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I was flailing around trying to write something because why on earth do I have so many ideas but can't write anything properly? 😭
Then I suddenly remembered the most random trend that used to go around among couples. Y'all know that trend where they buy a pack of candies and blindfold one person while the other feeds them through their mouth? Like, they have to guess the flavor 😜 eheheh.
ft. Subaru, Sho, Elias, Jiro
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐮
Subaru’s love language is practically wrapped in pastel cellophane and tied with a bow. Whenever he spots a new tea-time pastry or a limited-edition candy, his immediate thought is to buy enough to share with you.
When you suggest turning his latest sugar haul into a game, he tilts his head, blinking innocently. "A game?"
"Close your eyes," you murmur, reaching up. Your fingers brush the nape of his neck as you deftly unfasten his neatly pressed necktie. Subaru practically turns into vapor on the spot, his cheeks flushing a bright, furious crimson.
"Y-You need my tie for this?" he squeaks, but he doesn't pull away. Secretly, he’s a total sucker for whatever playful nonsense you cook up.
You tie the silk over his eyes, ensuring he is completely blindfolded. He sits perfectly straight, hands resting strictly on his knees, deliberately keeping his distance so he doesn't accidentally cheat.
You pop a candy into your own mouth, letting it melt slightly, before leaning over his lap. "Don't move," you whisper against his lips.
Subaru lets out a shaky breath, and you close the distance. At first, it is just a featherlight, teasing press of lips. But as you deepen the kiss, his lips part with a soft sigh. Your tongue slips past his teeth, transferring the rich, sugary flavor directly to him. Subaru melts into the kiss, his head tilting naturally to catch your lips better, completely forgetting the game for a hot second as he tastes you.
When you finally pull back, a thin silver thread of saliva breaks between you. Subaru’s breath is ragged.
"Oh... is it caramel?" he asks, his voice suddenly much deeper than usual.
"Bingo!" You giggle, but seeing his pretty, flushed face and parted lips makes it impossible to resist. You lean back in, kissing him again, slower this time.
You slip him another flavor. He barely even hesitates before kissing you back, thoroughly mapping the inside of your mouth with his tongue.
"That one is... mango," he murmurs against your lips.
"Ding ding! Right again." You tilt your head, completely amazed. "You're entirely too good at this, Subaru. How am I supposed to win my way into your heart if you're a pro at everything?"
Subaru’s blindfolded face burns even redder, a helpless, breathless smile taking over his lips. "You... you don't need a game to do that."
𝐒𝐡𝐨
"A blindfold?" Sho arches an eyebrow, looking entirely amused as you enthusiastically wave a vibrant packet of candy in front of his face.
"Yes! It's a massive trend," you insist, aggressively tugging on his sleeve. "Come on, please? You're a literal chef. Your palate is supposed to be legendary. Prove it!"
You hit him with the ultimate puppy dog eyes. Sho lets out a low, breathless chuckle. "You've been spending way too much time hanging out with Leo," he sighs, though there isn't a drop of real annoyance in his voice.
He unties his signature bandana and wraps it securely over his eyes. Seeing Sho blindfolded sends a weird, sudden spike of recognition through you. Ugh, he really is Hyde’s brother, isn't he? The resemblance is almost criminal.
To break your train of thought, you decide to play dirty. You've picked out a specialized candy pack that features chaotic, multi-layered flavors, literally three to five fruit profiles packed into one single piece.
You pop one in, lean in close, and capture his lips. It starts light, but you linger a bit, pressing your mouth firmly against his, letting the sugary syrup coat his lips.
When you pull away, you expect him to be completely baffled. Instead, Sho slowly licks his bottom lip, his tongue flicking out to savor the lingering taste of the candy... and you. He takes his sweet, agonizing time, making you wait.
"Sho. Clock's ticking, you can't buy time," you tease, folding your arms cockily.
"Orange," Sho says smoothly, his voice a low purr. "Pineapple. And... mango."
Your jaw drops. You check the back of the packet. He’s completely right.
"No way! You're cheating. That was a total fluke!"
Sho just offers you a smug, lopsided grin. The sheer confidence radiating off him feels like a direct challenge.
"Oh, it's on. I am not letting you win this," you huff.
You pop another multi-flavor candy in your mouth and dive back in, determined to overwhelm him. But every single time you kiss him, Sho just takes it in stride, deepening the kiss, swirling his tongue around yours to capture every note and guessing perfectly.
"Ugh, I give up!" You throw your hands up, moving away to the other side of the couch. "This is exhausting. It's like playing a video game against a literal hacker."
Sho calmly pulls the bandana down around his neck. "Giving up so soon? That's a shame." He glances at the half-empty bag.
