Merize is the author of the manga and alot of quirks Iruma has, he picked up from Merize. Making her an almost mother figure to a young Iruma.
Iruma confronts his parents and crashes out on them
Iruma learns he had a brother while he was away and takes him back home. We can then have a short spin-off with him as a central character.
So for context- I watched the ending of the show and didn't really had any strong opinions on it. I remember disliking Starco because I thought it came out of nowhere but upon watching the series in order it kind of grew on me. I also remember not seeing hate for this at all. No I'm serious. I didn't use reddit as often back then so the only feedback to the ending I had came from youtube and everyone I watched including, reactors, analysis youtubers and some other guys.
The only one I remember hating on the ending was Blue Order but I never watched that video. It's only after some time passed I learned that people really despise the ending of stvfoe. And upon listening to the arguments I was like "Oh yeah that is bad." I genuinely had no issue with the ending until all of its flaws were pointed out to me. I think younger me just didn't use his brain much on shows.
Image Source: Toilet- Bound Hanko-Kun
Like anything involving the supernatural. Maybe both leads are supernatural, maybe only one is, maybe they are both dragged into the world of supernaturals. Ghosts,demons, spirits, monsters, vampires or deities.
This is just an excuse to talk about Irumeri
I feel like I've seen a lot of mangas that are more episodic in nature. Meaning that there is development and character growth if you read it in order but also of you can pick any chapter and not struggle to follow the story or dynamic since each. Stuff like Kubo won't let me be invisible and the girl I like forgot her glasses.
I want something that has a more linear plot, like something the MC is trying to achieve or a conflict they need to overcome and we see the romance bloom through those struggles.
Can be anime manga or even VN.
Yes I love Demon School that much.
Yes it's glaze but it's true to me
Hello to the nearly ten people who read my fanfiction- I want to you all to know that I have gotten an ao3 account now and will post the remainder of the story eventually there as soon as I write it and figure out how ao3 works.
Part 5 was delayed for so long primarily because of my procrastination and also I'll be starting university soon so was also preparing for that. But honestly it mostly the procrastination, its a bad habit and ch1 would been finished by now and would have been in the middle of ch2 right now. I'll try to be more productive but also I'm going to get busy soon.
I'll make a post when I upload the first 4 parts and the fifth part on ao3. Also excited for the upcoming chapter of TBHK.
I choose the sweetest moments I could think of between Iruma and his new foundgathering of adults who adore him.
The Mickey vietnam series by Ethereal Snake : This is a youtube animated series which use Mickey mouse characters to tell a grim and dark vietnam story.
The concept is a really absurd one but it takes itself so seriously you can't help but engage with it. The final entry in the series "Mickey's descent into madness" however completely shifts the tone of the series by it's end- turning it into an unexpected masterpiece . Spoilers
>!In this series Mickey kills goofy. Goofy and Mickey were both soldiers in vietnam and close friends. They go on a mission where goofy retrieves a dossier listing all the terrible things the americans have been doing to the vietnamese. Goofy tired of all the pointless bloodshed wants to release the documents to the public in hopes of bringing an end to the war. Mickey who only knows war refuses and threatens to shoot Gooofy if he doesn't stand down and obey orders. He doesn't and accepts his fate!<
>!Mickey descent into madness oicks up on this storyline. Donald is kidnapped and Mickey is given clues by the kidnapper to track the kidnapper down. Each clue lead to a tape of the kidnapper and donald conversing and the kidnapper slowly revealing the truth behind the death of Goofy to Donald. Donald then gets shown the documents Mickey hid making him realize that Mickey purposefully tried to keep the war going. Donald then dies- either he got shot or he shot himself out of guilt we are not shown.!<
>!The Kidnapper then reveals himself to be Max, Goofy's son who figured out what happened to his dad and did all this to get back at Mickey. Mickey then points his gun to Max about to shoot him as well. Before the trigger is pulled we cut to a flashback of Mickey spiraling into madness due to guilt as well as a montage of clips. One of them was a boy watching Mickey mouse on the Tv. We then cut to MIckey about to commit suicide before Donald stops him and throughout this the characters keep glitching back and forth into humans!<
>!We then cut back to the scen where we left. Of Mickey about to pull the trigger on Max. But they aren't cartoon characters anymore. They are humans. They always have been humans. You have been watching a story about humans this whole time. The Mickey Mouse characters you've been seeing was a hallucination- a coping mechanism of a guilt ridden soldier!<
That Mitchell and Webb look- Old Holmes: As a commenter on youtube said "You'll only laugh once at this. The first time."
