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Like, from all the scenes where some braindead a-hole is harassing Yamada, Sasaki pretty much always shows up in time to save her(a rare exception that I just find out minutes later is that Obata also saved her and carried a dude like it was nothing, dude's a gentle giant so it's expected), but I really wish we could see Sasaki throwing hands for real, even when he was younger he has just something on his eye and expression that screams(do not push this guy to an edge)

From my post of bands that Yamada probably listens to, I forgot to include The Velvet Underground, their NY ugly and suburban approach to factory/industrial life and the way they're able to create that even in the ugliness of a grey and corporate world, the most beautiful thing is the genuine connection between two peoples, with one side being way more tired than the other(Sasaki) and the people who's sing the song(Yamada) becomes the reflection of the best aspects of such tired and lonely person.

My Top Openers:

10° Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones(Beggars Banquet - 1968)

9° Poor You - Daniel Johnston(The Unfinished Album/Hi, How Are You? - 1983)

8° The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths(The Queen Is Dead - 1986)

7° Mojo Pin - Jeff Buckley(Grace - 1994)

6° Drive - R.E.M.(Automatic For The People - 1992)

5° Foil - Autechre(Amber - 1994)

4° Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter's Daughter - Kendrick Lamar(good kid, m.A.A.d. city - 2012)

3° Sign O The Times - Prince(Sign O The Times - 1987)

2° Atrocity Exhibition - Joy Division(Closer - 1980)

1° Candy Says - The Velvet Underground(The Velvet Underground - 1969)

•Honorable Mentions: There Are No More Tickets To The Funeral - Diamanda Galas(Plague Mass - 1991)/Stay Here - Swans(Filthy - 1983)

My Top Closers:

10° Stars - Lisa Germano(Geek The Girl - 1994)

9° All That Is My Own - Nico(Desertshore - 1971)

8° The Overload - Talking Heads(Remain In Light - 1980)

7° História De Boêmio(Um Abraço Em Nelson Gonçalves) - Sergio Sampaio(Tem Que Acontecer - 1976)

6° Videotape - Radiohead(In Rainbows - 2007)

5° Sinking - The Cure(The Head On The Door - 1985)

4° A Day In The Life - The Beatles(Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967)

3° Finale - Julia Holter(Tragedy - 2011)

2° 6 Gram Star - Shizuka(Heavenly Persona - 1994)

1° Darkest Dreams - His Name Is Alive(Livonia - 1990)

•Honorable Mentions: Butterfly - Weezer(Pinkerton - 1996)/Fools Gold - The Stone Roses(The Stone Roses - 1989)

I made a list of steps that need to happen in order for their making up be so rewarding:

1° Sasaki needs to see Noma in the S Market and Yamada witness from a far that Sasaki knows him and even tho Noma is a dead serious and pretty much pan faced guy, with Sasaki we can see a small break of the stoic work professional facade of Noma bc Sasaki is just that different on bringing such light to people(and that pretty much making Yamada freak tf out in silence)

2° Sasaki talking to Goto and Oono, Goto saying that Yamada even tho doing her job as usual and all, clearly is deeply affected and lifeless by look and attitude, but Oono stepping in and saying that, if Sasaki plans to properly approach her again, he has to upon tough love on her, Oono was in the position Yamada is right now mentally, and Oono clearly regrets not embracing the moment to fulfill and stay with the officer guy she ended up falling in love, but dude never returned bc she never once speak how she truly felt, so Oono will make Sasaki understand that, that Yamada has to learn how to deal properly with criticisms, they being valid or not and for her to stop repressing her emotions, we see that almost going real bad on closing park mini arc where Sasaki finds her hiding and crying in her old spot of her teenage years and him bringing her back safely.

3° Sasaki being distant or just passing by her, not being dickish or rude, but just respectfully keeping a distance and not wanting to talk or smoke, Yamada needs to feel first handed the consequence of what she has done on wanting him to go away and how deeply hurt he is.

4° We see more of the past of both characters, Sasaki and Yamada's teenage years and more specifically, Sasaki's college years and his brief relationship with the senpai who made him start smoking and who can possibly be the one who said that wished it never met him and ofc, we finally understand what happened between Tayama and Noma in the past.

5° Yamada making amends with Noma first and Noma being a important tool in the reconciliation between Sasaki and Yamada

6° The apology obviously has to come first from Yamada and she showing and being cool that, if Sasaki doesn't want anything to do with her anymore, not talking, showing up in the market or smoking, she's fine with it, Yamada going directly to him with apologies but not wanting immediately him to jump back to her and things return to be the usual and Sasaki acknowledging that, that she came without expecting something in return from him with that and him saying that it's all cool, but to let them to do small steps together in order to things develop further and return how it used to be till both of them can properly have the courage and closeness to see each other not only being restricted behind the market, but outside of it.

Mine is definitely my boy Sasaki, it's so refreshing to see just a regular dude being such a compelling protagonist in an adult story and slice of life out of all genres, his loneliness, kindness and perspective on life genuinely resonate with me, even tho he's a bit of fuck up in regards to flirting or getting hints at anything, he's still a very attentive and empathetic individual that is able to bring such life and warmth to almost everyone he comes across, I fucking admire this dude forever!

