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chiyuukiaru · 5 years

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Haikyuu!! Chapter 372

Not in order, I wrote this based from part that I remembered first to the last. Also, this is a spoiler, so please ignore this post if you don’t wanna be spoiled (or anime-only viewers).

Oikawa is in an overseas volleyball club.

On my previous post, I more or less already guessed it. But, I wasn't 100% right. Oikawa is indeed in an overseas team, but not a Brazilian club. An Argentinean club, that is. He was probably just sightseeing on the neighborhood country when he accidentally met Hinata.

Oikawa became like a mental-uplifting figure to Hinata.

I correctly guessed this too. Actually, Hinata said it himself. He felt better after meeting Oikawa. These two are so adorable. And would you look at that?! They already made a promise to meet up again, in a way (with Oikawa asking for a treat next time).

Ushijima and Kageyama in the same team.

I never mention this, but I always headcanon Kageyama to be teammates with Ushijima or Hoshiumi. Because these two are the other characters that I feel would be pro and the ones that had a direct conflict with Hinata. So, they team-up with Kageyama and fight Hinata would be a great drama. Glad my headcanon turned out real. It's a fan's biggest happiness lol. Thanks, Furudate!

Not only that, their expressions when they saw the pic is GOLDEN. Idk what exactly they're thinking about, but I bet it's something along the line of: "Damn, I should be more cautious. This combination is also dangerous". We know that Ushijima and Kageyama had long acknowledged Oikawa's talent as a setter (whether people think he's a natural genius or not). With him setting to Hinata, it would be a really yabai combination. Hinata also has made a name for himself as a high-level high school player in Japan (yes, admit it. Even Katou Lucio heard about this. Obviously, from Shiratorizawa's head coach), and he's still training and improving too.

Btw, what language is Schweiden? Is it a club in Japan? I don't think so, tho. The name sounds like it's coming from Sweden. If it's true, then Kageyama and Ushijima are playing in a foreign league (?).

On a side note, actually, I was sure Oikawa went pro too. Just never imagined he'd gone overseas right after graduation. I thought he'd be in a Japanese club first, then transfer.

Kindaichi and Kunimi made an appearance.

I always love the relationship between the members of The Miyagi First Year Training Camp (yes, even those ball boys). They're so precious and even though they were rivals, they learned a lot from each other. Hinata also got one of his biggest (and most satisfying, for me) development from this camp. So when these two appeared, I was elated.

Personally, I think Oikawa posted the selfie on his social media. That's why Kindaichi and Kunimi conversation went like this: "Did you see? I saw". It's like a conversation between 2 friends about the latest post of their friend who switched school or moved far after graduation. Fits.

On the other hand, Kageyama received the selfie from Hinata's chat (I think it's LINE). It suits his personality too, I don't think he would purposely open a social media account. But personal message is alright (awww and that means they're still in contact even with the time difference).

We could see Oikawa play again.

Yes, I also stated that I miss watching Oikawa plays again. He's been missing for hundred chapters, dammit. Now, from the build-up for the next chapter, I believe we could confidently say we would see him play again. And with our strongest decoy too! Wow, just wow.

The mystery coach is revealed. And the flashback with Kindaichi and Kunimi in Aoba Johsai gym.

I was always curious WHY Furudate never showed this couch's face. Now, we know why. The foreshadowing tho, damn Furudate is really smart. They planned this arc from a long time ago, duh.

Also, I always felt there's something I didn't catch when Kindaichi and Kunimi talked about how crazy Oikawa is (cmiiw, I think it was episode 11 in Season 2, I forgot which chapter it was in the manga tho). The animation (and manga panel) moved the focus back to Oikawa and his serving too fast, imo. I remember thinking "What they mean with it? Isn't his serve always crazy? Why talk about it?". My friends told me I was thinking too much about that line, but turned out, I was right to be curious. Because Oikawa wanted to play overseas!!! That's why it was crazy for Kindaichi and Kunimi. Damn, Furudate I respect you!

We were shown, once again, that beach volleyball is not the same as indoor volleyball.

Oikawa directly stated this. Beach volleyball just has volleyball in it. It's still a completely different sport. And he proved that by falling on his face (and his face is so pretty too, sigh). It means, in the current timeline, Hinata "Ninja Shouyou" is indeed a force to be reckoned with. He's acknowledged as a strong player and given a nickname for his play. Hinata really has come so far. I couldn't be more proud.

