#but seriously uta would look SO good like that

[beanghostprincess]

No but imagine Uta joining buggies crew and she dresses like a ringleader with top hat and everything

she dyed the red side of her hair blue too

I don't want to imagine that because then I'll go into lesbian mode just thinking about Uta with those clothes and I will probably faint BUT I'm just so sure Buggy would basically adopt her,,, That would be so cute,,, He's so proud of her for joining him. Crying and sobbing.

#buggy and uta duo will forever be one of my fav things ever #little family #shanks suffering in the background bc they both hate him and he truly needs to make amends with them ewjkfbkwe #but seriously uta would look SO good like that #one piece #uta one piece #buggy the clown

[bored-storyteller]

Warning: none, mention of bones but very metaphorical

Tokyo Ghoul, Uta X Human!Reader

Moon

You feel a lump in your throat tighten as you walk around the dark room.

Usually the light is always on, waiting for you, no matter what time you arrive.

“Uta…?” You call, while inching forward, already expecting to get no answer. Something must have happened to him, you think just before all the anxiety melts away.

"I’m here. Take it easy…"

You sigh with relief as his soft voice reaches you from the bedroom.

Even if there is not a single light bulb lit, the lights of the city color the room with warm and elusive colors, urban lights of the suburbs of Tokyo, the living Tokyo of those who hide from the sun.

He's sitting on the bed, his back to you, the red iris looking at you over his shoulder is surrounded by an artificial yellowish reflection that makes the black background shine lowly. In the clutter of an underground artist's room, all that would be missing would be the smell of instant ramen or two in the morning frying, but you know there can be no such thing in a ghoul's house.

“The scent of your fear is all too inviting.”

Yes, the only smell of food that can be there is yours.

“I wasn't afraid.” You mutter.

"I wouldn't mind if you admit it."

Even if he is joking, what you have in front of you is a serious Uta.

You lie on your stomach, your head is close to his thighs and your gaze flees beyond the window where his is lost too.

“How was your night with your human friends?” He asks you, and you think for a couple of seconds to answer; it could be a trap, or it could be a good way to figure out what's going on in that twisted head of the most complex and absurd person you know.

"Boring?" You try uncertain.

"That's a lie, but I appreciate the effort."

A submissive grunt escapes you, but you soon focus back on him: “What about you? What are you doing?"

“I contemplate the moon.”

The moon. The moon adapts to him: so fickle, surrounded by darkness, variable, never the same but always itself.

Now, beyond the lights of the suburbs, it’s a thin segment, a germ that has yet to grow, a vaguely orange hue that could resemble a smile.

“It looks like a backbone.” Uta says, and you look at him with exasperation in your eyes.

"Seriously? We can watch a horror movie if you really feel like it.”

Now even his eyes seek yours, they feed on them.

You look at each other in the silence, both of you waiting for something, but then it's you who speaks: "Do ghouls and humans see the moon the same way?"

Usually it's you who gives this kind of answers, you who justify your nature in front of him, but this time you came first. This time he is the one who has to let you know what floor each of you are on.

"I guess you see a slice of melon, or the smile of the Cheshire Cat... instead I..."

“Even the poet and the scientist see two different things, that's not what I mean.”

Now you are sitting too; your left knee brushes his right. Uta looks at them for a moment without saying anything.

"Yes…I guess the moon is the same for everyone." He finally admits.

“And it's different for every single person in the world.” You add, bringing your meditation back to the satellite beyond the bright blanket of the city.

“Was it the melon or the smile?” He asks you after a while.

"The smile."

"Banal."

“I'm tired of being imaginative!” You retort pouting, now looking at his profile who has also turned his nose up towards the sky "and it's always better than your macabre taste."

“It could also be a rib.”

You puff. You rest your head on his shoulder and a yawn escapes you, it's been a long evening.

"Stop that."

"All right…"

Your fingers begin to trace the black lines on his arm, you almost don't look at them, your touch follows them, you know his skin almost as much as yours.

"Sometimes I forget that you belong to the world of those who see the smile of the moon..." He says quietly, and you're not sure you really heard.

He won't say anything else, and you know it. It's already so much that I've discovered that little thread of his soul, the one that's always tense when you go out with someone who's like you.

"The moon doesn't care about us." You say.

"How cruel."

"Or reassuring. Ghouls or humans, we are nothing before the universe."

You raise your head but you don't look at him, your eyes remains beyond, beyond humanity and all the worries that for better or for worse are destined to end.

"This is even scarier. In theory." He tells you, but you feel his lip piercing cool a tiny piece of skin from your neck. He will kiss you, or bite you.

It doesn't really matter.

It doesn't matter if the ghoul's presence is so reassuring to the human, it doesn't matter if someone judges them. Their union is not that important, not under the sight of the moon.

#tokyo ghoul #uta tokyo ghoul #uta x reader #uta x you #uta tg #tokyo ghoul uta #tokyo ghoul fanfiction #human reader #reader insert

[spinningwebsandtales]

Imagine Waiting For Shanks To Return To Tell Him Surprising News

Shanks X FemReader

Rating: T

Warnings: Suggestive themes and a dagger is involved

Word Count: 1.7k

(A/N:) Hello readers! I should finally start getting back into the swing of things now that Christmas is here! I’ve missed writing so much and I have ideas I’ve been wanting to write especially about One Piece. Back in November I had went to see Red and to made me fall in love with the story. So now I have started reading and watching One Piece and Shanks and Zoro are my faves. So I’m starting out with Shanks but I have an idea for Zoro and an idea for Sanji so just keep an eye out hopefully I can write those soon! But I am still learning about this universe so mostly these imagines are just for funsies so don’t take them too seriously! X3 But it feels good to write again and I look forward to posting more! So until next time happy reading! ~Countess

You stood upon the shore of Foosha Village’s port watching the horizon as you did every evening as the sun began to set in the sky. The salty waves crashing the shore sent droplets of water to spatter against the hem of your flowing gown as the breeze billowed your hair behind you tangling it just enough that you would have to brush it when you got home. Nobody of the village would bother you at these moments, as you were waiting and hoping for Shanks to return and soon. Usually you were on the boat with him just another piece of his large crew. But the last time he docked at Foosha you were ill and couldn’t get well in time for him and the crew to set sail. So he left you with a house upon a private cove overlooking the ocean to see when he sailed in and in the care of Makino as he knew that she would take the best of care of you until you were well again.

“You won’t be long,” you had asked him weakly.

  He gave a gentle smile with a hint of sadness, “I’ll try my best. Wait for me to return upon that far horizon.”

“Okay,” you whispered falling back to sleep to escape another bout of nausea.

That had been six months ago and now you stood upon the sand watching and waiting with a protective hand over your swollen belly. Makino had fetched the village doctor when you hadn’t improved in several days and that’s when your pregnancy was revealed. Wedded to the notorious red haired pirate and now mother to said pirate’s child. You were nervous about how Shanks would take the news when he finally returned, yes he already had an adopted daughter in Uta, but having a baby while he was so busy was something you were afraid he wouldn’t accept. You also feared he’d leave you behind once more, only to never return leaving you alone to raise the child that he helped create. 

You kicked at the sand in frustration as the familiar ship didn’t part the horizon like you hoped. As the temperature began to drop as the sun sank lower you shivered, you decided to go back home. Your older more comfortable clothes no longer fit thanks to your large stomach so you had to make do with the flowing gowns Makino dredged up for you. With soup bubbling in the pot above the fire you dished some out and ate before deciding to just go ahead and sleep. You hadn’t been able to sleep much lately as the baby was beginning to grow more restless and keeping you awake for majority of the night with their squirming and moving. It didn’t take long for you to slip into dreamless sleep as the exhaustion was starting to get too much to bear.

Shanks knew that you wouldn’t be awake at this hour but he had pushed his crew to make it back to you tonight. He had been gone a lot longer than he intended, and while he knew you would understand he couldn’t help but still feel that pang of guilt deep inside. Since getting to know each other you both hadn’t left each other’s sides in so long. So leaving you alone without anyone there at all times of the day was a horrible feeling he never wanted to repeat. His bed in his captains' quarters had never been colder since he had to leave you behind. Now as his crew were about ready to drop he had them rush through docking the ship and making preparations to stay for at least a few days. He had much catching up to do with you and preparing you and all the supplies for an extra person tagging along once more.

