Reading the succession war arc

Reading the succession war arc

I've watched hxh for the 1st time back in 2021 in middle school and it was immediately my new favorite anime ever since then. And back then I chose not to read the manga until the succession war ends at least. And I was a very lucky fan bc the next year of 2022 was when Togahsi made his Twitter account to post updates.

So now as I enter my last undergrad year in uni (lol time flies), the recent chapters genuinely sound crazy and amazing (tho really complicated 😅) I'm kinda confused as whether or not make the choice of just reading them or not. Because I really don't want to use up all my brain power to understand what might end up being set up for the rest of the arc. If you know what I mean

I know it's not that deep loll but this is quite serious to me. I'd like to ask you manga hxh fans (no spoilers please) if the like 70 or 80 next chapters are worth reading as a standalone or if it would be better to continue waiting for a few more years?

I can consume other media in the meantime loll so I'll probably be fine either way..

u/Fakiha5002 — 1 day ago

Optimistic or realistic?

We've done very well in this world cup; won 2 eliminatory matches like we did in Qatar, and once again, we meet France, the most terrifying team of this world cup.

So even if we lose, it's not a failure objectively speaking.

But how are you you guys gonna watch this match? Are you optimistic we'll be able to make history again or do you prefer to temper your expectations?

I personally am siding with the 2nd option: I'm 100% sure we'll make France suffer but they'll win for me 2-1 or so.

We'll see though.

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago

A page of my diary during the Netherlands match

Probably should've posted this sooner but i kept forgetting lolll

Monday night;

It was 4 am, back when we were losing to Netherlands 1-0. I had personally lost all hope and was ready to sleep.

I wrote about it in my diary to help me process and rationalise the disappointment

And then suddenly–

The roars, the screams of thousands of Morocccans outside all erupted at once!!

We had actually scored... I couldn't believe it..

Alhamdoulilah, we managed to win the match afterwards 🙌 it's now one of my favorite diary entries!

(Ta7ia l général dylna Isa Diop 🫡)

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago

Is my this pfp (1st pic) here really that ugly? Lol

So I recently changed my ig pfp from an anime avatar one to this one (1st picture) and everyone around me says it looks terrible.

My best friend sent me that 2nd pic and told me to put it as a pfp instead as it's "at least a major improvement from that other one" ....

Idk I may be crazy but I really think the 1st Pic is better 😅 I'm not trying to be edgy or anything. Lol

What does the brutally honest side of reddit say?

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago
▲ 81 r/TeenGarbagePile+1 crossposts

Help us solve this please

So basically, a while ago, my best friend changed his pfp in Instagram to the selfie seen above.

As you can see, It just looks terrible, and I was honest with the guy: "look man this looks awful. Choose some other picture"

But he refused.

No big deal. I mean who cares right? lolll.

Except the next day, his mom commented on his new Pic saying it looked like he was on drugs loll. He didnt like that so he went to his little brother who brutally roasted it 😅 and then to his aunt who gave it a disgusted look.

THE GUY STILL WASN'T CONVINCED. He genuinely still told me the pfp looks "very good" to him.

We argued for a while over it and decided to make a bet: if he finds one, just one person who likes (not tolerates but likes) his pfp for some reason, I'll buy him the next GTA 6. If he doesn't, he'll give me 80 dollars AND will change the pfp to one I choose for him 😏

He asked his cousins, friends, and classmates and none of it worked: the reactions went from "it's terrible" to "it's alright I guess" 🤣. But he was still convinced he was right

so I decided to resort to reddit just to fully win this bet lollll (I know. Very petty 🤣)

Here we go then. If one of you finds this pfp to be a good choice, they can say so AND tell me why. I'm not gonna lose money over some trolls lolll

Update (after just an hour): I've won the bet very easily lol. You can check out my comment below to see the new pfp I chose for him. Thank you all for participating ❤️ 🙏

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago

Why are you guys here?

