball. Why is her eyeball acting like that.

Toddler 01 tells Keiichi to admit to being a hothead and a dweeb, so Keiichi wails that he's the scum of the earth. I guess that counts as going above and beyond... so that's admirable then...

You can tell she's 8 because she thinks a 9-year-old is 19. Unlike me, an enlightened 25-year-old whose views on people's ages aren't skewed in the slightest.

The Beast within Keiichi is not satiated by these meager offerings. He demands Pandemonium. The only Relic with the power to quell his Inner Inferno is Toddler 01's Cursed Eye...

Hmmmm methinks I detect some SEXISM from Toddler 01... very uncool... -_-

Toddler 02 delivers exposition about how Toddler 01's sexism is actually nostalgia for when her brother hadn't yet exploded. Fascinating.

Even with this correctly-forecasted sudden hailstorm of Toddler 01 character depth, it's kind of hard to take her seriously when she keeps doing her ohoho laugh. Still, I suppose nothing less than the exact bearing and manner of an Ojou-sama is appropriate for the Bearer of the Cursed Eye.

BECAUSE OF THE HUMAN PISS

BECAUSE OF THE HUMAN BLOOD

BECAUSE OF THE HUMAN NEEDLE

I've already figured this arc out. I know all about the dark upcoming plot twists.

Yeah... you're still cringe as hell man.

Ah, good. I was getting worried about where he'd get his daily intake of Rena Points in this timeline untouched by Rena's warmth.

wtf, apparently this 3-year-old is bearing the weight of the entire world

Meanwhile, in Side Story Land...

wtf, apparently this 3-year-old is a little shit

normal reaction to encountering any object

self-explanatory

#higurashi #when they cry #is what i'm consuming

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i wrote this in the notes of another post originally and am copy + pasting it here because im right but "tell the cops nothing, tell the doctors everything" is such a stupid ass fucking abled take. doctors engage in policing idk how to explain to yall that some people cannot in fact just tell doctors everything without it putting them at risk

like im not gonna go into the myriad of ways this is bs but like a quick example is i cant tell my doctors about my substance use issues because if i get that listed on my medical records it will actively endanger me. It will impact how I'm treated in emergency situations and will get me labeled as "drug seeking" when i try to get other issues dealt with.

i dont say this to scare people but because this is actually important information for people to have. if a medical professional claims this isnt an issue, they are NOT "one of the good ones". they are either straight up lying or theyre utterly unaware, which is frankly not better. doctors are cops. never forget it

like YES tell ur doctor abt being sexually active but stop saying "tell the cops nothing and the doctor everything" before i start killing in cold blood

#dang that's fucked

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Something that I first applied to working with children, and have applied in a limited form to working with adults: you don't need to tell someone when they read your instructions wrong. Sometimes it's enough to point out what they did right and then whatever they didn't do? You ask them to do it in more precise words, and you make it sound like it's a new request. Remarkable how fast things get done this way.

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Higurashi When They Cry - Watanagashi All-Cast Review Session

Okay so you may have noticed that my plan to post more consistently once again didn't work out.

Every time I think my life is done turning itself inside-out I end up being wrong, so: a Pologies to my Many Fans (4) because unfortunately a consistent posting schedule is forever beyond my grasp, and by extension yours

BUT! I was one post away from finishing Watanagashi. And that fact has honestly been bugging the crap out of me. So I'm just gonna write this one post real quick, after which point you'll go back to not seeing me for at least another month I suspect

So I don't really remember what happened in Watanagashi, but basically, Mion was the good guy, right? :)

Nah but in all seriousness, by which I mean in all copium, something I remember considering at the time is that like, making a green person listen to Toddlers being brutalized is only so cruel a punishment for a green person with no personal connection to those Toddlers. Like, there's a certain Cruelty Minimum there which no reasonable person would be especially inclined to exceed, but without any deep familiarity, the Cruelty Maximum can only get so high.

Anyway, Rena is once again glad I read Higurashi. Took her long enough to show a little gratitude, yeesh.

The Toddlers are pissed off again. Mion is reveling in being the center of attention. Good for her.

The Toddlers complain that this should have been a Toddler 01 arc instead of a Mion arc. Rena stares directly into the camera and says "Maybe some other time."

The Toddlers start talking about boobs. For some reason, this summons Camera. It summons Ooishi too, which is the worst tragedy in all of Higurashi.

Camera's girlfriend and Shion also show up, to up the ante from last time when there were only six guys. Keiichi doesn't show up, because he has to always be a punchline.

Toddler 02 uses her thumb to point at Camera and says "I'll have what she's having," while smirking.

Toddler 01 says "Thank god, Higurashi is solved now." Shion says "Yeah duh" Ooishi says "Yeah duh" Toddler 02 says "Haha yeah"

Rena gets increasingly uncomfortable.

Camera's girlfriend says "Y'all're dumbass bitches"

me in court

Mion says that the prior incidents definitely weren't an elaborate Sonozaki conspiracy because no crime family that smart would spontaneously get so stupid.

Rena, Toddler 01, and Ooishi say "Hooray! Team Supernatural Explanations wins!" I forgot that they had that team, but apparently they had that team.

Shion is like "Uh, NO, you dolts don't win, because, uh, it was all Me all along"

me and my friend when we're trying to drop subtle hints that we don't like someone

Everyone decides that it was an elaborate two-person scheme for Mion to make herself into an Absent Scapegoat so everyone would stop thinking about the various incidents. Toddler 02 doesn't think that's true. Camera's girlfriend is like "lol"

Everyone starts talking about how it doesn't make any sense why bad things keep happening to Keiichi.

Ooishi says that Keiichi must be the key to all of this, so Camera speedreads all of Higurashi in 0.00001 seconds to look for clues. He spots nothing.

The Toddlers say that Keiichi must be getting killed as retribution for being sexually aggressive towards Toddlers. "How enviable," says Camera. "Yeah, I wish I was him," says Ooishi.

...guys, stop...

That sounds really hard. I wouldn't bother if I were you...

Anyways that was nice. Goodbye forever

#higurashi #when they cry #is what i'm consuming

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Higurashi When They Cry - Watanagashi Chapter 12

After the tragedy of people not being dead in One Piece, I can always count on Higurashi for the refreshing palate cleanser known as "the comedy of people being dead".

(EDIT: WHAT THE HECK THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO GET POSTED ALMOST A WEEK AGO!!! WHY DIDN'T THAT HAPPEN??? AN ENTIRE WEEK OF ME NOT POSTING HAPPENED INSTEAD???

this is the last time i'm trusting tumblr to do what i tell it to

anyway enjoy your monday post at 4 AM which i wrote ages ago)

Keiichi's dad wants to CANCEL SCHOOL.

Keiichi uses TIME TRAVEL to enter the Applause Dimension.

Keiichi wants to CANCEL SCHOOL.

Rena reminds Keiichi that Keiichis are now mandatory for school or you get expelled, so she needs a Keiichi. Keiichi says "Touch luck." Rena puts her face right up against the microphone and makes breathy noises.

Keiichi receives a death pamphlet from Rena.

truest shit keiichi's ever said

Rena wields her trademarked violence against Keiichi. Damn!!! I wasn't expecting that. She also calls him a spoiled little brat. Neat

Keiichi and Rena have a meet cute, except instead of meeting Rena, Keiichi meets the sentence "I'm Mion and I'm a soy sauce vendor now so you should obtain and consume all of my sauce." Rena has already met that sentence though, so this is only interesting to Keiichi.

Keiichi and Rena decide to party up and face Mion as the final boss.

A Random Ooishi Encounter slithers up to the party. "Oh good," Rena says. "We needed a paladin." It's true that they didn't really have a tank. Rena is obviously a monk and I think Keiichi must be a cleric? So they had DPS and a healer but no tank. Actually, why is this entire party so overtly religious?

They all get in a car, which I guess in this extended metaphor is a horse. Rena says "Keiichi, I think our paladin absolutely sucks shit." Why is Rena always insufferable during the good times but then dope AF when the going gets tough?

I wonder what clever ways Higurashi will use to eventually make me feel bad for asking that.

The party enters the sprawling final dungeon, but not before splitting the party so that the paladin isn't there. The dungeon is called Camera Mountain even though it very much isn't a mountain. Typical RPGs and their bullshit...

"I bet Mion is in her dark surveillance lair, watching the footage from all these cameras on her vast array of screens..." Keiichi says. "No, not really," Rena says.

The party reaches Mion right away without even needing to fight any mooks, let alone a miniboss. Unless you count their paladin as a miniboss because he sucks.

Mion invites everyone to her boss fight arena. "This boss fight arena is interesting," she says. "I want to make it boring." What the hell, Mion? Why do you like boring things? I thought you were the Chosen One, not the Boring One.

Rena tells Keiichi not to be such a scared. If only Keiichi had a perpetual Rena at all times.

Mion owns a pile. She says Keiichi should substitute it for a shoe, but this is just her awesome poop prank.

Mion reads Keiichi's blue text and takes it as a cue to talk about winter, and how much snow there is in winter. I'll stash that away as an extremely important clue.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN "SHE" DID IT??? KEIICHI??? HELLO??? I think this kid needs a lesson in pronouns from his teacher with the pronouns.

Everyone stops talking. "HEY GUYS!!!" Mion says. "BREAK THE SILENCE!!!"

Ah, see, I need a friend like Keiichi who I can verbally abuse relentlessly. This is why Mion is still the best. Yes.

Mion is getting Sherlock Holmesed at, so now it's her turn to breathe directly on her microphone. She also praises Rena's Toddler 01 impression.

Mion has her obligatory Ace Attorney breakdown. Keiichi wishes it was a Kaiji breakdown instead.

Rena and Keiichi ask Mion if she was the One and Only Culprit and if Higurashi is already solved two arcs in. "Hi there," says Mion, "I'm new to this conversation."

"...Then... in that case... what does your underwear look like...?"

Wow, I'm worse than the men in Higurashi. Wait, extreme self-deprecation is bad.

"What does... your

Okay joke over

Anyway, Exposition Mion is doing her thang. It's all very interesting.

Incurable diseases, huh? Okay that's going in the evidence folder of my extreme genius.

Ah, cooties, I know about that.

Oh, Mion's grandfather stole a bunch of food from the army and used it to gain wealth and influence. It's like the mundane and boring version of Umineko.

Oh, it was cannibalism. It's like the original planned premise of Bob's Burgers. All the voice actors decide to shut up so they don't accidentally talk over the funny jokes in Bob's Burgers.

AREN'T YOU FOURTEEN??? WHAT DOCUMENTARY WERE YOU WATCHING

Mion says that Hinamizawa is mean because of the Awesome Solidarity. Keiichi asks if they've tried normalcy instead. Mion's like "Pft, if only."

Mion lets everyone know about her secret wordplay surprise, and then says "Wanna see my tattoo?" and starts taking her clothes off. "I don't," says Rena and everything stays television-appropriate.

"By the way," Mion adds, "I am the one true culprit and Higurashi is solved." Well that's good, I guess I can immediately stop reading Higurashi.

Oh, now Keiichi is saying that HE'S the one true culprit. Give your guilt complex a rest, my dude.

