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hexiquin · 4 months

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Sano & Haru:Meddling Melding

PART 2PART PART2 PART 2-

So...here's part 2. Somehow all my major moments I found could be perfectly sectioned off into 3 parts

Enjoy I guess~ (chapters 38-80)

☆Chapter 38｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡.｡:+*ﾟ

The return of mii-kun!

Past Sano saves Haru, showing that even when not around Haru physically he still is looking out for haru.

And this is very different from what their relationship was earlier. Before I wouldn't believe Sano trying to help or save Haru because he truly wants to see him safe (maybe to not get into trouble or because Mame wants to help him).

He is the FIRST one Haru calls for help (both times!) and also the one who organizes rescuing him. Sano is the first one to get to him, the one to grab, and even lightly insults him. Sano is so afraid and worried for our pathetic boy!

☆Chapter 43｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡.｡:+*ﾟ

Ah yes...the chapter that has my "shoujo moment".

This scene is probably my favorite scene of them in the whole manga.

The way Sano sees himself as an outcast from the others (and probably now the other gods) and looks like he trying not to crumble in front of his teacher. How haru reassures him of who he is, that he is apart of their class, their makeshift family. How haru offers a shoulder to lean on while not pushing sano to tell him more info than he's comfortable with. Sano smiling (and not trying to pretend it didn't happen!) at Haru. You can tell how at ease and relieved Sano is when he's with Haru (and admits it!). How they both trust each other with their secrets and understand that when the other will tell the rest of the class is something only they can decide on.

I love this scene (this was also the scene that made me realize that this manga was going to a part of my "manga I've read and will keep up to date cause I actually like it" list...I read a lot of random manga for the sake of read manga so that's a HIGH honor!)

☆Chapter 52｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡.｡:+*ﾟ

I know that this chapter isn't that remarkable but this is my post and i get to decide what dumb little moments we focus on!

To be honest ever since I first read this chapter, I haven't really understood the root of Sano's emotions here (and trust me I know this is a me problem, please someone else explain this chapter also) BUT I WILL TRY!

Sano is a bit jealous of haru intruding at first. And that seems to play a part of his overall frustrations, but i think it mainly lies with two more reasons why.

1-Haru is getting treated like a dangerous madman by the other teacher. He is annoyed at this and from the context of the previous chapters it probably is because he, and many others, don't. Class 2-3 treats Haru generally like a normal teacher, maybe a bit more (a lot more actually) familiar than most people would but still! Sano also knows and has spent so much one on one time with Haru that he understand that any worries are not really valid. He knows who haru is and he decided that to him he isn't a bad guy. He knows how much Haru wants to be treated normal and not like an outcast. He, even up to chapter more current chapters I say, knows the most about Haru. Not even just about his past, the seimei situation, but also about stuff that only applies to Haru.

(and in the next chapter I talk about, he actually shows that he doesn't like people thinking bad about Haru when they don't even get to know him. Very "if you're gonna dislike Haru at least dislike him for real reasons and not because iof misunderstandings cause you didn't try to understand him")

And 2- He seems upset at the effect that Haru has over him. Haru has this aura that makes Sano feel so relaxed around him that has been growing along side their relationship. The manga really shows that when Sano opens up to Haru he acts more like a regular goofy awkward teen and less like a cool guy that only gets involved when he has to, something he most likely pick up after transferring to our favorite little youkai school.

He is annoyed by this (maybe because he doesn't have the same effect to Haru?). Annoyed that Haru just so purely cares about him being his best. That Haru can do this so effortlessly and genuinely it effects him. That it reminds him of what his brother used to be like...Or maybe he (and me) dont know why he feels this way!

For haru's part, he wants to see Sano being his best self and trying hard! He believes in him and knows that Sano can do better! And he wants to push Sano, and all his students, to succeed and be their best. If he has to compete against them or cheer them on, then he will do it!

(Also this panel...just look at it..)

☆Chapter 54｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡.｡:+*ﾟ

(I chose this chapter/scene instead of 53 because that moment felt more about Sano distancing himself from his brother than his relationship with Haru.)

Like I previously stated, He doesn't like when others treat Haru badly, or like an outcast, when they don't even know Haru.

When he gets to Haru, he takes charge of situation. He the one that get him to open up to why he under the desk ( DEJECTED-AKI!?!?!?! THEY HAVE A DESIGNATED NAME FOR THIS?!?!?!). He's the one who gets him out, though by force. He even kinda references to chapter 52 with how he know that Haru doesn't need to be babied. He sees Haru for what he is, an amazing teacher who works hard to all his students can achieve their goals.

And he tells this to him! Sano us now so open to Haru. Before he would go full tsundere about how he sees Haru as a great teacher, dismissing and lying about it. But now he embarrassingly tells him to his face. He throws the words that he use to comfort Sano when he was feeling down about himself back at Haru.

He see Haru as someone who doesn't need to be coddled, not because he's loser adult (ok, maybe a bit because of that), but because Sano has seen how far Haru has come and believes and knows he is also a great person.

☆Chapter 80｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡:+* ﾟ゜ﾟ *+:｡.｡.｡:+*ﾟ

Now to end this part on a more light hearted note, Haru and Sano hugs! Haru initiates most of the hugs between the to of them, but sano has been slowly started to get more comfortable with them. First chapter to this chapter Sano has started to allow Haru to full on hug him with backlash. I just thought that it was a neat observation.

Concluded in part 3

#This was my favorite part to write omg #I was gonna write more on chapter 80 but I feel a lot has been already said so..sorry for that dud #hexi posting #yohaji #a terrified teacher at ghoul school #youkai gakkou no sensei hajimemashita #character relationship analysis

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scramble-crossing · 8 months

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People have been NICE and I have been ENABLED so I'm gonna do a little liveblog of my annual Miitopia playthrough, this time with the twewy cast!

If you don't know the game, it's basically a fantasy rpg that lets you make your miis the main characters! You and your ragtag group are tasked with defeating the Dark Lord, an evil wizard determined to steal the face off every last Miitopian and use them to create an army of monsters to take over Miitopia. It's goofy. It's charmingly unique. And all of the background characters are completely randomized miis that other people have made, so sometimes Gordon Ramsey or Garfield or sans undertale are there! Which is...it's colorful. Never a dull moment.

I'll be tagging it as twewtopia in case you wanna follow along :]

#twewtopia #ill see you all in 7-15 hours when im done painstakingly customizing every single last character 🫡

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hi-im-greenjunipertree · 2 years

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This image of Eva has been stuck in my head for almost a week lol

Eva, to some, might be more of an Undyne or some other character, but I see her as a Papyrus and I don't completely know why lol.

Although, if we follow the poofesure lore (especially his Tomodachi Life lore), Eva and Papyrus have a few things in common:

-Both are tall af (Eva is poofesure's tallest female mii in his og Tomodachi Life series)

-Both are objectively terrible cooks (Eva can only make tap water, so it's safe to assume that she sucks at cooking lol)

-Both have goofy ass grins (Undyne and Sans also have goofy grins, but Eva's smile reminded me the most of Papyrus for some reason lol)

-Both, in some ways, are associated with basketball. (Eva has "bball" in one of her nicknames, which is short for "basketball," and Papyrus' "cool dude" outfit has basketballs/basketball-like shapes on the sleeves of his outfit. I wonder if Papyrus is also good at basketball lol. Also, Eva is the vice-champion in WSR Basketball.)

