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kanna with nao and shin? very odd combination i know but i have my reasons
Day 53: with Nao and Shin!
#your turn to die#yttd#kanna kizuchi#a kanna a day#my post#my art#while thinking about what these three could do together i somehow settled at origami#anon i hope this satisfies your desire for kanna with nao and shin content at least a little bit. i think this dynamic has potential#i would like to explore it more.....maybe after the finals#shin tsukimi#nao egokoro#requested kanna
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Pokemon Concierge is rated PG because despite being completely wholesome otherwise it contains the depiction of a sad Pikachu in a tree trembling because it's afraid of heights which is literally one of the most upsetting things i've ever seen
#'that could have been cooler pikachu' how about you go to hell nao. how about that.#pokemon concierge
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skip to loafer and the "i love you as a person" message
skip to loafer general spoilers
one thing that i'll always be very grateful of skip to loafer is really how they highlight so much the "i love you as a person" mindset — and how that is present in all the narrative, not only on shima and mitsumi's relationship.
this is not only important for the story's target audience, but it also opens the door to a discussion about the value of platonic relationships, which are often "denied" because they are not as "important" as romantic love. and this happens not only when mistumi tells shima that she will like him no matter what happens or who he is — the message spreads to other characters as well.
one of the examples i love most is the moment mika confesses to shima. throughout the chapter, all of her insecurities are exposed and she tirelessly hurt herself saying things like how she doesn't deserve to have someone who likes her in any way (a reflection of the way she was treated throughout her adolescence). this dissolves when shima refuses to throw away the valentine's gift she made especially for him and thanks her for all the care she took with it — an affirmation that her hard work has been recognized and appreciated. this shows mika that she is a person who deserves love and to be valued. for the first time, mika understands that she is being seen as a person, as someone who deserves to be treated well and be recognized.
i know that many people must be thinking that there was an intention for a romantic development in this scene and yes, i agree. after all, mika went to him to confess her feelings. but the way in which the scene was handled makes me think that being seen as a valid person to have feelings was worth much more to her than having her romantic feelings reciprocated — and this, in my opinion, comes back to prominence in chapter 54, when nao, once again, recognizes her pain and connects with it (the appreciation of the "self" when you find someone who understands where you’re hurt).
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(this part wasn't included on the original analysis, but later on I decided to add:
oh my god i was so focused on some very specific scenes for mika that this one slipped my mind and i feel so bad for that! this moment is one of the most important for mika’s development and it also highlight the first time she was seen as a person (by no other than nao). since that day, mika holds nao to a very important place in her heart. i feel that she, at that time, said exactly what mika needed to hear to feel validated and to feel comfortable enough to just go back and spend the night with the girls. if it wasn’t for nao at that time, mika would probably go home and regret ever making this decision — and this ties directly to chapter 54.)
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the second character i want to talk about is yuzuki and all the times he had his identity erased thanks to other people's selfishness.
since the opening of chapter 38, yuzuki talks about how she was always seen as someone whose time was numbered: there was a countdown until the day she achieved "true beauty" and began to be an object of desire, no longer a person. this not only happens thanks to the disgusting adult men that surround you, but also thanks to the friends she tried to make in middle school, one of the most important times of a child’s life, phase where they are beginning to recognize themselves as a person.
yuzuki is simply seen as a object of status to the boys in her class, while to the girls, she’s someone who was only interested in "diminishing others with her beauty" — something she never did, but never even had the chance to defend herself.
