#kaguya-sama spoilers

[nanakah]

onk mini-rambling

tl;dr i feel going against the current a bit as a die-hard ishimiko shipper, but I love Aquakane a whole lot ahahahah

heavy spoilers under the cut

Apparently this is an unusual take, but I'm not really convinced Aquakana is that similar to Ishimiko. The power balance is off and Kana in general reminds me more of how Maki behaves, with some shades of being too "bright" and removed from Aqua's real worries and business. She is still a complex character with good motivations, but the stakes she operates on are too different from what Aqua's revenge plot hinges on.

I've been fighting this feeling that Aquakane was more similar to Ishimiko since chapter 26.

Most people seemed to think otherwise, so I considered I was just seeing things and tried being more into Aquakana once, but I realized it required downplaying what really was going on with Akane too much. And the more I really tried to read Akane with unbiased eyes, the more I came to love her. There is something fundamentally missing for me to think the time Aqua and Kana spent apart is setup for a stronger SINCERE development now, and his protectiveness and admiration of her seem too rooted in the idea of salvation/redemption for Ai, which is platonic. Most of the time, the protectiveness he displays of her is too similar to Ruby for me to think it's romantic or concealing some deep forbidden attraction.

Overall, I think Kana is cute but I can't feel much for the ship. Her chemistry with Akane is really good too, I'm hoping the anime gets a second season for the Tokyo Blade arc because it's amazing.

Kana does bring light to Aqua's life. I can see it, but that reminds me more of Tsubame's role than Miko's..."The Sun".

She helps Aqua get in touch with acting again, he supports her and plays around with her, but at the end of the day, that always seems distant and only a symptom of Aqua's true struggles. He can be happy besides Kana, but it somewhat only happens at the cost of shutting down what is actually eating him alive, and what could have been if his life hadn't been such a mess of tragedies.

And Kana, despite learning the truth, doesn't seem to be able to grasp how deeply that actually affected Aqua, and how badly he is screaming for help. That he wants to be saved. She knows he is more hurt than what he says, but has no idea how it's dragging his whole life down a rabbit hole he can't crawl out of.

On the other hand, Akane sits besides Aqua in the darkness, and offers him some comfort to rely on, so he can at his own pace dig deeper inside himself to drag out his ghosts and finally heal his wounds.

Not only that, she has a path she'd like him to take, but she's letting it be of his own choosing. She'll stop him no matter the cost, but she's also teaching him the hard way to take the hard route of choosing his happiness for himself and to admit he doesn't truly want to toss his life aside for revenge.

The plot isn't all that similar. Neither are the stakes. But the deeper reasons that make me appreciate Ishimiko feel more similar to what I can see here.

This might get people miffed with me (onk fandom can get a little scary with waifu wars), but I see far more in common with Aqua and Akane's relationship. Through their "fake dating trope" relationship, they ended up opening to eachother and blurring the line of "I can't feel something for you" too much, and as of recent chapters are developing something closer to a rivalry and spite born out of love that is....*chef's kiss* more what I'm into? NEURON ACTIVATION IN MY MONKEY BRAIN.

LOOK AT THAT EX ENERGY....THE BITCH PLEASE EXPRESSION ON A GIRL THAT WAS ONCE THE SWEETEST CINAMMON ROLL EVER

FUCK YES GIVE ME SOME RIVALRY AND ANTI-VILLAIN SHIP GOODNESS. I'm sorry, but only Akane gets to see him like this and I love it

Constantly wondering what is a lie, what is Aqua concealing his feelings and having his expressions hidden is delicious. In a way, both of them fell for the mask ("the savior" and "the perfect imitation of Ai") but stayed for what was underneath (a wounded lonely person and someone who wants to be by their side).

Because Aqua, despite being shrouded in lies and using "It's a business relationship, a game" like a shield, truly felt like he tasted happiness and comfort. He felt understood and like he had an ally for the first time in ever, but he did not want to drag her down with him, despite saying he "just wants to use her". And he's willing to protect her by becoming hateful.

And this was the point of no return for me.

Aqua is still Goro, and no matter how much he tells himself it doesn't matter that he was dead like a nobody and that he couldn't connect to anyone after Sarina's passing...

Isn't that awfully lonely?

And yet, Akane was able to find him. She's seen his literal worst, most rotten self, and she was still by his side and grateful to him.

Does it matter how it started, then? Despite Aqua using her as a tool, she's aware of the best and worst parts of his personality. She knows how much his kindness is a heavy burden, and how it drives him to his most reckless self. Akane feels for him, but loves him for all he's done for her. Aqua doesn't allow himself to enjoy life or live for himself, but he has been able to put his objectives aside simply because he thought Akane needed help.

"When you fall down the stairs, I'll be there to catch you"....ahahaha

god help me, if this ship is going down, I'll sink with it

#onk spoilers #aquakane #kaguya-sama spoilers #kurokawa akane #hoshino aqua #meta #ana rambles #it's the I MUST SPEAK itch again

[7kahart]

college shenanigans

#ishimiko #kaguya-sama #this is a regular occurrence and you just know it #ishigami yu #iino miko #kaguya-sama spoilers #barbie trend

[ghostlyte]

I started watching Kaguya-Sama like a month ago, then I binged the manga for these two idiots and now my brain is diseased, so here's the first ship art I have ever made.

