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nazuna-tunnel-vision · 1 year

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Izumi/Nazuna propaganda post

in celebration of the IzuNazu in Nazuna's FS2 4*, here’s a quick rundown on their relationship!

they haven't gotten much attention since Tennis Club no longer exists, but Izumi & Nazuna are so wholesome and funny please join me in my izunazu brainrot

The Basics: Tennis Club

Izumi & Nazuna were in separate classes in their 3rd year, but in the same Tennis Club with Tori & Yuu-kun. Izumi joined just to see Yuu-kun, but this simply resulted in Yuu-kun skipping every now and then to avoid Izumi. When Izumi doesn’t get to play with Yuu-kun, he bullies Tori instead. Tori is screaming and throwing hissy fits. He's trying to order people around, but this fails because Izumi is equally self-centred and orders him right back (Izumi also succeeds. He enjoys making Tori run after stray balls). Yuu-kun is too busy screaming and running from Izumi. Nazuna’s the captain because none of the rest can do that job. He has his hands full trying to manage the two huge egos that are Izumi & Tori, plus Makoto's anxiety. The club is always on the verge of exploding. Read Doctor’s Coat.

That said, Izumi & Nazuna are still good friends! You can see this in how they call each other; it's very in line with how they address every one else they consider friends. Nazuna calls Izumi "Izumi-chin" and Izumi calls him "Nazunyan". Which is the CUTEST nickname Izumi has given ever. Explodes my mind every time.

But anyway, the thing that explodes my mind the most regarding IzuNazu is: Nazuna's ex-Valk grievances and how it factors into their relationship.

Starfes is the story for this.

Izumi defends Nazuna when Shu is going on a bitter ex tangent, saying something like "If you think that of Nazunyan, then you really never knew him at all." He reveals that Nazuna talks to him about his feelings on ex-Valk.

I just. grips head. Its been noted multiple times that before their 3rd year, Nazuna and Izumi were rarely ever spotted without Shu or Leo respectively by their side (and Nazuna barely talked at all). Which means that they weren't friends during The War and Izumi didn’t personally see all that ex-Valk shit go down by Nazuna’s side. Nazuna had to have willingly told Izumi about it after the fact.

And it wasn't just like, Nazuna exploding one day and just venting to Izumi. It seems like an ongoing thing and Izumi truly does care and is very invested in this. Another IzuNazu moment in Starfes - Izumi voice: "Oh, Valkyrie is having problems? Psh, don't care, Nazunyan and Naru-kun’s problems aren’t my problem. (in the same breath) Let’s go help them.”

I just think it's so gnhrhghrng that Izumi cares so much about Nazuna and his hang-ups about Valkyrie. And it's really nice that Nazuna has someone like this to talk to, especially since his social circle is basically:

juniors (have to keep the reliable Niichan persona in front of them, can't tell them about his problems)

his classmates - Oddballs (Shu's friends and also probably wouldn't sit still enough to listen, and would speak in a language Nazuna can't understand), Leo (aliens on brain) and Kuro (Nazuna's friend but is also Shu's friend)

The ex-valk thing gets more insane because ShuNazu parallels IzuLeo.

When Izumi is defending Nazuna or criticising Shu in Starfes, he's really talking about himself and Leo. Leo is right beside them as it happens, and even he goes, "Wahaha Sena I'm getting hit by stray bullets here!" And wow. When you think about it, they really are similar.

Nazuna and Izumi being put on pedestals of beautiful, perfect beings that the Oddbal candidates and geniuses, Shu & Leo, put their whole energies, hopes and dreams into. Them feeling truly beautiful and worthy for the first time in their lives because of the other. Even though they've been called cute/beautiful many times before high school, and in fact joined Yumenosaki's idol course because of their cute/beautiful appearance.

Things falling apart, and Nazuna and Izumi failing to be there for their best friend of 2 years. Them consequently beating themselves up for it. Having extremely complicated feelings towards their ex-friends where they strongly resent the person and hurt each other whenever they meet. And yet beating themselves up, wishing the other well, and looking back onto their shared pasts with fondness and nostalgia.

Here, take these 3 screenshots that just make me go insane every time. First two are Nazuna POV, I think from Human Comedy and Starfes. The 3rd is Izumi's, from Lionheart.

Do you think they have crying sessions over their exes during Tennis Club whenever their juniors fail to show up? I do! !!! Here’s a fic someone wrote about this exact dynamic that made my head explode.

