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You know what!!! I will debate this!!! (Sorry insomnia has been kicking my ass so bad lately so if none of this makes sense please do ignore me and apologies in advance)

First, let me say I am a big daily life arc fan and so I’ll just go right to my thesis: The daily life arc is the essence of khr and can not be skipped!

Sure okay, if you’re just here for the battle shonen bits as you said. You can read the character introductions and just go to the action. But!!! Then!!! The series isn’t the same!! Because khr at its heart will always be a gag manga! This part is an aspect that never truly left it and is baked into its DNA even after the genre swap into an action series.

I think people who are either skipping over, ignoring or forgetting this essential aspect of KHR causes a big issue with a lot of interpretations and analysis of the series these days. The series absolutely can be dark, it can be serious, and it can have some heart wrenching moments. However, I notice many people struggle to understand some choices made by the author or connect with them, or even in their own works the characters can feel off because they’re written *too* seriously (not you tho my dear 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ you strike that balance just fine ✨). It’s so important that in order to write or understand these characters. You have to take them seriously but don’t take them *too* seriously. Because Amano never does.

And that’s the other main point. When it comes to writing the one key rule Amano always follows is this: The rule of funny.

They will always choose the humorous option even in important scenes, even the more serious things will lowkey be gags. Heck just look at the names!!! They’re all puns or gags! Ken, Chikusa too! And then there’s that heartfelt reunion between Tsuna and Reborn during the future arc when Tsuna sees Reborn again after Reborn goes “missing”. The way it’s immediately undercut with a gag and Reborn being in that silly white outfit. Also, a lot of Reborn’s disguises even as the story progresses is an example of this too! Okay I’m starting to ramble hardcore but just know!! The gag aspect never left the series! And so we must take that into consideration when looking at these characters and their actions too.

And then also!! I disagree most of the daily life arc gets forgotten or retconned after chapter 61 because it’s the start of a lot of important character arcs such as Tsuna’s and Gokudera’s. And it establishes a lot of its initial characters and bonds. I would even argue you don’t get the full impact of the development of the bond between Gokudera and Yamamoto after the fight in the future arc unless you’ve fully absorbed their humble beginnings within the daily life arc.

And Tsuna!!! Even in the daily life arc alone we already start to see some slow development from him! We see him start to get bolder and make more decisions for himself. Like wanting to save that girl from drowning!

Okay okay, this is getting way too long and I think I’m about to reach the limit if I haven’t already but I hope I got my points across that the daily life arc is essential reading and mustn’t be ignored in our interpretations and analysis if we truly wish to understand these characters!!!

First off, I would never ignore you and there’s never any need for apologies from you 😊 I adore hearing your opinions and enjoyed reading your debate here a lot! And I get insomnia kicking asses, from personal experience, and my own reply will likely be disjointed and nonsensical and I can’t even blame insomnia, just constant clopenings from Monday and nothing but solidly long 10+ hour shifts training and clearing up problems. I can’t wait until the weekend off but until then, I’m exhausted mentally and physically, so that’s why it took me so long to reply and why this probably won’t make a ton of sense.

I’m so glad to hear you’re such a huge fan of the Daily Life arc. Everyone has their own tastes and I’m glad there’s fans of that arc. However, I’m coming at this from the opposite side of the fence, in that the Daily Life arc is actually my second least favourite arc (not including the awful anime only filler arcs, which I blame for a lot of bad Arcobaleno reads in particular, another controversial opinion here). I will be absolutely honest here, since there can be nobody at this point that would doubt I’m a diehard KHR fan, but if it hadn’t initially been for my rule to give any manga at least 100 chapters before deciding whether to continue or drop it, since really, 100 chapters is nothing at all to read for me, I would never have actually continued on or fell in love with KHR. Going only by the Daily Life arc, I would have dropped it completely, had it continued on like that. It’s for one very strong reason that I will expound on in a little bit, but first I want to gently debate something else you mentioned.

That is that KHR, in its essence, is gag manga. I’m going to politely disagree there because, to me, KHR is, in it’s essence, a really good example of a classic shounen. It shows even during the Daily Life arc and all the way through the manga in it’s messages, tone, character archetypes, etc. Even ignoring that 83% of the manga happens after the complete tone shift into shounen, I think the reason KHR was so flawlessly able to execute a genre shift from slice of life, gag manga into shounen was because the basis for things was set during that arc. To me, classic shounen and shounen in particular has those battle bits and fights and such, yes, but shounen also incorporates comedy in while not quite equal measure but there’s still quite a bit there. It also incorporates a lot of messages about self-discovery, growing, and adolescence, messages and themes around the importance of bonds (particularly male bonds), touching and heartfelt moments mixed with action and comedy. We see that in all the classic shounen manga, where comedy is mixed in with action and all those messages ala the big names like Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Hunter x Hunter, Gintama, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo etc. and even more recent ones like One Punch Man, Mob Psycho 100, Sakamoto Days, Black Clover, Mashle, etc. To me, shounen, as a genre, is supposed to have a good mix of comedy in there. The thing with KHR, to me, is it really needed that genre shift into action-shounen after the Daily Life arc because just as gag, slice of life manga, I do not think it stands up or would have continued. I truly believe without that genre-shift, KHR would have been canceled much sooner and certainly would not have stood up and become a cult favourite. I’ve said I’m five volumes in and that’s still where I’m sitting…because I just am not at all excited to read the next two volumes and it feels like a slog to get through. About five volumes in, the jokes are getting stale and repetitive and I don’t feel we’re getting a ton of new character developments or new bonds but more deepening of what’s already there.

