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The star’s lived in the lining of her skin, no different than how the sun had lived in Lupin's eyes and the moon within his own heart. All different, none quite the same. But oh indeed, what a strange and cryptically beautiful universe they all made up. . .

----Lupin III: The Lavender Jacket Series

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Main Story Line: The Lavender Jacket Series  

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Lupin III Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Jigen Daisuke/Mine Fujiko, Jigen Daisuke & Mine Fujiko Characters: Jigen Daisuke, Mine Fujiko, mentions of Lupin - Character Additional Tags: Sad, Guilt, Regret, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Feels, Emotional Hurt, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Vulnerability Series: Part 16 of Lupin III: The Lavender Jacket Series Summary:

Fujiko opened her eyes to the dim salt-lamp glow. For a single moment she suffered the idea of mocking him for such a sudden and alien show of vulnerability. Usually she went for the kill when she saw even the tiniest crack. It was who she was. But whatever she was about to say died on her lips the moment she looked down.

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I’m free to boop and inbox is open for trick or treating! :D

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mmmm today is my birthday

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Just a head's up, LJS is NOT going into Hiatus, however while I plan out my next fic in the series I will also be working on my new Lupin III Fantasy AU which can be found in the link above If your interested in a new "Fangame" AU take a peak and don't hesitate to give it a follow if your are indeed interested! IF your not, just hang tight, the newest fic should be done relatively soon provided there's no hiccups in the way! :D

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Just a head's up, LJS is NOT going into Hiatus, however while I plan out my next fic in the series I will also be working on my new Lupin III Fantasy AU which can be found in the link above If your interested in a new "Fangame" AU take a peak and don't hesitate to give it a follow if your are indeed interested! IF your not, just hang tight, the newest fic should be done relatively soon provided there's no hiccups in the way! :D

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Could you draw Zenigata wearing Lupin's red jacket outfit from part 2 and Lupin wearing Zenigata's usual outfit?

sure! i'm imagining they both got the same idea to disguise themselves as the respective person- sometimes they think a little bit too alike lol

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Lupin likes the rain, Jigen likes the rain its a mutual thing, but unlike Lupin, Jigen really doesn't like to go out in it, he's more then content to just laze about in the house listening to it from the closed windows

Lupin on the other hand loves it, he loves playing in it, running out in it, basically all in all just enjoying himself with it

but after his incident, Lupins personality had switched, he became a shadow of his personal self, and one of the biggest tells is, when it rained lupin had now refused to go out in it and enjoy it, even if it meant staying out on the porch or the balcony and watching it fall

NOW

Post-sepsis syndrome (PSS) is a condition that affects up to 50% of sepsis survivors. It includes physical and/or psychological long-term effects, but one of the main psychological/emotional effects include Decreased cognitive (mental) functioning, Hallucinations, forgetfulness/memory loss

And Jigen knew that that was a possibility, the docs gave them fuckin brochures when they left detailing all the shit he would be potentially dealing with when it came to lupin's recovery

But when he finds Lupin standing outside during a rainstorm one day, he for a split moment, believes Lupin is actually getting better, finally enjoying what he use to and slowly returning back to his old self again, and while he typically doesn't enjoy being out in the rain he still goes out to join him

When he goes outside to praise Lupin for actually finally going out to enjoy the rain and being back to his old self again, he realizes too late however that. . .Lupin isn't actually acting like how he normally does when he goes out in this sort of weather.

There's no joy or content on his face, instead it's almost like. . .he's stargazing; his head is tilted upwards, as if he's looking at the sky but his face is blank and it's like he's disoriented because he has a glassy look in his one eye and all he's doing is just standing there in the middle of a rainstorm clueless as to what he's actually doing and when Jigen cant rouse him or get him to move he instead stays with him and puts his hat on his head until the rain stops cause lupin isn't even moving his head to keep the rain from falling into his nose

When Lupin finally snaps out of this episode he's in, Jigen asks him if he's alright and if he's ready to go back inside now, and Lupin looks at him and it's like his brain is slowly catching up and Jigen asks him again

and all Lupin does is look at him and go

"Sure. . .what were we doing out here again. . .?"