-Both just want to be loved (in Papyrus' case, he wanted friends and praise, in Eva's case, she wanted a love interest or a "sweetheart" as they call them in Tomodachi Life lol)

-Both have similar(?) shocked faces (in my opinion)

There might be more things that they have in common (HAH), but I can't think of anymore at the moment lol

Anyways, yea I made a goofy ass picture of Eva in Papyrus' main outfit haha

not me posting "omg cringe" on main haha

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arcademgmt · 2 years

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i’d really love to see eldritch miitopia from you, it would look awesome in your style

and i adore your ocs !! i haven’t heard abt their backstories before and it was really cool to, yasuta is rotating in my brain like they’re in a microwave (/affectionate) do you have pictures of them :o

thank you so much!! i've been meaning to get some of the monster designs in my head down on paper for a long while and just... Have not gotten around to it but. one day. the best i have thus far is this one rock moth sketch + my darkest lord design with religious horror aspects

the monster designs that exist in my head are very varied in terms of horror. the way i imagine it the face aspects are more blended into the designs rather than just slapped on cuz yknow. i take this goofy mii game too seriously. but i think you can kinda get an idea of what i mean with the rock moth.

the most uncanny ones probably come in the form of non-humanoid boss monsters, who have entire faces (compared to regular momsters, who only have parts). think something like cerberus; it is canine, but has human features blended into the face. you can tell that something is very, very wrong. this is not quite a dog, and the faces it has do not belong to it.

anyways! enough out of me. here's a few old pieces featuring cleric yasuta and a few of the other folks from the journey :] i'm in the process of redrawing the character art for the main party members at the moment and hope to do more characters as well

#miitopia #miitopia oc #miitopia community #miiblr #hope i answered this decently sorry it took me a hot second to do!!#all pieces ive already posted but burnout gets you sometimes

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four-raccoons-in-a-trenchcoat · 2 months

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exploding over silly goofy gay angsty miis rn give me a moment or two or three or four or five or a hundred

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mariposalass · 3 years

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Sora’s Time to Shine

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Summary: Mari is already not putting too much expectations going into watching the Final Smash Presentation when someone close to her besides Kirby and Edelgard’s beloved Professor pops out of nowhere in said Presentation. All hell breaks loose (but in a good way).

Setting: Mari and co.’s house in Daly City, California; October 5, 2021

Notes: I was pretty behind in seeing the reveal since I was pretty tired when it came out and I had to check a friend’s post on Plurk to make sure that it was not all for the jokes before watching it on Gamespot and writing this story down. And yes, the Byleth in my S/I verse is the female version in case anyone is curious. And yes, it took me until around 8 AM to write this up. Featuring Luther Vandross. Here is an ask I made on Sora’ behest during a F/O takeover long before he got confirmed recently. #SakuraiHasReachedtheImpossibleDream #Sora4Smash

Tags: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Smash Bros., Swift Keyblader, Smash Reveal, Sakurai has reached the impossible dream!, Sora for Smash, #Sora4Smash

“Hurry Mari, you’re about to miss it!” Kairi is dragging me out onto the sofa to see the final Smash Ultimate Presentation on the living room pretty early before plopping ourselves onto the sofa.

“Look, Kairi, guys. I hate to be a party pooper, but I have no clue about who could it be,” I try to be realistic in my views.

“Well, at this point, my beloved, it could be anybody from the video game world,” my dear Philip chimes in while trying to reassure me, “Besides, as soon as it is done, we shall try to reply back to this non Smash invitation that El had found in the mail today.”

“Huh, is that correct, El dear?” I asked my regal adopted daughter for confirmation.

“Why yes of course, Mother,” she replies as she passes me the invitation, “I believe that a friend of yours has sent us one, but I didn’t want to open it immediately since this is addressed to you.”

“Okay then, I will get to read it and reply back once the Presentation is over and see who gets to fight with Kirby and Professor Byleth,” I smiled back at her.

“I couldn’t believe that there was a leak that just came out before this Presentation video and it is about music. Who was that dense enough to do it at a time like this?” Riku mumbles as he gets the video streaming on the Nintendo Direct page in his laptop.

“You know, Riku, sometimes people can act very idiotic at times, so there isn’t much we can do besides ignoring and avoiding that as much as possible,” Harry sighs as he is bottle feeding and gently rocking Serena as she had cried a while ago to be bottle fed.

“Guys, have you guys seen Sora lately?” Issa asks us while carrying Chris in her arms, “I haven’t seen him in the last few days. He didn’t even reply back to either my or Kairi’s texts and calls. Do you think he’s off to visit Jack and Sally in Halloween Town? It’s nearing Halloween soon.”

“That’s really a good question, Issa,” Ahk agrees, “I had given up trying to find him by calling over on the phone since last Thursday. All I have gotten from it were many ‘The subscriber could not be reached’ messages.”

Even Riku and Kairi are in a loss for words as they turn to each other and wonder what is up with our friend lately. Did he just went poof without us knowing? Kirby always informs us through his many Poyos that he would have to head off to Smash whenever a new tourney starts or a newcomer arrives and Edelgard’s class often gets shorter class schedules or early dismissals whenever Professor Blyeth gets to fight in Smash: she is the professor handling the Black Eagles class. Sometimes even El, Petra and Dorothea along with a few others (and yes, that includes the Gatekeeper) would come over to Smash to spectate from the sidelines and support their beloved Professor.

There is a long silence when the Nintendo Switch title card plays in the laptop and Karina directs us all to watch the screen to see many clips featuring many Smashers in the current tournament before it transitions to Sakurai-san in the studio explaining about the video as well as showcasing the Mii Fighter costumes.

“Hey look, Isabelle the Dog’s demon slaying friend from Bethesda is now coming to Smash to rip and tear up the competition!” Moana screams when the Doomguy Mii Gunner costume appears.

“Good for him; I know that many fans really did want him to be in Smash, though the costume is a nice addition,” Issa agrees. “That now makes three Bethesda franchises represented in the costumes.”

“Even the Octolings and Judd the Cat got hats based on them too,” I chime in as well.

“Oh hey, guys! Sakarui’s about to reveal the last fighter for the Second Fighter’s Pass, so keep down it and don’t expect too much,” Karina informs as Sakurai transitions to the main event and we all stay silent and stay glued to our seats.

The screen turns black before the usual Smash logo opening shows up, but instead of the usual zoom in, it then turns into a flaming Smash logo with all the Smashers up until Kazuya Mishima (yeah, the guy who tried to drop Kirby off a cliff) looking at it and covered in the shadows. Did MH decided to get them to show up in there and meet the last fighter in the dark? Probably, I bet that he might be keeping it as a surprise and possibly even conserving electricity at the same time. Then cut to Inkling Girl looking in awe with the Smash logo reflecting onto her pupils as a nice ode to the first reveal trailer for the game/tourney, I honestly love this shot.

Wait a minute, the logo turns into stars and the next scene shows everyone frozen in place as toy-like ambiios?!? How is it even possible? Well, it does certainly confirmed once again that the video game version of the tourney is set in a world of make believe after all. I could swear that a lot of people crying their eyes out as they are watching this. It looks like this is the end of one great video game series about mascots fighting among each other. Or is it? Because the camera is aiming at Mario as if he looks like he’s trying to take a nap while standing up.

Riku then proceeds to mumble some words to me incoherently that something big is coming the moment Mario wakes up to see a glowing light to see the last remaining flame glowing on the floor, which I do agree with him. Suspicious right? Oh God, Mario no! Please don’t touch the fire for everyone’s sanity. Wait, hold on a second: that isn’t not just fire that he just grabbed on and then tossed it into the sky like a boomerang: the mystery object looks like a Keyblade and there’s that Mickey keychain! Yep, that’s a Keyblade alright. Could it be...