This is a comedy sketch depicting an old Sherlock holmes who is now suffering from dementia. The first time you are prone to watch this sketch from the perspective of the audience. Laughing at Sherlock being demented and making a fool of himself.
But then >!for a moment Sherlock becomes lucid, the music cuts and he says with great pain in his voice "I know Jhon. I do know. I can't get the fog to clear"!<
>!Now the second time you watch this you watch it, you watch it from the perspective of Watson and Le strade- seeing the once greatest man they knew so close yet so far away. As they see him suffer with a disease he can't win against and robbed him of one of his greatest gifts. Worse he himself is aware of it.!<
Plot: Yuki Kurihara is a girl who has finally been granted her wish of dating her crush Shinya Momotsuki (Momo). At first glance, she just looks like a normal but very cute girl. However, she is in fact a maniac over Momo, taking notes of his activities and never missing the chance to see him in a cute moment. Momo, on the other hand, is inexperienced in love, and just wants to make Yuki happy.
Image source: Hanako from Katawa Shoujo
Just anything, I want to converse with other fans of the manga
I think it's a pretty cold take to declare that TBHK is a love story. I mean it's a pretty central aspect of the plot. I'm sure no one will really argue against that, but I came to a realization that it's not just the dynamic between Hanako and Nene which makes this a love story. Arguably every mystery tackles with the theme of love in one way or the other.
With the clockeepers Kako and Mirai there origins comes from a grief stricken man who finally began to love someone, his adoptive daughter and niece, but lost her in an attempt to make her happy by messing with time. The clockeepers were even made in the image of original clockeeper and his niece further signifying their existence stemming from an old man's misguided attempt at showing love.
This also applies , in addition, applies to Akane and his obsessive and downright toxic relationship with Aoi. I'm not even going to try to analyse their complex dynamic and hopefully someone else can do a better job.
With Yato (Misaki stairs) we obviously have her love for the one man who treated her as a person, Misaki. Her story also deals with the pain she suffered after he died and when her rumour got twisted it was twisted in such a way that she was still desperately trying to get Miskai back through any means and in any shape. She didn't even care if he would be angry at her because she would rather be scolded by him than not have him at all.
Then you have Mitsuba, the new avatar for the Hell of mirrors. In life all he wanted was friends- to the point he put up a facade so that people would finally hang out with him put all his bonds were hollow and forgotten. When he became a ghost he still desperately tried to to look for any "friend " who still remembered him. But there was no one. Then when he came back as an artificial supernatural with no memories- he still yearned for companionship and friends which he ends up finding with Kou.
Tsuchigomori, although a bit more of a stretch, also deal with the grief of not being able to save Amane- a student he cared about alot- from his life taking a sudden tragic fate and becoming a ghost that continues to haunt the school trying to redeem himself. His grief was strong enough that his most precious item was a rock Amane gave to him claiming it was from the moon. This was more than just a kids fantasy- this was Amane's hope and dreams which Tsuchigomori still held on to even though Amane gave it up.
Shijimi Mei, similar to the clockeeper Kako, was a mystery that was born from an artist. The artist in question was a sick dying girl whose last painting ending up being an idealized version of herself living and drawing forever in a tower. Shijimi loves her creator but cannot bear the disgusting rumour that spread due to her existence forever tarnishing her creator's legacy. She loved her so much that when given the opportunity- Shijimi would try kill her before she could ever make her so at least her memory and what she left behind isn't ruined by false rumours.
Hakubo is heavily leaning towards the theme of love. His whole story is about how he was completely distant from his emotions to the point he didn't intervene when Sumire was sacrificed, only realizing afterward that he loved her which drove him to a rampage. His story also ends with finally accepting Sumire's feeling and his own but still having to end things while also being together in a very gruesome and tragic way.
