I've Been Thinking A Lot About Hakubo Lately Because Of The Season's Annoncement And The Importance Of

hello all. today i offer you art that appeals to no one but myself. tomorrow? who knows.

SO TRUE, it has to be someone else involved!! after all sigma exists bc they were written in the book, but they stole the page from taneda.

except DoA wrote sigmas existence like "3 years ago this person appeared..." and etc. but that doesn't make sense because fyodor found sigma¿

and i don't know if this makes any sense, srry

Does anyone else kind of feel like there might be a secret third person pulling strings within the decay of angels? Because I kind of get that feeling sometimes. I have absolutely no basis for this tho.

But like Fukuchi and Fyodor are the only members who seem invested in it. Nikolai and Sigma are essentially Fyodor’s plus ones. And does Bram literally even count as a member? I mean that seriously. Like, he doesn’t want to be there, and he’s literally being used as a weapon. A secret weapon up until this point. Why, if it was known that there were five members, would they count the vampire on a stick that Fukuchi enslaved and like keeps hidden in his office or something? What if someone else is the actual last member? Like maybe that’s how Agatha Christie will finally be plot relevant. But more likely it’ll be the guy who wrote the Decay of Angels.

I just feel like we’re missing something there, but I might just be imagining things.

DUNGEON MESHI anime REVIEW

After Falin is eaten by the red dragon, her brother, Laios decides to go down the dungeon to save her. Meanwhile some leave the party, Marcille and Chilchuk decide to stay and help him. Without food or money they end up with the necessity to eat monsters, so Senshi, a dwarf who eats monsters, joins them. The four of them start they journey to find the red dragon and get Falin back.

To be honest I wasn't really interested in this anime when it was airing, but between boredom and curiosity bc of it's popularity I ended up watching it.

It was a really fun watch, I like fantasy and the plot seemed ridiculous (it is, but that's the charm), plus the animation was so good in some moments (especially battles) it just keeps you watching.

It is typical that series start with a more fun focus, but have this serious moments (that are more battle focused) that increase over time. Personally, I like the balance that it has in this aspect, the story intertwines such difficult emotions (sadness, guilt, etc) with light hearted moments, so it doesn't make it heavy.

To add to it, the world building (not just around just this the dungeon, but all them and the world) is exposed in a light way too. It's told bit by bit so one can always follow it.

Laios doesn't feel like a unique character (or more specifically protagonist) when you see his personality, but even with that and just a normal person desing his weird obsession with monsters takes him apart from other protagonists.

And i was gonna make a point for all of the other characters in the main cast, but i don't think i have much to say lol, they are all enjoyable and charming, i think what i like most is that they feel well balanced for every situation and context, everyone has their moments and the author really knows what to do with them

also i love marcille and specially how even if it's always the same outfit, her hairstyles change ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ it's a detail but i love it soooo much

in conclusion...

i really had so much fun, but I don't know if i'll read the manga, tho definitely i will be watching when the second season drops, I'm waiting for it

More in depth analysis about the Spy x Family Manga Cover Chairs and Bonus Artworks (Or me just overthinking Endo’s decisions in everything and as always long post, please bear with me)

So I wanted to talk about something that I noticed about the various designer chairs that is featured on all manga covers.

Endo did say that he thought about how each chair matches the personality of the character, regarding it’s style, design or the color.

But I like to talk about something different about the chairs-it’s size or the seating capacity and how it reflects the characters relationship with others or their views about relationships. Also, I’m going to share something significant about the comedic bonus arts that also feature the chairs.

This focus mainly about Loid, Yor and Anya‘s Chair (including Fiona’s Chair) and the bonus illustrations that came with it.

Volume 1-Loid’s Chair: Le Corbusier LC2

There are two versions of this chair in the manga/anime, the love seat and the one seater. Loid is seated in the one seater chair in this cover, it means no one can sit there with him that reflects how reluctant he was in letting other people in his life. He wasn’t open for relationships (You can notice that those who are like him, intelligence assets; Franky, Fiona, Handler all sit in one seating capacity chair).

