#i bought the kiryu jacket last month….

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All I can think about is her (insertcoin adachi jacket)

#talking #i bought the kiryu jacket last month…. #like i don’t NEED it but i need it y’know

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Person A thinks they’re doing a great job keeping their house plants alive but actually, Person B has secretly replaced them with identical-looking fake plants so Person A can’t kill them. Nishiki & Kiryu Y0 or earlier, up to you who's A and B. 💜

Hi there!! Thank you for the request <3 These were pretty fun to do - I wrote these as two separate scenarios with their own S/Os, which I hope is what you were askin for since I don’t write for character x character. Maybe I should’ve clarified that in my pinned post

Akira Nishikiyama, Kiryu Kazuma  |  Fake Plant Fiasco

Nishiki:

Between the two of you, I’m sure Nishiki is the one who’s most likely to be the one replacing your plants.

You’re actually pretty good at taking care of your plants. Not only do you enjoy the responsibility of looking after them, they also help you keep your life on schedule, so soon after you bought them they had become essential to your daily life, and Nishiki knew this.

You had made a mistake once; while in a hurry to get to work on time, you had given your plants water form the unfiltered tap rather than water them with their usual rainwater reserves. In the heat of the moment, as you threw things in your purse and hastily pulled on your jacket, you thought you could take a gamble on their survival instead of taking the risk of them drying out.

Nishiki had come back to your shared apartment a few hours before you and immediately checked for your plants’ health at your vehement request through the phone.

Once he saw them, he couldn’t help but gasp.

“How the hell does a plant die that quick?”

He has NO clue how to salvage them, much less confront you about the sad state of your plant children. The last thing he wants is to have you come back home after a grueling day at work only to find sad, wilted yellow piles that was once your flourishing private garden.

Then, he gets the idea, something that is simultaneously pure genius and yet the dumbest thing he’s done; replace them with fakes. And that’s exactly what he does.

He knows you’re not stupid, you’re going to find out eventually, he’s sure, but not knowing when is absolutely killing him. Every single day since then he’s mentally and emotionally preparing himself to face your wrath.

It’s been a month now… Any time soon, he’s sure...

Kiryu:

The tables turn with Kiryu -  This time, you’re the one covering for him.

He had received the plant from a kind elderly flower shop owner he had fended off a group of thugs from. While Kiryu had initially denied, the lady was adamant he didn’t leave without some token of appreciation, and so she pretty much shoved the potted dracena into his arms by force before turning around back into her shop and closing the door, leaving your man dumbfounded in the middle of the street with a whole new plant in his arms.

Truthfully, he really didn’t need nor want the responsibility, but he also couldn’t throw it away or give it to someone else who could handle it, he knew it was rude and the guilt would eat him up eventually.

And so, he marches into his little apartment where you had been waiting for him, setting the pot onto the table before nonchalantly laying beside you on the futon and resting his head on your thighs.

“So, uh, Kiryu… Who’s your little green friend there? Gonna tell me what that’s about?”   “Please don’t get me started.”

And so he takes care of the plant for a few weeks, albeit barely. You usually left the job up to him, since the thing was his and you still lived in your own apartment, but sometimes you feel compelled to check its leaves once in a while and water it yourself, because Kiryu just keeps forgetting.

One time, you come to his apartment after two weeks to wait for him to get back… Hoo, boy. That dracena is hardly a plant at this point.

You really shouldn’t have been bothered, but you were sure Kiryu had tried his best to take care of the thing. You didn’t want to see him upset when he came back, but you also didn’t have enough cash on you to buy a real identical plant.

When the idea to replace it with a fake creeps into your mind, you burst out laughing at yourself in the middle of his room - it’s fucking comical.

“Wait… I might actually do that though.”

And you sure did.

By the time Kiryu’s back, the fake plant had replaced his dying one. You even went through the effort of putting it into the same ceramic pot and trimming it slightly to mimic the structure of the other.

You tell Kiryu you had simply replaced its soil as reasoning for its sudden… Vibrance.

You’re convinced he’s bought your story.

Probably.

