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gotyouanyway · 2 years
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i accept they gave him that stupid jacket with the big collar but they should’ve kept him in the weird orange goggles from anxf he looked so cute in those :/
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lowcountry-gothic · 1 year
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Cover art for the unreleased comics adaptation of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, by Phil Noto.
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murdockmeta · 11 months
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ladies just swoon when he's around
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daresplaining · 1 month
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"You're crazy, all of you. I'm real, you hear me? As real as anyone." Daredevil vol. 5 #607 by Charles Soule, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles
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"I don't even know how to say this...I'm not real." Devil's Reign #5 by Chip Zdarsky, Marco Checchetto,  Marcio Menyz, and Clayton Cowles
I touched on this topic in this post, but the thought has been gnawing on my brain since Devil's Reign #5 dropped (in March 2022? Mike has been dead for two years already?! God...) so I'm giving it its own post.
Modern Mike's existence is divided into two clearly delineated states of being: "fragment" (Reader's umbrella term for his creations) and "Real Boy" (Mike's term for himself from the 2020 Annual, though shout-out to the fans who had already been calling him that since 2018). It's a literal transformation, from one form of life to another, but it also spans Mike's character arc and psychological journey: from desperately declaring his realness in Daredevil volume 5 to begrudgingly accepting the nature of his existence at the end of his introductory arc, to taking action and making himself real in Daredevil volume 6. For me, the above scene from #607 was the gut-punch moment that first got me intensely intensely invested in modern Mike, when the depth of his fear and the horror of his situation became clear-- and the emotional resonance of that moment, for me, carried over into the bombshell scene in Devil's Reign #5 when he answered the questions that had been left dangling after he rewrote reality in the 2020 Annual: Did he still remember the previous version of the world? Did he remember what he had done to change it? Did he remember being a "fragment"?
His nervous declaration to Butch-- "I'm not real"-- hits like a truck not just because it is such a risky admission, but also because of how it contextualizes Mike's new reality and what his cosmic rewrite actually changed for him. Which, it would seem, was probably not enough.
Yes, after his trick with the Norn Stone, the gaps in his memories have been filled in. Yes, he now has a birth certificate and a social security number (presumably) and actual friends and family who share actual history with him, and I'm sure that's a tremendous relief. But how much of a solace can it really be, when he still knows that the only reason he has all of those things is because he forced the universe to give them to him? His twin might think they were born together now, but Mike still knows the truth about how he was created, and now he is the only person in the world who does. He has gone from having unique memories of a past that doesn't exist for anyone else to...having unique memories of a past that doesn't exist for anyone else.
Is this new reality that much better than the old one for Mike? If he still knows that he hasn't always been real, does he feel any less like a ghost?
It is very easy to find parallels between Mike being the only person who remembers his time as a "fragment" and Matt, following the Purple Children's mind wipe, being the only person who still knew that he was Daredevil. Matt was stuck with knowledge of a world that once was-- a world in which his identity was public-- and he couldn't handle the sudden total isolation of no one at all sharing his secret, and so decided to tell someone (but just one person; Foggy). Mike's situation was nearly the same. The fear and isolation and vulnerability he'd felt as a fragment was something he had literally bent the universe to escape, but he was still left haunted by the memory of it. We didn't get much of a sense of what was going on in Mike's head in his appearances following the Annual, but I can only imagine that, mixed in with everything else he was feeling in that scene in Devil's Reign #5, he felt some amount of relief sharing the weight of that secret with his best friend. I have to wonder if, had he lived long enough, he would have told anyone else.
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wolfythewitch · 1 year
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Wolfy I remember some sbi thing where you linked each of them to one of The Oh Hellos four winds album things (is it the time loop fic? Can't remember). What was your reasoning behind each of those? Super curious you always have those tasty parallels and thematic things that work so well
Uhhh well I did do that on the time loop fic yeah but I also made a post a while back about it
Zephyrus for Phil is the most obvious, but I also associated it with him way before syndicate was made just because it fits, y'know?
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I mainly associated it with his hardcore world, especially these lyrics. But these ones also feel very c!Phil. Immortal and doomed to love and lose. I think that's the most human part of him.
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If you watch his hc streams it pretty much makes sense on its own. I love s4, the way he's able to build something so clearly magical in a way? I described his world once as a world for gods to walk in, and I think that's a pretty neat descriptor for it.
For Techno I picked Eurus, because one it's gives that nice little duo of West and East for emduo, but also Eurus feels like a song about wanting. I think it fits pretty well with Techno's constant cycle of violence, despite the fact that he's tried to sit back and retire. He's a warrior, a god's vassal, and so Fortune's wheel spins with every battle and war, every time he cheats death.
