so i just. can’t put into words how incredibly fucking funny it is that todo now activates his boogie woogie technique with a fucking VIBRASLAP.
when i saw him lose his hand in shibuya, i briefly wondered if he’d find an alternate way to activate his technique. my thoughts went to other forms of body percussion (like snapping, or patting his leg), or to other, more recognizable percussion instruments (finger cymbals, a hand drum, triangle, slapstick, or even just two sticks to hit together). heck, there are a ton of traditional japanese percussion instruments that could’ve fit the bill.
instead, he picks the goofiest fucking instrument possible.
i mean, don’t get me wrong. the vibraslap is a great accessory instrument in the right contexts. it adds just the right color to songs that use it.
but as a former elementary school music teacher, the vibraslap is an instrument that virtually always makes the kids giggle, because out of context, the sound it makes is goofy and totally unexpected! the metal teeth that make the rattling sound are more or less hidden from view, so there’s no way to predict what it’ll sound like if you’ve never heard it before!
and what makes this even funnier to me is that the vibraslap was invented in 1967 as a more durable version of the quijada.
also known as the jawbone.
so todo could’ve even used the original form of the instrument and he would’ve looked 530,000 times more badass
never change, aoi todo
(also, did anyone else clock that they used the sound of the vibraslap in s1 when he was teaching yuji how to embody his cursed energy? because if that was deliberate foreshadowing more than 3 years before ch 260 was released then my jawbone is on the floor)
