Hi, what's your favorite chapter of Servamp from the manga or anime and why? .
I’ll give you top 5- originally i was just gonna say small reasons why but i accidentally ended up quoting like everything meaningful to me LMAOAO so this is like essay long- (bold text are parts that REALLY stand out to me and mean something big to me😭😭🙏)
DUDE I ACCIDENTALLY MADE THIS THE LONGEST THING EVER😭😭
honestly first i want to say, all 5 of these things i really want to animate because of how beautiful they are so like 😭
1. Eat or be Eaten, to page 14 of Commedia- this is another place I actually cried. It resonated with me - VERY deeply. Like- “strange isnt it? People can have many sad things that are very hard to swallow, and each time they forcibly wash them down with this water. In this way, somehow, after taking time to digest them. Everyone can finally keep on living. .. what you can’t digest on your own, share it with me.” Along with Ildio’s thoughts of “Nicco, all of that stuff which looked like flowing mud. Piece, by piece. He’s cutting it up. Chewing. And i’m watching him swallow all of it. Nicco looked like he would vomit each time. But even so- he wouldnt stop eating the mud… i understood, that this was “strength.”” - ik this one is getting long but dude- as well as “staying alone because you’re afraid of losing someone shouldn’t be called strength. Theres no one who wouldnt feel anything when their friends die. But- to say you dont need friends. It makes you come off as weak, doesnt it? If you call that “freedom” then its pretty lonely. Flowers wither someday. Does that mean we dont cherish them? Its the opposite. “Today” is all they have. The time when flowers stay in bloom varies, but even so, people decorate with all kinds of flowers. The world is changing. Yesterday’s justice might be called wickedness tomorrow. But, it doesnt matter. Because thats tomorrow. We havent even lived through this day yet, have we? People live, and die. The life through which you walk together with someone is short. “World end” enjoy yourself. Its still too early to think of the end of the world.” Dude. I almost cried writing the quotes out. It means like genuinely a LOT to me.
2. He & I - So that we wont become lonely. - this is the first little arc i actually cried at. It resonated so much with me- and like- honestly- all the kind of age regression stuff being- portrayed so- so well. - like- “say, did you finish your summer homework? I have no idea what i should write in the summer vacation journal.. i couldnt write a single thing in any day.” “…You too?” “Yeah.” “It’s because everyday im home alone.. i- im… i’m actually..” “you too. You’re lonely. Just like me.” “That may be… but its fine!! Uncle… i will become praise worthy! I can do anything for anyone. I-.. ….. the truth is that, since then i have always… i wanted to become someones “pride” a nephew to be proud of. A friend to be proud of. A partner to be proud of. I wanted to be..” “you can be that. You really give it your best. Everyone thinks highly of you. Someday… i also want to become ‘a family to be proud of’” (“i felt like i could become someone’s pride, if i could become your pride.. then i’d have a reason to be here.”) “you’re amazing this way you managed to rewrite your empty parts into ‘happy things’” “what about you?” “Me?? Well.. i just copied everything from my friend. ———- i thought that my grown up self would be happy if he read this journal filled with happy childhood memories. If he didnt have memories of summer vacation, my grown up self would be quite sad.. pitiful isnt it? There was no way that i could have such happy summer vacations. Always lying like this is the reason why i couldnt grow up. But- yknow, its fine. Tai-chan calls out my name. No matter who, even if just one person. If there is someone to acknowledge me, then i can keep on living. If i didnt have someone.. i wouldnt have been able to.” “But, you are! You have friends that acknowledge and care about you!” “Yeah.. i do. But… he didnt have anyone. In a dark basement that nobody knew about- he was called ‘ashtray.’ That child. I cant leave him alone. Everyone wishes to be accepted. Even if it seems like no one can see them, they want to be acknowledged. But even if no one sees them, they want the reason why they’re here now to be acknowledged. The two of us, we were born in a windowless room that no one knew about. We struggled to survive. We lived because we had EACH OTHER! No one.. can live alone… he has to call my name- or else.. i’ll just be that lump of filth on the floor there!!! A filthy ‘something.’ Call me. If you do that i become stronger than anyone!!! Call out my name! When someone calls out my name i get acknowledged. Then i can fight anything!” “Do we actually become ‘someone’ once someone calls out our name for the first time? Everyone is waiting to have their name called out. Everyone is just screaming that they’re here.” That just. And thats just he & i😭😭 so that we wont become lonely - i mean- “i was probably the only one who actually knew, why i wanted to save this person so much.” (This just- right now. Being - me. I - just- resonate with that way too much.) “during childhood, you could become friends with anyone. Even without knowing names or anything.” Real quickly i want to say- literally this second/first page makes me cry. Seeing all of them being children together- seeing them with their different personalities still- and seeing them in these groups or just no group- it- its says a lot just with this one panel. - “even by yourself you could go on an adventure however far you wanted, it didnt matter how far i would go because- that gentle hand.. would always find me. Its because i believed that my name would be called out. When you become an adult, adventures become a little scary. The number of things that you have to know the name of increases. The first step that you thought would be easy becomes heavy. And that gentle hand is no longer there for you. This time. I will be the one to reach out a hand to someone. ——- this time, i found kuro. I- what i wanted was. I didnt want to become all alone anymore.” (LMAO I MAXED OUT THIS PARAGRAPH)
The three pages of no text and them trying to hold each others hands and then them just crying together - just- hurts- in like a good way yk? And then just- “thats why we reach out our hand to someone. Its the simplest way to not become lonely” and - just- mahiru’s like- “tsurugi-san…. Lets go! .. you told me before didnt you? That you fight because you’re weak. To be honest, even after coming to c3, i understood it even less. The reason for what i’m fighting for.- A nephew to be proud of, a friend to be proud of, a comrade to be proud of. Thats what i aspired to be. I misunderstood a little what i truly wanted to become. What i want is, to become someone that i can make myself proud of. I’ll always ask, ‘am i proud of those actions?’ ‘Am i being proud of myself?’ Surely that will become my guiding light whenever i might make a mistake. If there are people who are screaming, if i pretend that i dont hear them, then i wont consider myself a person to be proud of. This, is my reason to fight. Thats why, tsurugi-san. You also dont need to depend on others when it comes to your reasons for living and the reasons for your actions. Me, and everyone else, its alright to acknowledge yourself on your own.” This- dude. I just- all i want to say without like- explaining too much personal stuff (lmao) is that I resonate so so much with tsurugi is all of this- and mahiru’s words - just- hit so hard🥀
3. I think- to the gentle ones who didnt draw their swords is third. Honestly- i mean. First of all- seeing all of tsubakis main subclasses- the backstory on how they became subclasses and- i guess. When they “didnt draw their swords” is something i really wanted to see. And then- well- seeing them be ABLE to draw that sword that tsubaki drew for them- its- beautiful. And then- a few quotes- “when he changes his appearance after unleashing his power. He doesnt even recall our names?! Is that the tsubaki-san we followed? Who forgets about us and doesnt laugh?!” Again- with the subclasses and their relationship with tsubaki. And then tsubaki’s “I am a friend to all kind-hearted people. If you can draw your sword, then you dont need me. If you were struck down without drawing your sword. I want you to call for me. I will draw that sword that you didnt. *I am the only one- who wont betray you.” (/Violence is the only thing that wont betray you) is so beautiful. And- semi resonates with me as someone who- well- wouldnt be able to draw her sword i guess-
4. Child of Wrath, Accomplice and Izuna Nobel - THE STAR - - honestly all of wrath arc is so beautiful to me. Seeing Izuna’s backstory- her care for shuuhei and how she realizes how she’s become- well- his accomplice. And then all of the stuff with inner wrath and izuna. Her dancing with him- its- so beautiful to me. Like-
“The power ‘to kill’ is the power ‘to protect’ your comrades who are fighting on the frontline. Thanks to you, your friends are all still here right? Its not about which is right. Its easy to blame you. To say that we wont forgive you, or even being able to strike you, but. What would come out of it? If you have regrets, then please, show us the things that you can do.” —— “right now the thing that i’m facing… if this is ‘wrath’ … then it greatly resembles fear.” (Coughs- the chapter called “wrath resembles fear”…) “ ‘wrath’ resembles a cowardly heart that is afraid of getting hurt.” … “take my hand. In turn, put out your feet.” “I- i dont get this! This is-“ “its alright. Match my steps. I just want to dance with you. “‘Wrath’ resembles a weakness of trying to hide painful scars.” “‘Wrath’… resembles hurting.” “Thats right. Hurting, and being angry, when you look at them from the outside, they really.. really seem alike.” “The way i walk, the way i look at things, the rhythm of my breath. If i dont adjust them. Then i would be just like a monster. Use it well. Okay?” I cant explain how BEAUTIFUL wrath arc is. Its just- gorgeous.