I could recognize that beam of light that Keyblades often produce whenever they lock and unlock Keyholes to other worlds, so does everyone in the room. Riku and Kairi hugged onto each other as if we’re about to brace for an emergency (Karina and Moana also did the same), Ahk stares at the screen to see if he’s not imagining things all the sudden, Issa has her mouth drop in shock, Chris and Serena didn’t cry throughout this entire presentation, Harry gasps and nearly drops Serena’s bottle, Philip turns to me for answers while Edelgard begins to sweatdrop in concern.

No words are exchanged as the light grows and shines brighter before it proceeds to shoot itself away from the Keyblade to reveal a Keyhole on another part of the room. It then glows bright within as the camera switches back to the rest of frozen Smashers as the light begins to fill the room and revives Link, Cloud, Incineroar and Mewtwo as they all gawk at it as it reveals something from the World of Light with the orchestral rendition of Simple and Clean playing in the background. And that’s when it hits us right at the gut: the familiar spiky brown hair poking out from that Keyhole.

“What!?!” Kairi shouts as the Keyhole ‘spits’ out Sora from the World of Light.

“H-h-he actually got in, for real?” Riku squeaks up.

“Oh my…” I gasp in pure shock as we watch the whole thing played out.

“Sakarui finally did it?” Issa adds in to the discussion.

“Well, it’s about time that they managed to get his darn behind into the tourney,” Karina seconds in.

Soon enough, Sora finally wakes up from his nappy time and takes notes from Peter Pan and Tinkerbell as he flies around, sprinkling fairy dust all over the other Smashers, before landing on the floor and the Keyblade flying back to his hand.

“Damn it, Sora!” I scream as the splash screen pops in.

“Kai, your boy has finally made it big time!” Moana shakes Kairi in congratulation rather rapidly that it nearly gives my lil sis a dizzying spell.

“Moana, please don’t make Kairi that dizzy,” Harry had to tell her that.

“Whoops! Sorry Kairi,” she apologizes to her which she accepts.

So with that, we switch back to Sakurai going in depth with Sora’s moveset after he discussed about the Kingdom Hearts games and world. And he has gotten 4 costume changes, man Sora, that’s a big wardrobe you’re bringing in, oh wait, he even got the Timeless River costume too. That makes it 5 then.

“Oh gods, Sakurai is making us suffer by watching Sakurai using Sora to beat up everyone,” Ahk tells us as the Sora moveset showcase begins.

“No kidding,” Harry muses as we see Sora beating everyone in Battlefield.

“Whoa, they went for Sealing the Keyhole instead of having Trinity Force with Donald and Goofy? What a bummer,” Karina bemoans in dismay.

“Well, you know modern Disney: too overprotective of their IPs,” Philip reminds her.

“Oh new stage, what could it be?” Riku gleefully chimes in before they reveal Hollow Bastion as the stage, “Whoa, Hollow Bastion. I never thought that you will return again.”

Then the stage changes into Dive to the Heart and it had Riku and Kairi in the stained glass in one, Riku being the main focus of the second one, Roxas in the middle of the third, Xion in the fourth, Terra for the fifth, a sleepy Ven in the sixth, and Aqua’s in the seventh.

“Pretty!” I complimented the look of each stained glass.

“Quite impressive I will admit,” El agrees with me too.

Then Sakurai begins a playthrough with Sora facing Cloud and Sephiroth in Hollow Bastion, for a while, we all thought that he’s going to be a goner with Cloud and Sephiroth beating him up in the Stamina match but then the tides begin to turn in his favor after Sephy lost his full stock and with Sora having to take down Cloud next. When he did, the scene begins to go into a slow white fade out with a Game!

“Alright! Sora did it! He defeated both Cloud and mean old Sephy,” Riku cheers on.

“Woo! Go Sora!” me, Kairi, Moana, and Karina screams aloud.

“That was brilliant!” Harry agrees before he turns to Serena, “Did you hear? Uncle Sora managed to defeat two opponents in a Smash Ultimate playthrough.”

“9 songs is better than nothing at all,” Issa observes, “It would be a licensing nightmare to talk to Disney if they can borrow a couple of songs from them and they straight up refuse to assist, oh well. Oooh, a Dearly Beloved Swing arrangement, nice! I better get that save file on the Switch prompto!”

“And check out that Spirit Board: Aunt Kairi has a Spirit of herself,” Edelgard informs us as the Spirit Board for KH is revealed.

“Oh gee, never thought that it could ever happen, but thanks,” she blushes.

“Hey, I got one as well, same with Axel, Xion, Roxas, Aqua, Terra and Ven,” Riku joins in, “Marina is so going to be happy to see her boyfriend as a Spirit. She will probably try to get him real soon.”

“You bet it right, Riku, you bet it right,” I nod and agree with that last statement.

“Oh hey, he’s going to be ready within a few weeks’ time,” Karina speaks up, “Neat! The roster is now complete.”

“Even Steve and Alex have amiibos of themselves being made, that’s even more wonderful,” Ahk takes note of it, “I’m pretty sure that Sora will have one of his own along with Pyra, Mythra, that jerk who tried to threw Kirby off a cliff, and even Sephiroth soon.”

“WHAT?!? Kingdom Hearts are coming to the Switch too!?!” I am surprised to hear the news as Sakurai reveals this new information, that is so mind-blowing.

When it fades to black then to the Ultimate mural, the camera then goes for the space between Ganondorf and Dark Samus to fill in Sora’s spot before panning back. Man, this Presentation is long and is finally ending, thank God; it must be tiring to sit down and watch a nearly hour long video as Sakurai showcases the screenshots he has made and showed off in Twitter. Man, so many memories and montages. And the achievements, wow, that is a lot of them, it will be a game feat that I don’t think it will be broken for a long time.

Man, I will miss the presentations and Sakurai’s corny jokes for sure. I wish him a nice deserving break from all the game development for sure as he gives thanks to everyone from the devs to the players to the people prompting the game and ends it off with a heartfelt goodbye as it fades to back into the full reveal trailer.

“Oh gee, I’m going to miss the Smash Presentations,” Kairi sighs, “I can’t believe that we’re coming to an end.”

“Man, it’s finally over,” Riku gasps in remark as the full trailer plays out, “I don’t think that there will be a game like Ultimate for a very long time. That’s for certain.”

“I agree, Riku. It’s to going to be a tough act to follow up on,” I add in before I look up at the ceiling and murmur some words, “It’s been a long time coming, Sora. You truly deserve that last spot, you really do. Have fun in the tourney and Smash Mansion, buddy.”

Sora is Finally Here!

The End

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avatar-index · 3 years

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Sans is an Avatar of the Spiral, marked by the Dark and the Web.

It wasn’t a matter of whether or not he was going to get featured; that was an inevitability in itself. It was a matter of when I was going to get off my ass, stop kinning him and get down to work for once.

Ah, who else on the internet has not heard of Sans Undertale at this point? Just slap a blue, glowing eye on an OP motherfucker, play the first four notes of Megalovania, and presto; comedy gold! But, as much as I would love to sit down and talk about the significance of his presence, so much so that he has gotten an entire Mii costume on SSBU, instead we will be talking about his role in Undertale in its three most significant routes: (True) Pacifist, Genocide, and No Mercy.