Thanks to that, yuzu is forced to grow up without having an identity of her own, but one forced on her, causing her to rebel and refuse to open up to new people. she had her feelings denied, being defended only when there was a sexual/romantic interest in the mix and forced to believe that she was being selfish for denying such a privilege of being "spoiled" and "admired" by everyone, all the time.
yuzu gets her chance to be valued as a person when she enters high school and meets mitsumi and the other girls. she is, for the first time, seen as a person, seen as a yuzuki, seen as someone who has the right to impose herself and be selfish, something she has never been able to be before. her feelings are not diminished or seen as "not valid enough” but most importantly: she’s finally heard.
and then, i think we have one of the most important “i love you like a person” moment: the breakup chapter. chapter 46 is a huge twist to skip to loafer’s romantic narrative, which i myself appreciate a lot. kind of a personal twist here, but it’s a breath of fresh air for someone like me, a demi girl, who always had a little trouble with understanding love when i was their age — and now, basically ten years later, mitsumi’s words not only reached shima, but it also reached me and other thousands of readers who needed to hear something like that.
but well, let’s get back on track. chapter 46 is one of the first times we see shima talking about his past relationship with other people and going a little more in-depth with his relationship with his mom. the core message of it all and the core line that guides all of his personal connections is very simple and highlight why shima have so many trust issues: no one ever saw him as a person, but only as a status object, as someone who was there to be used for their own benefit. shima was used by his mother when she forced him to keep on acting, was used by his peers in a situation a little similar with yuzuki (ofc not completely equal, because we need to remember that gender roles also have a huge influence on how both stories developed (see ririka, for exemple. i have a whole thread on her as well, but this is another topic), when both felt like they were nothing but puppets to the ones around him.
when shima is sitting by mitsumi’s side, he starts to wonder if he really deserves all of that, if he really deserves someone like mitsumi near him. he doesn’t understand his feelings as a whole, because he was never given the opportunity to really explore them and try to dissect it all — this is brought up once again on chapter 53, when he starts to discuss with mukai what it means to love someone in a romantic way (and why loving them as a person isn’t enough on society’s eyes).
he’s not, at any point, using mitsumi or making fun of her feelings. imagine if you were never allowed to think for yourself and then, suddenly, you have the freedom to do so. how does one express something they never had? how does one understand what it means to have a feeling, any feeling, if all they ever felt was guilt?
and that’s when the bigger bomb hits the scene: mitsumi, seeing how troubled he is, shows how important he is and how she values him as a person. it might seem silly to a lot of people, but just hearing someone saying “i will always like you as a person, no matter who you end up being” when all you ever heard in your life was how useless you were, makes you whole world crumble on the spot. he was seen, he was heard, he was understood. mitsumi valued him to the point of assuring him that a romantic relationship wasn’t more important than the platonic one they had. isn’t that beautiful?
to finish it off, i think the conversation the girls have on chapter 57 is also extremely important to the narrative and to the overall message. by not wanting the girls to see shima in a terrible light, mitsumi is, once again, putting their relationship as friends above any other romantic relationship they could have. she shows how much she values him and how much he is important to her — she sees shima as a person, not as an object.
and then, makoto comes to picture with a beautiful speech about how loving someone (any kind of love, not one or another) is to hope that they are happy, content, being taking care of and being comfortable with their own feelings. by forcing someone to feel anything you selfish want, you’re not valuing them as a person with their own feelings and insecurities, but only seeing them as a way to satisfy yourself.
of course, i’m not here to defend everyone and say that they never hurt anyone. yes, shima did hurt mitsumi and she still not completely over it, but she’s way worried with losing him as a friend than forcing something out of a relationship that both don’t feel very comfortable with. mitsumi herself is also someone who is slowly understanding her feelings and understanding what it means to love romantically — but never putting the platonic side aside, since there is no right way to love someone.
thank you so much for reading!! i hope i was clear about the points i was trying to bring up, but i'm always open to discussion!!! 💛
#skip to loafer#skip and loafer#iwakura mitsumi#shima sousuke#mika egashira#yuzuki murashige#nao iwakura#me having flashbacks of my own self discovery#this manga is just a gem#i will never get tired of talking about it#duckmetas#skip to loafer spoilers#skip and loafer spoilers#stl spoilers
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redraw of the first chapter of the guy she was interested in wasn’t a guy at all but it’s my naoreko au!!
