#di4ry

[strawberryseeded]

thinking abt bllk (no surprise there) and how (at least until now) all (well, most of?) the characters backstories aka basically the reason for their most prominent issues are, instead of extremely tragic and complex events, simply children's logic applied to recurrent situations in their daily lives (and especially the sport they love):

bachira feels lonely: bachira was a weird and lonely kid who was also extremely passionate abt (and talented in) football, more than any other kid, making bachira feel isolated even when he was playing with others. this got even worse when the kids he played with started to resent him, calling him a "monster" and bullying him. while talking with his mom, she told him to keep believing in his inner voice and ignore those who dont understand him, resulting in bachira giving that voice the form of a "monster" that can play football with him to feel less lonely. which, obviously, made him even more lonely, even if it was an imaginary friend created to aliviate that feeling. because bachira still felt lonely, even after many years and even after playing with other people in school who werent any fun for him, he kept the monster by his side. believing no one could ever beat this monster (thank GODNESS he did 🎉!!! HE is the monster no one can beat!!!! his arc is one of my favs hes literally unstoppable now, i love him dude i love h)

isagi holds himself back too much: isagi (i read the light novel abt him hehe) was a timid and mild mannered kid until he discovered football, which he fell in love with. while playing the sport he could let go of his shyness and actually be selfish and go all out. uuuntil... he entered his high school's reputable football club, where the motto was to play as a team above everything else (a very anti-blue lock logic lol). isagi then, in an effort to accomodate to the social norms of the club (bc hes isagi, and off the field hes calmer and timider), had to simmer down in the field as well. supress himself. at times it seems like his on and off switch is kind of stuck.

barou has main character syndrome: barou was a very, on top of talented, meticulous kid and therefore the best in football out of every other kid he knew, who didnt take it as seriously and were more than happy to let him score all the goals. he didnt understand why they were satisfied with letting other people take all the glory, so he secluded himself, convinced that he was the only player that actually mattered on the field. the best. the Main Character. everyone else was completely worthless, their only use being to serve HIM. (until he got his ass kicked by isagi and became the villan instead of the main character, bc oh, shit, barou's not actually the main character???? then he'll hunt down & DESTROY the main character).

rin (god, rin) has a brother complex (i used to hate when ppl oversimplify whats wrong w him w this term but tbh it does boil down to this lol ToT): rin idolized his older brother like crazy and wanted to be just like him. bc he was also blessed with talent and also had a great relationship w sae, he had everything he needed to fulfill his dream of being the 2nd best striker, the 1st obviously being his older brother, who rin viewed as the best, most talented player in the world. when sae comes back from spain and tells him 'the world is big and im not actually the best, you go and be the best striker by yourself' (basically: our (your) dream is over), rin has a fucking breakdown. its not really a tragic, despair-inducing event, objectively speaking. but in the manga its framed as such bc for rin, in his childish logic, it is. bc his brother IS the BEST player, what the fuck do you mean hes not number 1 outside of japan?? ....then what about rin? if his brother cant be the best, rin cant be the 2nd best either, let alone the best. he feels like sae ruined everything, gave up, broke their (rin's) dream!!!! after sae humilliates him, rin directs all of his frustrations at him and bows to defeat him. as long as rin sees himself as sae's little brother, he's never gonna be able to surpass him, bc in rin's mind, sae is still the best, his talented big brother.

ness believes kaiser, not him, is the magician: ness's case is more serious bc his family was (is?) emotionally abusive towards him. basically, like every other kid, ness believed in magic. the concept of magic is exciting for children and gives them, in the form of play, the opportunity to express their creativity and exercise their imagination; work out a way to make the impossible come true. bc this is so important for their development, usually its the parents role to, at least to a certain degree, keep alive the belief that magic is real. ness's parents, on the contrary, shut down this belief bc it didnt match with their own views. they saw his interests as a waste of time, even letting his sibilings bully him and treat him badly to make him give up on them. ness, however, didnt, and instead found a more socially acceptable way to 'do magic' and express his creativity: football. he feared greatly, however, that football would be taken away from him, so in that faithful match in which he met kaiser he decided to put all of his trust and hard work on him, bc ness believed kaiser was the person who would be able to make the impossible, the magic that ness wanted to create, happen. i think the key to unlock his full potential is stop relying on kaiser so much and start believing in his own magic (kind of like what happened in hiori's arc). we have yet to know kaiser's backstory but i have a feeling those two enable each other's worst traits...