5. I will be your sheath is BEAUTIFUL. Not only as someone who loves tsuberu.. but like- just- seeing him(tsubaki) i guess- just- fold?? For lack of better word. Like - his and kuro’s talk too before(and after) Berukia appears- like “didnt i tell you? You’re blind to everything. To myself. And even yourself. Living alone? You haven’t noticed have you? That you already have been living with someone.” “What are you talking about? Has Mahiru Shirota’s preachy attitude rubbed off on you?” “..Maybe. Yeah. Perhaps i’ve changed. And i’m still changing. What about you?” “Nothing- and NO ONE will change!! - i have to- DESTROY EVERYTHING ONCE AND FOR ALL-“ “you’re too narrow minded. ——“ “Ha… cant deal with it.. something like that wasnt it?.. ahh… i am.. its useless!! I’m not stopping the ritual! I dont care if we are going to tear each other apart like this! After all- “death” is out of reach for us!” “I dont want to lose myself- whose happiness am i still here for?!” And then obviously berukia stopping the fight- like- “just kidding..” and tsubaki like- relaxing- i guess. (Which is so crazy that you can read that through a manga panel. And tanaka did really really fkn good portraying that) the whole conversation of - “berukia..” and beru responding “yup. Recognize me??” Is kind of bittersweet with like- from “to the gentle ones who didnt draw their swords” cause berukia goes “for who does tsubakyun draw his sword now? Even if you forget eeeeeeverything about us. You still have to finish what you started, dont you?” Like- i mean- but then berukia saying for everyone to go the sushi-go-round and tsubaki litterally dropping his sword and being like- “that.. sounds great. But. Is it alright?? I mean. Its too wonderful to just call it a compromise.” And him crying happily- like- its just- beautiful.
Honorable mentions lmaooo
JJ. Bc- well. Its me. Yk. Lkke- “just how much was Mikuni able to plan ahead? I couldnt figure it out. The clever child, of that beautiful woman.. all thats left for me, is to see things through. I will lose this name. Thats when i will also lose words of prayer to god. Even now. The beautiful melody of that music box that kiriko gifted her son. It will finally.. stop playing.” YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME. PLEASE. (Also in salutw where he goes “its all over for me. I’m most likely no use to Mikuni anymore. I have only one concern. That is if Kiriko made it to heaven.” STOP. AND FUCKING- IN WINNER- “kiriko was a beautiful woman, clever, delicate, lonely.. it was fair to call her wicked. That young boy took after kiriko. He was beautiful. Lonely. To call him pure, was wicked. I think you also must have thought the same.” “That beautiful son of that beautiful woman. That nobleness. Must not give in to such people.” STOP. Ok anyways :3)
“On my damaged gravestone, someone threw flowers over it. That was enough to make me cry.”
“The world is imperfect, and that's okay. Isn't that why we live with someone? To see the imperfect parts of people. We fell in love with their imperfections, didn't we?!”
In chapter 149 the whole thing where after tsurugi leaves and jeje like has those square text boxes- everything he says there is- so - beautiful zawg.
Honestly i have SO many quotes and stuff that are so important and beautiful to me from servamp man.