Wait is Mion just Keiichi-ing out right now actually? That would actually explain why there's six more Higurashis after this Higurashi. Although it would leave a lot of things much more mysterious... which would also explain it. Guess I'd better keep reading.

Um. Dumbass?

Rena tells Mion to go to jail. Mion says "You first." Rena says "Only if Keiichi wants me to."

Keiichi and Mion decide to go outside. Rena tells Keiichi that it's his responsibility to keep everything normal. RENA, NO!!! THAT'S THE ONE THING KEIICHI'S WORST AT!!! RENA WATCH OUT!!!

Now it's time for Keiichi and Mion's adorable date where they talk about Shion.

No, Keiichi is ambidextrous.

Mion says Shion's not dead. Nifty thing to say.

Niftn't thing to say, I think.

GOD, MION FUCKING GETS IT

Mion takes Keiichi to the Nice and Fresh and Modern Death House. Huh, I guess there was a Nice and Fresh and Modern Death House all along. I guess in this chapter I'm finally starting to realize why Watanagashi was said to have a lower difficulty than Onigafuchi. Which definitely DOES make me wonder what the deal is with the Onigafuchi sequence of events.

Keiichi asks to peruse a variety of dead bodies.

WHAT??? NO!!! A WATER SUPPLY IS ABSOLUTELY NO PLACE FOR BUGS!!!

Keiichi says hi to Shion. Shion ignores him and says to please stop with the elaborate murders. I'm sure that's fine.

Mion says "No, I don't want to." Keiichi loses interest in his surroundings. This also seems pretty alright to me.

Man, this voice acting is really good when it's not busy being dubious.

Is Keiichi planning on pulling some shit?

Foot licking. Phew, perversity. I'm glad When They Cry didn't forget to include perversity. Anyway Keiichi is definitely planning on pulling some shit.

Oh, Keiichi's hands are getting restrained. That'll make it harder for him to pull some shit. I wonder what kind of fucked-up shit he's gonna pull.

Ah, it's Scary Keiichi. I want to see the red glint in his eye...

I mean, not that he's as scary as these green people this time around. But that's what makes his scariness better.

Keiichi says Mion isn't Mion and Mion is like "UH WHAT NO" as if Mion hadn't been talking exactly like that fifteen minutes ago. Wow, that sentence was completely unintelligible.

Oh I misread "I wish I couldn't" as "I wish she wouldn't" and I was gonna give him shit for stating the obvious but I guess I am the one who is the fool. Carry on Keiichi. Keep lamenting.

...You know, five years ago, she sure was... 9? 10? 8? How old are these bitches again

WHAT??? THIS IS STILL THE DOLL ARC??? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN SAY ABOUT ITS PLACE IN THE LARGER ANTHOLOGY

HUH???

Oh that's true LOL. So much has happened since then, such as me spending months not thinking about Higurashi.

yeah me too girl

You drama queen.

L M A O

This really IS the comedy of people being dead! I was right, as always.

Anyway, the monk and paladin have teamed back up. This is why you never split the party I think. So Mion changes her awesome final boss plan.

Keiichi falls asleep so hard he turns into a police report.

Rena was MISSING??? Since WHEN???

Oh shit, the police report turned back into Keiichi. This didn't happen when he died!!

Keiichi's parents have the right idea. Keep holding out to eventually get THE MOST MONEY POSSIBLE.

Oh wait, Keiichi's parents tragically didn't get money, and instead got The Letter That Makes You Get A New House.

Oh this is basically the same thing which happened to me.

Rena gets sad because Higurashi would be really boring if the mascot character was the literal only character. Keiichi reminds her that the other characters aren't dead, they're just living on a farm upstate. Actually, Hinamizawa IS the farm upstate, so I don't know where they're living.

Keiichi also gets mad at the mainstream media for making light of tragedy. Wow, it's as if his feelings actually matter even though there's gonna be a time loop. This is fucked up.

Keiichi once again anticipates the obligatory Shion section of this chapter. Wait, that sounds really fake.

Oh shit I hit the image limit. Well the rest of this post is cancelled

This is fucked up though, Keiichi and Rena lingering with their regrets. This never happened in Umineko (except for that one time). Or the first arc. Or--HIS WINDOW GOT ASSAULTED BY MION???

Mion says "Hi Keiichi" and immediately breaks down

Keiichi is about to be nice to her, but then he gets stabbed. Oh thank god. Keiichi not being dead was making me feel so weird.

WAIT WHAT THE FUCK HE STILL ISN'T DEAD??? THIS IS SO FUCKED UP!!! SOMEONE PLEASE KILL KEIICHI I'M BEGGING YOU!!!

Wait the police report is saying Shion fell over at approximately the SAME time??? But Mion said she did them BOTH! Did she do a Rube Goldberg murder machine?

OooOooOooOOOoh "it sounded like two people fighting and then shion was either murdered OR committed suicide" I guess Higurashi has a mystery in it.

I don't know why I said that like that. To be honest I've spent an entire day writing this post while multitasking so that's why it's increasingly dubious.

Oh, and Ooishi is still! Bothering! Keiichi! SOMEONE JUST KILL KEIICHI ALREADY!!!

I wish I could take pictures of Keiichi's extreme sass here. I could quote it since it's literally just text, but... the magic is ruined if I do that...

Even though Keiichi doesn't want Ooishi's peace offering of pornography, he and Ooishi are still finally on the same page for once, that Mion is murder. So this is Cleric and Paladin synchronicity...

OH OOISHI FOUND THE MURDER WELL. It had all the victims and also random other guys.

Oh, Ooishi found a special Toddler 02 syringe. Just like in Onigafuchi but radically different. It all fits together... but radically different...

Oh, Ooishi noticed the same "same time" thing I did. It's obvious from his interrogation.

Oh, the witness of Shion's death was Shion's bodyguard... oh noooooo...!!! I don't want Ulki from Fire Emblem to experience grief...

Oh... the murder well had all the victims and also random other guys and also Mion.

MION DYING HAPPENED PRIOR TO SHION AND KEIICHI SIMULTANEOUSLY DYING AND KEIICHI SURVIVING IT??? WAIT, REALLY??? So Keiichi hallucinations are CANON and I was SUPER CORRECT LAST TIME. Clearly. I'm a genius!!!

What? Camera's girlfriend was also dead for an entire day before dying with multiple witnesses including not Keiichi? Wait that's actually insane. That's actually crazy. What is this stupid story about.

Oh I wish I could show you this awesome bed picture. You're just gonna have to trust me.

Keiichi has a nice conversation with a Mion hallucination about a fun prank they could play on Ooishi where Keiichi dies.

Oh, even Keiichi is sick of waiting for Keiichi to die so the arc can have an actual ending. It was a deliberate writing choice all along.

"Can this arc PLEASE just end already?!" begs Keiichi. "No" says the Mion hallucination, and the arc ends.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my barely-paying-attention coverage of a highly anticipated climax! Tune in next week for when I give me undivided attention to the goofy bonus chapter.

#higurashi #when they cry #is what i'm consuming

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One Piece - Volume 44

4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4? 4?

Chapter 420 - Buster Call

420? 420? 420? Wait, joke cancelled, that's an actual notable number.

BACK TOGETHER!! AND I'M NEVER GOING DOWN AT THE HANDS OF THE LIKES OF YOU!! BECAUSE I'M SO MUCH BETTER!!

Now that Nico Robin is free, she instakills Spamton NEO. Hooray!!! Even Nico Robin got an awesome 1v1 this arc!!!

This sequence of panels has a very special comedic timing. Also:

Zoro and Sanji, you dumbasses, that tower wasn't named Usopp.

Anyway, someone named Usopp isn't dead, so that person might be THE Usopp. Sniper King also isn't dead. It's all a little ambiguous.

These two facial expressions say a lot, I think.

Awesome

Oh right, and Lufpy still isn't done fighting Matt Engarde. Jeez, isn't Lufpy such a slowpoke?

Woah, that's cool. I guess if Kyngpin is stealing Lufpy's fetish gimmick, Lufpy is allowed to steal Kyngpin's coolness gimmick. We... we really are transitioning into a new era of One Piece...

Matt Engarde tells Lufpy to stop throwing his life away for the sake of victory. Lufpy says "No, I'm short-sighted."

Chapter 421 - Gear Three

A bunch of guys with guns show up and say "For this nuking, we're allowing a special exception where we don't kill a certain criminal. As for all the cops, let's not worry about them too hard." What awesome gun guys.

Everyone except Lufpy and Matt Engarde is running around, but those guys are still slowpokes. Lufpy challenges Matt Engarde to a staring contest. Is now really the time, Lufpy...?

Matt Engarde realizes that Lufpy can't win a staring contest if Lufpy is dead, and tries to use this clever strategy to win. He doesn't do a good job at it though.

Lufpy activates "Gear Three" which is where he has a really big hand. That's awesome, I love people with really big hands.

Chapter 422 - Rob Lucci

Some cops talk about how they don't need to worry too much, since there's a really cool and awesome assassin with a dark backstory.

All Lufpy's friends drown. Matt Engarde is about to drown too, but then he doesn't because of Boat. Also, Matt Engarde is a really cool and awesome assassin with a dark backstory.

Lufpy steps on Boat with a really big foot. Ah, now I see...! Lufpy was using a coolness reacharound loophole to reclaim fetishes! Very clever, Lufpy.

Matt Engarde tries to eat Lufpy, but Lufpy circumvents it by increasaing his bust size. Next, Lufpy decides to be even more mean to Boat.

The cops decide to follow Lufpy's lead and be even meaner to Boat. "Friendship is less important than murder" one of them says.

Chapter 423 - Mermaid Legend

Yay!!! Lufpy is winning at fetishes!!! Finally Kyngpin, the main villain of this arc, has been beaten by Lufpy.

Hmm, why does this arc even need any more chapters at this point? I think the crew should just show up at the next place now.

Yay!!! Fun ideas :)

Spamton NEO has recovered from being instakilled by Nico Robin, but he's scared of her now, so he starts tormenting Kyngpin instead, so Kyngpin instakills him.

Spamton NEO is scared of Kyngpin now, so he tries to torment Nico Robin instead, but he accidentally torments Kyngpin instead, so Kyngpin instakills him.

The scary Heart Woman also decides to un-drown everyone who drowned, using her awesome tail. She also decided to take her shirt off for some reason.

Chapter 424 - Escape Ship

OH NO SHE'S GONNA KILL KYNGPIN!!!

Chapter 425 - Bridge of Mortal Combat

Ah, so Kyngpin is aware of how often his circus freaks get killed. And if I already said that, you can't blame me, because that was last year.

Anyway, the circus freaks got killed. Alongside other people such as Sonic's friend Tammy, thank god.

In One Piece? If only. *glares at a framed photo of the glasses idiot*

Meanwhile, Lufpy discovers that Matt Engarde is even stronger than all those recordings Usopp stole. Ah, power scaling.

Chapter 426 - A Ship Waiting for Wind

Everyone watches Lufpy be a slowpoke and smiles and waves. Except Sanji mysteriously isn't there. OMG YES, is Sanji finally gonna do his trademarked espionage again...?! Finally, the one way in which Sanji is actually interesting returns.

Unfortunately, they all get attacked by cops, so they have to fight. OMG YES, I don't need to look at a lame panel of Sanji fighting...!

