interesting my mom somehow can access the mando/french dub for KNB, not even sure how bc i don't see it on netflix web or ipad app
i've been watching along here and there with english subs on but specifically, it looks like they're the english subs written for the french dub...? they use first names for everything... kind of a shame, as i think all the nicknames lends to an understanding of their relationships
mura's nicknames seem inconsistent with aka and kuro in a teikou ep and then changing to seiju and tetsuya in present time
aomine/momoi's tetsu is not shortened, it's shown as a full tetsuya???
the mando dub is consistent, as i can hear the nicknames. they chose the characters 哲也 for tetsuya, so aomine/momoi call him 阿哲 (a-zhe). kise calls him 小黒 (xiao hei)
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Hi! I really really love your kaleidoscope series! Kiku and sai are just SO SO CUTEEEE!! Theyre making me have a baby fever
I just really love seeing Satoru protective of his daughter! Cant imagine what will happen if someone from sai's class or some boy decides to get close to her! Or what will happen when sai's first heartbreak!
Thank you so much sweetheart! And yes I'm also being affected by the baby fever. This is not proofread coz at this point I'm basically just writing what my fingers tap on 😭 will proofread later
Satoru believes he's a reasonable father. So reasonable it's natural he will wreck a riot when he finds out a boy... A BOY! is trying to make a move on his princess.
"This is not a kindergarten. I swear, my daughter is still a baby! Last night she still asked me to read her a bedtime story." He rambled on and on.
You could tell he is genuinely freaking out with how he's pacing around so much you're starting to get dizzy.
"She's just eight Satoru. What do eight years old do? Puppy loves can't be overruled, she's still so young." You tried to assure him but Satoru's face only grew more hopeless, running to your knees.
"What if she gets married early? What am I gonna do? Honey! Do something! I can't just give away my daughter to some wolf like boy who will snatch her away from me after I protected her since she was just 'this small'..." Satoru made a size of a baby from his hand.
You've had enough. Bringing him to face you and flicking his forehead. Someone needs to wake up.
"Calm. Down." There's firmness in your voice prompting Satoru to stop and breathe.
You sighed and patted his head.
"Saika is a reasonable girl, you've taught her more how to kick a boy's groin than to entertain one, okay? Besides she's a logical girl, and all her decision will teach her a lesson she needs to learn, so calm down and watch over her."
Satoru looks at you and finally nods. You sound calm, making him calm too. But still it makes him sad that his daughter has a crush already. He doesn't think he can let her have a boyfriend even in 18.
The next day...
The doorbell rang and Satoru went to get it since you're still eating breakfast. When he opened the door, he wasn't expecting a lost puppy...
"Stop looking at him like a stray Papa." Kouki remarked blankly. "For the record, he is Cat's classmate."
Classmate, huh?
"Oh?" Satoru finally understood from his firstborn's tone. "Really now? Got some bravery in you young man eh?"
The boy, quite tall for an eight-year-old looked at Satoru.
"Good morning Sir, I'm Chiba Masaki. Gojo Saika-san is my classmate and I really like her." The boy looked at Satoru without any hesitance in his eyes.
A vein popped in Satoru's temples.
"You got guts young man." This boy wants a fight or somethin'? Satoru was close to growling. Kouki leered at the two of them, casually leaning on the couch backrest.
"I really like her smile, she's very kind and yet brave enough to never back down. I'm here to tell you, I will take care of her and keep her safe."
Do eight-year-old do this shit? Satoru remembers plucking the flowers in his mom's vase and chasing around cats as an eight years old. Not coming on the front door of his crush and acting like an old man being sizzled under a father's gaze. What's wrong with these kids?
"Do you have a job?" Satoru crossed his arms.
"I will find one!" Masaki answered immediately.
"Do you see this house?" Satoru motioned to the huge house he built for you. "You can come back and ask my permission to court my daughter if you have a house bigger than this. If you have a stable job that can provide her anything she wants. If you have what it takes to make her happy. Until then you're not allowed to touch her, court her, or even think of making her your girlfriend. I only give my daughter the best of the best. This is a man-to-man thing. Do you understand?" Satoru's voice thundered with finality.
The boy squared up and opened his mouth to say something but you appeared, putting a finger over his lips.
"I suggest you don't make that promise yet, young man." You crouched and smiled to the surprised boy. "You're so young... And if you make that promise out of urgency without thinking of it more thoroughly you might break your word. The second you break your promise, your words cannot be trusted anymore."
You smiled and patted his head.
"Don't hurt our Saika alright? If you hurt her, you'll hurt us too." You made a sad face.
"I won't hurt her Ma'am. This much I can promise you."
Masaki's determined face somehow reminds you of someone who chased after you left him and he had to get through your father's anger just to talk to you again.
They're still so young... Time will tell.
"Mama? Papa? What are you doing?" Saika came down the stairs with her backpack ready to go. "Oh, Saki-chan. I told you Kiku-nii can walk me to school."
