Every time I see a take about how coroika is poorly written or executed i genuinely roll my eyes bc? 😭😭😭😭
Hinodeya’s job was to make a comedy manga for kids based on Splatoon. And she made a comedy manga based on Splatoon. Like yes compared to the actual game I’m not gonna sit here and tell you it’s the most well written piece of literature ever conceived but I think more people should definitely consider that some things don’t exist to be a beautifully written masterpiece, sometimes they exist to just to entertain or spread an easily digestible message, which I thought would be common sense considering it’s literally FOR KIDS OH MY GOD
Ik people want more out of a manga for splatoon but idk i find it fun to reapply the games depth where it doesn’t exist in the manga it makes it so fun and interesting
And also I feel like idk if ur pushing 20 like yeah it’s not gonna be that great have u considered that you’re not the target audience?? This is mostly for some people just in general who put the manga down bc it’s too stupid or whatever
And like trust me I’m not one to be like this media is exempt from criticism bc u simply aren’t who it’s for! But idk if it’s fucking Mickey Mouse clubhouse then like yeah 😭😭😭I’m gonna think that 😭😭😭
Idk I have so much to say about this I think it’s so annoying and pretentious but I do also understand wanting more from the manga it’s just that I think sometimes it’s too harshly judged for a manga that does exactly what it was made to do 🤔🤔
like. poorly written? Objectively, yes! Poorly executed? Not really idk man 😭
I would also like to mention that I originally read this book exactly 3 days after I turned 8 years old, and I was hooked as soon as goggles got naked bc I thought it was the funniest thing I’ve genuinely ever seen. I’m now 16 and I still think this book is entertaining and funny as fuck idc 🥹
Guys please talk to me about coroika and analysis stuff please I love over analyzing this book….im a little worried that I might come off stupid tho but pleaspelaspeleas talk to me about coroika 🥹🥹🥹🥹🙏🙏🙏
hi guys I wanted to talk about one of my many coroika AUs and this one specifically is. well it's what the title says
its like an infection AU??? yeah
it was made a really long time ago, and I haven't had the information to rewrite it or complete the whole story so some parts may be incomplete but for the most part it does have an ending
I fear it might be a little messy after all it was... a while ago
Technically none of the ships are 'canon' as in none of the ships ever come true. They are all doomed! Here's a list:
Goggles x Rider (At the beginning Rider loves Goggles and Goggles doesn't like him back, at the end it's reversed)
Rider x Army
Aloha x Army (One-sided mostly)
Double Egg x Vintage
Blazer x Bamboo Hat
Mask x Bobble Hat (I think this was one-sided?)
Skull x Mask (One-sided)
a lot of these can also be interpreted as friendships too
there might've been others I just forgot
more info below cut!
WARNING: death, violence... centipedes
I will talk about the plot first.
The story is seperated into three different point of views for three characters, those characters are Rider, Vintage and Goggles.
The beginning goes like... one day it was all happy and sunny and very well but then suddenly a rock or two fell from the sky, the earth shook and ripped up Inkopolis. Everyone thought it was just your average terrifying earthquake until the centipedes started showing up and possessing people.
then we move on to our three main characters' POVs!!!
RIDER -
Ever since the disaster happened he hasn't seen Goggles or his teammates. Those people were the ones he cared most about in the whole world, althouuuugh he didn't make that very obvious at first and he kinda regretted that
He has been travelling through the forest for a few days now until he got attacked by two possessed inklings. He actually didnt know about the whole centipede thing so he was confused and tried his best to fight them off and then SUDDENLY!!!! Army swooped by and saved him
They talked for a bit and Army revealed that he had been travelling with Aloha, however Aloha got killed by something large so he's on his own. They agree to work together for now.
--- Time passes by and the two bond a little. I didn't write this part out very much but I will say at the beginning they didn't like each other and they're still wary of each other but they're bonding!
Later on they meet Vintage and Omega, who happen to just be staying in the forest because they're trying to locate as many 'non-infected' people as possible and relocate them to a Safe Spot.
