#and the eagerness to engage

[feluka]

the problem with not understanding tone is that every time i read something i'm like "is this bait? should i respond? is this bait? should i respond?"

#i truly don't know #the wise thing to do is 'when in doubt don't engage' #but idk i feel like i'm eager to argue just to feel like i'm doing something.

[saotome-michi]

I can’t believe this video exists. It’s a discussion between not two, not three, but FOUR mangakas who’ve had works serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump, as well as in Jump SQ and Jump+; Shinohara Kenta (Sket Dance, Kanata no Astra, Witch Watch), Asou Shuuichi (Boku no Watashi no Yuusha Gaku, Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan), Aimoto Shou (Hokenshitsu no Shinigami, Kemono Jihen), and Ooishi Kouji (Inumarudashi, Tomatoypoo no Lycopene).

It is SO rare for something like this to be recorded on video and uploaded on Youtube. Ooishi, who seems to be the organizer, mentions in the beginning that they’re doing this without the editorial department’s permission. They don’t talk about anything scandalous (there’s even one part where they start talking about the Jump Survey results and get a bunch of interference and they joke that it’s the editors jamming their feed), but also this video is part 2/3, it’s been a year since and part 3 still hasn’t been uploaded, which makes me wonder if the editors found out and forbid him from continuing this... (though in that case, this video should’ve been deleted)

Some funny things in the video:

Asou is married to an idol. Meanwhile, Shinohara Kenta’s wife and Yabuki Kentarou’s (the mangaka of Black Cat and the artist of To Love-Ru) wife are sisters?! Making them brother-in-laws

Around 10 years ago, Ooishi, Asou, and Aimoto went to a coffee shop. Since Ooishi was the senpai of the group, he paid the bill, which somehow totaled to more than 10,000 yen (about $100) despite them only having consumed coffee. Now that both Asou and Aimoto have become successful, Asou with Saiki K. and Aimoto with Kemono Jihen, Ooishi jokes that they should pay him back. Shinohara asks how did the bill get so expensive. Aimoto replies that it really was just regular coffee, no more than 500 yen per cup ($5), but that she by herself had drank around 8000 yen ($80) worth of coffee which like... girl... 0-0 that’s around 16 cups

From 2009 - 2010, all four of them had serializations in Weekly Shounen Jump. Shinohara mentions that he doesn’t really have memories from the time he was working on Sket Dance (because he was in a “strange” frame of mind, probably meaning he was so focused on making sure Sket Dance wasn’t canceled that he blocked out everything else)

Aimoto asks if they remember the survey results. Shinohara says that he remembers the results for his own manga, but not others. Aimoto says the same. Ooishi then asks them what’s the best survey ranking they ever got. Shinohara asks if they’re allowed to reveal that, which then leads to everyone wondering if they can. Ooishi says that since they’re talking about really old results it should be fine. Aimoto starts talking about it, but then there’s so much interference you can’t tell what she’s saying, causing Ooishi to joke that the editors are jamming their feed. Everyone laughs and decides to change the subject.

Asou asks if they read comments from readers. Shinohara and Ooishi say that they do. Shinohara says that for a mystery story like Kanata no Astra, he would get nervous before reading the comments, because he was always afraid that someone would figure out the mystery and reveal it to everyone else. Asou says that for gag mangas, a lot of the comments were tsukkomi rebuttals to the jokes.

Ooishi asks about everyone’s method on choosing character names, as he feels this is something he’s bad at. Aimoto says that recently she was told, in order for her characters’ names to be easily searchable on the internet, she shouldn’t pick out names that are commonly used. Asou remarks that that’s how he chose his pen name, by finding something that wasn’t already used on the internet.

On that note, while Asou Shuuichi and Aimoto Shou are both pen names, Shinohara Kenta and Ooishi Kouji use their real names, something that they both regret now. They remark that their generation of Jump mangaka didn’t really use pen names. Shinohara says that whenever he gets a package delivered from Shueisha, he gets worried that the delivery person would find out his identity and address, so now he has a “pen name” just for package delivery. Ooishi says that he uses a different name for haircuts and food delivery, and that when the hairstylist asks about his occupation, he just says that he works at home remotely.

All four remark that signing stuff for fans is hard, because they can’t just write their names they also have to draw something, and they feel a lot of pressure to make sure that drawing is good for the fan. Shinohara comments that although the requests make him very happy, he also gets worried because he’s slow at drawing. Whenever he watches videos of Kubo-sensei drawing (Kubo as in Kubo Tite, the mangaka of Bleach), he’s in awe because he produces such wonderful drawings so quickly and without sketching a rough draft or any guidelines.

