So hilarious of Ashihara to insert his murderhouse horror oneshot OCs (Katagiri Squad) into WT and then sprinkle in references to their roles in that murderhouse horror plot.
Amakura is the only known agent in a role where the whole shtick is disappearing? Katagiri and Momozono play baseball? What's next? Katagiri's Squad room has a Whack-a-Mole setup with Yukimaru acting as the mole? LMAO
MFW when im looking up stuff about Osamu Mikumo from World Trigger (The Main Character) and I come across a Quora question from years ago where multiple people were like: “Osamu is my least favorite main character ever because he never grows in any meaningful way.”
Motherfucker what the HELL are you talking about.
His entire appeal is that even though he’s objectively the weakest character in the series (power-wise) he’s a really good tactician that’s able to bring out the best of his partner’s skills in very unconventional ways, and we see him develop that ability over the course of the series, what are you actually on about.
Thats his entire appeal. Thats the entire appeal of the fucking series. The evolution of tactics and strategy. What. What. What.
Anyways I love these two their friendship means so much to me I enjoy their dynamic so much. And yes Kage has a bunch of ear piercings, he and Ko got them done together :3
Hyuse x phantom of the opera isn’t something I knew I needed but it’s so fitting
Afto! Hyuse is his spirit and the phantom because that is who Hyuse is, it is what drives Hyuse as a character and his essence—because Hyuse cares about afto, his home and the people there, and is first and foremost a soldier of aftokrator, abandonment be damned—and it’s also something that is always there driving his motivations, goals, and way of being but is so invisible and hidden away as he has to conform to meeden and hasn’t shown much since he was taken prisoner.
Prisoner, or well, neutral Hyuse ig? Lyrics are focused on his voice and being heard because that is how everyone has gotten familiar with Hyuse, how he’s spoken his resolve—for both Afto and tamakoma 2. Not fully Afto, because he’s been forced away from it, and not fully tamakoma, but how everyone knows him. If that makes sense?
Tamakoma! Hyuse is a mask and in the combined lines because joining border was always a means to an end, he isn’t truly one of them nor has he ever been loyal to them. He is a responsible person and will do his duties and what he’s promised, but that is not who he is. His whole identity as a border agent is fake, and he has to hide behind it so people don’t know who he really is. Hes a combination of his “spirit”—his experience, drive, and loyalty as a soldier and his true identity—and his “voice”—I actually don’t know what to say for this one I’m sure you all can understand,,
I don’t have any big analysis on the chapter, it was extremely enjoyable, I love how fast paced and tense it was and the fighting & strategies are all hella peak. We got a lot of focus on Kage and we finally get to see tamakoma 1 fight—Konami’s trigger changing shape is incredible, the dual bladed sword instead of an axe is awesome—plus some ilgars were released?? It was so hype and I can’t wait for the next chapter. Hyuse needs to show up😭
BUT! While I don’t have any big analysis there’s one scene that’s just way too good
These two panels specifically
The things it says about each of their characters without actually saying anything or putting too big a focus on it is just TOO GOOD!!
For Narasaka, it shows how good a shot he is and how well he can strategize to hit his target. He knows Kage. He perfectly aligned it so that when Kage dodges—because it’s Kage, when his SE goes off it’s his instinct to avoid it rather than shield—it’d hit Kakizaki. That’s impressive on its own, but him shooting Kageura instead of Kakizaki also made the bullet way more of a surprise for zaki so he wouldn’t have time to react and put a shield up. Going through Kage prevents zaki from seeing it quickly. For Kageura, I love the use of his side effect AND how this shows how by instinct he moves and how little attention he can pay to his surroundings—allies, not opponents—sometimes. He felt it going for him so he dodged without noticing Zaki behind him or the bullets trajectory. And then Inukai comes in, shielding Zaki at just the right time. Because Inukai is always aware of his surroundings, it’s nothing special that he calls attention to he’s just there and watching and paying attention to everyone. It’s shown in many of his fights. He’s hella perceptive and I like that coolness of thought & perceptions to the wildness of Kage. They end up working pretty good together, it was a smooth series of movements where Inukai accurately covered Kage’s faults
Inukai was there to support so nothing happened, but Narasaka is seriously scary😭 all the A ranks are—dude WHY did Reiji punch through a wall?? Why was he there. Please I thought he was the normal one.
(In all seriousness that WAS a hella good strategy as they had no way of knowing he was there or preparing for him, him breaking through a literal WALL creates an element of surprise that slows the reaction time of his opponents, it was once again thanks to timely support, this time from Suwa, that inukai and zaki remained unharmed despite the excellent play. I also really like how he targeted those two, who were supporting Kageura by limiting Konami. Because it’s the same as their usual strategy, as startling as it was, of him and kyosuke supporting Konami as she runs wild. Inukai and zaki were limiting Konami’s options, Reiji goes to stop them so she can fight freely against Kageura. Kyosuke’s support later on was hella good as well. They’re a finely oiled team and with Jin so far going on defense/support for them all…? They’re gonna be extremely hard to beat. I wonder if we’ll see Reiji or Torimaru’s specialized triggers, since Konami and Michael are using theirs).