Since Rider has no idea wtf they're talking about, they explain that for some reason centipedes have been going around and possessing everyone, so far there is no cure but for the time being everyone has to go to the Safe Spot. Skull, the one who is in charge of the Safe Spot, will meet them there.
The two spend the night with Vintage and Omega before setting off
--- Time passes by and the two bond a little more while going to the Safe Spot
I didn't write this part out but I think they got into the tunnels (because they were told the Safe Spot is underground) and then something bad happened. Like they got attacked?? or maybe the tunnels started collapsing
either way, they both passed out.
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Rider is in Inkopolis. Everyone he knows greets him and asks him about things like turf war and stuff
He smiles at all of them and tells them about how much he's missed them. He notices Goggles and goes to him to tell him how much he loves him
Goggles turns around, and his face is blank. Rider realizes he can't remember his face
-
Rider wakes up sweating. In a bed. He's in a small room umm think of it as a motel room but like. only bedroom.
Skull walks in "Oh you're awake" and gives Rider some food. He also mentions that Stealth Goggles would like to see him (yay!!! Stealth is safe and sound)
When he finishes eating, he goes to meet Stealth and finds that he is missing one of his arms and has quite a few scars. Stealth bombards him with several questions asking if Rider is okay before delving into some detail about what happened to him.
Stealth, Blazer and Bamboo Hat managed to stick together for a while and get to the Safe Spot, However, during a mission where all three of them went to go find food, Blazer got infected by a centipede. Stealth and Bamboo Hat tried to save her, but Bamboo Hat ended up dying and Stealth lost an arm.
He said that based on this event, he reached a conclusion that all inklings and octolings infected by the centipede are not the same person anymore, and are very violent. Since there is no cure, the best course of action would unfortunately be to kill them immediately.
While Rider processes this information, Stealth recommends that he should probably go help with setting up Splatfest decorations (it’s that time of the year) to ease his mind. He does just that.
He goes to sleep, guilty that he hadn’t been there with his team members and also wondering if Army is doing alright.
–
He is hesitant to attend the Splatfest. He watches from afar, wondering how all of these people could possibly party at a time like this. While drinking, Army happens to find him. They talk, and Army reveals that all that’s really happened to him was that he had a meaningful conversation with Skull and found out that Mask might be infected. The reason is that he found Bobble Hat in one of the underground tunnels, about to be infected by a centipede but he managed to save her in time. (I didn’t write this part in detail so a lot of details are missing)
There is also a scene where they dance with each other during the Splatfest but I’m going to be honest I didn’t bother writing the details for that so I don’t know how they get to that point
After dancing, they sit together on the roof of one of the buildings. It’s silent, and they both question their feelings toward each other.
--- A few days later… This is also a bonding moment I didn’t put much detail into
I didn’t put a lot of detail into this part but somehow the centipedes manage to get into the Safe Spot. People panic and are evacuated while the rest try and fight off the centipedes. Army gets infected by one right in front of Rider, and he learns that basically how people get infected is that the centipede has to enter any sort of opening in the body and just. Go in.
Army and Rider fight each other. Rider is hesitant to do anything bad, desperately trying to figure out a way to free him of this infection. Stealth’s words ring in his mind, and he manages to subdue Army before stabbing him several times until he wasn’t moving anymore.
Apparently the centipede is very smart and rushes out of Army’s body before he gets stabbed in order not to be damaged. Army screams for Rider to stop, but Rider believes that it is the centipede trying to trick him. He looks up and sees the centipede there, and although centipedes don’t have eyes he feels it staring at him, and he realizes that it is actually possible to undo the centipede infection.
—
This part of the story is written very shabbily but somehow Rider meets up with Vintage again, and finds out from him that Omega is dead. They stay together for a while, and travel a bit.
Somehow they find the source of it all, which is a really giant centipede that blends in with a mountain. Yeah don’t even ask
Vintage offers to climb the mountain and try to reach the centipede’s heart and kill it, while Rider defends and tries to cut down anyone who tries to stop Vintage. Rider agrees to this plan, and for the most part it goes smoothly until he sees Army’s mangled body. Several centipedes pilot his body because it’s so messed up.