Masaki look at Saika ang visibly soften. "We talked for a bit. It's an important thing."
"Important thing?" Saika turned to her brother for an explanation.
Kouki shrugged and grab his bag too.
Saika kissed you and Satoru goodbye. But Satoru was still concerned while you held on his arms. Until Kouki pat his Papa's shoulder.
"I got it Pa, don't worry too much." Kouki grinned and walked behind the two eight-years-old, keeping an eye on them.
"He reminds me of someone." You smiled and then back to the kitchen.
"Oh gosh..." Satoru ran his hand over his face realizing who you meant, and close the door. "No, I'm just dreaming... Honey please, that squirt is nothing like me!"
You laughed from the kitchen and hugged him to calm his heart down.
—Grey,
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Ossan's Love Returns: how do you live?
A lot of heavy themes in this episode, the heaviest of all Kurosawa's looming illness. Ossan's Love is a comedy, but it also knows how to cut deep, so it could go either way with Kurosawa, I think.
Kimi tachi wa dou ikiru no kai/How do you live? is the title of the episode. It's a question multiple characters find themselves asking: Kurosawa with his health problems, Chizu as a working single mom, Haruta and Maki in regards to having children, Kiku-sama in regards to his feelings for Izumi, Izumi when the revenge he's been living for is done - even Takekawa with his new ideals of "love share".
A lot of the episode titles so far have been humorous intertextual references. Episode 7 is intertextual as well, only less humorous this time. The episode title is the title of a novel by Yoshino Genzaburou and the Japanese title of Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron. I think it's important to be aware of this intertextuality when watching the episode. The episode opens with a child's scribbling on the wall, asking us the same question Miyazaki Hayao has been asking.
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Ossan's Love Returns Ep 6 Stray Thoughts
Last week, the main gays went on a trip! Kurosawa and Izumi independently won trips. Kurosawa gave his to Haruta and Maki and joined them on the trip. It was very fun, and we got create Chief vs Maki moments. Izumi is still into Haruta, but he was able to bond with Maki when Maki was looking for his missing ring. Kiku shared more insights about Izumi and his history with Akito. Eventually we had a big brawl in the hotel dining room as everyone’s jealousy and issues came to the fore. Maki almost shot Kurosawa with an arrow. It was incredible. Haruta reaffirmed that he only wants to be with Maki, and that other disappointments (including losing the ring) pale in comparison to the fear of losing Maki. Anyway, we found the ring!
Kiku, I really hope you move on from this man.
I’m glad that Haruta is engaged with the wedding planning, but I’m worried about how sleepy Maki is.
I like that this show, which probably has way more reach than WDYEY, is also pointing out that this ceremony is entirely symbolic and confers no economic or social benefits to their partnership.
Haruta is always dealing with so much romantic attention that he barely registers that Izumi is staring at him like the second chance at his great love while Haruta is literally planning a wedding with Maki.
I am so amazed that the Genius group is still active.
Episode 6: Deep Crimson Valentine’s Wedding
This feels weird if the Chief is going to help Haruta with the wedding meeting because he almost married Haruta in the first season. Haruta left him at the altar!
Choko and her mom mostly planned the Chief’s first wedding, and now he’s here with Haruta. I love the commitment to the mother-in-law bit.
Haruta, you don’t always have to say yes to everyone!! Do not help Kiku this way!
This ghost bit is way over the line! Haruta, please!!
I hope they revert their wedding plan for Maki’s sake.
Why is Takegawa the one doing the counseling???
Haruta, you really should not be trying on tuxedos with the Chief.
I like the chief and Kiku commiserating together. I like Haruta talking about finding shared values in marriage. I don’t like Maki working on decorations by himself even though he’s exhausted.
Maki not making his own wedding because his chariman is going to upset me.
This situation with the pickles is ridiculous. If they don’t have these two fuck I will be so disappointed.
FUCK YEAH, MARO, COME THROUGH!!!
The season 1 montage has me in my feelings.
I like this little scene with the different chocolate shapes.
They took the step together!
I’m gonna need all these people sour in romance to leave!
NOOOOO!!!! NOT THE CHIEF!!!!
Oh, I am curious how Haruta and Maki handle caring for a kid next week.
I am so relieved that Haruta and Maki actually got married. There’s been so much drama getting to this moment for so many years that I fully expected there to be some sort of last-minute mishap keeping them apart. Overall, I don’t think all of the active elements worked together very well this week, and that feels bad to say on the wedding episode. I was hoping it would be a triumphant moment in and of itself, but it feels like there’s so much of other people’s unhappiness pushing in at the edge of the whole affair. Then we end on the chief’s health in jeopardy? I’m happy for Haruta and Maki, and hope we start to clean up all this other sadness in the show.
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Jojolands 13: Ohana Means I'll Set Your Ass on Fire
Dragona dropping some great truth about the absurd in this bizarre adventure. We finally got a peak behind that mask. I love it and I hate it, if you've read the chapter already you know what I mean. We'll get to that, because this right here isn't spoilery and it was such a cool nugget.