"Whatever, you can just have the rest," you grumble, shoving the bag at him.
Instead of taking the candy, Sho catches your wrist. With one effortless tug, he pulls you flush against his chest.
"It's no fun eating them alone though," he whispers, his breath hot against your skin. "Didn't you tell me sharing is caring?"
Before you can even complain, his mouth is back on yours, stealing your breath in a deep, intensely sweet kiss that makes you forget all about the scoreboard.
𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐬
"Forget it. I'm not doing this. Why did I even think this would work?"
You groan, staring at the candy haul you just unboxed. Elias is so notoriously addicted to sugar that you figured a candy taste test would be a cakewalk for him, meaning you'd lose instantly.
Elias gives you a soft, completely innocent smile, his eyes practically twinkling. "Well, most of the sweets I eat are imported from the US anyway. If you buy a different foreign brand, I might actually struggle."
He sounds so sweet and convincing that you immediately fall for it. You order a batch of obscure, highly specific international candies online, determined to stump him.
Fast forward to the game: Elias is blindfolded. You pop a candy in your mouth, lean over, and press your lips to his. You expect him to guess instantly, but instead, Elias gently parts his lips, letting his tongue swirl fully around yours. He tastes you so thoroughly, so deeply, that your knees almost go weak.
When you finally break apart for air, he hums thoughtfully.
"I haven't quite caught the flavor yet."
"Are you serious? That's the fifth time you've said that!" you exclaim. And it's only the first piece of candy.
Determined, you take another bite of the same flavor and dive back in. This time, you don't hold back. You kiss him with everything you've got, your tongues tangling in a messy, sugary sweet rhythm.
"There! Can you taste it now?!" you pant, pulling back.
Elias slowly licks the corner of his mouth, a tiny, sinful smirk playing on his lips. "I'm still not entirely sure... maybe some type of berry?"
"Elias! Are you messing with me?!" Frustrated and completely flustered, your hands fly forward, fisting tightly into the collar of his pristine shirt. You yank him closer, completely wrinkling and disheveling his perfect clothes.
"I thought you wanted to play a game with me?" he asks, his voice dripping with soft innocence, which only makes him ten times more infuriating. "I am simply taking the game very seriously."
FYI: He has literally tried every single one of these candies before. He knows exactly what they are. He just really, really likes the way you taste when you're trying to force him to guess.
𝐉𝐢𝐫𝐨
"Please, Jiro? It'll be so much fun, and I get to feed you all sorts of yummy treats!"
Jiro doesn't find a single thing weird about your pitch. Honestly, the man is more than happy to let you feed him anything. But when you explain that the candy has to be passed from your lips to his while he's blindfolded, a faint blush dusts his cheeks. He wonders briefly why you can't just use your hands, but he doesn't voice it. If you want to use your lips, he is absolutely not going to complain.
You tie the blindfold over his eyes. Jiro sits quietly, completely compliant.
You pop a round hard candy into your mouth, leaning in until your lips brush against his. Jiro opens up immediately, his lips soft and welcoming. The kiss is gentle, a sugary sweet exchange that makes his heart do a backflip. To Jiro, the candy instantly tastes a hundred times better just because it came from you.
When you break the kiss, Jiro blinks beneath the blindfold. "It smells like... cherry?"
"Hmmm, wrong!" you chirp happily.
You're actually a little shocked. Jiro doesn't eat sweets very often, so you figured his palate might be a little thrown off, but the flavor was distinctly strawberry.
"Can I guess again?" Jiro asks again.
"Okay, just one more chance," you relent, leaning back in.
This time, you don't just pass the flavor, you give him a proper kiss. You tilt your head, your lips sliding against his as you deepen the embrace. Jiro's tongue licks lightly against your bottom lip, tasting the sugary syrup thoroughly, drinking you in.
When you finally let him go, Jiro clears his throat. "It's strawberry... but I definitely still taste that cherry scent."
You tilt your head, confused. But then you look closely at his lips. Right at the corner of his mouth is a distinct, smudged streak of reddish pink.
You gasp, your cherry scented lipstick is completely smudged.
Jiro hadn't been tasting the candy at all, he'd been tasting you.
CONTENT WARNING: Angst/fluff, No happy ending, spoilers on Masquerade Episode.
A/n: Happy pride month! This a short fic I wrote for them, honestly I am not very proud of it cause it's all over the place. But yeah, It's fine I think. My idea for this was their love was rushed cause If i remember the mission in the past, it was just like a week? This is just rushed my bad </3 so Princess Nina never got to fight for their love. And YOU never got to witness that.
So maybe in another timeline, you weren't a cursed girl and she wasn't a princess that carried the crown.
