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It is your responsibility to vote for Shadows House.

Best Underrated Anime Group A Round 4: To Your Eternity vs Shadows House

#A7: To Your Eternity (Fumetsu no Anata e)

Immortal being learns what it’s like to be human

#A5: Shadows House

Two girls unravel mysteries surrounding an isolated manor

Details and poll under the cut!

#A7: To Your Eternity (Fumetsu no Anata e)

Summary:

An Orb, known only as It, is cast to Earth to be observed from afar. Capable of changing forms from beings whose reflections It captures, It first becomes a rock and then, due to the rising temperature, moss.

It does not move until one snowy day, a wolf at death’s door barely crosses by. When It takes the animal’s form, It attains awareness of its consciousness and starts to wander with an unclear destination in mind. Soon, It comes across the wolf’s master—a young boy waiting for his tribe to return from a paradise abundant with fish and fruit in the south. Although the boy is lonely, he still hopes those whom he holds dear in his memories have not forgotten him and that he will reunite with them one day.

The boy wants to explore new surroundings and decides to abandon his home with It to find the paradise using the traces his tribe left behind. However, with a heavily injured body and no sight of his elder comrades, what will become of the boy?

Propaganda:

I don’t think I’ve ever watched an anime that has meant so much. It’s/Fushi’s journey from being born as nothing and without emotions, to becoming a genuine, real person who loves and cries is so special to me. The constant war he’s in between being too human and being not human at all is written so well—for him to love so much it hurts, leading him to isolate himself for years on end, for him to want to make friends, to love, but too afraid of them leaving and eventually dying to meet anyone new. For him to get so detached from life and death and the cycle it perpetuates that he loses understanding of why human life is so special—why should he save people, if they will die anyway? Why should he save them, if he can just bring them back to life, if he can just become them? The constant cycle of him learning to love again, and learning to treasure life again, only to lose it once he’s experienced death in a new and agonizing way. It’s about love, and it’s about humanity. Always.

Trigger Warnings: Animal Cruelty/Death, Child Abuse, Graphic Depictions of Cruelty/Violence/Gore, Racism, Rape/Non-Con, Self-Harm, Suicide

All TW’s apply to the protagonists, except child abuse and the racism. The world itself has hints of racism/discrimination throughout the anime, and not directly towards the protagonist. As for the rape, an antagonist attempts to rape the protagonist. There is a ton of self harm (protagonist and side characters) and blood as there is a lot of wars also happening in the anime

#A5: Shadows House

Summary:

The Shadows, characterized by their pitch-black appearance and tendency to emit soot when agitated, are a family of nobles who reside in a colossal manor deep within the mountains far from other humans. When a Shadow child is nearly of-age, they are assigned a Living Doll who acts not only as their attendant but also as their second half—the faces they could have had if not for their complexion.

Emilico is a cheerful, newly created Doll who serves a rather soft-spoken master named Kate. Despite their difference in personalities, Emilico does what she can to carry out the needs of her master. As she learns more about her role and duty, Emilico begins to meet her fellow Dolls and their respective masters and comes to know more about the purpose of her existence.

"Do not fret over trivial matters," says one of the rules by which all Dolls must abide. But how could the ever-curious Emilico do so in the face of the deep secrets that the Shadows House holds?

Propaganda:

The atmosphere of the manor is probably the most effective aspects of the story, creating a feeling of isolation and worry as Kate and Emilico try to survive in the mansion. The show starts off pretty subtle, but as it progresses it becomes more and more strange and off-putting. This series is an incredibly interesting, layered mystery, and the horror elements are excellently done.

Trigger Warnings: Child Abuse, Emotional Abuse

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Know one of the shows above and not satisfied with how it’s presented in this tournament? Just fill up this form with your revisions, and I’ll consider adapting those changes.

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Pick some good images please. Don’t send any blurry or pixelated ones.

You may send up to 9 screenshots, but not all may be used.

#shadows house #reblog

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Had a Shadows House x Pokémon thought that a Shadow is given a Pikachu and the Living Doll is given a Mimikyu. This is for very on-the-nose thematic symbolism of the Living Doll is mimicking the Shadow, with their partners reflecting that relationship. However, as the story progresses, it becomes increasingly apparent that both the Shadow and Doll are most comfortable with the other’s partner and vice versa. You begin to see the Living Doll and Pikachu move in sync with each other. The Shadow and Mimikyu sit in comfortable silence as the room gets cleaned. It’s a slow change.

#shadows house #pokémon #do you see my vision #I think Shadows House would use all the various different counterparts there are in Pokémon #and I don’t mean Legendaries. I mean Pumpkaboo/Phantump type duos #pokémon au

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I’m surprised I got tagged.