ETC !!!! sorry i got tired of writing lol

anyways these r just my interpretations of the characters feel free 2 b like "was is she ON about"

#bachira and barou went thru character development and got over these issues vía isagi being a freak as usual. chigiri and hiori too #nagi is In Process and everyone else is having a miserable time #i thinkkk. im just writing whatever comes 2 mind atm #THE QUESTION IS against WHO will isagi go ALL OUT 100% BERSERK?????? my bet is rin. PERHAPS kaiser. #blue lock #di4ry

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

Me: I’m straight.

Also me: Let’s go watch Heartstopper and Young Royals and Dead Poets Society and Di4ri and

#heartstopper #young royals #simon x wilhelm #simon eriksson #prince wilhelm #young royals netflix #wilmon #dead poets society #dps #dead poets fandom #dead poets #todd anderson #dps fandom #di4ries #di4ry

[vananilla]

The feel of thé first season of di4ries is just amazing. I binge watched it and it’s feel good.

The whole series is just so fluffy you root for the characters , even those you don’t actually like.

And yeah it’s a little bit cringe (normal because it’s about young teenagers) but it’s part of the charm.

#di4ry #di4ries

[holyspirit3]

im so absolutely horrified and sick to my stomach about turning 23 in two months

#di4ry #:/

[strawberryseeded]

how the FUCK did he survive THAT

also while we are at it can sum1 finally explain why does sukuna hate itadori SO MUCH DJDHSGHSSH what did this kid ever do to you except having been created specifically as a vessel to imprison your soul and therefore be the only being ever capable of supressing your power.. HUH?

anyways

OH ALSO F7CKIGNG...HE SURVIVED THAT ATTACK TWICE. TWICE!!!!!!!!

sukuna himself explains his cutting technique works best at short distance, and even better if hes able to touch his opponent directly and yet this freaking kid....i know he can use the reverse cursed technique now but jesus..

#HOLD ON I HAVE MORE TO SAY GIMME A ..MINUTE...*BREATHING HEAVILY 4 NO REASON* #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk manga spoilers #di4ry

[strawberryseeded]

bllk episode nagi is so eye-opening cos if you only read the og manga ok yeah you can tell that nagi does care abt reo, in an aloof, distracted kind of way... but in the spin off, where you can read his thoughts, you realize that the other guy actually never even leaves his mind for a SECOND. like, seriously, he barely thinks about anything else; hes either thinking about football or reo. on ocasion he thinks abt isagi (which is football-adjacent, in a way) and (when he feels disconfort) his pesky physical needs, but other than that he spends every waking moment thinking abt how cool and awesome reo is or, alternatively, sulking bc he misses him or bc he forgot our promise. WHATS MORE: practically every time nagis ego is stirred from its slumber, its bc of reos direct or indirect influence on him. whatever reo says or does greatly affects him and can either improve or sour his mood and, either way, take his plays to a new level. nagi clearly like....adores him lol

#i was gonna talk abt their relationships shortcomings but tbh i think the good outweights the bad. i just like them !!!! #also you know what????? today im feeling like focusing on the positives!!! yay!!!!! #epinagi #blue lock #di4ry

[strawberryseeded]

#BAROU IS THIRD IM G*WRECKS THE ROOM * #...........rin keeps getting refered as itoshi saes brother as well .. #buruu rokku live reaction tag #di4ry #blue lock

[strawberryseeded]

i cant with sukuna's little heart pupils.. stupid cute

#jjk manga spoilers #di4ry

[strawberryseeded]

they did a great job in thr anime ok hes ハンサム as fuck ,!! buuuut in the manga he looks so ..ethereal.. so delicate, that his snarky attitude actually took me by surprise. he looks more like a fairy which is jirffijhidffhihifeinfnidjife the gap moe is truly effective

#also no wonder hes like that this dudes life got so fucked #di4ry #sugar apple fairy tale

[strawberryseeded]

my cat is so freaking big ffvtvtyhbyctcf

#di4ry #taken w my tablet.....!

