#maybe not exactly but right around there? and the manga pacing was pretty chill

[quirkwriter]

When He Sees Me: IzuOcha

⚠️MAJOR MANGA SPOILERS. Precede with caution, you have been warned.⚠️

Uraraka nervously paced around her dorm room as the watchful eyes of Tsu and Mina followed her every move. Mina wished Uraraka would just relax. Going on a date with the vigilante “Green Knight” would not end in some catastrophe like Uraraka thought it would.

“Ochako-chan, you need to calm down, kero,” Tsu finally said from the end of Uraraka’s bed. “There’s nothing to worry about.”

Uraraka flopped dramatically on her bed. “That’s not what I’m worried about, Tsu!” Uraraka sighed. “You guys wouldn’t understand.”

“You know we can’t understand until you tell us,” Mina said pointedly. “Now spill!”

“I stick with real things, usually facts and figures,” Uraraka sighed again, shifting her eyes to the floor. “When information’s in its place, I minimize the guessing game.”

Mina and Tsu exchanged glances. Mina had never taken Uraraka for someone so...logical. She supposed the past year and half has changed Uraraka, and so has her unlikely friendship with the vigilante who has been hunting down various members of the Paranormal Liberation Front.

“Well, guess what?” Uraraka didn’t give Mina or Tsu time to respond. “I don’t like guessing games, or when I feel things before I know the feeling.”

“I’m sure everything with be fine, Ochako,” Mina placed a hand on Uraraka’s shoulder. “Green Knight would be lucky to have someone like you. Unlike Midoriya.”

“Mina...” Tsu warned the pink-haired girl. Midoriya has always been a sore subject for everyone since he had abruptly left after the Battle of Jakku, especially Uraraka. No one knew why he just abandoned their class like that. It seemed as if only Uraraka, Iida, Todoroki and Bakugou knew the real reason.

“It’s fine,” Uraraka forced a smile on her face. “I’m over him. It’s been long enough.”

“So what’s got you all worked up about?” Mina pressed on, trying to goad her friend to keep talking. “You could end up going on a date with him! He said he’s gonna tell you who he is tonight!”

“How am I supposed to operate if I’m just tossed around by fate?” Uraraka stared up at the ceiling as if it held all the answers.

“Like on an unexpected date?” Mina had hearts in her eyes as she thought about Uraraka finally confessing her feelings to the Green Knight.

“What if he talks too fast?” Uraraka blurted out. “Or ask me questions about myself before I decided that? He might sit too close. Or call the waiter by his first name. Or eat Oreos but eat the cookie before the cream.”

Mina and Tsu exchange sympathetic glances. Clearly Uraraka was just making excuses because she was worried about something bigger.

Meanwhile...

Melissa laughed to herself as she watched the Green Knight nervously put on his costume. “Chill out, I’m sure she already likes you as the Green Knight. If she doesn’t like civilian you then she’s pretty shallow.”

“But she’s gonna recognize me when I take my mask off!” Izuku protested, face flushing furiously. “I just don’t know how she’s gonna react.”

“What are you scared of, Midoriya?” Melissa asked genuinely. “She’s just Uraraka. She was your best friend.”

“What I’m scared of?” Izuku chuckled nervously. “Well, what scares me the most is what if when she sees me, what if she doesn’t like it? What if she runs the other way and I can’t hide from it? What if when she knows it’s me, she’s only disappointed? What if I give myself away only to have it given back?”

Melissa patted his back sympathetically. “I couldn’t live with that.” Izuku mumbled dejectedly.

“You don’t know that’s how it’s gonna be, Midoriya,” Melissa said reassuringly. “You just gotta believe in yourself!”

“But I’m just fine in my shell-shaped mind,” Izuku persists, putting on his mask. “This way I get the best view. So that when she sees me, I want her to.”

“Midoriya, don’t you think that you’re being a little,” Melissa shook her head, not wanting to offend her friend. “I mean maybe just a tad, you know, defensive?”

“I’m not defensive!” Izuku squeaked out. He cleared his throat, turning to face the mirror. “I’m simply being cautious. I can’t risk reckless dating due to me miscalculating. I cannot be too careful when it comes to sharing my life.”

“Don’t you think that you’re being too careful?” Melissa stood between Izuku and the mirror. “You’re gonna make yourself miserable, Midoriya, with all this overthinking. Uraraka is your friend. She’s trustworthy. Plus you’re gonna defeat Shigaraki soon.”

“Yeah, I guess so.” Izuku smiled shakily. “I guess it’s time for me to head to our meeting spot.”

“Good luck, Midoriya!” Melissa called after him.

Back to Uraraka

“Sorry girls,” Uraraka said, her face hardening. “But I don’t even know who he is behind the mask! But he could be a criminal, some kind of psychopath!”

Mina burst out laughing. “The Green Knight is probably the furthest thing from a psychopath! He beats all the other psychopaths up! Like he just knocks ‘em out with one punch! He’s totally not a bad guy!”

Tsu had a more pensive expression. “Well, technically he is a criminal, kero. Vigilantes aren’t exactly law abiding citizens, even with the decline of hero society.”

“He could be colorblind!” Uraraka was grasping at straw, trying to find a reason to not go confess her feelings to the Green Knight.

“How untrustworthy is that,” Mina said sarcastically. “Isn’t Iida colorblind? He’s, like, your best friend, right? Chillax, girl.”

“He could be way too mean,” Uraraka protested weakly.

“Like Bakugou, kero.”

