hi this is mono and welcome to my anime corner. i talk about anime that i watch and post art that i will occasionally do.
this will be the first talking-centric blog i make so it will mostly be just me ranting and raving about different things that make me happy. usually will be just one show for some time and then randomly switch to another.
CURRENT: caught up to witch hat atelier. what the fuck. every single mangaka out here trying to jump my ass i cant LIVE LIKE THIS
Shows I have watched (and will probably lose my shit about):
Soul Eater (Both show and Manga)
Blue Exorcist (Manga)
BNHA/MHA (Manga Included)
Hunter x Hunter (Manga included)
Windbreaker (Manga Included)
Tokyo Ghoul (Anime only)
Delicious in Dungeon (Manga Included)
Demon Slayer (Manga Included)
Gachiakuta (Manga Included)
Witch Hat Atelier (Manga Included)
Fairy Tail
FMA
Mob Psycho 100
Deadman Wonderland
FLCL
Magi
Dragon Ball (+ Extended series)
Code Geass
Death Note
Seraph of the End
Angel Beats
Assassination Classroom
Parasyte
Frieren
Scissor Seven (caught up)
Jujutsu Kaisen (up to s2)
Shows I want to watch/have not finished. I stopped watching for 5 years leave me alone-
One Piece (i know im sad about it)
Attack on Titan
Kaiju 8
Violet Evergarden
Promised Neverland
Chainsaw Man
Kill la Kill
Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
OPM
Gintama
Saiki K
Death Parade
Spy x Family
Sakamoto Days
Dandadan
To Your Eternity
Summer Hikaru Died
Takopi's Original Sin
Trigun
Land of the Lustrous
Kagurabachi
note: i probably won't take recommendations? of any kind because yeah i love anime and manga but as you can see my list of to-watch is very long TwT
i will also probably minimally tag my posts because. im shy =3=
i take art requests but only on weekends
you have found the WIP corner, where i will write my wips in code because i dont want to get anyone's hopes up by promising things that will never happen.
Current WIPS:
wb!hxh au
taco fries: spicy chili
3
cog kib
pitch
the force
the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop
cuz i just remembered i had the craziest brain blast yesterday
MAJOR MANGA SPOILER READ AT YOUR OWN RISK
imma just say it
tamsy's next move is to either team up with zodyl or help zodyl create the next encounter with the cleaners.
or possibly even recruit zodyl to the cleaners cuz that works too
so right now the cleaners have 5/6 watchman pieces in their possession. the only piece theyre missing is the coat.
we dont know if there is a power heirarchy with the items but the coat definitely seems obscenely powerful on a physical scale.
but maybe through goading on tamsys part or by that previous assessment or simply by throwing the raiders at the watchman series (eg. throw jabber at rudo again), zodyl has a very real shot at getting all the watchman pieces. not even counting if tamsy puts up the watchman book as collateral.
it makes sense logistically and characteristically for zodyl. i dont know if it really ties into this "new idea" that tamsy had from rudo's first job.
this works especially if bundus was there to witness all of that. at this moment no one knows enjin has the watch. only gountess and rudo had noticed something strange had happened but they dont and probably wont know it was enjin.
however. introduce mystery third party (bundus) on top of the idea that momoa still has a months worth of information from kuro. and suddenly zodyl knows the location of all 6 pieces of the watchman series.
wild thought.
jabber v zanka round 3 i beg.
also the rest of the members of the raider's main strike team please and thank you.
but this scene. i was talking with a friend and they had asked if the sounds were coming out of the choker
and i had a thought
what if they were
like gountess connected to rudo and everything he said or thought was coming through to rudo over the special choker.
so
what if the beeping was also coming through. creating this distorted feedback loop.
most likely not because rudo was then holding the necklace and gountess' power doesn't work without it.
but still a sickening thought
lily's speech is hard to understand but i think i finally get it
she was willingly keeping herself in the dark and playing dumb so gountess would never be required to tell mymo about her.
the way mymo's control over gountess was to tell him everything he hears over the chokers.
by lily never saying what she knew and also vocally behaving ignorant to everything going on, it's likely she flew under the radar for this long.
she remained silent and purposely ignorant to avoid mymo's suspicion of her.
she is able to then save gountess at the very last second simply because she knew where he was and that he was in danger.
if you reduce the act to "she teleported him away" and "she made the heart in his body keep working" that's not harming anyone or "interfering" with anyone.
it's manipulating objects and a body, which we know she can freely do. she can teleport people wherever she wants because that doesn't directly harm or change them. she can change the state of objects or summon entirely new ones, something that doesn't harm anyone.