Before I loop around to my thesis statement, I guess, haha, I want to address your other points. I will say that I don’t think that the ignoring of the Daily Life arc is what causes misinterpretations or ‘bad takes’ of the series and characters. I think it’s because media literacy as a whole has decreased nowadays so most new fans haven’t been taught or encouraged to really think deeply about their characters and the stories. I also think it’s because KHR is such a long-standing, long-loved series and so many older fans have spent decades at this point surrounded by fanon (and have forgotten that fanon doesn’t equal canon) and projecting onto their favourite characters for so long that they have troubles with any other views of them. I also think that people having troubles connecting with Amano’s choices is actually pretty fair – there are decisions in KHR, because of it’s weekly release (at the time) nature that means that plot holes, moments that don’t make the best sense, and I think them criticizing those moments is fairly reasonable. As for writing the characters too seriously…well, that is their right. I’m glad you enjoy my writing of the characters – to me, no human is purely serious and logical all the time, they all have their silly things about them, their little quirks, so all characters have those as well because I like to write the characters as humanly as possible. I also disagree that Amano always follows the rule of funny – there are always comedic moments throughout all the arcs, but I feel like she balances out the humour much better in arcs after the Daily Life arc with moments where characters had emotional development with each other and by themselves, where story progressed, where lore and the world was built, and where, yes, there were good battle scenes.

I will politely disagree that a lot of the Daily Life arc gets forgotten later on in the manga. It establishes base bonds in the Daily Life arc, but most of the true development takes place throughout the other arcs and base character traits, especially in the secondary characters, almost get forgotten completely. Futa’s ranking never makes an appearance after the Mukuro arc…why? It would have come in really handy, especially in information gathering during the Future arc. Haru’s feistiness gets toned way down, as does her bickering with Gokudera, as the manga progresses. Even Kyoko’s own feistiness and weirdness, part of the early Daily Life arc, gets forgotten to make her more of an honestly kind of bland love interest. The extremes of Yamamoto get toned down. Reborn speaking bug gets almost completely forgotten after the Daily Life arc, maybe the Kokuyo Gang, even though honestly, again, would have been an excellent way to gather information in most of the arcs. Skull’s link to the Carcassa is just never brought up again after the Daily Life arc, neither is Colonello’s link to Mafia Land. Bianchi being a highly skilled hitman in her own right? It’s just little details that had so much potential that kind of got put to the side or never explored that leave me disappointed.

But my real gripe with the Daily Life arc is my only real big gripe with KHR overall and it comes down to pacing. The pacing in KHR overall is not the greatest. Just as an example, here is a pie chart showing the different arcs and the percentage of the overall total of KHR they take up.

To give percentages – the Daily Life arc takes up 14% of KHR’s total run. The Kokuyo arc takes up 4% of the total run. The Varia arc takes up 12% of KHR’s total run. The Future arc takes up 35% of the total run. The Inheritance Ceremony and Curse of the Rainbow arcs take up 15% of KHR’s total run respectively. That’s right, the Daily Life arc takes up as much of the series run as lore heavy, story heavy arcs like the Inheritance Ceremony arc and the final arc, the Curse of the Rainbow, where the whole series and one of its biggest mysteries is meant to be wrapped up.

An introductory arc to a manga is meant to entice you in, to introduce the characters, start setting up bonds and relationships, and introduce you to the world. It’s meant to get you invested, without overstaying its welcome and in my opinion, the Daily Life arc definitely overstays its welcome. In grand total, the percentage of the run time of the Kokuyo arc and the Daily Life arc should have ideally been switched.

It’s not that I think there’s zero merit in the Daily Life arc, but it could easily have been condensed. There’s many chapters in the Daily Life arc that, to me, are pure filler. And I use filler differently from others…to me, it’s not whether filler is purely non-canon or not, because all of the Daily Life arc is canon, but whether the material does anything to push a story along, build characters meaningfully, or meaningfully build bonds between characters. As above mentioned, I’ve read five volumes of the Daily Life arc quite happily but at this point, I’m over it. The jokes feel stale and the whole thing is feeling old and I know I still have two more volumes to get through and it does not feel great. The Daily Life arc could easily have been condensed and I think that if it wasn’t for manga scheduling at the time demanding a new chapter every week and instead gave its mangaka time to plan and edit properly, it would have been. I don’t blame the poor pacing of KHR solely on Amano because she had such extreme deadlines, but more the industry as a whole.

But yeah, that’s my view on it all! I loved reading all your arguments and a lot of them were so well written and very compelling and I think so many of your points are very valid, it’s just one of those areas where we unfortunately disagree a little.