#yakuza #yakuza fanfiction #akira nishikiya #nishikiyama akira #kiryu kazuma #kazuma kiryu #akira nishikiyama x reader #kiryu kazuma x reader #nishikiyama akira x reader #kazuma kiryu x reader

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Hunter x Hunter for the Fandom questions! 💕😁

You have activated the trap card!!! 💓 As always, a warning for everyone because this is a very long post -

Top 5 favourite characters: Truthfully, my top five are Shoot, Knuckle, Hanzo, Kite, and Gon. The three uncles, the honorary father, and the son. ❤

Other characters you like: Too many!!! I do love Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio. Kastro I really liked from the Tournament Arc. Melody, definitely! She’s the best. And, of course, Morel. I adore Big Papa Smoke. Palm and Knov, as well. Along with Ikalgo and Meleoron. ❤ Too many good characters.

Least favourite characters: I’ll have to say Illumi and Hisoka. I like them to an extent.

Otps: I am a sucker for Nashuu. 💓 What can I say? I really like Kurapika with Leorio, too.

Notps: Don’t…ship the children with other people please.

Favourite friendships: Gon and Killua of course! They are such a good pair. Shoot and Knuckle are the bestest though. I love them too much. Honestly, I really love when Meleoron and Ikalgo get to be with Gon and the others, especially after the Chimera Ant Arc. It’s so sweet.

Favourite family: Oh, I love Gon and Aunt Mito. 💌

Favourite episodes: There are too many good ones, but you know I have to put 86. For reasons. ❤ The biggest ones for me…were 112 and…118 just becauae of how emotional they made me. Especially 112. That episode made me SOB. After I finished the episode, I had to step away from the computer to breathe, I was crying too much. Not necessarily in a bad way, but I did get really choked up.

Favourite season/book/movie: Favorite season is the Chimera Ant Arc, even though it’s also the absolute worst at the same time. Favorite book is…the very first one! I was about to say Vol 20 or Vol 25, but the very first one makes me so happy. It’s my favorite cover, too! 💚

Favorite movie I don’t have an answer for. The Last Mission was pretty good, and I know there are at least one or two more I believe? I’ve only seen one though.

Favourite quotes: I absolutely loved it when Knuckle said “Everyone has a heart. That’s what I want to believe.” And…Shoot’s whole inner monologue right before he fights. Even when Shoot explains to Killua how he doesn’t like to hurt people. I still can’t handle them, I get so emotional just thinking about them.

Best musical moment: Well…I know when Pouf plays his violin it is incredibly musical. That’s the only thing I can think of to say here! That scene is so out of place, but the music is lovely at least.

Moment that made you fangirl/boy the hardest: I actually remember when I first got into Hunter x Hunter, and I saw that Hanzo got four badges in the hunting exam, literally was just cheering him on like “Yay Hanzo!!! Good job!!!” 💞 I was so happy for him!! Oh…and when Knuckle was on screen, especially when he would throw off his jacket… 💘💘💘💘💘 Every. Single. Time. My poor, weak heart. At all that fanservice. And!!! When Shoot would fight!!! I would just be mush like! 💓 I just loved seeing Shoot any moment I got, and I still do.

When it really disappointed you: I’m not going to say it because I don’t want to spoil Meve by accident, but it is a huge disapointment for me that still leaves me upset.

Saddest moment: Well… 💔 I won’t say it.

Most well done character death: Uvagin, I guess? I mean, I don’t want to say that, but Kurapika at the time…oh it was rough. 💔 The scene was well done.

Favourite guest star: Hm. Guest stars? I would say Togashi, but I’m clearly thinking about how we’ll see ONE appear in One Punch Man every now and then. Not sure if Madhouse did the same with Togashi dog or anything. – Oh shoot read that question wrong as soon as I wrote all of this, LOL! Oh, now I know who to say!! Junichi Kanemaru! 💓💓💓 He only voiced Buharu during the first season, but ahhh I absolutely adore him! Just hearing his voice again brought back great childhood memories since I know he’s Sonic. 💓 Takaya Kuroda also! He was great as Razor, but you can never not hear him as Kiryu if you know the Yakuza/Ryu Ga Gotoku series. Listening to him as another character in a completely different thing was so funny. It was nice little cameo for my ears for both of them. ❤

Favourite cast member: Yuuji Ueda! 💓💓💓💓💓💓 Of COURSE. Favorite Japanese voice actor. (Can I just say how lovely Shoot’s voice is? It’s breathtaking. 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞) Along with Wataru Takagi, who is literally one of the best Japanese voice actors ever. He is an absolute gem. 💓 And I love Megumi Han. She was always so into her character and voicing Gon, she was just so passionate for the series. She’s the best.