[strawberryseeded]

i bet hes a capricorn

#di4ry #kengan ashura

[strawberryseeded]

he's so iconic.......

#hes such a fun time i love yandere weirdo mls #everything he does is Iconic Forever #di4ry #mangacap #yandere cw

[strawberryseeded]

the arrangement of the paneles in their not even meet cute im

#epinagi #is this a shoujo manga #btw sorry thta im sobbing its just that isagi looks so cute here #k anyways..th fact that nagis kinda pouty/jealous at 1st cos reo is so excited abt this other player #but at the same time his gaze goes DIRECTLY 2 isagi even tho the flashier guy is right beside him #right from the beggining they r hinting at his strong captivation w isagi #in any case.. nagis intuition is just crazy. he was the FIRST ONE 2 detect the loosest screw amongst 299 mostly demented football players #di4ry #buruu rokku live reaction tag

[strawberryseeded]

last month i was feeling so insane & i think lonely in a way abt my interests that i suddenly got the idea of making a video analysing Media I Like (guess which lol ú_ù) and finally im super close to wrapping it up so yay but its FIFTY (50) PAGES LONG

#wat the hell...... hhow..much talking time is dat #anyways i was so excited i even used complete words (like What instead of Wat) #proper punctuation (ykno like ... instead of .. ..) and proper caps and all. woooow #im planning on (hopefully) finishing it 2day but idk when ill be able 2 record my voice or edit it #this is so weird ..o.O #di4ry

[strawberryseeded]

THIS PAGE DRIVES ME SO CRAZY I CANT TAKE IT

#*gets on his knees* you're still around? #DUDE #di4ry #jjk #jjk manga spoilers

[strawberryseeded]

itadori yuji: unwavering humanity

sorry this is mostly rambling tbh i just need to get this STUFF out of my system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ive had this in my drafts for over a MONTH now so i just need it OUT

from the beginning of jjk, itadori wants to help ppl by allowing them to die a "proper death". during his time as a sorcerer, however, and particulary after (his first time lol) dying in the reform school, he realized how weak he was & how much he wasnt even in control of his own death. the curses were. sukuna was. and itadori learnt what it felt to be scared of his own helplessness.

but still, bc hes itadori yuji (a very stubborn guy who keep moving forward no matter what, without thinking, without an ounce of self-preservation), he still mantained this goal of helping ppl. this time, however, understanding that in order to do so, he has to (in typical shounen fashion) get stronger.

in the next arc, itadori meets junpei and mahito. we learn that junpei is a nice kid, but as we know, after much pain and sorrow plus mahito's manipulation and corruption, he ends up trying to kill his classmates. itadori once again faces the fact that there's a lot of evil in this world. there's people he can't save, things he can't fix. even more importantly, if it's about curses as evil as mahito, he wants to kill (itadori and mahito's enmity is really prolongued and interesting in general, constantly making each other evolve).

a bit later, he and kugisaki kill two death wombs (who they believe are curses at first) and after that he learns (from sukuna who just needs to make him suffer more, as a little treat <3) that it's bc he ate sukuna's finger that many spirits are awakening and causing ppl to die. he doesn't exactly regret his actions, but it all weights on him, painfully so.

on his way to save as many ppl as possible, itadori has become stronger, but he's also killed.

then comes shibuya (ha.....)

after losing people so close to him, allowing sukuna to end so many lives and being made fun of by sukuna and mahito for being so naive and (again) so weak, itadori almost gave up his goal. it's thanks to todo's ted talk that he got up again (as he always does).

itadori thru this arc learns to see himself not as a hero but as a cog in a machine. he's only human, after all: an individual (a weak one at that), but also part of something way bigger. his values, beliefs and desires are itadori's: born from his temperament and upbringing. individual. but the fact that he is human shapes him, the same way being a curse shapes mahito.

itadori finally understands that caring about people it's in his nature because he is human, but also that the why doesnt matter. and so, to save people, he'll kill mahito like it's also second nature to him.