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Lupin forgets things a lot easier now.

Jigen is quick to notice.

First it’s small things, like where he puts stuff mostly, and that's usually normal because Lupin’s brain moves so fast it can barely keep up with itself, so Jigen thinks nothing of it.

But then it starts with names next, names from years past. And Jigen thinks nothing of it again even though Lupin’s memory is normally sharp as a tack because hey so is his and even he can’t remember the names of everyone they once met. There’s been so many over the years.

Lupin forgot what day it was once. But that’s ok, the weeks have been merging a lot for both of them lately.

It’s hard to keep track.

But then it moves on to people themselves and suddenly Jigen begins to worry how hard the memory issues are to ignore.

He forgets the doctor's name at first.

Then he forgets the nurse's name and even the waitress at the diner he had hit on the moment they touched down in New York. And Lupin remembers all the women he once flirted with, he always had. And perhaps maybe Jigen can forgive those, they don't see them often and it's so easy to get names jumbled up when you know so many.

But then. . .he forgets other people. .people he's known for years

Jigen has noticed it since Lupin and Fujiko were in the kitchen and during one such conversation, Lupin looked her dead in the eyes suddenly

As if he had forgotten who she was and yet could not recall her name.

Fujiko doesn’t mention it, but Jigen knows the look in her eyes by now.

The same thing happens to Goemon a few weeks later in the laundry room.

Goemon doesn’t mention it, but Jigen knows the look in his eyes by now.

Pop’s happens next, and Jigen will never forget that look on his face when Lupin couldn’t seem to recall even the nickname he had so often given him.

Jigen is quick to notice when Lupin stops referring to people by name during conversation. And now he knows why. Because, slowly, one by one, people are fleeing Lupin’s memory like rat’s jumping a sinking ship. And perhaps. . .maybe. . .Jigen could live with all of that

But then one day. Lupin does the same to him, and the whole conversation ends with Lupin with a pinch between his eyebrows as he stares at Jigen as if he’s nothing but a fleeting memory his gaze is trying to catch, because even now he is realizing something is wrong.

And Jigen is quick to notice the look in his eyes by now. like he always does.

Though Jesus god

He really wished he didn’t.

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Mmmmm remembering this song and the idea of Jigen taking over the gang if Lupin ever did die in LJS

Song is Novocaine by Bad Omens and Too Close to Touch

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got this from twitter which colour am i

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Jigens 3 pledges to the Lupin Family: Pledge 3

Find PT1 here

The Third and Final Pledge came on the day that Jigen had finally asked Lupin to marry him shortly after receiving the old man's blessing.

When he kisses Lupin's hand it's so much more gentle… tender even, like a lover. All while he’s on one knee, hat to his chest, his suit shining in the dawning light. He looks no different than what he usually does, but Lupin can tell that deep down there’s a glow seeming to emanate from Jigen; a gleam so intense it’s almost a physical manifestation of all the emotions that are bubbling up in him.

Lupin actually hates when Jigen does this, much like his grandfather. He doesn’t want Jigen on his knees pledging his loyalty, it reminds him too much of the life he essentially rescued Jigen from, and there’s no reason for him to do it because he already knows Jigen would more then willingly lay his life down for him.

And he also knows he would do the same.

But even he isn’t that dumb as to not know what Jigen is implying. They’ve been able to read each other like books for years now. And he finds it ironically fitting, in some funny way, how he’s gussied up in the finest suit he has, how it’s just the two of them.

Like a private ceremony.

Like he’s always assumed he’s wanted.

Lupin may have been festive, flamboyant in his need for extraordinary extravagance, but he knows deep down that if he ever was to get hitched he’d want it private, just him and his lover and the priest to ordain them.

And this moment, this one moment, is no different than how he’s pictured it. It’s just him and Jigen. There’s no priest to witness this bonding but it doesn’t matter because they have their own words to go on and their own words were just enough to seal it. The only witness (as far as they knew) was the dawning sun rising up beyond the hill, bathing them and the room in a heavenly hue of pinks and purples and oranges, like the sun through a churches stain-glass window.

