10/10 Parenting From The Aftons In FNAF

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.

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Studio BONES has released a new illustration featuring the hosts in suits, which will be used for future merchandise preorders starting January 10.

Dazai is in the host club!?!?

Ouran High School Host Club episode 20: The Door the Twins Opened! has a scene where Kyoya Ootori is reading Dazai Osamu’s No Longer Human! What makes this even more epic is that Igarashi Takuya directed both Ouran High School Host Club and Bungo Stray Dogs! Also, the incredible Miyano Mamoru is the seiyuu for Tamaki Suou in Ouran and Dazai Osamu in BSD. 

Whoever's playing mitski in the clubroom, I'm here if you ever want to talk.

a small part of my soul dies every time i hear someone say it should have been mori senpai

any other commoners going through it lately?

Ouran Text Post Memes - Part VI

Bonus:

So... I watched Ouran High School Host Club.

Opinions are:

-It could be renamed to Rich Theatre Kids and Normal Human Haruhi and I would not see anything wrong with it.

-Mori is hot. Kyouya is hot. Tamaki is adorable i want to punt him.

-Hitachiin Twins are absolutely ridiculous i want to throw them into the stratosphere. Honey is elderly.

-Haruhi is an icon. She's pulling all the bitches here.

-Tamaki is lovable I want to toss him off a cliff gently.

-Kyouya plays chess, Tamaki eats the pieces.

-Kaoru is oddly philosophical and Hikaru is in denial.

-Kyouya, Tamaki and Haruhi are Gaslight, Gatekeep and Girlboss. In that order.

-they're all fruity asf.