#ishimiko #yu ishigami #miko iino #Kaguya-sama spoilers #Kaguya-sama manga spoilers #Kaguya-sama: love is war spoilers

[gothham]

gay people smh

#i can't believe that hayafuji is more canon than ishimiko #i hate you aka #kaguya-sama #kaguya-sama spoilers

[nightblood]

#kaguya-sama love is war #kaguya-sama #kaguya-sama wa kokurasetai #kaguya shinomiya #kaguya-sama spoilers

[unidentified-moe-object]

Well, the Kaguya-Sama manga finally ended. I first started reading in early 2020 (close to three years ago now, wow), after my university anime club showed the first season of the anime and hooked me immediately. I think the manga had already peaked once I started reading, but it remained good throughout. If I wanted to be pithy, I’d call it “Ouran for zoomers”, but unlike most times something is called “x for zoomers” it wouldn’t be an insult.

#kaguya-sama spoilers #kaguya-sama: love is war #media diary tag

[sattosugu]

kaguya-sama love is war - the first kiss that never ends icons

feel free to use/edit, no need to credit

#dailyanime #kaguya love is war #kaguya sama wa kokurasetai #kaguya sama #kaguya-sama: love is war #myedits #usergokalp #usergojoana #usertorichi #usermica #useradrienne #useraki #userrashed #userhanyi #userhyu #icons #anime icons #anime #edits #kaguya sama spoilers #fyeahanimanga #kaguya shinomiya #miyuki shirogane #shirogane miyuki #shinomiya kaguya

[liquidstar]

#NO BECAUSE IM LEGIT CRYING BC IM SO HAPPY FOR HER GETTING TO LIVE OUT HER DREAM? LIKE. #SOBS #kaguya sama #kaguya sama spoilers #oshi no ko #< kind of bc its a crossover

[meltlilith]

Didn't expect a Gundam reference in a rom-com

#anime #kaguya love is war #kaguya sama wa kokurasetai #kaguya sama anime #kaguya sama love is war #kaguya sama spoilers #kaguya sama season 3 #kaguya x miyuki #mobile suit gundam #gundam #miyuki shirogane #dailyanime

[neverendingwinter]

Kaguya sama (and Akasaka's writing in general) has three categories of gay stuff in it: the unintentionally gay girl friendships, the intentional yuribait, and the actually heavily implied (or canon) stuff. Chika manages to have all three.

#adeline.txt #happy belated birthday to the chika coming out as bisexual/pansexual chapter #kaguya sama #kaguya sama wa kokurasetai #kaguya sama love is war #kaguya sama spoilers

[nanakah]

Kaguya-sama fanbook gushing

TURNS OUT AKASAKA AKA WAS FASTER THAN ME AND MADE MY WORK ADVOCATING FOR THE ENDING WAY EASIER.

A Fanbook was released to celebrate the ending of the manga, featuring a short novel: "Ishigami Yu wants to gift". I'm translating it to portuguese with a friend and a friend is translating it to english.

:))))))))))))

And yes. We can basically infer a lot of the main plot of the manga was "cancelled" or cut short, and as for Ishimiko's "side B" - he's fully aware of their open plot threads, adresses them, confirms a LOT of takes we had about Ishigami/Ishimiko/Tsubame and drops a BANGER final line that basically confirms our wildest dreams of "Ishigami knows. He pretended not to see all this time".

I'M IN LOVE. IT'S PERFECT. Will elaborate later. Also, Ishigami's rants never get old - do understand, he's trash and I love him just the way he is. I'm giddy that I got his inner pov voice so close in my old fanfiction (should dump them to ao3 someday hehe)

the final page did a number on my heart. oh maaaan........

it's the "wants to invite" chapter on my heart all over again. Trust the octopus man. I promise he did put all the love and care into his story I told you he did.

their final profiles are the most "vague" out of all characters, clearly hinting at a work in progress. And they are the cutest. I'll die for them.

LOOK AT MY BABIES ;-;

novel specific gushing later. it's gold

EDIT: English translation here! https://satorin.xyz/story

If you need someone to gush or ask anything, yours truly loves hearing squeeing

#longpost #kaguya-sama spoilers #ishimiko #I'LL DIE FOR THEEEEEM #otp #meta

[7kahart]

Bakaiino being taken home

#ishigami yu #iino miko #kaguya-sama spoilers #7kahart #ishimiko

[emisnt2]

Love is war!

#I watched the movie yesterday #Very sweet 8.5/10 #Anyway i try new brush :] #Alright back to drawing esper kiddos #kaguya sama love is war #kaguya sama wo kataritai #kaguya sama wants to be confessed to #kaguya sama spoilers #かぐや様は告らせたい #miyuki shirogane #shirogane miyuki #kaguya shinomiya #shinomiya kaguya #kaguya x miyuki

[gothham]

ISHIGAMI GOT HIS EARS PIERCED

#why is he dressed like a member of nsync and calling hayasaka by a cute nickname 😭 #this is technically a dream sequence but i'm choosing to believe hayasaka has apollo's gift of prophecy #ishigami yuu #kaguya-sama #kaguya-sama spoilers #just in case

[nightblood]

I HATE THEM!

#kaguya-sama: love is war #kaguya-sama love is war #Miko Iino #iino miko #yu ishigami #kaguya-sama spoilers

[dullahandyke]

ANIME GIRL WIN ANIME GIRL WIN SHE IS PANSEXUAL SHE IS BISEUXAL SHE IS QUEER HER LOVE TRANSCENDS GENDER EVERYONE POP YOUR BOTTLES FOR CHIKA FUJIWARA

[Image description: a mangacap from Kaguya-Sama: Love is War, depicting Chika Fujiwara and Kaguya Shinomiya with their backs to the viewer. Describing Chika, the narrator says, "For her, the concept of 'love' transcends all gender." On either side of it are gifs of Chika dancing from the anime.]

#HOWS EVERYONE DOING ARE WE DOING WELL ARE WE WINNING #kagusama #kaguya sama #kaguya sama spoilers #chika fujiwara #gif #kaguya sama love is war