Its so fun to read the fast paced fighting and strategies, because there are amazing strategies at play even if they don’t work, and the only reason they don’t is because all of their opponents are skilled and supporting each other. Everybody’s capabilities are being pushed to the limit here.
Can’t wait to see what happens with the ilgars. Hopefully Hyuse.
!!Not art related but I do think it’s very fitting for Inukai’s training with Rokuro to be set up like this when we’ve seen time and time again that he’s always aware of his surroundings!!
for example; blocking Mikumo’s bullets, putting up a focused shield right where ema was sniping him (even if it did end up breaking), and blocking the lead bullet from hitting Ninomiya.
It’s also kinda ironic that this is something him and Kageura (who doesn’t like him 💔) have in common except he doesn’t need a side effect for it.
Alright buckle in I gotta yap about it because it fits so well🙏🙏
Aroace Ranbanein: The biggest part of this hc is how it reverses a common stereotype. There’s a stereotype where a canon aroace/aro/ace character or commonly fan headcannoned aroace character—this idea also extends to real people by those who believe in it—are the cold, unfeeling types that don’t really care about anyone and are usually alone. They’re reticent, mean, ect ect. Often literally not human as well but that’s a separate issue. It’s based on the belief that if you do not feel romantic or sexual attraction, or just don’t desire that “pinnacle of closeness and affection” then you’re just an emotionless person. That lacking those attractions means you’ll always be alone and you don’t care because if you don’t want romantic and/or sexual closeness with anything which is OBVIOUSLY the best/most important kind, you just won’t care for or be able to make other kinds of connections. You get the idea—I could go on and on but this isn’t the point lol—this attitude almost always shows when you’re an aro/ace person that isn’t like that or all, or if you headcanon a friendly, cheerful character as aroace. A lot of people will genuinely be like “you/they can’t be aroace, you’re/they’re too nice and they have a bunch of friends” and so on. Ranbanein flips that stereotype on its tail. While he is an antagonist, he’s a very jolly and fun loving guy. He’s expressive and friendly, even to his enemies after being defeated, he’ll laugh and get along with others easily. This also kind of fits with his appearance & attitude vs fighting style. Ranba looks like a brute who fights on instinct, that’s the impression he gives off, but he’s actually a thinker-fighter who calmly assesses the situation and considers the whole battlefield and such(while still having fun. Like I said, he’s a jolly guy). Like the stereotype vs reality. It’s fun, imo.
There’s also a humorous aspect. Y’know how simple kindness & friendliness is often taken for romantic and, more often, sexual intent? It’s usually men taking it as that when women are kind to them but it happens both ways, and it’s hella prevalent in media. Ranbanein is generally friendly from what we’ve seen of him, even to enemies who defeated him. I just think it’d be REALLY funny if he accidentally created those misunderstandings sometimes while also being #aroace
Ofc my hcs aren’t always or even like, solely because of big ideas I also just think aroace ranba is very fitting and IM aroace spec and everyone needs to be hit with the beam
Asexual Hyrein: Just ace, not aro. That’s important. This is one of my favorite headcanons simply because I love considering Hyrein’s character he’s so interesting. In the first place, I really can’t see this guy wanting sex or having that attraction, but that’s not the fun reason. Given what we know about the neighborhood and Afto’s societies, which is basically nothing, we can’t really say whether or not they have the same amatonormative society that we do or the same common view of romantic relationships(that they’re the most important form of relationship and sex is a big—required, for most—part of them). But considering him from that perspective, it adds a layer of bitterness to him. Being asexual while not aromantic is a painful experience. A large amount of people are not okay with a relationship without sex, there are all kinds of views villainizing or fetishizing ace people. But ace people still feel romantic love and want relationships(this is a general statement ofc. There are a lot of individual differences, but unless they’re aro as well, ace people are fully capable of feeling romantic attraction). And I mean—Hyrein, who deeply wants things but struggles to obtain them for various reasons? A peaceful life yet his responsibility and struggles as one of the four main lords? A romantic partner but not being able to happily fulfill such a “crucial” aspect of it? How he could never fully be happy in his position because his wants/desires lie elsewhere than what’s expected of him? Ace Hyrein is perfect. Just keep stacking or some thing lmao
(I do not mean to say being asexual is a tragedy or smth, it’s definitely not and I don’t mean this hc like that. It’s more a consideration of his character and my own love for aspec hcs)
I think of him as sex neutral leaning on sex negative. Ranba is 0/0 for romantic and sexual attraction in my mind as well🥹
Thank you for coming to my ted talk. Let the propaganda in😁
ALSO YES, feel free to draw about my au. I'd love to have more people discussing about my avian au. bcs srs wt fandom need more au!!!!!!!
if you want to know more i can send you my current au building process too!!!!!!! if im not busy with university entrance exam right i would have done with writing first chapter rn 🥹✌️
AAYYY then ill be sure to draw more wt avian designs inspired by you at some point 🥹🥹 although, if you wanna detail what each member of tamakoma looks like in your au, id be happy to draw them like that accordingly!!!
