#oiishi

[lunarlagomorph]

honestly i remember keiichi’s last name mostly because i can hear oiishi saying “maebara-san” so distinctly in my head

#also because im obsessed with wtc #higurashi #when they cry #oiishi #keiichi

[polytoxikomaniac]

#calpas oiishi

[vodkaing]

i found an old art file and i was like when did i draw higurashi fanart what the hell. who was it of. and thn i opened it and of course

#literally not even oiishi #aorry this scene made me feel evil i love old men and suspension

[felixcloud6288]

Higurashi: Abducted by Demons Chapter 2

After how tense the last chapter ends, we need to get back to lighthearted hijinks. Cue the titties.

And I'm absolutely certain the girls were plotting to get Keiichi in that outfit from the start.

I get why Rena had a moment here. It was genuinely cute.

If anyone's interested in the game they played, Rich Man Poor Man or Daifugō can be played with a standard French Deck. You use the standard 52 cards and a joker. It's best played with 3 - 5 people.

You deal the cards evenly to all players. Whoever goes first can play one of six starting sets: one card, a matching pair, a three-of-a-kind, a four-of-a-kind, a five-of-a-kind (requires the Joker), or a set of sequential cards. The Joker is a wild card and can be used in place of other cards.

Players then attempt to play the same type of set but they have to play a set with a higher rank. If you either cannot play anything better or don't want to, you can pass your turn. Once all players either cannot play anything or don't want to play anything, the round is over and whoever played cards last gets to play a new starting set.

The winner is whoever empties their hand first while the loser is whoever is last to do so.

Extra note: Card ranks work like most standard card games except 2 beats an ace and 3 is the weakest rank.

This arc really pushes the Keiichi-Rena romance angle.

Keiichi and Tomitake are surprisingly good at handling guns.

It's still the first arc and the story still has to introduce everything and get us to care. So that's why Tomitake is hanging out with everyone during the Cotton-Drifting Festival. The story needs to establish who he is, his goals, his dreams, etc. so that it hits harder when he's found dead the next day. Later arcs won't need to do this since we'll already have rapport with them.

This chapter also introduces the basic premise about the bigger mystery going on. Rena mentions Oyashiro-sama, the guardian deity of Hinamizawa. Then right after, Tomitake and Takano tell Keiichi about the series of murders and deaths that have occurred and which are the crux of the whole series.

It feels kinda strange rereading the description of each incident because they're all so bare-bones, especially the one about the woman who was beat to death.

And at the end of the chapter, we meet Detective Delicious Oiishi. Notice that when he shows his badge, the actual prefecture name is hidden so the author doesn't have to bind the location of the story to anywhere real.

NIPA BEAM!!!

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Spoiler Discussion

This arc pushing the Keiichi-Rena romance stuff is likely because it has to speedrun so much as the first arc. The tragedy at the end won't hit as hard if we don't establish how close Keiichi is with Rena.

As I mentioned, Keiichi and Tomitake are good at handling guns. Keiichi had bought a gun and would shoot things to destress and he got in trouble with the law when he intentionally hurt people with it. Meanwhile, Tomitake is a sniper.

I think the Cotton-Drifting festival serves an unintended purpose for the people of Hinamizawa. As we learn later on, everyone in the village and people who frequently visit it are infected with a localized brain parasite. While it is generally benign, the host will often suffer paranoia and hallucinations when under heavy stress. This is called Hinamizawa Syndrome. The symptoms can be reduced or even reversed when the victim has a sense of security and trust with their community.

The festival is a time when all the villagers come together to celebrate and affirm their ties to each other. Throughout the chapter, Keiichi is actually experiencing just that. He's been stressing out because of what he's learned, but spending time at the festival with his friends relieves that stress for him.

Meanwhile two of the previous incidents were caused by people suffering from Hinamizawa Syndrome who felt entirely isolated from everyone. In fact, Keiichi will develop symptoms in this arc because he believes himself isolated from the village as well.

And Rika's ominous comment is the first hint that she knows more than she appears. She knows this is the last day they'll be able to enjoy in this world.

And the message she wrote on Tomitake's shirt was "Let's do our best next time." She's probably already given up on this world and that message is meant for the next Tomitake she meets.