On a side note, Hinata feeling superior from Oikawa for his better beach volley play is adorable. When you're better at something, even for a little bit, from someone you know is really really good, you can't help feeling proud of yourself, lol. I definitely talked from experience.

Oikawa telling his friends that Hinata was a middle school kid from his neighborhood in English. And Hinata understood that.

And this is a guy whose worse subject was English! Before meeting Yachi and got her help, his grades never entered 2 digits. Now, not only he understands and speaks Portuguese, he understands English (probably learning to speak the language too, it's a package if you wanna survive in a foreign world). Also, we saw he learned Spanish from manga in chapter 370 too. He became multilingual (probably still with accent tho). I'm so proud.

On a side note, I wonder why Oikawa talked to his friends in English? Does it mean, he can't speak Spanish, yet?

Ugh, when this arc was animated, I hope we could hear Murase Ayumu (Hinata's VA) speaks English (he's fluent after all, ahaha). And also, him speaking Portuguese (and maybe Spanish) would kill me too.

There friends, all my rambling. I'm really getting better at rambling. Maybe I should mention this on my CV. I apologize if my words are hard to understand or I'm too talkative and annoying. I just want to let these all out, coz I know I will feel better this way. Also, I think I wrote “On a side note” too many times, lmao. Apologize, once again.

PS: Previously on my post, I said that I didn't want Oikawa to be a mentor figure for Hinata coz it'd feel like Hinata's progress isn't his own, and his struggles wouldn't feel strong enough. I still stand by this. I really don't want Oikawa to be a mentor figure for Hinata. But, I want Oikawa to be someone that can assure Hinata everything will be fine, even if he's all by himself in a foreign country and this, happened. Idk about the mentor thing, it's still up to Furudate to do it or not (honestly, I don't want it. Even if Furudate did it, maybe just make it like the training camp? So Hinata was like, observing Oikawa, asking him about some techniques, etc. I mean, you know, it’s not Oikawa who freely taught Hinata, but Hinata who was asking first. So it is still, in a way, Hinata’s own progress and learning). But, I think we all can universally agree that OiHina team-up is something that we wanna see, yes?! Looking forward to the next chapter.

#haikyuu!!#haikyuu #haikyuu spoilers #haikyuu manga #hinata shouyou #oikawa tooru #kageyama tobio #ushijima wakatoshi #kunimi akira #kindaichi yuutarou #rambling again #i apologize folks #haikyuu!! 372 #chapter 372

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onetoomanysteps · 5 years

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Regarding the problematic dilemma that is SnA’s eight episode

“The source of every crime, is some defect of the understanding; or some error in reasoning; or some sudden force of the passions.”

― Thomas Hobbes

..Okay, so, here I am again with a long-ass critic post about Shoukoku no Altair’s anime release. Yes. It has been a while and the anime had long ended. I know. Maybe some of you would say that roasting the anime again after all of this time is moot point, since it’s less likely that many people will come and search for it as it’s already out of season. But then again... compulsory community service in the middle of holiday time unfortunately can’t manage to shift my saltiness towards SnA anime, and once again I decided to resume doing this review that I initially thought I would abandon at the pilot episode.

Whew. Okay then, OOT rant out, now time for some content.

Warning: Spoilers, as usual. Also, quite more opinionated than the first review. Differing opinions are welcome, but please relay it with class.

Maybe some of you would be surprised when this particular episode became the next choice for my reluctant SnA anime bashing session: after all, compared to the other ones, this one is quite tame and consistent in regards to pacing, nothing out of ordinary as it was basically adapted from the interlude-type story of 4th volume of the manga. No sloppy scene cuts and merge like the ones littering the pilot episode, the seiyuus’ expertise shining through their well-executed lines delivered with emotive and fitting voice acting, fairly decent editing for supposedly dynamic scenes like Mahmut’s gambling parade (though a dark glittery effect and Katou-sensei used in the manga would make it 100X more awesome, as it added to Manga!Mahmut’s rightfully conspiratory look when he swindled the bar patrons’ money), the smoothness of it would not give the impression of another episode that messed up so bad that it needed a bashing post of its own.