Nina always wondered what love meant when she started liking Jin Kamurai. He was mesmerizing, stoic but so gentlemanly, what's not to like about him?
She thought you were a problem when you came as a maid for her prince charming. At first, Nina really tried to be civil, but… for some reason.
She couldn't with you.
While Jin was busy talking with her older brothers , you ended up mingling with her . She thought "great, the maid's talking with me" it was rude, but it made her jealous how Jin's eyes seemed to sparkle ever so slightly when you talk with him.
But why…
Why does she feel the same? realizing that she wanted to be friends with you was just after a few minutes of talking. The way you compose yourself, make her laugh. It's so addicting to finally have a friend that she felt like she can joke with.
Was it normal for a friend to make her heart flutter?
The next few days, the banquet continued, it made Nina happy since she get to see you! Rushing to your side, she jumps into your arms, making you jolt and catch her.
"Honor roll!" she squeals, as you wrap your arms around her waist, "Princess" you greet, laughing at how enthusiastic she was at seeing you. "Good morning to you too" you added, placing her down but her hands never left your shoulders, wrapping it around and clinging to you.
"Nina…" one of her elder brothers sigh, making you glance at them with a "it's okay" look. Jin paid no heed, at least the Princess is off his back and you can take care of her.
"Are you busy?" she asked, deciding to let you go but she holds both of your hands. Your gaze landed on one of the icings on her cheeks. She must've eaten a vanilla pudding? or something
Your hand raising up to her cheek and using your thumb to wipe it off cause her to blush hard. "I-" she stutters, touching the part you touched so obliviously.
Oh, how you flirt with the princess is crazy; even Jin can't make her heart thump like this.
"answer my question!" she whines while you lick your thumb. "Am i busy?" you repeated, making her nod. "I…" you glance at Jin's retreating figure, hoping to ask if you're needed further for this mission.
Sensing your question, Tohma smiled at Nina. "I believe that our Honor roll doesn't have any pressing matters that needs to be addressed, so you're free to have her" Both Tohma and Nina beamed at each other, making you droop.
"I'm not a pet you know.." you mutter but Nina either ignored that or didn't hear, her hand gripping on your wrist and dragging you out to the balcony of the massive venue. She felt the air swaying her hair, making her sigh. "The sky looks pretty today, don't you think?" she asked, looking back at you.
You walked closer by her side. It was indeed windy, luckily for you. None of your trinkets seemed to fly away with it. Honestly, you weren't really given much to work on when you arrived here. Jin and Tohma doing most of the investigation while you're left to accompany Princess Nina.
Princess Nina at first was pretty distant with you. Your theory was that she thinks you're stealing Jin from her, but you weren't. She has a pretty good taste…. okay maybe you're a bit too kind to her to say that. Questionable at most is her taste.
Lately though, she's been hanging out with you more than she does with Jin. If anything, it looked like she's avoiding Jin all together. At one point even to the point she excuses herself when he talks to her just to go to you.
It was sweet, but you hoped Jin wasn't feeling left out or anything. "You know" your thoughts were halted when you heard her gentle voice, making you turn your attention to her. "When my father died. I was worried about not being able to feel what love was" she muttered, reaching to the sky as if she wants to gently hold every flicker it does.
"They had a good relationship, my parents" she added, her eyes twinkling alongside. "My father told me that no matter what happens, I should always pick the person that I don't feel like my energy is being zapped away" she lets her hand dangle, resting her cheek on her arm as she looks at you. "Someone who I see myself marrying"
You freeze, staring at the way she's looking at you. It felt like… how she was staring at Jin. "Your highness" you frown. She's not supposed to…
You rather not think of the possibility. "I hope you find a good man, Your highness" deflecting her, you bowed to her. Making her stand up straight. "What if I don't want a man?" she asked, going closer to you but you backed away, not wanting to look into her eyes.
"Honor roll" she frowns, reaching on your hand but you clenched your fist, nails digging into your skin. "You're royalty" you whispered, voice so low that you thought she wouldn't hear.
But knowing Nina for a few days. She learnt your pattern. The way you hesitate. "What does me being royalty do?" she grabs your wrist, making you look at her, but you still didn't want to look. "Am I disgusting?" her voice cracked, making you snap your gaze to her. "No- your highness of course not!" you grab her wrists back. "You're beautiful! brave and lovely!"
"I never felt so happy being with you" Nina's tears starting rolling down her cheeks when you admitted that. "Then why do you avoid me?" she asked. "We can run away, the crown wouldn't be in my hands, my brothers are the ones that inherit it!"
"You don't understand" you shudder, seeing the desperation in her eyes as she grips on your shoulders, pushing you on the wall. "Then make ME understand!" she yells,trying to get through the hazy fog that makes your heart not open up to her.
