Actual Poetry

WHY DOES MY UNI COURSE MATERIAL HAVE CLOUD X SEPHIROTH YAOI IN IT

Someone sent this in the GC. Haven’t seen arcane season 2 yet but this is just neat 🥹

TIMMY ! GOBBLES !

you can naruto run but you can’t naruto hide

*at the cost of sacrificing the plot, world building and pacing*

Rei and Kazuki’s timeline and life event parallels, explained

No, they haven’t lived together for 3 years.

Episode 8 was set on August 10th. Rei turns 26.

Rei left home three years ago, I’d guess it’s around August too, give or take, so let’s say in the summer. He was 22 almost 23. Around the same age when Kazuki lost Yuzuko.

When Kazuki first met Rei, this is how he looked. His hair was past his shoulders. Given that Rei has changed a lot as a person since he left, I think he had shorter hair before, and I doubt that it was long enough to put into a ponytail. To grow one’s hair out to that length, it’ll take at least 6 months.

So Rei left home in the summer 3 years ago + 6 months (2 seasons) of hair growth, Kazuki met him in the spring of the following year. Rei was 23 and Kazuki was 25.

Judging from Kazuki’s clothes, it’s not that warm yet. It supports the theory that they met in spring.

In present time, Miri has been with them for eight months. Let’s back track their time.

First year

Rei left home in summer

Second year

Kazuki and Rei met in spring

Met Miri on Christmas Eve

Third year

It marks 3 years around August since Rei left home

Kyu brought them together for jobs, not roommates. Not on purpose, at least. So when did they start living together?

From Rei’s words here, we know what he thought of Kazuki as a partner and a person, before they became roommates. They had worked on a number of assignments together before Kazuki “started cleaning”. Give or take, they probably had worked together for at least a month or two.

Judging from Kazuki’s clothes again, it wasn’t summer yet. So let’s work the timeline again:

Second year

Kazuki and Rei met in the spring

Worked together for around 2 months before Kazuki barged into Rei’s apartment and started cleaning

Met Miri on Christmas Eve

In conclusion, by the time Miri came into the picture, they'd been roommates for around 8 months. As of episode 8, they've lived together for 1.25 years.

Life parallels

Age 22 turning 23

Kazuki lost his family, the lowest point in life

Rei left his family, the lowest point in life

Age 25 turning 26

Kazuki met Rei and decided that he’ll care for him

Rei met Miri and decided that he’ll care for her

I just think it’s neat when they do this.

I just think it’s neat when they do this.

Kazuki met Rei and started taking care of him

Rei met Miri and started taking care of her

I just think it’s neat when they do this.

The issue I have with Sakura stans as another Sakura fan is that some have a tendency to think black or white. I’m unsure if it’s because of how much hate a character who really didn’t deserve it got during the Naruto heyday.

Regardless, if you have an opinion that isn’t 💯 positive all around, a subsection of fans will attack you. Like you can literally say nothing negative about the character and people will act like you do.

Maybe it’s a ESL thing. I find that if I’m having a discussion with someone and it’s clear to me that we are talking about two different things, the miscommunication is from a language barrier, people can’t read well or it’s anger issues that makes people skip words.

For example, I had a discussion about Sakura and Naruto’s dynamic with Sasuke. I said that Sakura is the more reasonable one as Naruto’s constant defending for Sasuke even though he’s technically wrong is absurd. But that’s just Naruto. He sees the good in everyone, even people who genuinely don’t deserve it at times.

Somehow someone took that and responded with I’m calling Sakura a whore, bitch and dumb and that I’m sexist. If Sakura did it she’s that but when Naruto does it it’s endearing LMAO.

Me dunking on Naruto and saying Sakura is more reasonable is apparently swapped in that person’s mind.

Honestly there is a reason why people don’t like Sakura fans because some of them took the hate that her character got and took it in the wrong direction.

Shipping is such a funny thing...

Cause, like... I wholeheartedly believe that Gaara is, or at one point in their youth was, in love with Naruto. Like, the kind of one-sided love that you learn to be at peace with but never truly get over, you know? And I really don't mean that in a depressing way. It totally works for me that he doesn't end up romantically involved with anyone at the end of the canon telling of this story. It just fits with the way I already read his character and relationships.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME...

Sometimes I rewatch those filler episodes with Fu and can't help but think... I could get behind that pairing.

Like, logically, it could never happen, as she's dead for most of the canon timeline... But... Her energy and enthusiasm paired with his overly formal awkwardness? They could have been something really cute and fun, guys. Nobody's gonna convince me otherwise.