Even in-game, when in comparison to the rest of the cast, Sans is an ‘enigma’. Design-wise, at least at first glance, he doesn’t appear to be too out-of-place; he’s a living skeleton, a common enemy in most RPGs, with an urban and more human twist, and he even has his own exaggerated-and-goofy-yet-realistic personality that is fitting with the (initially) uplifting tone of Undertale! Hahah, right...? If that was the case, then he wouldn’t be having this large following that is still growing as we speak. In truth, Sans is one of those characters who is hiding more than what we, as first-players, may see upon getting this game fresh from Steam/its DVD box, and there appears to be more secrets that surround him that not even the most dedicated of theorists have come close to finding out.

Let’s take another glance at his interactions with the player: he comes up to you as a threatening aura eminates from the atmosphere you walk through as you first leave the Ruins, covered in shadows. You hear something break, prompting you turn around and see that the heavy wooden log was broken like it was almost nothing. You then reach the bars, and you feel the icy winds slapping you spine; a figure is walking up behind you. You hear a whisper, telling you to turn around and shake his hand, and you do so without your knowledge- you had no control over your own body. Your heart was reaching your throat, your teeth clenched and froze in place, and all your nerves caught fire as the person reached out their own hand, grabbed yours, and you hear the sound of...a whoopie cushion.

What a nice first introduction! After that moment of crushing suspense, he introduces himself as “sans. sans the skeleton.” and immediately starts talking abour his brother and his affinity for human-hunting. After playing around and going with Papyrus’ antics, you start to hear of his reputation from both his brother and the people of Snowdin, that he’s a lazy bones who, alongside Papyrus, had appeared out of nowhere and made themselves a place to stay here. They even mention how quickly he gets to places without them even realizing that he got off the chair, almost as if he teleported-

Oh right. That.

As you traverse further through the Underground, Sans invites you to eat with him at Grillby’s, claiming that “he knows a shortcut”. You leave the entrance to Waterfall, then, bam, you’re at the entrance of his favorite diner. As you continue your gameplay, you begin to notice that he is almost always at his post; no matter how fast you get to each available location in the underground, you will find Sans at the post present within that area.

This power of his has gone mostly unexplained throughout the game, as does... well, most of the other things he does that don’t exactly fit with almost everything that is considered to be the norm in UT. For example, after each ending (but one), you get a call from him, and he then describes to you how everything is going after you have left the underground- depending on how you’ve played the game, the future of all the monsters you have met and left behind will either remain somewhat hopefully or be completely bleak, and Sans will either congratulate or belittle you depending on what you’ve done throughout the game.

Another thing that doesn’t sit right with us is his connection to “other worlds”. Let me explain: After completing a set of certain criteria, you are given the key to his own bedroom, where you will then have to find the silver key that leads to the basement of his and Papyrus’ house. The basement houses his workshop, which contain a covered up and possibly broken machine, blueprints that are written in unreadable symbols, and a third object that changes upon circumstance (a photo album)- one of these conditions is by talking to the Clam Girl after the True Pacifist ending, in which a picture of three crudely drawn people that you do not recognize will be featured within the photo album with the phrase “don’t forget” written on its back; a nod to Toby’s upcoming game, Deltarune. While one could interpret River Person warning us of “the man who came from another world” as them referring to Gaster, another interpretation would be of them warning us about Sans.

This also goes without mentioning his alleged association with W.D Gaster, and the mysterious man’s disappearance/demise upon “falling into his own creation”. (hence his Dark marking, on top of Sans’ association with science)

Now, the reason why I have put “but one” in between brackets back there is because, well, try and think of that one ending that doesn’t feature him calling you as a form of a brief epilogue. What else than an ending without anyone left to relay the tale? It is the Genocide route.

There exists no legitimate way to properly kill, much less engage in a fight with, Sans in any other route but that of total destruction and the decimation of an entire kingdom. Even after you kill Papyrus in any other ending, all he’ll do is stay away from your line of sight for the rest of the game, and the worst he’ll do to you after that is call you a “dirty brother killer” and outright wishing that you to go to Hell. In your face. All that will occur if you were proven not to be a threat to an entire species, but once you’ve proven yourself to be exactly that... well, I hope you’ve packed up a lot of Fsteaks and ramen for what is going to arrive next.

So, secrets and hiding, right? Wouldn’t these two fall under the umbrella of either the Dark or the Stranger? Wouldn’t the later entity make more sense, seeing that he has a perpetual smile on his face?

As I said, he may have more depth than what the eye may not be able to see at first sight, and the reason why most are unable to first get the idea that he’s more integral to the overarching plot of UT/DR is this: all were obfuscated by his own lies.

He lies to himself every morning that everything will be okay, while knowing that the Underground is stuck in a perpetual time loop and that nothing he does actually matters. He lied to his brother and everyone around him that he’s just a lazy-bones in order to hide his depression. He lied to the player so that they would lower the guards around him. He lies, and he lies a fuck ton.

He lies to Toriel in the Exiled Queen ending, not wanting to tell her of the monstrosities you have committed. He lies to Papyrus in the Papyrus Ending about the wherabouts of the monsters you have killed, claiming to him that they are currently “on vacation”. Even his description in-battle is a fucking lie (or a half-truth, depending on how you’d like to see it).

He hates making promises, seeing that a level of truthfulness and having to stick to it are required, as well as the fear of everything he ever does being all for naught due to the anomaly that rules over everything within this game making it look completely unnecessary and pointless.

But, on the other hand, it is through him that the lies surrounding the game’s mechanics begin to drop. As he judges you, he begins to explain on how Execution Points and Levels of Violence truly work; that this world does not work under the player’s whims and is not the same to the other RPGs they may have played prior to UT- it’s not Pokemon or Dragon Quest logic that rules over these lands you have trespassed through. The monsters you’ve encountered had lives - they had homes and families - and, depending on what route you’ve chosen to play through, he will judge you based on your interactions with them in and outside of battle.

For his web marking, look no further than his dialogue within the Genocide route, as he speaks of an anomaly (us, basically) that is causing the timelines to go haywire, and he later on laments on how he has given up on everything over it. Quote, “look. i gave up trying to go back a long time ago, and getting to the surface doesn't really appeal anymore, either. ‘cause even if we do... we'll just end up right back here, without any memory of it, right?” ...

For more information, look up statement number 11271023, featuring Frisk from the same game.

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katsuragitakumi · 4 years

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Kazumin :O

First impression: "Muto wrote this character specifically for me!”

Impression now: Muto wrote this character specifically for me! He was my type on a very shallow level because he was cocky and aloof, but also caring in his own way, a bit goofy and screamed weird stuff. BUT he’s also the character I can relate the closest to in the sense that his views on Sento and “love and peace” mirror mine. It was very nice (and a bit special, even?) to see a character that had a mindset so close to mine. Sure, he’s flawed and his obsession with Mii-tan got very grating, but I still find him a fascinating character. Also, he’s the coolest rider in Build by far.

Favorite moment: “When I first heard [Sento] say [”love and peace”], I couldn’t take him seriously. But if you think about it, we’ve all been fighting for that stuff. How can we not follow his lead?”. I love him.

Idea for a story: After the events of NW Grease, he and the crows burn Mii-tan’s clothes in a bonfire. It’s a very solemn moment where he promises he’ll see Mii-tan, no, Misora, for who she is and blablabla, but the fire gets out of control and he and the crows get arrested for arson.