"Please" Your throat felt like it's constricting itself, a small rock blocking your windpipe while watching her beg. You wanted to add so many reasons as to why you couldn't love her. But you can't say it. Lest, she'd get more hurt by it.
"I'm sorry" was the only thing you can muster to say, head drooping as you can physically see Nina's heart breaking.
You felt her pull away, wiping her own tears that you used to wipe. "I won't give up" she added, making your eyes widen. "What?" you asked, confused, finally making eye contact. You expected hurt and the expression of giving up on her. But all you saw was that cute stubbornness that you ended up finding endearing about her.
"I'll make you fall for me" she points at you, as if declaring you hers. Making you crack a smile, "Princess - please" you tried to protest, but it's so weakly that she just huffs and leaned closer, giving you a kiss on the cheek. Leaving a mark on you.
"I'm serious Honor roll!" she huffs as her elder brothers call out to her, saying that it was time to rest. You tried to wipe your cheek with a hankerchief, flinching when you realized that it was a permanent type.
"That sly princess…" you mumble, getting called by Jin, needing to go back to Darkwick after the ball.
Kaito was the first to notice the kiss mark, making a remark about being jealous on who got to give you a kiss first, not caring if it was a man or a woman. While Jin scowled. "Did the princess give you that?" he asked, trying his best to rub your cheek so hard that it turned red. "Ow ow!" you pout, pushing his hand away. "Yes, now will you stop trying to rip my skin off?" you asked, sighing while he hmphs and goes to the passenger seat.
This made you raise your eyebrow, confused why he's suddenly acting like a petulant child. Trying to look at Tohma for any answers, he just kept his gaze away from you and straight to the car.
Oh well, hopefully it's a one time thing and he wouldn't try and be so aggressive with you.
Unfortunately, you came back to the massive ball with a big red lipstick mark on your cheek, sighing as some maids and butlers give you curious looks. It's not your fault that whatever this lipstick is. It's insanely strong. You even tried detergent on it or dishsoap and it won't come out.
Time flies honestly. You ended up spending time with Princess Nina instead of doing most of the mission. You felt guilty so you wanted to try and focus on it especially when it's the last day.
You grabbed the hankerchief that she gave you from the very first time you talked with each other. You kept it cause of how fancy the fabric was. You doubt this was just a measly 5 dollars or something. This has to be more than your budget for food.
When Nina finally managed to see you again, she rushed towards you, only to be held by Jin. His hand wrapping around her as he kisses it as courtesy. "Jin?!" she squeaked, making you look towards them in shocked. Heck even the other ghouls froze. "Princess, did you left a mark on my maid?" he asked, staring at her blankly. But it didn't seem to make Nina falter.
"What makes you think of that, Dear Jin?" she asked, pulling her hand away and giving a courteous bow to him. "I merely gave a token of gratitude to her, she's one of the best companions I've ever had" she opens her fan, looking up and meeting his eyes.
If you were dense you wouldn't notice the sparks flying when they had a stare down.
"Nina" one of the eldest brothers called, making her look away when the man placed his hand on her shoulder, leaning down to tell her something important that no one should probably no.
You saw how her expression turned from normal to serious. Making her press her hand on her chin. "Okay.." she answered. "It seems like me and my brothers have pressing matters to attend to" her gaze landing directly on you once again. Making you freeze. "I'll see you, all later"
You nod along side with your other ghouls, Watching as she leaves.
You didn't realize that was the last time you'll be able to see her normal… When every light darkened, Tohma ended up guiding you to where the anomalies are. The dullahan. A dangerous headless knight. And the fact that you were defenseless, not being able to be the "knight" for the princess when she gripped on Dullahan's head, screaming for it to take her life.
You thought that she would fight?
Was that all a lie?
When the anomaly was subdued. Nina fell down on the floor, rushing towards her side to comfort her. "Princess-" you frowned. Everything happened to fast just in a blink of an eye.
Nina didn't even managed to talk between her sobs. The cleaners helping her stand and walk away. You stood there, your uniform drenched with blood. You wanted to catch up to her, but Tohma stopped you. Talking about letting the cleaners handle it.
Overcome by the sudden urge to write this out bc we all deserve a little yuri as a treat (and I don't mean the twink doctor this time)
"Luna-chan~!"
Hearing a high pitched voice call her name as she walked through the courtyard she paused. That was a familiar voice but it was definitely feminine... most girls didn't interact with her so who-
As she wracked her brain for the answer she felt someone tackle her from behind, two thin arms in a Darkwick blazer wrapped around her middle. The dainty manicured pale hands folded gently in front of her. There was a fragrant perfume that followed this person and hit her nose as soon as they touched her.