We all are this song, specially our boy Sasaki lol

Yeah that the guy was only introduced 3 chapters ago but, from the way Tayama acts, I don't think particularly think he is her Ex, considering the very hard and reasonably conflicted relationship Tayama has with mans that aren't Sasaki or work colleagues that she can feel comfortable enough to talk(Oba), and from everything that we see from Noma, the dude just seems to be very methodic and dead serious about job, even tho he's not particularly happy with it as he said, ofc that we can't throw away the possibility that yeah, he is Tayama's ex bf and their break up was probably ugly, but, to me, the dude just seems to be at peace and not held any type of resentment or hard feelings for her, I see him more of a Senpai that Tayama admired and idolized in the past, where she probably did something so stupid or disappointed him so bad that the guy either leave or was transfered, i still don't buy the ex bf thing bc of the reaction of all the other veterans in the S Market in regards to Noma, they don't seem to be like: Oh-uh, Yamada"s ex is back in town, even tho the old lady didn't bother and didn't need to know what was the deal between them.

But what I think Noma is important for Tayama's character is, I think he is responsible for the Tayama Persona came to be, considering how Tayama's expressions and way to approach people is something kinda reminiscent of the way that Noma is dead serious of focused, like a way of Tayama idolizing a second idol in her life besides Sasaki, who made her start smoking in the first place.

But so far from what I see from the guy, he seems chill and completely professional, the antagonistic aura surrounding him is more on Tayama's side.

What I mean is, what's John's best rhythm guitar performance on a Paul song, What is Paul's best bass, piano or whatever tf he was playing on a John or George track, what's George's best performance of his guitar, acoustic guitar or sitar on a song by the other Beatles and as for Ringo, what songs entirely by one Beatle has his best performance.

My picks would be:

•John:

-Paul: All My Loving(His strumming guitar is what makes this song so freaking damn memorable and one of the greatest highlights of the Beatlemania)

-George: For You Blue(that steel guitar, even tho very simple and shy, gives it a very charming and welcoming feeling to the song)

-Ringo: Octopus Garden(So many people praise only George's guitar, but John's playing there is unapologetically melodic and hard AF too)

•Paul:

-John: Strawberry Fields Forever(the fucking iconic mellotron intro is his, so ofc it takes the cake)

-George: Long Long Long(I could say the bass on Something, but idk dude, it's Paul's cosy and lo-fi esque organ on that track that helps it so much to became so damn immersive)

-Ringo: Octopus Garden(THAT FUCKING PIANO THO)

•George:

-John: I Want You(She's So Heavy): Their absolute magnum opus as the most innovative guitarists of the 60s, that bluesy noise shit and layers are the begining of Doom Metal and George's guitar, My God

-Paul: Let It Be(Without that solo, this song doesn't land, it needed that solo perfect solo to it's grandiose feeling and George nailed it, even tho it was hell to made such incredible solo)

-Ringo: Octopus Garden(George going unapologetically hard on the riff and solo just to piss Paul off)

•Ringo:

-John: She Said She Said(THE FUCKING TIME ON THIS TRACK)

-Paul: Paperback Writer(Probably his most fun performance to play)

-George: Something(That marching sound feeling he gives like the drum is a heartbeat stays on my mind forever)

Sumio and Garcian have quite the same disturbing and tragic origin, Garcian also walks through the majority of K7 with a Case and Edo seems to know who Garcian is, that comes to spoilers from FSR: >!Step probably is a clone of Garcian/Emir on Lospass Island, but probably way more unstable and able to have some individuality with himself, a character that is way more free than Garcian, but in the downside, lives on the run or is constant unstable, even tho not nearly as dangerous as Emir Parkreiner, Step also pretty much damn explodes(just like the heaven smiles) when Kushimizu freezes him in order to know what's his deal after Sumio's brief death, also, by the end of FSR, Sundance Shot tells Sumio to give the memories of all the other 16 Sumio's to Step, bc he is the one who has to give continuity to everything with the Elbow's plans, but, that makes even more confusing bc, Emir has no fucking happy ending on K7, he becomes an obedient hollow shell for Harman's twisted games with Kun Lan and the heaven smiles, whereas Sumio after the events of FSR, stayed on the ghost town that now is the 24th ward and pretty much is hollow just as Emir, but feels like a wandering ghosts solving crimes, nothing more, nothing less, so, it's implied that Kun Lan probably was behind even at Kamui's murder conception to be a A tool to manipulate and control the population of the wards?!<

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And yeah, I do think Sumio's story is still not over and Suda most likely has bigger plans to him, Travis's arc is completely and Garcian doesn't need more bc his story is also complete on K7.

I've always wondered what members of the Velvet thought about the second band I think it's close(or at least almost there) as adventurous, dangerous and transgressor as tvu was back in their days like Throbbing Gristle, Genesis had that same sentimentalism, Burroughs-esque/Gender identity poetry with her like Lou, whereas Tutti was like a Techno/Electronic Nico fusioned with Cale in one being.

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I know Tutti was really big big fan of Nico(with Desertshore being her favorite album ever).

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But, did any of the members express something about TG?

The two characters are almost similar, the difference being that: Nowhere Man is invisible, he only exists on his own world, mind and reality, The Fool On The Hill is a real person that wishes to be invisible, but is at peace that's not entirely possible and just actively choose to not give or give two shits for peoples opinion, being in a certain topic or about him, he's a watcher/observer by choice that could give an opinion but doesn't want to, Nowhere Man comes more as pathetic and slackish for not even being able to tell anything that isn't in his own land.

I never stopped to think how both songs, even tho Sonicly different from each other, kinda carries the same theme of introspection.

My ideal setlist would be:

1° Sunday Morning(opening the show, with Nico doing the leads and Lou & Doug doing backing vocals)

2° Venus In Furs

3° Who Loves The Sun

4° Pale Blue Eyes

5° Heroin(Nico doing the vocals)

6° Candy Says

7° I'll Be Your Mirror

8° All Tomorrow's Parties

9° Ride Into The Sun

10° After Hours