Character you wish was still alive: Kite. 💔 And Kastro too, he seemed like a nice guy.

One thing you hope really happens: Please just let Gon and Killua rest. Give all the characters a rest. Where’s the filler episodes where they’re all getting together and having a good time and nothing can go wrong? Where’s my dream beach vacation episode?

Most shocking twist: Kite’s death… 💔💔💔 It really makes me upset please stop I want to forget

When did you start watching/reading?: I started watching the anime around March! I’m not sure when I bought the first volume of it though. Maybe in the same month? But yeah, March 3rd is the official date! (Which I was actually trying to figure out when I was deciding a date. I watched the first episode with my love maybe a month or so before I did on my own? But March 3rd was when I started watching it from the beginning. I thought about making it March 5th because…that’s when I first watched Shoot and Knuckle be introduced. You know.)

Best animal/creature: I’m biased to Knuckle’s puppy. 😌 For creature, I like Ikalgo and Meleoron a lot. It took me a bit to warm up to them, but they’re my favorite out of the Chimera Ants.

Favourite location: Whale Island! It is such a beautiful place! If it were real, I would definitely want to visit it.

Trope you wish they would stop using: Nothing that I can think of.

One thing this show/book/film does better than others: A big thing is that…it shows no matter what you go through, no matter what happens, you can definitely try again. And “you can smile again~” 🎵 All of these things slowly go more and more downhill when you follow along the adventure, but after the events of the scariest arc of the series, things do try to get better despite everything that happened during the darkest of times.

Funniest moments: I really can’t think of any super specific ones, but I know there were a lot of little moments Gon and Killua shared that cracked me up so much. Oh, when Gon hit Hanzo during their fight, and Leorio called him a liar for saying he let Gon hit him on purpose!! Ahhh the way Leorio’s voice actor did that line was PERFECT. “LIAR!!!!” I was dying! I also giggled bad at ones Shoot and Knuckle shared, ahh they’re so funny together.

Couple you would like to see: Shoot and I love the thought of Aunt Mito with Kite, for some reason? I think it’s because someone wrote a fic of them meeting, but…it’s a nice thought.

Actor/Actress you want to join the cast: Could you imagine if someone like Hiroki Yatsumoto voiced someone? Or Masaya Onosaka? Ahhhh or even Takahiro Sakurai! Just get Makoto Furukawa to guest star a character along with some other One Punch Man voice actors! It would be a fun time I’m sure.

Favourite outfit: I would say Knuckle. How does he stay looking so good??? His clothes never get dirty. But I do love how Pakunoda dresses. She just looks so lovely, ugghgh

Favourite item: The Hunter cards! ❤ They just look so iconic. Definitely Hotel Raffelasia. Gon’s fishing rod. And Crazy Slots!! Technically not an item himself, but Kite’s scythe is definitely the coolest weapon.

Do you own anything related to this show/book/film?: I do now. ❤

What house/team/group/friendship group/family/race/etc would you be in?: I would love to be in the little family Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio have together. I do have to say I would want to be apart of the Extermination Team, too! What great groups of friends.

Most boring plotline: I honestly did get bored watching through the Phantom Troupe and Greed Island Arcs when I first watched Hunter x Hunter, but I really need to rewatch them. When I think back on them, I feel like I didn’t appreciate them enough. I might enjoy them more after I watch it from the beginning again.

Most laughably bad moment: Whenever Hisoka shows up and he’s just like that

Best flashback/flashfoward if any: The one during Shoot’s inner monologue, and the one of Gon meeting Kite for the first time. Definitely. Even though Gon meeting Kite was the opening for Hunter x Hunter in the manga. There’s also the one Knuckle has where my most favorite picture comes from. ❤

Most layered character: I jokingly say Shoot because my goodness that man wears layers of bandages, but he really is a layered character. There’s actually a whole bunch of layered characters throughout the series.