Also, Usopp shows up. I guess Usopp will be replacing Sanji. That's not who I expected Usopp to be replacing.

Chapter 427 - This Isn't the Afterlife

Usopp says "It's not like I like you or anything, baka slowpoke!" to Lufpy and asks Matt Engarde to fight him instead to speed things up.

Lufpy doesn't want to have his 1v1 stolen, so Usopp says "Well uhhhh try not being dead then." Lufpy decides to try not being dead then. Then Matt Engarde says "Well uhhhh try being dead next." Lufpy decides to ignore him. Matt Engarde decides to try being dead next.

Chapter 428 - Let's Go Back

Every single character who was dead was actually alive. Shit, that means Sonic's friend Tammy is alive. This ending sucks!! I think the time traveler who fixed the Merry Go should have gone back a second time to prevent this ending.

The cops decide to be mean to Boat again. This seems like it might mean people died, but it actually doesn't mean that, because of Sanji leaving. That's actually pretty interesting.

Usopp asks Nico Robin to drown Lufpy. I thought better of you, Usopp. Nico Robin obeys. I thought better of you, Usopp.

Also, the Merry Go shows up. I guess this is probably logistically sound based on the Kyngpin shenanigans, but I don't really remember.

Chapter 429 - Utter Defeat

Poor Sanji. Whenever Lufpy is about to drown it's always Sanji's problem. Usopp should be nicer to Sanji.

Nico Robin thanks everyone while suffocating Lufpy. I think Nico Robin is taking Usopp's orders too seriously...! I seriously thought better of you, Usopp.

Spamton NEO recovers from being instakilled once again, and tells everyone to be just as mean to the Merry Go as they were to Boat. Jeez, will this guy stay instakilled for once?

All the cops kill each other. "I did this," Sanji says.

The cops still want to be mean to the Merry Go, so Zoro and Sanji use an immobilized Lufpy as a human shield. Awesome.

Man, screw getting a musician, the crew needs a painter to permanently capture awesome moments like these.

Nico Robin decides to try instakilling Spamton NEO one more time for good measure. Spamton NEO says "Don't spare me..." for some reason.

The horny-for-Jessica rival bicycle shows up just to say "We lose."

Chapter 430 - A Light Snow of Reminiscence Falls

It was Lorenz Hellman Gloucester Slightly To The Left all along, who provided the first, last, and only Merry Go ex machina. Neat. Also Usopp's gone again. I guess Franky can replace him (I decided to refer to him a bit more formally just now because, thinking about it, if he was willing to steal from Lufpy, I guess I didn't know him as well as I thought I did.)

Lufpy decides to set the Merry Go on fire.

Sniper King decides to go ahead and speak on Usopp's behalf, as though Sniper King knows anything about how Usopp truly feels. I thought better of you, Sniper King.

I'm pretty sure this dialog was plagiarized from James Cameron's Titanic. I should know, I watched an entire video by Hbomberguy.

Hmm... Sniper King said that men shouldn't cry when saying goodbye, and by cross-referencing that with these panels...

We can see that Zoro, Nico Robin, Sanji, and the scary Heart Woman are the only men around here. Well, Nico Robin and the scary Heart Woman are sort of edge cases where they could also be considered to be women or non-binary. And Sniper King might just be drooling I guess.

Thus concludes my gender arc. Goodbye everyone.

#one piece #is what i'm consuming

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Higurashi When They Cry - Watanagashi Chapter 11

New year, new schedule. I realized "posting daily until doing so is unsustainable and then taking very long breaks" isn't actually faster than the slow and steady approach. Turtles were right all along, though I'm not sure how many of them were. That's why from now on my new schedule is going to be Two Posts A Week. Yes. Yes yes.

Speaking of the weak, Keiichi and Rena. They're sleepy. Mion, meanwhile, isn't even present. Keiichi thinks Mion might not exist.

At school, everyone is taking the disappearance of some Toddlers very seriously. How strange. Unfortunately, for school to be normal, Mion would have to exist. It all sucks for everyone.

Keiichi and Rena try to have a Lunch Arc, but they flub it because of the writer's strike, so I'm not even going to dignify it with a detailed analysis.

Rena decides to shift gears and give Keiichi secondhand Women Exposition instead. Keiichi thinks the exposition sounds wrong and bad, and Rena agrees, so they decide to solidify the Watanagashi arc of Higurashi as one all about people using the wrong sinks out of an inflated sense of superiority.

the second half of this sentence is not what the first half of this sentence led me to expect

Rena reveals that the Toddlers had been in the middle of a culinary project which they left half-unfinished.

Dumb Fuck!

Seeing Rena activate Detective Mode is awesome though. She really IS like one of those young girls who can read the blue text. Now we just need Keiichi to kick his "guy whose text is often blue" quotient up a notch.

Rena says that Toddler 01 is so inferior to Toddler 02 that she even sucks more at garbage cans. Fascinating.

Wow! I'm learning so much from reading Higurashi!

Also wow, I just noticed, she is really killer at reading the blue text. Um, no pun intended I guess.

Rena reveals the final ace up her sleeve: The Toddlers didn't have any soy sauce.

i wish i lived in hinamizawa, i could get so much free soy sauce

and bread pudding, maybe

Rena does her Sherlock Holmesian monologue where she says it was all the malicious work of a soy sauce saboteur. "Who was the saboteur?" asks Keiichi. "lol idk anyways acab" says Rena, and leaves.

Keiichi also leaves, and he and Rena go to the same place, and it's a cop place. More specifically it's the location Ooishi happens to be in, which is Keiichi's house he sleeps at every day. Keiichi decides to plant some death flags and then make Rena leave.

what a fucking nightmare person

Ooishi reveals that the mayor had hemorrhoids. Wow, that reminds me of my favorite meme song!

Keiichi makes a deduction and then gets immediate amnesia. Classic Keiichi.

Keiichi is confused about where Shion's awesome mayor incident fits into the mayor's busy schedule. He's really confused and possibly about to explode.

Ooishi asks what the big deal was with the temple, and Keiichi is like "Um, literally nothing?" and then curses his own bad habit of revealing information. Yes, the bad habit which he has: revealing information.

Hmm I don't like that Ooishi keeps saying things like "Everyone who went in is being sacrificed, y'know?" and "I had no choice but to ask you, Keiichi, since you went in there, y'know?" Is there going to be a dramatic Shion death reveal?

Oh. The answer was yes, five seconds after I asked. By which I guess I just mean "Ah, Keiichi finally noticed."

Oh, the NEXT day? Like RIGHT after?

Ah, I guess all Keiichi's intimate phone conversations must not have happened then. That. Seems true. Yes.

Oh, that's an awesome trick. He could use that to acquire more piss.

Lol

Anyway I don't have the slightest inkling what's going on. THIS is the arc that's supposed to be easier to figure out than the Rena one? How messed up were the events of the Rena one, then?!

Keiichi screams so hard the scene transitions, and now he's waiting for the obligatory Shion section of this chapter.

Ah yes, the extremely real ladder incident.

Anyway, the obligatory Shion section of this chapter occurs.

Shion immediately learns that Keiichi is home alone.

Classic Keiichi.

Keiichi wants to ask Shion if the Toddlers are okay, but he gets scared that what she says will make him scared, so he asks Shion if the mayor is okay and she says "No," and he gets scared.

String music??? Is playing??? What is this, Umineko?

me when i'm listening to someone sobbing

You should probably have doubts my dude

These twerps really are two peas in a pod huh. That's scary.

Shion is scared of Keiichi again. Keiichi tells her to tell him a longer mayor story so he gets less confused and doesn't explode in the future.

Ah but Shion doesn't live in Hinamizawa. Are Shion and Mion Parent Trapping REALLY REALLY HARD with ultra commitment to the bit? That'd be extremely abnormal.

Unfortunately, Keiichi relatable moments. Um, minus the part where he's having a phone conversation with a crying person. That's categorically not a thing I do, for several reasons. Um, anyways.

Shion enters Comedy Mode and brings the obligatory Shion section of this chapter to a close.

Meanwhile, in Side Story Land...

Isn't that the backstory of that trans girl from that fighting game? I dunno, I don't play games from genres that SUCK.

Allegedly, Mion has a tattoo covering her entire back. Bah, modern media, always with the female characters whose backs are covered in tattoos. One day in the name of gender equality I'll do that to a male character. ...Actually, that might already exist and be called Yakuza. I dunno, I don't play games from series that SUCK.

It would be really fucked up if Ooishi was just completely lying his ass off about Shion having been gone for days, but actually she was just chillin' the entire time. I don't think that's what's happening but it would be fucked up. Ooishi's mahjong buddies seem to be his devout followers also, unless that's part of the rules. I dunno, I don't play games that SUCK.

#higurashi #when they cry #is what i'm consuming #we'll always be far apart

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One Piece - Volume 43

You'll all be happy to know I finally skipped through the first two chapters of Higurashi Watanagashi to get the Steam achievement I've been missing this whole time. More relevantly,

See you tomorrow for another Higurashi post. Unless I end up being too busy to write it on time or something. More relevantly,

Chapter 410 - Super-Size Nami

Zoro is trying to guess what Sniper King's real name is.

I thought he thought his name was Sogeking.

Lufpy and Matt Engarde are still fighting.

Nami and the feminist who's even better than a German person are still fighting too.

Wendell Wendell Chopper is suddenly there.

Chapter 411 - Nami vs. Kalifa

Wendell Wendell Chopper is fucking shit up. Sanji is depressed and gonna get crushed by the floor. The feminist who's even better than a German person is even more confused than an Icelandic person.

Nami realizes she needs to get wet, so she elaborately activates water.

Cute. <3

Oh, this is a powerful Nami. What a great chapter this is turning out to be.

Hooray!!! This is the correct amount of Namis.

Chapter 412 - You Missed Your Chance

Hooray for her stupid commitment to the bit. <3

Okay I love that the "stupidly-shaped shadow clones" combat technique also involved the "normally-shaped one" being a shadow clone. ...Sorry for being so normal about all this, it's just hard for my impenetrably goofy persona to withstand the sheer power of Nami. Such is her nature as the greatest member of the crew.

Okay, I'll go back to abnormal now. Probably.

The feminist disperses the shadow clones with a big wall, but Nami uses her Ultra Lightning Beam to kill the feminist.

Kyngpin comes and asks her about Wendell Wendell Chopper.

holy shit

Wendell Wendell Chopper pays Zoro and Sniper King a visit. Zoro starts to feel bad for him, and says "Puppy is clearly dying :(".

The napping animal rights activist decides he doesn't care that much about animal rights, and that he'll instead make the puppy die faster. Zoro decides to do a Cool Attack as a political protest.

Kyngpin and Nami show up to solve every problem simultaneously. It's really convenient for everyone involved.

Chapter 413 - Hunter

Spamton NEO stabs Nico Robin with an elephant.

Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off stabs a random rock with a giraffe face.

The napping animal wrongs activist stabs Sniper King with a clever ruse.

Nami starts yelling about Usopp for some reason.

Sanji gets tired of not getting to beat anyone up this arc and decides to beat up the napping animal wrongs activist.

Chapter 414 - Sanji vs. Jabra

THAT'S THE HOMESTUCK NUMBER!!! Wait, no it isn't.