I know this is supposed to be a dating subreddit, but I'm sure everyone has their own reasons for being here. From what I saw, some are into casual dating, some are looking for a commitment, others are... a bit weirder... (I just saw a post of a guy looking to be pegged and I'm not sure how I feel)

I'd love to know what some of you guys or girls are looking for here.

Personally, I'm just bored, and most posts here are very entertaining to read tbh.

(I'd like to add that I'm a 20 yo guy not a girl lol. I got some interesting DMs so I'd like to clear things up lolll. I'm only into girls thanks)

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u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago

Scotland, please

Please don't lose agaisnt Brazil, you guys. I'm Moroccan. I'd do anything to avoid being 2nd place. I REALLY don't wanna be on the same side of the bracket as France 😢 (assuming we get to the quarter finals, lolll)

Our team has very questionable finishing, so I doubt they'll score more than 2 goals against Haiti.

You guys are our only hope 🥲 plus, it guarantees you qualifying for the next round as a best 3rd team.

I'll even make you guys some couscous or something c'mon onnnn

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago

Praying day and night for these matches

It would so peak...

It's more likely for Portugal and Argentina if they both top their groups.

For the Moroccan match, it's less likely since we have to top our group, which means scoring more goals than Brazil. But everything is possible who knows..

Senegal just has to be second, which seems likely after them losing to France

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What do you guys think ? Lol

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago
▲ 508 r/footballmemes+1 crossposts

Iconic Estadio Azteca stadium in Mexico has hosted both Pele and Maradona's WC finals and Sithole's debut match today

The stadium was brutally disrespected today...

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago

Just turned 20 !!!@

Today is my birthday loll

I left the r/teenagers sub. I began to feel too old there like some kind of senior or monk or something.

So I joined this sub, and now I feel like the photo above.

How are you guys doing lolll

Anything to expect from my twenties ?

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago

Time to say goodbye folks

I'll be turning 20 tomorrow; which means I'm now officially an expert in all things teenagers (or for lack of a better term "an unc")

As I depart from this life stage and take on the next one with mild excitement, I give you youngins the golden opportunity to ask me anything you want, and I might answer you eventually.

I shall bestow my infinite wisdom upon you all as a goodbye gift, so use your keyboards wisely.

Romantic relationships remain beyond my scope of knowledge.

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago
▲ 79 r/TeenGarbagePile+2 crossposts

Time to say goodbye folks

I'll be turning 20 tomorrow; which means I'm now officially an expert in all things teenagers (or for lack of a better term "an unc")

As I depart from this life stage and take on the next one with mild excitement, I give you youngins the golden opportunity to ask me anything you want, and I might answer you eventually.

I shall bestow my infinite wisdom upon you all as a goodbye gift, so use your keyboards wisely.

Romantic relationships remain beyond my scope of knowledge.

u/Fakiha5002 — 2 months ago
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The flower she gave me 2 years ago. Still have it in my diary.

On the last year of high school, there was this girl in my class who, at the time, I found to be very annoying.

She'd keep teasing me every time about me being her boyfriend. Over and over again. I wasn't so sure what was funny about it, but I assumed it was just a dumb joke that made her laugh. She seemed to enjoy the bit anyway. But I really didn't, and I remember I'd respond quite coldly to her teasing at times.

But she kept going for months despite my unenthusiastic reactions.

I just began to ignore it.

When the second semester arrived, she began to tease me less and less.

One random day during May, I was sitting at the Cafe and, for no real reason other than curiosity, I began to think of her behavior, all that teasing... was she really just mocking me like I thought she was? What an odd way to mock a classmte though. My suspicions arose, and I finally began to understand; but I couldn't believe it still. I looked up in Google

"Signs a girl likes you"

Reading the articles, watching the videos, it was as if they were perfectly describing her own behaviors towards me.

I finally understood, though there were only 2 weeks left until graduation... I understood.

I began to feel deeply flattered, then those feelings quietly and quickly evolved into something more.

The next day was Tuesday, I bought a candy bar from a nearby store and had a fun idea.