Ooishi asks them when did they decide on their autograph, recounting that Hamada Kousuke (mangaka of Hanebado!) already had his autograph ready when working as an assistant at 19 years old. Shinohara says that he only decided on his after Sket Dance got serialized. Ooishi comments that he hesitated thinking about his autograph because there was always the possibility that his manga wouldn’t succeed, which Shinohara readily agrees with, stating that with Jump, the risk of cancellation always loomed overhead.

Ooishi asks when did they decide to be a mangaka. Asou and Ooishi decided around the age of 20. (Aimoto does not state exactly when, but given that she debuted at 19, probably at least a year before then.) Shinohara is the outlier who decided at 28/9, after quitting his job at a video game company. He submitted works for the Jump 12 Outstanding Rookie Manga Award and did not win, but he was a finalist. After that he debuted in Akamaru Jump with “Red Panda Puppet Show”, which Asou says he found really entertaining. Aimoto was also writing for Akamaru at around the same time, her debut work “Hanasaka Hime”, which Shinohara says he remembers very well, because the art was so good. Ooishi says that she was probably the youngest person to have debuted, but Aimoto says that she thinks Yabuki (Black Cat and To Love-ru Mangaka) was the youngest, because he debuted at the age of 18. Shinohara laughs and remarks that he must be the oldest and Yabuki the youngest. They have a funny relationship where Yabuki is his senpai even though he’s the “younger brother” (remember, they’re brother-in-laws lol) 

Shinohara mentions that when he visits his wife’s family home for the new year, Yabuki is also there. Ooishi jokes, presenting a To Love-Ru scenario where Yabuki’s in the bath and Shinohara enters the room. Shinohara finishes the joke saying, “I slide on a bar of soap and then, ossan on ossan, we bash our crotches together.”

#saiki kusuo no psi nan #kemono jihen #witch watch #sket dance #shounen jump #manga #Shinohara Kenta #Ooishi Kouji #Aimoto Shou #Asou Shuuichi #translation #i said some funny things but this is basically a summary of the whole video bcuz like i said this is rare and i got super excited #also writing the summary made me realize how much more talkative Shinohara is compared to everyone else lol #but he doesn't come off as annoying just straightforward and eager to engage with people #random blah of letters #Youtube

[chiyoso]

#— Whispers Against The Void •• #i'm so tired actually #exhausted. so exhausted. #no but why does the thought of engaging in tumblr again so dreadful rn #writing has become more of a poison for me these past few weeks #i dont mind the silence and the less and lessening activity of my blog. pretty sure i can garner lots of shit again if i post something #but what if i wanna be the requester rn. what if i have ideas i cannot execute but i know others can? #what if i wanna entrust my ideas to someone else rn #gods its- what happened? where did my spirits and eagerness go? how and when did tumblr and writing become so poisonous for me #my priorities are all over the place and im not even on the list myself #if wanderer was here rn looking at me- hes be shitting his pants at first with pity then have this hidden heartbreak with the sight of me #im actually scared of shitposting again like before #or posting anything at all #haah fuck #'happy' new year people 🥰

[lesbianchemicalplant]

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#like idk what impression my blog gives but I was previously a lot less wary and even eager about feminist projects and theory! #and encouraged by the number of trans women who were similarly invested despite some misgivings #(re: the presence of transmisogyny and other reactionary currents) #I might be overly wary now but my wariness is a *result of that engagement* and how things turned out #my posts

[heartslobbf]

miki is winning the fave rgu boy poll. this time im really gonna do it

#honestly rip miki id be 1000x more eager to engage a his character if some ppl didn’t talk about him like he talks about anthy #* engage W his character #even saying that miki is a weaker character in the main cast imho #anywayyyyyyyy #shut up daisy

[miisfits-toys]

Been sitting in my files and figured I'd Free It

Thinking of highlighting my Disastrous Trio More..... Putting a excitable goddess, dubious chemist, and normal man in the same room..

#He's not really a normal man but for the sake of being around these goobers he is #I am also shamelessly drawing from pre-existing posts because I think they're funny sorry #My Art #Original Character #Original Characters #Ipseity: Cecil Montre #Ipseity: Cendrillon #Ipseity: Caligo Narcyz #They are presented in order of male wife/girlboss/silly rabbit #The implied/original intent for this was the engagement in the Solder a Sandwich Together Goof #But him having a Soldering Iron to begin with is already pretty bad #Anyways I'm such a big fan of this particular dynamic... Cendrillon just picks up some emotional support freaks #One who's super passionate about his pharmaceutical work and borderline irresponsible magic research #And another who's super passionate about methods of printing/bookbinding/and proper archival methods #Their number 1 enabler as someone who's just always always eager to stick her fingers into new subjects

[esquitor]

[checks calendar] can i update fic yet? [checks calendar] can i update fic yet? [checks calendar] can i update fic ye