Sanji explains that having the floor falling towards his head was a good thing, not a bad thing. Nami says that it's a bad thing that it was a good thing.

SANJI WANTS SNIPER KING TO BE NORMAL ABOUT WOMEN!!!

What happens next is a Sanji fight, which is to say that it's not very interesting.

Chapter 415 - Heat Up

It still isn't very interesting.

Nothing is very interesting about it.

Hrmm? What the...? His leg is Finding Dory...!!

Sanji wins by using his Finding Dory leg to unleash a homing attack aimed directly at the napping animal wrongs activist's Dory.

Chapter 416 - Zoro vs. Kaku

Oh no! Sanji has developed a God Complex!

Kyngpin asks if Lufpy wants help fighting Matt Engarde, but Lufpy says no, because then it wouldn't be a 1v1 anymore. Instead, he tells Kyngpin to just walk past Matt Engarde and ignore the fact that Matt Engarde is guarding the door. (Ohhh... is THAT why he's called Matt EnGARDE?! Because he's a GUARD?! I only just now realized that.)

Meanwhile, Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off is playing Minecraft with his friend Zoro. :)

Chapter 417 - Asura

Wanze! Wanze! Wanze! He’s a cook. He’s a cooooook. He’s a cook, cook, cook. Wanze! Mad! Mad, mad!

Okay, Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off giving a whole speech about how he can use his adaptability to use his long limbs for an attack even if he has a short neck, and then immediately just using a long neck attack... is a pretty good joke.

Anyway, Zoro and Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off continue exchanging blows until they get all tuckered out and Zoro ends it all with a super move.

Chapter 418 - Luffy vs. Rob Lucci

Nico Robin hates the floor, so she decides to eat it.

Lufpy was wrong about Kyngpin being able to just walk past Matt Engarde.

However, Lufpy uses a super move to let Kyngpin just walk past him.

Chapter 419 - Legend of a Hero

Spamton NEO isn't tired of harassing Nico Robin yet. Kyngpin shows up but he does it wrong. Spamton NEO explodes. Everyone shows up and does it correctly, including Kyngpin who I guess is getting a do-over.

Sniper King helps Kyngpin complete his key collection.

#one piece #is what i'm consuming

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Higurashi When They Cry - Watanagashi Chapter 10

Time for the fifth of my four remaining daily posts this year!

Keiichi's telephone adventures will continue in... Phone Call 02: Toddler 02

Just kidding, no they won't. Toddlers have bedtimes.

Keiichi's telephone adventures will continue in... Phone Call 02.50: Rena

Rena lets Keiichi know that Toddler 02 lives on the religious equivalent of shitty company housing.

Keiichi lets Rena know that Toddler 02 is totally gonna die.

Rena lets Keiichi know that Toddler 01 and Toddler 02 are roommates, and also that they're totally gonna die.

Keiichi remembers Mion exists and gets scared. He decides to disobey Rena to make life easier and better.

Rena lets Keiichi know that his disobedient decisions were stupid and bad.

Rena is the Ultimate Joke Understander.

Mion asks Keiichi for an explanation, so he pretends to have psychic powers.

Rena doesn't see Bike 01 or Bike 02.

The depressing house is hard to enter, so Rena leaves to check the depression house instead.

Ough... a HEADLESS GIANT... that's scary... Keiichi'd better RUN!!!

Mion becomes the sky and starts talking about Toddler 01's tragic backstory. Keiichi doesn't think it's very cool.

Rena brings reinforcements, so Keiichi notices that everything which just happened didn't just happen and gets thrown for a loop.

Rena doesn't see Toddler 01 or Toddler 02.

Mion decides to use leadership skills to remedy this.

Keiichi decides to look for clues. Keiichi decides to chastise Rena for looking for clues.

Mion uses her leadership skills to tell a bunch of people to go to locations, so Keiichi decides to go away too in order to fake being productive.

Rena turns out to also be in the same pointless location as him. She tells him not to blame himself, but he's able to cleverly tell that that's an accusation. She also tells him that they should all have bedtimes, since this is a Toddler scenario.

Keiichi silently decides Rena will die next. Rena who can read the blue text says that's definitely wrong.

Everyone regroups and Mion admonishes Keiichi for going away pointlessly.

DAMN lol

Mion offers Ooishi the food he wanted but he says he doesn't want it. What a cool guy.

Ooishi says that since his tax money funds his own activities, the government is basically helping him with his sexual fetishes.

Keiichi doesn't want a truck ride home from the police, but Rena accepts on his behalf. Rena!!! You traitor!!! Not riding in automobiles is awesome. Now Keiichi has to ride in one instead, thanks to your actions. I trusted you to look out for him, Rena. Shame on you.

Keiichi sleeps through the part where Rena talks about her address. What a shame for all the address lorehunters. When he wakes up, Ooishi is no longer trucking but is instead, um. Well anyway.

Ooishi tells Keiichi all sorts of stuff, mostly from Side Story Land. Then he says that the next victim will be Mion, not Shion or Rena or Keiichi or whatever dumb guess Keiichi had. Obviously, Ooishi's guess is going to be way more true.

That's kind of a weird time to give someone coffee man.

Meanwhile, in Side Story Land...

Mion's parents are the black sheep of the family. Her grandmother is being stalked by cops. She has another relative who's allegedly cool as hell, but there's no way of knowing for sure because he's shrouded in complete darkness. ...Actually, he's really annoying, so I bet he's secretly not cool as hell.

#higurashi #when they cry #is what i'm consuming

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One Piece - Volume 42

Up next, Lufpy and the gang will jump AWAY from a waterfall so as to reset the status quo.

Chapter 400 - The Key to Freedom

The scary Heart Woman thinks about the past while Spamton NEO turns an elephant into a sword.

Kyngpin wants the terrifying trio to be dead, probably because they're lusting after him.

One Piece Creepypasta.

Anyway, Lufpy meets Spamton NEO's duffel bag. Spamton NEO's duffel bag delivers a bunch of exposition about how each dungeon boss is holding a key item, but only one of them is required for plot progression. Sanji says "Alright, time for six 1v1s." Well I knew that was coming.

Kyngpin needs to recharge his abilities with the hilarious soda joke, but Spamton NEO's duffel bag shows up. Duffel bags are made for going onto airplanes, so it's only natural that duffel bags would be good at travel.

Sniper King watches someone take a nap.

Nami bothers a cherry blossom samurai.

Sanji, tragically, is in the bedroom of the feminist who's even better than a German person.

Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off and Zoro are being creepy at each other.

...Wait, if Spamton NEO's duffel bag ends up fighting Kyngpin instead of Tony Tony Chopper or something, does that mean the least interesting crew member is once again getting the short end of the content stick? Well that's a pity.

Chapter 401 - Pirates vs. CP9

Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off uses two sword style... oh no!!! Two swords is less than three swords, and as was established early on, the fewer swords someone has, the stronger they are! Zoro's in trouble...!

Oh, false alarm, Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off actually uses four sword style. Phew, Zoro can win this.

They clash.

Sniper King wants to take the plot progression key from the napping person, but he gets scared of a chicken and starts screaming at the chicken, so the napping person decides to intervene. The napping person is an animal rights activist!!

Oh, the napping animal rights activist thinks Sniper King is an animal. Maybe he thinks Tony Tony Chopper is behind that mask. What foolishness!

Oh, he's actually such an animal rights activist, he turned himself into an animal. That's like being such an anime fan you turn yourself into an anime girl.

Oh, he's actually such an animal rights activist, he's summoning two animals from above: A giraffe and Zoro

...Are there not gonna be six 1v1s after all? Was Sanji wrong to put faith in Lufpy's belief system?

Chapter 402 - Handcuffs No. 2

You mean, a furry convention? C'mon Zoro, don't kinkshame. ...Well, maybe kinkshaming pedophiles is okay.

Wait, what makes wolves and giraffes so much worse than leopards? Explain, Sniper King.

Anyway, Sniper King decides to handcuff Zoro to himself. ...How insidious! Sabotage from the crew's so-called ally! Lufpy was right about Sniper King being Nico Robin's enemy.

The napping animal rights activist and Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off argue about who should get to be involved in this 1v2. They don't like 2v2s, apparently. Also that's who the giraffe was.

In order to have 1v1s again, they offer to undo Sniper King's sabotage. But Sniper King says they can't. I see your game, Sniper King...! Shame on you!

Oh, Tony Tony Chopper actually is getting to do something. He's climbing stairs. Neat.

Oh, also Zoro wants his help in turning the 2v2 back into 1v1s. So he's going to pay Sanji a visit. No, Tony Tony Chopper, you fool! Don't you realize Sanji is a bad influence on you?!

Oh, and Nami is getting disrobed by hair. That probably also counts as people stealing Lufpy's combat fetish gimmick. Jeez... Lufpy is losing his specialness...

Meanwhile, the feminist who's even better than a German person is furthering female empowerment by embracing her sexuality.

Chapter 403 - Mr. Chivalry

Sanji decides he's had enough of feminism and starts fighting the feminist who's even better than a German person.

What a drama queen. Nami deserves better than to have to put up with this.

Oh, Tony Tony Chopper failed hard at finding Sanji. Well, that's good. Maybe Nami can set Tony Tony Chopper back on the path of righteousness with her Catholic worldview.

Oh, Nami already stole the plot progression key from the cherry blossom samurai queen. I guess his life can be spared then. Tony Tony Chopper doesn't like that key though.

Oh, darn. Tony Tony Chopper found Sanji after all. So much for Tony Tony Chopper's redemption arc.

Is this Mob Psycho 100?

Anyway, Nami wants Sanji to assault women. I take back what I said about only the most masculine characters being based, because that's based.

Lufpy decides to activate Chibi mode to open a door or something.

Chapter 404 - Franky vs. Fukurô

This must be some kind of error.

Get it? Get it? Get it? Get it? Get it? Get it? Get it? Get it? Get it? Get it?

Matt Engarde gets chastised for not killing any children.

Kyngpin unzips Spamton Neo's duffel bag, but he does it wrong. Next, the two of them have fun rhyming together. Aww... friendship is beautiful! <3

Tony Tony Chopper's power source runs out, so he cleverly traps the cherry blossom samurai queen inside of Kyngpin's power source storage area. Phew! It's a good thing no 1v1s got lost due to our heroes not having their power source.

Tony Tony Chopper tries to use his medical degree to promote healthy living, but Kyngpin isn't a fan. What a sad day for puppy.

Tony Tony Chopper transforms Kyngpin into an old-timey prospector or something. Hey, Kyngpin totally IS stealing Lufpy's fetish gimmick! And I think Tony Tony Chopper is experiencing a sexual awakening!! That can't be good for Kyngpin, since Tony Tony Chopper is a yandere. Well, that's what you get for stealing.

Chapter 405 - Power

OMG, finally!! The Chainsaw Man crossover chapter!

Kyngpin says "It hurts when I move my arm like this." Tony Tony Chopper responds "Then don't move your arm like that!"

Spamton NEO's duffel bag decides to use his ultimate "hiding from Kyngpin" technique, and Tony Tony Chopper punches him normally.

Kyngpin starts drowning and the cherry blossom samurai queen comes back. I see... this 2v1... has become a 2v1...