The two fight, although Army’s body is… really messy when it comes to fighting. I didn’t write this part very well but Rider I guess feels a lot of guilt and affection towards Army so as a ‘fuck it whatever’ moment, he hugs Army without caring of whether he’ll get infected or not.
He’s never hugged Army before and really wanted a hug from him, but Army’s body feels so cold. Army slumps against him, and Rider feels himself slipping, too. He nearly falls off of a ledge (and lets himself mind you) but Vintage appears just in time to hold him up. He calls Rider an idiot.
Rider and Vintage arrive at Inkopolis, which is a wreck. The two decide they could somehow rebuild it, and Rider encounters Goggles again. Rider hugs Goggles, they tell each other how much they missed each other. Rider notices Vintage standing off to the side with a complicated expression. He beckons to Vintage, and all three of them embrace each other.
VINTAGE -
Vintage was going to confess his love to Double Egg but then the earthquake happened and he got seperated from him. Oh no
I didn’t write this part very well but there is some point where he meets Skull and he agrees to work together with him for the safe spot. He says that him and Omega will be situated somewhere in the wilderness to spot anyone unaffected by the centipedes and direct them to the Safe Spot.
The other goal for him doing this, which he has kept a secret from everyone but Omega, is that he wants to keep a look out for Double Egg and Red Sole since they’re nowhere to be found.
At one point they meet Rider and Army, and Vintage directs them to the Safe Spot.
One day, Vintage and Omega find Double Egg. They are hiding somewhere, observing him. It’s obvious that Double Egg is not in his right mind, he looks colder and his movements seem very sharp. Omega believes that he’s infected by the centipedes, and says that it’s not a good idea to approach him. Due to some sort of unwavering amount of affection, Vintage wants to believe that Double Egg can be reasoned with.
Their whispered argument is overheard, and Double Egg charges. Omega throws herself in front of Vintage, and Double Egg slits her throat. Vintage is not given a moment to process this as he is tackled by Double Egg. Vintage drives his dagger into one of Double Egg’s eyes to get himself free, and he tries to go to Omega but she demands for him to run. Vintage hesitates, but he runs.
— The rest of this part is unwritten but you can think of it as Vintage just grieves for a very long time.
Later, he meets Rider again and figures out that the Safe Spot has been raided and Army was killed.
Rider reveals that it’s possible for centipedes to let go of their hosts, and Vintage realizes that he might have actually had a chance to save Double Egg.
I didn’t write this whole part very well but Vintage and Rider find the source to the centipede infection, which is a giant centipede on a mountain, and Vintage goes up to kill the thing while Rider defends.
At one point, he comes face-to-face with Double Egg. He looks sickly, like he hasn’t consumed anything in days. Vintage is stuck choosing on whether to try and spare Double Egg but risk not killing the centipede, or killing Double Egg and then the centipede, ending the infection. Since Double Egg would kill him and the whole world would be doomed for option one, he goes with option two. He kills Double Egg with great difficulty.
After killing the centipede, he stands there watching everything fall apart. He almost decides to let the mountain collapse on him before realizing he should probably check on Rider. He saves Rider from falling to his death just in time.
When the two get to the ruined Inkopolis, they decide that they could probably rebuild it. Vintage watches Goggles and Rider meet up again and hug, and he is met with the painful thought of how that could have been Double Egg and Vintage, if things had gotten a bit different. Rider invites him into the embrace, and Vintage finds that he does not have the energy to refuse.
GOGGLES -
Goggles is the most incomplete out of everyone because midway while writing the story I quit working on this AU
I'll try to write as much as I know
During the beginning of the disaster, Goggles managed to stick with Team Blue. Being the positive guy he is, he reassures Team Blue that everything will be fine in the end. As long as they have the power of friendship!! He offers them some pickled plums for comfort
However this whole 'reassuring' thing gets crumbled when Bobble Hat is seperated from the group. Suddenly the idea of dying seems very, very real and even though Goggles may seem to be taking this well on the outside he is not doing well at all on the inside and is genuinely scared of losing his best friends.
This is the part where I didn't write much, I think they meet Gloves at one point who is scared shitless of everything and so he joins them on their travels for a while.