Uraraka felt something stir within her chest. “Or even worse he could be very nice, have lovely eyes, and make me laugh and come out of hiding.” An image of her long lost friend, Deku, flashed in her mind before she shook her head. She shouldn’t be thinking about him right now. “Oh, God, what do I do with that?” She shoved her face in her hands.

“Obviously kiss the guy!” Mina screamed, throwing a pillow at her stubborn friend. “Just fucking admit you love him, damn it! He probably likes you too! That’s why he wants to reveal his identity to you, you lucky bastard!”

“But what if when he sees me, I like him and he knows it?” Uraraka screamed into her pillow. She doesn’t want to get her heart broken again. “What if he opens up a door and I can’t close it? What happens then?”

“Kis—” Mina started to say before Tsu covered her mouth.

“Let her finish, kero.”

“What if when he holds me, my heart is set in motion?” Uraraka stood up and continued pacing. “I’m not prepared for that.” She didn’t notice the stray tears that began to fall down her cheeks, the memory of Deku living with no explanation other than the fact that he had All Might’s quirk and he had to go fight Shigaraki.

“I’m scared of breaking open,” Uraraka cries as she leans against the wall. “But I still can’t help from hoping to find someone to talk to, who likes me the way I am. Someone who when he sees me, wants to again.”

“Go get your man,” Mina encouraged softly. “If he doesn’t like you, then all of Class 3A will fuck him up.”

Uraraka wiped a tear from her eye. “Thanks, Mina,” she said shakily. “I guess I’ll go see him.”

Uraraka floated to the rooftop of the abandoned warehouse she had been sneaking off to more and more frequently to see her unlikely friend, the Green Knight. He stood stoically on the ledge, diligently watching the city below him.

“Uraraka,” he said thickly. “It’s nice to see you.”

Uraraka smiled and nodded, shifting her feet nervously. “So...”

“Right,” he chuckled nervously. “I suppose you want to know who I am.”

“You don’t have to tell me,” Uraraka said quickly. “I like who you are with or without the mask.” Realizing what she just said, Uraraka’s face heated up and she turned away.

“Uraraka-san,” he knelt down in front of her, a warm smile decorated his face behind the mask where she couldn’t see. “I’m ready to show you who I am when you are.”

“I’m ready,” Uraraka said determinedly.

He lifted off the mask.

#mha manga spoilers #bnha #anime #mha #mha fanfiction #fanfic #izuocha #izuku midoriya #vigilante izuku #vigilante deku #uraraka ochako

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“Ryuji! Thanks again for wanting to meet up, I hope it wasn’t too sudden a request.. !” Kaede had asked Ryuji to meet her in the courtyard after school, in a quiet spot where not many students were around. She’d feel pretty embarrassed if they were too out in the open, after all. Bouncing on her heels, she had her arms behind her back, hiding a certain something behind it. “So you could probably guess why I asked you to meet up here, considering what today is, h-hehe, but… here you go!” From behind her back, she pulls out a box of chocolates, tied with a white ribbon. “Happy Valentines Day!” Inside would be a variety of chocolate flavors, ranging from milk chocolates, white chocolates, and some even being double chocolate truffles. A few of them also had swirls of chocolate or caramel sauces on them, too. “I ah, made these chocolates, myself… so I hope you’ll like them!” She giggles, a shy blush spreading on her cheeks. -ahogechef! ♡

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☠ - Even Shujin for all it’s faults knew how to take one day out of the year to cool it’s jets Somehow that fact alone made everything kind of surreal for Ryuji as he takes a look at it all. To see the gradual slowdown to the maliciousness seeing how multiple cases of inner working of suffering had been cleared by the Phantom Thieves’s work. Naturally there was a touch of pride to that, strength, a better form of comfort, there was many ways he could take a crack at the deal at hand.

Just in time for the day filled with charged and hopeful energy. Somehow even these old halls managed to look brighter as he made quick work through them. The blonde’s attention hadn’t truly been placed on any of that, a one track mind and goal leading him to the outdoors quick as he could, that heart of his doing it’s best impression of a stampede at this.

14th.. It was the friggin 14th and there he was getting attention from text!? Tucked on the texter’s ID was a bright, familiar face that a world of things has been learned about the past few days!

“Shoot shoot.. Keep it chill Ryuji, probably just needs some help! Or uh, could be a surprise lesson in the works? Shouldn’t.. oooh man, crap, can’t go thinking ahead of time of what it really is!” Yet it’s this exact brand of situation he managed to catch within the world of pages known as manga! How could he not be so antsy as the sterile school air is replaced with the lukewarm breeze of another sunny day? By now the thrall of students found themselves thinned out thanks to this being a latter part of the day. Right now, only the dedicated remain, some club to practice keeping them bound for the time being.. yet for him?

His goal remained off in a meeting spot that the Shujin’s infrastructure hidden away. The place was a big stone covered building to begin with, practically making it’s attempt eat away at the sky if one were to look at it from the grass floor below. Thanks to his old regimen of running around this building itself, tons of the nooks and crannies were known like clockwork, which lead to him quickly finding the key piece to his puzzle, a certain girl he’s come to certainly get along with. Even a glance of her filled him with good memories despite the mildly anxious energy shown as she remained.

“Yo, Senpai!” Right now would be one of the few times she’d manage that from him without a single complaint. A few steps forward and suddenly they entered their miniature world of privacy, anticipation tied with a natural joy making him a touch too curious on the matter at hand. “Hope I didn’t keep ya waitin’ too long n’ all that. Y’know-- end of the day class duties n’ junk, didn’t wanna half-ass that and have them dragging me back in by the collar. But y’know, course it wasn’t! Sure we’ve managed to make tighter time even before this.” He quickly goes to reassure. Yet, why did he feel a little out of it.. As if, well, it’s more like they were beating around the bush?