Unpopular opinion: His character doesn’t revolve around Mii-tan. It’s normal to find that running gag annoying or even dislike Kazumin for it, but his character arc and most of his scenes have nothing to do with it.

Favorite relationship: I’d say the crows (especially Akaba), but..... Muto made Kazumin and Gentoku an amazing duo in the last arc and they’re very tericore. So yeah, Gentoku and Kazumin.

Favorite headcanon: Every summer, he arranges camps for children in the area who are interested in farming, taking care of veggies and learning some basic cooking. They do a lot of activities outdoors and he teaches children the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

#thanks for the ask!#gottischan

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akatokuro · 5 years

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With the advent of Go Away, Milo: The Episode: The Series: The Franchise: The Life, some more in-depth thoughts about Saintia Sho and the fundamental problems I have with it.

I watched the first episode of Saintia Sho when it aired, and found it cute and interesting enough. A series revolving around ladies, awesome! Saint Seiya is fun in its goofy way, but that was always an obvious hole within its fabric. And the protagonist seems very cute and earnest, and I love the focus on Saori. With my interest in Saint Seiya recently being tragically reignited, I went ahead and binged on the manga soon after.

Uh... well.

Well.

That sure was a lot of Milo!

Okay, well, let's look at the premise of Saintia Sho and what it's about in relation to Saint Seiya as a whole. There's actually a really interesting, unique, potentially fascinating setup going on here!

yumetabibito pointed this out to me, but Saintia Sho actually has a more "standard" shounen setup than the rest of the franchise, in terms of Shoko starting out as a normal person who ends up sort of tripping and falling into Sainthood, and learning about it from the ground up. Which, in a lot of ways, when she finds out it's actually composed of an entire worldview and a lifestyle, and not just magic punching powers, would be fucking wild for an ordinary person to wrap their head around.

Sainthood is a really screwed up, brutal, dehumanizing process. The training candidates are young children who mostly get killed in the process. The series basically opens up with "to train new Saints, we kidnapped a hundred orphans, and ninety of them died! Well, them's the breaks! Get going on protecting Athena, kids!" Saints aren't allowed to marry or generally have children. They are expected to devote themselves wholly to Athena, body and soul. To become a Saint is to prepare yourself for death. It is expected that basically everyone will die in the Holy War. These things are repeated over and over.

And that element is present in Saintia Sho. You have Mayura trying to lock Shoko away because her being so strongly fueled by her love of her sister is unacceptable in a Saint. You have Mayura, again, reminding Saori that she is the Goddess of War and "it is a Saint's role to die." Even in terms of basic plot points, being unable to save Kyoko and having to kill her instead for the good of the world at large fits into this idea. You have Katya having to sacrifice her love for Saga and literally wipe all traces of it from her mind in order to accomplish her mission as a Saint.

It's an interesting tension throughout the original series, which, emotionally, more or less culminates when Ikki finds himself unable to kill Shun in spite of all of his tough-talk before then. And even though there is a climax of sorts with Ikki in regards to it, I wouldn't say Saint Seiya devotes an actual specific "exploring this theme" to it, per se. As established, Saint Seiya is generally pulled from Kurumada's ass to sell toys, but nonetheless - that tension still did emerge, one way or another.

Saintia Sho, though, seems to go out of its way to more explicitly embrace this through the subplots of the various Saintias. Mii makes it clear that her devotion to Saori goes way beyond simply a servant for her Goddess. Nearly every single Saintia besides Mii has a subplot about having to face off against a loved one, that they feel they have personally failed in the past, in order to accomplish their duties, in an almost formulaic way that Saint Seiya never really did. EVERYONE HAS A DEAD SISTER THEY MUST DEFEAT. And once again, Katya's whole deal is falling in love with Saga, something that is seen as unacceptable in a Saintia.

This is complemented by the early focus on Saori herself. Saori is a good girl, who genuinely loves and cares about the people around her, and is deeply troubled by the institution of Sainthood being necessary for the greater good and for her own protection. It's a great idea to focus on Saori's pain over this, and her trauma, grief, and nightmares about people suffering and dying for her sake. There is an inherent contradiction about Saints, who are meant to help Athena protect "love and justice", being tortured and sacrificed and not allowed to actually be people in most meaningful ways. The people who protect "love" are discouraged from loving. It's an excruciating position for Saori.

You can even tie this in to the (questionable and pretty gendered, but anyway) idea of "Saintias are meant to protect Athena's noble heart." What does that mean? Well, from the various character setups and portraying Saori herself struggling emotionally near the beginning, the obvious translation is helping Saori to balance humanity, love and compassion with the actual duties of being a goddess and commanding the Saints.

So with this basic setup - we have a more explicit look at Athena being torn up at how her Saints are treated - an ordinary person in Shoko who would suffer total culture shock at the zealotry of Sainthood, and is basically committing a form of heresy by entering Sainthood for solely personal reasons - and a team full of girls who all have personal emotion-fueled encounters standing in the way of their duties - Scorpio Milo also enters the fray and is a major character, with lots of pagetime devoted to his antics, to contribute... uh... hm.

Hm.

It is pretty ridiculous, with this in mind, to set up Rigel - a character who is also motivated solely by his personal love for Kyoko - as Milo's rival. Like, in this context, what does Rigel vs Milo have to add to the conversation? Milo tells him "hey, you're doing Sainthood wrong." Uh, no shit, Sherlock? Like, even if you want to have a character stand-in to take that standpoint, we already have Mayura, and more importantly, potentially the other Saintias. Why miss the opportunity to actually develop the girls and the bonds between them by not having Mii, not Milo, be the one to talk about what a great Saint Kyoko was by being willing to die? Why not set things up so Mii is ultimately the one who chooses to pull the trigger, and this being a point of tension and development within the girls' team?

Like, imagine a Mii who went there on Saori's orders to try to help Shoko, but for the good of the goddess whom she is obviously in love with, and considering herself Saori's most devoted servant, she acts on her own - to Saori's own protests - and does "what needs to be done" to protect her, as per her Saintia training and worldview. That puts Mii in a super interesting position in respect to both Saori and Shoko. Does properly serving her Goddess mean sometimes disobeying her Goddess when she feels Saori's human sentimentality is clouding her decisions? Is this what it means to protect Athena's heart?

And Rigel vs Shoko with debating ideas on how best to help Kyoko is the most obvious thing in the world. They literally have the same basic motivation, but are choosing wildly different ways to go about it - Rigel with the more fucked up, flawed one because, implicitly, he differs from Shoko in that he was conditioned to be a Saint. Sainthood demands absolute loyalty and largely giving up personal attachments and happiness. So it's natural for Rigel to just tilt that into a different directions when he decides something exists more important to him than Athena. Shoko, meanwhile, as an outsider to Sainthood, is in a position to want to search for a different way.

"What does it mean to be a Saint? What do you have to sacrifice to be a Saint? How do you love other people as a Saint? How do you protect your, and Athena's, human heart as a Saint?" is a question Shoko and the girls, close to Athena, understanding that Athena doesn't actually want Sainthood to be a glorified slaughterhouse but doesn't know any other way, are in a really specifically unique position to question and explore.

All of these things would have been great to delve into, but instead, we get pretty simplistic characters - again, Shoko doesn't seem to really develop beyond "I want to save Kyoko" and weaving awkwardly in and out of the original Saint Seiya plot - and lots and lots of Gold Saint fanservice. Shoko sits outside of Eris's keep while Milo and Aiolia storm the place, have dramatic rescues, and uncover the true villain, Saga! They have a dramatic confrontation with him! Because Shoko has... so much reason to care about Saga popping up as the antagonist...