the speech has nothing to do with the "chain" she mentions because i believe her condition has always been "if anyone is *ever* harmed, she will die"
just because she doesn't know someone will be harmed doesn't mean the condition doesn't apply, therefore i don't think that's what she meant by ignorance.
in summary: she couldn't save gountess before because that would reveal she knew something and would therefore have been mymo's next target. she chose to save him at the last possible second right as the bomb detonates because she can only control bodies and objects. if she had teleported gountess any sooner, the bomb would have travelled with him.
sorry, just one more thing. had to read the original jp so the knife could lodge into my chest better but this line
the JP reads:
「心が繋がったと思える人が出来たんだと思う」
"He found someone with whom he could think he was connected to, heart to heart."
once again, not a mistranslation + still feels faithful to the original, definitely no worries about censorship or anything. translation is just a painfully imperfect thing.
anyway, the tiny difference in nuance i wanted to point out is that while the English TL ends up reading with an emphasis on the "he thought" part like he thought he'd found someone, the JP reads with a far bigger focus on the fact that Sakura was able to feel that way with Suo. That Suo was someone who managed to bring out that feeling in him.
and i'm just a little dazed and lost and sad about it is all.
my 6 month contingency. how long has it been since the last one?
Table of Contents:
wardrobe volume
controller or keyboard or other
which glue works the best
responsible homeowner or nah?
taxes?
number of hairstyles, lifetime
favorite firearm
nailpolish
huhu
WARDROBE VOLUME
Chrollo: Low. The coat, earrings and headband are always on his person anyway. Probably also has a suit stashed somewhere for emergency suave-ness.
Nobunaga: Low. The kimono will do.
Feitan: Impossibly Low. The clothes on his back and that's it
Machi: Medium. Has an assortment of gi and slight variations on the obi but generally all of that can fit in a travel sized bag. Otherwise steals to blend in.
Phinks: High. Collects expensive clothing items
Shalnark: Medium. Has a personal collection, probably stashed in Meteor City but has recently taken to the tunic.
Franklin: Low. Comfort over appearance. His Haori and earrings are the two constants.
Shizuku: Low. Wears donated clothes which can be too small or too big depending on where she got them.
Pakunoda: High. Has a good collection of types of outfits. About one and a half wardrobe's worth.
Bonolenov: High. No idea where he's stashing all of it but tell me why he changed outfits THREE TIMES in Yorknew.
Uvogin: Low. Shirt? No Shirt? Don't matter to him
Kortopi: Low. One tunic can last 3 months if he takes good care of it.
CONTROLLER OR KEYBOARD OR OTHER
Chrollo: Keyboard + Gamer Mouse - Likes his buttons
Nobunaga: Controller
Feitan: Controller
Machi: Controller
Phinks: Controller
Shalnark: Keyboard
Franklin: Controller - Specifically an Atari game Joystick
Shizuku: Controller/Tablet (for rhythm games)
Pakunoda: Keyboard
Bonolenov: Controller - Specifically Playstation. Joysticks get stuck in his thumbs.
Uvogin: Controller - Any with joysticks
Kortopi: Any
WHAT GLUE WORKS THE BEST?
Chrollo: Depends on the situation. Can't go wrong with some white glue
Nobunaga: Paste. Usually very strong and comes in tubs. No need to worry about running out
Feitan: Hot glue. Only bcs there's a gun involved
Machi: Hot glue. Good for crafts
Phinks: Super glue. If it ain't stuck forever then whats the point
Shalnark: Solder. That doesn't count. Epoxy. Slightly better. Still not a glue. I give up.
Franklin: Tacky glue. It just works
Shizuku: Paste. Handy and versatile for any kind of job, no matter how big.
Pakunoda: Glue stick. good for makeup and simple adhesive
Bonolenov: Blue gel glue. Pretty and useful.
Uvogin: Tape. Specifically duct tape.
Kortopi: Fabric Glue or Spray on Adhesive. Both are good for many types of crafts and dry slowly so you can fix your mistakes before it sets.
HOME OWNERSHIP
Chrollo: nope
Nobunaga: Has a nice villa out in the forest of Jappon as a part of a larger dojo. Keeps a clean ship. Has a maid.
Feitan: nope
Machi: nope. Crashes with Nobu if she needs a place to stay
Phinks: Has a few small apartments dotted across the west continent. All three are somehow all equally disastrous man caves.
Shalnark: nope. Squats.
Franklin: Has hermit hovels in Meteor City and a few other abandoned buildings.
Shizuku: Sheltered by the church in Meteor City. Doesn't pay rent.
Pakunoda: Has a nice house in a major city. Owns three cats and has a spacious back yard with a flower garden. Also has a membership with the local firing range.