Every Mystery's backstory also in some way reflect what Hanako is going through and have gone through. The desperation to protect someone you love to the point you dare to change time, hurt others and even the one you love as long as it keeps them safe. The callousness originally tries to implement regarding Nene's death -trying to tell himself he didn't when he actually did. And the efforts to get back what he lost. All their stories may also hint towards a possible conclusion to Hanako's, Nene's and Tsukasa's story.
Man this chapter almost made me cry.
No harems either
Link to part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/hanakokun/s/a07bK55W05
Link to part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/hanakokun/s/K7aYJOv86s
After a few seconds of straight descent the beast realigned itself. The sound of roaring waves filled everyone's ear and even though they couldn't see it, Kou and Nene figured they were above water. Looking back Nene saw the fall wasn't as deep as she originally assumed, rather the water below was so dark it almost looked invisible. Even now she could only barely make out the outline of the surging waves and it looked more like a pitch black realm to nothingness. Looking back she could still see the lights emanating from the wooden complex they left and now realized this whole place was enclosed from all sides with high stone walls topped with the similar sight of mangled wooden rooms with faint lighting. This new perspective made this place seem a lot like a hole or a pit with a turbulent lake at the bottom filling the entirety of it's base.
A storm was raging over the lake as well though it was a lot more gentler than it was previously. The sky wasn't lighting up as much and the sound of thunder had died down a bit. Maybe the storm had died down or maybe it doesn't hit as hard here as it does at the rest of this bizarre place. Soon something else started to appear before their eyes , a long stone spire with an odd tower perched at it's base
It looked, to Nene, at first like a lighthouse but upon closer inspection she saw that it had an observatory dome at the top. She also saw spirals carved into along the cliff and she soon realized why there were such bizarre carvings as the beast approached closer to it and wrapped its long body around the spire perfectly along the curved lines.
The beast loosened it's grip on it's passengers and dropped them off at the apex of the cliff. For a brief moment they all allowed themselves to catch their breaths. Then both Nene and Kou exclaimed "ITS HUGE!" and "WHAT IS THAT!" Respectively.
"She.... I call her Leviathan but she only responds to her nickname Levi" , Hanako responded with a tone that made it seem like he's talking about something casual and as if it answered Kou's question. Levi lowered her face observing both Nene and Kou with curious eyes while making weird sounds with her mouth while they both just stood tensely unable to move. It stopped at Kou however before making a scared shriek and diving into the lake below and leaving the two of them dumbfounded.
"Did...did I scare her?"
Hanako remarked to Kou's confusion "Congratulations... you now exude the aura of your demonic brother" At first glance Hanako seemed to have return to his usual self but looking at him for even more than a mere moment will make it obvious he was still shaken, the eyes and his body posture and how he was fidgeting and moving in one spot all were clear indicators, but was desperately trying to put up a facade of his usual playful self.
Nene looked over at the cliff where Levi had dove down to. She was completely under the water except for head protruding out still looking a bit frightened. Nene decided to help her feel better "Thanks for the ride..... you fly really well." Nene internally cringed but her attempt seems to have been effective as it made a strange happy sound before sinking back to the ocean.
Hanako sighed "Okay lets go inside. The storm cant hurt us in here." Both Kou and Nene hesitated a moment and looked out towards the horizon. The world right now seemed so dark and vast. The jungle of rooms were now barely visible only identifiable by the small distant lights. It was difficult to make anything else in the dark, only when the sky lights up can they more clearly see the dark grey waters and the numerous tornadoes dancing across its body. The air was filled with the sounds of the tides clashing against the rocky shore below, the rushing of winds and the roars of lightning and thunder.
There was something else now about this place as well. A strange, unnatural and oppressive air which wasn't present before. It was unlike anything Nene had ever felt in her time with dealing with the supernatural. Every negative thought and feeling she ever felt in her whole life was culminating inside in a single instant growing with every second while every painful memory she ever had came back to her all at once.
"Nene-san are you ok" Kou asked,
Tears were now flowing from her eyes, but she couldn't explain to him why, it didn't look like the place was affecting him in any way "So why is this happening to me?" Before she could break down completely she hurriedly turned herself towards the entrance where Hanako was standing and Kou followed her - the look of concern etched on his face as he called out gently once more " Its gonna be all right." Hanako made no remark on their conditions and only made a gesture to welcome them in. By now the face he was making was more difficult to read ,almost as if a shadow was covering it. Before they entered Kou asked a simple question, "What is this place?"
