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genuinely imagine you are an in denial eighteen year old gay boy who’s like “okay i dont really care about girls whatever i just like playing hockey and i want to play hockey well :)” and then this mother fucker walks into your life

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" SUA forgot she was a god, and MIZI forgot she was a witch" oooor madoka magica au hehe

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Yeah, so I love them actually.

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The red, white, and blue flames — an analysis of Endo and Takiishi's relationship

I think showing Endo with blue flames is such an interesting decision, since it gives us hints about the end of the Noroshi arc and what Takiishi himself thinks of Endo (using Endo's own analogies, of course), since the real flame above 2700°F is the blue one.

We have different flame color shades and that depends on the material, of course, but they indicate the temperature. The red flame, which represents Takiishi, is a cooler flame compared to the others (it says a lot about his personality) and represents incomplete combustion.

Then we have the white flame and I really want to believe that this will be Ume's flame color not only cause it's hotter than the red one (its temperature varies and can reach around 2600°F), but also cause of the symbolism behind the color white itself.

Finally, we have the blue flame, considered the hottest flame, with a temperature around 2700°F (and it can reach even higher). I really like the "symbolism" it could represent here, since it indicates complete combustion, and we know Endo "burned" very fast when he was a child.

All this explanation about the flames and the decision of Endo’s flame color (blue) becomes much more interesting cause Endo spends a good part of chapter 153 bothered by Ume's "temperature" and how it could truly change Takiishi.

Of course, Ume did manage to change some of Takiishi's views, but what Endo couldn't understand is that he HAS ALWAYS been in Takiishi’s world and that YES, his own flames are capable of changing Takiishi!

(if that hasn't happened already, since even with their complicated relationship we have several moments of Takiishi watching Endo, following him in the activities proposed, communicating with him, and knowing Endo's name) (kinda biased but I'm not a one-sided Endochika truther)

All of this I mentioned here can be noticed if you light a lighter and, well, Takiishi lights one too, so it's possible to observe the red, white, and blue flames here.

An interesting fact is that to reach the white flame, you need to go through the red one and that says a lot about Ume too.

A silly (and sad) little fact is that the white flame is between the red and blue flames, which adds a bit more depth to Endo not seeing himself as being on the same level as Ume, since the white flame seems closer to the red one.

The truth is, even though red and blue flames are far apart on the spectrum, they're also extremely similar. I'm not getting into the red/blue character trope right now cause that's a whole other topic. But for those who know… putting Endochika in those colors is suuuper meaningful and important for their relationship. Red wouldn't always like the calmness that blue can bring, but red also means affection, warmth, comfort and I really love that.

A few points now:

1 – I'm really simplifying the combustion process here cause there are other things involved in fire colors, but in general, that's it

2 – The white flame can also have a bluish tone, and that could be really interesting to see (how Takiishi sees the world)

3 – I'm really not talking about power here, since Takiishi is obviously our strongest fighter asides Ume, but about the impact one person has on another's life (and, of course, Endochika biased BUT with scientific information) (geez I'm acting like Endo)

4 - When I first read WDK, I associated Endo with water/rain cause it can be appreciated when it's calm but deeply feared when it's too much, and also because of how Takiishi starts seeing the "good" side of the rain

5 - I know the cover of volume 11 already gave us hints about Endo's blue flames (and the manga already presents the concept of Endo and fire), but the anime made it way more explicit

6 - I'm just a physics student who really likes color spectrums, so sorry in advance for my dear chemists (I'm just here being silly associating two things I really like hehe)

7 - And, in fact, loving him was red