The bonus artwork was Anya sitting on the chair copying his pose. She’s the most fitting person to be in this seat because she can see through Loid’s mind, she basically knows who he really is and she likes him for that. Anya was fond of spies and she was excited about being part of his mission.

Volume 2-Anya’s Chair: Marshmallow Sofa

Anya’s chair has a large seating capacity and she was sitting at the middle, waiting for the empty spots on her both sides to be occupied. This depicts Anya’s anticipation for forming relationship with other people, about her wanting parents, a family, to be there for her.

The bonus artwork was drunk Yor lying face flat on Anya’s chair. This artwork, for me, reflects Yor’s unwavering affection for Anya and Anya’s appreciation of Yor. Even drunk, she’s determined to protect her, as if she was her real daughter as seen during the castle chapter. She is fond of Anya.

Volume 3-Yor’s Chair: La Chaise (Featuring Fiona’s Heart Cone Chair)

This is the chair I wanted to talk about and I have to use Fiona’s Chair for this analysis for Endo said that Fiona is designed to be Yor’s contrast and we can clearly see it in their chairs.

The seating capacity of Yor and Fiona’s chair greatly differ. Yor’s chair was big, Endo pointed how it didn’t even fit the cover, and even though Fiona’s chair is big too, she’s the only person who could sit in it. Other people can fit Yor’s chair but not with Fiona. I analyze this as Yor being open to genuine relationships and selfless while Fiona being closed off and selfish.

We know Yor’s motivation for being an assassin was for Yuri, for the sake of other people, and what is Fiona’s motivation? Clearly it was mainly for Twilight to marry her, love her and it was evidently show with all that stuff hiding behind her chair. I’m sure she experienced a lot of traumatic stuff that led to her being a spy but I don’t see other praise worthy and selfless motivations from her that was aside Twilight’s affection. Don’t get me wrong, she’s an interesting character and she isn't a bad person but I’m not really a fan of her personality just like I don’t like Yuri’s obsession with her sister.

In Yor however, she has nothing under or behind her chair. Just that blood that wasn’t even behind or below her chair. She wasn’t faking anything about her personality. It’s true that she accepted her marriage to preserve her assassin job but she genuinely wanted to marry Loid because he was the one who acknowledged her selflessness and that was enough for her to completely entrust her life to him. She welcomed Loid and Anya to her life because her longing for a companion to share her life with is as big as the size of her chair.

The bonus art in Volume 3 was Loid sitting on her chair. Despite the comedic set up of these illustrations, I think the people who tend to sit on the chair on the bonus arts were the ones who gets the person on the cover the most.

That is why Anya is in Loid’s (Because she can read his mind) Why Yor is in Anya's (Because Yor lost her parents at a young age too and she knows how to care for Anya because she did that to Yuri) and why Loid is in Yor’s chair (Because Loid understood her self sacrifice because he too, is the same as her) Also why Anya and Bond are in the bonus of Volume 4 because the two of them get each other, being both experimented on.

I also have some analysis about Volume 5-12 and the bonus artworks as well, but I might post them in another time since I haven't seen the translated bonus artworks in Becky and Emile and Ewen's Volumes.

But let me know if this analysis makes sense to you.

I really like revisiting the earlier chapters after reading the newer ones because it helps give new perspective on the earlier interactions of these two.

The way how Hanako speaks to Yashiro, even from the beginning of their partnership, is so cute and sweet in a way I don't know how to explain. Sure, he's definitely still a jerk at times, but the general manner in which he interacts with her makes me smile like an idiot.

I like how he's not even angry or too upset with her, he's simply like, "Stop the cap. Just fess up and I'll help."

other stuff i made for the soukoku roommate au

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.

crying

something about how the night changes or something

watching the new episode i can't help but wonder how hanako felt when, trying to act closer to what nene would like, she is just missing the real him