@dicctor-blog @apologeticallyabbyyy @senrinakajou (i don’t have many mutuals)

Tagged by my homie @scalproie (we haven’t spoken much but you’re rad, I love you❣️)

Links are Here and Here if you’re interested

I curse @ladywolfguard @reefs-n-relaxation @brainnuts @shadowtasticpoo @claudioseraph @bakugou-kacchan @marsinsane and anyone else that’s interested in this tag game! Happy placement/doll making <3

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Got another Project PERSONA idea (gonna call it that now because I like the idea and I might force myself to make more stuff about it).

Okay basically at some point, the Phantom Thieves get to enter the SEKAIs. Idk if there’ll be any Shadows in the SEKAIs but if so, then your Confidant Rank will matter greatly in the battle. If your Confidant Rank is too low than no matter the matchup, every Persona hit will be Weak. Your teammate will have a huge disadvantage due to you two not having a close bond; therefore, your feelings aren’t in alignment.

Also the Shadows don’t attack those who have access to the SEKAI, such as the Vocaloids and Unit Members. They only attack you because you’re an outsider and Thieves’ perception of “Alternate World = Crawling with Shadows” kinda infected the SEKAIs… the Unit Members think they’re a weird addition but is otherwise chill (they only really appear when you enter or in far parts of the SEKAI).

I was also thinking that if you spend time with the Unit members, you may get Skill Points. Although I’m not actually too sure about this idea, but I figured there’d be no harm in throwing it out there. The Skills will correspond to the different Units (or maybe which member you interact with in the different SEKAIs). Here’s a rough idea:

Wonderland×Showtime (Knowledge): “The plays they perform tend to include references from historical or cultural sources. By watching them, you may be able to pick out a few references…”

Vivid BAD SQUAD (Guts): “They perform with the goal of charging up the energy of everyone in the crowd. By watching them, you may be able channel your own determination…”

Leo/need (Proficiency): “The path to success has to start somewhere, and for that reason, these girls train together. By watching them, you may be able to pick up a few techniques…”

Nightcord at 25:00 (Kindness): “They create in private with the common goal of saving— whether it be others or themselves. By watching them, you may be able to new ways of offering support…”

MORE MORE JUMP! (Charm): “They reach out to the audience with the dream of inspiring hope in every one of their performances. By watching them, you may be able to captivate your own audiences too…”

#project sekai #persona 5 #project sekai au #pjsk au #p5 au #persona 5 au #project sekai x persona 5 #project persona #idk what to tag lol

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Same yet opposite energy as this 4chan post.

Loid caressing Yor's cheek... for the mission, yeah sure

#spy x family #reblog

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Yo why did Adam even get caught in the trap? That mf was literally just doing his job.

#rockie talkies #saw #saw franchise #I never watched the movie because I hate overly gorey stuff #but my friend made me a presentation with screenshots describing everything that happens in the movie #adam stanheight

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Well now I need to look it up again.

Some of my favorite murder children as a random snippet of my search history.

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Some of my favorite murder children as a random snippet of my search history.

#rockie talkies #the collector #strawberry crepe cookie #selim bradley #pride the arrogant #yumeno kyusaku #the owl house #cookie run kingdom #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #bungou stray dogs #q bsd #strawberry crepe crk #bungo stray dogs #the collecter toh #fmab pride #fma pride

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Edward Nygma 🤝 Herbert West

Homophobic homosexual forensic scientists who are also murderers with green aesthetics. Also superiority complex.

#rockie talkies #gotham #the reanimator #I JUST REALIZED #dcu #the riddler #I’m starting to connect the dots between my favorite characters #edward nygma #herbert west

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Attention all Scottish people ever who type posts with an accent: I love you.

#rockie talkies #7/10 times I read it like Merida from Brave

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Read a comment that said in Lysandre’s theme in X/Y (very beginning), you can hear a gun cock. But in USUM, the gun is replaced with the Ultra Weapon firing.

#pokemon #pokémon lysandre #pokémon #pokémon games #lysandre #pokémon xy #pokémon ultra sun and ultra moon #pokémon usum #battle theme #I NEVER NOTICED THIS #I also never played USUM so maybe that’s why

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Don’t think I ever posted this gem from my search history.

#rockie talkies #search history

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An idea just formed that makes absolutely no sense but also just does: The Owl House and Re-Animator.

Can imagine what would happen if Belos tried taking the reagent? Would it be a viable substitute for Palismen? Would he explode??? Can you imagine the extremely unlikely scenario in which Religious Freak Philip “Belos” Wittebane meets Atheist God Complex Herbert West?????

#rockie talkies #BELOS TAKING THE REAGENT #buddy call me a scientist the way I’m building hypotheses #fr though would it somehow make Belos stable? would it cause him to loose more of his brain functions (as most of the reanimated do)? #the owl house #emperor belos #the reanimator

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AO3 is back!!!!!

Is AO3 down? 😰

#ao3 #archive of our own #self reblog

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Is AO3 down? 😰

#ao3 #archive of our own

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I’ve been thinking lately.

#avatar the last airbender #atla

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Girl dinner!!!! *reveals a plate of very much human meat*

#rockie talkies