Yelping at the sudden contact she tried to look back, "H-hello?!"
A head of wavy platinum blonde hair appeared to the side of her vision, "Luna-chan I found you!" Bright blue eyes stared up into hers, a perfect white smile matching the look of adoration. "It took me forever to track you down!"
The accent, the face, the hair, it all made sense now. "P-princess Nina?!"
"Aw don't call me that! Just Nina is fine! You're my senpai now! I'll be in your care Luna-chan!" Her sing song voice complimented the polished look she had put together.
"Wait, your senpai? You're going to school here now?!" Her eyes widened as she spun around in Nina's arms and looked down at the brooch, "Frostheim. Does Jin know you're here already?"
She pouted, "He does. It's not important though, he's no fun. Not like you! We can totally be best friends now! And then you won't have to be stuck with nothing but silly, hotheaded guys all the time! We have to stick together!" She took Luna's hands in hers, "Especially since I'm in Frostheim. They already told me the girls there like to talk. But you're not like that, you're actually super nice. And that's why I want to be friends!"
"Your Japanese really is incredible... Uh we can definitely be friends." Staring at their hands she watched in confusion as Nina let go of one and stood by her side, the other hand interlacing with hers.
"Perfect! Let's go to your dorm! I can't wait to see it! They say your dorm is a bit rundown but I bet if I say something about it we can get them to fix it right away!"
As the two girls walked down the path the blonde glanced over her shoulder at a small group of ghouls. Her smile turned into a cocky grin as she tightened her grip on the inspector's hand.
Best friends... that's definitely what the little princess wanted. She would never say that and mean something else right?
If you think something is missing let me know either with a screenshot of the expression or where in the game you saw it--some characters have expressions hidden separately in animations, or the expressions may look different when the character's mouth moves than when they're static, which would cause me to miss them!
tsujo_00 (default)
ase_00 (sweat) | close_00 | sekimen_00 (blushing)
Singular parameter changes like these are placed together with other expressions to make more complex ones.
[1] Episode 16 Chapter 6 has Watashi and Boku, while Chapter 9 has Ore. I do not know why he uses three pronouns. Thumbs up. I've asked before and the answers I've gotten are 'Sometimes they change in different contexts' and 'Sometimes they're a system'. Generally, in my opinion, neither of these quite match either Elias nor Taiga, all things considered, but I would have to go deep dive the context.
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[2] Episode 1, Chapter 50 has Tohma use Omae with Jin, though he usually uses Anata with people. Episode 2, Chapter 20 also has Tohma using Ore for himself (and Omae for Alan).
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[3] Mostly uses Omae, but switches to Temee on occasion when aggressive. He switches fairly frequently, but a notable example is Episode 2, Chapter 17, where he uses Temee for Leo and Sho.
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[4] Towa uses Omae with Ed in Episode 10, Chapter 30, but whether or not he uses it for everyone is unknown to me at the moment. I also had 俺 written down, but since I couldn't find the place he used it, I haven't included it yet, and will edit it when I find it.
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[5] Episode 4, Chapter 4 has Taiga using Oira. All other pronouns can be found most easily in his affinity chats! No I don't know why he uses so many. It's haunting me. I have my theories, but I do not feel they are supported by enough evidence to mention them, even in my footnotes.
Also, much like Towa, I had おいら written down, but since I couldn't find it, I removed it and will add it back if/when I find it being used.
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[6] Subaru mostly uses the first version of Kimi, but in an affinity chat with Zenji, he uses the katakana form!
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[7] Rui almost always uses someone's name rather than using Kimi. I scoured. So many things. Just to look for where he uses 'you', and found Kimi in a couple of campus chats. So... he uses it, just seemingly very sparingly, and as of what I could find at the moment, only with the Honour Student.
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[8] In the Prologue, Chapter 13 (and probably elsewhere), Kaito uses きみ. He otherwise uses omae! He also mostly uses おれ (also seen in Ch 13) over the kanji form, so I listed that and pulled the other until I can find it. Thank you to the anon who pointed these out!
Hi Danie! Would you be able to zoom in on the staff ID cards on Hyde and Benkei (apron)’s sprites? I’m really curious what’s on the cards. Thanks!
Hi anon! There's nothing legible on the cards besides their names/signatures, photos, and the darkwick insignia. Here they are cut directly from their sprite sheets. They're not very large images.