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For Wilbur and Tommy, I was picking between Notos and Boreas for them because both fit, but in the end I picked Notos for Wilbur.
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The lyrics themselves are pretty self explanatory, and I think works really well for his spiralling and paranoia. The way the tides lapped him up until he couldn't breathe, and in the end all that water came gushing out into a destructive explosion. And he let go
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So that leaves Tommy with Boreas, which I think is a pretty good song for his character especially as the story progressed.
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His story is a lot about sacrifice. His discs, friends, home, he gave a lot. I remember comparing him to a fire once, in my fic.
He never truly knew Tommy. Not like Techno or Wilbur did. He learned of him through Wilbur's letters, and then from the brief time he's spent living under Techno's home. Every version was different. The letters described him like a fire, bright and boisterous and lively. The boy that lived under the floorboards felt like embers, snuffed out and a dying dim red instead of bright yellow. And when he had first met Tommy, back after the explosion, he was like candlelight, as if a vigil held to mourn the lost, standing in front of the caved in room with a pickaxe and a shovel, tears streaming down his soot smeared face, looking as if he wanted to dig out the body that was no longer there.
And I thought that was also pretty fitting haha. He's a very lively kid, but time and time again his flame has been close to being snuffed out. And time and time again, he's shown that in the end, he's willing to give and give even if it means there won't be much of him left. Because he loves, to the point of ruin
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emilianadarling · 1 year
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New/Updated ‘Warrior’ Cover Art - Chapter 4: Family
At long last! This latest retroactive chapter cover art has taken me longer than I anticipated, mostly due to a persistent injury/ailment I’ve been grappling with over the past month since we posted the final chapter. (Though I did share an in-progress preview pic a little while back.) Mild expectation spoilers for that chapter ahead!
Technically, Chapter 4 was the second time I ever posted cover art alongside a chapter of ‘warrior’, though making the cover art chapter-specific didn’t come until later. At the time, I figured I’d make a new ‘warrior’ cover every few chapters for the fic writ large. That changed around Ch 6, and it’s been a neat process to go back and fill in the gaps, or to focus in on the actual chapter contents in a more zoomed-in way.  For comparison, here’s the original cover art posted with the chapter:
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With the new/updated/chapter-specific cover art, I wanted to narrow in on what ended up being one of the most memorable/thematic scenes in that particular section of the story: the holocall with Han and Chewie in Leia’s chambers. (A scene that, perhaps interestingly, wasn’t in the original early 2/3 draft of the fic, but was instead added in because I NEEDED it to exist so bad before it felt like the story could proceed to its conclusion. 
Visually, Din is reduced to being seen through a screen -- much like he is in the chapter, when Luke spies in on him and Grogu by way of security footage, hearts in his eyes and utterly uncaring of the fact that Din wouldn’t appreciate the invasion of privacy. A Mandalorian conceptualized as tamed in some base sense -- but also, somehow, taming.
I honestly fucking love how the picture of the twins turned out. Both originals are drawn by Phil Noto, and holy fuck can that man draw these two in a way that just. SPEAKS TO ME. (Here are both originals.) In particular, it feels wonderful to be able to ‘see’ Leia from this universe; I’m so wildly grateful at the fantastic base art to work from. 
Thanks to @universeinorbit​ for their continued incredible beta skills (including ART beta skills, incredible job recolouring/resketching Leia’s clothes so that she’s consistent with how she’s dressed in the chapter), and to @lovey-dovey-and-sad​ for her great feedback during the cover art creation process. Big thanks also to all readers, commenters, and supporters of the story -- it truly means the world!
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newx-menfan · 1 year
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Fav X-23 artists!!
In celebration of Laura’s new mini (🍾🥂), here’s a countdown of some of my FAVORITE Laura Kinney art!
Mike Choi
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Let’s be honest- Choi is pretty much *THE X-23* artist! From “Target X” to “X-Force vol. 3”, there’s just something about his art that always manages to capture Laura’s essence perfectly!
2) Joshua Middleton
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I KNOW Middleton is a controversial choice…but there’s just something sad and tragic about his rendition of Laura that I really love. He’s one of the X-23 artists that I really wish would return on another X-23 book!
3) Will Conrad
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It might be because of the Hellion and Laura “Killing Dream” scene, but Conrad is one of my favorite X-23 artists! While definitely not the strongest X-23 artist listed…I just really like his rendition of Laura!
(I think part of it is that I just like Laura with pouty lips!) 😂🤣
4) Billy Tan
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Tan probably SHOULD be higher, simply because he did such a wonderful job with conveying a wide variety of emotions despite Laura being completely silent!!… Tan really makes “Innocence Lost” the power house book that it is and if it wasn’t for Choi and Middleton, I would probably say he is the most iconic X-23 artist!