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Just as a little update, my lovelies, heading into work right now! I stopped and treated myself - bought a super cheap tablet that I'm going to use for my manga apps (legally paid for Shonen Jump and MangaFox). I tore through the first 5 volumes of KHR last night after work, since they're the ones I physically own, so I am now 5 volumes deep into my reread for anyone following along or rereading themselves. Controversial opinion here but after talking to a friend who is just starting it for the first time...I think for people who want the fun Shonen elements of KHR, it's perfectly fine to skip the Daily Life Arc for the most part, where it's gag manga that mostly gets retconned or forgotten later and start at chapter 61, with the first serious arc. Feel free to debate this haha.

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Mun Questions!

Hello Dee! I hope you are enjoying your day.

🌟 what do you like about yourself? (must choose at least 3 things!)

🐬 if you could transform into any animal/magical creature, what would you be and why?

✈️ what is your dream city/place and why?

Hello, hello 😊 Ahh, it’s such a treat to see you in the inbox (and thank you so much for all the recent and wonderful KHR requests, I love them!) and so flattering to have you curious about me 💜 I hope these will prove interesting to read!

What do you like about yourself? (Must choose at least 3 things!)

Holy Christ, this is hard, especially since I already had to think of three for another ask!! I can’t repeat those three either, that wouldn’t be fair, but I struggled getting these three, haha. I guess:

I am very generous. I might not have much but the little I have, I will never begrudge someone in need. Homeless people asking for change or cigarettes? If I have them, I’ll give them. A friend or family member needs a little loan to get through? I’ll loan it, even knowing most of the time I won’t get it back. There’s someone collecting for a charity I support? I’ll pitch in $2-$5. I have very little, to be honest. I live in poverty. But I’ve lived in poverty my whole life and know how to do with very little and honestly, I’m better off than some people out there. As long as I have food and a roof, who am I to selfishly hoard and let others in worse circumstances go without?

I have a good sense of humour if you really enjoy sarcasm, self-deprecation, and black humour.

I have an amazing immune system and don’t get sick often. I’m pretty healthy physically overall.

If you could transform into any animal/magical creature, what would you be and why?

Well, since I already answered this as an animal, I’ll answer it as a magical creature this time! If I had to be a magical creature, I think I’d be a dragon. I love dragons, they’re the coolest, so I have a definite bias. I could fly and that would be amazing, but I’d also look scary enough that most people would leave me alone and I could just happily seclude and enjoy my little collection of things that make me happy.

What is your dream city/place and why?

Hmm, that’s hard because there’s so many places I’d like to go, but while it’s normally a joke, it’s not entirely a joke that if it wouldn’t cost me trillions of dollars, I could happily live in Disney World for the rest of my life and never get tired of it 😅

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for the emoji asks meme!!

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Of course, my lovely 😊 I feel so flattered you’re interested in hearing about me and thank you so much for sending these in!! I hope the answers will be interesting to read 💜

What is one secret that you’ve never told anyone?

There really isn’t one, I don’t think? I’ve been incredibly open with my therapist because I have to be to get better, so they know most everything I remember. I guess the closest I can come is just…sometimes I wish I didn’t always have to be strong one or the one going above and beyond for others, the one always ready to lend a helpful hand. Sometimes, I kind of just want…to be the beautiful one, the one chosen, the one touched and complimented like I was someone precious, the one getting little surprise ‘just thinking of you/know you’re having a rough time’ gift, the one being helped, the one people ask to make plans with instead of just agreeing to plans with. I want to be wholly and fully seen and accepted, even as messy and too much and broken at places as I am.

What annoys you about some people?

I’m maybe not such a great person because there are little things about people that definitely annoy me and I might judge. The biggest one that gets me is disloyalty in any form. There’s a lot of people I really think I’ll enjoy and grow good friendships with but then they’ll start trash talking or gossiping about another one of their friends or a member of their family or even worse, a mutual friend, where they expect me to join in. I refuse to because to me, that’s someone you’re supposed to care about and be loyal to, not to talk about behind their backs. In minor pet peeves? I HATE, capital letters earned, people who insist on blaring their music on high, either on their phone or a Bluetooth speaker, when they’re walking down the sidewalk or shopping in a store or picking up something at the pharmacy. It happens way too frequently and is just disrespectful as hell to me. Not everyone wants to hear your music, no matter how good you think it is, and some song choices might make others uncomfortable. You’re basically putting your own tastes and wants above those of everyone else around you, just because you don’t want to use a set of headphones.

What are some of your favourite sugary foods?

Chocolate. Always chocolate. I’m a slut for a good chocolate bar. The Dairy Milk Fireworks ones are back out at my store and they’re one of my favourites, since I find it fun to get that Pop Rocks feeling in my mouth while also getting my chocolate fix, but I also am a fan of Dairy Milk’s mint chocolate bars as well. I always have one back in the pharmacy and if I need a little pick me up during the shift, I break off a row and then

What are some unpopular opinions that you have?

Medicine should be free or affordable for everyone and universally covered by the government by your taxes. That seems to be a pretty unpopular one at work.