Hyde's looks completely monochrome lol sir you are too pale. His little brown stripe is also paler. I wonder if his ID is just older period? Could also be sun exposure since he probably goes off campus a lot more
Benkei's in the diamond shop and he's the only faculty member with a chibi in-game! Which I hope will change eventually. . .I mean they've used a Cornelius chibi on social media pictures. . . . He doesn't have any custom animations or anything since he's just supposed to man the diamond shop lol so i just exported all of his walking and idle standing animations lol
Since that's all the students and faculty I'll probably do the monsters after this? Or just go back and add in all of the animations for everyone I've posted instead of just doing a select few--I'm not sure what I'll do about the ones that're so short they're practically just flashing images. . .i'll figure it out tho. Eventually.
But i also wanna start another thing I've been meaning to do and I've been asked for lol I think I have enough energy in me to try and start it right now. . . .
dunno if it was asked before but which relationships in tkb youd like to know more about?
I feel like it's hard to answer this question without just saying 'all of them' lmaoooo I WANNA KNOW EVERYTHING I WANNA KNOW ABOUT EVERYONE.
When did Taiga and Romeo meet? I wanna see their pre-Clash relationship when they were so close!! What's with the fsction divide in Sinostra? Romeo says Taiga is the one able to put a stop to it but he doesn't want to--makes sense, Taiga likes to fight, but also he doesn't seem to care much aboht anything y'know?
Romeo and Leo are friends but Leo's only been at DW less than a year--when and how did they get so close??
Shion and Taiga?? What caused Shion to damage the casino? And how?? Does Taiga hate him because he sees himself in him? Does Shion also hate Taiga?? Is Taiga the "obstacle" Shion says is in Sinostra? What is Taiga in the way of???
Romeo and Hyde's relationship is like we know a lot but also there's so much more going on, the secret missions the trying to help taiga THE AUCTIONS WE NEVER GET TO SEE. . . .
Hyde and Sho??? Why does Sho hate him so much? But also respects him enough to think of him as 兄貴??? Is it just because he's so underhanded and secretive?? How much did Sho know about the Institute before coming to DW??? Hyde wasn't supposed to talk about his work but clearly Sho was informed before coming?
SHO AND LEO. We actually know a lot about their relationship. We actually probably know the most sbout their relationship aside from like. Maybe Yuri and Jiro. BUT I STILL WANNA KNOW I WANT FLASHBACKS.
JIRO AND ZENJI AND SABURO??? WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING THERE WHY DOES JIRO HATE ZENJI AND SABURO'S MEMORY SO MUCH??? Like we can infer that Saburo must have been suffering--Jiro saw the little ghost boy crying in pain and threw up--but what about Zenji? Why does he make him feel so much rage it makes him ill?? Did Zenji hurt Saburo? Did Zenji put Saburo out of his misery and Jiro thinks he could have been saved and resents him for it? Did they make their pacts at the same time?? WE DON'T KNIW ANYTHINF WE KEEP GETTING CLOSE TO IT BUT EVEN ZENJI SAYS HE HATES CONFRONTING THE TRUTH. . . .
JIN AND YURI. . .HARU AND SHION. . .JIN AND HIS FAMILY. . .RITSU AND HIS FAMILY. . .TOHMA AND THE INSTITUTE . . .HAKU AND YAMATO. . .DANTE AND HYDE. . .HYDE AND HODGE AND PODGE AND MOBY. . .LUCA AND HIS BROTHER AND THEIR FAMILY. . .SUBARU AND HIS SISTER. . .TOWA AND ED. . .BENKEI AND FEMJO. . .LIKE BENKEI HAS TO KNOW RIGHT BUT ALSO HE'S BENKEI AND HE ACTS LIKE HE'S BEEN DISCLIPLIED FOR SEXUALLY HARASSING STUDENTS BEFORE AND HE'S GOT A THING FOR WOMEN IN BIKINIS AND JO IS SO PRETTY. . . . . . .ALL OF DIONYSIA. . .THE DIONYSIA-SINOSTRA BEEF. . .HAKU AND JIN. . .THE STAFF. . .THE OVERALL RELATIONSHIPS WITH GEN STUDENTS. . . .
Okay, I have a fever, I'm bored and I need some more Benkei in my life. So let's ponder him and Clementia a little.
Now as we know (if you're past ep.4) he's the former Clementia advisor/professor and now runs the campus shop under a cat manager (hilarious). His name is taken from a Japanese monk, very fitting for the advisor of a curse/church/temple/magic centered house.
It's of course for tension building reasons in the story that the we know so little of Clementia and by extension Benkei at this time. Like, Clementia would prolly be one of the best, if not THE best house to take care of MC's curse, so they can't have been a part of the arc yet to just magically solve the problem early on.
BUT THIS ROBS US FROM SUCH COOL THINGS and I honestly hope we'll see Clementia guys and their cards this year after Dionysia sits down. To further thicken the soup that is the plot.