5) Skottie Young
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While I do weirdly enjoy Mark Brooks 90’s style chibi art…Young is definitely *THE New X-Men artist!* While I wasn’t much of a fan of his version of Julian…I deeply LOVE his Laura, Surge, Pixie, and Anole and appreciate how much Young IS the Bill Sienkiewicz of NXM!
6) Sana Takeda
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Takeda is kind of a “hit or miss” for me…if I am being honest, I like Takeda’s rendition of Hellion better than I like her Laura.
Some of Takeda’s panels are really gorgeous and really fit the scene perfectly (like the panel of her with Jubilee!), and some just feel kind of out of place in an X-23 book; I would kind of compare it to “Batman: Gotham Knight” with bishie Bruce Wayne… sometimes it’s just a little bit jarring and it kind of takes me out of the moment.
7) Kalman Andrasofszky
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While Andrasofszky has ONLY done covers…I tend to think they have all been pretty memorable! I especially LOVE his Hellion and Laura cover and I wish Andrasofszky was doing the main art for the new Schultz book!
8) Marcio Takara
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I really enjoy Takara and how fun his art is; my only wish is that he had drawn Laura during her X-23 days, because I think his commission work of her is a bit better than his work on ANW. That being said- his Gabby is positively ADORABLE, as is his Jonathan!
9) Sara Pichelli
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I REALLY love Pichelli’s art despite it being a Bendis book, focusing on Laura and O5 Angel, and Laura’s eye color being totally wrong!
Pichelli’s “goth Laura” is just absolutely beautiful! She’s another artist that I would love to see return to X-23, because her art is just Joelle Jones levels of beauty!
The nightclub ANXM issue is hands down some of the best Laura art out there and if it wasn’t for the coloring mistake, she’d probably be higher on the list for me!
10) Juann Cabal
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While I don’t always love how Cabal does faces, he is definitely one of the most creative comic artists out there! The detail he puts in and how he stylizes the onomatopoeia is just really engaging! I especially LOVED his work in the “OWL” arc!
11) David Finch
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While I am not always a big Finch fan, nor do I always think his art suits every character, I do really like his rendition of Laura. The excess of lines and grittiness just work really nicely with Laura and remind me of Jim Lee or Andy Kubert’s 90’s X-Men, but with a more modern color palette.
12) David Lopez
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I really loved Lopez’s art when it first came out but have kind of cooled on it a bit since then. I think part of it is it just doesn’t really “look” like Laura to me. Compared to all the other artists, I just don’t feel like Lopez captures Laura’s “essence” as well as the others.
That being said, Lopez did a great job on “Four Sisters” and the panels in Paris are especially beautiful!
13) Phil Noto
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Noto is that artist a LOT of people dislike because all his faces look more or less the same. I will give Noto this- I think his “face” works well for Laura in this instance; there’s just something kind of innocent about it that I like. I also like how Laura is a little more “plain” and “awkward” in his work; she looks like a genuine teenager here. She blends in to the background more.
I know Laura is SUPPOSED to be very attractive, but in some ways I enjoy Noto’s plainer rendition and I often think Noto’s work is in general, better suited for teen books than drawing characters like Emma or Black Widow.
14) Clayton Crain
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While I like Crain’s work and think it was a good choice for X-Force…it does sometimes bug me how “CGI”- lite it looks…it definitely hasn’t aged well.
Some panels are absolutely amazing…others…not so much!
While I do think Crain had improved over time, his old work is, for lack of a better word, sometimes kind of clunky!
Those are some of my personal favorites- Let me know if you agree…? Or disagree…?
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cybersat · 3 months
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I know that in the comics Matt Murdock and Natasha Romanov didn’t have a long lasting relationship but I find myself thinking about them together a lot (the Phil Noto run did things to my heart, yes I know it was like-half a page of content-).
But then I think of the actors that play those characters in the MCU and I just don’t feel like they would have much chemistry at all.
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scienceninjaturtle · 8 days
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ALIENS: WHAT IF…? #5 (OF 5)
Paul Reiser, Leon Reiser, Adam F. Goldberg, Hans Rodionoff & Brian Volk-Weiss (W)
Guiu Vilanova (A) • Cover by Phil Noto • Variant Cover by Andrei Bressan
WHAT IF…CARTER BURKE HAD LIVED?