AND FR THOUGH why is the wt fandom genuinely in an au drought right now. ive only seen like two and yours is one of them.. 😭 hashtag WE NEED TO BRING BACK AUS RIGHT NOWW!!!
if you wanna send me your au building process then go ahead id love to read it!!!!!!! but also if you wanna keep it more of a surprise and reveal what youve got in store later on then id be fine with that too 🥹 its up to you man im so here for it either way
good luck with your university entrance exam btw!! youve got this bro youre gonna absolutely demolish that test like its nothing and get in 💯💯💯
my avian!tmkm au - kuga yuma's background [ masterlist ]
(open to other ideas/discussion!!!!)
warning: gory description of yuma's injuries
two pairs of wings' inspiration from this art by @sodiumpropionate
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before getting killed
born with white sparrow wings (passerines/perching birds lineage)
-> symbolism: resilience, adaptability, joy, community, freedom, protection, and hope.
mom died when yuma’s 3 years old, start travelling with his dad after.
still a fledgling, wings under development, have not reached the appropriate wingspan for flying
quite reliance on his dad, would not admit that he does
yugo promised yuma that he’ll teach yuma how to fly once he's done helping raymond.
if he did not died, he would reach the appropriate wingspan for flying when he's 12.
yuma's injuries
[the missing eye and the hole on left side of his body didn’t happened in this au]
biggest injuries: his wings are clipped in various places, bended to unfathomable angles and then ripped out of his body by his killer, in turn, nearly severed his trion gland from his body. (his gland is almost detached)
-> he was discovered/targeted because of his white wings, a stark contrast to the battlefield at that time.
-> to people with wings feature, their wings' nerves are connected with their trion gland so getting their wings ripped equals dying (this is why the killer ignore the state of yuma’s gland after they ripped his wings)
right hand and left leg are detached, but not blasted like canon.
[yugo has to pick up his son’s detached limbs scattered on the battlefield while running to find him]
other massive stab-and-cut wounds on his body, seem to be caused by talons (minor compare to the wings)
how yugo's black trigger works in this au
it's attacking attributes is currently the same (might change in the future if i have any new idea)
yugo's black trigger is not only sealing yuma in a trion body but also subtly reconnecting yuma's trion gland back to his body by mergeing both yuma and yugo's trion glands together.
the merging process of trion cause the inheritance of yugo's side effect
-> has a higher trion (9) compare to canon (7) bcs of the two trion glands
all the nutritions are poured on his trion gland (and later, his wings) so they can be healed (?), causing for yuma always feels hungry, needing to eat 3 times more than canon.
yuma did not aware of the merging of both glands, only his body is sealed in trion body and has two trion signatures thanks to replica (this is also what’s sparking hope in yuma to to revive his dad using the second gland that currently keeping him alive).
will he find out? who know? [maybe, once all of his wings are fully fledged]
after yugo died
forgot almost all of avian's practices (due to ptsd and grief) and struggling with flock loneliness, did not have a proper nest after his dad died.
his new wings appear around 6 months after yugo's death. the first pair of wings also start sherding white feather and replacing it with black sparrow one.
-> his new wings are black corvid, just like his dad. more specifically, yuma now has raven wings.
-> black raven’s symbolism: transformation, adaptability, mischief, fearlessness
→ black sparrow’s symbolism: transformation, rebirth, resilience in adversity, protection from negativity
have to relearn how to glide by himself 2 times, first is after yugo death with his original pair of wings, second is when the new pairs of wing appear because its distrupting yuma's balance when fighting.
ignoring his new pair of wings at first then find out those wings is not a part of his current trion body by getting injuried. start fiercely protecting his new wings and feathers after that.
-> those new wings are only protected by his trion body when in black trigger's combat mode aka the black jumpsuit. (or when he's in a trion body created by another trigger)
learn how to hide the new wings under his sparrow one, since having two pairs of wings is unusual and attract trouble. but continue to supressing his instinct during the war and his journey to meeden
I’ve decided to just post all my edits here as well from now on🙂↕️
The rare Osamu edit… I’ve had this song in my favorites for this edit since the very beginning on my editing career, which what like 7-8 months ago? Go me ig
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