Deep down however, Lupin. . . and perhaps Jigen both knew fear would set in soon. Fear and uncharacteristic nervousness that maybe Jigen was making the wrong decision. Jigen was not like anyone else Lupin's ever had the pleasure of hooking up with, but still there’s that fear that he should push Jigen away, convince him otherwise, tell him that it wasn’t a good idea. Or maybe it was just fear that one day Jigen would realize he was making a mistake and leave him.

But in this moment, the fear does not bother him, especially as he found his hand slowly moving down to caress at Jigen’s cheek, feeling the soft scratch of his beard under palm. And the moment Jigen opens his eyes and looks at him, Lupin knows immediately there would be no changing his mind, not with the look that he gave him.

So for now he would delay the fear, just a little longer.

Just long enough to enjoy the warm feeling kissing Jigen gives him.

For now he’s a newly married man.

And today was his wedding day.

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Jigens 3 pledges to the Lupin Family: Pledge 2

Find PT1 here

The Second Pledge came years later. . .on the day Issei gave Jigen his blessing to marry Lupin.

Deep down, Issei knew there was no point in actually having to give Jigen his explicit permission for them to marry. By this point in time, Jigen had long and well cemented himself into the Lupin family, to the point that Jigen was actually set to inherit everything that Issei had previously left to his son Nisei, which had then originally after his son’s death was set to go to his Grandson. The Will instead was now set to be divided between both Jigen and Lupin. But the one thing he had yet to give Jigen was his blessing, because currently as it stood, there was actually no need to do so;  they never needed his blessing.

He had also already discussed it with Lupin, and Lupin had long brushed off the idea of marriage, claiming surprisingly that what the pair had was good enough, and that Jigen was not the “Hitching Type”, and Jigen himself was a traditionalist in some aspects who wouldn’t have married Lupin unless he had the old man's expressed and explicit permission, and Issei understood that and respected it. And maybe he would have given it sooner, but with the relationship his Grandson and Jigen had, perhaps he thought there was no need.

After all, what the pair had was certainly a lot stronger then marriage had ever seemed to be. But Issei also knew that he didn't have much time left in this world, and he wanted to do it before he passed on, at least as a way to give himself some peace of mind.

On the day that it had happened, Jigen and Issei were in the living room, and the scene had been similar to when Jigen had first pledged his loyalty to him and the entire Lupin clan all that time ago, which to them seems like only yesterday. Issei has just given Jigen his blessing and Jigen was still in the process of trying to compute the information, unable to fully comprehend what Issei had exactly just told him.

Marriage, as much as the idea was nice, (not that he would admit it out-rightly) had been the farthest thing from his mind as of late.

but for the old man to give him his blessing. . .now. During a time when he seemed so worn down. . .

Jigen was still on his knees in front of Issei, and he hadn’t even realized he had begun crying, because he knew the only reason why Issei would give him his blessing. He knew what it meant. Why now of all time would be the time the old man would ultimately decide to give it to him. And he doesn’t accept it, no more than Lupin will when the time finally comes. Issei knows that when he dies, Lupin will probably lose it, he’s the only blood relative Lupin has left, and Lupin absolutely adores the ground the old man walks on.

But he is not the only one. 

Jigen knows that with the old man gone, someone needs to look after Lupin, and Jigen already does that and Issei trusts Jigen more than anything in the world and knows he’ll look after his grandson. But Lupin isn’t the only one who will emotionally wither when the old man finally passes. Issei had become almost a father figure to Jigen, and the idea of Issei leaving hurts him, hurts a part of him he never thought he would ever feel, as if he himself was losing a parent, let alone someone who had earned his loyalty and his admiration many times over and would continue to have it even long after.

But even the thought of it hurts him to think about, and he wants to apologize for the tears that stain the old man’s knees, but all of a sudden, Issei instead cups his face, a move that Jigen allows. And Issei’s hands are warm against his skin, and they feel like the hands one would associate with an aged grandparent; comforting, worn over the years but still holding some grace and elegance from years long since past. And that’s when Isei says as he waits for Jigen to look him in the eye

“Take care of my Grandson for me. . .won’t you”

And it’s there in that room, that Jigen vows to always do so.