Somehow a sweet event like this had the charge of a surprise party, the type made for two people and a ton of time to do what they want. In fact this is exactly what transpires once she soon presents the gift, leading to the reality clearly outclass whatever dreamed up scenario that he had. Seeing that tousle of golden hair look like a halo around her figure, how her eyes shimmered and just all the damn courage in the world made in her offering this, it truly brought a distinct shine to Kaede that had his damn heart beating. Ryuji’s eyes had widened as a audible whoaaaaa echos from his lips. Within no time at all he found himself clinging onto the words and the sight of the luxurious box, the hands drawing them close, to the way she beamed while having the most adorable damn look on her face.

If he didn’t have his endurance as high as he did, Ryuji’s pretty damn sure he wouldn’t fainted due to happiness.

”All-a this.. For me..?” Somehow that brain of his had a hell of a time translating harmless fantasies into this touch of reality. The act itself was weighing a hefty amount of gratitude from his heart, while just this view itself..? How in the hell could his face now try to rival the sun’s? He found it warming up considerably as he bashfully reaches forth to take the treat. Just hearing about the multiple selection, hearing about how she fixed it up herself, knowing that this girl managed to make world renowned things at the drop of a dime with her cooking talent.. and using that for a day like this? He swears that the pace of his heart could actually be heard at this point while that giddy feeling plain refused to quit.

Similar to their many lessons before around the ol’ pots and pans, a good deal of care was taken in handling the box, this said chocolate becoming a fitting treasure for a Phantom Thief. What could be noticed upon that face of his was a genuine smile, one tilted far away from the usual smirks tied with cocksure expressions. The whole deal had him feeling sentimental as after he takes the box, in a bolder display, he reaches forth to take the girl’s hand, offering a small squeeze of appreciation while he scrounged up the guts. “Like I need to wonder if they do, c’mon, this is you we’re talkin’ about. S’probably some of the best chocolate of the century hiding in these! ..But ah, Kaede?”

“I wanted to say thank you too. For this obviously! But kinda more of everything as of late.” He managed to sputter out, fighting through that unending urge to tense up while getting all heartfelt. Right now it needed to be known! “You’ve always been putting in so much effort to me since things had started up.. A lotta that considering now days is pretty new n’ fun to me, especially for a mini hobby like all the things we’ve been practicing.. so well, I just wanted to say thank you. I’m gonna eat these chocolates like they’re the last tastiest thing on earth!” ..Maybe that was too dramatic? It hardly matters while he gives her hand an appreciative squeeze, all while meeting her eye to eye, clearly happy.

“..Wanna try a couple of these together with me? I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

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“Shoot! Happy Valentines day by the by!”

@ahogechef​

#ahogechef #submissions #| Valentines Day #Hey. This was sweet #submission

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 246: Plot Whiplash

Previously on BnHA: Hawks handed Endeavor a copy of Re-Destro’s NYT bestseller and was all “ಠ_ಠ READ THIS!!” He then flew off back to the PLF and was all “hey guys just got back from handing out free copies of Destro’s book to everyone in a 1000-mile radius, which absolutely nobody asked me to do, well anyways you can thank me later” and they were all “SWEET.” Back at the Endeavor HQ, Bakugou got all fired up to BUST SOME HEADS but Endeavor’s sidekicks were all “WAIT FOR THE PLOT YOUNG MAN.” Meanwhile in his office, Endeavor discovered a secret code in the book Hawks gave him, which basically read “HEY WHAT’S UP THE LEAGUE HAS TAKEN OVER THE MLA AND HAS AN ARMY OF 100,000 PEOPLE” and Endeavor was like “!!!!” And then we cut to the League and Toga was all “IN FOUR MONTHS TOMURA IS BLOWING THIS SHIT TO KINGDOM COME” and then the chapter just ended. Sometimes it be like that.

Today on BnHA: Tomura sits down with Ujiko who monologues a bit about Quirk Singularity and then starts some sort of quirk-upgrading process which will apparently take four months to fully set in. And also he’s like “oh btw let me tell you about One for All” so THAT’S A THING NOW, GREAT. We then cut back and forth between Endeavor and Hawks, who both somehow come to the weird conclusion that THE INTERNS ARE OUR ONLY HOPE NOW using logic that is hard to explain on account of THERE ACTUALLY ISN’T ANY LOGIC BEHIND IT, SHHH. But anyway, so Endeavor figures out the rest of Hawks’s message and he knows that Hawks is trying to figure out what the League is up to, and something something that’s why the internships are so important. Like, I get that the Terrible Trio are future legends in the making, but these guys are seriously like “well okay let’s just go ahead and rest all our hopes on them” out of the blue, and Hawks has this big monologue about how “THINGS WON’T GO ACCORDING TO YOUR PLAN, VILLAINS” and okay then!! And then the last two pages are basically just DID SOMEBODY ORDER SOME HYPE with more shit going on than I can possibly sum up so I won’t even try lol. But damn.

(All comments are my unspoiled reactions from my initial readthrough of the chapter. I did a quick edit for grammar and clarity afterward, and added a few ETAs in the process, but aside from that there are no changes.) 

okay guys, I’m feeling kinda under the weather today, but I know this chapter’s gonna be good so lesssssss gooooooo. bring me back to life Horikoshi

(ETA: lol well there sure was a lot happening in this chapter, that’s for sure. my head hurts.)

oooooh it’s a sexy Jump cover celebrating season 4!