I love the way Dragona talks about the "absurd." Chance moments that alter one's life for better or for worse. The things that just don't make sense. Especially paired with Dragona opining about nearly losing their heart in the same chapter that last part about hearts being destroyed hits hard. I'm definitely sure we're looking at a trans narrative here and one we'll see play out. The chapter does a good job of implying what we need to know. Nudges at an early theory you've been changing your body with Smooth Operator. We ready? What follows is no place for beginners or sensitive hearts:
Oh HELL yes! As if I needed a reason, these two were well on their way to top Jojo status and now the dynamic duo of the Joestar Siblings are definitely there. Mean girl sets her sights on a much more timid Dragona who we now know looked way more masculine at 14 than 18. Talking physical build and not just fashion. You know, I don't expect an 18yo to have all that figured out and with this I do think we'll see her keep coming into her own. But holy shit that was fucked up and I sincerely hope we can get through the rest of this with no more sexual assault on my Jojos blorbo.
If they do...Jodio will fuck you up. Set a whole damn bus on fire! And while I'm not looking forward to having to relive the impetus in the inevitable anime adaptation, since we've already had the cop I kinda like the perpetrator being a girl here. For one because it shows a side of this kind of bigotry that often goes underrepresented. You see a little more space made typically for trans men who had bad experiences with men prior to coming out, largely because it tends to overlap with those who found a comfortable half-step in something like a radical feminist group. But this sets up Dragona pretty well for a realistic other side of the coin to that. Your experiences with bullying might make you a little skittish of girls your age, you keep a foot in this criminal world even if we keep showing you (not unlike Okiku) as someone who doesn't fit super well, all this would certainly explain why you'd gravitate towards a figure like Meryl Mei. Why there's great potential for drama if she shows a nastier side. It's all great for a trans story that justifies still figuring yourself out through it...but sticks to a fairly realistic path for a lot of young women who find themselves running with gangs.
All that said, Jodio you absolute freak. Burning the whole bus is metal, it's scruffy, he's protecting family. Doooooope. These two are fantastic and I can't wait to explore their story, their dynamic more. Jodio & Dragona's sibling bond is the beating heart of this part. As much as I love Kiku/Izo & Killua/Alluka yeah this is gonna be a banger. Speaking of, this chapter was also the second time we nudged at Jodio getting shit for looking fey too. These two are ride or die for each other and their awesome mom Barbara Ann. How this all ties into their family falling apart and their desire to become filthy rich? No need to ask...
In lighter news. They. When Meryl learns of the other lava rock that got smashed. We're all clear on who's the brains and who's the firepower in the dynamic duo right? I trust Meryl as far as I can throw her and she's a big lady. But for now everything seems on the up-and-up. Charmingman seems to have passed the sniff test and yeah it looks like he's just going to hang around. I like this new setup. Scouting a shadowy company to see if we can get more lava rock.
All in all one of the best chapters of Jojolands so far. I'm loving it, this is the exact direction I hoped it'd go. The backstory made this pretty heavy and I hope we can have more fun with this gang on the new excursion.
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My Thoughts on One Piece Ships 🫶:
I Love Them/OTP:
- Zoro x Luffy
- Shanks x Buggy
I Like Them:
- The Going Merry
- Sanji x Ace
- Yamato x Ace
- Yamato x Sanji
- Robin x Brook
- Kid x Killer
- Vivi x Rasa (if you don't know who Rasa is watch the 98th episode)
- Ace x Mask Deuce
- Sabo x Koala
- Uta x Perona
They're Good:
- Sanji x Law
- Law x Penguin/Sachi
- Franky x Iceburg
- Reighley x Roger
- Sanji x Usopp
- Nami x Tashigi
- Nami x Reiju
They're Ok:
- Thousand Sunny
- Robin x Law
- Sanji x Sabo
- Brook x Jimbe
- Koby x Tashigi
- Usopp x Kaya
- Hiyori x Yamato
- O-kiku x Yamato
Only Ok When Very Specific:
- East blue polycule (Only if it's every one equally in love with everyone or poly Usopp x Sanji x Nami x Luffy but Zoro is only with Luffy)
- Nami x Sanji (Only when Trans fem Sanji)
- Kid x Law (Only hate fucking)
- Mihawk x Buggy (Again hate fucking)
- Crossguild polycule (Only if all are fem)
- Doflamingo x Crocodile (Actual emotional depth from both)
- Dragon x Crocodile (No Croco-Mom)
I Dislike This:
- Robin x Jimbe
- Bepo x Law
- Nami x Wanda
- Nami x Vivi
- Zoro x (Anyone but Luffy)
- Koby x Luffy
- Koby x Helmeppo
- Beckmen x Shanks
- Mihawk x Shanks
I Fucking HATE This:
- Robin x Franky
- Zoro x Sanji
- Luffy x Boa Hancock
- Luffy x Law
- Marco x Ace
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