He would have done it already, was already doing it already. 

But a vocal declaration seemed all the more appropriate. 

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Jigens 3 pledges to the Lupin Family: Pledge 1

Find Part 2 here Find Part 3 here

Shortly after Jigen and Issei reunited, Jigen had decided to pledge loyalty to Issei and as such the entire Lupin line.

He doesn’t know why he did it even after so many years since then. Perhaps it was because it's all he's ever known. Perhaps it was because the family had already treated him more like family then his own ever had. Plus he had always told himself, well perhaps maybe it was more akin to a promise. . that when he had ultimately left the Mafia for good, that he would never again kiss the hand of any man who dared to claim himself “Boss” over him. But it was strange in a way, the Lupin Family had been one of the very few families to ever gain his true loyalty, and certainly gain it without the use of force. And maybe perhaps in a way it was his way of asking the old man for forgiveness, for abandoning him all those years ago. That maybe in that moment, both of them needed each other more than what Jigen had originally thought. Jigen truly realized now that even though it would be a hard thing to do, that he should’ve stayed at the mansion with Issei.

Lord knowing that his life would have been so much easier Then whatever hell he subjected himself to the moment that he left

But the old man understood, Lupin’s apparent death during that time was hard on both of them, and he had long since forgiven Jigen for leaving. After all, he had done it too by packing up and leaving Japan for France once again.

But even so, the act of the old man forgiving Jigen wasn’t enough. Not by Jigen’s standards anyway. So one night, a few months after Jigen had been reunited with him, Jigen had managed to catch Issei in his study. The old man had been wrapped up for the night when Jigen caught him, and though Jigen was silent, Issei knew something was up. But before he could say anything.

Issei of course knew what was happening, especially when Jigen took off his hat and laid it pressed against his chest. He had been around the block around the world enough time’s to know the intricate rituals that took place against pledges of loyalty and servitude. But much like his Grandson, Issei, never liked it, he didn’t want Jigen on his knees pledging his loyalty, it reminded him too much of the life he and his grandson essentially rescued Jigen from. But yet, there he was, Jigen still on his knees, still kneeling in front of Issei looking up at him like he's almost a god, a beloved saint Jigen would have willingly sacrificed himself for.

And Issei knows deep down that Jigen was stubborn, that even if he tried to talk Jigen out of this, Jigen would refuse.

So instead, between the silence between them and the roaring fire beside them bathing them both in reddish gold along with the dark blue of the night coming from the window, Issei places a hand on top of Jigen’s head.

almost like he’s knighting him

And then Issei says something, hand still on top of Jigen’s head, words spoken with such a tender whisper it’s almost silent

“Welcome to the Family”

He gave Jigen the pin shortly after. . .beforehand Jigen never wore it. But he always kept it close to him. Jigen pledging his loyalty to Arsène the First, thus essentially pledging his loyalty to the entire Lupin family, was something that he never thought he would ever do again since leaving the Mafia life behind him for good. But Issei had become almost a father figure to him, let alone someone who had earned his loyalty and his admiration. And following Jigens official pledge to the Lupin Family, he has always kept on him a little piece of Lupin and the new life he was given in the form of a custom Lupine Flower Pin.

He never wore it in the beginning, but he always kept it close. But following the events of LJS, he figured now would be the best time.

And as such the Pin always stays on his Lapel,

close to his heart no matter what, where it would always stay.

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Dissociate, dissipate Is this how it feels to slip away? I don't know, I don't know Should I just go home? No, it's alright, I'll go all night I won't go home Yeah, it's alright I'll go all night

Yeah, you know I love to get high on my lows Fuck around and lose control Drink fast until my brain moves slow Now slow down Yeah, you know I love to get high on my lows Cause every time I talk I choke Run fast until my heart explodes Now slow down

I'm on the lawn, it's coming on Way too fast and way too strong Start to laugh, hit the grass Feel the cold dew as it's Running down my spine Lost all sense of time You'll see That I know I'm right where I'm supposed to be And it's alright, I'll go all night I won't go home Yeah, it's alright, I'll go all night

Yeah, you know I love to get high on my lows Fuck around and lose control Drink fast until my brain moves slow Now slow down

Sawyer Hill - High On My Lows

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Lavender Jacket Series Jacket Overview: Jigen Daisuke

Find Yata's Overview Here: Thank you @pixelateddork for the art.

