i love kohane she's my best friend. she reminds me of one of my dearest old friends, which is probably why i like her so much. absolutely love her. does anyone else over here have fictional bffs?
always thought my first post here would be rui related. maybe i should relinquish my rights to the rui flair..... it's currently in the oven, youre all allowed a bite
original idea by user LiamOmorifan (just scroll a few posts down)
i actually think if tsukasa asked me out i'd probably melt into a puddle immediately. i wouldn't have the chance to fumble because i would just... disintegrate.
mandatory ichika and kohane separate tiers. i love kohane so much even if we werent close i'd accept immediately. i'd love to be her friend seriously. and ichika... if they asked me out i'd be very happy honestly. no matter the intentions behind it, romantic or platonic, i'd love to see where it goes
i'm going to go make apple crumble now doe sangone want some
whole house aro/ace spec what is this? some kind of colorful stage?
no one will ever know that i'm fully projecting onto rui (besides being bi) because i'm so sneaky about it. except im really not
posting art on reddit knowing damn well it'll get reduced to 144p is like giving yourself a death sentence. eh it's all fine and dandy
i had to analyze ruikasa kissing art for like an hour to understand how to draw their kissing side profiles and i feel like every time i blink i can see them inside my eyelids (rui5 reference?) now. but i am very normal honestly. sunnykasa yumeslop when
translation by me, apologies if it's inaccurate, my japanese is the same level as a newborn baby's
i present to you, the three most gut wrenching heartbreaking frames in any 2dmv ever until now
i have not listen to the full song yet. i just saw this moment in the 2dmv and went neuron activation mode. maybe there are more references throughout the song, but i don't have the time to do a full translation and analysis now. all i understood from the few i saw is that the song heavily focus on the nightmare of not being enough to stand by someone you love. REM sleep is the unique process of reaching a stage in the sleep cycle where one experiences vivid dreams, temporary muscle paralysis, and high brain activity. it appears toya, saki, mizuki, and rui's REM sleep involves dreaming of a reality where youre not deserving of your loved ones.
rui characterizing his efforts as null and pointless because he feels he's not the one who should be trusted with helping tsukasa, likely because he's not a good enough person to do so, is very very bad actually. i am scared. rui7 is going to be terrible. this director's life literally sucks oh my god
i was confused and a little uncomfortable at first but then the constant commenting and deleting and getting a little nicer with each comment got me. like cmon dude its okay 😭 just say what you must. 1 day old account with 1 karma and no contributions was really funny. idk why this happened honestly but it's both funny and sad. guess they'll never know why
i actually like mafu5 on a very normal and mentally stable way. theres nothing worng with me. my relationsjip with mafu5 is healthy and good for me. please you have to believe me
i love mixed events!!!!!!!!'!!!!! i was supposed to do kanade and ena too but i'm really sleepy so i gave up. also i think only like 2 people in the whole world know i love honami. which is funny because i get compared to her every time i mention anything regarding my love for apples and/or apple pies. i wish i had more opportunities to tier/pull for honami but her events are always right after rui at the end of the rotation 😭 like two peas in a pod
i really like mizumafuruikasa and i didn't even notice how obvious i made it until i was about to post. that weird little polycule that follows me everywhere i go
evil sega's sneaky little characterization strikes again. guess rui's under too much stress to eat. although i'm guessing saki, mizuki, and toya will 100% force him to eat some of theirs under the excuse of "it's too much food, rui! will you help me?" ahaggshaj. they'd never let him get by with only a small teacup of coffee
everyone's nails are painted except rui's too... hmm... and let not ignore that he's literally giving mizuki "the look of love" like. his eyes have so much affection behind them i think they're about to kiss i'm so serious. OH AND... saki and rui are wearing matching earrings!!!!!!!!! that's actually the first thing i noticed. i really really REALLYY want them to talk a lot in the event please. they're just so naturally comfortable around each other. guess rui is just a tenma fan like the rest of us huh lol
AND AGAIN. THEY DID THE FULLY CLOTHED RUI SHOWING OFF THE TOP OF HIS CHEST AREA AGAIN. my boy was that window really necessary 😭 i can tell he picked out that shirt himself. he looks so good i think i'm going to faint
also can i yap about how they have the perfect opportunity to talk about their middle school experience in the event, and if they don't, i'll be really sad?? i don't even mean just mizuki and rui, i want to see more of toya and saki too. and the fact that the preview is about having trouble reconciling.... rui and nene.... saki and leoni.... toya and his family (?).... mizuki and her feminine identity.... PLEASE they have the PERFECT set up to talk about middle school here. well fine maybe the last two are a bit of a reach but just listen to me man. like ik at least a bit of mizurui will be said based kn the card names, "overlapping emotions and PAST" and "cloudiness of the heart," like. yeah sure buddy i bet. but if theres not even ms mizurui in the event story i will do things to those around me
anyway i'm talking too much. i love rui he's very blorbo. and i like everyone else too. i need to do stuff. i'll probably do an actual analysis on these cards for tumblr once the full versions come out...