Another unpopular one? You cannot judge someone’s physical health by what their body looks like. Fat does not automatically equal unhealthy and skinny does not automatically equal healthy. I am a fat woman. I won’t deny it. I also walk everywhere because I don’t drive – work is an hour walk each day at a steady pace. I go hiking or for long walks in my free time. I might smoke and drink too much caffeine, but those are my unhealthiest habits. I don’t overindulge in junk food, next to never eat fast food (maybe once or twice a year as a special treat), don’t eat red meat and indulge in sweets responsibly. My blood pressure is fantastic, my cholesterol levels are fantastic, I can lift and carry up to 50 pounds reliably at any point because it’s part of my job, I can hike 5 miles without getting out of breath. Meanwhile, my skinny friend eats unhealthy (they don’t cook so most of their food is precooked from the grocery store, takeout from restaurants, or fast food), they don’t exercise, they drink every weekend, and are on meds for high cholesterol. I love them to death and I will have their back and keep trying to rope them into my long walks, but their lifestyle is unhealthy. Yet guess how often I get told I should start taking diet/fitness tips from them? If you guessed often, you’re right, because society has brainwashed us all into believing that fat=automatically lazy, unhealthy, and gross. It’s why we have so very, VERY many people destroying their bodies via using Ozempic for weight loss. Ozempic is our most sold drug at the pharmacy. We dispense 100 pens a week, low-balling it. I can count the amount of diabetics on Ozempic at our pharmacy using my hands. It just really frustrates me that that lie is still widely perpetuated and the very real and negative effects it can have on people.

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Can you answer the following questions from the emoji asks:

🌺 which languages do you know? which do you want to learn?

🐬 if you could transform into any animal/magical creature, what would you be and why?

🐵 which quotes changed you?

💫 who inspires you?

C

Of course, my lovely 😊 I’m getting so spoiled, you being interested in me like this and sending in so many great questions! I hope you’ll enjoy the answers to these 💜

Which languages do you know? Which do you want to learn?

This answer isn’t going to be too exciting. I speak only English and not even that well at times (I had heavy speech impediments as a child that are loads better as a adult but I still stutter or slur words if I speak too fast or get scared/nervous). I read and verbally understand Acadian and Quebecois French. I can also hold basic conversations in ASL, enough to help my deaf customers.

If you could transform into any animal/magical creature, what would you be and why?

I’m going to go with an animal for this one, and I’d definitely say I’d like to be a cat. Just a nice, regular house cat, where I get to play when I want, take lots of naps, laze around, get affection and cuddles whenever I want them, and be fed at least twice a day and get treats when I’m a good girl.

Which quotes changed you?

I wouldn’t say there’s actually any quotes that have changed me. There’s a lot of quotes that I relate to or that speak to me. Like I’ve mentioned on my personal blog, I relate to a lot of Plath’s works and quotes, Bukowski’s stuff, along with a lot of Kafka’s stuff, especially his personal letters. There’s a lot of quotes that hit me just the right way and feel true to the bottom of my soul, but change me? Nope.

Who inspires you?

Honestly, my online friends inspire me a lot. A lot of the fandom creators in my fandoms inspire me with their amazing art and stories and headcanons. I’m very lucky to be in some fandoms that are jam-packed with some absolutely astounding creative minds who I respect, admire, appreciate, and am constantly inspired by. They make me want to create; they make me want to contribute. I’m also always inspired by my beautiful constant readers. All of you guys, the opportunity to get to write for you all? It’s a blessing and something I don’t take lightly.

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Can you answer the following questions from the emoji asks:

🌠 if you were in charge of the world, what would the world look like?

☀️ what do you like the most about your best friend?

🌟 what do you like about yourself? (must choose at least 3 things!)

☕️ talk about your ideal day

⚡️ if you had any superpower, what would it be and why?

C

Of course I can, my dear 😊 Thank you so much for being curious about me and sending in so many interesting asks! I just hope my answers are fun to read!

If you were in charge of the world, what would the world look like?

Okay, so I’m going to assume here that I have total and complete power to change the world because otherwise, I’m just stuck in a position of power with very little power and a whole lot of mess globally that would be impossible to actually fix in our generation. However, we’re going to work with the assumption that I can make major chances and they would actually happen and the global leaders would fall in line.

So, first one – all countries are democratically led, even the ones that previously weren’t. All citizens are able to truly vote for their leaders and anybody is allowed to throw their hat into the ring. All countries choose their leader, the second hand to the leader, and a representative in the house from their First Nations/Native population.

Second one – basic universal income becomes a thing across all countries. Nobody is living in extreme poverty because they are cannot work or even if they can work, they can’t sustain themselves on their job. There are jobs for anyone and everyone, no matter their skill level – higher education for things like doctors, surgeons, lawyers, highly skilled trades such as master electricians and carpenters, and such do have higher paying jobs, but even those for whom education was not their thing, the jobs are there for them as well.

Within the schooling system, everyone takes the same courses up to grade 10, when students have the choice as to whether they want to pursue higher education and take more complex courses, or if they know school isn’t the right fit for them and they want to explore career paths in the trades, in culinary, in salons, etc. This is where education forks off, with students of a proper age getting to make informed decisions about their future. Schools will also teach non-abstinence and useful sex education, along with life-skill courses starting at a young age (home economics, financial literacy, social skills, etc.)