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#higurashi no naku koro ni reread #higurashi when they cry #higurashi no naku koro ni

[sparklyeyedhimbo]

this lovely we are having fun in the zoo montage was brought to you by oiishi

nothing will go wrong we are still in the ad-

*facepalm*

#our skyy 2 #kali liveblogs #our skyy 2 vice versa

[slayerkitty]

BL & Me: 2023 Edition

To celebrate my full first year as a BL fan I decided I wanted to do an end of the year list. Something to commemorate the absolutely wonderful fandom year I've had. Prior to watching my first BL, I had not participated in any fandoms since 2015. Getting back into it reminded how much fun it is and I've met and followed so many amazing people in the last year (technically, I watched my first BL in October 2022, so it's been more than a year...).

These lists are going to focus on the BLs (and two Thai dramas that wanted to be and probably should have been BLs) that came out during 2023 (or their finales aired in late January through February). Since I'm still playing catch up on older BLs, there are several that I watched for the first time this year but I might do a separate post for that.

Total # of BLs watched this year: 42

Thailand: 38 Dramas, 1 Movie

Japan: 1

Korea: 0

Taiwan: 2

Clearly I need to watch more from Korea. Currently I'm making my way through Taiwan's BLs so once I am sufficiently caught up on those, I will be moving over to catch up on Korean ones. Until the last month or so, I had never seen a Taiwanese BL, so that's what started me on watching those - I'm almost done with the ones that have been recommended to me so far.

It's plain to see that I love Thailand's approach to BL's the most; they are what hooked me into BL and keep me watching.

Most Anticipated BLs: Bed Friend, Between Us, Cutie Pie 2 You, Moonlight Chicken, Naughty Babe

My Highest Rated Shows on MyDramaList: I Feel You Linger in the Air (10), La Pluie (10), Moonlight Chicken (10), Our Dining Table (10), Laws of Attraction (9.5), Midnight Museum (9.5), My Dear Gangster Oppa (9.5), Only Friends (9.5), Shadow (9.5) and Kiseki: Dear to Me (9.5).

It's a very interesting mix of shows here - one from Taiwan, one from Japan, and the two regular Thai dramas.

Favorite New Trope: Waltzing Gays. 2023 said, "Let the gays dance!" and they did.

Memorable Fandom Moments (The Good, The Bad, And The Absurd):

Altering the name of Moonlight Chicken. When we heard the name of the show, it was impossible not to make fun of it just a little. Many a nickname/play on words was created for this show and it was so much fun to see what others would come up with.

The ONN fandom protesting the O part of their ship landing a new BL and a new BL partner (complete with hiring a truck to drive around with a sign).

The Pit Babe Omegaverse post breaking containment and topping out at just over 69k notes (NOICE).

Playing "Spot the Cameo" during Midnight Museum and watching while GMMtv marched out practically their entire pool of talent for the show and yet still needed both Gun and Nannon to play more than one character.

Playing "Spot the Cameo" for Kiseki: Dear to me as they practically had all the major BL actors cameo in the show.

The fandom exhaustion over the marketing/casting announcements for Red Peafowl and the eventual fandom decision to just worship our lord and savior Kuhn Feathers instead.

Best/Worst Use of Product Placement: (you decide which is which)

Midnight Museum using the product placement car to hit and kill a character.

Oiishi Green Tea being used as part of foreplay/foodplay in Dinosaur Love

The random Toyota Service Center call during a highly emotionally charged moment in Bake Me Please

Every single 7/11 scene in Venus in the Sky. Every single one.

The spicy meals used as torture devices in Kiseki: Dear to Me

Shows That Started Great But Couldn't Stick the Landing: Dangerous Romance, Hidden Agenda, Only Friends, Our Skyy 2 (select episodes), Step by Step

Best/Favorite Kisses:

GunCher "challenge" kiss (A Boss and A Babe episode 2)

TinnGunn bed kiss (My School President episode 12)

WinTeam poolside "fall into each other" kiss (Between Us episode 2)

JokeZo balcony kiss (Hidden Agenda episode 8)

YaiJom rain kiss (I Feel You Linger in the Air episode 7)

PalmNueng rooftop kiss (Never Let Me Go episode 5)

LianKuea wedding kiss (Cutie Pie 2 You episode 4)

(I could keep going but I'd be here forever so I'm stopping myself)

Worst/Yikes Kisses:

DinoRak (Dinosaur Love) - just... almost all of them. THERE IS SO MUCH TONGUE. Normally this is not a bad thing. However, here it's basically Dino tongue-bathing Rak's face like a dog and it did not work for me. Yikes.

