14 Dazai From Last Year I Forgot To Post 🤧

what if mori let dazai go at the end of dark era bc he wanted him to find something to protect? 

Dazai didn’t care about yokohama, but with the years apart from the mafia and surrounded by the ADA he has started to care and he likes to help people now. I think it’s said in one of the antologies, but also there’s this quote in DA that i love bc it shows this. I don’t know how it is in english, but in the spanish translation it says that dazai had a face full of determination and duty (is the moment just before shibusawa stabbed him.

So mori knowing he can’t make dazai care through manipulation bc he is /too/ smart, he used his betrayal for this. Dazai will find reasons to protect yokohama and now he can really be the asset always wanted him to be.

"I like it. The look on people's faces when they decide to stop holding back"

In case you don't remember that iconic line from Tsukasa, allow me to make sure you never forget it.

The way that both Tsukasa and Amane love people and each other is such a beautiful and intriguing concept and I need to yap about it: Tsukasa loves people no matter what, no ifs or buts; he embraces the ugliness within them and cherishes it like it’s something precious. What he hates about Amane is also what he loves because he wouldn’t be Amane without all his flaws (honestly, that's surprisingly mature coming from Tsukasa)

Tsukasa is basically saying that he likes seeing people at their worst, and he likes knowing that someone would feel comfortable enough to be that vulnerable around him. He personally saw Amane at his rock bottom, overcome by rage and insanity, but he still loves his big brother more than anyone else in the whole world. It is such a sincere and powerful kind of love which you can only give to a few people in your life and it would break you if it went away.

Understanding this makes you see how alike the twins really are, because Hanako does the same. Hanako is a lot more careful when it comes to love; he has been hurt and lost people in the past and doesn't want to experience that kind of anguish ever again, so he tries to keep it under control. We saw how he tried (and failed) to keep his distance with Nene only to end up caring about her even more than he previously did. The nail in the coffin for him was when he tried to move on to the afterlife and take her best friend with him, only for her to find a way to reach him and stop his plan completely. Oh, furious and confused didn't even begin to cover how he was feeling then, but this was the face he was making as he told Nene that she was childish and too idealistic for her own good

He embraces and looks at her like all her flaws are something precious he needs to protect. Barely 30 minutes before this, he told Aoi that he loved everything about Nene, and now here he is, seeing her at her worst; desperate, naïve, stubborn and reckless, but he couldn't be more smitten if he tried. He knows her better than anyone, better than he knows himself and his own feelings; what a vulnerable thing it is to be perceived, to be seen and loved for who you are.

Circling back to the twins, here's another thing I've noticed. Hanako, throughout the story, gradually got more comfortable around Tsukasa (mainly because the initial shock of learning that his brother was close to him this whole time wore off but there's more to it). Encounters with him didn't leave him in a near catatonic state anymore, they even fight together in perfect sync whenever they need to team up; a very low bar, I admit, but it's a start. Hanako's relationship with Nene actually greatly improved his relationship with Tsukasa, in the sense that he could understand where his brother was coming from better. Obviously, Hanako's relationship with Nene is different from the one he has with his brother; what I meant was that Hanako was able to feel what it was like to love someone so intensely again which brought him closer to his brother for better or worse. He loves Tsukasa so much, but recently, he was forced to confront the source of tension between them that drove him to murder, making their relationship do a full 180 and end up right back where they started. Can't wait to see more of how their relationship will progress after this hellish arc is over. And on that note, I'll see you all on the 18th, toodles

It is 2024 I am once again asking for a tsubasa reservoir chronicle anime remake

Spy x Family volume 15 omake chapter translation

Volume 15 of SxF was just released in the Japan, and along with the new illustrations I posted about the other day, a 2-page bonus/omake chapter was also included, featuring Henry and Martha. I created translations of the pages, and big shoutout to @rafaron1223 for using his superior editing skills to put my translations into the pages 😃

Also, for those who haven't seen, Martha is on the cover of volume 15.

I like how the inner cover of young Martha for this volume matches the inner cover of volume 14 (young Henry).

Abilities and personalities

for some time I have been thinking about how abilities are actually more ligated with the soul than we discuss and how it talks about the characters personalities, but after reading this thread i’ve actually took the decision to talk my thoughts about it.

There are 4 characters that i actually find kinda interesting if we consider this point of “their abilities have been shaped by their experiences, traumas and who they are” into the discussion. (Atsushi, Kunikida, Yosano and Dazai)

With Atsushi I know I’m not the first one to point this out; how the tiger’s regeneration powers probably come by how often he was hurt in the orphanage as a response to the trauma, but it makes a lot of sense.

When it’s about Kunikida it is actually curious, because why does he have to use that notebook in specific? Is it because of his admiration of the creator? why can’t it be every paper he writes in? But it’s reasonable, that notebook is important to him, after all it has “his future” in it, the pages have everything about him, his day-to-day, plans, ideals; it represents him. So it being what Kunikida uses to display his ability, that it’s tied to his soul seems to fit.

Yosano is a sad one, she had the ability to cure minor injuries too as we saw that Mori orders her to do in the flashback, but then she refuses to and he shots the guy so she can send him back to the battlefield (It’s incredibly cruel and fucked up, but that’s not the point now) and life starts losing its value when treated like that. The “condition” of having to be half death, I’m pretty sure we can assume  is a consequence of all the trauma she had on the war.

Now with Dazai this is actually the theory part, since we really don’t know much about him, but his ability being always active is maybe an answer to trauma too. It’s as clear as day that at 14 he already trusted no one, so if we consider it is almost as if NLH is always protecting him, since he doesn’t feel really safe and is alert all the time analysing and scheming.

So that’s it, users shape their abilities (unconsciously or maybe not) with their personalities and lives. night.

binary star - a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to each other (ex. sirius, the dog star)

more astronomy au content who cheered !! i say as i look out to the silent crowd

"If that's the case, then I'd be glad if this was only a dream" 🚀 🎋

the shoushimin s2 opening is so good, so sooooo good. i'm so exited for this season and urino isn't as annoying as in the novels when we isn't the narrator (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)

about kowloon generic romance (kgr) first episode i have to say it's a bit disappointing... i think one of the best parts of the manga is that yes, the characters talk about the nostalgia, but you can feel it radiating from the pages too!! and at least this episode I don't think the anime got the vibe lol

and i do understand the decision to put everything until the picture reveal into the first episode, bc everything before is kind of an introduction so everything was a bit rushed and a lot was cut, but there are so moments i do miss (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) i hope the rest of the season does go slower and takes the time that's necessary to build the suspense, confusion and ROMANCE!!! (in the "love" way and the literal romance way)

Colored the new tbhk art!