And here's the kicker: even if you must include Milo as a major player within this story and this theme, you could still make it work. You just have to, you know, keep him in character.

If you want to keep Milo, have Shoko actually react to his attitude and his actions. Milo would consider he and Shoko to be polar opposites on the Saint spectrum. Milo is all about pride as a Saint, he thinks he embodies Sainthood more than anyone else - he even argues with or overrides Athena in the name of Proper Sainthood. He shittalks Aiolia because he has "traitor's blood" and is pissy about Aiolia possibly dying because it'd make the rest of them look bad. He gets huffy about being assigned missions he considers "beneath him" as a Gold Saint. Milo is stupid enough about this to put Kanon through this whole hazing torture ritual to prove he's worthy of Sainthood while they're being invaded by Specters coming to assassinate Athena at that very moment and Kanon is in the literal process of trying to fend them off.

Shouldn't this sort of attitude be very repellant to someone like Shoko, who loves her family, only became a Saint out of the desire to save her family, and was raised as a normal person? Shoko finds all of Mayura's talk about love being a form of evil and Athena's worthiness completely incomprehensible. Milo's arrogance and ideas of being the High Standard for all Saints to have to measure up against is off the charts. The series touches briefly on the idea that Saintias are looked down upon by regular Saints to begin with. Wouldn't it make sense to involve Milo on some level in this, because Milo is very, very uptight about Saint Standards?

This doesn't mean you have to make Milo evil. But he can at least start out as logically antagonistic as far as Shoko is concerned, and very skeptical of her capacity to succeed as a servant of Athena. You can carve him out as a figure that Shoko looks at and thinks "I don't want to be this kind of Saint." Shoko can make him soften, or change his mind, or prove herself worthy in his eyes. And it gives Shoko the ability to wrestle with a concrete figure she thought was respectable actually being a huge reflections of the aspects of Sanctuary and Sainthood that she would find troubling. I would love the idea of Shoko and Milo actually challenging each other instead of their interactions stopping at "wow, what a strong, dreamy Gold Saint here to princess carry me away!"

And finally, for Milo himself, I'll be blunt: what the hell are you smoking when it comes to a series with the recurring theme of negotiating personal love vs Saint duty, include Milo as a major character - the major Gold Saint - and then, uh, basically pretend like Camus doesn't exist?

There was already a tension throughout Milo's character in terms of him having to negotiate his friendship with Camus, who he loves so, so, so much, and his own ego-driven ideas of what is necessary to be a worthy Saint. You can see it in almost every appearance he has. (And this is me actually delving into the fun time of "cross-referencing the pachinko with the gacha game and...) Milo running all the way to Siberia because he's freaking out about Camus not responding to the Pope's summons quickly enough. (Warning him: you'll be seen as a traitor, dumbass!) Milo fantasizing about Camus and he in perfect harmony as loyal Saints to Athena. Milo in EpG going out of his way to nose his way into Aiolia's business because he's worried it'll somehow reflect badly on Camus in the eyes of Sanctuary. His over-the-top tantrums about it in Soul of Gold, failing to even notice Camus protecting him.

And fundamentally, of course, Camus himself. The person Milo, Pride of Sainthood, Gatekeeper of Sainthood, loves more than anyone else in the world is someone who, when it comes down to the wire, is not only very much driven by personal love and a very humanistic moral code, but is willing to toss aside duty and Athena for his loved ones if it's a dire enough situation. Camus doesn't actually care about the institution of Sanctuary. Athena only matters so much as she is useful to actually help people. And there's a sense that Milo did his best to just refuse to actually process those things about his beloved best friend, because of the implications it carried. Milo walking that weird mental la-la-la tightrope is interesting.

Milo is someone who has internalized Sainthood so much that Camus can't explain the traumatic, painful (if very stupid filler) reasons he's abandoning it without Milo taking it completely personally and rejecting it out of hand. To him, as far as Camus goes, rejecting being a Saint is a rejection of Milo himself, and he completely loses his head about it. Milo is someone who, in a lot of ways, cannot reconcile how much he loves this person - because he does, truly - with his role as a Saint. When you try to force him, it comes out in extremely weird crying-while-strangling-him ways.

There would obviously be an interesting place for a person like this within Saintia Sho's setup and themes.

So if you must have Rigel vs Milo, you can still have some form of the broader conversation - how they choose (or chose, in Milo's case, since Camus died) to "protect" their respective loved ones. Rigel is choosing a path of absolute unconditional loyalty, protecting Kyoko no matter what she becomes or how much harm she causes, even if it means throwing away everything else. Milo, on the other hand, was in this constant state of trying to correct or cover for Camus. Constantly subtly warning Camus not to step out of line, or punishing him for doing so - because Milo is really afraid to lose him. Because as a Saint, Milo can't actually choose him.

So how would he react to seeing Shoko, shamelessly, blatantly, unapologetically, and repeatedly, choosing her sister, and trying to find another way that, unlike with Rigel, he can’t just dismiss?

(Milo and Rigel are both wrong, by the way, and both stances reflect that neither of them are really thinking of their loved ones' actual feelings and wellbeing, but nonetheless. But you can even play that up: Rigel's tactics led to losing both himself and Kyoko, fundamentally, and Milo still lost Camus and even wound up hurting him even further, no matter how much he tried to corral him in and squash out his disloyalty. You guys both suck, congratulations.)

But of course, there's none of anything like that! Milo's role as a hardass, arrogant Saint is stripped from him in any meaningful way, and his internal conflict over Camus is stripped from him too, so what we've left with is Generic Cool Gold Saint who, well, looks like Milo, and... is there for cool badass action scenes and heroism that the girls should have gotten? There is literally no actual reason for Milo as he exists to be there, let alone take up so much pagetime and focus. He adds nothing to Shoko's story. He adds nothing to the themes. He adds nothing to the question of the role of the Saintias. Hell, he adds nothing to his own story arc and struggles.

Go away, Milo.

To the manga's credit, in the more recent chapters it's finally tilting towards focusing on the girls, which is fantastic. It just took way, way too long (and it's pretty obvious that for all intents and purposes we're basically on the final story arc) and for some reason Pod Person Milo is still hanging around trying to act like he's relevant.

#aquarius camus did nothing wrong #why the fuck did i write this?#milolo ruins everything as usual #the most embarrassing effortpost

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nickyvmlp · 6 years

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My Top 10 Characters I Want in Smash Ultimate

I got a couple of requests for this in my last Smash reaction video, and I didn’t want to make it a full video, so it’ll go here, HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOO. (Also, none of my top 10 need to be echo fighters, but I’ll throw in a few echos near the end.)

10) Alex Roivas from Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem

This will not happen, especially with Simon and Richter filling the horror game niche, but I can dream, darnit. For the unaware, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was a 2002 GameCube exclusive psychological horror game; it’s basically Resident Evil meets Call of Cthulhu, and it’s my favorite horror game of all time. In the game, you play as Alex Roivas, a few of her ancestors, and few other schmucks across history unfortunate enough to stumble across an ancient book called the Tome of Eternal Darkness, which drags them into a conflict that could destroy the world. Alex ends up using the knowledge she’s learned from the Tome to stop the rise of three ancient deities, each bent on world domination. So in Smash, she could have the Tome at her disposal and could even carry it into battle like Robin does. Her standard attacks can involve normal weaponry she uses like guns and knives and stuff, while her special attacks can all involve using the Tome to summon something. For her Final Smash, she can hit everyone in a set radius around her with a huge sanity effect that adds 100% damage and breaks the shield of anyone caught in it, leaving them wide open for a heavy attack and a KO. Plus, more strong female Smash characters, never a bad thing.