Except that that was apparently not the case. As with most of its notable adaptations recently, there is a disturbing theme that repeats itself across some of Mappa’s recent adaptation works: For some god-knows-why reason, Mappa reeeally likes to change some aspect of the story, so that it diverges from the original source material and transform the show’s overall tone. This, in my opinion, is a kind of hit-or-miss situation; when it’s done well, it can make the story even more interesting and/or bringing out a kind of freshness to it, but when done poorly, it can destroy it into barely recognizable piece of... whatever it is instead.

Two of the most apparent examples of this theme is how Mappa did Dororo and Kakegurui’s anime adaptation. In Dororo, the important, plot-relevant differences shown since the beginning created a darker story that has a whole unique and interesting nuance compared to the more lighthearted original source. Meanwhile, in Kakegurui, in which the noisy, fanservice-laden changes only happened at the very end of the season, it felt abrupt and destroyed the tension that had been building since the first episode. For me, it gave an anti-climatic impression like the ending was written from a completely different story altogether and just slapped on the rest of the season like some kind of poorly made band-aid.

Apparently, it turns out that SnA anime also followed (or maybe some would say preceded, as it was aired even before Mappa!Dororo and aired together with Kakegurui) the same trend. To some extent. Here I see that SnA anime, as I had written about in the pilot episode critique, had changed some components of the story, in which the change didn’t really stem from technicalities and more of an artistic license to change the story’s overall tone. The problem is, the way that the anime changed scenes here and there is not consistent and overall not suited to the kind of story SnA is trying to tell us: the anime tried to somehow mix an image of Mahmut as a righteous, morally superior protagonist that always thrive in his every impulsive, ego-driven endeavors with a particular shape of world- building that centers on realpolitik-esque international politics, in which the highest reward would go to the actor that appeals the most to pragmatic rationality in ensuring their goal’s attainment. In this work, this mostly meant the characters’ goals regarding the wellbeing of their respective nations (i.e. national interest). In other words, the anime tried to blend two things that was supposedly not put together, and somehow tried to make it work. This made the overall tone inconsistent, as the anime was not clear on what kind of message it wanted to tell us.

This flaw was, in my opinion, most apparent in this particular episode. Why, you ask?

Because of this sly, sly, fabulous piece of work.

As some of you might already know, this magnificent bastard of a doge above is one of the, if not THE one, most pragmatic character SnA had to offer. Even more Machiavellian than other magnificent bastards such as Zaganos and Louis that has their own momentary emotion-controlled decision resulting in abject barbarism, Lucio for the most part managed to keep his underlying human emotions to himself, dividing his emotions as a human being with his rationality as a statesman with such surgical precision that even some of us sometimes forgot that he, like all other characters in the series, still has a heart underneath all of that smug diplomatic farce of his.

On one side the manga showcased his ability to create carefully balanced moves, crafted in order to maximize his city-state’s gain as a middle power with decent defensive capabilities and flourishing economy, but otherwise not immune to the effects of Turkiye and Baltrhein’s power struggle that reverberated throughout the region.

On the other hand, the manga also explored his inner, more vurnerable moments through carefully placed flashbacks and delicate showcase of blink-and-you’ll-miss micro-expression from time to time, creating a subtle nuance of conflicting desires in his mind that never truly surfaced for the whole world to see, painstakingly contained lest it becomes a crack that will rupture the delicate balance of his conscience and affect his decision-making abilities.

This two images of Lucio that the manga expertly portrayed, to me, is a good crystalization of the implicit rules of pragmatism present in the SnA universe already mentioned above. The ‘rewards’ for his ideal behaviour are readily apparent throughout the storyline, up until now. Venedik, the city-state that Lucio currently leads, always occupies ‘safe zone’ in the manga’s plot progression: it never suffered a crippling destruction that robs it of its sovereignty (compare to Phoenicia and some of Rumeliana mainland’s city states); haven’t experienced the kind of back-and-forth win-and-losses that causes drastic depletion of its resources (compare to Baltrhein that lost a lot of human and material resources along with their territories, and Turkiye that also lost a lot of human resources, intellectual properties, and arguably their subjects’ trust); and last but not least, it is able to participate actively, according to its own terms, in securing its interest throughout the great war that engulfes the entire region (somewhat of a luxury, certainly not possessed by the Cuore that depends on the Alliance to conclude the war in favorable terms for them).