As if Burke wasn’t already the worst boss in this galaxy, he just kicked off the office party from hell. Xenomorphs are loose in the mines, in the vents…hell, someone better check under the copier. It’s all to save his beloved wife and redeem himself in the eyes of his estranged daughter, but Burke’s in WAY over his head. Did he escape Hadley’s Hope all those years ago just to meet the same fate now? We make no promises, True Believer – except the promise of entertainment!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory…$3.99
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mamaspidershit · 10 days
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Least fav comic and fav comic
Ooooh okay! So, I’ll assume you’re talking about Marvel Comics, but I can add DC as well if anyone’s curious :)
Favourite -> It’s a super hard choice, but I have to say it’s a tie between, Black Widow (2014) and the 1975 run of Champions. For Black Widow (2014), I just adore Phil Noto’s art, and Edmondson’s characterization of Natasha is honestly so great. For Champions, it’s honestly a comfort comic. I love seeing Natasha run the team, and it’s just so fun and goofy with typical super-hero/god hijinks that it makes me laugh.
Least Favourite -> That’s honestly hard for me because I don’t tend to read comics I don’t enjoy, but the Zeb Wells Amazing Spider-Man run just really grinds my gears, especially when they killed off Kamala Khan (one of my favourite characters!!) in such a stupid and terrible way, only so they could resurrect her as a mutant. I could go into a whole rant about it, but tbh it’s probably very well-worn territory by this point lol, so instead I’m going to go with the current Spider-Woman run.
A lot of people don’t know this, but I really like 616!Jessica Drew, but this solo has been utterly terrible plot-wise. The whole thing where they aged-up Gerry just left a sour taste in my mouth, though I did really enjoy Jessica’s and Carol’s interactions (literally this comics only saving grace tbh), but other than my inner CarolJess Stan, I really don’t like it? Idk how to explain it, but it just feels like the writer doesn’t know what to do with Jess, and that sucks, because she’s such an interesting, complex character, and there is so much you could do with her and it feels like the writer is totally dismissive of her potential.
Oops! I definitely rambled too much there lol. Hope you don’t mind anon :) Thanks for the ask! Have a great day/night!
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cgsketchbook · 6 months
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Star Wars The High Republic Character Encyclopedia is only further enhanced in its awesomeness thanks to the beautiful cover art by the legendary Phil Noto, which I had the fantastic pleasure of commissioning for my cover design! Its a fabulous piece, filled to the brim with heroes and villains from the High Republic era - did your favourite make it on there?
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iconuk01 · 1 year
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X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – SONS OF X #1
Witness a battle between two titans of the X-Universe in X-MEN: BEFORE THE FALL – SONS OF X #1, written by Si Spurrier and drawn by Phil Noto. A man of innumerable personalities and powers vs. the most powerful artificial intelligence in this universe: Legion vs. Nimrod! With Nightcrawler in Orchis’ clutches, David Haller and his allies will have to confront the mastermind who destroyed Warlock and nearly took Krakoa with him. But Nightcrawler is not himself... and Legion’s allies aren’t all they seem to be either.
Nimrod did WHAT now??? I know Warlock is ill in "Legion of X" but I think this is a spoiler that he doesn't survive!
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mrmatthewmurdock · 11 months
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not to sound like someone who sees any watercolour comic artwork and thinks of phil noto but did anyone else get big phil noto energy from the spiderverse end credits
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cavanscott · 1 year
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Q&A: Who are the Jedi on the Phil Noto High Republic concept art?
Over on Twitter, Dan SWC asked about this incredible piece of art that was originally painted for Charles Soule’s pitch for Project Luminous. For those who don’t know, I made it my mission to create characters based on all of those Jedi, introducing them into the various phases. Dan had a go at guessing who each of them became. Let’s see how he did! From left to right: Orla Jareni ✅ Ty…
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daresplaining · 1 year
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I’m sorry I’m confused, is Mike Murdock is an actual person in the marvel universe or not?
Mike used to be one of Matt's alter egos-- a fake twin brother, who Matt claimed was Daredevil in order to protect the truth-- but yes, he is now an actual, real person!
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Matt: "Daredevil told me how all this happened. You've got to know you were just a story, right? Something I did when I was young and dumb. I never had a brother. It was just me and Dad." Mike: "All I know, Matt, is you got one now. I'm trying to see any reason it matters how I got here, or what I remember and what I don't. Far as I can tell, I'm alive. The rest...I'll worry about later." Daredevil vol. 5 #608 by Charles Soule, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles
To get the full story of how this bizarre and wondrous thing occurred, you're going to want to read Daredevil volume 5 #606-608 and Daredevil volume 6 Annual #1. It's one of my favorite DD stories ever, so I highly, highly recommend checking it out.