I really need the anime team to step up and give Ochako and Tsuyu some more screentime in the Basement Arc since the manga did not do them justice. there’s only like a 20% chance of that happening, which is depressing, but it’s 2019 and the winds are slowly changing, albeit at a geriatric pace. so I’ll allow myself to have some hope. you never know

YEAH SON LOOK AT THIS COLOR SPREAD Y’ALL THIS IS RAD

hello I love everything about this. the colors, the focus on our best girls, Deku’s bizarre-yet-awesome assorted sci-fi accessories (Deku do those headphones let you communicate with space or what), and of course, the five million TVs in the background which for some reason all appear to be from the 70s. all of this to remind us to TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR THE LONG-AWAITED SEASON 4 DEBUT. I will definitely tune in! the first episode is just gonna be the usual half filler/half clip show, but honestly season 3 was so good that I could sit through a whole hour of nothing but highlights and still be thoroughly entertained

anyway let’s move on because there are GAMES AFOOT, and we’re hopefully about to learn which direction this arc will be headed in!

OH SHIT OH FUCK

yep, that’s him. Shigaraki “destruction incarnate” Tomura. I see we’re getting our weekly dose of “just a reminder that WE ARE SCREWED” even earlier than usual this chapter, huh

so does anyone else get a chill up their spine every time Ujiko makes an appearance, or is that just me? like, god. he may honestly be even creepier than AFO. he’s just completely soulless, this guy. he’s got like this Mengele vibe to him (though that may be kinda dicey to compare horrific real-life atrocities to fictional ones in a shounen manga, but I’m just trying to explain why I find him so disturbing) and it really freaks me the hell out, ngl. anyways so him wearing a surgical mask and standing in front of this weird examination chair is pretty much the last thing I need right now. go away Ujiko

so Tomura is all “I want it cuz you promised, so pay up jackass”, and like. fair, though

I really like this new art style Horikoshi’s been using for him since his Awakening. kinda curious how it’s going to translate to the anime, or even to a color spread. but at the very least in black and white it looks siiiiick

smh look at this little punk trying to downplay how insanely freaking overpowered his quirk currently is

okay first of all, “President Baldy” is only alive because you left him alive. and he also had to chop off his own legs to stay that way. like, what kind of argument is this, Tomura? “this power is far from invincible, all my enemies have to do is amputate their own limbs and then they’ll have me right where they want me.” you know what, just go on and destroy the world right now kid. you’re getting greedy now and it could be your undoing

that is a nice parallel between him and Deku there, though. now I’m craving some Symbolic Artwork of them standing back to back each holding out their scarred right arms. maybe with their respective mentors in the background. here at BnHA we prefer our parallels nice and dramatic

sdskfjlaskdj

son of a bitch. I really wish he wouldn’t say that with such utter certainty. “the next conflict will be our last.” cue me flipping through the BnHA table of contents and trying to determine just how far along we actually are here, because this is veering dangerously close to Final Battle signaling, and like, ALREADY?? TOMURA ARE YOU JUST BEING THEATRICAL OR ARE YOU FOR REAL OMG. motherfucking DARK LORD’S LIPS curling into the WICKEDEST FUCKING CRESCENT I’VE EVER SEEN, fuck me

(ETA: it occurs to me on readthrough #2 that “the next conflict will be our last” could be interpreted to mean him and All Might specifically. like, the last conflict between the two of them. and that might very well be true, and would not surprise me at all. shit.)

fjsgk now Ujiko’s talking about research. and quirks!! glkjlkl

fully expecting the camera to cut to some NOUMUS any second now oh my god. also trying not to think about how crazy ominous that fucking chair looks. and how many people this maniac has probably strapped down to it and done god knows what to them. hey Horikoshi you know what, I’ve had just about enough of this dark shit, can we please cut back to my kids now I’m feeling too unsettled. goddammit

anyhow of course we are NOT cutting away, and Ujiko is continuing to talk about quirk evolution, and now segueing into a speech about that quirk singularity thing. -- which he apparently named?? wow

is he actually going to do something to Tomura? holy shit?? this whole time that they’ve been talking about this “power” I’ve just been assuming it was something external, like some other handy dandy villain resource that AFO’s just been sitting on or something. this is not where I expected things to go. didn’t he just get an upgrade??

anyway so here’s a brief summary I just wrote up of The Past Six Months of BnHA:

Deku: [gets a new quirk]

everyone: bruh. Horikoshi really out here giving Deku AFO Powers while Tomura just sits around starving to death on a couch. what the heck

Horikoshi: [powers up Tomura to the point where he can destroy anything just by it being in contact with something that Tomura happens to be touching] [has Tomura use this power to level an entire city]

everyone: -- oh. okay, you know what, never mind --

Horikoshi: [gives Tomura an army of 100,000 people] [also gives him command of 11 extremely lethal and nigh-unstoppable killing machines, just one of which was almost enough to take out the number one hero, LITERALLY THE STRONGEST GUY THE GOOD GUYS CURRENTLY HAVE IN RESERVE]

everyone: okay we’re sorry we get it you can sto --

Horikoshi: APOCALYPSE IN FOUR MONTHS!!!

everyone: WE GET IT WE’RE SORRY PLEASE

Horikoshi: [GIVES TOMURA ANOTHER POWER-UP]

everyone: [curled up in fetal position sobbing]

starting to think the mangaka might be the actual final villain here. hmm

anyway. so I guess we have four months until Tomura ascends to Actual Godhood and proceeds to rain hellfire down upon the world. what are you all gonna do with your four months. I personally have a lot of stuff to binge, but knowing me I’ll probably just waste all my time reading fanfic while youtube videos play in the background which I’m not paying any attention to. what am I doing with my life

oh were we not done hyping him up? there’s more??

