Not exactly fun, but... I ended a chapter with the information that the main character had a date planned for the evening. Then, I ended up dropping the story for well over a year, and when I returned to it, I could no longer remember what I had planned for the date, why it was so important, so instead of going through with it, I improvised and had the main character receive a call from her brother while waiting for her date in the movie theater. The brother called to inform that their father had been hit by snow that fell off the roof, killing him, and thus the date got canceled as the lady rushed to see her family.

So yeah, I killed my character's dad 'cause I forgot what she was supposed to do on a date... but that death also fills a plot hole I'd been struggling with, so all's well that ends well?

if you see this reblog with a fun fact about your WIP (world-building, lore, characters, anything!)

I feel attacked.

CALLED IT!

...Why aren't they using each others' names instead of, well, that? There's no way Naruto didn't tell Hima about his roomie Kurama and Kurama has to have paid at least some attention to what went on around Naruto, not to mention he's probably been inside Himawari for years, so they definitely know them.

...Unless that's technically not Kurama, but simply his chakra reborn as a new fox without the same personality and memories? ...Let's hope not, I want back the fox we know.

Hell yeah, InoShikaChou! Inoichi and Shikaku would be so proud!

"How magnificent..."

I totally agree! The team 10 was amazing in this chapter. I'm so glad they had an opportunity to shine!

So, I was going to watch some or another old anime that I'd read about in a book about the history of anime, but then I caught sight of one called "Wind Breaker." New thing, only three episodes out from what I saw, and I knew literally nothing about it, but I'd seen a few pics about it here earlier today, and I thought that I'd take a look in case it turns out to be the next hugely popular thing... I don't normally click at a series I know nothing about, but this one actually seems good. Even the main character, and I don't usually like those. Gotta see where this goes.

Also, drinking game idea: watch Wind Breaker and take a shot every time Sakura blushes.

Kacchan-san

The last couple of weeks I've been cursing the fact that FF has so few Tokyo Revengers fics and was wondering how come the series isn't popular among fanfiction writers. Today I checked if it has any stuff in AO3... result? It's hella popular, I'm running out of stuff to read just 'cause I'm so old school.

...I hate using AO3 since the search function can be such a mess, like if I look for a specific ship, it can easily give me a story where it's just a side mention since in that site people can put so many tags, but I think it's a high time I learn to use that thing.

...Or, as is more likely, end up checking out a lot of "meh" -stories while looking for the gems.

"An OC?" Dude, I have a freaking army by now, and that's only the ones that I can still remember.

having an oc you havent drawn / written about publicly yet that only exist as a concept is so funny. i have special access to this limited edition guy from my brain

Discovery of the month: Lucci has a heart.

And so does Kizaru, but that one seems to be filled with regrets.

Okay, fuck it. No matter what anyone else says, Tokyo Revengers was a hit until the end! Of course, there are parts towards the ending that I don't like and parts that don't make sense, but overall, I love it. I mean, everyone we came to love during the series (plus Kisaki) is alive and happy at the end, so what's there to complain about? I mean, I get it that it makes the story we read seem meaningless since everything just got overwritten, but... what's important is the journey, not the destination, right? I mean, we got the best of both worlds; the emotional, difficult journey that somehow resulted in the best future imaginable! ...Is what I wrote at first, but now, few days later, I think it's not that simple. I mean, the characters haven't gone through the things we saw them go through, and may have gone through completely different things instead, so are they even the same lovable (or in Kisaki's case, not so much) characters that we know? I feel like I'd need a new story entirely to get to know the characters again, especially Koko and Inubi who ended up not having a traumatic loss like they did in the timeline that we knew. Anyway, on to the details!

To be honest, I thought that there'd be a final time leap that would go further back in time, which would make saving Emma and Baji possible. The reason for this is that at one point, I don't remember what for, I went to check something from Tokyo Revengers wiki and saw Baji's profession listed as a vet, and I was like "Wait what? That's not possible! ...Unless..." so I kinda got super spoiled and it wasn't the huge shock it could've been, but I didn't expect them to go far enough to save Shinichiro too, so that definitely didn't get spoiled. Neither did him being a time leaper, which came out of nowhere for me. I mean, it was hinted at earlier by Kisaki and later by Sanzu that there was another one, but I never expected it to be Shinichiro. Didn't like that plot twist at first, but in a way, it started to make sense... in a way that a time travel story can, anyway. It was a good way to explain Mikey's "darkness", though honestly, that one could've also been explained away by a traumatic childhood event and a need for a lot of therapy. Speaking of which, how come no one ever suggested that?

Mikey and Takemichi both time leaping is a bit of a stretch; either one or the other should've had the power, but I'll let it slide. Like, maybe Takemichi leaped, and somehow his body moved the power to Mikey while he was leaping? Or something. What I don't understand is how the heck did Chifuyu end up remembering all the shit from the main timeline! Like, in a way, I love it that he did, 'cause without it the beautiful bond between him and Takemichi would be gone, but plot wise, it makes zero sense... I mean, guess he could've kind of become the "trigger" for leaping, but... how? Why? What? ...Then again, I don't really get it how it happened with Sanzu either, so maybe there's a logic somewhere in it all? ...It might be for the best if Takemichi and Mikey never shake his hand, just in case. Seriously.

