The Mermaid Of Lily Lake by Andy Ivanov

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i was rewatching the hunters exam arc when i remembered the scene that makes me go absojutely fucking feral

each of the main four’s reactions to tonpa characterizes how they perceive goals. not only passing the hunter’s exam, but their larger personal overarching goals.

gon’s initial reaction is “it doesn’t matter. the door opened.” as long as their goal is realized, the end justifies the means. this keeps with what we see at the end of the chimera ant arc, when gon is so traumatized over kite’s death that he makes a nen pact to kill neferpitou. as a result, gon loses his nen, effectively ruining his future as a hunter, but at the time, he had to avenge kite, his only connection to ging.

killua believes in the power of the group to achieve their goal. his faith in the main four shows how he craves connection and belonging, and the need for friends is one of killua’s deepest drives. he doesn’t have a goal of his own until alluka because he is happy protecting gon; only once they split up can he establish his own wants and needs.

kurapika is willing to overlook the implications of tonpa’s choice in order to pass the exam within the time constraint. in his own goal to annihilate the phantom troupe, kurapika is also working against time; as such, he has to abandon his own morals and pride in order to achieve his goal.

leorio is the only one who abandons their goal entirely. his prioritizing tonpa over the test shows that leorio lives more in the present than the other three. he doesn’t need to plan ahead for life and death the way gon, killua, and kurapika do. here, leorio’s two goals (becoming a doctor, and passing the exam in time) clash, and he chooses to adhere to his morals and say something rather than ignore them. leorio’s honesty and humanity grounds the others in the same way a doctor heals a wounded patient.

draw some fat elves you cowards you tepid fools

Natsume Yuujinchou: “Untitled” Summary (Special Chapter 22)

Hm hm hm, I smell something happening…?

A really short (just 8 pages!?) and adorable special chapter this month, giving us a break from the really intense Homura arc.

This issue comes with the adorable Nyanko-sensei spoon and fork set! (They are the ones that Nyanko is holding in the cover lol) Next issue (coming out on November 22nd) also comes with the Nyanko-sensei 2020 calendar, so make sure to grab that if you want it! :3

As always, special thanks to Jessica for proofreading this summary!

- Niji

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How he cried like his damn soul was ripped out of his body after Kacchan was taken away.

Tell me one more time that Izuku hates Katsuki, and I’ll show you a devotion beyond words.

Now…Imagine what Izuku would do if Katsuki asked something from him.

But you know what? Katsuki is never going to do that because he is the one person who is intimately aware of everything Izuku can sacrifice in the name of devotion.

And I for one, am really thankful that Katsuki will never dare ask anything of him.

You can call it his Pride. I’ll call it his Fear.

Because the one thing Katsuki fears above everything else is ‘Izuku’s Spirit’

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“Kite said that no matter where we go, we’ll always ba FRIENDS..”