(ETA: I got so caught up in the OFA comment I didn’t pay attention to Tomura becoming a beautiful decayed butterfly in this exquisitely creepy panel here. but damn.)

-- HOLD THE FUCK UP. does Tomura know about One for All??? because I was under the impression that AFO hadn’t told him? this would change a lot if he knew this entire time, holy shit?!

aaaaaaaaand exactly one panel later Horikoshi is all “no he didn’t know calm the fuck down” lol

okay then. so he didn’t know, and he’s only just finding out now. well tbh that’s still worthy of a smiling crying emoji face though :’) this is fineeee

shit here we go oh shit

-- WAIT, SO WE’RE JUST CUTTING AWAY FROM THEM? NOW YOU CUT AWAY? YOU GET WITHIN INCHES OF CONFIRMING THE FUCKING ALL FOR ONE FOR ALL THEORY AND THEN IT’S JUST “ANYWAYS HERE’S ENDEAVOR” YOU KNOW WHAT, HORIKOSHI, I --

just. come on dude. AFOFA 2019! let’s make it happen! dammit

sigh, so looks like it’s back to the admittedly-still-epic “Hawks passes down secret information about the villains to Endeavor” plot. I guess we’re not exactly hurting for good plots all around. I may complain but honestly we are spoiled

so Hawks is saying that he actually doesn’t know the specifics of the villains’ plans yet. well shit

apparently his feathers can only pick up sounds from short range, and the villains keep escorting him away whenever they get to talking about the good stuff. well at least that explains that potential plot hole from last week. Hawks’s feathers may have a short range, but Horikoshi’s plot hole caulking gun can fill in leaky plot holes from fucking miles away. amazing

ffffffff

don’t mind me I’m just sitting here fretting about Hawks continuing to be in mortal danger and risking his life to gather information in a race against time against the end of the world. Horikoshi out here piling up stakes like a freaking vampire hunter

but in the meantime, everyone please stop what you’re doing for a moment to look at this absolute unit of a bellhop slash security guard

apologies Lord Vader he was just trying to get to the dining hall. my bad. as you were

and holy shit I hope you enjoyed that light comedic break because two seconds later Re-Destro has dropped in to fixate Hawks with one of those Lightly Menacing Smiles he’s so infamous for. so that’s just fucking great!

HAWKS WATCH OUT FOR YOUR FINGERS

omg. imagine, a showdown between the two stealth murder MVPs of the series, Yotsubashi “Sleeper Hold” Rikiya (yes I did have to look up his real name just now) and Takami “Tag Em And Bag Em” Keigo. true, RD may no longer have legs, but he didn’t need them to choke out our little mouse buddy now did he? anyways speaking of which I just remembered that I fucking hate Re-Destro and I honestly hope Hawks does kill him. it’d be pretty easy to fit him into a bag too. he’s basically just a torso and arms now

oh sure Horikoshi go ahead and spring this on me after all of that ranting why don’t you

by the way does Re-Destro have Robot Legs now, or

looool he does

I will say this for Horikoshi, he knows my weaknesses. more robot limbs please. either badass or memeable ones, either is fine

meanwhile I skipped over this panel of Hawks and Twice being buddies in order to get to the legs, and shame on me for that. let’s go back

Twice is a genuinely good guy and I hope Hawks can tell. I wonder how fake this smile is. I feel like it’d be easy to relax around Twice regardless of how tense you are about your secret spy mission which could go south at any time. anyways this is wholesome

and now we’re cutting back to Endeavor who is taking his sweet time reacting to this whole thing. Endeavor can you fucking chill with the poker face already geez

okay wait, what

are you serious?! I fucking can’t with this lady. “now make sure to throw these children directly into the line of fire! it’s good for them and builds character!” I’m sorry, I thought this was the Hero Public Safety Commission, not the Putting Juveniles Directly Into Harm’s Way Commission?? at least change the acronym to something more appropriate then. Heinous Pathetic Soulless Cowards. just a suggestion. jesus

anyway so for a moment I got confused as to whether this was implying that she’d told Endeavor about Hawks’s undercover mission. but it seems like he’s still unaware. shouldn’t be too long before he puts the pieces together though at this rate

lol in the very next panel, even

meanwhile you’re just sitting on your ass reading a book! FUCKING DO SOMETHING ALREADY, ENDEAVOR

so he’s thinking that the “preparation” part of Hawks’s message is referring to the interns. let me back up a sec and write down the entire message as he’s read it thus far

“four months from now / rising to action / until then / will send / signals / in case / of failure / preparation / numbers”

...read like that, it really does sound like Hawks is advocating to get as many soldiers ready as possible. even if that includes actual children. including Endeavor’s own son. shit. I mean, I get that they don’t have much of a choice, but that’s still so fucked up. sure, we as omniscient readers know that Deku is their one and only hope, but they don’t know that. as far as they know these are just a bunch of teenagers with less than a year’s worth of experience that they’re propping up on the front lines. and the plan is then... what? hope they don’t die too quickly?? fuck

Hawks is out here having an argument with me in his thoughts. you wanna play it like that, Hawks? fine

I don’t know what kind of “but” you can tag on to the end of that paragraph that could possibly win me over, dude, but go for it I guess

and we’re finally cutting back to the kids in question now! with Burnin’ casually trying to crush Kacchan’s hopes and dreams

okay but I love how both Deku and Shouto are like “easy there buddy, we got you” and trying to keep Kacchan from having a fucking aneurysm sob. JUST TRY AND HOIST HIM ONTO SOME DUMB SIDEKICKS, LADY. YOU’VE MADE A POWERFUL ENEMY HERE TODAY

oh shit

oh my god. are we going to get our first actual interaction between the three of them that doesn’t consist of them grumbling annoyed introductions at each other and then running off to fight an old fortune teller omggggg