Most one dimensional character: I’m honestly not sure.

Scariest moment (and Grossest moment, I’m mixing both questions for my answer): When the Chimera Ants would kill people.

Best looking male: Knuckle. I love my Shoot, but…Japanese pompadoured delinquents make me swoon. They are seriously my biggest weakness. Especially him. 💘💘💘 My poor, weak heart. I can’t even look at him without melting.

Best looking female: Pakunoda and Palm. Both women are beautiful in their own way. And Melody is of course very warm and sweet, I adore how she looks. ❤

Who you’re crushing on (if any): …Shoot… ❤💍

Favourite cast moment: When Megumi Han got really emotional speaking at one of the panels for The Last Mission in front of fans. It was so genuine and sweet.

Favourite transportation: I always loved the shuttle train! When Gon and Killua used to get to the tournament, and when Morel and the others traveled together. ❤ It makes me wish I could go on long and cozy train rides to different places like that in real life.

Most beautiful scene (scenery/shot wise): When Gon was hiding out to watch Hisoka in the bushes, and the sun shown through the trees. Anytime a scene would be in a forest or in walkways of trees, really! The way the sunlight shines through the trees and leaves in patches over the vast green surrounding is just so pretty. I just love the colors, contrast, everything. Oh! And when Knuckle was punching Youpi!!! Like ahhhhhh Madhouse!!! Every once in a while in Hunter x Hunter that fluid Madhouse animation would just hit you!

Unanswered question/continuity issue/plot error that bugs you: I wish we could have seen what Kite’s other rolls (weapons) were. 💔 Along with Hanzo’s, Knuckle’s, and Shoot’s backstories! We know just a bit about Knuckle’s past, but nothing about Hanzo nor Shoot really. I would want to know why they all became hunters!

Best promo: Hm…I haven’t seen promos or anything at all for the series. This wouldn’t fit the answer I don’t think, but I loved the little “To Be Continued” ending scenes with Gon and Killua. They were so cute! I actually missed them during the Chimera Ant Arc.

At what point did you fall in love with this show/book: Honestly, I’m not sure. I just ended up really liking it just by watching it from the beginning. Watching the first episode over at my love’s house piqued my interest in the series, but then a few weeks or so later I started watching it all the way through, and the rest was history. Everything blurs together for me because I literally blew through episodes watching them, but I had fun watching them all. And…even though the Chimera Ant Arc leaves me heartbroken and sickened, characters like Knuckle and Shoot came out of nowhere, and I was so excited to see them in such an awful part of the story. They were a breath of fresh air. And, of course…I got to meet Shoot. A character I will cherish and keep in my heart for the rest of my life. I already talk about him to death, but he came into my life at the perfect time. He gives me strength. I truly am happy I found Hunter x Hunter and just got into it.

#thank you so much for the ask! 💓 I had a feeling #hunter x hunter #hxh #askbox #m3v3 #joy #this was so fun to do! #now I really want to do one for opm...or even a video game one like sonic or pokemon!! #💓 #long post

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Dreams in E Minor

June of 2011, I remember sitting on stage between movements of Tchaikovsky’s fifth symphony and thinking to myself, this is it. This is the last time I’ll have a formal violin performance. After this, it’s all over.

I’m so grateful Tchaik is sharing my final moments as a musician.

For many reasons, I decided my future would take place in Japan, and I accepted that I would be giving up violin for this dream. Well, I guess more accurately, I was being forced to give up violin and in response, I was moving to Japan. Either way, to me, graduating college meant yes Japan and no violin.

Months after arriving in Japan, I was browsing a recycle shop when I found a brand-new, never been played electric violin being sold for Y8,000 (roughly $80, a goddamn bargain). After a week of thinking about it, I finally bought it, knowing I couldn’t practice it, but just... liking having it.

I moved from Osaka to Tokyo, took a new job, was forced to quit that job (I honestly though I was fired, but that’s another story) and I scrambled to find a new job, finally accepting a role teaching English one-on-one at, of all places, a kimono shop out in the middle of buttfuck-nowhere. The other teachers I worked with slowly quit one by one, leaving just me. Many days were so busy I felt like I had no time to even breathe, but some days... especially around summer, I had a lot of time to myself. I eventually gathered the courage to ask if I could bring my violin and practice, since the shop was too far away from anything to do anything else in my time off, and the shop owner said yes.