In my opinion, those advantages that Venedik has would not be there without Lucio’s careful and logic-driven way of directing Venedik’s domestic and foreign affairs and masterful management of his personal sentiments. This is especially apparent when we compare Lucio with other policy makers in the story, that more often than not commited grave errors when they let their personal sentiments cloud their judgement (Mahmut’s impatience to save Ibrahim regardless of his position that led to his demotion in the story’s early stages; Zaganos’ thirst for revenge that led to many unnecessary sacrifices in recent chapters; Constantinos’ pride that led to Phoenicia’s harsh subjugation by Lerederik’s troops; Louis’ apparent prejudice at other other states that emptied Baltrhein’s coffers to fund a costly war, et cetera). The message is quite clear: as a statesman/woman, it’s imperative to separate one’s personal sentiments from his/her job as clean as possible; or else he/she will suffer grave consequences as a result; it doesn’t care what kind of personal morality or quirks you have, it decides that you’re finished when you let them dictate your actions (although still, being shonen manga, Mahmut as the protagonist still gets more ‘redemption’ than most...). Despite it being a value that is somewhat a bit foreign and outdated in manga world, (especially when considering the modern world’s worship of Romanticism and animanga’s reputation as one of the most expressive medium of storytelling), this subtle nuance is what separates SnA from another works in the same medium, even the ones with the same umbrella genre of historical fiction.

It’s this whole nuance that the anime failed to capture in its entirety, thus creating an underwhelmingly generic show of shonen adventure that moves because of Hero vs. Villain plot based on black-and-white morality. The drastic change they did to Lucio’s character, the character that I thought of as the ‘It’ standard of the manga’s reward-and-punishment system, presented this error clearer especially when combined with their hideous portrayal of Mahmut throughout the series already realized by a lot of other manga reader. In the anime, I didn’t see the realpolitik-savvy, confidently prudent Doge that I know and admire. In here, I saw a man so insecure about his own political inclinations that his most trusted subordinate deliberately hid a crucial intel in anticipation of an error in his judgement.

As this is already quite long, here are some screenshots to ponder on. Go figure.

Manga:

An elaborate, brilliant piece of roasting that we never knew we needed, yet the anime never gives

Anime:

Seriously? That’s all?? How about.. the Magistros’ death?

Totally blindsided by an unanticipated jab on your personal sentiments thanks to some missing intels, possibly showing your weakness and incompetence in front of foreign politicians and your own subordinates. Fun indeed.

Um... I think this is not a matter of personal preferences anymore... do you really not trust each other that much??

....Who are you, and what have you done to Lucio?

#shoukoku no altair #the eight episode #long post

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ao3feed-haikyuu · 4 years

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Not Just a Game

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2PDifME

by TrisPond

When Lucio asked Hinata to come see a pro volleyball game, he was excited. But he did not expect to see the so legendary coach. (Or Hinata watches a professional volleyball indoor game for the first time in Brazil).

Words: 1669, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Hinata in Brazil

Fandoms: Haikyuu!!

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Hinata Shouyou, Pedro (Haikyuu!!), Lucio Katou

Relationships: Hinata Shouyou & Lucio Katou, Hinata Shouyou & Pedro, hinata shouyou & kageyama tobio & tsukishima kei & yamaguchi tadashi (mentioned)

Additional Tags: Spoilers, Canon - Manga, Volleyball

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2PDifME

#haikyuu!!#haikyuu #hq #ao3feed #fanfic #haikyu #ハイキュー!!

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songs-of-madness-de · 5 years

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(Höhere Auflößung)

Zurück mit mehr OCs! Ich dachte, dies währen die letzten von humanoiden OCs (und ihren Partnern), aber es sieht so aus, als würde es noch zwei weitere geben. Das erstellen dieser Bilder hat mir wirklich dabei geholfen, einige Charaktere und deren Rolle in der Serie herauszuarbeiten.