#first time trying to draw a comic!#I THINK ABOUT THIS AU SO MUCH. GOD#my obsession with both yttd and this manga is insane#your turn to die#your turn to die fanart#yttd#yttd fanart#art#the guy she was interested in wasn't a guy at all#naoreko#rekonao#reko yabusame#reko yttd#yttd reko#nao yttd#nao egokoro#yttd nao
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A memorial illustration by Kenji Muto [x] and Nao Otsu [x] for Zazie's JP voice actor for Trigun Stampede season one, Tarako Isono
#Trigun#Trigun Stampede#Tristamp#Zazie#Zazie the Beast#Kenjo Muto#Nao Otsu#Y'all know I normally add the machine-translated text of a tweet to these things#But it feels hella disrespectful to garble their words#Maybe I'm thinking too much about it#But still#It's giving me Emotions to see how much they obviously cared for this person
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It's normal to feel jealous. In friendships, relationships, whatever. Jealousy is a very normal, very human emotion and most likely, it's telling you that a need of yours isn't being met. But sometimes jealousy just shows up randomly and makes itself known for no reason. Maybe you have the happiest relationship possible and you still get jealous. Maybe all of your needs, and more, are being met. That's okay.
Never be ashamed of jealousy. Never be ashamed of anger or sadness or fear. These emotions are not “bad”, there is no such thing as bad emotions. You cannot be completely free of them, and they do not inherently mean you or the other person(s) is abusive.
Listen to what your mind is telling you. If you're jealous every single time your friend hangs out with someone that's not you; why? Are you scared of your friend liking the person more than you? Are you scared that you're not worthy of your friend's time and energy? Are you scared that maybe the other person secretly hates you and plans to turn your friend against you?
Whatever it is, its okay. Don't listen to people telling you that “non-abusers don't get jealous”. Because they do. It's just about how they handle the jealousy. If you listen to your body and figure out the underlying fear or insecurity, you're already doing way more than most.
Sometimes you can talk to your friend about that fear. Sometimes you can explain to them that you feel afraid when they hang out with other people because you're insecure. Do not ever make it out to be their problem, like something they should fix. They can understand and do their best to help you, but do not ever demand or even let them drop these friends for you. Unless the friends are genuinely awful people (which you should then have an entirely different conversation about), it is your friend's right to keep them as friends.
But maybe you can come to a compromise. Maybe when your friend is done hanging out with someone, they can tell you about what they did. Maybe instead of an obligation, its like a “oh my god I had so much fun and I want to tell someone about it” thing. They get to talk about how much fun they had to someone that cares, and you get to know that these other people didn't try to turn your friend against you, or whatever your fear may have been.
Anyway, my overall point is; jealousy is okay and normal. It usually covers some sort of insecurity or fear, like how anger can cover sadness or hurt. It doesn't matter how often you feel jealous - I'm a very very jealous person but I have coping mechanisms and ways to help me when I get jealous so that I don't hurt the person I'm jealous of. I will always suggest mental health assistance like therapy or medication if it's available, but sometimes, its more about the way you treat your feelings and the communication you have with your friends.
#obviously everyone is different#journaling my feelings and telling myself that my friends are so awesome that they deserve other friends#will not help every single person that gets jealous#but as a polyamorous person who has bpd and forms fps on my partners most often#ive learned how to cope with my jealousy without becoming overbearing and mean#it took me nearly my entire teenage life and im still nowhere near perfection#this isnt an instant process and im never going to stop feeling jealous#but i can recognize when im jealous and why and i can work on feeling better about it#{ ♡ } nao : misc . . .#jealousy#jealous#relationships#relationship troubles#bpd#borderline personality disorder#npd#narcassistic personality disorder#i dont know how common jealousy is in npd but it sure affects me a lot so#umm#mental illness#mental health#mental health advice#mental health support#bpd help#bpd support
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today’s keiji is: yttd chapter 3 part 2 leak (not clickbait)
#i would like to let it be known that i have had this exact idea before but i ended up giving up halfway through and then#completely forgetting about it. and then i lost the original file………. tragic#your turn to die#yttd#keiji shinogi#sara chidouin#god i love breaking bad.#this concept would be funnier with mishima and nao#my art#ask tag#daily keiji
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#Skip to Loafer#Takamatsu Misaki#ugh nao chan 😭#tbh this update was so nice#it's simple but it still made me feel smth#like always lol which is a good thing ig?#also am loving that there is more mukai somehow in this vacation arc lol#ngl i would like for the author to explore more dynamics in the group too but so far everything is great about it#I miss nao chan so this chapter was somehow a great update ~#am rambling but whatever lol#read the manga and watch the anime if ya still havent ^^
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just two (totally normal, not at all mentally ill) girls having a relaxing bath together
#good god i think about what their lives after the massacre ending would be like so often#massacre ending is so fucked up but i would LOVE for it to just not be a game over#they're both not gonna be mentally well for a long time IF they'll ever be#i would kill to have that be even just a little explored#yttd#kimi ga shine#naosara#nao egokoro#sara chidouin#dia art
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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!