9) Decidueye from Pokemon

Every Smash game has a new Pokemon rep, and there’s quite for few on the rumor mill. Gardevoir and Gothitelle get brought up a lot, but they’d draw a lot of comparisons to (and may end up being an EF to) Mewtwo, especially in Gardevoir’s case. They could also throw in a currently unannounced Pokemon from Gen 8 with that being right around the corner. But, Decidueye makes the most sense to me. It’s got a cool design and there aren’t many characters that uses arrows in their arsenal, basically just the Links and Pit. Plus, his Flying type would give him really strong recovery, most comparable to Charizard’s. For his Final Smash, give him Zelda’s FS from Brawl, a giant arrow that KO’s everyone in a straight line.

8) The Eeveelutions from Pokemon

If you like Pokemon, odds are good that you like at least one of the Eeveelutions. Espeon’s my favorite Pokemon ever, and Jolteon, Umbreon, and Sylveon are up there too. And there’s eight Eeveelutions at the moment (not counting Eevee) and eight alternate costume spots for each character, so here’s what I’m thinking. You reveal the Eeveelutions in the next Direct, and put up a poll on the Smash website: Who is your favorite Eeveelution? The winner of the poll is the default character, while everyone else are the alt costumes. This does mean that the Eeveelutions will have to be virtually identical, but that shouldn’t be too hard, a Flamethrower can look like a Hydro Pump, a Thunderbolt, a Psyshock, etc. with some small cosmetic changes. And their Final Smash could either be similar to Mega Man’s where everyone joins in for a giant combined attack, or if you wanna get cartoony, have them get into a big dust cloud fight with other Eeveelutions joining in before the victim gets launched offscreen by it. Plus with Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee coming soon, it’s a great time to give Eevee’s family some love

7) Black Shadow from F-Zero

You know me, I love F-Zero GX more than I love three square meals a day, and at the moment, there’s barely any Smash representation for the GREATEST RACING GAME OF ALL TIME, so let’s change that. Samurai Goroh is already an Assist Trophy, so how about Falcon’s other main rival, Black Shadow? Taking a quick look at him, he’s obviously a big, strong character which makes him well-equipped to be in a fighting game. But taking a second look at him will make you chuckle, because he’s kinda goofy looking. He’s wearing a full-body black spandex suit, with bull horns, cloven feet, and a cape. Yea, he’s a sadistic monster in the games and the anime, but still he’s a little hard to take seriously. And that can work in his advantage. In Nintendo Directs, they like to use villains that you can kinda take the piss out of in certain places, like Dedede, Wario, and surely in the future, K. Rool. Black Shadow can exist in a similar role, and maybe the four can form some evil alliance if they decide to make Subspace Emissary 2. (Please make Subspace Emissary 2.) His Final Smash can be identical to Falcon’s, hit your opponent with the Black Bull, works just fine. Plus, maybe a new F-Zero character could build hype for a new game in the series? Please?

6) Paper Mario

I’m not sure why some people want Paper Mario to be Mario’s EF? Wasn’t the point of Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam to show how different those two are? Anyway, Paper Mario has a bevy of ways to attack that would help him stand apart from his 3-dimensional counterpart. His standard attack can involve his hammer (which Mario doesn’t have), with the directional standards involving various badges like the Hammer Throw and the Ice Smash. His special attacks can use his various buddies. Parakarry can be his recovery, Vivian can be a Down-B defense tool, you could even use Thoreau as his throwing mechanic. And the final Smash could involve one of the realistic items from the new games, like the electric fan blowing all the opponents offscreen. I don’t know much about the newer games, they didn’t look as good.

5) Shadow the Hedgehog

This is another one that COULD be an Echo Fighter, but Shadow plays pretty differently to Sonic in their games. He skates instead of runs, he uses weapons whereas Sonic just uses his speed, Shadow has a FUCKING GUN, there’s plenty that you can do with Shadow to separate him from Sonic. Particularly involving his Final Smash, Chaos Control. When it’s used, everyone on screen freezes for ten seconds. In that time, Shadow can use one heavy attack after another after another, and when the time runs out, all the damage and force from those attacks hit at once, and that character will go flying. It’d be kinda like Link’s Stasis from Breath of the Wild (which should be Link’s FS, but oh well)

4) Spring Man from Arms

So, Arms wasn’t as big of a hit as people were hoping. That’s a bummer, it looks like a fun game. How about we give it one last shot in the arm (teehee) to try to boost its exposure? Put Spring Man in the game, and have him focus on long-range attacks and throws. His recovery can be a long whip that grabs ledges like Olimar’s. And for his Final Smash, give him a big winding tornado throw that KOs whoever he grabs and damages anyone who gets hit by the swinging arms in the process. Show what he can do in Smash, and maybe it’ll entice people to see what he can do in Arms. I just want that game to be successful.

3) Rayman

I was shocked that Rayman didn’t get into Smash WiiU, since it seems like Nintendo and Ubisoft have been on great terms for a long time, like how Rayman Origins and Legends ended up on Nintendo consoles when it had almost no third-party support. Rayman even had a trophy in WiiU, so it was really surprising to me that he wasn’t one of the DLC characters. Let’s fix that. His unattached limbs would give him some good range, he’d have some magic that he could use at his disposal for special attacks. And for his Final Smash, how about summoning a swarm of mosquitoes to fly across the screen, doing massive damage with each hit, like a super-powered version of the Beedrills from Smash 64?

2) Geno from Super Mario RPG

I’m not a huge Final Fantasy guy, but I’m so glad Cloud got into Smash WiiU/3DS, because it throws the door wide open for other Square characters. A lot of people think this will lead to Sora from Kingdom Hearts getting in (doubtful), but I want Geno to finally get in. He did get an outfit for the Mii Gunner in the last game, but seeing him actually in Smash, not just as a Mii, would be so great. Mario RPG is criminally underrated, and it laid the groundwork for the Paper Mario and the Mario & Luigi games. He’d, of course, be a long range fighter, using his finger cannons as his main attacks, and for his Final Smash: the Geno Flash, which would be like a combination of Pit’s and Jigglypuff’s FS. You’d go offscreen and aim a point on the map. From that epicenter, a giant blast grows, trapping and damaging anyone who gets in the blast radius, before launching those victims off the stage.

Honorable Mentions (Echo Fighters)

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat brought Funky Kong back into the fold, and he’s got a very similar body type to Donkey Kong, so that makes perfect sense to me.

Hyrule Warriors could use a representative, and since Midna’s already an Assist Trophy, how about Impa? She’s got a great look and could borrow Sheik’s moveset quite well.

I never bought Wart as an Echo Fighter, since the characters he was usually attached to (Bowser or Dedede) didn’t feel similar enough. But K. Rool, on the other hand, fits just right. K. Rool looks like a caricature of Wart.

People seem to like Xenoblade Chronicles 2, so let’s add to the Xenoblade cast in Smash. I don’t know a lot about Rex, besides his goofy pants, but I’m sure he’d be a great fit.

This might seem odd, but how about Andy from Advance Wars as an Echo to Bowser Jr.? Andy could ride in a tank and shoot projectiles while using the turret as a short-range melee attack? Could work.