And then just the way IzuNazu are casually mean to each other but never in a way that the other really minds.

Their interactions in ! are genuinely so funny because Nazuna will see Izumi in the corridor and when Izumi opens his mouth, Nazuna will say as a greeting, “Wow Izumi-chin your personality is horrible as usual! anyway,"

and Izumi doesn’t even say anything back?? If it were with Knights, Izumi would definitely say excuuuuuse me I’m literally perfect? But no, here Izumi just lets Nazuna off the hook. Go be the bitchy person you are inside, Nazunyan, fly high! Izumi just keeps quiet and lets the conversation continue as if Nazuna just said hi like a normal person instead.

You have to keep in mind that in !, Nazuna was nice to everybody except Shu. Yes he's even nice to Eichi. He’s mean only to 1. Itsuki Shu (ex) or 2. Izumi-chin (bestie from club and the class next door). Eventually in !! this mean part of him becomes integrated in his main persona, but definitely not while he was in high school! Congrats Izumi-chin you're privy to this part of Nazuna before he felt confident enough to show it to everyone. Drives me insane thinking about how safe Izumi must've made Nazuna feel in order for this to happen. I think it’s sweet that even while in school, there was at least one person that Nazuna could be a bit like his real self around.

I think part of why this could happen is because Izumi is an expert at being bitchy, of course he understands and doesn't really mind. It's like breathing to him; he's not going to judge others for it! Izumi also does this with Arashi - he doesn't get shocked or judge Arashi when she's being mean and petty. But unlike with Nazuna, Izumi frequently calls her a rude brat (to her face, might I add).

I might be stretching a little here, but imo it's because he knows Arashi can take a few hits while Nazuna is just. really in the midst of desperately rebuilding himself from scratch at this point of time. Part of Nazuna's charm in his third year is how he truly overcompensated for and overemphasised his nii-chan persona. He takes offense and is incredibly offended whenever someone mistakes him for a junior. You cannot go a single conversation without him reminding you that he's a reliable Nii-chan and will look after you if you ever need help. He proceeds to trip over his words the next second and makes a fuss about it. Nazuna in his third year is clearly very insecure, and I think Izumi is really considerate about that. I think he doesn’t call Nazuna out when Nazuna acts contrary to the role model nii-chan persona because that would shatter the illusion and sense of self that Nazuna is trying to build up. And I think that consideration, of never directly pointing out how Nazuna isn't really the Role Model Nii-chan he makes himself out to be, gives Nazuna a safe space to really be his more authentic and abrasive self. Cries a fucking river.

(That said, Izumi probably doesn't speak up also because he has enough self-awareness to know that when Nazuna calls him rude, he’s just stating the truth, orz.)

Izumi's side of the friendly bullying is also hilarious because he just feels completely entitled to terrorising Nazuna’s juniors to get info out of him. In Judgement, there’s a scene where they got info on Knights Killers really quickly and like. Basically Izumi bullied Makoto until Nazuna spilled “because he’s a pushover”. He knows Nazuna will give in without retaliation, 100% success rate. He is correct. Izumi knows his friends well.

But Izumi doesn't just assume that Nazuna will be a softie all the time and Knows where the line is. He knows what will cause Nazuna to go rabid.

In Reloaded, where Tomoya and Izumi get handcuffed together by accident, Tomoya says “it’ll be embarrassing if Niichan saw us like this but I’m sure he’ll understand if we explain!” Izumi immediately replies with “NO NO HE WON’T LISTEN”. He is absolutely correct. Nazuna sets a horde of zombies on them and they only escape by leaving the country altogether.

Izumi just understands the contours of Nazuna’s unhingedness that well! He knows what will set Nazuna off and he knows how Nazuna's mind would work. They’re besties. I just think it's really sweet how Izumi knows Nazuna well enough to push him, and also when he has crossed the line.

And last but not least, we have Nazuna’s 4* FS2 story. They're just hanging out with nothing serious going on here but gnhh. Highlights:

Izumi sees Nazuna flopped over on the couch and scolds him for not sitting properly. (mom friend lol.)

"Izumi-chin'll get mad if I tell you why I've been sitting here the past hour" "No I won't" "...I was playing games on my phone and accidentally skipped breakfast." "Of course I'd get mad about that! 😡😡"

“I’m not going to download your game.” “You can make a Mako-chin avatar with it and dress him up however you want." Izumi spends the next hour making a Makoto avatar on his new account.