 With the familiar boat docked in the bay he searched for you, it was late but he was sure that you would still be up looking for his return. When you didn’t show up rushing towards him with open arms Shanks gave his men free rein to do whatever they pleased (as he knew they wouldn’t take advantage of the good people of Foosha) he made his way towards the place he had bought you to stay. Upon the top of the cove he saw your place all dark and lifeless. He couldn’t stop the panic welling in his chest as horrible thoughts came to his mind. Surely you were okay? Shanks rushed in catching the door with his one hand before it could bang against the wall, while he was losing his mind he knew that there could still be the possibility that you were just sleeping. His worries eased as he saw the freshly dirty dishes and the smoldering fire in the hearth, but he wouldn’t be satisfied until he saw you. So to the bedroom he went where the sight that he beheld made him suck in a breath. There you laid, sleeping peacefully, warm blankets pulled to your chin. Though covered he could tell the difference in your form. Gone was the shape of the woman who was used to fighting, sailing, and climbing. Now you were round and soft and Shanks knew that the feelings that were rolling under the surface wasn’t just from seeing you for the first time in forever. 

It didn’t take a genius to realize that you were pregnant and heavily so. He sat on the edge of the bed not really wanting to wake you but having a hard time controlling his self. Reaching out with a calloused hand he brushed hair from your open mouth. Your face scrunched and you mumbled something he couldn’t make out, it made him chuckle. You immediately went into action, hand rushing to underneath your pillow, you pulled a dagger out holding it to his throat in a threatening motion.

“Who are you,” you snarled ready to slit your intruder’s throat.

“Hello to you too beautiful,” Shanks chuckled again and the dagger was dropped immediately.

“Shanks??”

“Yeah,” he sighed gathering you in his arm, “it’s me sweetheart.”

“Sorry that your first greeting back was a blade to your throat.”

“Not the worst greeting I’ve ever received,” he smiled cupping your cheek. “It’s good to know that you never lost those reflexes that you honed all those years sailing with me.”

“Well,” you pinched his cheek, “I can’t spoil my husband’s good name by being weak.”

“You’ve never been mistaken for weak and never will be. I’m the idiot who left you though in this condition.”

You hung your head ashamed, “We didn’t know. I’m sorry I didn’t send word to you. I was afraid you wouldn’t be happy.”

“How could I not be happy?! This is amazing and such a surprise. Who knew your sickness was just symptoms from being pregnant?”

“I’m sure the rocking boat didn’t help with the puking and bouts of nausea.”

“Yeah we rocked the boat ourselves on several occasions that’s what got you into this state in the first place,” the mischievousness in his gaze was not lost on you.

“Shaaaaaanks,” you whined punching his shoulder.

“Kidding,” he kissed you softly. “But not really, cause it is the truth.”

Moments passed by quietly as you just held one another basking in the presence that you both missed greatly. The sound of the ocean outside your little home bringing back so many memories over the years you both had spent on the high seas together. It was just a perfect moment that Shanks knew he had to interrupt, though he didn’t want to.

“Want to go see the crew,” he asked breaking the peace. “They’ve missed you almost as much as I have.”

Though your body was exhausted and you were embarrassed about how big you have grown, you couldn’t deny your red haired pirate or his lovable crew. “I need to change into something warmer and can you help me get there? The walk has been getting more difficult in my state.”

“You don’t even need to ask.”

Shanks held your hand tightly as he helped you down some of the steep slopes to the sandy beach below. While your little cove away had seemed so cold and lonely the last few months, this was the first time in awhile you enjoyed the walk with the warm hand squeezing yours with gentle pressure. Life without Shanks around was boring but mostly it was lonely. His warming presence was something you never really thought about until it wasn’t around. And whatever fear that had been pressing upon you, keeping you from enjoying watching your baby grow within you dissipated with his contagious grin. His ship came into view and you could see the guys buzzing back and forth taking care of the ship’s needs before theirs. You glared at your sheepish husband at seeing how exhausted his men were.

“I couldn’t help it,” he defended himself. “I was desperate to see you and so were they.”

“Treat them to a good meal tomorrow and some good ale,” you elbowed him.

“Yes ma’am,” he agreed wanting to stay in your good graces. As soon as the hard working crew spotted you with their captain a roaring cheer lifted into the night sky. You could have sworn the ship rocked even harder than the waves crashing against it with the excited men. You laughed using Shanks as a sturdy crutch as you waddled across the shifting sand. They tossed themselves overboard stampeding toward you and Shanks. Shanks pulled you protectively into his side bracing you behind him just in case his rambunctious men got out of control. But as soon as they saw your condition they skidded to a stop in awe. “Surprise,” you teased sheepishly. Silence passed before a loud roar sounded out and several sharp slaps to Shanks back left him staggering and his back stinging. Some of the men softly asked if they could touch their stomach, as they were remembering pregnant wives at one point in their lives. You agreed tears pricking at the corner of your eyes as they accepted you and the little one inside. It felt so good to have your husband and friends back and you couldn’t wait to get back onto the seas sailing with your family with a new addition in tow.

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[putschki1969]

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It's been a while since I have shared these. A lot of videos have piled up. Unfortunately, my phone ran out of memory space while I was recording #73 so it just saved 15 minutes of the whole thing T_T Part 2 of #72 is also very out of sync, I'm sorry T_T

Missed the first couple of minutes of #76 but oh wow, I really loved this live. We never see her eat this much, it was a lot of fun just watching her go through the different dishes. The tamagoyaki looked weird but the chicken and pork-shabu salad looked super yummy! LOL at Keiko for going on and on about the excessive amounts of "grass" in her salad. I found it quite interesting when she talked about her old Kalafina image and her image as solo artist. Someone mentions they find it strange that Keiko takes such a long time to eat her dinner despite having the image of a person who is always in a hurry. Keiko agrees that when it comes to her work, she tends to do everything at a very fast pace but in her free time, she likes to take things slowly. She also explains that now that she is a solo artist, she is generally more laid back and more open to share parts of herself that she wouldn't have shared in the past. During the Kalafina days, she took things very seriously, her work-mode was always on, it was basically a constant hustle for her to meet the demands (especially when looking up to Yuki Kajiura). She emphasises though that it was always her choice and that she wouldn't have had it any other way. It's a good thing that she mentions this because lots of fans tend to read a bit too much into everything and come up with all sorts of horror- stories of Keiko slaving away due to the horrible management. I don't think that was ever the case. Keiko is just an incredibly disciplined individual.

There is another very noteworthy part where Keiko talks about not really being accustomed to other people sneaking up on her to cuddle her so she will typically act a bit surprised when that happens. She does a flawless impersonation of Wakana who used to tell Keiko all the time that she found it kind of weird how Keiko would have no issue snuggling up to her but whenever Wakana tried to initiate something, Keiko would startle. She is just like a cat, she likes cuddling but only on her own terms XD

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[toskarin]

Toska Rin, maybe you already did that, but what would your recommendations for a VN's beginner be?

generally, the main two things I consider when recommending "entrypoints" are how exciting something is and how unlikely it is to hit you with something so upsetting that it leaves a lasting bad taste in the reader's mouth

you can actually more or less start with any vn that catches your fancy, as long as you're comfortable leaping the precipice. some vns are pretty intertextual, but it's rarely so pronounced that you can't enjoy something because you didn't read another unrelated title

it's a lot like any other kind of book in that regard

so with that in mind!

Fate/stay night is 100% seriously a great introduction to the genre in spite of its length. it strikes a really good balance between being influential and exciting, where a lot of older vns have a bit of a problem with being dry

Higurashi and Umineko are cool, but unless you're REALLY into the premise of them, they can drag a little and feel notably low on excitement in comparison to more action oriented titles

Hatoful Boyfriend is good and people got a skewed impression of it because of youtube letsplays that didn't play through to the actually interesting part

a lot of people, myself included, started with Katawa Shoujo. I'm not sure that's actually a good vn to get into the genre with, but it was readily available, so a lot of us started there lol

of course because these are my recommendations, they're also heavily biased towards what I find appealing in an entry title. I'm sure someone else would vouch for Little Busters, or maybe the Grisaia series

also if you specifically want something that will leave a bad taste in your mouth (hey! I did!) then I'd recommend the vns below the break. otherwise, that's the recommendation!

Hanachirasu, which will set you up for an even more upsetting experience with its spiritual successor, Full Metal Daemon Muramasa (quite possibly my favourite vn overall)

Subarashiki Hibi is a weird case of something being "inaccessible" but less so for expecting familiarity with vns and moreso for expecting you to be familiar with all kinds of otaku nonsense (and also a surprising amount of existentialist philosophy)

Saya no Uta, which is a game with an incredibly long list of content warnings that is better served by just saying "look before you leap"

[liannelara-dracula]

Tg boys reactions to an artist s/o?

TG Boys w an Artist GF HCS

Hi Love,

Lol, I realized now that you said reaction when I made hcs. I guess I got really excited. Anyways I hope you like it.

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Prompt

Requests are open

Rules

Warning:

*certain words have been/may be censored for Tumblr guidelines.