1) Sans and Papyrus from Undertale

No, but could you imagine?

1) Crash and Coco Bandicoot

This would be the kind of Internet breaking character that you put as the last character added to give one final hype boost to the already unstoppable Smash hype train. The N. Sane Trilogy is already out on Switch, so the publishers already have their foot in the door, so let’s just go for it. And as an added bonus, you could announce Coco Bandicoot at the same time (like Simon and Richter) for added excitement. (I would absolutely main as Coco.) Their standard attacks could revolve around their spin attacks, while their specials would involve using their various powerups like the fruit bazooka and the belly flop. And the Final Smash would involve using Aku Aku to turn invincible for a brief time. Yes, they’re kinda doing away with that kind of FS, maybe they could make a cutscene out of it and cause an instant KO or something. I don’t know, just gimme Crash in Smash, please.

#super smash ultimate #smash characters

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obstinaterixatrix · 6 years

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dragonomatopoeia replied to your photo

i was really into gaim in the beginning and the more i watch the more emotionally exhausting each episode becomes which i guess i should have expected from madoka man

yea when gaim’s funny it hits some really good humor (kouta driving off the cliff, ‘you made me write what is it!’, and in friggin episode 2 THE SCENE WITH HIS SISTER) but it drops off immediately and plateaus into Serious Business.

I think w is better at balancing tone because you’ll have really funny moments in really dramatic arcs, and these tones don’t interfere with each other - there’s that part in memory when shoutaro jumps around meowing like a fool, but the overall conclusion is morose. shoutaro and phillip have a pretty goofy dynamic, but it’s built on mutual guilt because a guy died

build does it too by wrapping morose motivation in goofy shit like ‘um you can’t use this belt because YOU’RE GETTING TOO POPULAR’ -> ‘trying to spare banjou from the effects of more science shit’, and even the other way with like ‘no... let them get away... I have a reason for acting this cryptically.....’ -> ‘IT’S MII-TAN!!!!!!!’

it’s interesting because kamen rider is already known as the “darker” and “more adult” counterpart of super sentai (judging from what my friend has told me), plus everything I’ve watched has been heisei II which might be overall different from other kamen rider stuff (I know there’s a kamen rider in either heisei I or showa who deals with a serial killer, which is PRETTY DARK) so urobuchi might be actually *returning* to kamen rider’s roots, but as it stands it kind of feels like a serious show with a goofy aesthetic more than it feels like a kamen rider show. of course I’m biased and not done so that opinion might change, but.... hm. urobuchi’s influence feels stronger than the kamen rider influence.

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hase deserved better....

He Sure Did

#kr🍇lb #reply #dragonomatopoeia #klinki #I didn't even talk about fourze + ghost + ooo #because it got long #BUT #fourze is overall lighthearted and maintains that vibe while occasionally going into very pathos-heavy stuff #e.g. the gemini arc #the framing is magnificent there too it's really painful to watch that fight #ghost definitely goes towards goof since most of the supporting cast goes towards comedy relief #but like alain? onari + javert? akari's Convictions About Science?#There's A Decent Amount There #I feel like OOO is the closest to what gaim's going for in terms of vibe but OOO just has. stronger characters.#like it's been fuckin what ten years and OOO technically doesn't have a 'happy' ending #right?#but eiji's always dragging the tone up from Too Morose because he's such a busybody

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Five Different Flavors of Comfy for the Winter Season

Hello all, and welcome back to Why It Works. The winter season’s new shows have almost all made their debuts at this point, and having watched basically all of them, I’m struck by one undeniable fact: this is the season of the slice of life. From charming camping expeditions to idle days in class, from taking care of new pets to the tip of Antarctica itself, this season is absolutely stacked with low-key dramas focused on spending time with lovable casts. And I for one couldn’t be happier.

Slice of life shows often get a bad rap in fandom. They’re accused of being shows where “nothing happens,” or framed as indulgent to their audiences in a way that simply doesn’t lead to inspiring fiction. But fiction possesses all number of appeals beyond either thrilling us or shocking us, and in these cold winter months, I appreciate a few shows that are dedicated to keeping us all warm. So today on Why It Works, I’m gonna run down five of my favorite new slice of life shows, and hopefully capture their appeal well enough to give you all something new to appreciate!

A Place Further Than the Universe: The Thrill of Finding Yourself

I’m fudging a bit to include Universe among slice of life shows, since it’s probably more of a traditional character drama, but those two do tend to overlap. A Place Further Than the Universe focuses on Mari Tamaka, a girl who feels she’s letting her life slip past. Stuck in stasis in her second year of high school, Universe’s first episode conveys her anxiety and malaise with gorgeous ease, setting up beautiful shots that fully draw us into Mari’s world. Universe is a story that should resonate with anyone who’s felt there must be some greater adventure out there, something that makes sense of our endless idle days. Whether Mari makes it to Antarctica or not, the journey so far has been a beautiful and uplifting experience.

How to Keep a Mummy: The Charming Helplessness of a New Pet

I didn’t expect to be so won over by Mummy’s titular character Mii-chan, but yes, this show successfully turns a tiny little mummy into the equivalent of a new puppy. Mii-chan even gets jealous and barks at its new owner’s first dog, further cementing its fundamental puppyness. If you’ve ever watched videos of baby animals tumbling over themselves on Youtube, you’ll understand How to Keep a Mummy’s appeal. Simply watching Mii-chan tumble into a drinking cup or attempt to lift exactly one carrot echoes the experience of watching a puppy discover its own tail. On pure cuteness alone, nothing beats How to Keep a Mummy.

Laid-Back Camp: The Brisk Pleasures of the Great Outdoors

I like the idea of camping, but the actual reality of buying gear, finding a location, allotting vacation time, and actually forcing myself to enjoy the wilderness means my appreciation for it remains largely theoretical. Laid-Back Camp cuts out all of the inconveniences while carefully capturing the immediate experience of pitching a tent, foraging for firewood, settling into your seat, and simply appreciating the beauty around you. It’s essentially like sitting inside, snugly bundled up, while watching a blizzard coat the world outside in deep white. All the allure of the wild from the comfort of home.

Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san: The Simple Joy of Bullying Your Crush

Takagi-san is a very simple show built around a very simple premise: that moment when two people like each other but can only express it through teasing or competing with each other is magical, and it clearly ought to be bottled and made into an anime. Takagi-san is exactly that anime, featuring the young boy Nishitaka who keeps trying to one-up his desk neighbor and that neighbor Takagi who keeps dunking him in turn. The clear mutual fondness and love of competition keep the show from ever feeling mean, leaving us with a show about two people who can’t stop flirting by poking each other. It is a very charming time.

School Babysitters: The Goofy Demands of Energetic Children

The appeal of School Babysitters is almost certainly best captured in this clip. Babies are clumsy and adorable, their limbs don’t do what they want them to, and they need us to push them in the right direction. There’s more to the show than that, of course; we’ve already gotten poignant reflections on protagonist Ryuichi’s relationship with his brother and absent parents, and we’re clearly going to build towards some points about finding your family wherever you can. But for now, toddlers are adorable, and that’s good enough for me.

That covers it for me! There are plenty of other shows to love this winter, but I’m certainly appreciating this buffet of comfy cartoons. I hope you find your own flavor of slice of life this season, and be sure to let me know what else you’re all enjoying in the comments!

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Nick Creamer has been writing about cartoons for too many years now, and is always ready to cry about Madoka. You can find more of his work at his blog Wrong Every Time, or follow him on Twitter.

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