Bonolenov: nope
Uvogin: nope
Kortopi: nope. Sleeps on the side of the road. Is allowed to or sometimes asked to stay over at Paku's place to watch her cats.
TAXES
Chrollo: hell no
Nobunaga: absolutely not
Feitan: what
Machi: only sometimes
Phinks: sales tax and rent
Shalnark: hell no. Number 1 undesirable by the IRS until he became a Hunter. now he's tax exempt.
Franklin: no
Shizuku: nope
Pakunoda: property tax.
Bonolenov: what are taxes
Uvogin: the IRS can fucking try
Kortopi: no. and he got away with it too.
NUMBER OF HAIRSTYLES: LIFETIME
Chrollo: 3
Nobunaga: 2
Feitan: 4
Machi: 2
Phinks: 10
Shalnark: 5
Franklin: 1
Shizuku: 2
Pakunoda: 6
Bonolenov: 0
Uvogin: 3
Kortopi: 1
FAVORITE FIREARM
Chrollo: Sniper
Nobunaga: Silenced Handgun (would rather use sword)
Feitan: Rifle
Machi: Pistol
Phinks: Sawed Off Shotgun
Shalnark: Automatic Rifle
Franklin: Heavy Machine Gun
Shizuku: Musket (she would rather beat people with it than shoot it)
Pakunoda: 6 Round Revolver
Bonolenov: n/a (he would break his frail little bones)
Uvogin: Buckshot Shotgun
Kortopi: Submachine Gun
NAILPOLISH
Chrollo: black, clear or whatever color his fuckass earrings are. usually only gets one color in gloss or matte
Nobunaga: i mean sure but he'll chip or scratch it so easily
Feitan: black only. maybe with little skulls. but again, will chip that shit like no one's business
Machi: clear coat usually. not the biggest fan
Phinks: no
Shalnark: anything and everything. catch him texting with glittery pink nails any day.
Franklin: meh. i mean his fingernails aren't . . . . flesh so like. um.
Shizuku: would love a nail day. would forget what colors she wanted halfway through
Pakunoda: anything warm or close to skin tone. usually solid color or no color
Bonolenov: no nails.
Uvogin: it'll be on one second and gone the next. why bother
Kortopi: he has to do it himself but usually a color that compliments or matches his eyes. Likes those nail stickers. he would love press on nails too.
I think it's so tragic (and lowkey scary) how Chrollo's history is in a way repeating (or at least echoing) itself in the latest chapters
Chrollo has once again lost someone dear to him in a brutal, senseless murder. Said loved one(s) were, just like Sarasa, put up on display and made a mockery of by their murderer.
As a result Chrollo is once again willing to cast aside everything in order to pursue revenge (and also to protect his friends from a very real threat, tbf!)
Chrollo gave up his hopes, dreams, morals and personhood in his hunt for Sarasa's murderers. He became a monster because of it, became the antithesis of who he used to be. Now he's potentially discarding what he's got left (that is, his life) in pursuit of Shal and Kortopi's killer.
He is (as far as we've been shown) the PT member most drastically (read destructively) affected by the death of Kortopi and Shalnark, just like Sarasa's death altered him more than his friends. In both cases it's due to a sense of responsibility for their deaths, and to feeling the need to shoulder most of the burden himself, emotional or otherwise.
But it's also because Chrollo – in spite of how much he's altered and suppressed/repressed and discarded since childhood – is still intensely sensitive, emotional and caring. At least where his friends are concerned. That has never changed.
He still feels just as deeply as he did when Sarasa was murdered.
But his tragedy (one of many tbh) is that he holds his immense grief (and most human emotions) firmly within himself. Doesn't open up to anyone.
He carries the contents of the horrific notes with him still, unshared. He carries his pain over his dead friends/family silently (though his friends are all well aware of it in spite of his attempts to be the aloof leader and symbol). He carries a plan for getting rid of Hisoka, also seemingly unshared. One that might potentially mean his own death.
This tendency to shoulder everything himself is the legacy of grooming and early responsibility (responsibility of the kind much too heavy for a child).
I don't know, Black Whale!Chrollo just reminds me of Flashback!Chrollo in a manner that hurts me deeply dhdjfj. I worry about my murderous man. And so do his friends/family. They know he's heading down another extremely dangerous path right now, and that he's determined to do so alone. Once again intending to take the biggest blow
Death flags are seemingly waving all around Chrollo right now.
But I'm wondering if said death (if it does come to pass) will come in the form of Chrollo's physical demise, or the Spider's. The latter would, for Chrollo, be just as much of a death as the former (and imo narratively so much more interesting... also preferable because I just don’t want Chrollo to vanish from the story completely and forever. I'd rather he be on page and suffering than not on page (dead) and not suffering b/c I'm a greedy hoe)