I walked up to my classmtes and said jokingly "WHO WANTS A CANDY BAR?". Of course, all of them wanted a candy bar. I fought my way through their extended hands and desperate pleas and gave the girl the candy with a wide smile.

She seemed taken aback and didn't say anything.

That same afternoon, she came to me looking very happy, and said "Jay! Haha thanks for the candy! It was really delicious"

"Haha glad you liked it!"

Over the next 2 weeks, we began to grow a little closer, she started to tease me once again, and I had no problem with it this time. In fact, I was kind of enjoying it, which I think she knew.

I'd tease her too here and there. It was frankly pretty fun.

Every time we were around each other, it looked as though we were both very happy.

But I knew the clock was ticking, and during the final day of high school, we had a philosophy exam.

She finished it before me, and right as she left the classroom, she quietly smiled at me and handed me a small rose saying "Haha Jay! I wanted you to have this~"

My friends, of course, began to laugh hysterically. Their teases that day were brutal.

I pretented not to care about the rose, and just kept it untouched on the table.

But right before leaving class, I secretly put it in my pencil case and went back home.

It's the same rose you can see in the picture. I glued it to my diary as I didn't wanna lose it.

It's old, faded, and dry, but seeing it still makes my heart skip a beat.

It has now been almost 2 years since this happened.

In the meantime, two weeks ago, I was rejected by my crush in university who ghosted my confession letter.

That made me sink into self-doubt for a while...

But today, as I re-opened this old diary to relive some sweet memories, I got to relive the sweetest of them all.

It made me happy. It gave me hope. It gave me what I needed.

It showed me that rejection doesn't mean no one will want or like me. It just means one girl isn't interested. That's all.

I just wanted to share this story somewhere. Hopefully, it made some of you smile, gave some a bit of hope, or was at least entertaining to read.

Take care of yourselves!

u/Fakiha5002 — 3 months ago

A sweet memory

In the last year of high school, there was this girl in my class who, at the time, I found to be very annoying.

She'd keep teasing me every time about me being her boyfriend. Over and over again. I wasn't so sure what was funny about it, but I assumed it was just a dumb joke that made her laugh. She seemed to enjoy the bit anyway. But I really didn't, and I remember I'd respond quite coldly to her teasing at times.

But she kept going for months despite my unenthusiastic reactions.

I just began to ignore it.

When the second semester arrived, she began to tease me less and less.

One random day during May, I was sitting at the Cafe and, for no real reason other than curiosity, I began to think of her behavior, all that teasing... was she really just mocking me like I thought she was? What an odd way to mock a classmte though. My suspicions arose, and I finally began to understand; but I couldn't believe it still. I looked up in Google

"Signs a girl likes you"

Reading the articles and watching the videos, it was as if they were perfectly describing her own behaviors towards me.

I finally understood, though there were only 2 weeks left until graduation... I understood.

I began to feel deeply flattered, then those feelings quietly and quickly evolved into something more.

The next day was Tuesday, I bought a candy bar from a nearby store and had a fun idea.

I walked up to my classmates and said jokingly, "WHO WANTS A CANDY BAR?". Of course, all of them wanted a candy bar. I fought my way through their extended hands and desperate pleas and gave the girl the candy with a wide smile.

She seemed taken aback and didn't say anything.

That same afternoon, she came to me looking very happy and said, "Jay! Haha, thanks for the candy! It was really delicious. "

"Haha, glad you liked it!"

Over the next 2 weeks, we began to grow a little closer. She started to tease me once again, and I had no problem with it this time. In fact, I was kind of enjoying it, which I think she knew.

I'd tease her too here and there. It was frankly pretty fun.

Every time we were around each other, it looked as though we were both very happy.

But I knew the clock was ticking, and during the final day of high school, we had a philosophy exam.

She finished it before me, and right as she left the classroom, she quietly smiled at me and handed me a small rose saying "Haha Jay! I wanted you to have this~"

My friends, of course, began to laugh hysterically. Their teases that day were brutal.

I pretented not to care about the rose and just kept it untouched on the table.