(is he fine with it? does he want to? thats not relevant anymore. he's only following his nature, moving in automatic-mode. like a predator when he sees prey. not evil, not selfish. just doing what he needs to, what he's made for).

after shibuya itadori changes. he's still him, but the way he kills curses and tackles his job as a sorcerer it's almost machine-like. it's kinda eerie. we know he's not a machine, obviously. by this point we know itadori well: his immense suffering caused by other's peoples deaths and pain, we see his scars. he's still very much human, and still very much itadori.

more than ever before he wants to help people.

the thing is... despite what he said to mahito about saving people "for no reason, just like mahito kills and makes people suffer for no reason", itadori's desire to help people says a lot about him.

from the very beginning this desire has profoundly affected the way he interacts with other people and also the way he views himself. he's only worthy and valuable when he's able to save people. it gives him a role to play, a reason to live, a way to connect with others.

(it always has: in one of the first chs (i think ch 3 in the manga?), when confronted with the reason for becoming a sorcerer, he finally admits that he wanted something only he could do. that's even why he joined the occult club (which was bound to shut down without him) but not the sports clubs even when he was clearly gifted for any sport he could play. yes, it was also bc he wanted to visit his grandpa at the hospital, but itadori wanted to be needed. to serve others).

even when it's hard, when he doesn't want to, when the price is so high...

for itadori it's not only an instinct, it's a choice.

and then the culling games happen... and sukuna takes megumi's body.

megumi's itadori's friend, itadori cares about him. and megumi saved him. and he is taken by sukuna bc of itadori's fault. bc of the vow he and sukuna made that itadori cant even remember.

itadori's no longer sukuna's vessel now, so his initial purpose of retrieving sukuna's fingers so he can be killed along him is over. by this point he's long realized not only that he can't save every single person, but that he cant avoid killing and hurting other ppl, can't control his own death, can't even protect people who are close and important to him. he's weak, he's "bad". guilty. but it's not like before; itadori doesn't want to absolve his sins, that's not why he does what he does.

itadori's only goal remains unchanged: to save megumi and fucking KILL sukuna once and for all. it's literally his life purpose; once a wish given by his grandfather, then a duty imposed by the jujutsu society. now, it's itadori's own will. he despises sukuna. it's absolutely personal.

more than ever, his capability to help and save other people gives him a purpose, a reason to live and keep moving forward. its what keeps him grounded and himself. what makes him so human, despite all the pain and all the evil, despite all of the powerful curses and curse users around him who thrive on hurting and taking. no matter how many times he's beaten to the ground, he gets up again, his ideal never faltering. he'll always care about and do his best to protect people.

this is the reason why sukuna cant really figure him out. why he says over and over again thru the series that itadori's boring and weak. sukuna was human once, a sorcerer as well, but the thing is... he was strong. insanely so. and the way sees it, being strong is everything, not a plus, but a must. being weak is equivalent to death, so helping the weak is pointless. being already at the top of the food chain, sukuna's only moved by and interested in power and strenght, and so, he doesnt really get itadori. he sees him as -basically- a pathetic insect, which is, funnily, part of the reason why he hasnt killed him yet (the other part of the reason is, as ive said, that itadori is tough as nails).

& maybe it sounds kinda cheesy but i do truly think that all of what i just said is the reason why itadori just might win. he literally represents the compassion and resilience of humans, even against pure evil. this unwavering humanity and love for other people, even when it's painful and hard, is what makes him so strong, in a way sukuna doesnt understand. this is why people love itadori yuji.

#NOTE: each time i say itadori's weak i mean by jjk's world's cruel standars lol T-T this boy is STRONG both physically & mentally #jjk #jjk manga spoilers #no i can't stop thinking abt itadori yuji AGAIN. SO WHAT #i wanna talk more abt sukuna..hes insane. but ill SHUT UP for now #oh alsoooooooo another part of me believes that uhh sukuna might as well win and jjk will end in a 'and the adventure continues...' #bad yet hopeful kinda way...like..itadori & sukuna keep fighting till death #even after sukuna wins & destroys everything n everyone itadori loves (even more)..or something #BUT I WANTED 2 KEEP THE POST ITSELF POSITIVE SO THAT STAYS IN THE TAGS #....oh fuck ...tthis..got long.... #di4ry