Another thing – universal basic healthcare for everyone. No one should have to suffer in silence because just the act of going to a doctor would leave them without rent money. That’s just barbaric.

Global leaders should have to talk to each other more often, should be able to advocate for their countries while building bonds with other countries. They should have at least quarterly meetings. There would be more ‘study abroad/work abroad’ programs that allow people to visit and travel to different countries to expose themselves to different cultures while still being useful to their new country.

The focus on everything being tech-heavy in today’s culture would be scaled back so that skilled human labour and human connection could be refostered in society.

There would be heavier laws around what could be shown in media (ads, shows, magazines, etc.) vis a vis photoshopping already insanely fit and beautiful bodies, having more representation for genders and body types, etc. and messages about what we have to be to be worthy.

Marriages between all genders would be valid in every country and corner of this Earth. Gay-bashing or hate crimes of any variety would carry much heavier sentences than they currently do, I’m thinking a good solid 15 years tacked onto any other sentence in the crime, to heavily deter these kinds of things. And yeah, those are just the ones that pop to the top of my head as things I would change.  

What do you like the most about your best friend?

Oh, this is a hard one because all of my friends are such amazing people, full of lots of wonderful traits that I’m truly grateful to get to have in my life. But if I absolutely had to narrow it down – my best irl friend? I really appreciate how extroverted they are. I know it sounds like a weird best quality to pick, but as a pretty extreme introvert at times and someone who struggles to make small talk or approach people, I find it really admirable how my friend can so easily talk to people, make them smile and laugh, entertain them, and never seem to worry about anything, just live in the moment and enjoy these conversations, sometimes with complete strangers!! My best online friend? I love their passion and enthusiasm and how they throw themselves into everything they love with their whole self. I think that is truly beautiful, to be honest.

What do you like most about yourself? (must choose at least 3 things!)

This is always such a hard question for me. I’m really bad at seeing the good things in me, so it took me a while to come up with three of them, but I think this is my list:

I’m an incredibly loyal person. Once I care about you, that’s it. You’re my friend/loved one and while I’ll definitely still doubt if you care about me, I will steadfastly believe you’re an amazing person, I will stick up for you if anyone says something about you, I’ll support you and act as your personal cheerleader, just one hundred percent a complete ride and die person by your side.

I’m pretty creative and imaginative. I can think of a lot of fun stuff and wonderful story ideas, even if I don’t necessarily have the time to read them.

I’m really well organized, reliable, and competent.

Talk about your ideal day.

Oh, I like this one. Okay, so in this scenario, I’m rich enough that I can live just a comfortable life (a house paid for, enough money to keep the hydro, phone, and internet bills paid, afford streaming services, and keep food in the house, don’t need much more than that) and don’t need to work a job. In that case, my ideal day is that I wake up at 6 AM. I meander down to my kitchen, make coffee and a light breakfast, and then relocate to my office. I settle in behind my computer and I write commissions, blog posts, fanfics, Patreon stuff, whatever it is I’m working on at that time up until about 1 pm. At that point, I take a break. I eat a light lunch and take a nice long walk, maybe pick up a fancy coffee for my walk. When I return home around 3 pm, I settle back in again at my computer and work on correspondence with friends or my lovely constant readers. At 5:30, I leave my office and take a nice, long hot shower. I eat a late supper and the evening is set aside for reading or watching shows, indulging in hobbies. Weekends are set aside for errand running and time with friends. It would be beautiful and wonderful.

If you had any superpower, what would it be and why?

It’s easy – I’d like to be able to read people’s thoughts. I would, of course, want a way to turn it on and off so that I wasn’t slowly going crazy under the weight of everyone’s voices in my head ALL the time, but I’d like to know what people were thinking. It would make my anxiety less, I think, knowing for sure with the people in my life, and on top of that, it would make me a lot better at my job, where I’d know exactly what was needed, what could make a patient feel better, what their worries were about drugs (because often they just hem and haw and go ‘I don’t know’ instead of being transparent about why they’re hesitating on getting something filled or picking it up), etc.

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I’m glad to hear that 😊 About what Hawks’ fans think about Kaua, like with everyone, I think there will be people who like her and those who dislike her. Like they’ll be clearly happy together so of course there’ll be fans to see him that happy but also, Kaua’s just (in their eyes) a nurse, not someone of high position or anything, so I could also see some fans thinking she’s not good enough for him or just the general ‘what’s so special about her?’. But I do think she would be mostly liked because she’s generally kind and just wants to live her life, so I could also see people thinking she’s relatable. Oh, there will definitely be posts online and you saying that now gives me the chance to tell you a Hawks idea I absolutely love but I’m not sure to what extent I’ll put it in my story. So yeah, there’d be Kaua hate online and he can’t have that, but he’s a smart man, knows how people work and all of that, so he wouldn’t go to straight up defend his wonderful girlfriend, but I can see him responding to certain posts in a playful challenging way, like in a ‘Are you sure?’, asking them to repeat themselves but also not in a dangerous way in any kind. So he’d kind of be putting them in a difficult position while he has a bit of fun. Obviously he wouldn’t engage with those who want him to engage, like people who are saying horrible things just to get his attention, but yeah, he’d pick and choose like the true bird of prey that he is. Gods, I’m not normal about him 😅 Also I want to add that I do see him, because he’s so obsessed with her, just posting loads about her or their moments together or talking about her to others so he’d also drown out the haters like that. But I also think that in the end, Kaua wouldn’t pay that much attention to that kind of stuff. Like I could imagine him laughing with her about anything ridiculous the press would say in tabloid covers and yeah, it just being something in the background for her. Unless someone insults him unintentionally while insulting her, then she’d get pissed and he’d have to calm her down. Like you said, he would always support her and remind her he’s with her because he loves her and she knows that and she knows what they have is special so in the end, it doesn’t matter what others say since they’ll love each other no matter what. And also, if necessary she will stand up for herself because she knows how important she is to him (honestly not entirely sure whether she’s fully aware but enough to give her confidence) and she’s not afraid to speak her mind and will do so if necessary. Thank you. And thanks to that, she got another cute pet name as well. And I’ll respond to your reply to that message under here.