But right before leaving class, I secretly put it in my pencil case and went back home.

It's the same rose you can see in the picture. I glued it to my diary as I didn't wanna lose it.

It's old, faded, and dry, but seeing it still makes my heart skip a beat.

It has now been almost 2 years since this happened.

In the meantime, two weeks ago, I was rejected by my crush in university, who ghosted my confession letter.

That made me sink into self-doubt for a while...

But today, as I re-opened this old diary to relive some sweet memories, I got to relive the sweetest of them all.

It made me happy. It gave me hope. It gave me what I needed.

It showed me that rejection doesn't mean no one will want or like me. It just means one girl isn't interested. That's all.

I just wanted to share this story somewhere. Hopefully, it made some of you smile, gave some a bit of hope, or was at least entertaining to read.

Take care of yourselves!

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u/Fakiha5002 — 3 months ago

I still have the rose she gave me

In the last year of high school, there was this girl in my class who, at the time, I found to be very annoying.

She'd keep teasing me every time about me being her boyfriend. Over and over again. I wasn't so sure what was funny about it, but I assumed it was just a dumb joke that made her laugh. She seemed to enjoy the bit anyway. But I really didn't, and I remember I'd respond quite coldly to her teasing at times.

But she kept going for months despite my unenthusiastic reactions.

I just began to ignore it.

When the second semester arrived, she began to tease me less and less.

One random day during May, I was sitting at the Cafe and, for no real reason other than curiosity, I began to think of her behavior, all that teasing... was she really just mocking me like I thought she was? What an odd way to mock a classmte though. My suspicions arose, and I finally began to understand; but I couldn't believe it still. I looked up in Google

"Signs a girl likes you"

Reading the articles and watching the videos, it was as if they were perfectly describing her own behaviors towards me.

I finally understood, though there were only 2 weeks left until graduation... I understood.

I began to feel deeply flattered, then those feelings quietly and quickly evolved into something more.

The next day was Tuesday, I bought a candy bar from a nearby store and had a fun idea.

I walked up to my classmates and said jokingly, "WHO WANTS A CANDY BAR?". Of course, all of them wanted a candy bar. I fought my way through their extended hands and desperate pleas and gave the girl the candy with a wide smile.

She seemed taken aback and didn't say anything.

That same afternoon, she came to me looking very happy and said, "Jay! Haha, thanks for the candy! It was really delicious. "

"Haha, glad you liked it!"

Over the next 2 weeks, we began to grow a little closer. She started to tease me once again, and I had no problem with it this time. In fact, I was kind of enjoying it, which I think she knew.

I'd tease her too here and there. It was frankly pretty fun.

Every time we were around each other, it looked as though we were both very happy.

But I knew the clock was ticking, and during the final day of high school, we had a philosophy exam.

She finished it before me, and right as she left the classroom, she quietly smiled at me and handed me a small rose saying "Haha Jay! I wanted you to have this~"

My friends, of course, began to laugh hysterically. Their teases that day were brutal.

I pretented not to care about the rose and just kept it untouched on the table.

But right before leaving class, I secretly put it in my pencil case and went back home.

It's the same rose you can see in the picture. I glued it to my diary as I didn't wanna lose it.

It's old, faded, and dry, but seeing it still makes my heart skip a beat.

It has now been almost 2 years since this happened.

In the meantime, two weeks ago, I was rejected by my crush in university, who ghosted my confession letter.

That made me sink into self-doubt for a while...

But today, as I re-opened this old diary to relive some sweet memories, I got to relive the sweetest of them all.

It made me happy. It gave me hope. It gave me what I needed.

It showed me that rejection doesn't mean no one will want or like me. It just means one girl isn't interested. That's all.

I just wanted to share this story somewhere. Hopefully, it made some of you smile, gave some a bit of hope, or was at least entertaining to read.

Take care of yourselves!

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u/Fakiha5002 — 3 months ago

The sweetest memory

I'm sorry in advance as this will be a long story. I hope you'll be patient and enjoy it though.