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Kaneki:

He likes watching you make things with your hands and he likes to join you.

Even if he doesn’t have a clue of what he’s doing.

He really likes it when you make mugs so that you two can use them for coffee.

You once made him a really nice-looking one for his birthday so he really cherishes it.

Ken also likes the doodles you paint on them since they look so pleasing.

You also probably like making aesthetic and minimalist vases which he likes to put on the coffee table you both have or somewhere on a counter of your apartment.

If people come over and like the vase, he will be excited to tell them that his girlfriend made them.

Ken even likes it when you sculpt random things too.

Hide:

Omg he’s thrilled to see your work every single time as a cake decorator.

Like he brags about your work all the time.

At first you did it for fun but he advertised you so much that you got a job for it.

He looks forward to parties and birthdays because he gets to see your work.

He sometimes will just watch you pipe and he’s just an awe like a child.

Would never critique bc he doesn’t know how to do anything he just praises your work.

When it’s his birthday you have to go all out mostly cause he just likes seeing your creativity.

He finds it interesting.

And he likes seeing you in an apron, he literally bought you a custom one that says “I love Hide.”

Ayato:

Thinks it's cool, mostly cause he can. drink coffee and actually appreciate the work more.

He also likes it because it's something you do.

Let me be clear if his sister was a barista he could give less of a fuck.

It also causes you to put a lot of time into it.

And he likes it if you make a personalized design for him.

He's not a huge fan of the heart doodles that much.

Cause he thinks they're "girly".

So he prefers designs like the realistic cat.

In general, if his girl is an artist he's not that big on it because he literally cannot do any form of art whatsoever.

So he barely gets the point and only admires you bc he's obsessed with you and no one else.

seriously he has a one-tracked one and is very picky.

Yomo:

Like Ayato he doesn't really understand art nor can he do it.

But unlike him, he will admire the works of others since it's something he can't do.

Even if he wouldn't admit it.

Though if there's one thing you both know he likes your photographs.

I mean you even take pictures of the two of you or just him and it looks great!

You pin them in the room and he thinks all your photos look perfect even if you don't think so.

One of your favorite things is to take pictures of him, like the left photo, rather than taking pictures of yourself.

Because of your photography skills and influence, he kinda learns a little bit about lighting and angles and how to use a camera.

Since he cares about you a lot tho, he would probably buy you one of those expensive cameras that you've always talked about.

Even if you do things with film he's interested and willing to see your works.

Uta:

Ohhh two artists, the studio isn't big enough for the both of you.

Well, that is when Uta gets competitive anyways.

It's not always, but sometimes he wants to challenge you about art.

"Let's see who's better at tattoo art." He'd say.

"Uh, no fair. That's your thing, Uta." You'd point out.

"That's the point, babe or should I say, amateur." He'd smirk making your mouth agape.

"Hey!" You'd exclaim.

"What's the matter? You gonna lose?" He'd tease.

You'd grow competitive yourself after here this, "Oh you're so going down, loser!" You'd giggle before getting the materials for the task.

It's always such a battle to win, it's mostly cause he's good but also fast. He is probably much faster than you because he does it as a job.

"Hah! Done before you in record time." He'd smirk, rubbing it in your face while you looked at him with your arms crossed. Completely annoyed by him.

Sighing you'd ask, "Okay, what do I have to do?"

He'd look at you with a playful smirk, "Ohhh can you guess?"

You'd look at him biting your lip before saying, "It's that three-letter word isn't it?"

He'd laugh, "You're good at being the loser in this game, you know?"

You'd playfully hit him, "Shut up!"

In general, though, he likes your art work.

But he has a habit of kissing you when you're trying to paint so you sometimes mess up.

Or rather you can't finish the piece because he's keeping you busy with other activities.

But you're the same with when he's working so it's fair.

You've learned to pull him away from work since he does it to you.

You two have paint fights.

Also, he likes seeing you pin up the art bc its an excuse for him to look at your butt.

Gosh, I need more of an exclusive ask for hcs with him just to write more about an artist gf. So I'm cutting it here lol.

Furuta:

Music and dance, sort of both tbh.

Or either one.

But he'd probably like a girl who is a ballet dancer since they are graceful.

Believe it or not, he likes watching the plays, and if you were in one he'd definitely want to see it.

He also likes to help you stretch or watch you stretch.

Idk why but I get the feeling that he likes to help you put your ballet shoes on.

If you can play the piano he really likes it and could listen to the tunes you create all day long.

I also feel like he might have some experience with it so if he wants to teach you a piece he can put his hand over yours.

Rule number one about Furuta, you can never stop him from being sensual, even if you're hobbies. He always turns it into something unexpected.

Like it can't ever not be suggestive with him.

Even if he claims he's "helping".

Takizawa (ghoul):

He doesn't get involved in your work he just likes seeing the progress and finished product.

Though he can be bothersome with the shoulder kisses sometimes.

Your paintings are usually about both of you and he really likes them.

You spend a lot of time on them and so afterwords he likes to frame it even if you tell him the piece isn't that good.

If you ask for advice he gives some but mostly he's usually just derailing you.

When it comes to picking flowers he gets more involved.

Though still, he likes when you do it because its a hobby of yours.

The habit really started when he bought a vase that you really like for your place with him.

Though he's not a very colorful person he likes seeing light up the place.

The only thing sei will do for sure is take care of the flowers when you're busy.

He may not share the same feelings with you about your hobbies but enjoys making you happy.

I mean you're all he has so you're the most important person to him.

And all he wants is for you to be happy.

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[lolotheparagon]

So there was a controversy in the Sanrio fandom circling around My Melody's mother for being a bad influence on children because of the toxic advice she gives to My Melody in her 2000s anime Onegai My Melody. And the reason why this controversy sprung up is because a fashion brand in Japan was going to be making designs with Mama Melody's quotes as slogans

So I took a look at some of her quotes and...

Y'know, some of these (quotes 4,8,10 and 11) are just brutally honest (which is hardly a crime), others are comically bad (like quotes 2,3,6,9) but there are also others that confuse people because they are out of context. Quote 7 for example is taken out of context cos this was the saying in the original cartoon:

The line was basically her riffing on her husband behind his back, which is funny. But as a sentence on its own, its fucking weird.

Another one was quote 1: . In the cartoon, there's a scene where My Melody repeats that quote to a boy who her friend Uta has a crush on, resulting in Uta rushing over to stop Melody before she says anything else embarrassing

Again, funny in the cartoon, not AS funny taken out of context.

I can definitely see why people would get angry cos some of these lines are very awkward out of context or just flat out wrong (quote 3 is definitely the biggest offender here, cut that shit) but people claiming that My Melody's mother is some toxic bitch promoting bad stereotypes is fucking stupid.

In the anime whenever My Melody is repeating her mother's advice to other people, they respond like this:

So its pretty clear that Mama Melody's advice is NOT MEANT to be taken seriously. Its practically a running gag

And when Mama Melody isnt spouting out advice, her lines are generally very bizarre and that's kinda the joke?

Take a look at this scene where Melody is having a conversation with her father and her friend's father and then remembers something her mum said:

HER DAD IS LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO MY MELODY AS SHE'S SAYING THIS IM DYING

So My Melody's mum gives out outlandish non-sequiturs or flat out bad advice that only her daughter listens to whilst everyone else is bewildered by it?

Thats fucking hilarious.

I think the biggest problem was why a clothes brand thought it was a good idea to make tshirts with sayings that are very context-heavy or just flat out bizarre advice as slogans in the first place. Which is why that clothes brand and Sanrio decided to cancel the idea before it even released, cos it rightfully got people pissed. Dont blame the character, blame a fashion brand for completely missing the fucking point

#my melody #sanrio #my melody's mum is fucking hilarious #what a scary madwoman #shes the kind of character who has commited murder and will murder again but also wants to bake apple pies and cultivate her husband #mama melody is best sanrio character

[liquorisce]

wet heat

rating: E / nsfw

pairing: gojo satoru x iori utahime, jjk | read on ao3

summary: Gojo, Utahime, and their toxic sexual habit.

...

It was humiliating to realise that she couldn’t really blame it on the drugs or booze or Shoko’s bad influence— The truth was, Utahime with all her public displays of disapproval, melted when it was just the two of them. When he put his hands on her. When he told her how she should take it. When he told her it was all she was good for. 

a/n: prompt 1 - degradation / overstimulation for dark gojohime week on twitter!

It’s her own fault that she’s here. 

At least that’s what she tells herself. What other excuse could she have for being in this position over and over again? Broken down and pathetic, a quivering mess— brilliant blue eyes boring into her. 

His boot nudges at her clasped hands, hooked on top of her knees. “Don’t look at me like that,” he says mockingly. “Like you don’t want it.”