Haku and Rui have been part of the house before. It honestly makes sense for both of them; Haku is the heir to a temple and Rui knows his shit with anomalous plants and herbs and has an interest (and contacts) in witchcraft. But both are spiritual and magical skills and interests and I need ALL of that in my life IMMEDIATELY.
We know quite little of Benkei, but he does sell all sorts of anomalous medicine and magical items in his shop. Even the shop background has those Japanese curse dolls (wara ningyô) on display that MC used in her performance in the haunted house, mimicking the Ushi no toki mairi-curse ritual.
So Benkei knows his shit, prolly having been a monk before getting a teaching/advisor job. But to just openly have curse items for sale in his shop for students to buy...? That's ballsy and dangerous as fuck, especially now since Clementia is defunct and Benkei isn't teaching anymore.
Does Darkwick's curriculum even have curse or straight up magic related classes anymore?
(Off topic kinda but I hate the steel blue waistcoat and salmon tie on Benkei, he looks like a fucking sushi or a cheap hotel auditor lol. He looks so much better in the shop apron, the green and the gold really suit him and I swear to fuck if Twist doesn't make Clementia's house colour green I'll explode something in Minecraft wwwwwww)
Now, the poor guy is super worried he's being creepy towards students that he does indeed come off a little creepy, to his own detriment. I believe the game devs tried to write a fresher take on the 2000's "pervy monk" trope and turned it to um... You know how when you go through airport security checks, you've made sure you have nothing on you and something still beeps and you panic like "oh shit what if I'm accidentally a drüg mule??"
That. They made the poor guy that.
Sure, as per the later episodes he's involved to at least to some extent with the academy's bullshit like the other professors, but honestly? I trust him more than I trust Nicolas at this point. Even if we know so little of him.
(I just think Nicolas is a sus henchman that keeps fucking up and feels guilty for dancing to Darkwicks tune lol)
And I have a stupid little theory why Benkei is so worried about coming off as creepy towards students. Being the advisor of a magic/spirituality/herb etc. forward house, he might've been involved with an accident involving love spells or love potions, even love related curses before Clementia got shut down.
I don't think it's anything related to the main plot, but who knows.
But why would a guy like him ALSO be the advisor to Ultio? A house literally named "revenge" that runs a fucking prison/holding facility??
It doesn't really fir his personality and vibe, at least knowing what we know so far of the facilities, but then again, all the professors are sus as fuck. Benkei just less so. I kinda hope he's in kahoots with Haku to throw Darkwick's plans off. Maybe he's one of the people Haku calls so often? Or the Institute? Dunno, just spitballing.
So far he just seems like a more straight up kinda guy than any of the other faculty members. Maybe I'm holding on to false hope for ONE professor to not be a conniving asshole lol
What was the point of this? Was this fruitful or full of new ideas? No. Heh.
I didn't screenshot it fast enough but this one starts with Jo just saying "..." as she loads into the campus store with a frown on her face and i immediately went
Benkei what did you do.
THEN SHE SMILED AND STARTED TALKING TO MC I'M SORRY BENKEI I SAW A GIRL LOOKING UNHAPPY IN SOMEPLACE I EXPECTED YOU TO BE AND IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED YOU RAN YOUR MOUTH AGAIN
I love you twerking for mc to sleep in that rundown place. I just want to ask if the event at the end of season 1 happened and you were mc which ghouls would you run to?
Ooooooohhhhhhh, this is such an interesting question. I've honestly never thought about it before.
The first person that comes to mind is probably Rui, mostly because I think his ability would be really useful in that situation. But I also don't think he'd want to harm any anomaly. My plan would basically be to stick to him and Haru and head straight back to Jabberwock.
Towa if he wasn't breakdown... I mean, he could probably just electrocute everybody. Okay, okay, silly me. I'm joking 😭
If we're being more serious, I think I'd run to Ed or Jin.
I feel like they're both capable of protecting my useless ass. At the very least, Ed probably has some secret plan because that man always knows 50 things the rest of us don't know 😭😭😭 Like PLEASE do something and save me omg!!!
As for Jin, we know Frostheim has some kind of protective wall, seal, veil, barrier, magical thingamajig, whatever they call it. I think I'd sprint there as fast as possible. I'd probably die before passing through Hotarubi though LOL.... Would he send a helicopter? I have no idea, but I'd definitely feel safer there at least...
Tbh I think everyone would try to protect MC, no matter how much they underestimate themselves.
If Alan hadn't been captured, I'd run to him too and have a little reunion with Sho and Leo.