I love how Deku and Bakugou look weirdly intimidated by him lol. Bakugou where did all that “YOU’RE KIND OF A JERK” confidence go all of a sudden

YESSSSSSS

GODDAMMIT, I’M STILL SO MAD AT YOU GUYS FOR BEING ALL “LET’S JUST MAKE THE CHILDREN DO IT,” BUT DAMMIT THEY KICK ASS THOUGH SO I CAN KINDA SEE YOUR POINT

NOW HAWKS IS METAING ABOUT THEM AHHHHHHH

DAMN STRAIGHT THEY WOULD HAVE. BRING ON TOMURA AND ALL OF HIS STUPID POWER-UPS. WOW I’M WEIRDLY HYPED UP ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME

AND FUCKING LOOK AT THIS TWO-PAGE SPREAD AHHHHHHHHHHH

MOTHERFUCKER [WHIPS OUT PEN AND NOTEBOOK] TIME TO ANALYZE THIS BITCH

so Ochako and Tsuyu did indeed go back to intern with Ryuukyuu again! makes sense, she is a top ten hero after all. who’s that with them, though? almost looks like Yanagi from the hair and the mask, but the costume looks different? hmm

I CAN’T BELIEVE IIDA WENT BACK TO INTERN WITH FUCKING MANUAL AGAIN. THIS GUY IS THE BRAN CEREAL OF HEROES. though I fucking love him though so yeah it’s fine

JIROU AND SHOUJI TEAMING UP WITH GANG FUCKING ORCA AW YISS BOYS THIS IS THE GOOD SHIT LET’S GOOOO

KOUDA AND MANGA TEAMING UP WITH WASH OMG. MANGA IS THE ONLY ONE ON THAT TEAM WHO ACTUALLY FUCKING SPEAKS. IS WASH’S SIDEKICK SOME SORT OF BROOM PERSON OMG

A WHOLE FUCKING ACRE OF KIDS HAVE ALL GANGED UP ON THIS CAVEMAN-LOOKING FELLA I DON’T EVEN RECOGNIZE. WHO ARE YOU. DID YOU CROSS OVER FROM THE FANTASY AU

KIRI BACK WITH FG AND BROUGHT TETSUTETSU ALONG FOR THE RIDE HELLS YEAHHHH

KAMINARI AND SERO WITH KAMUI WOODS AND EDGESHOT I’M HYPERVENTILATING AHHH. AND SHIOZAKI TOO!! I’LL JUST PRETEND I DON’T SEE MINETA THERE IN THE CORNER. MIGHT BE TIME TO DUST OFF THE OLD “CANCELLED” STAMP AGAIN BUT WE’LL SEE HOW THINGS GO

WHO ARE MOMO AND TOKAGE AND MINA AND AOYAMA (WHICH BTW IS THE GREATEST HERO TEAMUP OF ALL TIME HOLY SHIT) TEAMING UP WITH!? TELL US. AND PONY AND MONOMA. GODDAMMIT HORIKOSHI

whew! anyway. they’re all still screwed, but by golly that was nice to have that little invigorating breather of life and hope

LOL OH SHIT THERE’S ANOTHER ONE

okay, SOMEONE TELL ME RIGHT THE FUCK NOW WHAT ALL MIGHT IS LOOKING AT OR I’M GONNA LOSE IT. holy shit. he was researching the past users of OFA, wasn’t he? WHAT DID YOU FIND OH GOD. he’s not just upset, he looks one step shy of fucking crying?? did he learn about what happened to Nana’s son and his family, maybe? shit shit shit

so Yanagi is interning with Kendou then? so who was that with Hadou and Ryuukyuu and the rest. one of Ryuukyuu’s sidekicks?

IS THAT FUYUMI (SPOILERS FUCKING YEAH IT IS) AND WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE SHE’S FUCKING PRAYING OMG. it looks like she’s kneeling at a family altar?? like saying a prayer for someone who is PRESUMED DEAD, maybe?? LIKE MAYBE A LONG LOST TWIN BROTHER OH SHIT OUT OF NOWHERE THE HYPE DON’T STOP!!

AND WHY DOES NAO HAVE HIS HAT OFF AND CLUTCHED TO HIS CHEST LIKE HE’S TELLING SOMEONE BAD NEWS. GOD WHAT THE HELL EVEN ARE ALL OF THESE PLOT THINGS HAPPENING ALL OF A SUDDEN. LIKE I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK NEXT

KUROGIRI AHHHHHHHH

WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO ERI’S HORN!? DOES ANYONE ELSE SEE THIS?? AIZAWA??? HELLO!?!?

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TEAM OT3. TIME TO FUCKING SUIT UP. APPARENTLY. WELL ALL RIGHT THEN. [JACKET ZIP] [GUN COCKING SOUND EFFECT] LET’S GO PUNCH ‘EM IN THE MOUTH

y’all. this chapter was like plot whiplash. this went in so many different directions and hinted at so many different things that I’m at a complete fucking loss as to what to process first. but I guess the interns are gonna save us all, somehow. lol okay then

#bnha #boku no hero academia #bnha 246 #shigaraki tomura #hawks #endeavor #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #makeste reads bnha #horikoshi: [makes tomura sexy] #everyone: okay that part is fine I guess #horikoshi: [tells tomura about one for all] #me: :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') :') welp

[otakween]

Cyborg 009 (Manga) - The Red Shoes, Farewell Nessie, Ishtar’s Dragon, and At the Zoo

The Red Shoes:

-Compare this with the 2001 episode Christmas Eve Mirage which covered a similar storyline (except stretched out) 

-The big difference between this and the anime adaptation is that the drama had nothing to do with the cyborgs at all, just some emo lovers. I didn’t really understand the boyfriend’s plot? Was it supposed to be a murder-suicide or was he just trying to kill her? Francoise acts like she wants to believe it’s the former (because...romantic?) but she’s not sure.