Actually, Kyngpin starts trying to not drown and Spamton NEO's duffel bag is here to prevent that. I see... this 2v1 has become 1v1s... wait, we're right back where we started!!!

me when i have legs

Kyngpin decides to attach himself to Spamton NEO's duffel bag so the duffel bag drowns if he does, incentivizing the duffel bag to not drown him. I guess Kyngpin is just really reckless and stupid. A man after my own heart...

Chapter 406 - Life Return

Spamton NEO's duffel bag tries to use centrifugal force to make Kyngpin die really fast. Kyngpin uses the laws of physics to make it not be fast instead.

The napping animal rights activist and Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off decide to engage in a 1v1 against each other.

Zoro "I'll cut my legs off" Piratehunter back on his bullshit again.

Oh fuck yeah, I love his bullshit. Who's Sogeking though? Is that the true identity of the person under Sniper King's mask? I thought it was Zoro 7 and a half months ago but that turned out to be wrong. Unless... of course... it isn't... and all along, Zoro was never actually handcuffed to anyone!!!

Tony Tony Chopper decides to be fatphobic like a true medical professional. I'm so proud of him~!! My little puppy is growing up~!!

STOP!!! EVERYONE STOP STEALING LUFPY'S FETISH GIMMICK!!! HIS SPECIALNESS!!! PLEASE!!! HIS SPECIALNESS!!!

Oh, has the cherry blossom samurai queen seen the James Bond films? Octopussy? James Bond film Octopussy? Oh wait, if he only wants manly monikers, I guess I should respect his gender and stop calling him a queen.

Oh, is the cherry blossom samurai manly a Star Trek fan?

Tony Tony Chopper decides to overdose on drugs. Ah... hypocrisy... he's truly becoming a medical professional!!!

Hmm, it would be really bad if Tony Tony Chopper met Nagito Komaeda. He'd be an even worse influence than Sanji!

Hmm, Mikan would be a great influence though...

Oh, anyways he's getting Super Stabbed.

Chapter 407 - Monster

Tony Tony Chopper's drug abuse gambit seems like it was a bad idea. Even his highly unlikely finishing move wasn't good enough.

OMG SHE'S BACK

Reverse Santa!Carmen P. Sandiego my BELOVED

I knew she'd return I knew she'd return I knew she'd return!!!

my GIRL my WOMAN my EVERYTHING

This is just like CHRISTMAS MORNING. I guess that's why they call her Reverse Santa.

YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY

YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY

I totally forget what's going on in the plot of One Piece now.

...

wait noooo don't go

my beloved... my queen...

Oh, right. The word queen reminded me of what's happening. The cherry blossom samurai manly is beating a puppy to death.

oh god what the fuck

Kyngpin discovers that Spamton NEO wasn't keeping the 1v1 McGuffin in his duffel bag, and realizes that it must be owned by the feminist who's even better than a German person and has been conspicuously absent from the manga for a really long time.

Oh, the reason Nami's fight against the feminist couldn't be shown in the manga is because sex scenes can't be shown in the manga. But now Nami is bored of sex and ready for murder.

Chapter 408 - Monster vs. Kumadori

internalized homophobia nami moments

That's great, honey.

That's not sexual harassment I promise. It's infantilization I swear.

Ooh, can she scrub away people's hygiene?

Unfortunately for Nami's bloodlust, the feminist who's even better than a German person's regular lust still isn't satiated I think.

Meanwhile, Wendell Wendell Chopper's a winner but his bloodlust isn't satiated either.

Lufpy still hasn't even gotten to 1v1 anyone yet, but luckily he's finally standing near Matt Engarde. And Spamton NEO and Nico Robin.

Chapter 409 - The Terrifying Broadcast

Spamton NEO accidentally makes a fatal phone call.

Oh, Matt Engarde doesn't actually want to stop Lufpy, he just wants to say a cool line.

He's fighting Lufpy for some reason though.

#one piece #is what i'm consuming

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Higurashi When They Cry - Watanagashi Chapter 9

Time for the third of my four remaining daily posts this year!

Keiichi's new plan is to never be asleep at any point in time, ever. Mion wasn't asleep either, so Keiichi says she was up all night playing video games instead of studying, but Rena knows that's wrong.

Somehow, Rena decides that the mayor's disappearance is a great way to accumulate more Rena Points. All the other characters have all sorts of reactions to that too, including some nameless faceless ones.

GUAAAAAAGH A SNEAK ATTACK FROM MY FLANK BY A GIANT RENA!!! AND WORSE YET, SHE'S SPICY WRONG

W-Wait, I understand now! This is Attack on Titan's horrifying LUNCH SUBPLOT!

Well, I won't worry too much about it.

Although I can't wait for the horrifying revelation that the reason Toddler 01 hates pumpkins is because of the Jack O'Lantern Ghoul or something.

Also Keiichi suggests that Mion and Toddler 02 might be sleeping together. An interesting idea.

Dear lord.

DEAR LORD

I feel like I should be able to make a joke here, but every horrible label I can think of is probably true about Rena on some level or another of the narrative, if we account for Keiichi's dubious speculations at certain points within certain scenarios.

Toddler 02 isn't sleeping with Mion, obviously. Toddler 02 is in the Wet Place. Also, she's in Trash Mannequin Mode.

Yeah I would shudder too if she was that huge.

Toddler 02 wants to know Keiichi's secrets. Keiichi is getting fed up of how repetitive this arc is.

So true!

Keiichi decides to make this arc less repetitive by actually divulging secrets for once, but then he gets scared and changes his mind.

Yowza

Toddler 02 tells an awesome story about cats. It's super cool if you like cats. Keiichi isn't sure who the cat's supposed to be.

I'm not sure that's true.

Keiichi starts mucking up this awesome story by introducing even more, less cool animals.

Yowza

Ah yes, your inability to rely on a Toddler is definitely because you're extremely confused.

haha oh fuck that's badass

Toddler 02 also tells Keiichi to completely erase Camera and his girlfriend from his mind. Well that's callous. Have some respect for the dead, Toddler 02! Everyone knows dead people love being the center of attention.

Toddler 02 is also sick of Kaiji Joke Parts. She wants Mion to stop being a character in the story instead. Well that's no good at all Toddler 02! Shame, shame, shame, shame, shame on you.

what the fuck this got deranged fast

LOL

Keiichi gets another Shion phone call. Shion wants to be a detective. Like L. From Death Note. Playing at being your sister, are you, girly? Well I wouldn't blame you for that.

Shion thinks she has a Schrodinger's Stalker depending on whether or not Keiichi has a Stalker. Keiichi says "I don't have a Stalker," and then immediately thinks to himself "Or DO I?!"

God that sucks shit. Well anyways

Shion can make him worse.

Boooooo! Be more like Mion. (<-I would say this to anyone)

Shion reveals that her family being seen as evil criminals goes back to the dam. It all goes back to that damn dam. That dam looks like a DAMN dam.

Also a little kid teleported to the mountains or something.

Also Mion is apparently the ultimate evil.

Wow so much for the broiling tension between Shion and Ooishi. I guess I really WAS wrong about that.

Man she's really Ling from Death Note hard. Although I still haven't watched it.

Uhhhhhhh maybe you should tell her about the MAYOR'S DISAPPEARANCE???

Well, not that I like her or want her to have access to information.

Oh, oh good, she's not entirely out of the loop. I mean "bad". I mean "neutral".

Bah! Hypocrisy.

Oh, Shion actually trusted the mayor so much she told him a bunch of cool secrets. Is that the same thing as how Rena said Mion was the mayor's best friend or something?

wait what the fuck this is exactly what Rena said but about Mion, not Shion

Rena are you Keiichiing?

The problem with this theory is that there's no reason someone as lame as Keiichi should be target numero uno.

Keiichi decides Shion's theory is correct and that it means certain doom for Toddler 02.

Meanwhile, in Side Story Land...

Somebody's been SCHEMING??? A shrine-visiting SCHEMER???

Ooishi's investigation says that someone made the events of this arc plausible on purpose. A sinister incompetent locksmith or some such.

Actually, it just so happens that the sinister incompetent locksmiths were a major-Toddler 02 duo. Well that's a silly coincidence.

#higurashi #when they cry #is what i'm consuming

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One Piece - Volume 41

So I've been thinking about how every single crew member would react if they got genderswapped.

Lufpy wouldn't care even a little bit and would refuse to acknowledge the standpoints of anyone else who did. If anything, she might use the fact that she now had boobs as inspiration for fucked-up new combat techniques. But if he got swapped back to male he would keep on using those techniques without acknowledging any divergence in their effectiveness. At the end of the day Lufpy is undilutable including by gender.

Zoro upon finding himself in a female body would smirk smugly and say "Excellent," and then 0.2 seconds later he would be hit by a crushing wave of nonstop gender dysphoria, but since he would have already said "Excellent" at that point, doing anything about it would be Backing Down, so he would simply dedicate himself to his training even more, in the hopes that getting strong enough would make his gender-related despair going away (not that he would even admit, even to himself, that that's what it was). This wouldn't work but he would point-blank refuse to seek out alternative solutions, and would someday die miserable at the ripe age of 158.

Nami would immediately get depressed and instantly know why and feel no shame in seeking a way to swap back to normal because she's not stupid like Zoro.

Usopp, if suddenly in a woman's body, would get really irritatingly and loudly insecure, his paranoia immediately getting the better of him and leading him to believe that "everyone always saw him as the weakest man on the crew and probably thinks being a woman suits him". Multiple times for day, he would yell about how He Sure Is The WRONG GENDER At The Moment while fishing for someone to agree with him. The only people who would ever do so would be Nami and Salanji, and they would mainly do so by snapping at him. Everyone else would stay out of it.

Salanji in a girl's body would immediately go catatonic.

Tony Tony Chopper would get really confused, but would think his situation was somehow normal, and it would take other people's reactions for him to realize it wasn't. Then he'd deal with it in whatever way they told him to. Except literally everyone would give bad advice.

Nico Robin would feel dysphoric and want to swap back, but with a level of bullheadedness similar to Zoro's behavior I described earlier, would firmly decide that there were more important things on her list of priorities and not bother.

Sniper King would be happier as a girl and would change her name to Sniper Queen.

Blueno in a woman's body would be pretty chill about the whole situation, but would occasionally "crossdress" by dressing in absurdly masculine ways complete with faux facial hair.

Speaking of Blueno...

Chapter 389 - Response

Blueno is dead.

Spamton NEO is sad about that, so he intends to have Lufpy killed.

Kyngpin takes this opportunity to have a heart-to-heart with Nico Robin. I love Kyngpin so much. I missed him.

Kyngpin wants Lufpy and Nico Robin to be closer to each other. Spamton NEO wants Lufpy and Nico Robin to be farther away from each other. What a conundrum!

What the fuck?! Kyngpin is stealing Lufpy's gimmick of using fetishes!! I guess this makes it a good thing Blueno is going to be the new crew member instead of Kyngpin or anyone else, but even if you're not a crew member, stealing Lufpy's gimmick is still a bit rude as long as you're a One Piece character.

Kyngpin's other fetish turns out to be using suicide threats to manipulate beautiful women into using him as a trebuchet.

Lufpy wants Lufpy and Nico Robin to be closer to each other. Nico Robin wants Lufpy and Nico Robin to be farther away from each other. It's 2 vs. 2. They, Kyngpin, and Spamton NEO are at an impasse!