#i have many chapters but i must buffer the posting schedule. but i want to post. #i have never felt this eager to update a fic??? #me wanting to unleash all the dragon age inquisition time travel content stuck inside my head for the past 3 years #i will post... soon. maybe over the weekend. or tomorrow. that seems like a good amount of time #i'm writing so much evelyn content...!! #i was afraid i'd never get the inspo to write her part more/better but it's going good. on a Roll. #i don't know how engaging it will be but it is being Written #yes this is about tnil #scarlet rambles

[moe-broey]

Screaming crying throwing up curled up on yhe floor sobbing weeping ect ect I miss them SO much (PNGs with voice lines that live in my phone that I can look at any time)

#FINALLY picked up engage again and collected all the dlc emblems (from both waves) #saved veronica for last bc i knew she'd be the one i'd be the most autistic about #i love her she's SO funny. chronic baby disease. insisting we're working for her actually. #completely out of touch with her own emotions (FELT). #bloodlust. #she really does have the funniest combination of traits and i love that for her #but MAN..... her map and her EXISTING as a 3d model ON A CONSOLE GAME..... #getting this TINY glimpse into what askr/embla would look like in a 3d space........ (feel like the map is more modeled after askr?) #i feel so fucking rabid about it. frothing at the mouth. i am SO normal (LYING THROUGH CLENCHED TEETH) #i'm just imagining a perfect world where we also have emblem alfonse and sharena in a bracelet together. #i KNOW sharena would get shafted but indulge me. do not separate them first of all. #and second i just think it would be insanely interesting actually???? like. how is alfonse coping. #i think becoming a jewelry ghost would be on the top ten list of worst things to happen to him specifically #i think he'd put his all into serving whoever has him as now this is his responsibility. he is just as closed off as ever though #if not worse having to go through centuries of losing anyone he'd accidentally make any connection with #sharena is probably the only reason he's somewhat sane. she grounds him. #and also sharena???? ohhh i think there is SO much potential there!! she is always SO eager to hopefully befriend -- #anyone who finds their bracelet. #i think being trapped in a bracelet has had the opposite effect on her. her desire for outside connection #and friendship only gets stronger. i think the loneliness stings more. #and i think having them together like. HUGE potential to put them side by side and see how they really do parallel each other #same issues different ways of coping. different reactions. i think their engage skill would reflect this. somehow. #also i think they'd both look soooo cute in the engage artstyle 😭😭😭😭 #what the fuck ever. explode 💥💥💥

[blooming-cecilia]

so. 🧎

can we discuss.

#tulip says #venti #lunasmr #im actually more soft than anything w this audio #but the avian venti thoughts are so strong here...... #showing off his wings and still courting when we are literally engaged?? god i love him #speaking of. seeing the ring on his finger still makes me feel giddy even tho its been in a couple vids since proposal #man i really cant think of anything else but wing hug 🫂 #im craving it so bad i wonder how that really feels #bet his wings are so soft and even softer and fluffier when its just dried #man I REALLY CANT THINK OF ANYTHING BUT WING HUG #💔💔💔 #world is cruel for not making venti genshin impact real #and so very in love with me #😠😠😠 #edit does cleaning his wings for hin count as mutual preening. aka the shit birds do for each other when theyre in love #is that why he was so eager to show off his wings #lordd

[fayesdiary]

Not sure if anyone cares about my opinion on the latest Engage trailer but here we go

Overall I liked this second trailer more than the first look we got, but I'm still indifferent towards the game as a whole. Engage looks fine, but I'm far from in any rush to try it. I will play it one day, though.

Story for now is whatever.

For now, it just feels like the standard FE formula with the past lords tagging along. It's funny we got Alear's mom dying as the first scene of the trailer just to get the dead parent out of the way, and I'm kind of happy the past characters are seemingly limited to the 12 lords from the rings. Don't get me wrong, I love crossovers, but after Heroes, Warriors and technically Awakening bringing back characters from all past games, I'm getting burnt out with the concept. (With that said, Celica sweetie why do you look like that) I am really curious about the villains being able to use the rings, too. I hope they get to be corrupted and evil.

Art style is nice and I ultimately don't mind it being similar to Genshin, but the character designs are very hit or miss. Some look very good, others are meh, others look so out of place in this series and Alear... still looks like an eyesore. (It's mainly the contrast- if the red and blue weren't both so vivid it could have worked)

Alear talking just proves my point that avatars have become more and more obsolete in this series since Byleth. You get all the problems an avatar brings writing-wise with none of the benefits.

For now the thing I wanna know is... Is Sombron the name of the fake Fell Dragon or of the evil sorcerer? I really need to know, there's a whole juridical case resting on it!