-The latter half of this chapter felt kind of lazy. Immediately after the couple blows up, the cyborgs and Gilmore are just chilling in a void exposition dumping about what just happened. It kind of felt like they didn’t have much of a reaction the violent death, they were just kind of like “that’s sad...”

-The real best part of this chapter was that they referenced the babysitter from Baby Poppins :) I’m glad she got to keep her job <3 

Farewell, Nessie:

-Okay this plot was just ridiculously random: so a member of the National Diet investigates the cyborgs and finds out about their powers with the plan of blackmailing them and making them do his bidding. Okay fine. But then he uses them to find the Loch Ness monster??? Whaaa??? Where’d that leap in logic come from!?

-Can you image if JAPAN was the one to break the Nessie story tho? That would be so unexpected lol 

-The writing in this was pretty cliche. I feel like every giant monster story has the “humans are the real monsters” plot line where the bad guy wants to make money off it (like King Kong). It’s always fun to see Ishinomori’s animal illustrations tho

-I guess the cyborgs are supposed to be a big secret to the world but it’s not discussed very often so I forget that sometimes. They’ve been to so many places and fought in front of so many people that it seems kind of implausible that they could stay hidden at this point. 

-I liked the idea that Nessie swims out to sea. Somehow the thought of a salt-water Nessie feels way more realistic than it chilling in a lake. Especially since there’s a lot we haven’t explored. 

Ishtar’s Dragon:

-Eternal life? More like this chapter went on for an eternity, amirite? (It actually wasn’t that long, the complicated vocabulary just slows me down).

-Sorry but I think the arcs that focus on ancient Gods are definitely my least favorite. They all feel exactly the same and this one had that horrible “love affair that inevitably ends in death” cliche Ishinomori keeps pulling out. It was cool to see some Middle Eastern stuff but ENOUGH with the false Gods already!

-Also low-key feel like bringing in ancient cultures in an excuse to draw naked ladies...just sayin’

-The dead one-week-lover thing felt especially cold this time around. Jet barely gets to mourn Ishtar’s death and everyone’s like “C’mon Jet, let’s go home! :D” Like...excuse me? A little sympathy from Jet’s friends would have been nice 

-Again this manga makes me confused about it’s stance on the fantastical. I think in this universe aliens are real but Gods and monsters aren’t? Maybe?

At the Zoo:

-Whelp, this was just a big ol’ bummer. How come any animal introduced in this series has to die immediately? :/

-The reveal that the boy released the animals from their cages due to an academic nervous breakdown made me laugh inappropriately. I’m in grad school right now so I was just like “MOOD.” 

-Zoos make me feel so uncomfortable...I love seeing animals, but when I went to the zoo in Tokyo they were clearly stressed. Many of them were pacing back and forth and I saw a monkey rip out its own fur and eat it. It’s kind of hard to see them the same way after that...

#cyborg 009 #manga #volume 23 #bookwalker

[princessbubblegumlover]

here’s a fanfic i did

Mei this and Mei that, Mei Mei Mei...

I sighed heavily, my blonde friend Yuzu hadn't stopped going on about her little sister "I just don't know what I should do? She pushes me away when I try to help her." She pouted sadly.

It broke my heart Yuzu was clearly hella gay for Mei and all she was getting was heartache, it wasn't right. Yuzu is a cinnamon roll too pure to get hurt like that, I glanced up into her eyes, we were sitting close together on my bed so i had a great view of her beautiful green eyes, I blushed a little, hopefully she wouldn't notice, she never seems to and god knows I blushed around this angel a lot.

Yuzu sighed sadly looking up to me "i'm sorry to bore you about Mei again, I just want to help her so much you know? Be a good big sister"

I couldn't help but scoff at that, it was clear she wanted to be more than a good big sis, but she would never admit to it, I had tried in the past hinting I knew hoping she'd confess and I could help her get over this pain in the ass, because that's all Mei was to her at the moment, she just couldn't see it because she was a useless lesbian and maybe one day she might notice my blushes... "Hey its all cool Yuzu-chi, but honestly you're worrying waaaay too much about the prez, you just need to take a break and do stuff" I thought for a moment what could she do to take her mind off of Mei and that doesn't involve making out with me right now, because that would be too gay and awkward to say out loud... or would it? if I played it off as a joke well she'll smile and laugh or it could turn into one of those porno scenarios "you should do some girly stuff you know with me, like do each others make up, watch a rubbish cheesy horror movie, make out on my bed, make cookies, you know fun stuff" I shrugged as if i hadn't said anything odd at all.

Yuzu look puzzled a little "w-what was the one before cookies" she questioned.

"movie" i grinned.

she squinted her eyes at me "no no i'm pretty sure you said something else"

I laughed out loud "sorry Yuzu-chi I couldn't resist freaking you out a bit, your face is adorable when you're confused" I jokingly leaned closer to her "unless you want to"

she pushed me aside blushing furiously "stop that you" she scratched the tip of her nose "so you know how umm..." she blushed more "the girls at school sometimes mess about with other girls, h-have you... y-you know?" she was so adorable right now i might lose control and kiss her and then fly kick Mei.