She draws in a shaky breath. She curls into herself, despite her good sense. There was no sense in trying, really. Those eyes would probably follow her anywhere. 

The denial vaporizes on her tongue, her thighs quivering from the many orgasms he’d drawn out of her today. “It’s too much,” she says faintly. 

“Too much?” He pries her legs open with his hands. Her cunt shines up for him, slick, wet, fucked open after everything he put her through. “Doesn’t look like it.” 

His boot presses up at her opening, rubber developing a shine from her juices. She lets out a low groan, an embarrassing, utterly undignified noise. What it looked like was exactly how it was, that she was somehow reduced to a vacant, drooling mess, while he towered over her, still clothed, still composed, still the cocky asshole that he always was to her. 

Before he can press his boot against her clit again, she covers her cunt with her hand, a feeble protection she knows won’t get her anywhere. “No more. I can’t.” And because it was just the two of them, and dignity was a concept she’d forsaken when he closed the door behind him, she mumbles, “... Please.” 

 “We’ve talked about this, Uta,” he says, his voice still sing-song, a mockery of seriousness. “You always give up so soon.” 

It’d been seven orgasms before she lost count. Flushed with endorphins, she can’t tell if he means it, or if he just hadn’t paid attention.” But looking up through watery lashes, she catches his gaze, glasses lowered just enough so she could see him. And pathetically, it just makes her believe him. 

“Can I use my fingers?” She sounds hoarse, like a woman who’s been fucked so good, she’d forgotten her own name in the process. 

He shrugs, unimpressed or uncaring, she can’t tell, but he watches her intently when she places her index and her middle finger on her nub. Takes in the way she flinches, the hiss that leaves her lips when her body tells her how fucking sore it is. But she wants to change that look in his eyes; wants to show him she can take it. That Iori Utahime doesn’t give up. 

She can hear her own pussy as she works it, as loud as her breathing, slippery and slick. It doesn’t feel good anymore, it doesn’t feel like anything, her pleasure rung out of her so completely, there’s nothing left to give. Her knees feel weak, and they quiver, but before they can knock together, he shifts her thighs open with his foot. “Go on then,” he says, insouciantly. “Put on a show.” 

And if there’s a God out there maybe he really is laughing at her, because at that exact moment she can hear a voice outside the screen. Voices, in fact, one that belonged to a man who used to be her underclassman, another that sounded far too much like Gojo’s most recent acquisition. 

A smirk curves on Gojo’s lips. “Not satisfied with the audience? I can invite them in if you'd like.” And almost fondly, he says, “I remember, you always did like showing off, didn’t you?” 

“Don’t confuse me with yourself,” she growls, forgetting, just for a minute, the position she was in. 

 He cocks his head at her indulgently. Lets his gaze run down her body, head to toe, her sweat-slick hair that was matted to her face, her left breast that had slipped free of her kosode. Her hakama pants lay pooled at her feet, exposing her graceful legs. “There’s only one of us who is on full display right now and it isn’t me.” 

And to her utmost mortification, she can feel herself get even wetter, finger slipping between her pussy lips with almost no effort at all. Bending his knees, he watches humiliatingly as she attempts to finger herself— a sloppy missive with almost no technique, because she’s too sore to apply pressure properly anywhere. 

“You’re so wet, your fingers are all wrinkled,” he says, bemused. Humiliation burns in her cheeks as she lifts her fingers up to look at them. They’re soaked the way they would be if she’d steeped in the bath for the past hour. Except instead of smelling like her lavender bath bombs, they smelled of her cunt. “It’s okay, I’ll help you out.” The smile on his face grows, pissing her off. “... Like I always do.” 

His hands are rough on her thighs as he spreads them open for his perusal. His fingers are even rougher against her already overstimulated nub. He lets his eyes trail across her body, across her bare skin, and the parts of her that no longer felt private under his gaze. The first time she’d surrendered to him, he’d explained it to her. Said it was like a fact, and not his immense ego. “You can’t hide from me, Utahime.” 

She’d scoffed at the time, brushed it aside, and let her legs slide open for him, because she’d been a little bit inebriated at the time, and was thinking predominantly with her pussy. She was sober the second time though. And the time after that. And it was humiliating to realise that she couldn’t really blame it on the drugs or booze or Shoko’s bad influence— The truth was, Utahime with all her public displays of disapproval, melted when it was just the two of them. When he put his hands on her. When he told her how she should take it. When he told her it was all she was good for. 

Maybe that’s all it boiled down to: in front of an ego that huge, her’s stood no chance. Or maybe Gojo Satoru was all the drug she ever needed. Truthfully, she didn’t understand her body’s undeniable pull towards him. 

There’s a smart retort at the tip of her tongue, curses she’d let fly at him if they were outside his bedroom, but they weren’t. And all that comes out of her instead, are weak, pathetic little moans.

She’d tried telling him it wasn’t possible, that after he’d made her orgasm with his fingers, his cock, the edge of the sparring stick, there was nothing left to give. But Satoru doesn’t like hearing the word ‘No.’ Likes showing off when he can make the impossible, possible. Maybe that’s the real high for a man like him, for someone who’s been taught he’s a God.

To her utter humiliation, she feels her growing warm for him yet again. A fire in her belly he’d manage to coax out of her after she’d thought the embers had died. It feels so good it hurts, her nerve endings so high on stimulation, every stab of pleasure making her toes curl. 

He works her till he’s certain she’s on the throes of another orgasm, waiting till he sees the tell-tale signs of her back arching off the floor, eyes almost rolling back into her head. When he pulls away and stands up before finishing her off, she almost wants to cry. As she struggles to catch her breath, she says, “... You’re cruel.”

“Oh sorry,” he says, except he doesn’t sound sorry at all. “You aren’t done yet?” She stares at him as he leans against the wall, looking smug, as if he’s playing some stupid game that only he knows the rules to. “Go on then, finish yourself off.” 

She never thought pleasure could be this painful. Tears bead on her lashes. She doesn’t want to say it, she doesn’t, she really doesn’t want to— “Please.” 

“What? Didn’t hear you.” 

Bastard. 

“Satoru,” she breaks, calling him by his given name the way she never does, bowing down to this inexplicable hold he has over her. “I need you. Please.” 

Behind his glasses, she catches his eyes flicker. “I like it when you’re honest,” he confesses, an unnamed emotion in his voice. She wonders what it is. Pity? Affection? 

“Fiiiine,” he drawls, a moment later. “Because you asked me so nicely.” He moves his boot back between her legs. It makes the most embarrassing noises; her pussy against new rubber, squelching against the synthetic material.  

It feels pathetic, and she knows it’s intentional, a feeling he probably wants her to feel, and that’s why he presses harder, dragging an involuntary moan out of her. A sob escapes her when she realizes there’s probably no point in searching for affection in those eyes. It was just cruelty. 

“That’s it, Uta,” he murmurs, as she gives into the humiliating desire that consumes her, hips unwinding as she grinds down on his boot. He’d gotten her so close, and if this was all he’d give her now, she’d take it.  

And even though she’d sworn she couldn’t, she comes for him like that, pathetic and a little too far gone, on his fucking boot, loud and messy. She feels the aftershocks in her whole body— her skin coated with sweat, chest rising and falling with her heavy breaths. He pulls his foot back and surveys it. 

Shame hits her like a sharp recoil, a meaningless promise to herself that she will probably break; she would never do this again. Before she turns to her side, she sees him through the corner of her eye. Sees the pleased curl of his lips. She wishes more than anything else, that at least this she could hide from him— at least a single moment of shame that she could suffer in private.  

“... It’s so shiny,” he says cheekily, bending slightly to look at his boot. “I can see my own reflection in it.” 

#gojohime #cw: humiliation #gojo satoru #iori utahime #jjk smut #liquorisce fanfiction

[ecargmura]

The Yuzuki Family's Four Sons Episode 6 Review - Minato and Uta's Friendship

The two-parter comes to an end on a heartwarming note. Minato and Uta strengthen their friendship and it was the sweetest thing ever. These two do feel like they have a bromance despite them being boy and girl; that doesn’t stop bros from being bros, right? I was surprised with how mature Minato is despite him being the most spoiled and brattiest of his sweeter brothers.

Minato pretty much learns about the ups and downs of relationships. He learns that his relationship with Uta could change when he becomes an adult, and that confuses him a lot. Because he’s only twelve, complicated stuff like this is hard for him to process. All he wants is to have fun with his best friend and enjoy his life to the fullest. He’s not a perfect character and I love how realistic this is. A child his age shouldn’t be thinking so much about the complexities of life; he should just have fun and worry about those things as he grows up.

