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[amezure]

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[petricorah]

uh oh! my ex husband turned into the demon lord?!? [id in alt]

edit: part two comic

[rockttm]

fhq yuriwaoi

[giustoart]

Last week, on twitter, was Iwaoi Week!

Let me share the pics I made for it 🩵💛

My fanarts are based on various fics made by oomfs for the event!

[minusphi]

a poster i made for a design class back in 2023.

i would love to redraw this, i've actually tried redrawing kenma about a year ago or smth but i haven't been able to tackle the whole thing yet

[toorusmoon]

knight iwaizumi never intended to carry out his duty of killing demon king oikawa. the only thing he truly swore loyalty to was protecting his 6 year old half-demon best friend was who shunned and banished from the kingdom for being a fiend. becoming a knight was a way to ensure that he could move up in ranks and gain power, so that when the day that the world wanted to finally eradicate demon oikawa came, he had the ability to protect him. iwaizumi’s duty (personally and selfishly so) was to be tooru’s shield.

[eurydicees]

pls can u tell me everything about fhq and esp fhq iwaoi i don’t really know what it is but every time i see you repost one of those beautiful heart wrenching artworks i want to die in the best way

YES GLADLY I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING I CAN !!! under the cut because you're getting everything.

ok so some of the history lesson portion of this may be a little off, it's been a hot minute since i've done much research into this lol. but final haikyuu quest first appeared as a spread in one of the bonus pages in the manga! throughout the manga's run were occasionally drawings of the characters in little fake movie posters, one of them being an action/fantasy movie called final haikyuu quest:

this first poster and the original character designers are drawn by furudate! from there, it went on to become a mini bonus game in the haikyuu 3DS game, which is kind of crazy if you think about it too hard.

there's a playthrough uploaded on youtube here, but it's obv in japanese and i don't think there's been a translation of the game. there's a translation of part of it here on tumblr, but i don't think it's complete. poster from the 3DS game:

from there, it went on to be a CD drama (videos 8-10 on this youtube playlist, with subs), which is super neat. it's also one of the haikyuu light novels, but i have yet to find a full english translation of that.

i haven't read the novel or watched the videos with the CD drama audio myself, so i'm not sure how much it differs from the 3DS game. i assume they're pretty similar though.

so the premise at its most simple is that hinata and his party of adventurers are off to defeat the demon king oikawa and his henchmen! those are the basics.

the "canon" characters in hinata's party are hinata, kenma, aone, iwaizumi, and kageyama. on the opposing side we've got oikawa (the demon king), kuroo, and kiyoko. kiyoko has servants in the form of tanaka and nishionoya (they don't care for oikawa, they're just there for kiyoko). there's also michimiya, who is in the "fair princess kidnapped by oikawa" role that hinata & co. are trying to save. the full character profiles can be found here (everyone in game) and here (heroes only)!

now this whole premise is like. a little silly. the whole deal is a little silly. this is a volleyball manga.

with THAT being said, though, sometimes the most fun to be had is when you take the silly thing and make it devastating. and it's so easy to do that with FHQ. so let's talk abt iwaoi now <3

so in the story, oikawa is the demon king. because the premise is so simplistic and boiled down to good v. bad due to, like, this not being a real piece of media, oikawa is objectively on the "bad side." iwaizumi, on the other hand, is a knight, presumably human, and "oikawa's (former) friend."

iwaizumi being oikawa's former friend is literally his speciality and i think about that all the time btw. for context, kageyama's specialty is "prodigy" and hinata's is "strongest decoy." and fucking iwaizumi is out here like yea hey guys i used to be on the bad side but im mad at oikawa so now i'm with y'all. also my specialty in this fantasy universe is that i used to be oikawa's friend :)

like. what the hell. as you may imagine, the iwaoi angst potential here is ENORMOUS. iwaizumi who has betrayed oikawa and joined the heroes' side to take him down, iwaizumi whose greatest strength comes in knowing oikawa in and out, because the villains you love are both the hardest and the easiest to destroy. iwaizumi who loves oikawa, and who cannot save him.