I’m glad you think it’s so adorable and love the pet name 😊 Oh that’s a question alright 😅 So far no and she’s only been calling him by his first name, which is still really big since no one around does so and he loves it when she calls him that. I thought of a scene where she called him ‘baby’ but I’ll see. Also so you get the full list, he started calling her ‘birdie’ when they were friends and still does so, ‘baby bird’ because that’s a classic one in the fandom and I can’t help but love it and as that DM that I sent you showed ‘dove’ and now ‘songbird’ will be added to the list as well. I’m not sure about when he’ll do it yet but yeah, at some point. But yeah, calling others by pet names doesn’t come natural to her so it will take a while and like I said, she’s the only one who calls him by his first name so if she never ends up calling him by one, it wouldn’t be the end of the world. Especially because his Japanese VA can sing but I can’t imagine him singing seriously so it will just be a bit of fun. Oh I think she’d only ever feel comfortable with singing in front of him. Also because I’m not sure I fully explained her Quirk to you, it only activates when she thinks of the lyrics because they have to be relevant to the situation and person she wants to calm down. Like she’s very good at understanding situations and people and would use that to come up with the perfect lyrics to sing. I’m saying that because yeah, singing silly little karaoke songs is quite different but would probably be a good step in her becoming more comfortable with her singing and then slowly but surely, the wonderful bird will help her become more comfortable with using her singing voice for her Quirk. He’ll be careful about it though since yeah, she hasn’t used it in all her 23 years (saying 23 because that’s how old she is but yeah, it is technically 24) on Earth (maybe the first time when she was a kid and then she just decided against it). But he loves her and doesn’t want her to push any part of herself down, he wants her to be fully free and comfortable to be herself so he’ll do what he can to help and support her. It really is and I’m glad you think so. And of course. They’ve been on my mind a lot so it nicely gives the chance for me to think of such ideas so I’m really glad to hear that it made you smile like that.

I’ll also be adding another message to this one and that is what I said in response to us talking about me posting my multiverse story and what followed ater that.

Of course 💕 It makes things easier for both of us after all.

Thank you. Thing is, since for me editing is rereading my stories and trying to see whether there are any obvious mistakes or things that are worded a bit strangely, that’s how I could do it so easily. So yeah, I am not the most thorough, even though I probably should be 😅 And yeah, fair enough. And thank you 😁 Well, yeah, I got some hits but no Kudos quite yet, which is to be expected considering what it’s about. Though someone did subscribe to the third and last, so fourth part, while having entirely ignored the second part, so that’s interesting

Thank you. And yeah, the third part is about the same length as my main Sting story so that’s quite something 😅 Though it’s also not surprising considering how many of my OCs appear in it. Thank you and sure thing. Yeah. I’m really the kind of person who embodies “write what you want to read”. Though sometimes there are bits between that I write because they’re necessary. Thank you and yeah, I’m not surprised. Though everything you post is always great so I hope that you still find comfort in knowing that. Those questions about my original work 😭 (slightly joking here) But yeah, to answer them, I’m pretty happy with how things turned out, wouldn’t want to change it, but the version that I started rereading is version 5, so I’ve already reread it loads and even though I do love my main character, Alena, not all of her chapters are as interesting to me. They exist to show her character and continue the plot but I kind of want to skip over some of the ‘more boring ones’ so I can get to the ‘more enjoyable ones’. But I know I can’t because I so often find silly mistakes that I need to correct.