decided to do some fun doodles of some of my favorite fictional gay people. this was intended to just be naoreko but then i needed to procrastinate on actual work so i just. threw something else out there real quick lol
#i think alice deserves a cool leather jacket like if you agree (joke)#really not the biggest fan of how the whole second page went but. might as well post it ig#now you all know my ships... or at least the main ones i care about#yttd#your turn to die#naoreko#nao egokoro#reko yabusame#alice yabusame#ransara#ranmaru kageyama#sara chidouin#keishin#keiji shinogi#shin tsukimi
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Plasmius Redesign
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hello everynyan here is a piece that has no significance whatsoever because flower crowns mean nothing in skip to loafer yep yep yep ummmm yeah! anyways if you'll excuse me im going to go explode now!
#skip and loafer#skip and loafer fans...#skip to loafer#iwakura mitsumi#mitsumi iwakura#nao chan#skip and loafer mitsumi#skip and loafer nao#nao skip and loafer#im so normal#i hope i explode#chapter 29 made me violently sob and have to walk laps around my room#this manga has damaged me in ways doctors cannot describe#my therapist will be hearing about this#i love supportive families sm im going to explode#flower crown
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It's Jeff #28: travel-sized
#it's jeff!#it's jeff#jeff the landshark#jeff the land shark#marvel#marvel comics#marvel unlimited#comics#infinity comics#kelly thompson#nao fuji#sorry about the delay on this everyone. marvel were messing me about and i couldn't resubscribe 😭😭
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Gay people?? In a death game??? More likely than you think
#yttd#yttd fanart#your turn to die#yttd nao#yttd reko#not sure about the background color but oh well!!#eyestrain#my art
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Thinking about how despite all of Reko and Nao's care for each other, they could never choose each.
Reko couldn't choose Nao to live at the cost of the participants.
And Nao couldn't choose Reko to escape at the cost of Sara.
They couldn't choose each other because, at the end of the day, they cared more for the lives of others. But that doesn't mean they never cared at all. In fact, they cared so deeply that they'll always have a place in each other's lives. And they'll always be a part of their heart.
#No but I think about Reko not voting for Nao and Nao not escaping with Reko all the time#Controversial option but aspects of Naoreko are even more angsty then aspects of Joesara#At least Joe would choose Sara and you can have Sara choose Joe#nao egokoro#reko yabusame#YTTD#your turn to die
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i've been rotating so many mika and shima thoughts in my head since chapter 55 came out so i might as well share them with the skiptuals. please don't take anything i say as a serious analysis or something i'm just loafing here. ok. i think the transition from shima to mika in the last two chapters wasn't unintentional at all. they (and their own arcs) resemble each other in ways i hadn't thought about until i read the latest chapter. let's start with how both of them have kinda "built" a public persona to navigate social situations. because of their respective past experiences, shima thinks that he's worthless if he isn't playing the role of the "perfect popular friendly guy", and mika's changed everything about herself so she could be accepted by other people. they're both insecure kids who have tried to find value in themselves by acting according to what others expected of them or what made others "like them more". but at the end of the day this is just putting a band aid on a major wound because the problem obviously lies elsewhere.