Bild 1

Denzel Madden: Kursek - Hausmeister des Kotera Building

Gary Myers: Mensch- Wachmann des Kotera Building

Mika Takala: Krawog - Concierge des Kotera Building

Lukas Takala: Tinker - Mikas Bruder

Agnes Cole: Mensch- Bewohner des Kotera Building. Edwards Nachbar

Bianca: Welsh Corgi - Agnes Hund

Katarina Czajka: Arakumo - Die Spinne

Tessa Aita: Arakumo - Der Skorpion

Rorik: Gargyr - Stiller Untergebener

Arend: Mensch - Roriks Meister

Damon: Kursek - Weise

Johann Bunker: Mensch - Seltsamer Fremder

Edward Quirke: ? - Der Autor

Balthazar Karras: Skeldrag - Prediger

Azrael: Skeldrag - Balthazars Homunculus

Zacharia Karras: Skeldrag - Balthazars Bruder

Uriel: Skeldrag - Zachs Homunculus

Ezekiel Karras: Skeldrag - Balthazars Bruder

Gabriel: Skeldrag - Zekes Homunculus

Bartholomew Karras: Skeldrag - Balthazars Bruder. Mitglied der Megistos

Cassiel: Skeldrag - Bartholomews Homunculus

Caster Fay: Menschen - Anfühere einer Kirche des Einen Splittergruppe

Ethel: Skoodra - Adrians Feind

Zachary Haggard: Wirt - Adriels Sohn

Martha Haggard: Kursek - Adriels Tochter (jüngste der Drillinge)

Thama: Homunculus - Marthas Homunculus

Mary Haggard: Kursek - Adriels Tochter(mittlere der Drillinge)

Myra: Homunculus - Marys Homunculus

Marah Haggard: Kursek - Adriel’s Tochter (älteste der Drillinge)

Armah: Homunculus - Marahs Homunculus

Michael Haggard: ? - Vater von Mike

Henry Atwill: Mensch - Ehemaliger Laborleiter

Dr. Reece: Mensch - Laborleiter

Jackson Braun: Mensch - Boss der Labore

Cornelius: ? - Arcanum Experiment

Five: Drawolfa/Wolfmaka - Experiment

Bran Foster: Drakoza - Femeku Mitglied

Janka Bureš: Drakoza - Femeku Mitglied

Tanja Floros: Drakoza - Femeku Mitglied

Ara: Drakoza - Femeku Mitglied

Blair Pesti: Drakoza - Femeku Mitglied

Soma: Drakoza - Femeku Mitglied

Alise: Drakoza .- Charles Zwillingsexperiment

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Sakiko: Grimm - Jüngere Kaiserstochter

Yui: Mensch - Ältere Kaiserstochter

Shouta: Drakai - Anführer der Rebellen

Masaru: Grimm - Mitglied der Rebellen

Minato: Mensch - Anführer der Anti Rebellengruppe (sorry bis jetzt noch kein Name dafür)

Shichiro: Mensch - Danare experiment

Haruka Katou: Mensch - “Vater” von Shichiro

Daisuke: Rustor - Stilles Rebellenmitglied

Naoto: Mensch - Butler von Yui

Kasumi: Arakowa - Medium

Hiroshi: Drakoza - Kasumis Diener

Lucio: Wermaka - Remus Mitglied

Romolo: Wermaka - Remus Mitglied

Clarissa: Wermaka - Remus Mitglied

Lazzaro: Wermaka - Remus Mitglied

Niccolò: Drakoza - Remus Mitglied

Brian Boyle: Wermaka - Stiller Sarkmaka 1

Brian Brady: Wermaka - Stiller Sarkmaka 2

Eileen: Wermaka - Boss der Sarkmaka

Anton: Drakzoa - Giovannis alter assistent

Irina: Drakoza - Giovanni’s alte assistentin

Dragos: Drakoza - Giovannis alter assistent

Carmelo Laganà: ? - Fanatischer Monsterhasser

Bosco: Rustor - Kirche des Einen Mitglied

Durante: Mensch - Kirche des Einen Prediger

Franco: ? - Kirche des Einen Mitglied

Alessa: Drakoza - Kirche des Einen Mitglied

Marino: Grimm - Kirche des Einen Mitglied

John Polidori: ? - Kopf Megistos

Seva: Drakoza - Polidoris Dranadra

John Dee: ? - Kopf der Mecuri

Arthur Dee: ? - John Dees Sohn

Nedri: Drakoza - Dees Dranadra

John Leon: ? - Antagonist

Mara: Drakoza - Leons Dranadra

Nikolai Ogonov: ? - Edens Freund

Deena: Drakoza - Nikolais Dranadra

Chaton: ? - Seltsamer Klient

Tentra: Drakoza - Chatons Dranadra

#artists on tumblr #original art #german art #oc design #oc art #som #oc reference #miss maana art de

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