Thank you so much 😭 And true. Though yeah, it’s kind of been put on pause because I’ve been mainly focusing on my Ukyo story. I want to finish it quite soon after the series ends so I can get straight to doing all the remaining chapter titles with my mum and post it as soon as possible. And then after that, I’ll go back to working on my Hawks story. Hopefully, since I’ve got some Aya and Ukyo prequal stories in mind and also an AU that that Ryusui OC person and her friends thought of that I could add my ship into as well. So who really knows what the future brings 😅 Good thing so many of my stories have proposal scenes then. I honestly have no idea. These babies will be having a very simple, registry office ceremony. I don’t think the reason is a spoiler so I hope it’s alright that I’m telling you why. Hawks has been in the public eye since quite a young age, and sure, not everything about him is public knowledge but so much of his life hasn’t really been his (I really hope it’s alright that I’m saying it like this 😭) But what he has with Kaua is his and his alone, she loves him for him and what they have is really special and sure, he has no problems sharing his relationship with her with the world, telling everyone that he has this wonderful girlfriend but yeah, there’s just no way that he’d want to marry her in front of loads of people. So it will just be the two of them and their witnesses. And then there’s the question about whether or not they will have kids. At the moment I’m leaning towards no, because Kaua’s mental health is in shambles and she needs time to process trauma she went through and Hawks needs time to figure out what he actually wants. But yeah, they’re 23 so it’s always possible it will change. I don’t think so, they’re happy just being together after all, but yeah, it’s always possible. True. And yeah, I’ve got 18 chapters I need to revisit in the manga. I don’t need to fully reread them but I do need to go over them for potential details. But thank you 😄 No problem 💕 It’s also kind of difficult because I have no idea what you actually know about him, like I think you have a vague idea about what he’s like but yeah, it’s all making me think of how best to word things which is always good. And yeah, hope I didn’t give you any here. Thank you 😭 And I’m excited to hear about that honestly. Because yeah, I do think he is a character I could see you liking even without how I’ve been about him so it will be interesting to see.

Always. More like emotional reading it but yeah, I do think it was a good one. It’s got one bookmark on the Yaku AU story so hopefully it will also get a Kudos one day. True. And thank you. Thinking of the chapter titles went pretty well, we even managed to think of 18 one day, also thanks to the fact that we had plenty of time, so yeah, now it’s also out there, hoping to be read one day.

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Yay! I’m always happy when I can put a smile on your face 😊 That makes sense, that there would be diehard fans of Hawks who don’t think she’s worthy of him or maybe are a little jealous of her because they have big crushes on Hawks, but I’m glad to hear there are also diehard fans of his who are just happy that he’s happy! I can imagine, being with a celebrity like Hawks, there’s probably fans coming up to him in the street and paparazzi so it’s neat to learn she’d be kind to them and just kind of wants to go about her life. Ohhh, I love those little details about how Hawks deals with seeing hate about his girlfriend online. That’s cute and it’s really sweet that he’s so excited to post her and gush about her publicly. And it’s great that she can so easily shrug things like that off and has such great self-confidence that she doesn’t let silly gossip about her get to her…unless it’s about him, because like, that’s the person she loves and of course you stick up for the people you love and get mad on their behalf!! Aww, that’s so sweet and I love all of that! And how bold and confident she can be! So here for that. Yay for more cute pet names 😊 Those always have my whole ass heart and thank you for adding in the reply all in one message! It really does make it much easier and I love getting these nice long messages.

I really do! Like I said, cute pet names always get me just the right way in my heart. Aww, I’m sorry for asking a tough question but I still think it’s sweet that she makes the effort to call him by his first name, just to add a little intimacy, and I completely get that pet names might not come naturally to some people and it’s still sweet she’s putting in effort to make him feel recognized and important as a person by using his first name. And baby is always a classic. Oh my gosh, I absolutely loved getting the full list of what he calls her. Birdie is so cute, baby bird has me so weak, and dove and song bird are, of course, just so adorable and wonderful. I love them all so much that I can’t possibly pick a favourite! Really? That’s so cool to learn about his Japanese VA! And that makes sense, that he’s the only one she’d ever get that comfortable around! And I hadn’t know that about her Quirk, but it makes a lot of sense for a Quirk like that. And that way, like you said, singing fun little karaoke songs to each other isn’t going to activate her Quirk, which would probably make her more comfortable even taking that first step. It’s interesting to learn she’s never used her Quirk besides maybe once as a kid! It really is fun learning all these little things about her and about them, so thank you so much for sharing all them 😊

And yay, more messages 😊 I am truly getting spoiled here! Nothing at all to thank me for, my dear! And okay, that makes a lot of sense. If I go full edit mode, for me, it’s not only looking for typos, grammatical errors and such, but also looking for any dialogue that comes off stilted, any sections of prose that don’t read quite right, flagging anything I can think of that might need rewritten. It’s why I don’t full edit everything I post, because I can get wrapped up in a cycle of edit, rewrite, edit, rewrite that keeps me paralyzed from posting. I’m glad you find editing pretty easy and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your stories, no major things I’ve noticed reading, so you’re doing a good job 😊 No problem! And I’m so glad you got hits on it and I’m sure it will eventually get it’s very deserved kudos 💜 It’s great that someone subscribed but yeah, that’s kind of really funny that they only did it for the last two parts.

Holy, that is very impressive! Look at you go! It really is something and I hope you’re very proud of yourself, my friend! How many of your OCs do show up in that part? Now I’m curious as to the exact count haha. Might have to go and read out of order just to make a tally haha. I love that for you though!! If you’re writing what you want to read and what you love, it always feels good! But I understand you on writing scenes that aren’t as fun but are necessary to move the story along or set up something big coming. It’s the ‘not so fun’ part of writing. And aww, thank you so, SO much for saying that. I’ve been in a really self-deprecating and sad place lately so that really hit me in the feels and almost made me cry to hear, so I really appreciate it. It’s so neat to hear more about your original work. I’m glad you’re overall happy with how things turned out and that you wouldn’t change it. It’s really impressive though, that it’s version 5 of your story and it makes total sense that you’ve reread it so much at this point that you kind of know it all and kind of want to skip the scenes that don’t interest you as much!