this "persona", "facade", "mask", "role" or whatever you wanna call it is harming them rather than saving them. it protects them from getting hurt, but by doing so they're keeping people at arm's length and stopping themselves from genuinely connecting with others.
that's why letting people get close to them and see through this front they put up is difficult for them, they've gotten used to wearing these masks after all. take mika's fear of rejection or how she was hesitant to stay with the girls in ch15 as an example, or shima being worried about how the way he's perceived by other people can make them dislike him. i think it's interesting how both nao-chan and mitsumi's reassuring words conveyed the same meaning on both occasions. "everyone here is friends with someone who threw up on the first day of school" means that people that love you won't stop doing it because you act a little weird or because you make mistakes (and vice versa!). "it's cute to be embarrased" is another way of saying that putting yourself out there, being vulnerable or trying new things won't be the death of you, what's more, it's endearing. both scenes are trying to communicate the same thing: don't worry, being yourself won't make people hate you (and if they do, who cares?).
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and on that topic, i think chapter 46 and chapter 55 play the same role in shima and mika's character arcs, respectively. both of these chapters are turning points for them. even if the connotation is different, both mitsumi and nao-chan deliver lines that should be exhibited forever in the skip to loafer hall of fame. mitsumi tells shima, who's always thought that he had to be like this or that to be valuable, that no matter who he is she'd still like him. nao-chan tells mika, who's always wondered if anyone would ever love her as she is, that she will definitely find someone who does. both these statements are direct, sincere and come from people who care about them. they're not empty words, they're not saying this just to cheer them up. these are facts. these words refute their deepest fears.
even if mika and shima's character arcs are going in different directions (and each of them has their own circumstances), both of them are in the process of internalizing these ideas. i'd say mika's getting closer because she's always been the type of person who's in tune with her feelings, unlike shima. it's clear after the last chapter, like how she opened up to nao-chan and how she was ok with mukai listening. but shima's getting there too, this arc was definitely a decisive moment for him. that's why i'm only pointing out a few similarities i've noticed, they're both doing their own thing. and as i said before, they're not alone in their journeys, the people around them are helping them too. you know how nao-chan said in the last chapter that someday mika "will definitely find someone who will love her, warts and all?" i've said in one of my previous posts that even if nao-chan was referring to a romantic partner, i think that what she said can also apply to any kind of relatioship. that's why i believe it's important to mention that the first character who sees beyond mika's facade is... mitsumi! and well, that's because mitsumi is mitsumi. even though mika wasn't very nice to her at first, mitsumi still goes to her and asks for her help. mitsumi's not telling her "i'm overlooking your bad points because there might be something good underneath it all" or something, we know she's not that kind of person. she's looking directly at mika and telling her "because of the way you treated me i know you can help me". she welcomes mika into her life and into the group, warts and all.
and that's not where it ends. kindness is like a domino effect. once you're shown kindness, you can't help extending kindness to someone else. we can see it in the way mika lends her beret to mitsumi when she feels bad about her bangs. nao-chan comforting mika wouldn't be possible if people like mitsumi or goro weren't kind to her first. yuzu talking to mitsumi that one time at karaoke gave her a little confidence to talk to makoto and befriend her. almost 40 chapters later, makoto goes to yuzu after she finds out what happened with her classmates. shima might not even realize, but him helping mitsumi on their first day of school was literally what started it all. and of course, being kind to yourself will come with time too. kindness is a never-ending cycle. kindness moves us into growing, and that's what sukirofa is all about, really.
peace and loaf on planet earth
#where was i going with this? i don't know#seriously no idea i just wanted to write down my thoughts#basically what i wanna say is this arc was perfect. as usual#even though takamatsu surprised us with a nao/mika/mukai focused chapter it still made so much sense for it to wrap up this arc#especially after the shima focused chapters#i wanted to explain how ch54 and ch55 go hand in hand and how that transition was perfect thematically#like. seeing both mika and shima take a step forward in the same arc wasn't a coincidence imo#but i ended up thinking about how mikamitsu friendship is everything to me#i couldn't help mentioning ch46 ok. can u blame me. u can't#anyway live laugh loaf#skipping
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