Not Lucas though. He might look at me, decide I'm some kind of anomaly, and absolutely wreck me in that mode. Ayayayaya. But if he's in regular Lucas mode then yes, I'd run to him too.
Taiga... uhh, I think I should stay with him if he's nearby, but I'd be so scared that my brain would stop functioning properly. I'd probably end up being more of a burden to Taiga than anything else. 😭
Professor Benkei. Yes he's always and forever be a Professor to me.
Because have you SEEN how he was aura farming that entire Hotarubi scene???
Haku told Subaru to evacuate with the rest of the students. Everyone was panicking and not listening. Subaru was there thinking his ability wasn't physically useful, and then BOOM, Professor Benkei shows up with all his prayer beads looking like he's about to domain expand Jujutsu Kaisen style type shit.
Bro!!!! Where have you been~ cause I have never seen you out~~~~~ *Rihanna singing in the background* I'm sorry
Bro even brought backup. Professor Nicolas got summoned like a support unit.
I'm also unsure about Dante but hear me out.
The man is literally in a wheelchair and still squared up against Lucas. Yeah, he had Jiro with him, is basically some Pokemon card yugioh battle atp but what if Jiro started twerking or something and his illness suddenly acted up? 😭
Dante was still right there.
So either this man is brave as hell and genuinely does not care if he gets hurt, or he has something absolutely insane up his sleeve to be standing there that confidently.
And surprise, surprise...
Professor Hyfckingde.
I KNOW. I KNOW. PLEASE DON'T JUMP ME.
But I feel like that man knows way more than he's letting on and would probably be able to help somehow.
Like bro, put me in whatever mysterious void, pocket dimension, suitcase, bag or magical storage space you're carrying around. There has to be room for one more person.
I love you twerking for mc to sleep in that rundown place. I just want to ask if the event at the end of season 1 happened and you were mc which ghouls would you run to?
Ooooooohhhhhhh, this is such an interesting question. I've honestly never thought about it before.
The first person that comes to mind is probably Rui, mostly because I think his ability would be really useful in that situation. But I also don't think he'd want to harm any anomaly. My plan would basically be to stick to him and Haru and head straight back to Jabberwock.
Towa if he wasn't breakdown... I mean, he could probably just electrocute everybody. Okay, okay, silly me. I'm joking 😭
If we're being more serious, I think I'd run to Ed or Jin.
I feel like they're both capable of protecting my useless ass. At the very least, Ed probably has some secret plan because that man always knows 50 things the rest of us don't know 😭😭😭 Like PLEASE do something and save me omg!!!
As for Jin, we know Frostheim has some kind of protective wall, seal, veil, barrier, magical thingamajig, whatever they call it. I think I'd sprint there as fast as possible. I'd probably die before passing through Hotarubi though LOL.... Would he send a helicopter? I have no idea, but I'd definitely feel safer there at least...
Tbh I think everyone would try to protect MC, no matter how much they underestimate themselves.
If Alan hadn't been captured, I'd run to him too and have a little reunion with Sho and Leo.
Not Lucas though. He might look at me, decide I'm some kind of anomaly, and absolutely wreck me in that mode. Ayayayaya. But if he's in regular Lucas mode then yes, I'd run to him too.
Taiga... uhh, I think I should stay with him if he's nearby, but I'd be so scared that my brain would stop functioning properly. I'd probably end up being more of a burden to Taiga than anything else. 😭
Professor Benkei. Yes he's always and forever be a Professor to me.
Because have you SEEN how he was aura farming that entire Hotarubi scene???
Haku told Subaru to evacuate with the rest of the students. Everyone was panicking and not listening. Subaru was there thinking his ability wasn't physically useful, and then BOOM, Professor Benkei shows up with all his prayer beads looking like he's about to domain expand Jujutsu Kaisen style type shit.
Bro!!!! Where have you been~ cause I have never seen you out~~~~~ *Rihanna singing in the background* I'm sorry
Bro even brought backup. Professor Nicolas got summoned like a support unit.
I'm also unsure about Dante but hear me out.
The man is literally in a wheelchair and still squared up against Lucas. Yeah, he had Jiro with him, is basically some Pokemon card yugioh battle atp but what if Jiro started twerking or something and his illness suddenly acted up? 😭
Dante was still right there.
So either this man is brave as hell and genuinely does not care if he gets hurt, or he has something absolutely insane up his sleeve to be standing there that confidently.
And surprise, surprise...
Professor Hyfckingde.
I KNOW. I KNOW. PLEASE DON'T JUMP ME.
But I feel like that man knows way more than he's letting on and would probably be able to help somehow.
Like bro, put me in whatever mysterious void, pocket dimension, suitcase, bag or magical storage space you're carrying around. There has to be room for one more person.