KanghanSailom bathroom kiss (Dangerous Romance episode 6?) - I've tried to like it. I have. It's Perth. It's Chimon. It's AWKWARD. Yikes.

DanNai "locked in a room all night" kiss (Shadow episode 9) - it's bad because it's not reciprocated and IT HURTS DAMN IT.

Most Surprising/Memorable Show Production Moments:

Our Skyy 2 x Bad Buddy x A Tale of a Thousand Stars crossover announcement.

Finding out while watching Pit Babe episode one that it was Omegaverse after being told that aspect had been removed for the show.

Pixelated Butts/Genitals in The Sign

Mame landing McDonald's money for Wedding Plan

Gun Attaphan playing not one, not two, but three separate characters in Midnight Museum.

Feel free to use any of these categories if you're doing an end of the year list too; I can't wait to see what others might come up with.

#BL & Me: 2023 Edition #Thai Bl

[rockman-x]

hinamizawa syndrome is crazy man. things that keiichi would've just taken as a joke or caring from mion and rena usually become things to fuel his paranoia and oiishi doesn't even know he's making it worse :[

[pinkopalina]

the way oiishi in the English dub keeps calling it fucking wataGANAshi

[dmitris-portfolio]

The thumbnails for "Oiishi!!!" I really struggled with the pose, though I'm not sure if that shows in the final piece.

#sketchbook

[zai-ichii]

#mmm #korean #food #korean food #hmart #tofu #soup #bulgogi #tteokbokki #memory #duluth #oiishi #corndog #squid ink #cheese

[germancitygirl]

#Bento! #latergram #Japanese #sushi #tempura #gyoza #oiishi https://www.instagram.com/p/CEw2IlEp79w/?igshid=14ox65yyhfv4d

#bento #latergram #japanese #sushi #tempura #gyoza #oiishi

[chrislai88]

Tasmanian salmon salad, crab legs nigiri and grilled eel nigiri for lunch today ... yummy & healthy!✨👍✨ . . . #sushihubbaukhamhills #takeaway #lunch #tasmaniansalmonsalad #crablegsnigiri #grilledeelnigiri #japanesefood #itadakimasu #oiishi #oishi #yummy #tasty #healthy #goodfood #lowfat #lowcarb #foodphoto #foodstagram (at Sushi Hub) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PnlpPgxqv/?igshid=oqw0e26v6iv8

#sushihubbaukhamhills #takeaway #lunch #tasmaniansalmonsalad #crablegsnigiri #grilledeelnigiri #japanesefood #itadakimasu #oiishi #oishi #yummy #tasty #healthy #goodfood #lowfat #lowcarb #foodphoto #foodstagram

[dirty--dust]

#graphicdesign #illustration #color #design #oiishi #topys https://www.instagram.com/p/BpnwEpPFr08/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=r51vxz02wz67

#graphicdesign #illustration #color #design #oiishi #topys

[hello-arcasian]

⭐ Cosmic Pie 🍰 I barely made it just in time for Pi-day! Have a sweet lil slice on me ✌️

#illustration #illustrators on tumblr #piday #piday2018 #pie #foodie #food #art #dessert #strawberry #cherry #cosmic #space #delicious #oiishi #kawaii #cute #drawing #doodle #sweet

[icleanedthisplate]

Poke Roll, Unagi. Oiishi (Wycliff). Dallas, Texas. 10.5.2021.

NOTE TO SELF: Tasty as all hell, but I was starving when I left.

Currently ranked 1st of six October meals.

#unagi #oiishi #sushi #poke roll #poke #asian food #japanese food

[dutifullyannoyinglady-7e5ac002]

Soba . . #gathering #soba #interesting #tasty #nomnom #foodexplorer #nicetry #food #japanese #oiishi (at Plaza Singapura) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSE9pwF0mT/?igshid=1tfdt52ci3bqm

#gathering #soba #interesting #tasty #nomnom #foodexplorer #nicetry #food #japanese #oiishi