--- There is a big gap here that I didn't write. I think Headphones, Specs and Gloves dies at one point
--- Goggles also acknowledges that he is worried about Rider and really likes him
When the skies clear, Goggles tries to go to Inkopolis. He meets Rider and they hug it out, and then Vintage joins the hug too and Goggles almost wants to cry (he does)
OTHER PARTS I DIDN'T WRITE
There are other characters who also have their own stories and development they're just way more incomplete than these three
ALOHA -
Aloha's story mostly happens before the centipede thing, he was a guy who really liked to party but also had a habit of doubting himself. He had friends who could hold him up and give him confidence, but after the centipedes, everything fell apart and he was slowly going kind of coo coo crazy
He sacrificed himself because he didn't feel like he wanted to live anymore, hell he didn't have anything to live for anymore now that he couldn't find his friends and it seemed like there was no end to the infection. You could also say he sacrificed himself to let Army live and yea that's kind of true, he did care for Army
EMPEROR -
Emperor got lucky and managed to stay with Team Emperor (that's what they're called right). However he wasn't lucky for long because they got attacked and Npacer and Eging Jr died protecting them. Emperor's whole perception of himself (perfect and kingly) started breaking a little and it shattered completely when he failed to protect Prinz.
There's this one thing about someone coming along and giving him a little more hope in life but idk who that is
SKULL & MASK -
Skull managed to round up a few people from Inkopolis and worked with them to make the Safe Spot. He met up with Vintage later and invited him to the Safe Spot but Vintage offered to go stay in the forest to get more people instead.
I didn't put this into a lot of detail but there was also supposed to be an explanation as to what the hell was going on with Mask but I genuinely forgot
THE AFTERMATH -
This was a whole thing about Rider, Vintage and Goggles learning to kind of... live. Without like half of their friends because theyre dead
I didn't put a lot of detail into this, just
Vintage is starting to forget Double egg's face, voice and smile and it's kinda bad
Rider cannot love anyone else after it fucked him over twice (Goggles didnt like him back and he didn't know if Army loved him back, Army's dead)
Goggles kinda just has to live with the fact that Rider USED to like him and he's too late
they all sort of support each other. there was originally supposed to be a comic about it too but I completely forgot about the details and if the planning for it is somewhere, I lost it
ART
there's some art that comes with this AU I will put them all here.
the animation featuring double egg and vintage I actually posted it before huh!
ok the rest I dont know if I've ever posted those but I'll put it here just in case
really old designs of what they might look like in this AU (the general style of this was black and white with some red I think so thats why theyre not colored) (clearly I ignored this for other art pieces anyway)
concept art
this is basically a poster where Rider and Army are the main focus. If there was a hidden meaning I forgot about it
This also depicts some people from the Safe Spot! If you look closely, Vintage and Bobble Hat are there (they're the only clear ones I think)
This is a scene before the disaster with Double Egg and Vintage
This is about Goggles and Rider and their feelings about each other changing
t's just Army's death and him getting converted into a hollow shell for the centipedes
most recent art of chilopoda this includes the scene where vintage kills double egg + the aftermath
had a dream where there was a coroika anime trailer and everyone was talking about it and the tag was trending on tumblr and i was so sad when i woke up and it wasn't real
insane rambling under cut
i need coroika 😭😭😭 i need coroika to be relevant so bad you don't even understand (the fandom being bigger would also have negative consequences but whatever man!!! whatever!!!)
selling my femur for a coroika anime/show I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD. PLEASE. NINTENDO. YOU COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THIS YOULL MAKE MONEY. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLE
im so insane
it's been almost five years.
why do i like coroika so much why did i write 139 fanfics what the FUCK is wrong with me.
more corofans need to migrate to tumblr and maybe write fanfic. please please please please i need coroika injected into my veins please please please please please please please please i love goggles rider army aloha mask skull i love all of them (except team retro gamer) they have literally been my life support. i am breathing coroika air.
What do you call yourself when you don’t care anymore whether it’s platonic or romantic attraction you just want someone to love you unconditionally and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you and hug you???????
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