I know that Minato can be a brat and a bit spoiled at times, but I’m glad that he’s not completely insufferable. Sure, he’s the only extrovert out of his introverted brothers, but he can be sweet too. This episode shows how he has a good heart underneath his prickliness. Man, imagine a fictional 12-year-old being more respectful towards women than a lot of adult men in real life. I loved the part where Minato was frustrated with Uta getting upset over Morita’s words; he was clearly drinking his ‘respect women’ juice for he was giving Uta the biggest pep talk of her life. If a man doesn’t want Uta for who she is, then she shouldn’t deserve him. Minato was definitely brought up well if he has this mindset.

I have to say, the animation was amazing regarding the Minato and Uta scenes towards the end. With the way the wind blew on both characters and how beautiful the scenery looked, I was blown away. This anime’s animation was good like there was never any misses, but this was like a sudden budget-increase in quality and I liked it a lot.

On the topic of Morita, I don’t like that he already has a toxic mindset at 12-13 years of age already. I get that that he only likes Uta from her physical appearance, so I can’t really hate him for it. He’s just a kid, after all, but hopefully, this would be a lesson for him later on. I hope that he finds someone who can change him for the better. Though, I’m glad that Uta broke up with him quickly before it could spiral into something dangerous.

Though, if there is someone who was kind of annoying in this episode, it’d be Nikaidou. I don’t know what his deal is. Why is he complicating things? Dude, he was the cause of Minato’s confusion when he said that he cannot hang out with Uta now that she got a boyfriend. Kid, I know you have more experience when it comes to dating, but shut up! Seriously! It’s because of you that Minato got sick and started behaving unlike himself.

The other brothers don’t really play much of a big role here as it’s a Minato episode. I did like the cute little interaction between Hayato and Gakuto about where Mikoto and Minato could be. Gakuto behaving like an old man was hilarious and cute.

Anyways, I believe next week’s episode will be about how Uta and Minato met. I do want to know how it went down to the point that they became inseparable. What are your thoughts on this episode?

#yuzuki san chi no yon kyoudai #the yuzuki family's four sons #minato yuzuki #uta kirishima #Mikoto yuzuki #Yuma Nikaidou #Morita #review #anime #anime review #ecargmura #arum journal

[ferdinandvonaegir21]

The fact I use to unironically love this show hurts my brain..

Hi there! Sooo, it's 3 am at the time of me writing this and what better way to spend my time than talking about one of the must insufferable shows I've ever watched.

Has this ever happened to you? You're a young, obnoxious middle schooler, still not old enough to know the difference between good and bad media and you just started getting into anime. One day, you get introduced to a reverse harem about hot vampires and you immediately fall in love with it! But as you grow older, this show you once loved starts getting pushed into the back of your mind, until you forget about it. Now cut to present day when you're an adult and you suddenly remember this reverse harem about hot vampires. You decide to take a trip down memory lane and rewatch this show...And then you realize something...You realize that this entire show is A WALKING RED FLAG! Sound familiar?

Now I know I'm not the only one who can relate to this. I know there's many of people out there who not only had a Diabolik Lovers phase, but a reverse harem phase. As much as we don't want to admit it, we loved these shows back in middle school and maybe even high school. It wasn't until you grew out of that phase that you realized over half of the reverse harems you watched were complete garbage! And I should know! I loved Diabolik Lovers, Brothers Conflict, Dance with Devils, Uta no Prince Sama, Ouran Highschool Host Club, you name it! And why would we assume these shows were hot garbage? They had pretty animation and hot boys! I will say though, out of those five shows I mentioned, there's still two that I unironically love to this day. (Take a wild guess which ones)

It is fun looking back at these shows and wondering "How the hell did I genuinely enjoy this??" Like, can we talk about how weird and concerning Brothers Conflict was? Did none of us question the fact that they were her all her STEP BROTHERS?? Were we all just okay with it because they were hot??? The answer is yes by the way. Not only that, but the show was just incredibly cringy and boring. I don't have much to say about Dance with Devils. I didn't dislike it, but I also remember being kinda bored while watching it....Probably why I never finished it. Diabolik Lovers on the other hand is very memorable to me for ALL the wrong reasons.

It's been about over a year since I last watched the DL, so I don't wanna go too in depth with the plot or characters, however if enough people see this, I will absolutely rewatch it and write a part 2 to this post. Also I'd like to point out that I've never played any of the visual novels, this is strictly talking about the anime. There has never been a show for me like this one, where I have had such an extreme love-hate relationship towards it. Diabolik Lovers is one of the most anger inducing AND funniest anime I've ever seen. Let me make something clear real quick...Diabolik Lovers is not a comedy. Diabolik Lovers is a drama, a dark romance, it wants to be taken seriously and that is the funniest part of the entire series. I have never unironically laughed at this show because it's funny, or it has good jokes, oh no, no, no! This show can be the funniest shit to watch just by how utterly ridiculous it can be. It also makes me want to pull my hair out by how utterly ridiculous it is.

Honestly though, it doesn't even surprise me on how much I use to love this show back in the day. Not only was I in a reverse harem phase, but I also had a small vampire phase. That being said, I was a huge fan of Vampire Knight at the time...And I might've made my grandma watch it with me...(I'm so sorry, grandma) When I first found Diabolik Lovers, it was like love at first sight for me! I binged the entire first season, talked about it constantly, drew lots of fanart and started many DL role plays with my cousins. It's both hilarious and embarrassing that I actually took the plot seriously. Overall, I think the reason I loved it so much was just because hot vampires and pretty animation (as shallow as that is), but I genuinely was invested in the story and what would happen next. I do gotta give credit where credit is due, to this day I still think the anime looks gorgeous. The artsyle in this show is honestly so good, I especially love how the character's eyes look. And you can't tell me the intro is a banger! As bad as the show is, I can't deny that listening to that intro gets me hyped up!!

Well, it's now 4 in the morning and my brain is beginning to shut down. Like I mentioned earlier, if I were to rewatched season 1, I would love to go more into detail and rant about certain episodes and characters. I could honestly ramble about this show for hours, but I'd like to try and lay down before the sun comes up.

What's your guilty pleasure show?

#diabolik lovers #reverse harem #guilty pleasure #ayato sakamaki #laito sakamaki #kanato sakamaki #reiji sakamaki #subaru sakamaki #rant #hate watching #anime #brothers conflict #vampire

[demonichikikomori]

Hello! ♡

I've been trying to work up the nerve to send this ask but I just wanted to say thank you for enjoying my writing!

I'm so honored that a writer as talented as you follows me and enjoys my work! (I was so surprised when I found out we were following each other!) I'm especially excited to see that you write for Hypnosis Mic (Your Samatoki x Reader fic is just...I don't even know how to describe it I just love it that much, and I'm not even a Samatoki fan! lol) and I can't wait to see what you write next! ♡

Also, I'm so happy to see other Uta no Prince-Sama fans, as I noticed you liked and reblog my Syo x Reader story! Is there a particular character or group that's your favorite? If so, I would love to know!

I apologize if this message seems odd since I know we have never really interacted before but I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am, and how much I love your writing!

Thank you! ♡

AAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s nice to meet you officially!! I noticed we became mutuals a hot second ago but… I was too scared to say anything!! Sometimes I get worried about the content I make and if it might be kinda off putting so I get scared to reach out to blogs cuter than mine!!!!! <3 <3 <3 Thank you for visiting my inbox!!!!!!!!! I really like how you write Ruggie and when you made something for Syo… I had so many intense emotions in my heart I couldn’t bring myself to speak… I got back into HypMic recently (I discovered it in 2019 when I was at bandcamp and I remember when they announced the two new groups when I was in school!) and I decided to try writing for a character a friend of mine likes! … I didn’t realize how empty the tags are for HypMic x reader content… It’s kinda depressing… Feel me? There are so many cuties in the series! Just because it’s overseas people shouldn’t let a language barrier hold them back!! Feel the music on your soul and look on YouTube for event translations!!!!!!!

But, anyway!! I want to definitely write more HypMic since I’m a bit burnt out on Twst… That’s all I wrote for a good two years so I need to switch it up… At least for a bit. I have a post queued up for tomorrow about the Peel My Orange test?? I think I’m biased as I’m writing the Headcanons but this is my blog and I can do whatever I want!~!