#fire emblem #fire emblem engage #fe17 #my rambles #again doubt anyone cared since i haven't kept in touch with the latest fe games but here we go #i'm definitely more eager to try three houses first #again from what i know of engage for now it just looks fine #not the best but far from the garbage dump some fans are portraying it to be

[beansnpeets]

I love that Sprocket is a good adventure buddy. She's fine in the car. A wee bit restless on the way to, but good on the way from. She's so friendly and happy and easy to take with when we go somewhere. I love being able to bring her into pet friendly stores. It's so nice having a solid and confident dog. I just wish Oscar could enjoy doing all these things with us, too. I'd love to be able to have him with.

#barkin up some trees #also sprocket is super engaged today which is weird #because we are somewhere that is not home #but she is so eager to listen to me today #shes doing so good #jons mum is watching oscar and the cats while we are gone today #its just a day trip tho so no big deal #much needed holiday shopping #i got some jeans from value village!

[mourning-again-in-america]

what's interesting to like, people in general, around here? what do people want to see more thoughtful writing on? the obvious thing to me is type-theory, systems administration/orchestration/automation, historyposting, and analyses of personal bugaboos of this or that apparatus of the state (i still hold a flame that there may be a conclusion this decade to the gitmo military commissions) but it has become very clear to me that my experiences are not universal. dw i'm not going to suddenly start "brand-maxxing" or some shit, mostly just looking for inspiration.

#there's also lawposting but i'm too eager to engage in it that i don't take the time to read my books and learn my words. #so i end up building models that are incorrectly shaped and looking like a fool to the learned in the process >.> #i *could* rant about my 'what if my clones settled america' AU but uh. that's getting a bit close to my #*actually controversial* political/moral opinions. also i might get geography wrong or incorrectly assume some inaccurate amount of acreage #that would be required for a community of a certain size to sustain itself

[sleep-safe]

gonna be so good at Healthcare, a thing that is normal to want and possible to achieve /cp

#seems like #want #/cp #/copypasta #mine #i feel like other than being Very nosy and overly educated im the ideal patient #like im so eager to engage w treatment #compliance based medicine #medical compliance #am i autistic? am i a rule follower? do i have a praise kink? pretty much !!! #adhd #just saw a dietitian for the first time and she was LOVELY #I'm just like constantly excited #i love rules and guidelines #like i Want to feel better so i Will follow them and in fact please give me structure #i have the will but not the way so to speak lmao #dietetics #chronically ill #spoonie #actually disabled #disability #also tho #compliance is NOT...it...like i do not like compliance based medicine #at all #care should be collaborative #and im all into this bc the practictioner worked With Me to make these guidelines/goals #she is supporting me not controlling me and thats how it should be #it can be frustrating when it people don't to get better #but autonomy is a right lets not moralize poor health #in the field ur actually taught to move AWAY from compliance language (at least in health coms) but i cant rmr the other terms rn

[ineed-to-sleep]

I may have gotten various different results from vtm clan quizzes but in my heart I just know I'd be embraced by a toreador

#I'm too flamboyant and pretentious to be embraced by any other clan kvkvsjxkx #jokes aside tho yk when you take a long hard look at yourself and you just know. yeah #if a toreador came up to me and started talking abt art and fashion and music and poetry etc #I'd probably be all too eager to engage in that conversation #and I wouldn't even care if they were being pretentious abt it I'd just be happy someone wanted to discuss art with me vkvkkv #as a toreador I think I would hate all the harpies and become some sorta obscure artist who doesn't really engage with vampire society #and who'd have one(1) secret human lover who I'd go through great lengths to hide from everyone else #I think I'd be a sexy vampire. (and also delusional) #sleep.txt

[aroaceyunarukami]

why can’t it be late January 2023 rn and why can’t I have $1,000.

#im really eager for p3 and p4 #and s/v and engage too tbh

[healingheartdogs]

Waking up every morning with this tiny little baby curled up next to my legs or on my chest honestly feels unreal. There's always a few minutes where I have to just sit here and look at her, pet her a bit, talk to her, remind myself that I'm not dreaming and we do in fact have a third dog now who is a beautiful little angel.

#the fact that she just... sleeps through the night and doesn't get into anything #i didnt trust Hermes to be like that until he was over a year old #but every time i wake up in the middle of the night shes still right here cuddling with me and hasnt gone anywhere #we're working through baby genius right now and she's breezing through it so easily #yesterday we started magic mat step 1 #shes so excited by the clicker and such an eager and engaged student #selene watched me train her yesterday and was like 'oh so this is what you meant when you said she'd be easy compared to Hermes' lmao #i love Hermes more than life itself but he was definitely not easy and still isn't #i like the challenges he presents me and ive learned so much because of him #but sometimes its nice to work with a baby who excitedly works for kibble and only has eyes for you instead of distractions