Nobody believed Hanako would give a straight answer yet to their surprise he replied
"My home."
Link to part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/hanakokun/s/a07bK55W05
Link to part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/hanakokun/s/K7aYJOv86s
After a few seconds of straight descent the beast realigned itself. The sound of roaring waves filled everyone's ear and even though they couldn't see it, Kou and Nene figured they were above water. Looking back Nene saw the fall wasn't as deep as she originally assumed, rather the water below was so dark it almost looked invisible. Even now she could only barely make out the outline of the surging waves and it looked more like a pitch black realm to nothingness. Looking back she could still see the lights emanating from the wooden complex they left and now realized this whole place was enclosed from all sides with high stone walls topped with the similar sight of mangled wooden rooms with faint lighting. This new perspective made this place seem a lot like a hole or a pit with a turbulent lake at the bottom filling the entirety of it's base.
A storm was raging over the lake as well though it was a lot more gentler than it was previously. The sky wasn't lighting up as much and the sound of thunder had died down a bit. Maybe the storm had died down or maybe it doesn't hit as hard here as it does at the rest of this bizarre place. Soon something else started to appear before their eyes , a long stone spire with an odd tower perched at it's base
It looked, to Nene, at first like a lighthouse but upon closer inspection she saw that it had an observatory dome at the top. She also saw spirals carved into along the cliff and she soon realized why there were such bizarre carvings as the beast approached closer to it and wrapped its long body around the spire perfectly along the curved lines.
The beast loosened it's grip on it's passengers and dropped them off at the apex of the cliff. For a brief moment they all allowed themselves to catch their breaths. Then both Nene and Kou exclaimed "ITS HUGE!" and "WHAT IS THAT!" Respectively.
"She.... I call her Leviathan but she only responds to her nickname Levi" , Hanako responded with a tone that made it seem like he's talking about something casual and as if it answered Kou's question. Levi lowered her face observing both Nene and Kou with curious eyes while making weird sounds with her mouth while they both just stood tensely unable to move. It stopped at Kou however before making a scared shriek and diving into the lake below and leaving the two of them dumbfounded.
"Did...did I scare her?"
Hanako remarked to Kou's confusion "Congratulations... you now exude the aura of your demonic brother" At first glance Hanako seemed to have return to his usual self but looking at him for even more than a mere moment will make it obvious he was still shaken, the eyes and his body posture and how he was fidgeting and moving in one spot all were clear indicators, but was desperately trying to put up a facade of his usual playful self.
Nene looked over at the cliff where Levi had dove down to. She was completely under the water except for head protruding out still looking a bit frightened. Nene decided to help her feel better "Thanks for the ride..... you fly really well." Nene internally cringed but her attempt seems to have been effective as it made a strange happy sound before sinking back to the ocean.
Hanako sighed "Okay lets go inside. The storm cant hurt us in here." Both Kou and Nene hesitated a moment and looked out towards the horizon. The world right now seemed so dark and vast. The jungle of rooms were now barely visible only identifiable by the small distant lights. It was difficult to make anything else in the dark, only when the sky lights up can they more clearly see the dark grey waters and the numerous tornadoes dancing across its body. The air was filled with the sounds of the tides clashing against the rocky shore below, the rushing of winds and the roars of lightning and thunder.
There was something else now about this place as well. A strange, unnatural and oppressive air which wasn't present before. It was unlike anything Nene had ever felt in her time with dealing with the supernatural. Every negative thought and feeling she ever felt in her whole life was culminating inside in a single instant growing with every second while every painful memory she ever had came back to her all at once.
"Nene-san are you ok" Kou asked,
Tears were now flowing from her eyes, but she couldn't explain to him why, it didn't look like the place was affecting him in any way "So why is this happening to me?" Before she could break down completely she hurriedly turned herself towards the entrance where Hanako was standing and Kou followed her - the look of concern etched on his face as he called out gently once more " Its gonna be all right." Hanako made no remark on their conditions and only made a gesture to welcome them in. By now the face he was making was more difficult to read ,almost as if a shadow was covering it. Before they entered Kou asked a simple question, "What is this place?"
Nobody believed Hanako would give a straight answer yet to their surprise he replied
"My home."