If you'd rather just have a synopsis, you can find the most up-to-date version at the bottom of this post right here. I've also covered Real Boy Mike's journey very, very extensively in my Mike Murdock tag (though warning-- there are spoilers).
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tsuki-sennin · 1 year
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Hashire sori yo! Kaze no you ni! Tsukimihara wo! Padoru, padoru!
Yes! It's Christmas time in the world of the Donbrothers! Our festival goes on and on! Through even the harshest snow and wildest winds! Hahahahah! Everybody's invited to come spend the holidays with us!
It's kinda hard to imagine this show ending soon, huh? There's one thing for sure, I don't think I'd ever forget Donbrothers for as long as I live. I sure hope them KingOhgers get to have as much fun as possible in the new season.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy... Everybody~! Happy Holidays~! If you have a problem with Happy Holidays, then Happy Shut The Fuck Up.
-The ultimate friendship. Dog, Condor, and Shark!
-Christmaaaas!
-Imagine waking up in the middle of the night and seeing Sonoi in your house.
-Ohhhhh, new Alter Forms?
-Nice, literally the week before Christmas.
-Oh, okay, just jumping right into it!
-No "as for how this happened", eh?
-Boyfriends going at it long into the sunset.
-Tomorrow! It's a date!
-These assholes are just too evenly matched, huh?
-It's okay lads, you take that nap.
-Ah, a real date!
-Hello, Don Kaito. I'm seriously wondering if an equivalent to you is gonna show up in Kingohger too, but I think I'd literally go insane if you did.
-Haruka, Sonoi is absolutely going to confess, tf you talking about?
-Oh Shinichi! You fuckin' scrub!
-Donbura Street Kids: Believe In Santa
-Ooooop
-Looks like they caught you.
-Y'know, as much as the Noto look down on humanity, they seem to really love things we do
-Santa Confirmer.
-Teach us about Santa!
-Yeah, you guys coulda just asked! We'd understand!
-Did we ever meet Santa?
-Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
-Momoi Tarou, certified Santa Believer.
-Uhhhhh right, Mall Santa, uhhhh smth smth "YOU LIED TO ME PHIL"
-Awwwww, Tarou
-Haruka, you fight manifestations of human desires every week as a bright yellow oni alongside two CGI abominations, a monkey man, a rampaging tiger man and his dragon alter, and Momoi Tarou, surely you do believe in Santa.
-Don Kaito knows Santa.
-He was friends with him!
-HITOTSU-KI
-DON KAITO
-Wow, what a bastard he became
-...what even are you?
-It's him.
-That very same thief Tarou met.
-Good Egg.
-Man... even Santa's life sucks in the 21st century.
-Video Games!
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-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
-Yeah, put him in jail.
-Good job, idiot.
-You became the fuckin' Buddha.
-Yeah, you go home kid, get the hell outta here.
-Haruka, Shinichi, I love you both, but Jesus Christ
-Aiya! Aiya!
-Apprentices!
-oh my god
-Tarou's disappointment is insanely noticeable.
-Eeeee, tiny little Trigger Machines, that's so cute!
-Endurance. And a smile.
-"Saru Brother, that over the shoulder carry was pitiful!"
-They're training!
...Sononi, I ain't complaining at all, but goddamn you're wearing those shorts at the tail end of December? ...I mean global warming has been pretty bad to be fair...
-As expected, Sonoza's in pain, Sononi's form is terrible, and Sonoi's completely dusting them both.
-Smiles :)
-SONOZA NIHJKHK
-Hikari... Hikari-ki?
-Yeah sure, I'd buy that.
-Oh hey Jirou
-Tsubasa, hello!
-American Ninja! Jiraiya once fought a centipede Santa, you know.
-Murasame, let's go!
-Hot damn, Tsubasa! You're workin' it!
-32 Points!
-Santa lives another day.
-MURASAME-KUN
-Christmas Eve!
-Hot damn, they believe in Santa!
-Merry Christmaaaaas~!
-See that's how ya smile :)
-This lad is so strong.
-Oh fuck, full team!
-Poor Murasame-kun
-Ah, here's Santa-san.
-Tarou...
-The world needs Santa.
-Yeah, getting your ass kicked like that would make you change your mind, huh?
-Back on the sleigh!
-:)
-Good boy Tarou :)
-Christmas with Crane Lady!
-Shinichi :)
-Tsubasa-san and Murasame-kun :)
-Jirou :)
-Even Haruka-san :)
-What a nice little holiday adventure
-Sh
-Shinichi what
-WHAT
-WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING
-Ahhhh, next episode is definitely the Himitsu-ki.
-Seems kinda odd to have that now but ok
-I'll roll with it.
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