Nazuna promising to tell Izumi about new items whenever Izumi is back in Japan. Nazuna enabling Izumi to externalise his Mako-chin behaviour in a way that doesn’t actually inconvenience Makochin. IzuNazu gaming buddies!!!

There’s actually also the Midnight Butlers story but I wasn’t into enstars when it was released and I can’t find anything about it now :( rip it would've been funny to see the extent to which !! era Nazuna, who has embraced his inner derangedness, is willing to hold Izumi back from harrassing Makoto. Maybe he would've enabled Izumi, within reason. idk.

In conclusion, IzuNazu besties who respect each other, both with respect to their Problems with Leo/Shu and as people they can be mean to / somewhat unhinged around without the other judging or feeling hurt. They're so unexpectedly soft and wholesome, while staying true to their naturally abrasive personalities. I love them. Thank you for reading this longass essay! Please consider them venting and crying during tennis club and just generally being mean to each other.

#enstars #rambles #nazusena #izunazu #nazuna #izumi #i am so normal about them!!!#(has never been normal about nazuna nito ever)#i spent like 3hrs on this during exam season and then promptly forgot abt it orz #but like fr theyre just so. theyre so frequently mean to each other but like. like not in any way that rly matters #and the whole shit w their exes oh my goddddd drives me insane

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crimsonpluto-blog · 6 years

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like here for a starter from one of my IDOL MUSES! there’s small little info snippets about them under the cut, and i’ll come to your for muse!! they’re all japanese but i can portray them in the korean entertainment industry perfect and easy!

sakasaki natsume : the leader of SWITCH, a group with a magical concept. natsume believes heavily in witchcraft and alchemy, as evident by the pentagram necklace he wears around his neck. he’s rather sarcastic and tends to make snide comments at others, it’s rather hard to tell hat he’s really thinking. basically a cat in human form.

sena izumi : a member of KNIGHTS, a group with a, as titled, knightly concept. izumi puts on the appearance of a knightly and regal figure on stage, but off stage he’s arrogant, bullies others, and thinks highly of himself. he hates when people get in his way and likes to break their spirits, because in his mind, if he breaks their spirits, other stuff won’t.

himemiya tori : a member of FINE, a group with an angelic concept. though, tori himself appears angelic, he’s a spoiled rich kid who could be more attributed to a devil. he’s an attention hog who wants all eyes on him, even if he has to use his adorable charms to his advantage.

fushimi yuzuru : a member of FINE, and tori’s servant from his family. yuzuru is mature, serious, and tends to be strict on tori as well as others. he doesn’t much understand how to have fun at his age. before becoming an idol, he had a much rougher, rock-esque look to him. he was also much more aggressive.

tomoe hiyori : a former member of FINE and current member of EVE, which he is the leader of, and EDEN. he is rather selfish and doesn’t have much interest in others, but will help out if they really need it, as he does have a slight soft spot. he’s rather laid back due to his elder brother inheriting most of the family business.

hakaze kaoru : a member of UNDEAD, a group with a rebellious, wicked, and evil concept. kaoru is an intense flirt who hates to be tied down and is well known for his distaste towards practice. he doesn’t have a very good family life so he tends to be rather active out on the town to avoid going home.

narukami arashi : a member of KNIGHTS, who is somewhat narcissistic with his looks and appearance, and admires his own beauty. though he treats others kindly and cheerfully with a smile on his face. to him, gender isn’t an important aspect, and so he refers to himself as “big sister” and uses feminine pronouns for himself.

itsuki shu : the leader of VALKYRIE, a duo with a somewhat gothic marionette theme, with shu as the puppet master. he is somewhat of a control freak and likes things to go his way, but does terrible in large crowds and has a large amount of serious anxiety. he carries around a small doll named “mademoiselle” that he often speaks through, revealing his true feelings.

kagehira mika : the second member of VALKRYIE, representing the marionette. mika has a rather serious complex about his feminine name and his heterochromatic eyes, and is an extremely hard worker to the point of putting his health at risk. he is loyal to his friends and generally matches his opinions with shu’s due to his inability to control his own emotions.

sakuma rei : the leader of UNDEAD. a mysterious man who acts much older than he appears and claims to be a vampire, even becoming “weak” in the sunlight. rei, despite his cryptic personality, takes on a mentor figure to others, and adores his younger brother, ritsu. he’s kind, but no one can ever really tell what he’s thinking...

#*: ･ﾟ∙ * ooc : 00

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