[small-witch-big-hat]

It has come to my attention that some of you may be unaware that the anime Shangri-La Frontier has a bunny daddy voiced by Akio Ōtsuka.

And he SINGS.

[pjbloop]

Love him so much.

[small-witch-big-hat]

Not only is Vysache hot as hell, he's a great character! I legit want to see where SLF's game story goes because I want to know what he's doing to do in it!!

[cryoverkiltmilk]

... A lot of neurons are firing right now.

[zoinyoi]

[animebw]

I just watched an autistic hunk hook up with a crossdressing bisexual twink to try and find a wife so his lesbian sister can live in peace with her girlfriend, and also they're all super-assassins.

Sometimes anime makes me so damn happy.

[literallyheretorotaway]

"Me (right) and the baddie (left) I pulled by being autistic" being episode 2 of Nippon Sangoku is frying me a little like he really did do that 😭😭😭😭😭

[dizzybizz]

IM SICK

i just i love i love love love how they incorporated the little bits of characterization here ITS SO GOOD

cocos confident straight line agotts incredibly swift line as if shes rushing, right in front of coco?? riches little circle!!!! THE WAY SHES IN HER OWN LITTLE CORNER IS ALSO EXCELLENT tetias excited swoop THE WAY OLLY WAITS FOR THE GIRLS TO START THEIR LINES BEFORE GOING IN HIMSELF IS SOOOOOO GOOD QIFREY JUST SITTING THERE, WAND IN HAND, NOT DRAWING BUT WATCHING

IM DEAD

[moon-muffin]

[kerizaret]

damn this doomed yaoi got hands

[mafuyuh]

let's fly with mama

[rubydragon16]

A dragon, is it?

[neosatsuma]

from that Lilo & Stitch scene. my man just really didn't get a choice about any of this

[like-shooting-stars]

I’ve seen a lot of people talking about the snugstone and how they were surprised to see it colored in all these blues instead of the traditional reds that come with fire magic

Not to mention it’s the color of Qifrey’s eyes I don’t have the time to go into that

And I was thinking. You know what other spell I saw animated and went oh wow that’s so pretty and not the colors I expected it to be animated as?

Qifrey’s water dragon. Which does in fact have the traditional fire magic coloring

All of their magic contains bits and pieces of each other in one way or another they are making me ill

[foreoqque]

so i've noticed something about orufrey's body language

and i have been going insane about it ever since! kamome shirahama your attention to details will be the death of me /pos

hands are the most expressive non-verbal tool humans have, and since it's also quite literally the tool that gives the witches their magic, watching hands in witch hat atelier is beyond important. implied spoilers up to ch93 under cut! [don't mind the language of half the screenshots, that's beside the point]

qifrey so very often tends to clasp his hands together, rubbing them against each other or simply clinging to his long robes. a gesture so telling of just how uncomfortable due to silverwood he constantly is, always slightly nervous, always tip-toeing around the edge of a cliff.

and he's been doing so since childhood! his emotions are so closed-off when it comes to casual body language, which is both an indicator of his character and the ways in which he deals with his curse. unable to trust even his closest friend, he chooses the only vaguely soothing thing: to curl into himself, to detach, to distance.

meanwhile olruggio, despite his scruffiness, generally comes off as a more open, "simple" man, hands flying all over the place when he's agitated. he expresses his emotions freely, without restrain.

qifrey curls into a ball for comfort, meanwhile olly splays like a star, comfortable in his skin an in qifrey's presence

and what happens when they start to interact?

olly keeps reaching for qifrey, talking some sense into him with his hands, with spontaneous and emotional physical touch.

he does so even upon first meeting

he keeps and keeps reaching out to qifrey, both literally and symbolically. no matter how hard qifrey tries to run away, to hide deeper into himself, olruggio will always be there to offer him a friendly hand or otherwise

this particular parallel is especially dear to me:

they changed so much, but they also haven't changed at all

and the culmination of this dynamic in a single image for me is this:

qifrey, gaze averted, hands uncomfortably clasped together, fake smile on his face and olruggio, calm and confident, leaning into qifrey's personal space with familiar ease, resting an arm on his shoulder in a friendly gesture. everything that shirahama consistently portrays as the manga goes on and the history unravels, neatly and wordlessly shown in a single static image. the art of showing, but not telling, thus nurturing a deeper understanding of these characters. absolutely brilliant

[camphoteric]

My pal here doesn't seem to like your vibe very much

[shizukateal]

The thing about the Witch Hat Atelier world is that the magic system sounds great until you realize it's essentially programming and that sobers you up immediately. Sure, maybe you reach the level of skill needed to draw perfect curves, straight lines, and circles without looking down, but after that you still need to be able to logic out which combination of sigils will actually give you the desired effect, and if you misplace a single line it all goes to shit. Add to that the inclusion of effect-altering inks and you start to understand why Olruggio is Like That.

[sharkyy27]

I know a school principal hates to see him coming

[bloodraven55]

kinda love the ominous ass cinematography they're using for qifrey bro really looks lowkey evil as fuck sometimes

[gabbyp09]