Next on the list for the Jacket Overview series is a fan-favorite and one that I'm especially happy with.

Jigen Daisuke For his BASE PALETTE, Jigen sports his tradition getup, but it is more of the TWCFM set up of colors: his typical wardrobe as always sticks to the ashy-grayish black suit, light-blue dress shirt, white-tie and his traditional fedora which like the rest of his outfit ranges within the ash-grey tones see here (thank you screenshot recolors)

His SECOND OUTFIT

Like many shows we have seen regarding the pair, Jigens palette is often made to coincide or at least generally fit well with Lupin’s palette, even if he often does head toward the more traditional route with his colors- the blues, the blacks, the grays and so on and so forth. While Lupin took on the more softer Lavender colors in this series, Jigen however sports, not so much a different look, but one that I believe fits well with Lupin’s as well as the Lavender Jacket series as a whole

In LJS, Jigen’s tradition of typically wearing a darker set of colors compared to Lupin’s lighter shade still stands strong. However those traditional colors have since moved on from the typical  colors he’s most famously known for and instead now he sports colors that one may not have typically seen on Jigen outside of Part 3.

The First of the new colors presented are a Green Suit and Pants. Traditionally Green has always been a color that symbolizes many things, though the meanings of green can vary by shade similar to blue or red. For example: Bright green often symbolizes rebirth and spring while Olive green represents tranquility, earthiness and elegance. In Jigens case, Dark green or various shades of it, can often represent things such as fertility, greed, money and drive. For some shades, it also carries connotations of wealth and success but can sometimes signify greed and envy.

In Jigen’s case, the color green is often a double-edged sword; while things like  tranquility do not come easy for him until much much much later in the storyline, his drive to right his wrongs at times may also to many seem admirable at best and maybe suicidal at worst. Despite this, he still holds an elegance to him even during some of the worst times of his life which fits him strutting around in green very well.  The Darkish Red of his hat and tie also symbolizes things as well. Wine Red is a deep Red that often comes in many shades and often symbolizes traditional things like sophistication, passion, and luxury, few things that Jigen can’t afford to lose yet enjoys all the same as well while he can.

Especially passion. Throughout LJS, Jigen often finds himself being thrust into Lupin's role in more ways than he often anticipates, outside of simply just Leadership. In addition to this, he often finds himself shocked, about how often he ends up trading one vice, his alcoholism, for something better. The Act of Sex The moment Fujiko and him hook up in LJS, Jigen is often led to believe it’s the sex in which his body craves, like some new hyper-drive in his borderline dead sex-drive. While this turns out to not fully be the case, (he realizes later on down the line that its not simply the sex but the touch his body craves, not just the outcome that comes with it because Jigen usually hides how touch starved he really is) the need for sex is often a driving force between the pair. It’s why he often goes to her for "companionship"  when he’s drunk. Because, as shocking as it is for him, he had found something he finds fun, entertaining. In fact it revitalizes him, entices him, he finds that he enjoys it and it's strange because he never thought he would, especially with a woman like Fujiko, because it's also strange to him how quickly he fell into Lupin's role in the group

even down to his preference in partners.

Since red is the color of blood, it has historically been associated with sacrifice, danger, and courage. Modern surveys in Europe and the United States also often show that  red is also the color most commonly associated with heat, activity, passion, sexuality, anger, love, and joy. All emotions Jigen knows well and is slowly getting to know.