ALSO YES THATS ALSO WHY I FOLLOWED YOU!!!!!!! AHHHH I SAW YOUR MASATO BANNER AND I WANTED TO SCREAM!!! Ever since UtaPri shut down I have been rocking back and forth wondering what I’m going to do without my first love. I even went as far as to downloading a PSP rom just so I can play the original VN. I will pretend the MC girl is not there so I don’t have to see her kissing MY boyfriend. Technically husband since we’ve been together for such a long time. Syo-Sama loves me the most in the entire universe, no one knows him better than me!! Syo is perfect in all ways!! He’s masculine and can enjoy traditionally feminine things like painting his nails and styling himself in pink. He’s not too tall so kissing him is super easy. He’s very passionate about the things he likes. He’s willing to better his body even after being told he won’t make it past 12?? Oh my goodness when I first played the game back when it first came out, let me tell you… I had seen the light… I am a super big fan of STARISH and at one point I was an Otoya girl… But Syo reigned me back in very easily. His voice lines for birthdays, White Day, Valentines, and his own… I really, really like Syo. Honestly? He’s the character I can say is a comfort character to me? I had a rough childhood and him greeting me when I logged in or asking if I would eat dinner with him… He seriously is the best in the whole wide world!! <3 <3 <3

Please don’t see it as odd coming to say hi!! I really like making friends even if I’m scared to take the first step!! Please tell me lots about you and don’t be scared to DM me either!! Let’s talk about our faves together and hopefully I can make more content that you secretly want to see!! HypMic related on the way… But I’ll have to write for UtaPri too… Wahhhhh my heart is going crazy. I’m a little scared, but excited too!~!

#ask the devil #⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧sugarcookiesheep

[henrioo]

First things first I can prove also that iam guy too. and prove you that iam not a fem reader blog. (Pls don't wanna get blocked 😭😭) mercy mercy..!!

Second I swear on my life i don't hate i love him too iam too but iam also fan of shanks too pls but I meet a lot if annoying kid thats why I was talking about it. I just love both red head okey??😭😭

Question of today ⭐: whats the best thing about your nationality or that your proud of?

Hmm iam from 🇲🇫🇧🇷 so.....😚😚🤭😳😚😚🙉🙉🙈🙈🙈

Another question of today⭐: whats a thing I the one piece fandom that you feel needs to change?? I feel people need to stop complaining about the smallst things ever... like that new color spread made by oda with tashigi, nami ,robin,reuji, uta. I saw people on twitter complaining about how perona wasnt there like be greatful insted of complaining...bro😭😭💀💀

🌮 taco anon ~

OOOOOH YOU MAKE PART OF THE BOYS GANG YIPPPPPEEEEEEE

Dw babe, I was scared because since I block all fem blogs that interact with my stories I blocked without wanting those anons

But if your block has male info then you are totally safe I won't block you don't worry hahaha I always check before blocking

I think it is the songs probably, I like a lot of the art of Brazil, like we have some artist fucking amazing I swear

But the songs, the music that Brazil makes are unique, there's nothing that compares with

I really love brazilian music and it's perfect no matter if its song about the 90's or a song release this year, all are really good

And Funk too, I love the Brazilian funk, besides I don't like many of them because we have some shitty ones, there some that are AMAZING

ALSO YOU ARE FROM WHERE????? HUH???? TALK MORE NOW!

Hahahahah don't worry baby I was joking with you, kid is really dumb it's totally fine to hate him but tbh I don't like most fans of chars (any chars any anime) they just suck

Bro the entire fandom of one piece should change for me, 90% of them are terrible and Jesus some are even criminal

But I think they don't enjoy one piece as it should, this is what I would like to change

One piece is a story, we are learning about a world, about a forgotten story that no one knows anymore, they are showing us a secret and mystery story that was lost in the time

And all that people care about is fight and power, is about Zoro winning idk how, is about Luffy losing to idk, is about Haki, is about power scale and blah blah

Like, I know the fights are cool, I know it is cool to discover with char are strong that each char

But some people are really forgetting the fucking story!

Now in egg head all I see of Brazilian fans at least is they talking about Zoro and Sanji power and Luffy winning and losing and they all complaining why don't have more fights why they are avoiding fights and stuff

ITS BECAUSE ITS NOT ONLY FIGHTS, IN THE ARC THEY ALREADY EXPLAIN WHY THEY DON'T WANT TO FIGHT BUT LOOKS THEY AREN'T READING AND JUST SEEING THE IMAGES???

Seriously, for any one piece fan, enjoy the story, connect the dots, see the time line, see how the years pass through this world, because the story is the true treasure in this manga

#henri talk

[chiibinomonodamon]

My Choice Ships of 2022 (pt 4)

Kou x Nazuna

I don’t gaf if making fun of Twilight is passe now; literally every other vampire couple has better chemistry than that shit...including THIS one...

‘Sexy creature of the night paired with a wide-eyed and naive human teenager is like....REALLY REALLY common of course....we keep writing them because we love stories like these.

But for a change, the roles are reversed in Yofukashi no Uta. This time the vampire is a woman instead of an older man and the human is a little boy instead of a young girl. I’d never been into the idea of the vampire being female (for obvious reasons) but this is a very genuinely fun and sweet story. Plus their first meeting is just ICONIC.

Lol it just gives you CHILLS, doesn’t it? The choice of weird colors and the shadows is particularly striking!

There are two other vampire couples I like where the vampire is a girl. Those would be Karin and Itsuka Tenma Kuro Usagi. Karin is the shy Shrinking Violet type and Himea is more aggressive with shades of yandere, while still being a good....er vampire.

Nazuna however is SUCH A TROLL.

And that is why she’s great and really works as a female vampire for me. She certainly does have her fanservice moments....but she comes off as funny more than anything else....

Like tricking her “prey” into staying at a love hotel...

and proceeding to jump up and down on the bed like a hyper-active five-year-old while Kou buries his face in his hands in embarrassment.

And of course the way Nazuna princess-carries Kou is adorable.

Role-reversal was REALLY in for 2022 huh? She’s his manic pixie dream girl...but she’s also kind of like his ‘prince’, flying to rescue him from his mundane life, now plagued with insomnia.

The other really great thing about Nazuna is she pretends to have a lewd mind...but she’s just as pure and chaste as Kou is.

The very MENTION of ‘romance’ renders her barely able to function...

and this is also fine because Kou is still trying to figure it out for himself....did I mention that Kou’s ADORABLE? LOOK HOW MUCH JOY NAZUNA BROUGHT TO HIS LIFE:

I’m reading the manga now. I seriously cannot wait to see what happens next. These two were so made for each other; that much is for certain.

Spoiler alert: THIS IS NAZUNA’S FIRST LOVE TOO.

#yofukashi no uta #kou x nazuna #call of the night #anime couples #anime 2022

[flavored-water]

Reading Zox Goldtweaker and the Zenkai x Twokai Alliance in a Close Inspection of Episode 23: Three Great Combinations, the Biggest Battle on Earth!

I may have written an essay. It happens.

Prologue: The beginning

So as some of you may know, I am a Zox Goldtweaker stan. Look at him. A singing dancing fruity amoral pirate. It’s like they made this character for me specifically.

In fact, Zox was my entire reason for checking out Zenkaiger- well, Zox and because I was already watching Donbrothers and wanted to see what Kaito was like originally, but Zox was what pushed me to watch it ultimately, and boy, he did not disappoint. I was instantly enamored and from then on kind of had a tunnel vision that focused mostly on the Goldtweaker family, and that’s something I can admit.

Now, having a Zox-focused view meant that I spent most of the series seeing the events from his point of view, and naturally I have a lot of thoughts and opinions about him (as can be seen from the multiple fanfics I wrote that feature him).

I occasionally post my takes on twitter, and my friend, seeing a post I made about how gay episode 23 is (Three Great Combinations, the Biggest Battle on Earth!), spurred me on to write an essay on episode 23, so here I am. (Sorry, didn’t really go into the gay part this time, I’m afraid.)

Let’s talk about episode 23, then. Specifically Zox’s character in episode 23, how he displays his first true act of selflessness in the entire series, and how it’s the turning point of the relationship between the Zenkaigers and the Goldtweakers.

Part 0.5: Zox Goldtweaker

For those of you not completely obsessed with Zox Goldtweaker (though I’m not sure why you’d read this post if you weren’t), here are the few things I consider to be key to understanding his character:

His eldest sibling syndrome.

His pride.

His pursuit for freedom.

Zox’s theme FLAG ~Kaizoku no Bigaku~ actually does a pretty good job at condensing his character, so check that out sometime.

I’d break them down one by one, but then this would just become a Zox Goldtweaker analysis, so I’m only going to focus on the parts that are relevant to my topic today.

So let’s take a closer look at “Pride”, shall we?