(**side note, there's a lot of kuroken angst potential involved in this au as well, but let's focus on iwaoi for this post and save kuroken for another day)

so, as i said, the game's interpretation of all this is pretty simplistic and pretty silly. but personally i love thinking too hard and finding depth in things that are so not that deep. and it seems like most fhq fans also employ this as a favorite hobby because holy shit the angst people put in this au is INSANE.

the way i've interpreted it myself has been that iwaoi were besties/lovers/unclear situationship until oikawa kind of "fell into the dark side," because this is an au of every fantasy trope possible, and his reign over aoba became corrupted and "evil." iwaizumi betrays him to join hinata and take him down--save the world, at the cost of the demon he loved so much. but that demon, who oikawa was, is gone already, isn't he?

one of my favorite comics about them is here by @/ichigomaniac, where oikawa falls to the dark side and iwaizumi kills him to save the kingdom he loves. another FAVORITE similar one is here by @/hawberries! the premise of a lot of fics/art in this au run along these lines <3333

another super fun interpretation is a 5 part comic by @/duskisnigh, where oikawa and iwaizumi are running a kind of underground rebellion/safehouse in a world demons are oppressed by the human race. but as oikawa sees more and more evil on the behalf of humanity, he gets more and more unhinged until iwaizumi feels that he no longer knows him--and runs away with kageyama, with the intention of taking oikawa down.

personally i think the BEST aus are where iwaizumi--so loyal, so in love--is forced to leave because he can't stand to watch oikawa fall to more darkness, while oikawa himself is so devoted to iwaizumi that it's his love for iwaizumi that is corrupting him.....

in the fic i wrote, it's a story about forbidden love and how oikawa just wants to be allowed to love iwaizumi and he'll fight a war in order to do it. but iwaizumi can't watch oikawa fight this war anymore, because he's getting more and more dark as the war rages on. so he leaves, and was any of this ever worth it?

ggaahadhgjkadg . fhq. its crazy. i have a tag for it here, where i have been curating my favorite art. special shoutout to @/amezure who has some GORGEOUS pieces in their tag. OH ! and some of my fave fics in this au :

in the arms of loyalty and the hands of devotion (iwaoi, 23252 words), self promo lol

i can go anywhere i want (just not home) (kuroken, 3662 words) by keplcrs

wondering if your heart's still open (iwaoi, 683 words), by birdintheriver

Diorama (iwaizumi & kenma, 2027 words) by PlumTea

the ao3 tag is beautiful everywhere you turn, but i have a special love for those fics <3

so yeah that's the general deal! if you ever want to talk more about it, i am HAPPY to discuss !!! pls pls plsplsplsplsplssplsplslpslslslss!!!!!!

[inevitableinfinity]

fhq oikage | 460 words | originally posted here

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“Tobio, do you remember what I said to you on your first day of training?”

Tobio tries to recall, but he’s a little distracted by the way Oikawa’s fingers are idly combing through his hair. “Don’t slouch?” he guesses and is rewarded with a laugh that vibrates against his cheek.

“I might’ve said that,” Oikawa agrees, “but I was thinking of something a little more, ah, important than your posture.”

Tobio is mildly tempted to make a comment about how essential good posture is to archery; however, he refrains from doing so and tries to figure out what the demon king is referring to. Oh, of course. “You asked us if we were willing to die for you and the cause.”

Oikawa hums his affirmation. “And little Tobio-chan blurted out, ‘Yes!’ in front of everyone even though it was supposed to be a solemn, thought-provoking moment.”

Scowling, Tobio looks up and into Oikawa’s amused face. “Because I meant it.” He pauses and adds, “I still do.”

Like a shower of rain on a hot day, the lightheartedness dissipates almost immediately, leaving behind the stark reality of the situation. “I know.”

Oikawa sits up and so does Tobio. “The war is already upon us, Tobio,” he says. “No side is playing coy or trying to bargain anymore.” Tobio nods. “Everyone is going to lose something in some capacity.” Tobio nods again.

Taking his hand, Oikawa says, “When you joined our army, you had to pledge your life to me. But as your king, I am going to make an amendment to that.”

“Oikawa-sa—”

“You’re not allowed to die for me. You have to live for me or else I’ll do something stupid like try to die for you.”

Tobio blinks rapidly, but the demon holds his gaze, crimson eyes showing no hint of joking. “Don’t die for me,” is all he can think to say.

Oikawa scoffs. “You can’t give me commands, I'm the king.”

He has a point. Still, “It’s not a command. It’s a request.” He squeezes Oikawa’s hand. “Please.”

Oikawa leans forward so his forehead rests against Tobio’s. “As long as you keep your end of the deal, it shouldn’t be an issue,” he says before giving Tobio a kiss.

Tobio has never been one to go back on his word, but if there is a point during this war where he can save Oikawa, then he will, even at the cost of his own life. He knows no other way to serve, no other way to love. It’s one of the few things they both have in common, no matter what sort of stipulations they try to give each other.

After all, all’s fair in love and war and unfortunately, they are in the midst of both.