Nico Robin turns out to have the same suicide fetish as Kyngpin. I wonder where the beautiful woman is who Nico Robin will manipulate into using her as a trebuchet.

Chapter 390 - Accepting the Challenge

Oh, the famous frog from this arc is killing people. It's been so long since I read this arc, I can't really remember if this is a new development or not.

Meanwhile, Cerberus is yelling about how the justice system is very fair if you ignore the fact that it's unfair 100% of the time. Okay.

Tony Tony Chopper hates the floor, like that little boy in that meme. Well, I guess Tony Tony Chopper is kind of a little boy. And kind of a meme.

The frog is dying, but the giants Sniper King is friends with aren't. Is that news? Is anything news??? I may have picked an unfortunate stopping point.

Actually, I think this post may be the first one where I mentioned Sniper King by name. Maybe??? By the way, for people who've never read One Piece before and aren't reading along but are reading these posts anyway for some reason, there's a character named Sniper King.

God, it just keeps proving itself to be true again and again: Anything Saitama can do, Lufpy can do better.

Saitama would still be capable of killing Lufpy effortlessly though, despite being a worse version of Lufpy in every way that matters. There's a fucked up moral to that story, but I don't know what it is.

Salanji you absolute oaf. I won't be deducting any Sal Points for this, but I will be deducting the "la" from your name. You're way worse than Los Angeles.

Chapter 391 - The Girl They Called a Demon

The giants are still doing giant stuff. The non-pedophilic carpentry jabronies are still, um, doing whatever it is they do.

Hmm, Spamton NEO is really pathetic and embarrassing. I'd almost say that makes him less of a candidacy for Ultimate Big Bad of the Arc than Matt Engarde, but I think Spamtons are just like that, so it's still inconclusive.

Spamton NEO says he's going to make sure all Nico Robin's friends get killed. Nico Robin gets sad and says she'd rather he didn't.

I don't think you know how cocks work, Spamton NEO.

Nico Robin's awesome backstory is that she was bullied in grade school. Also she was Cinderella but in real life.

Nico Robin's version of Cinderella is all wrong. It replaces getting married with getting an education. This isn't nearly misogynistic enough!!

Chapter 392 - Dereshi

Nico Robin's academic peers all hate her because she wants to be a heretic like them. What an interesting twist on Cinderella! Also there's a beached giant. What an interesting twist on Gulliver's Travels!

Awesome

The giant's name is Atari Jaguar the Spul. Oh, that seems incredibly important. He has the same middle name as Dunkey the Lufpy, Fortnite the Ape, and Goal the Roper.

okay this visual is sick

Nico Robin is a great character because she makes the panels in the manga cool to look at. Everyone love her because of it.

Okay, Spul is based. ...Zoro, Kyngpin, Spul... it's always the most masculine One Piece characters who are the most based. Thank God, maybe this version of Cinderella isn't as non-misogynistic as I thought.

Chapter 393 - Olvia

Um, Eiichiro Oda spelled my name wrong. -_-

Oh, the government made a Dark Ages on purpose? Did I know that already? It's been so long, I've forgotten the entire plot of One Piece.

Spul warns Nico Robin that she's being targeted for an awesome genocide. I think this might be based on the part of Gulliver's Travels where Gulliver meets horses?? I dunno, it's been ages since I read Gulliver's Travels, so I forget which chapter had the awesome genocide.

Oh, Nico Robin idolizes her deadbeat mom. That's so Usoppcore.

And the horny-for-Jessica rival bicycle used to have a terrible fashion sense.

Chapter 394 - The Demons of Ohara

Spamton Sr. gets killed and says that he should get replaced by his son Spamton, but he doesn't get killed, but he's gonna get killed.

The Chad Spamton Sr. (pictured above) vs. The Virgin Spamton NEO (not pictured)

Anyway, the Chad Spamton Sr. puts his awesome genocide into motion.

Chapter 395 - Ohara vs. the World Government

Nico Robin's academic peer posits that since history was written by the victors, the reason the government made a dark age is because they were the victors, and what they wanted to write was "..."

He also says that there were also losers in history, and their name was *shot*. I know about that!! I was there for that.

The Chad Spamton Sr. supplements his awesome genocide with some even awesomer book burning.

Hey, I know that book! It's not Cinderella or Gulliver's Travels, so I'm not sure why it's getting referenced here.

Anyway, Nico Robin's mom decides to lie, in another Usopp parallel, so Nico Robin gets disastrously sad. Which also might be an Usopp parallel. Or Cinderella. Or even Gulliver's Travels.

Chapter 396 - Saul

Like the guy from the Bible??? What does that have to do with One Piece???

Awesome panel

Fire Punch moment

Fire Punch "mom"ent

Fire Punch "mom""ent" (Get it? Because there's a really big tree?)

Oh, Spul's secret backbackstory within Nico Robin's secret backstory is that Spul was a cop. I get it, this chapter is named "Saul" as a metaphor. Saul was a guy who persecuted Christians until he didn't, just like Spul was a guy who persecuted archaeologists until he didn't. Spul is a metaphor for Saul!

Also, Spul's head explodes. But it's fine, he's still alive enough to throw boats around.

397 - In Hopes of Reaching the Future

The Chad Spamton Sr. has no intention of allowing Nico Robin to survive. Also, the horny-for-Jessica rival bicycle has very few intentions of allowing Spul to survive. Although... the horny-for-Jessica rival bicycle DOES think this awesome genocide is getting a bit too awesome. If it were him, he would make it slightly less awesome.

Is this My Hero Academia?

Never mind, I guess it's just Deltarune. Well, I already knew that, because Spamton is here.

The horny-for-Jessica rival bicycle betrays his nation for the sake of letting Nico Robin escape down a river. This is also a biblical metaphor I think, although not for Saul, which is why this chapter isn't called Saul. I can't think of any other reasons why this chapter wouldn't be called Saul.

Fuck, dude :'(

Chapter 398 - Declaration of War

Wait, this chapter isn't called Saul either? What the fuck is with every chapter starting with Chapter 397 not being called Saul? If Chapter 399 also isn't called Saul, I'm going to blow a gasket.

HOLY SHIT!!! HER ENEMY IS SNIPER KING?! Who will replace Sniper King as the second new crew member this arc besides Blueno?!

Well, I guess Usopp could do it. Wait, but if Sniper King is Nico Robin's enemy and Usopp is going to replace Sniper King, Usopp is going to become Nico Robin's enemy! I thought better of you, Usopp.

Woah! They put ME in One Piece!

Neat.

Anyway, Spamton NEO gets really mad about his flag burning. It's like he's an American or something.

Bro, One Piece is good.

I mean, just look at the above image. Especially the bottom-left corner of the above image. See that? It's Nami. I hope that sufficiently explains why I think One Piece is good.

Aww Kyngpin :')

Maybe we should get Kyngpin to replace Sniper King instead of getting Usopp to replace Sniper King. After all, Usopp is Nico Robin's enemy, and having Nico Robin's enemy on the crew would really put a damper on this moment.

Plus, "Kyng" and "King" are very close. "King" and "Sopp" aren't close at all!

Chapter 399 - Jump Toward the Waterfall!!

I'M BLOWING A GASKET!!!

Also, I just remembered there are like 7 people who all need to get beaten up. That's quite a lot of housekeeping to do even though the arc already reached its emotional climax just now.

Nice Slay the Princess reference.

Kyngpin does an awesome book burning.

Okay, for this one, Sanji IS going to lose Salanji points. I know it's Sanji's fault Tony Tony Chopper said that.

I know it's Sanji's fault Tony Tony Chopper said he was going to kick everyone's butts if they didn't hurry up.

Shame on you, Sanji. You're a bad influence on the puppy.

Ah, the crew is so far away, Kyngpin hasn't noticed Usopp isn't there.

Spamton NEO shoves Kyngpin off a cliff, then the Scary Heart Woman calls Nami and says "If your friend jumped off a cliff, you should jump off a cliff too." Lufpy thinks that's a good idea, and he also forces everyone else to also do it.

A train jumps off a cliff too.

#one piece #is what i'm consuming #we'll always be far apart

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Higurashi When They Cry - Watanagashi Chapter 8

Time for the first of my four remaining daily posts this year!

When last we left our heroes, I think Toddler 01 was dead or something. I’m not sure because I’ve been in an eldritch coma for the last 7 and a half months.

Right now, Keiichi’s mom is telling him that he probably couldn’t sleep because he was excited. Actually, Keiichi’s big secret is that he was scared instead.

He’s high, Rena.

Mion is Missing! Wow, I was so right to put off reading this chapter for over half a year. What’s the point, if Mion is Missing!? Keiichi agrees, so he wants to will Mion into not being Missing! This actually works. Wow, Keiichi is actually the best character. If Higurashi didn’t have Mion in it, there’d be no point, so there’d be no point if Keiichi wasn’t in it.

Rena feels Mion’s forehead and Mion accuses Rena of having Cold Hands Disease. So true, Mion.

“14-year-olds are older than 13-year-olds, so 14-year-olds aren’t stupid” is such 13-year-old logic. Or however old these little fuckers are. It’s not like I’ve been keeping track.

Anyway, Keiichi gets assaulted and blames Toddler 01, but Toddler 01 reminds him that she couldn’t have done it because she died last chapter. So he blames his teacher instead. The one with pronouns. She says that he needs a beautiful face to match her beautiful pronouns.

Wow, Mion is just like L from Death Note. I think. I haven’t watched it.

That’s awesome! I love bits! I didn’t know Mion was a comedian.

She demonstrates her bit, which is just pantomiming alcoholism. Don’t quit your day job, Mion.

She also asks Keiichi whether or not the events of Chapter 7 occurred, and gets mad when he gets cagey. To be frank, I would be cagey too, since that was 7  and a half months ago. I’m on Keiichi’s side here, better not to make definitive statements about something you might not remember that well.

Um, no, Keiichi, your neck’s just hot. Lay off the illicit substances.

Even Rena could tell you’d done drugs.

Wait, has Toddler 02 always worn suspenders? Am I being Affected by Mandela?

Rena racks up some more Rena Points by belittling Toddler 01′s corpse. She also racks up some Detective Points by saying Mion and Keiichi clearly have the same disease. That’s right, Rena...! Call Keiichi out before he becomes a drug addict!

Keiichi is almost about to have a library scene, but then he abruptly has a telephone scene instead. Shion ensues.

god keiichi have a modicum of tact mayhaps

Anyway, it turns out that Shion and Mion aren’t even roommates.

foreshadowing for umineko

Keiichi is abruptly having a library scene instead of a telephone scene. Shion is ensuing.

Aww Keiichi don’t be that way, Shion is being Based for once in her miserable life.

The Successor

See, I knew Mion was incredibly special and great.

Also, it turns out the Sonozakis are the entirety of capitalism.

OOISHI JUMPSCARE

What? I thought Shion and Ooishi were bitter rivals... was that all in my head? Am I secretly too Keiichicore for my own good?

Shion unsues. That’s the opposite of ensuing.

Ooishi says that the Sonozakis are “yakuza, and also something else, wink wink, welp anyways goodbye”. Thanks Ooishi.

Keiichi decides to defend Mion’s honor. He really is the best character.