Part 1: Zox Goldtweaker’s Pride

When I say “Zox’s pride”, there are actually quite a few aspects involved. There’s his pride as the head of the family, there’s his pride as a fighter, and there’s his pride as a pirate. A world pirate, to be exact. And what exactly does that ensue? (Again, seriously, check out Kaizoku no Bigaku)

If I may remind you of the verse of Kaizoku no Uta he sings during his debut back in episode 8 (Going Door to Door to Another World?!):

俺は界賊　お宝求めて　海から海へ

俺は界賊　自由求めて　世界から世界へ

必ず手に入れるぜ

そしたら　気分痛快　ヨホホイ！

I am a World Pirate. In pursuit of treasure, I go from sea to sea!

I am a pirate. In pursuit of freedom, I travel from world to world!

I'll get my hands on it no matter what!

And then I'll get a feeling that's two good! Yo-ho-hoy!

(Overtime subs)

Zox makes it pretty clear before he even speaks a single line of dialogue. He’s a world pirate, he travels from sea to sea for treasure. He’s a world pirate, he travels from world to world as an act of freedom. And he will do what it takes to get to his goals. Simple.

That’s how he presents himself to strangers, as well as the audience, and note how he does this through a song and dance. Zenkaiger is not a musical (though I wish we had a musical episode), so the singing and dancing is not commonplace either. This entrance is how he establishes his image as a pirate: fun-loving, lawless, and unrestrainable.

And being a pirate, Zox certainly isn’t the shining golden hero like the Zenkaigers are (even if his suit is gold). He doesn’t care about the safety of regular civilians (episodes 10, 13, 22), he uses the Zenkaigers as his shields in battle (episode 19), he blackmails Stacey, a villain into helping the heroes (episode 16).

Zox is not heroic. He acts for his own goals without regard to others around him. In episode 10, he reveals that his entire motive is to reverse the curse put upon his little brothers, saying that unlike the Zenkaigers, who prioritizes civilians, his family is “not in a position to worry about what happens to other people.”

We see him, and the other Goldtweaker siblings demonstrate this again and again: the pirate family only helps fight the Tojitendo because they happen to be a common enemy. They don’t do heroic things unless they can get something out of it. They rarely even work with the Zenkaigers. In episode 12, Flint strategizes with the Zenkaigers only so she can save her brother. In episode 19, Flint helps make the Zenkaijuugear, but not without making another one for her brother too. In episode 21, Zox helps break Kaito out of jail so he could help take down their copies. (And I do have much more to say about the Copy World episode, but again, not the focus this time.)

Part 2: What about that one time he did something nice?

Prior to episode 23, the only times that we could say Zox (and the Goldtweaker family by extension) doing nice things without asking for repayment are in episodes 14 and 20.

In episode 14 (Duel! Zenkai vs. Twokai!), the Goldtweakers join forces with the Zenkaigers to trick Stacey, who offers to bring the Goldtweakers to Tojitendo Palace if they kill Zenkaiser. Instead of killing Zenkaiser for real, Zox pretends to kill Zenkaiser, to see if he could con Stacey into taking them anyway. However Stacey planned on killing Twokaiser as well all along, so the backstabbing turns out to be the right choice.

But anyway, the Goldtweakers teaming up with the Zenkaigers instead of Stacey, while it looks like a reflection of the pirate family growing closer to the Zenkaigers, it’s also just a more effortless way of doing things. If they can get to Tojitendo palace without needing to make the effort to kill Zenkaiser, why not? (Well there’s that and also that Zox is gay but we’ll leave that for later.) In the end, it’s still a quite self-serving move.

In episode 20 (Swordsman and World Pirate, a Brother's Promise.), Zox gives Shindai Ryouga’s wonder ride book back to him, as well as the kamen rider gears made by his sister to the Zenkaigers, both without expecting anything in return. These instances I must say, are pretty selfless of him. However, Zox kind of has to return Ryouga’s henshin gadget back to him, seeing as this isn’t his series, and he needs to go back to his own show, and we’re running out of the crossover episode runtime. So I would chalk that up as more of a “compelled by real life restrictions” situation. The other one, giving out kamen rider gears, while also a generous act, I can’t credit it to him as a character either. The kamen rider gears are purely for marketing purposes, and they never appear ever again. There are three of them (because those three riders are the three riders that appear in Super Hero Senki, the crossover movie that the Saber x Zenkaiger crossover episodes are hyping up for), so naturally to display all three at the same time, they would need to be given to the main team. This one I would call “compelled by marketing strategy”. Again, not a “true” act of selflessness.

Part 3: Episode 23, Three Great Combinations, the Biggest Battle on Earth!

Roughly a thousand words later we finally reach the main point of this essay. What is it about episode 23, then? What’s so special about episode 23? Episode 23 isn’t even about Zox! It’s about Kaito steeling himself to take on Stacey! Correct. Episode 23 is not about Zox at all. And that’s why it’s important to his character. Let me explain.

Despite being in an episodic format, where things mostly wrap up within one episode, episode 23 is a rare case of being directly continued from episode 22. In episode 22, Stacey shows up in his new robot, Battle Caesar Robo II, to challenge Zenkaiser into a duel. They fight, Stacey in his Battle Caesar Robo II, and Kaito in ZenkaijuuOh, which is a fusion between himself and Super Twokaiser. In episode 23, Kaito stops the fight, and promises to continue the following day. And what does any of this have to do with Zox? Nothing.

It’s literally nothing.

It’s none of his business! This is a personal duel between Kaito and Stacey, and beating Stacey isn’t going to bring him any closer to his goal of breaking his brothers’ curse. Zox doesn’t have anything to do with this. Yet he’s involved anyway, because he is half of ZenkaijuuOh. Front row seats to the drama of it all. Oh boy.

So Kaito and Stacey are going to duel again tomorrow, Flint patches up TwokaiOh so it’s in perfect condition, go have fun out there kicking robot ass brother dear, et cetera. Except Zox isn’t going. His logical side notices that Kaito’s duel is none of his business. His emotional side notices that Kaito is hesitant about fighting with Stacey, and it grinds on his gears (pun unintended).

Side note about ZenkaijuuOh, it’s implied that being in ZenkaijuuOh to some degree syncs the users’ emotional states, which makes sense because that’s generally how duo-pilot mechs are portrayed, but we’re putting that aside for now.

Anyway Zox is moping, and talking about how tomorrow’s fight is up to Kaito alone. And at this point his biggest complaint is that he thinks Kaito hasn’t made up his mind about taking Stacey down yet.

But Zox is also in love with Kaito so all of this is so hard for him. This is a man who’s likely never had friends before and he’s awkward about it. He’s mad at Kaito but he’s not really mad at Kaito because he’s more mad at Kaito’s actions, namely Kaito not being as enthusiastic as himself when it comes to beating the crap out of Stacey. Like I said, he’s just moping here. It’s not that serious. And he must’ve come to some sort of realization that night because he’s a changed man when we see him again.

We cut to the duel the next day, the Zenkaigers are fighting, all going the way it usually goes. Kaito and Stacey are fighting, Kaito talks about making up his mind to end the fight, and this is where Zox makes his entrance. You bet he was up in the clouds in his little space pirate ship and listening so closely to what’s happening underneath, just looking for an excuse to join the battle, and he gets his excuse here. So he merrily joins the fray, good for him.

Then the battle escalates, and Stacey gets out his shiny new robot. Kaito, naturally, needs to respond with his own, and I’d like to point out that though the last few episodes, the default robot has become ZenkaijuuOh, this is not the case in this episode.

Kaito first simply uses the giant version of Super Zenkaiser, and when that’s not enough, it’s also the other members of the Zenkaigers to back him up. He combines with Zyuran, which is pretty significant because Zyuran is his first recruit, and was the one to give him advice the night before the fight. It’s a nice moment.

Zox helps out when he turns into Super TwokaiOh to take down the spare Kudaitest, a supporting role. Then, when Super ZenkaiOh Zyuran couldn’t handle it, this is where Zox joins the main fight. If I may bring attention to the specific wording here, Zox says,

“Kaito! Ore wo tsukae!”

In a completely literal translation, this line means, “Kaito! Use me!” Notice the language here. Zox is offering himself, as a tool, or an add-on. Zox, the protagonist of life, is yielding control.

And wouldn’t you know it! This is exactly what he was talking about the night before! It is all up to Kaito. This is Kaito’s duel. Zox is here not as a co-protagonist, but as support.

This is demonstrated further later in the fight, where both Kaito and Stacey get close-up shots, but not Zox, even though he is an active participant in the fight, being half of ZenkaijuuOh.

Because this is Kaito’s duel, not Zox’s. Zox is not the point of this fight, nor this episode.

And even though he has no reason to be here, even though this is none of his business, even though he gets nothing from beating Stacey, Zox is here, as a strictly supporting role. And if that’s not selfless, I don’t know what is.

This is the real turning point of the Zenkai Twokai alliance. This is when they become true allies, instead of just “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Episode 23 is more than just the story of Kaito and Stacey settling the score. It’s also the story of Zox opening up to the Zenkaigers. Specifically Kaito, but you know, package deal.