And it's not just the colors that often hold symbolism. Since their creation, cufflinks and lapel-pins have been seen as a symbol of status for gentlemen with luxury gold and gemstone cufflinks seen as a symbol of wealth, power and reputation, while Lapel pins are frequently used as symbols of achievement and belonging. While not shown directly on the reference sheet, Jigen does happen to wear and own two

In addition to being the Lupin Family Flower, The lupine flower stands for imagination, admiration, and overall happiness. Whether given as a gift or grown in your garden, the lupin brings the energy of inner strength to recover from trauma.

For Jigen it often fits all too well. But while he is not versed in the language of flowers like his partner might just be, he knows deep down that the flower means something to him. Ever since he was younger, the Lupin family, often consisting of just Lupin’s Grandpa and Lupin himself but now extending to the mains and servant’s, had been more of a family to him than even his own. The stability, while crazed and dangerous, was something that he had come to love and enjoy.

Jigen pledging his loyalty to Arsène the First, thus essentially pledging his loyalty to the entire Lupin family, was something that he never thought he would ever do again since leaving the Mafia life behind him for good. But Issei had become almost a father figure to him, let alone someone who had earned his loyalty and his admiration. And following Jigens official pledge to the Lupin Family, he has always keep on him a little piece of Lupin and the new life he was given in the form of a Lupine Flower Pin. He never wore it, but after everything that had happened during the events of LJS, he figured now would be the best time. 

The Pin always stays on his Lapel, close to his heart no matter what, where it will always stay.

Jigen’s third and “secret” palette is often used as a joke palette in a way, but is also just another I've grown to love. 

Essentially, I had come across this palette in a Discord server I am in

And naturally I had fallen in love with it. It had part 4 vibes but gloomy and tired and somewhat sad which seemingly worked very well. Lupin's design in LJS IS his Part 4 design but tweaked. Of course since the palette felt right I decided to give it to Jigen as sort of a “party” outfit; one that he often uses when he goes out with Fujiko, or for special occasions!

But then a friend had pointed out that Zenigata got the jigen palette in the picture set, with the blue vest and orange undershirt and green tie, and I thought of course it was funny. . . Until I realized that this image also exists

Which fits because Jigzeni, or as we lovingly refer to the ship as Hattrick, is a ship found in LJS

It seems Zeni can’t stop stealing the gunman’s clothes How they fit him we will never know

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Lavender Jacket Series Jacket Overview: Gorō Yatagarasu

OK FIRST Jacket Overview shall be given to the man whose been on my brain for the last three days because I have actually felt bad about all the torture i've put him through somewhat FIRST ON THE LIST: Gorō Yatagarasu, Zenigata's assistant and new loveable twink of the Lupin Franchise.

Now when it came to Yatagarasu I was initially at a tossup. I really did love the original outfit design he wore in PT5 and If I hadn't found a Jacket I had liked for him odds are I would have just kept him in his PT5 Outfit.

However thanks to my friends @rainymeadows-art and @curleyclown (who was kind enough to do that art for me) I had found the perfect compromise!Unlike the others of the group, his colors don't mean much in terms of symbolism and really are the result of my love for his PT5 palette, and as a result not much of anything really changes in Yata's LJS design compared to his PT5 color palette, minus a  slight color change; his base vest and pants are darker than his original, bearing with it a more deeper color along with his tie. His actual shirt has also had a color upgrade, instead switching to a light blue shirt that matches with the one featured on Zenigata’s LJS Palette change.

However the most important part of his outfit is his socks, which an eagle-eyed person might note are mismatched!

This is because it coincides with a HC I often use for Yata based on what my Grandmother used to tell me when I was younger! The HC stems around the idea that Yata tends to wear mismatched socks whenever he’s in a good mood. This characteristic was implemented by his grandmother who once told him mismatched socks bring good luck! In LJS he mistook one of the dark purple socks he owned for a work related black one

so it's his lucky sock! A deep wine colored sock whose color can be found here!

Yata doesn't know if he really believes in luck anymore with all that's happened in his life, but it brings him some semblance of comfort when he's having a rough time, and maybe there is something to be said about Luck with how lucky he got in all this

After all from what we've seen

it could have been far far worse

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Im a lil bored, who want's a rundown on the new jackets for LJS?