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HOLA!!! I’m Andromeda, Rome for short. :]
I’m 22 and use he/him pronouns!
This blog is a really just self indulgent so if you find things you don’t like then feel free to just click off or block! :] Keep yourself safe and happy.
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Hi! I haven’t posted in literally forever but I literally have to talk about the genuine full body joy that Artemis II gives me.
One, the fact that we were able to do this is incredible. The current president(2026) had cut so much funding from their mission. I mean so much. That’s part of the reason why they didn’t talk with him when they had that kinda ‘mandatory call’.
Two, the pure joy and whimsy of the crew makes me remember how cute humans are. From friendship bracelets to listening to pink pony club to them rambling about how being able to actually see everything they were taught about.
Three, TAKING A PIECE OF APOLLO 11,,, I’m not ashamed to say that I busted into tears when I heard that.
It brings me so much joy hearing all of the news and updates from Artemis II. Not everyone in my life can relate to this overwhelmed feeling, and that’s okay. I often feel that same confused happiness when my partner talks about the ocean.
“We love you from the moon”
“Copy Moon Joy”
Sigh. Lately I’ve been thinking about Takiishi and Endo and their language barrier. :[
Since the beginning of the manga we’ve been taught that fighting is a language in and of itself.
Fists convey thoughts in ways that words cannot. That’s something that was taught at the very beginning in the Shishitoren arc and ended up becoming incredibly important when we got to the Noroshi arc! We particularly see this shown in our greatest antagonist yet: Takiishi Chika!
He makes it apparent from the very beginning that he doesn’t like talking. Though we don’t get to see him interacting with anyone other than Endo in early childhood we get a glimpse of it through Endo. Ignoring others, seeing them as faceless nobodies.
Then if that doesn’t seem to work then he’ll give them a warning in the only language he truly knows how to speak.
Then. If even that doesn’t work then you kinda have to improvise. Try to mix the languages. He speaks out loud for the first time. He bridges the language barrier. Sure, with the aid of his also using his own way of communicating, but the effort is still there. And we can see that he’s taken aback when Endo blocks the hit. He fights back, he tells him ‘no’ in Takiishi’s own language. So he attempts at communicating again but Endo,, hasn’t quite connected the dots yet.
Takiishi doesn’t like using words. It’s uncomfortable for him. They ‘have no meaning’, as he puts it. When he absolutely must communicate he’s straight and to the point, ending it as quickly as he can.
But even he’s having the time of his life and he’s choosing to speak it’s almost like,,, I don’t know like a doll just out of sync to me. His timing and choice of sentence structure is juuuust off.
Takiishi Chika’s way of communicating is through fighting. That’s why he loves it so very much, it’s the only time he can truly get his feelings and thoughts across the way he wants to. It’s why he’s so drawn to Umemiya, the only other person who understands that fighting is just another form of communication. A far more honest way of communicating too.
This post is also a really good exploration of their communication barrier. I ended up taking a lot of inspiration from August’s reading of the characters so I really recommend you go check him out. :]
I’ve hitting the image limit so I’m gonna do a pt. 2 going over Endo’s fighting style and his way of communicating. :]
He and his stupid snake face pisses me off.
We never really get much on the main groups backstories. We get bits and crumbles but I think the only few in depths ones we get are Sakura, Ume, and Endo. But I do think a lot about this page specifically for Sugishita.
From what we know about Sugishita is that he’s an awkward and violent guy. It’s never really explored why he is the way he is, but the cast have accepted him as he is. Which is something I cannot imagine he had before. Sugishita is real big. I mean he really is built like a bulldozer his grandfather had to extend his bed so that Sugishita could sleep. He also hits his head on his doorframe!
He has good intentions though. He *wants* to be good. He just gets a little blind sighted. He was the first middle schooler to ever be adopted into Bofurin. And it was likely because Ume approached Sugishita after seeing his ability and his want for human connection. I really think Sugishita is just,, depressed. He sleeps all the time and he doesn’t know how to cope with feeling bad so he gets angry about it. He’s awkward with people and doesn’t know how to control his facial expressions so the way he shows he cares is through acts of service.
Just look at him,,, He wants to connect with others but has no idea how to,,,
But I do also think we get a somewhat distorted or incomplete version of Sugishita since the story is from Sakura’s perspective. Sakura and Sugishita are kinda like found family brothers and both look up to Ume and fight for his praise. Not that I don’t like it. I find it very charming! :> They’re brothers your honor!!
OH OH OH!!! AND!!!! It’s not directly said but I do think Sugishita looks up to other people. I mean look at his hair. Look at what product he uses. He’s awkward with words and often what he wants to say comes out a completely different way so his actions speak louder than his words. I also know that Japan has a lot of superstition with hair so it might be that he’s following the ‘hair holds memories’ belief. He wants to hold and take care of these new memories that Bofurin has given him. They,, gave him his world. Before he never had much of anything- he doesn’t even have games on his phone or has things he enjoys. But he seems to enjoy things when other people are involved.
I could be totally wrong on all this but that’s my interpretation of the character. :> I like Sugishita a lot and I feel like he’s really often overlooked.