Again, nothing to thank me for 😊 And I see. Makes sense that it’s put on pause if you’re really inspired by another story! How is the Ukyo story going? Are you enjoying where it went? Did you get all the major, swoon-worthy scenes out that were in your head just right? I do hope so! And I do understand why you’d want to get it out on that timeline. Does it generally take you two long to figure out the chapter titles? How’s the Hawks story coming? I know roughly how far you are in the Ukyo story, I think, because of a dm, but whereabouts in the story are you for your Hawks story, if I can ask? Oh, that is so exciting, that  you already have prequel stories in mind and ahhh, I’m so happy for you that you have an AU with friends to write!!! That’s so awesome and I am just over the moon for you! Aww, I love that for them. The reasoning makes a lot of sense, knowing all that, and I think it’s so very sweet, having just a special, secret moment that is truly just theirs alone. Have you figured out who their witness will be? It also makes sense if they decide not to have kids right away, if at all, since your reasoning makes a lot of sense there too! And okay, I see! Makes sense 😊 I get that and I swear someday I will know all about your beloved bird man and will happily be able to gush about him with you! I wish the day was sooner but I still have other series to get to first, but at least we share one of those series (K Project) together, so I can gush about that with you when the revisit happens! I don’t think you gave me any spoilers, so don’t worry about it 😊 Well, I am definitely excited to read about him, just because of how much you love him, and I don’t think I could dislike him at this point, even if I tried, haha!

I like me some good emotional reading though! I’m so glad it got a bookmark and I am sure kudos will eventually come! They’re well deserved when they do, I am sure! I’m so glad to hear the chapter titles went well and 18 in a day is a lot, so that’s really impressive!! Congrats on another one out there 😊

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Hi!! I hope you’re doing well and work has been a little easier with them finally hiring someone!!! Allow me to send you some emoji asks!!! (Also I’ve been horribly behind and missing so much so hopefully I can go through the blog later and send in some KHR asks 😈)

👀 what was the most recent vivid dream that you had?

🎁 what never fails to make you happy?

🎵 name 5 songs you love at the moment (you always have great taste in music so don’t mind it if I steal some of these songs for later 😆😆)

🎬 what are some of your favourite films?

Hello, my lovely 😊 Thank you so much for the well wishes. The new person hasn’t officially started yet, they start this Monday, but I am very excited and feeling less stressed knowing that we’ll have even one person’s worth more help. And don’t worry at all about not being caught up with all my posts. I’m so glad that you want to get caught up, but the posts will always be there, so please don’t feel pressured and take your time 😊 Though I am looking forward to any asks you send in!! Take your time with those too though, I’m accepting all the way until the end of June 💜 Thanks so much for this ask and I hope you’ll find my answers entertaining to read!

What was the most recent vivid dream that you had?

Like I mentioned in another ask, I don’t really remember my dreams most of the time, except for the nightmares and stress dreams. Since I gave a recent stress dream in my other reply, I’ll give you a recurring nightmare that I’ve had throughout my whole life. The person in it changes often, but it’s always the same – I’m chasing after someone I really love or care about and they’re always ahead of me, too far to reach. I’m calling out to them desperately, trying to get them to turn around and see me, come back to me, but they just keep moving ahead. The scenery changes around me every time I think I’ve caught up to them, every time I turn a corner…I’m running after them in a crowded fairground then all of a sudden I’m in a house that seems neverending, running through rooms, then I’m in the backstage of a theatre. The latest one, I ended the dream in a funhouse mirror room, chasing the back of someone I really care about but every time I thought I saw them move around a corner, I’d turn it and all that was around me were just dozens of me, feeling like it was closing in on me, and I couldn’t find them and I was all alone and it was terrifying. Do I have abandonment issues? Yes. Yes I do.

What never fails to make you happy?

Writing. Good coffee, especially a premium dark roast. Crisp autumn afternoons, when the leaves are all changing, the smell of wood fires is in the air, and Halloween feels just a step away. Christmas movies and carols and thoughts of perfect Christmases. Ice cream. Card game nights with friends.

Name 5 songs you love at the moment?

Aww, that’s so sweet of you to say that I have good music taste! I don’t know if any of these songs will be up your alley but these are 5 of the ones I’ve been listening to a lot lately 😊

Down The Road – INPATIENT and Ren

Dead Girl Walking – Heathers Musical

Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad – Meatloaf

Labour – Paris Paloma

I’ll Take Everything – James Blunt

What are some of your favourite films?

Ohhh, I have such a hard time picking favourites because there’s so, SO many great movies out there. Scream is probably my favourite horror movie franchise. I love The Goonies and The Neverending Story and watch them frequently. The Princess Bride always makes me smile, along with any Charlie Brown movie. In recent movies I watched and enjoyed, The Long Walk was very solid, Your Name was fantastic and Bulletproof Monk was a nostalgic, action-packed blast from the past.