"me?" I had actually never mess around with anyone before, though i was pretty touchy with most people, "yeah a million girls, they all love me" i joked

Yuzu playfully pushed me a little again "i'm being serious" she suddenly jumped "n-not that i'm serious serious more of... yeah"

I petted her head "I know what you mean, and no I haven't, not yet I mean" i winked, this might be a good time to get her to confess about the Prez "what about you? you seem the type, especially since you bought that yuri manga"

i could literally see the steam coming out of her ears "i-i-i-i  n-no nope!" well there goes her confessing her gayness. Suddenly an idea came to my mind.

"I've always been curious as to what all the hype is about with students fooling around with their friends" I put my finger to my lip "girls have super soft lips so two soft lips must feel great, what do you think?" I could see her sweating

"umm i-i i have no idea, lets bake those cookies now!" she stood up abruptly

I pouted and crawled across the bed closer to her "aww Yuzu-chi are you shy about it? don't be i've never been with a girl either... or are you freaking out because you have?" i gasped over dramatically "Yuzu senpai!" I gushed jokingly.

"w-what no i- i - umm i just umm" bingo I got her "Harumin we're friends right? and you're usually super chill about this kind of stuff... I think..." she looked around nervously

"of course" perfect, she'll confess her one sided love to Mei and I'll be the only person she can come to for help and slowly destroy her love for Mei, not that I was a bitch or anything but Mei was seriously cruel to Yuzu, and if I happened to be the one he heart goes to in the end, then that's a happily ever after right?

"ok..." she paced herself around my room her hands shaking "so Mei and i are kind of dating..."

Oh.

my heart began to hurt, dating?! no they cant be, wasn't it only one sided? Mei was horrible and cruel and mean and ugh just everything not right for Yuzu, my precious Yuzu... i love her... but i guess my love for her is one sided, there was always a chance she would reject me if she knew but this was different, i couldn't confess to her now i couldn't know what could be, i would be a bitch now if i tried to get Yuzu to get over Mei, my chest killed and i felt heavy, i could't let Yuzu see how i was truly feeling... not now...

i composed myself back to normally quite quickly "dating eh?" my voice cracked a little dammit get a hold of yourself girl!

"yeah..." she took a deep breath and exhaled "i'm sorry it took me so long to tell you but you know i just couldn't... please don't hate me or Mei" she carefully sat next to me

I could never hate her never, sure this made me hate Mei even more for being so horrible to her girlfriend! "of course not Yuzu, i'm a bit surprised though... kind of..."

"oh what do you mean kind of" she tilted her head

"well i knew you loved her, you were so obvious but i always assumed it was one sided, not to sound rude or anything but Mei's not exactly that nice to you" i sighed

she leaned in closer to me "she is kind to me..." she didn't sound fully convinced herself "its hard to explain, but Mei is a good person" she smiled

i tried to smile back but it came out as a little too fake "well as long as your happy then that's fine" its not fine...

she jumped on me giving me a deadly cuddle "thank you Harumin, i knew you'd understand its just so complicated you know?" i tensed up, i wanted to cry  being with her and hearing this hurt

i held onto her tight "of course i understand i love you you know" i love you in a different way of course "as long as Yuzu-chi is happy" my voice cracked again shit

she loosened her grip on me "are you really ok..."

"of course i am..." lets just change the subject

"you sound weird..." she tried to pull away and look at my face but i held her tightly "Harumin?" she questioned

think of an excuse... "i'm just jealous... you're my senpai now you know?" a terrible lie

"i-i'm sorry, well don't be too sad, we haven't done much.. well... no we haven't done much" she giggled

stop please i cant, i gritted my teeth "funny"

"ok now i know you aren't fine with this" she pushed me away hard, i lost my grip, my only cover from avoiding those beautiful beautiful green eyes. i hung my head, it hurt "speak to me Harumin please" she tried to lift up my head

"i'm fine"

she put her face close to mine "don't lie, if i disgust you just tell me" she was so concerned with me... this was so stupid "look at me Harumin!" she snapped "do you hate me now knowing i like girls?"

my head slowly lifted up, her eyes were teary, she thought i was rejecting her sexuality, no...

suddenly with out a thought i pounced on her and crashed my lips against hers i had no idea what i was doing, she laid on my bed while i was on top, i love her, i pulled away and looked at a stunned Yuzu her blonde hair a mess "ill never be disgusted with you, i love you!" my voice broke into an ugly cry, this was real bad "you're my best friend... a-and that kiss was because i wanted to show you its ok to like girls" i wiped my eyes "stupid way right? i just felt bad you thought i thought that way about you when i don't, i was just stunned because its Mei, the school Prez" i got off of her and helped her up "sorry, it was an emotional scene" least i could control my emotions better after that cry "sorry" i smiled

Yuzu looked so dazed "i-its ok... i just wasn't expecting that" she shook her head "i think i must of hit my head or you're just an amazing kisser..."

i laughed "i am a good kisser, we can try even more if you want if you're still unsure, after all i need to catch up with my senpai" i winked, so awkward

"yeah... maybe... i mean no! no no no i'm with Mei sorry" she stood up "i'm just a bit dizzy i''m gonna go to the toilet" and with that she left

"oh god" i hit my head with my pillow repeatedly what the hell, was this good or bad?!

#Citrus Saburouta #yuzu aihara #harumi taniguchi #mei aihara #fanfic #its so bad #i'm only posting it because my partner and friend suggested it #citrus #citrus manga