Even Ooishi knows Keiichi is going down a dark path of substance abuse...!

Keiichi is the only one who doesn’t know about it. How embarrassing for Keiichi. I wonder if there’s an even darker secret hidden behind this dark plot point.

OH MY GOD!!! Ooishi is a mecha being piloted by Mion! And Keiichi is trapped in a time loop!

OH GOD!!! He’s too huge! He’s going to bite Keiichi 87 times! And here I thought Mion would know better.

Keiichi is Based for this one. Just like Shion just now.

In fact, Shion probably wasn’t even in the room with us earlier.”

SILK HAT! CLOAK! WHITE ROSES!

Keiichi goes deaf and doesn’t notice it’s time for Ooishi to leave. “Oh, and one more thing,” Ooishi says. “I saw you do it.” Mion must have been watching Columbo. I guess that’s where she learned how to act like L from Death Note. I think. I haven’t watched Columbo either.

coup collab symbolism

I mean, um, sorry. Ignore the fact that I said something which doesn’t make any sense just now.

Ah, there’s a double-meaning here. Keiichi is going to spend this entire arc thinking Keiichi is the culprit! So quick Keiichi is to forget the entire scene earlier in this arc dedicated to how Keiichi isn’t the culprit.

Keiichi “uhhhhh mayyyybeeeee i mean uhhhhh who’s to say for sure y’know”

“It’s bad to ask questions. That’s why I’m going to ask a question.”

Shion finally reminds everyone that Camera and his girlfriend are the People Who Die In Higurashi. But wait, this time one of them was on fire and neither of them had vanished? Epic fail. They died all wrong this time. Shabby work hiding Camera’s girlfriend’s burned body, Culprit. You did better last time.

Oh, she also barely counted as wearing clothing. Well, that’s nice I guess.

Shion thinks this is actually a double feature where she and Keiichi will both be the ones who disappear. But if Keiichi just got cursed normally, who would be the bizarre outlier to make this year even more murderous than normal? I guess Toddler 01 could do it since she’s a zombie this time around.

Also, Hinamizawa has an anti-journalism field. How convenient for fiction writers. It’s like Blake Snyder said in Save the Cat! (I became cultured over the break period): “All stories, no matter what they’re about, should include an anti-journalism field. However, if they also include something else supernatural, that would be Double Mumbo Jumbo and bad writing, so Oyashiro’s curse needs to be a hoax.” Simply by the existence of a tragically doomed cat, this level of reasoning is possible for Olivia von Flamiel.

Anyways Keiichi blows up at Shion so she hangs up on him

don’t worry man it wasn’t as bad as last time

Keiichi gets a call from someone who’s not voice acted. Ah, so this is the Schrodinger’s Important Phone Call I forgot to mention his parents were waiting for: They were going to get a call from the living embodiment of sex. The embodiment of sex owns an old man, also. Kinky. Unless it’s Santa.

Meanwhile, in Side Story Land...

Oh, the embodiment of sex was actually also the embodiment of mayorhood. This is just like that collab I mentioned earlier and told everyone to forget about.

Oh, the embodiment of sex didn’t even embody sex at all. He was just pretending. He also didn’t embody mayorhood.

Also, the Mayor is Missing! Mion is aware of this. If Shion was aware of this, maybe Shion would have realized that Keiichi wasn’t going to go missing. Only Shion will go Missing!

Hmm... is Mion enacting a clever scheme? Like L from Death Note?

Well, I guess I’ll never know because I’m never going to watch Death Note. Just like how I’m never going to read One Piece. Goodbye everyone.

#higurashi #when they cry #is what i'm consuming

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Buhhhhh... what... month is it???

Did someone... redecorate in here???

Oh, my visitors from The Outer Turn must have been redecorating. I guess that's what they were trying to do from the very beginning. See, I knew they were trustworthy.

Wait, they're leaving? Isn't that kind of an anticlimactic end to this whole "metanarrative arc"? What am I going to talk about now besides the media I'm reacting to? I mean, shouldn't they at leas̵̶̶̷̵͈͘i̸̵̶̶̷̴̸͖̫̎͠l̸̵̴̵̵̵̥͂͘ę̷̷̶̴̴̶̸̬̇̚n̶̷̶̴̵̷͔̿̎c̵̸̷̶̶̴̖̹̉e̶̶̶̶̸̶̩̞͑

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Man

It turns out I'm really going to miss them.

...

Well anyways, business as usual then? Higurashi post tomorrow, One Piece post after that, and so on? Sounds good to me!

#IT TURNS OUT #we'll always be far apart

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One Piece - Volume 40

40 is almost 41...

Chapter 378 - Casualties 

The side characters don’t seem like they can win against gigantic enemies, but they can.

Ah, understood... I’ll never be worried for Lufpy’s safety ever again...

Jeez, Nami! Don’t burden people you barely know with your problems, even if you ARE already starting to form a great dynamic!

Chapter 379 - Power Level

What??? Was this one of her character traits? Is that why I called her a feminist? I don’t know... I don’t remember... all I remember is that she’s even better than a German person...

The pedophiles decide to all punch their helpful punching bag. It’s great enrichment for them!

It’s under 9000...

THAT’S sexual harassment!!!

Spamton is absurdly weak, but that’s fine because of his NEO form.

Hmm... is this anything? I don’t think she ever actually called Sonic’s friend Tammy sweet but I didn’t really know what to put in the top.

Cerberus is actually a human.

Chapter 380 - Enies Lobby Main Island Express 

Zoro and his new pet frog turn the train into an airplane. Sonic’s friend Tammy gets stabbed in the throat, but it’s sadly nonfatal. Other stuff happens too.

Chapter 381 - Fired

An explosion hurts the random guy and Usopp shows up, but then Usopp leaves again. Nami activates Purple Haze.

Hooray for Nami committing unsolicited violence against people she’s never met before! This is why I love her. <3

Chapter 382 - Demon Lair

Wait, what the heck? I’m already on Chapter 382? I think I was in a little bit of a trance or something because I could have sworn I hadn’t read that far. I actually had to go back and edit an earlier part of this post to put in a chapter number I’d skipped adding.

Anyway, Spamton NEO is delivering a villain monologue. Also he punches Nico Robin.

Uh... what’s “use you”... I don’t like THAT...

Also he doesn’t actually feel like sparing Nico Robin’s friends, since they’re not a merciful location. Kyngpin says he sucks, so he gets less discriminate with his wanton violence.

It seems there’s a bit of a narrative power struggle between Spamton NEO and Matt Engarde about which one of them gets to be the MAIN villain of this villainous group... about which one has more raw stage presence, that is. Within the bounds of the narrative, on the other hand, they’re begrudgingly loyal to each other despite Spamton NEO liking Conquest and Matt Engarde liking Death. Well that’s nice. I just wonder which pedophiles like War and Famine. Whatever the answer is... I bet those two pedophiles are ALSO closely tied to second installments of game franchises with blue protagonists.

Also, Blueno pays Lufpy a visit.

Chapter 383 - Luffy vs. Blueno

Umm... I don’t understand this chapter title.

Something I’ve been neglecting to mention is that the main characters have been journeying to the Antagonist Headquarters. Naturally, that doesn’t include Usopp, because Usopp left. Also naturally, that doesn’t include the random guy who showed up when Usopp left, because that’s just some random guy.

Blueno tells Lufpy that he’s making an enemy of the entire world, and reminds him that he lost the last time they fought. “Sure” says Lufpy and wins.

Also a triple-decker bus from the Bible gets blown up.

Chapter 384 - Signal the Counterattack 

The random guy is near a giant who’s sad about the giants from hundreds of chapters ago. Usopp shows up and tells him about the giants from hundreds of chapters ago.

Cerberus decides his eleven friends should help with all this.

The OTHER triple-decker bus from the Bible is getting flailed to death.

The giants from just now have been converted to allies of the random guy who showed up when Usopp left. Wait... the random guy was able to convince them to become his allies using the power of kindness...? That sounds like something the protagonist of Undertale would do... but the protagonist of Undertale is... Zoro!!! But... the random guy who showed up when Usopp left is wearing a mask... underneath that mask, could it be that... HE’S ZORO?!

Chapter 385 - There Is a Way

Devil Fruits are allegedly houses. It’s time for Usopp With The Personality Sanded Off and the feminist who’s even better than a German person to eat some houses. But if you eat two houses, you sacrifice your soul.

Oh, I see, Blueno is a Looney Toon. What a fitting combat style for a future member of the crew. I wonder why he’s going to join the crew, though. ...Oh, he also makes Lufpy clip into the floor again, like what happened the LAST time Lufpy didn’t think a woman was a traitor.

Oh, like a Gacha game! I think.

Chapter 386 - Unprecedented

How overtly stylistic.

Spamton NEO’s phone gets called. It’s for him. Then he receives multiple heavy blows from his allies.

Chapter 387 - Gear

Woah, I feel like it’s been a while since Zoro used his Rice Pun. Or maybe I just haven’t been paying attention.

HELLO??? SASSY TONY TONY CHOPPER??? SINCE WHEN ARE YANDERES SASSY??? He clearly got confused and thought he was a Tsundere.

Zoro wants to fight Cerberus, but the circus freaks who get killed call dibs.

Y’know, Lufpy’s fight against Blueno isn’t nearly as exciting as his fight against the foolish Dumbledore expy so far. I wonder when Lufpy’s next extremely good fight will be.

...Oh, Lufpy just Mega-Evolved.

Chapter 388 - Gear Two

Woah, I feel like it’s been a while since Zoro used his Rice Pun Two. Or maybe I just haven’t been paying attention. Two

HELLO TWO?? SASSY TWONY TWONY CHOPPER?? SINCE WHEN ARE YANDERE TWOS SASSY?? He clearly got confused and thought he was a Tsundere Two.

Zoro wants to fight Cerberus Two, but the circus freaks who get killed call dibs. Two

Y’know, Lufpy’s fight against Blueno Two isn’t nearly as exciting as his fight against the foolish Dumbledore expy so far. I wonder when Lufpy’s next two extremely good fights will be.

...Oh, Lufpy just Mega-Evolved Two.

#one piece #is what i'm consuming

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Higurashi When They Cry - Watanagashi Chapter 7

I bet this one is going to have a scary transition into the scary zone if there is such a thing. My smart bet will net me lots of money.

OH IMMEDIATELY??? OH IMMEDIATELY...

Well the scary transition already happened. I have no clue what any of it means.

And sure enough, the content is already scary now!

Gigantism... *shudders*

Anyway, everyone is planning on having fun at the festival, but they can’t fool me. The Scariness Transition ALREADY HAPPENED.

When Toddler 02 shows up, Mion is immediately kind and Keiichi and Rena are immediately racking up Rena Points with their disgraceful behavior and Toddler 01 is immediately her sidekick. Normalcy!

Keiichi has the power of making people care about things by saying they are good. Hmm... I wonder which club member has the power of making people care about things by saying they are bad... probably Toddler 01 or maybe Mion.

Ah, got it in one, Toddler 01 is the person who has that power. Or should I say “got it in 01″. Unfortunately, she wields it for evil, rather than for good, by inverting it and repelling everyone. So Keiichi has to use his power. Then he tries to homogenize his friend group into a group of people who all wield that same power.

