. . .such as it is, since the plot is a bit of a giant ???
Also kind of long? But without much reflection on the plot, because, as stated, it was a giant ???
I watched this anime (two short OVAs) with @mad-madam-m on a 'let's have fun and watch a couple of short, bonkers BL anime' night. Bonkers anime night was a definite success. XD
I actually thought this one was more likely to be good/enjoyable than the other one we watched that night (Sex Pistols; I'll eventually write a post about that one as well) but man was I wrong!
This anime is. . .
Fuck. It is very difficult to encapsulate, because it is so very batshit. As I said to M as the end credits were rolling, ‟well, that sure was an anime” and ‟that did not make sense at all, even once, even by accident”. (She laughed, but she did not disagree.)
The description I have seen for this OVA just about everywhere features the tidbit that:
A mysterious earthquake drags Hamura Shou, newly-enrolled in Yuusei Academy, and two other students, into another world, where an attack by a monster causes Shou to unfurl great, white wings.
That scene does indeed happen, but it has no bearing on the plot, it is basically a side-note very early on, before the plot actually begins. Which is not something I would have anticipated of falling into another world and fighting a monster, let alone discovering that one must be royalty of another world.
Because that is what the wings signify - The Winfield Chronicles (never defined) tells us that in the Kingdom of Winfield, the males of the royal family all have great, white wings.
(Me @ M: if all the men of the royal family have giant white wings, I am going to headcanon that the women have bat wings. There's nothing behind this, I just do. I’ve decided.)
It is a total of 1 hour long - two half-hour OVAs. However, watch it, and you will get the distinct feeling that it was supposed to be a full 13-episode anime (with a season 2 of at least the same length to follow). It lulls one into a false sense of security, as we get most of episode one . . . and then 2-10 minutes from episodes two through thirteen, at a guess.
Not ‘should have been a full anime, was rewritten to be shorter’, no no nooo, it was as though we got selected scenes from those never-existed episodes. A scene changes and you get the feeling you have missed 1-3 episodes worth of plot. With no context as to what it might have been.
Friendships and relationships appear to have developed, changed, evolved without any notice; situations happen or disappear without notice; characters appear and are treated as though they're part of the core group even though we have never seen them before.
At one point while watching this happened: he’s new, right? he’s new? red hair? we didn’t have a red hair, did we? where did red hair come from? holy shit red hair has a gun???)
That moment happened immediately after a scene change from the group in the headmaster's office being assigned to hunt down ghost rumours (no context did not make that make any more sense; they’d never been cordial with the headmaster or hunted ghosts, rumours, or mysteries) to them somewhere in a ruin (?) fighting giant werewolf things (not ghosts???).
Oh also? The headmaster? We called him Headmaster Commander Evil Bishie; his assistant was Homeroom Teacher Bad Touch Bishie. (He legitimately stuck his hand down our MC’s shirt at one point, stroking his chest/side, to pluck out his necklace/amulet, then put it back down inside his shirt and lingered, leaning close, to pet his neck.)
The headmaster’s office was the most obviously, blatantly bad guy base it could possibly be. The corridor was tiled in white and green marble, with white walls - and then there was a turn off it where the flooring is dark, with a red runner, the entire length of the short hallway was in dramatic, deep shadow, leading to very dark, looming double doors.
Our other characters included Baby Bard Bishie, The One Not-Bishie, Blue Hair A, Blue Hair B. . .
There’s implied pre-twincest featuring our MC and his long-lost brother? Only . . . not really/quite. Whether that ‘not really’ is that they’re twins or that they want to bang is up for debate. >.> (Regardless of the railing against it by one of the boys? Definitely twins. Their backstory is, of course, never explained.) They are not the pair with blue hair, incidentally.
They would definitely have started banging in S2 . . . but the one of them who vehemently denied he was adopted or could have a brother did immediately start fantasising about being kissed and petted; why are you stepping into my heart? approximately 45 seconds after their reunion *coughs* meeting.
(Also somehow despite almost everyone looking the same, the twins were the easiest to tell apart.)
There was nothing shown how our group even formed or started working together . . . or on what they were supposedly working, I guess; including two teachers (if we count the mysteriously appearing red hair, at best guess) and several students, some of whom are romantically involved, sometimes in unpredictable manners. (But not the twins. Yet.)
Sadly, that full-length anime does not exist, because M and I agreed we would, actually, watch that if it did.
(Maybe it would have had a plot . . . or more with the wings . . . or an explanation of ‘magic royalty’, or Winfield, or the parallel worlds, or what Headmaster Commander Evil Bishie and his right hand were doing, in this world or with/against our protagonists, or. . .)
I don’t like how “having depression” has become a popular slogan online to diss people who are living their best life and being “productive”. Like stop being bitter and jealous and acting like someone being happy and healthy is something that makes them less then?? Dear god. This is why people are scared to get better! There is this STUPID stigma around being happy and oh my gosh look at me and everyone else we are all depressed ahaha that’s why we are better then people who are happy.
Like it’s okay to be jealous and envious. That’s normal. But being toxic about it?? Shaming people for being happy? Acting like they are somehow in the wrong ? Grow up. That’s horrible. Almost makes me feel like up aren’t actually clinically mentally ill to be honest and just feel uwu sad sometimes. Because being mentally ill is HELL. This isn’t fun. I’m happy when I see other people don’t have to go through this bullshit. I wouldn’t wish being mentally ill on anyone, and you’re out here shaming someone for being happy?????? Get a life. What a horrible thing to do. Go be bitter and toxic somewhere else I swear to god. I hate people like this. And I don’t hate a lot of people :/
“Uncle Padfoot! Can I help you hang up the lights?”
Sirius smiles and ruffles Harry’s hair with his free hand. “Thank you Harry, but I’ll be up on the roof, and it isn’t the safest place for you-“
“I’ll be extra careful! Pleaseee?” Harry makes the puppy-dog eyes that Sirius now wishes he hadn’t taught him how to do. Sirius sighs, looks around before setting down the box of fairy lights, and places a hand on Harry’s shoulder.
“Alright then. But first, I’ve got two rules for you.”
“What are they?”
“Rule number one,” Sirius holds up a finger and narrowed his eyes to look solemn. “Don’t fall off.”
“Okay.”
“Rule number two,” Sirius holds up another finger. “If you do fall off, don’t tell Uncle Moony.”
i realized that i should just stop trying with matt and the sparklecesspool as a whole. he'll never acknowledge his own wrongdoings and will only jump to make the accuser look like the bad one. addtionally, the current sparklecare "fandom" is a such a small and insignificant community that thrives off of drama and general negativity so why does matter? who cares? why should i be engaging with these people? such a place is perfect for him and i should just leave him to it. so the darryl-lope blog is gone and im leaving the sparklecesspool behind to focus on more fulfilling things
(im also sorry to the 2 people who i got involved in this, shouldnt happen again like this)