everyone say hi rinco nice to meet you rinco
i bet he ships ruikasa too. oh what a dweeb. disgusting behavior. i have to kill him
if i take a while it's because my head really hurts but im also lonely so. entertain me will you pleasee
i don't even care that it isn't a bloomfes card i actually love rhis card so much it hurts
i hate tiering rui events why the hell is t1000 already almost at 200k cut off i swear other events werent like this. well whatever rui6 will be my time to shine
31k gems i need to lock the fufufu in. maybe i can get another 60k gems in 15 hours (press x to doubt). if reddit kills the quality again im going to do things to those around me
first time posting my art! kind of nerv— [gets shot 87 times] ouchie guys that hurt ...
WIP. i lowkey think the way i draw his hair is sillier than the original. is this evil to say? i'm curious how canon compliant my tsukasa looks now... hmmm....
artist's original post on twitter!
insane that they canonically love to take pictures of each other... do you guys think that they have separate albums in their gallery with like more than a 1000 pictures of the other just being silly or cute
(2nd pic is from rui's 2026 birthday 4koma, 3rd pic is from pop in my heart 4koma)
this literally took me all morning. i was supposed to be resting since im very sick, but i really wanted to translate his birthday wishes, and i thought that maybe you guys would want to know too!
please let me know if there are any errors, my japanese leaves much to be desired, and i had to use a translator at some points!
⚠️ Spoilers for Kasa7 + Rui5 ahead!
I finally read Kasa7, mostly because my friend kept calling me a larper (in a joking way). Beforehand, I saw many people commenting that Sakaki is not necessarily an evil person. Or at least not in the current narrative. I decided to not say anything as I had no grounds to argue, but after reading it... are you all sure? This event paints a clear difference between Sakaki and Rui, which is the basis of their rivalry. Sakaki's direction is based on manipulation, the usage of positive and negative feedback to get someone to do as he wants. Rui's direction is based on understanding, the shaping of an actor to a role according to their abilities and boundaries. One prioritizes results, the other safety and mental health.
[See Image 3] Sakaki, being older and more powerful, does everything in his power to put him down and show him that his approach is incorrect. In this event, he goes as far as not allowing him to direct his own troupe simply because Rui's beliefs didn't align with his own. Not only does he do this, but he successfully manipulates Rui into allowing Tsukasa's mental state to worsen.
"But, if you want to make it interesting, you've got to be willing to go this far, right?" = coercing Rui into allowing Tsukasa to worsen his mental state for the sake of the show, downplaying the effects method acting has on Tsukasa's psyche so Rui won't be scared to let it happen.
"We've made such good progress, after all." = an indirect insult to Rui's directing, implying that this is the only correct way for Tsukasa to correctly portray William.
[See Image 1] It's not the first time Sakaki has used insults and condescension to coerce Rui into doing somethings for him. He speaks to Rui (a teenage boy 14-15 years younger than him, by the way) like he's someone lower than him. He speaks his name like he's purposefully trying to frustrate him. His intentions in Rui5 were to grind Rui down to dust, and he succeeded. His comments were enough for him to starve himself, skip basic hygiene, lose sleep, and ultimately put together a performance of how he believes himself to be deserving of the lowest punishment, death, for his abnormality.