A gigantic Mion telepathically declares her desire to devour living beings without moving her mouth... ah... I see... this time, Mion is the horror movie monster...

wow mion truly IS the best character

Shion asks Keiichi if she’s allowed to hang around and immediately gives him reason to say no:

Giants... so terrifying...

No one asked for your input, Normal Toddler.

1. I think this is the first on-screen instance of Mion biting Shion back that wasn’t direct self-defense 2. is shion incapable of being normal? why are her only two options “seduce” and “retreat”

Why are your greatest affections reserved for people’s deepest vulnerabilities, freak? 5 Million Rena Points for you.

Keiichi decides he’s impatient for Toddler 02 to be an arc’s main character, so Shion decides to help by taking him to the woods. Camera and his girlfriend are also there.

What a... curious specification. “Either of you would want to see”.

oh NO she was going to PLANT A BOMB

Oh, she wasn’t going to plant a bomb, she was going to look at tools. Now she has declared a tool-viewing foursome and Shion is being terrifying again. However, Camera of all people has decided not to view something. What good is a Camera which doesn’t even view things? Well, whatever.

I don’t know about that one.

Wow!!! Found

...It’s been a while since I drew a red circle on an image for this blog. I should start doing that again.

Camera’s girlfriend decides now is a good time for a fairy tale. It’s the tale of scary immigrants. The end.

Presumably if I’m geniuspilled, that’s an allegory for mental illness. Keiichi decides to try being geniuspilled and declares it to be an allegory for white people.

Ah... LOVE, too, is an acronym...

Wow!! Keiichi is standing normally!! Someone should have given him an actual character design with noteworthy features. Sad... so sad, what happened to his general physical appearance...

Keiichi decides he doesn’t want LOVE to be an acronym because he’s a Chara stan, but Shion uses her social grace and wit to prevent him from causing Megalovania to start playing. Or something. Maybe this analogy is actually stupid.

Hmm... I don’t trust the story behind that to be very pleasant. But for wildly different reasons than Camera’s girlfriend’s loony accusations.

Wow, this is ALSO just like Danganronpa 2!

Woah... Keiichi REALLY IS geniuspilled... I guess that means Higurashi is a story all about white people...

*indescribable facial expression*

There are also little ceiling cages. Shion thinks someone is in one of them, but Camera’s girlfriend thinks that’s probably not true. However, Camera’s girlfriend DOES think she’ll be a victim. Hmm... well she certainly Disappeared last time.

Also, many decades ago, there was an extremely unidentifiable corpse. Ain’t that just the way.

Camera’s girlfriend summons Camera by saying “canned flesh”. I guess a Camera who is also a Human would know a thing or two about that. The tables have turned, however. Camera’s girlfriend is the one who is a Camera now. She Cameras so hard she wants to siphon Camera’s life force, but he doesn’t consent, so she can’t.

Shion seems to be ready to go directly into Loneliness Mode, so eagerly does she destroy all chances to continue being near humans. She also declares that she doesn’t like banging. Keiichi doesn’t see why that’s relevant.

Hmm...

Siblings...

Banging...

On my door...

What? Why did you have an urge to shout at her? Jeez louise.

Well, Camera also heard it. Keiichi, you really oughta pay more attention to this type of thing.

Wow, that means Camera is also a liar! I hope he dies.

Oh, Keiichi actually IS capable of listening.

The normal fivesome has now reconvened, except Toddler 01 is missing.

“Were you watching me?” Toddler 02 asks. “Yes,” Keiichi says, “I was never at any point NOT watching you. I loved your lack of mistakes.” “Um, yeah,” Rena adds. “You totally didn’t make any mistakes, for sure. Yep. Definitely.”

“By the way,” Mion says. “Shion wasn’t an impostor. There are massive differences between our character sprites.”

What an ominous stopping point, under the circumstances. A stopping point where Toddler 01 is absent, I mean. Not the thing about character sprites.

Meanwhile, in Side Story Land...

Journalists love writing about murder.

It’s KINZO!!! Also what?! Something this important is happening in Side Story Land? But this content is skippable!!! Although maybe it’s a temporal fakeout of a flashback.

Ooishi has a clever theory about whatever the hell is happening: No disappearance this time.

Hmm, I guess “last time” was a pattern breaker too, because Keiichi’s Big Freakout was entirely superfluous. But Keiichi hasn’t even freaked out this time, so it shouldn’t be a pattern breaker yet.

I’m a little concerned about Ooishi’s clever theory. It implies the existence of two highly visible corpses. This DOUBLES the likelihood that one of them is inexplicably Toddler 01!!!

On that note, using teeth, it can be revealed why Kinzo was hiding in a Donkey Kong Barrel. Ooishi is so happy about that, he could do a little dance!

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One Piece - Volume 39

39 is almost 40...

Chapter 368 - Sea Train Battle Game 

Sal is being a strategist as always. I guess that’s the unlikely role he’s fallen into. ...Wait, then what’s Nami’s role when she’s not on the boat? ...Besides being epic, I mean.

Oh right, it’s this. Admirable

Sal’s strategy was to get rid of part of the train so there’s less train to deal with. Also, Ky’s Achilles Heel is his Achilles Entire Back, because he had no one to hold him.

Mad! Mad, mad! Mad! Mad, mad! Wa…Wanz….Wa, Wa, Wanze. Mad! Mad, mad! Mad! Mad, mad! Wa…Wanz….Wa, Wa, Wanze. Mad! Mad! Mad, mad! Wa…Wanze! Wanze! Wanze! He’s a cook. He’s a cooooook. He’s a cook, cook, cook. Wanze! Mad! Mad, mad! Mad! Mad, mad! Mad. Mad. Mad, mad! Mad. Mad. He’s the cook. He’s the cook at the World Government. Cook! Cook! He’s a cook. Cook! Cook! Cook! Cook! Cook! It’s Mad! Mad, mad! Mad! Mad, mad! Wanze! Wanze! Government-Affiliated Cook! Cook! Cook! Cook! Cook! Cook! He’s kinda plump, plump and round.

Chapter 369 - Ramen Kung Fu

Smiles at everything. (bullets and shoes) (bullets and shoes) (bullets and shoes) He smiles at it all. Smiles at it all. And he loves his nose! Nose! Nose, happy nosey’s day. Mad! Mad, mad! Mad! Mad, mad! Wanze! Wanze! He’s World Government Cook! He’s the cook at One Piece! One Piece Grand Line! I left it, I left it, all in one piece! You left it, you left it, you left it, say you left it, say you left it all in one piece! One-One-One Piece! It’s the name of the treasure in the Grand Line. In the Grand Line. Grand-Grand-Grand Line of Devil Fruits and treasure! Devil Fruits and treasure, it’s mad, mad Wanze. Wanze. The cook at the World Government! Cook, cook, makes himself a suit. Cook, cook, makes himself a suit. At the government, at the government, World Goverment, World Government.

Chapter 370 - You’re Not Alone

One Piece Chapter 370! 370! 370! 370! 370! It’s mad, mad Wanze! Wanze, he’s a cook. He’s a cop. He’s a cook who makes himself a suit. Cop, at the Puffing Tom. Tom! Tom! Tom! It’s mad, mad, mad, mad, Wanse. Man, man, Wanse. He’s the cook, the cook, at the government, government, government.

Chapter 371 -  The Honorable Captain T-Bone

I... I’m so sorry... I don’t know what came over me...

Sal’s strategy was like, fine

Zoro also instakills the kindness revenant because he’s busy.

Chapter 372 - Plastic Surgery 

The Guard discovers Ky’s Achilles Heel, so Ky solves it by firmly planting his Achilles Heel on the Achilles Ground.

This time, Sal is allowed to fight interestingly, because he’s fighting food. Therefore, it’s logical to conclude that this is the only Sal fight which will ever be interesting.

Cook, cook, calls himself a cook. Cook, cook, calls himself a cook. In front of Sal, In front of Sal, Salanji, Salanji. One Piece Chapter 372! 2! 2! 2! 2! It’s mad, mad Wanze! Wanze, he’s a cook. He’s a cop. He’s a cook who calls himself a cook.

I think that needed to happen. It was a

Chapter 373 - Necessary Evil 

Ky is actually Kingpin from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Hey, maybe that’s what Ky is short for! Kyngpin! Now that I finally know what Ky is short for, I never need to call him just “Ky” ever again. Also, Matt Engarde killed someone...

Nico Robin is getting forcibly dragged away from Matt Engarde because some people think she shouldn’t be murdered.

Chapter 374 - Scramble

Kyngpin decides to make the train even smaller. Also, apparently Blueno was the walking violation of Knox’s 3rd. Wait... am I seriously just calling him Blueno? I feel like usually I come up with a better name for almost every character. The only exceptions thus far have been crew members. Wait... that means Blueno is going to be the next crew member!!! Thank GOD it won’t be Sonic’s friend Tammy! The “I always call crew members by their correct names” trick never fails!

Anyway, Blueno beats the crap out of Salanji, so some random guy whose name I don’t know says to have faith in Lufpy.

Blueno explains that because Nico Robin’s friends always get killed, she has PTSD. Salanji says “Wait, isn’t it bad to exploit someone’s PTSD so you can kill them for personal gain?” Blueno says “No, it’s good,” and leaves.

Chapter 375 - The Supermen of Enies Lobby

Kyngpin is so fucking based. He’s the basedest character in One Piece. He’s even baseder than Zoro, and also even more masculine. I guess the moral of the story is that basedness is directly tied to masculinity in One Piece.

Wait, who the hell translated this? Whoever did it clearly doesn’t know what Bible is.

Whenever an animal in One Piece loses someone they care about, their routines get really repetitive, making their lives really boring. Still, the frog probably had the best repetitive routine yet, because it was actually productive. Good for him.

Last time Spamton NEO got mad about this sort of thing, a chicken had gotten involved. Not this time though. One Piece is truly innovative...! What other scenarios will One Piece remove chickens from?? I hope there’s a One Piece arc which is Chicken Run without Chickens. That way, I’ll never have to watch any animes with bad second seasons ever again! After all, One Piece already made it so I never have to watch One Punch Man again, via Lufpy being a better version of Saitama.

Chapter 376 - I Got It!!

Hmm... according to Wikipedia, the English version of this chapter title has two exclamation points, while the Japanese version has three. However, the translation I’m reading only gives the English title ONE exclamation point. Well, I think even numbers of exclamation points are the best numbers of exclamation points, so my loyalty to Wikipedia shall remain steadfast.

Hmm... seems like all these thought bubbles got mistranslated.

That’s so cruel... I can’t believe Salanji would give Nami false hope only to immediately sweep the specialness out from under her... Salanji is definitely going to lose some Sal Points for that!

Wow, Nami and this weird rando make for a great duo!

Also

:-)

Lufpy decides to win early.

Chapter 377 - The Big Showdown on the Judiciary Island 

Lufpy starts wielding whatever fetish Remy the rat from Ratatouille wielded. I guess mind control?

Woah, that must mean Usopp is in charge of them! I was WONDERING where Usopp had been this whole time! I thought better of you, Usopp.

Huh... I think that’s the sentence I ended last post with too. Well, at what point is Usopp actually going to DO better? It’s a good thing this arc is about replacing him with Blueno, a guy who has done nothing wrong.

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