I would've liked to see how they built up the New Toman. Like, we saw the founding, with the six founding members becoming nine, but after that? There's no way, just no way, that the duo just went "hey join my gang" to everyone and they just agreed; there had to be conflicts with lots of people. I kinda would've loved to see that, but I also understand that all that would've dragged the story on somewhat needlessly. But I do think that Takemichi reuniting with Chifuyu should've been shown; imagine the big boss' surprise when his right hand actually remembers being his right hand! I hope someone's written a fic about that. I wanna read it. And I also wanna write a fic about that. And about lots of other stuff that has come up along the way; lots of my ideas have hit the trashcan after new plot twists, but some should still be usable with some fine tuning, plus I have lots of new ideas, too... okay, now I'm getting sidetracked too much.

Details, details... Why is Naoto not a cop!? I mean, I know why; it's because he wasn't inspired to be one in this timeline, and so he took up a work more in line with his childhood interests, but but... I still want Cop Naoto. I got used to Cop Naoto. And since we're speaking about careers, what is Takemichi doing? I'm guessing Hina's a teacher, but her hubby? Still in that video rental store? That'd be hilarious, especially since the place will probably go under real soon with all the streaming services around. Takemichi's job really really really should've been mentioned. Oh, and let's talk about Future Kazutora's hair! Like, he looks great, fabulous in fact, but... so weird. Just so, so weird. Also, Akane's alive. First, I noticed Inupi's scar missing, and then there was this woman next to Koko... who else could it have been other than Akane? Somehow, they either stopped the fire from happening, or got the Inui siblings somewhere else during it. How the fuck did they pull that off? Pure luck? Anyway, since Akane survived, what made Koko study money making so hard? 'Cause he obviously did, being rich and all, but what motivated him? I sense a plot hole! Speaking of which, why is our adrenaline addict Hanma a freaking photographer? How about a stuntman or a little sketchy guard? But no, dude's a photographer. That one should have a story behind it, too. And what about Emma? Sure, she's a housewife and marrying Draken must've been her plan since at least middle school, but surely she studied or worked at something before marrying the guy? Surely she had something else in mind, too? But no, the only title she gets is a housewife. Boo!

...Ahem, yeah so, I first got interested in Tokyo Revengers in the summer of 2023 in an anime convention during a lecture about anime delinquents and decided to watch it, but something always came in the way of that. That was until my sister and I booked a trip to Japan for February of 2024 and I realized I should finally watch it 'cause if I find some stuff about the series in Japan but won't buy any 'cause I don't really know the show and it turns out to be good I'll regret it (that's what happened with my trip to New York and SpyXFamily last year), so I gotta watch it. In the end though, I only managed to watch season 1 before the trip. I did get some stuff, but I definitely would've gotten more if I'd watched, and read, the whole thing in time for the trip... and in case someone's wondering why I'm writing that... just getting it out of my system 'cause I'm annoyed? Should've bought those Chifuyu badges I saw.

Anyway, I'll probably re-read the whole thing at some point and comment about pretty much anything I feel like is worth commenting on. I considered doing it already after I reached the point where the anime left off, but then thought that nah, it'd be annoying to make a long post and then realize all the questions were answered within the next few chapters. But damn, wish I would've started reading this while it was still being published.

Something weird is going on in Boruto... this chapter reminded me of the first meeting between Himawari and Daemon in chapter 77:

This was never explained, now was it? Whatever Daemon felt at the time must be what that ten tails guy whose name I forgot is sensing now.

But what are they sensing???

...Could it be that Kurama's actually alive and somehow got transferred in to Himawari? I mean, I have no idea how that could've happened, but how else would anyone explain Himawari supposedly having tailed beast chakra inside of her?

Good match indeed; I ship them, too!

Okay what the fuck, animators of Tokyo Revengers? Chapter 189 would've been the perfect spot to end season 3; why didn't you add one more episode?

So I started watching Tokyo Revengers in January, finished it, and started reading the manga. Just now, I finished chapter 185, which is where the anime ends. Really looking forward to the rest of the chapters, even though I've gotten some unpleasant spoilers already... well, that, and the ending's apparently bad. Bad as in no character ends up happy or bad as in bad writing? From what I've gathered, it's the later, but we'll see... still though, no matter how bad it could end up being, I've really enjoyed it so far, so there's no way it'd ruin the whole series for me even if the ending does leave a bad taste.

...How old is Doll again?

What scholar? Am I grasping at straws here, or could one from Ohara have survived? I mean, since Saul made it, it's not that far-fetched, is it? ...The last time we saw Nico Olvia was her regretting how little she could leave behind for Robin, and the next scene is the tree she's supposed to be in falling, but we never see a body. Saul made it, the books they saved made it, so maybe...?

I think someone should tell Bonney's real age to Sanji, preferably sooner than later.