Ever since i was a child, there was one thing i was always sure of: that i was clearly very ugly.

And so naturally, I never even entertained the hopes of a girl liking me one day when I began to have crushes during puberty.

I was a pretty impressionable kid it seemed: I had a different crush ever year. It was as if I always needed that quiet spice in my life for some reason.

I never did or considered doing anything about any of them: about 5 different girls I had a crush on during middle school and high school. The only thing I did was I liked to stare at them... a lot. At the time, I thought I was being subtle; but now? I'm pretty sure they had all noticed.

One day, with the fifth girl, my friend tried to help me and told her I thought she looked cute, she immediately rejected me and said "uhhh it's better we just stay friends". I was very sad that day. It seemed to confirm everything I thought about myself...

The last year of high school, maybe I had given up, because for the first time since becoming a teen, I had no crush on anyone. It was honestly quite liberating.

But there was this girl in my class who at the time, I found to be very annoying.

She'd keep teasing me every time about me being her boyfriend. Over and over again. I wasn't so sure what was funny about it, but I assumed it was just a dumb joke that made her laugh. She seemed to enjoy the bit anyway. But I really didn't, and I remember I'd respond quite coldly to her teasing at times.

But she kept going, for months, despite my unenthusiastic reactions.

I just began to ignore it.

When the second semester arrived, she began to tease me less and less.

One random day during May, I was sitting at the Cafe and, for no real reason other than curiosity, I began to think of her behavior, all that teasing... was she really just mocking me like I thought she was? What an odd way to mock a classmte though. My suspicions arose, and I finally began to understand; but I couldn't believe it still. I looked up in Google

"Signs a girl likes you"

Reading the articles, watching the videos, it was as if they were perfectly describing her own behaviors towards me.

I finally understood, though there were only 2 weeks left until graduation... I understood.

Remember me saying I was a pretty impressionable kid? Well, I began to feel deeply flattered, then those feelings quietly and quickly evolved into something more.

The next day was Tuesday, I bought a candy bar from a nearby store and had a fun idea.

I walked up to my classmtes and said jokingly "WHO WANTS A CANDY BAR?". Of course, all of them wanted a candy bar. I fought my way through their extended hands and desperate pleas and gave the girl the candy with a wide smile.

She seemed taken aback and didn't say anything.

That same afternoon, she came to me looking very happy, and said "Jay! Haha thanks for the candy! It was really delicious"

"Haha glad you liked it!"

Over the next 2 weeks, we began to grow a little closer, she started to tease me once again, and I had no problem with it this time. In fact, I was kind of enjoying it, which I think she knew.

I'd tease her too here and there. It was frankly pretty fun.

Every time we were around each other, it looked as though we were both very happy.

But I knew the clock was ticking, and during the final day of high school, we had a philosophy exam.

She finished it before me, and right as she left the classroom, she quietly smiled at me and handed me a small rose saying "Haha Jay! I wanted you to have this~"

My friends, of course, began to laugh hysterically. Their teases that day were brutal.

I pretented not to care about the rose, and just kept it untouched on the table.

But right before leaving class, I secretly put it in my pencil case and went back home.

It's the same rose you can see in the picture. I glued it to my diary as I didn't wanna lose it.

It's old, faded, and dry, but seeing it still makes my heart skip a beat.

It has now been almost 2 years since this happened.

In the meantime, two weeks ago, I was rejected by my crush in university who ghosted my confession letter.

That made me sink into self-doubt for a while...

But today, as I re-opened this old diary to relive some sweet memories, I got to relive the sweetest of them all.

It made me happy. It gave me hope. It gave me what I needed.

It showed me that rejection doesn't mean no one will want or like me. It just means one girl isn't interested. That's all.

Plus, it made me laugh how all that had happened the year after I was rejected by that fifth girl in HS. Maybe the same pattern will repeat itself who knows.

I just wanted to share this story somewhere. Hopefully it made some of you smile, gave some a bit of hope, or was at least entertaining to read.

Take care of yourselves!