Conclusion: So what?

Episode 23 has escaped my attention for so long, as a Zox fan. I’d easily brushed it off as “the one where Zox mopes” and left it as that, because it’s not a particularly fun Zenkaiger episode, and the focus is on Kaito and Stacey’s duel, instead of the Goldtweakers. And I regret not taking a closer look earlier.

I’m sure there are others like me out there, who watched episode 23, and only really saw the Kaito v.s Stacey fight, which is completely fair, because that was what the episode is mainly about. However, I’m taking this opportunity to shed light on the other more subtle story going on in the background. This is a very crucial episode for Zox, too.

So I sat down and typed nonstop for three hours in a burst of passion. In the middle I may have trailed off at some parts, but I think it really shows my enthusiasm for the topic, so I’m keeping them. (Also, I’m not a big fan of editing, shh.)

And if even one person stops to read through this entire essay, then that’s already a victory for me.

Rewatch Zenkaiger sometime, folks, and try to pay attention to something different this time. It might make your head explode.

#zenkaiger #okay this deserves to be tagged with his full name #zox goldtweaker #presented by yours truly

[liannelara-dracula]

have a question for tokyo ghoul boys. What do you think their clothing style in real life would look like or their style in general?

Hi Love,

Yeah this is a good question! Let’s get to it. :)

-Liannelara

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Ken:

He shops at like H&M

On the left is his battle outfit, Shiro vibes.

And he wears black boots and probably has earrings too.

Chains

The middle is for a date.

Right is how he casually dresses for an outing.

He looks so damn fine with these.

He’s never dressed badly tho.

Oh, he might even adapt to some thick black glasses, but he doesn’t look bad he pulls it off.

He mostly wears sneakers, and he wears dark colors.

Hide:

He’s a mix of H&M and Hollister.

Spurs of color all the time because why not?

He likes a lot of stripes/prints on his clothes.

And a lot of weird colors/accessories.

He wears these shoes that are old vans, and Kaneki has tried so hard to have him wear other shoes, and he just never does.

He always wears those old things.

Hide is mostly focused on the comfort and color of his clothes.

Ayato:

Leather jackets all the way.

Left/Right are battle and casual wear; there is no in between.

The middle is when he is on a date/not fighting that day he takes his jacket off.

But that's about it.

And he wears black combat boots all the time.

He's got a punk vibe to him tbh.

And you know he's got them earrings, and it's just a whole vibe.

He does wear a necklace sometimes and occasionally a ring or something.

His shoes or boots rather have insoles because he's insecure of his height.

And he wears them every day, so then when he takes them off it takes him a second to adjust to his actual height.

Yomo:

tight shirts

right: working out/training

middle: date/important event

left: casual

He wears a lot of tanks.

His wardrobe is so bland too.

He only has black, gray, and white clothes.

And literally has like ten shirts that are exactly the same in his closet.

And then you know he of course, has that one trench coat he keeps on all year round.

Uta has tried to give him advice on what to wear but he never takes his advice.

He doesn’t really wear much of anything else.

He’s also more focused on comfort and simple things.

Uta:

Left: Casual/at work

Middle: casual

Right: Date

Cannot dress for sh!t

and like it's a problem.

The photos here are fine, I know, but the minute he uses color, it goes horribly wrong.

Like bruh, he dresses badly in the anime (a lot of the time). 

I mean, you guys did see that ugly suit he was wearing right?

Or am I crazy?

He cannot dress even to save his life, because literally, our artist here thinks throwing something random into the mix is just ok.

But seriously, there are rules.

He doesn’t have much color in his closet in fact, most of his closet in 97% black and 1.9% white and 0.01% random colors.

He wears a lot of loose clothing and rarely wears tight things.

Mostly cause he likes to be comfortable more than anything.

So you won’t see him wear tight jeans all the time, but he sometimes does.

I think he does wear a leather jacket sometimes but it's not always. 

I wish we could’ve of actually seen that in anime. 

Whatever the case his tattoos are always on display.

Like we all know how his shirts are.

Although I don’t think he shows much of his skin.

Like he is so f*cking pale.

He’s never worn shorts in his life.

And I mean, he’s a total goth so we can pretty much guess how his closet looks.

And like always he wears his black shades when he’s out.

Wears a ring on his finger, you know like those thick rings.

Itori has tried to fix his wardrobe but she knows he’s a lost cause so she gave up.

Honestly, he should be arrested for the certain outfits he’s put together before, like tf uta.

Furuta:

Dresses too well, like how!!???

So many nice suits and ties, no one ever has to tell him how to dress.

Isn’t that nice?

He seems like the kinda of guy that is picky about his clothes and literally picks out clothes for his gf.

Like yeah, he’s that kinda guy.

So he likes his women classy.

Which makes sense as to why he dresses nice.

His clothes are expensive too.

Literally,  his closet is full of just strict outfits, no spare shirts or pants, nope.

Every hanger there has a suit/outfit. 

And even different shoes.

I see that he wears a watch too.

He doesn’t show too much skin, but he sometimes rolls up the sleeves of his button-up shirts.

f*ck

Takizawa (ghoul):

Left: Date

Middle: Casual

Right: Casual/At home

T-shirts

leather jacket

jeans and that's pretty much it.

he's simple, but it says a lot about him.

Literally has ten shirts that are the same, and you ask him why.

You've tried to change his wardrobe just a little, but he won't budge.

Only sometimes he will wear white or something because it's a special occasion and he wants to wear the clothes you bought him.

It's only cause he loves you that he'll do it.

You've only gotten him to wear a suit once and boy was it a site.

You were really happy that night bc it was for a fancy date and he was just waiting to get out of the suit. 😂

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[tatatatatara]

Hey, do you have any hc's of Uta, Shuu and Furuta as partners? (Fem or gn s/o). Thanks!

First of all I want to apologize for my late respond, I forgot to check for the inbox since people rarely send me asks 😭

I have neutral feeling about those guys so I don't look up content about them, which means I could interpret them wrong or have the same idea with someone else. So please don't expect too much 🥺 Also I don't have anything for Furuta because he is a riddle to me, I don't understand him enough to write anything about him.

But here are some thoughts about Uta and Shuu.

👨‍🎨 Uta's partner would, no doubt, his muse. He would be so inspired by them, and since he's a man with many talents and hobbies, his s/o should prepare to see themself in every possible art form. Painting, sculture, music, poem,... you name it.

But Uta is not gonna make it straightforward. No no, he is gonna be vague as hell and they have to guess what did he actually mean with that. A seemingly unrelated piece can also be about them because that's just how his style is and he loves hearing guesses and interpretations about his works, especially coming from his lover. He believes he is "empty" so he may just randomly create something and ask his s/o to interpret it, and he is always surprised with how they make him understand him better. I think Uta is the type who starts a relationship just to "give it a try", and eventually get attached to their partner wayyy too much.

Uta would happily tell things about you with his friends, and they couldn't be happier to see he found some meaning in his life, aside from trying to eat his best friend. Yomo has great concern about his partner, because he has personal experience about how crazy Uta may become towards someone he cares about lmao. He would give them advices, and Itori would gossip with them.

The downside of having Uta as a partner? His intrusive thoughts. He would sometimes dream about turning his s/o into something else, or consume them so they can become one or sth like that. Sometimes he slips and tells those thoughts to his partner and then casually brushes it off that he was only joking ("haha jk. Unless...").

🌙 For Shuu, he is of course the type who spend every single penny he has for his partner. He would pamper them and try to be with them whenever he has chance. Shuu is knowledgeable so he can talk about every topic that his s/o likes to make sure that they are not bored and always entertained. If you like something that he doesn't know about, you bet that his servants will have to gather up information about it and he will read through it to get closer to you. He is a very dedicated partner and he makes sure that his lover knows that.

He would take them to very exclusive places, and let them experience sensations that they never tried before. He loves seeing when his partner is enjoying something, like being taken back by trying something so good, or being amazed by a very excellent opera. Shuu is also patient and would show them the right manner to do things, like eating etiquette or dressing. Did I mention that he would love to order custom clothes for his s/o.

Shuu would often tell his father and servants about his partner, and his future plans with them. To Mirumo's delight, he takes relationship very seriously

So, what is the downside of having a relationship with Tsukiyama Shuu? Well, once he is comfort with his lover (he is sure that they will not leave him), he will start to show his bad sides. Which means, he will get more deliberate and tend to do things in his own way. He will also start to tell more about himself, and show his silly little tantrums when things did not go the way he expected. Also, if they have a fight and the fault was his, he would never admit it but he will try to apologize/manipulate them through gifts and actions.