Sakaki, however, is not mediocre at his work. While he knows that insults work to get inside Rui's mind, as Rui's fragility is quite evident, he knows the same won't work for Tsukasa. Tsukasa shares Rui's self-doubt, but he hides it under a facade of confidence. That's why he uses praise to get his way instead. [See Image 4/5] Sakaki explores how Tsukasa reacts to getting complimented by those in a higher position than him. When he notices he's hit jackpot, he uses it to ensure Tsukasa will continue forcing himself down. He encourages him, saying that following his advice will help him rise. Rise to a level he knows Tsukasa craves, to be wanted and remembered.
This whole scene is very uncomfortable to me. The difference within how he talks to Rui and how he talks to Tsukasa is so astonishing, I'm genuinely surprised no one else in the event itself mentioned it. In fact, I'm quite shocked there are still those pretending he's an acceptable director. He honeys Tsukasa up in a very weird way. He breaks Rui down in a very strange way. He makes me feel as uneasy as Mafumom, for example, as their tactics are quite similar.
Rui's not like Sakaki. He beats himself down for it, because he hasn't realized yet that that's a good thing. He assumes that under his guidance, Tsukasa won't ever reach stardom, because he's fundamentally incapable of letting him harm himself. He hesitantly accepted when Tsukasa said he'd starve himself for Rio, he tried his best to understand his approach to Bless, and even when Tsukasa told him to not talk to him for William, he still hesitated, but ultimately went along with it, until Emu and Nene confirmed his belief that it wasn't okay. The truth is, in a non-sexual way (since PJSK fans are good at misinterpreting things), Rui's really submissive. He lacks the assertiveness other directors in the story has, and he gets nagged for it constantly. The reason it took him so long to tell Tsukasa he isn't okay with his method acting is because all he wants is to see his friends shine, so he goes along with whatever they need to do in order to get where they deserve to be. It works with Nene, it works with Emu, it fails with Tsukasa. He isn't built to handle his intense perfectionism. He tries, but he can't help him in a way that matters. Even in this event, when he tries, he still isn't able to be the one that reaches out. Emu is.
This is the fundamental difference between Rui and Sakaki. Rui wants the best for Tsukasa, Sakaki wants the best for the performance. Sakaki will get a good performance out of playing with Tsukasa's feelings, Rui will get a "boring" performance out of allowing Tsukasa to go as far as he wants and praising him nonetheless.
Maybe I'm a big fat chud Ruikasa shipper, but the "... Can you see the audience, Tsukasa-kun?" is the sweetest line in this entire game. Subjectively. In my opinion. It is really kind, and the best possible thing Rui could've said in that moment. He doesn't immediately tell him he did a great job, he lets Tsukasa see for himself how good he is, how unforgettable he is. He takes the attention out of himself and turns it around on Tsukasa.
[See Image 9] Rui isn't like Sakaki. While he's still scared and anxious, unsure of what he can do to help Tsukasa without hurting him, Sakaki is simply thinking about how much further he can go. It's too early to tell yet, but that reminds me of another manipulation tactic: continuously moving goalposts. Changing the expectations each time they're achieved, so it never feels like it's enough. Sakaki and Rui are polar opposites. Rui is worried about how he can show Tsukasa he's already reached his peak, Sakaki is wondering how much it will take for Tsukasa to break.
I'm really excited for Rui7. I can tell it will be amazing. also, i know this is a serious post and everything (i even went serious punctuation mode for this) but can we talk about how sakaki has genuine beef with a high schooler. rui's not even graduated yet and he's foaming at the mouth every time they're in the same room together holy balls. Anyway, I'm sorry if this is bad, or if I'm misinterpreting. As always, please please pleaaaase tell me how you think, okay? I really enjoy reading comments, no matter if they're agreeing or disagreeing with my arguments. Sorry that I've been talking so much about Kasa7, I really enjoy it. I hope I'm not being too pushy, or too annoying!