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u/Fakiha5002 — 3 months ago

So, 3 days ago, I finally confessed to this girl I've been interested in for half a year now (and who i thought was interested too); gave her a pretty creative and funny confession letter on the last day of the school year.

And of course, I didn't get any response even after 2 whole days. Today being the 3rd.

Yesterday morning, I grew tired of waiting for something i knew was never going to come and I sent her the following message

"I assume your silence means no. I understand. Enjoy your summer vacation I guess"

Basically had to do her own dirty work of rejecting me for her...

There was no response to that too of course. Classic.

But weirdly enough, yesterday, I didn't really feel like I expected I would. I thought I'd break down crying and wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it all week.. y’know like they do in the movies when they get rejected by their crush...

But I felt okay??? Like I was kinda hurt, yes, but I could still function normally:

I laughed at funny reels, I talked to my family and friends, and I happily ate pizza for dinner!!

So yeah... I guess I'm doing pretty well.

Just wanted to share this story with you guys.

Maybe being rejected isn't all that bad? I mean, now at least, I can finally stop thinking about her all day and move on without any regrets.

I hope this encourages or gives hope to someone who needs it.

Have a wonderful day 😊!

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u/Fakiha5002 — 4 months ago

So there's this classmate of mine (F19) in uni.

We've always had a pretty fun and casual relationship since last year (1st year of undergrad); tho I have noticed she'd sometimes seem kinda ankward and nervous around me.

On the 10th April of last year, I was struggling to play some videos for my class presentation, and she helped me out a LOT and basically saved my grade that day. So I naturally felt enormously grateful and thanked her.

When I came back and saw a message from her (related to that presentation she was helping me with), I reacted to it with a red heart emoji and didn't think much about it.

Except the next day, she started acting... odd.

She immediately said hello when I sat in class but this time with this wide smile and nervous laugh.

Afterwards, she began to sit near me in class, always initiating conversations and trying to make me laugh (I sometimes would laugh just so she wouldn't feel bad tbh 😅). She'd also begin to constantly tease me about "wanting to marry me" and "really liking me" publicly playing it for laughs I guess?

She settled down after a week or so. So I assumed it was just her being weird.

But this year, it began happening again just a month ago or two: she'd tease me about liking me, would always be respond to my messages in the class group chat and play along with my stupid jokes with stupid jokes of her own, would take pics of me in class and post them there as funny stickers...

One time she was absent in class, she asked the group chat to send a pic of me since she "missed me", and when they did she reacted to it with this emoji:

🫦

Lol I mean it's obviously played as a joke.

But yeah, I don't think I can keep justifying this without sounding any more oblivious.

I think she may have a thing for me..

But what do you guys honestly think? Do girls usually do this type of stuff with other guys?

I don't wanna jump into conclusions..

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u/Fakiha5002 — 4 months ago

So, 3 days ago, I finally confessed to this girl I've been interested in for half a year now (and who i thought was interested too); gave her a pretty creative and funny confession letter on the last day of the school year.

And of course, I didn't get any response even after 2 whole days. Today being the 3rd.

Yesterday morning, I grew tired of waiting for something i knew was never going to come and I sent her the following message

"I assume your silence means no. I understand. Enjoy your summer vacation I guess"

Basically had to do her own dirty work of rejecting me for her...

There was no response to that too of course. Classic.

But weirdly enough, yesterday, I didn't really feel like I expected I would. I thought I'd break down crying and wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it all week.. y’know like they do in the movies when they get rejected by their crush...

But I felt okay??? Like I was kinda hurt, yes, but I could still function normally:

I laughed at funny reels, I talked to my family and friends, and I happily ate pizza for dinner!!

So yeah... I guess I'm doing pretty well.

Just wanted to share this story with you guys.

Maybe being rejected isn't all that bad? I mean, now at least, I can finally stop thinking about her all day and move on without any regrets.

I hope this encourages or gives hope to someone who needs it.

Have a wonderful day 😊!

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u/Fakiha5002 — 4 months ago