#ui madoka

[azuma-kun]

One of my favourite things about world trigger is how Ashihara avoids writing pitfalls. Despite being the protagonist, Osamu isn’t always right or perfect and the criticisms he receives from other characters are fair and needed.

Recent chapters (242-247) take a peek under Osamu’s hood and the narrative takes some time to analyze him.

245-247 especially show why Mikumo was able to lead his team to the top of B-rank in one season but 249 came with crucial realism -> he’s not the only strategist.

Even Mikumo’s specialized strength is not a silver bullet.

Ashihara takes it one step further though,

and brings the story right back to teamwork.

[azuma-kun]

[wannabe-etymologist]

I believe in Oki and Ui bonding over cats supremacy.

[nightowldaylark]

World Trigger Prompt List - Day 31 Set 3.8 Rank Wars

Characters: Ui, Kakizaki, Teruya

“Why the long face, Captain?” Ui smiled at Kakizaki, flopping down next to him and peeking at the tablet in his hands.

Kakizaki shook his head. “Just looking at the rankings.”

Teruya peered over his shoulder from the other side. “Kakizaki squad, no.13.”

“Yeah,” Kakizaki said heavily.

Ui and Teruya looked at each other.

“I’ve been thinking about those new strategies we talked about,” Ui said cheerfully. “They still need some work, but it’s coming along well.”

Teruya nodded. “They’ll make us stronger.”

Kakizaki looked at them, then smiled ruefully. “You’re right. Let’s look over these strategies some more.”

[half-sleeping]

Day 20: Set 3.4 Teams

Collected at Bordering Trouble on the AO3

All the operators at the table stared back at Kakizaki, petrified.

“Sorry,” he said, spooked by their surprise. “Just wanted to pass something to Madoka…” he vaguely waved a binder that belonged to her.

“T-thanks!” said Madoka, jumping up and ushering him away from the table, but not before Kakizaki registered that arranged neatly in groups on the table were card-sized agent profiles, mixed and matched between the group of girls and covered in agent statistics. Two fledgling operators were frozen in the middle of arranging a trade which involved two illegible IOUs and a candy bar.

“Was that-” he said.

“Index cards!” said Madoka. “We’re… running through team configurations with index cards. Er. Memory aids.”

“Are you gambling?” said Kakizaki.

“Not with money!” she said. “It’s.. it’s just a good way to train rookies on team composition, that’s all. Very good visual learning.”

“Did you do this when... we formed the team?” he said.

“N- no,” she said. “Not when we.. started.”

“Is this… how we formed the team,” he said.

“...if you tell, we will know,” said Madoka.

Kakizaki handed over the file to his operator, and slowly, all the operators watching him as he retreated, backed away.

[wt-dna]

[2dcharacterbirthday]

Name: Ui Madoka From: World Trigger Date of Birth: 26 April Gender: Female More info: http://worldtrigger.wikia.com/wiki/Madoka_Ui