So I began to practice. It wasn’t anything special. I like Tchaikovsky, so I printed out his Trio in A Minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano. I like Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Sans so I practiced that. I like Kiryu so I’d put on my headphones and try to manage that on violin. It was all... for-fun stuff. For me. But it didn’t take long to realize how hard it is for me to live without music... and even without a direction, I don’t really know how to stop.

Finally in February, after working at that kimono shop for two years, I got fed up at last and quit. I began looking online for more musical things to do with my time and met another musician, who invited me to come play in her orchestra.

I was excited, but apprehensive. My orchestras in America were all really competitive, and though I like playing in a group and love the sound that comes together, I was painfully aware that groups don’t like outsiders. My high school orchestra shunned me for being Chinese, and I was afraid this orchestra would hate me for being American, or for being too young, or for being too flashy (my violin is rather odd-looking, and I don’t have money to buy a real one). And, of course, I was really nervous about receiving musical directions in Japanese. I only learned Wednesday that a bow was called “yumi / 弓” and rosin is “matsuyani / 松脂”... you know, they don’t really teach you these things in school, so I was trying to think of a limit... how many times is it acceptable to stop and ask what something is before I become a burden? Or should I just not ask questions and try to guess from context?

So I went and met with the group for the first time last night. It was a pretty good balance between young and old members, men and women. Even though I was new, they placed me as a first violin, and my standpartner, a 50-year-old woman, was very friendly and explained everything, absolutely everything to me, whether I asked for it or not, haha. She was very helpful, even though I normally hate having things explained to me in such detail, I think I really needed it.

After we were finished, to my surprise, the conductor, concertmaster, and a cellist were waiting outside the door, asking if I was going to join as a regular member. I said if it was alright with them, I’d like to join... and the big smiles they gave me...

I felt wanted, I felt needed, I felt like a part of something...

I couldn’t have been happier.

When I look back on that moment in 2011, thinking Tchaik’s fifth would be my final, and now realizing it isn’t so, I feel incredulous. I’m really looking forward to the future.

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This morning, I woke up early and couldn’t stop thinking of playing with the ensemble last night. I did fairly well for sight reading last night, but that sort of playing wouldn’t do in the future. I can’t practice in my apartment, but I really needed to practice since I don’t know when I’ll find the time later this week.

After some internal debate, I decided to go to the park across the street from my apartment. I hate making a spectacle of myself in public, but I felt my only other option was possibly not practicing... or losing my apartment.

I got dressed, thinking of being as unapproachable as possible: Black shirt with a ribcage printed on the front, shredded black and white jeans, black boots, long black jacket, spiked bracelets, black nails, skull rings, headphones, black mask... and I set out to the park to practice.

The three hours I was there, I could hear people making comments, but I continuously faced the stone wall and ignored them. Finally, I decided it was time to go home and turned around.

A small boy of maybe eight or nine stood staring at me with huge eyes.

“お上手ですね,” he said. You’re really good.

Without thinking, I said “Thank you,” in English. Then I realized what I’d said and repeated it in Japanese. “ありがとうな。”

He ran away, and as I began taking apart my shoulder rest, I could hear the boy running to tell his father he’d spoken to me and proclaiming that I’d told him “Thank you.” I smiled beneath my mask.

The boy ran back up to me and told me super politely he’d never heard a real violin before, and thanked me for allowing him to listen. I was taken aback by his politeness and interest in violin, and eagerness to speak to me even though I think even with a mask I look super foreign.

We said goodbye and I went home. When I got back, I looked in the mirror at how I was dressed, and either his father was super non-judgmental in urging his son to approach me or that kid has some serious guts because I don’t think I would have approached me in the park wearing so much black and metal, especially at such a young age. And I realized, he must have really enjoyed listening to me practice to be so eager to speak with me.

Goddamn fucking cutest fucking shit I’ve ever seen in my entire fucking life. I’m tearing up even now just thinking about it.

I’m going to continue trying my hardest.

#personal #violin