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Thoughts on Kyoya's development in the manga? It's nice to see him have more expressions and being unhinged towards the later chapters.

Manga kyoya is the food i was raised on

Where i really REALLY think the manga shines in the characterization of Kyoya is that it drives home that Kyoya is an important, complex, sympathetic character who is well liked by his peers for exactly who he is and has always been. There is not some secretly kind and sweet Kyoya hiding under the ambition and temper, in fact what is under there is even MORE ambition and at times a rage he physically cannot contain. And he is loved for it.

And I think this is a great creative choice with his character and one we know from the very beginning is intentional because of Renge. Her introduction serves to show who these characters aren’t going to be. In most stories, a character like Kyoya can only be liked by other characters (and the audience) if he is secretly sweet in some ways. Kyoya shatters this fantasy with a rock. There is no hidden sweetness.

This is not to say he doesn’t care, just that there is no gentleness to his care. As you say Kyoya becomes much more expressive and unhinged in some chapters of the manga because his emotions are finally so big he cannot keep them restrained at all- and it is very consistent that this is almost exclusively caused by or about Tamaki (there is only one instance I can think of where he gets particularly genuine and expressive and it’s entirely for himself, from the final chapter). But there is also a kind of care that Kyoya is consistently expressing through his work, because he is constantly putting in an extraordinary amount of work in service of the club and its members. And it takes him a while, almost to the very end of the series, to admit that he is doing this not because it will benefit his future career or the Ootori family, but because the club has become precious to him and he will do anything for it and its members.

And not only does Kyoya realize this, but even more progress for our beloved boy, he says so explicitly to Kaoru. (and Honey seems to psychically get the message too???) This I think is also one of the great strong suits of the manga over the anime: the anime really focuses in on just the relationships of characters to Haruhi or to Tamaki because of how much of the series had come out and because of needing to streamline things. The manga is much, much more about the relationships between all members of the club. Tamaki brought the pairs together, but these boys have spent two years getting to know and become friends with each other and they ALL see Kyoya for who he is and love him for it. They don’t match him and understand him as fundamentally as Tamaki does (the boys come in pairs for a reason), but they do get him better than he thinks they do and there are multiple scenes of characters other than Haruhi stunning him with how well they see through his shell.

The relationships to Honey and Kaoru are given the most attention and are the most interesting to me, but I will just discuss Kaoru for now because this is already long enough. Kaoru and Kyoya become each other’s default partner when their normal companion isn’t an option and they are really good at it. Kyoya recognizes capability and drive in Kaoru, which Kaoru always rises up to meet. And Kaoru is very vocal about complimenting Kyoya in such a way that clearly points out he sees Kyoya’s actual motives, which embarrasses Kyoya in exactly the same way that Tamaki and Haruhi are good at doing when they see right through him too. Kaoru respects Kyoya and also understands that everything he is doing is from an enormous amount of care for his friends. And unlike the way most people see the twins, Kyoya sees Kaoru as reliable and just as dedicated to their club/family as he is.

this is GORGEOUS

☆ all of the christmas / christmas related art i could find w the twins 🎄🎁

The best thing I can do for you is to let you go

never thought of it this way but i love it

i lied put your pants back on im gonna tell you why tamaki hugging instead of kissing haruhi was actually the best option because it shows so much character growth within tamaki. throughout the entire show we see tamaki constantly breaking the boundaries of the club members and specifically with haruhi. he finds younger photos of her, puts her in outfits and dresses her like a girl, and picks her up, hugs her, and says things that clearly make her uncomfortable. he does all of this thinking that shes like his daughter and this is what fathers do but in the last few episodes we begin to see tamaki start to understand his feelings towards haruhi. in the second to last episode, tamaki begins to think that he has ruined all of the host members lives and this all comes together when he is forced to marry the bitch whos name i dont remember and forced to leave japan and go back to france. he agrees partially because he may get to see his mother but also because he thinks the host clubs lives will be better without him. however, once he sees haruhi trying to catch up with him and trying to get him to stay, you can see something click in his brain and he decides to stay with the host club. while its never really stated you can also sort of tell that this is the moment that tamaki understands his feelings for haruhi. he then jumps off a bridge to save her and theres a moment of staring at each other. you can tell that tamaki definitely considered kissing her but altogether decided against it because he finally realized that while he loves her, boundaries are still a thing and becauss theyre in mid air he decides not to and instead just hugs her because 1: he just figured out these feelings for himself 2: he doesnt know how haruhi feels. he still passes affection on to her but in a way that is consentual and doesnt cross any boundaries which is a major change from how he acted prior. despite the fact we all wanted there to be a kiss i think this one works way better because it just shows such character growth and respect

ha Haruhi said #“@96

wonder what that is meant to be?

fucking love the implication of this comic, 'only the parts we like', iconic

i have no clue what that could mean, but they served CUNT with that

And there goes this months worth of motivation (a drawing in color!! What a surprise!)

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