this is my project sekai sideblog! likes come from @citriosis.
my fave group is vbs, and i am cursed to be an akito fan. i frequently reblog vbs stuff, but i love all of the groups a lot and think they all have amazing stories to tell. unfortunately i have also been cursed to ship (akitoya, anhane, emurui, minorharu, shihosaki), but i'm not interested in getting into fights about it. just be normal about it. 👍🏾
about the title of my blog: got the idea from a good friend. mera = flaming/burning, "wake up. get up. stand up. mera." can be read as "wake up. get up. stand up. burn up." and i like that a lot so i went with it!
queued posts are under #nocturne interqueued. original posts are under #bread speaks. asks are answered with #bread answers.
Instead of asking the player how this type of telephone works, she muses about it and decides that she could ask Rui to explain it to her. One could just read this as her acknowledging Rui's vast knowledge and smarts, but EmuRuiers could read it as Emu prefering to hear Rui's explainations because when he does, their exchange is more fun for her than anyone else, including the player ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)
did not expect to care about most of this stream but wadateaki kasa7 is neat + new vbs song + propose AND retry now in game soon :,) glad i tuned in yay
please please please just give me a loredrop of aoyagi toya (aka his character and stuff) (could you also do the other vbs characters i mean you dont have to though
Hi! I'm assuming you're asking for a summary of Touya's character, as well as the other members of Vivid BAD SQUAD? If so, I would recommend just reading the actual event stories. If you're short on time, the fastest method to read them is through either the Project SEKAI Fandom Wiki (uses official translations) or Sekaipedia (uses primarily fan translations), though I'd recommend actually watching the event stories in the game or on YouTube for the best experience.
But if you want a character analysis for each member of the entire unit... I think I have too many thoughts about all of them to be condensed into singular posts. For this reason, I'll simply bring up one thing I feel is underdiscussed in regards to Touya's character: his behavior during his altercation with Akito in Chapter 14 of Vivid BAD SQUAD's Main Story.
When we discuss Akito and Touya's fight in Main Story, we usually focus on the fact that Akito punched Touya. And for good reason: it is one of the only instances of physical violence in Project SEKAI, and is an awful thing for Akito to do. Touya did not deserve to be punched.
However, I do believe Touya's behavior is worth discussing— after all, Touya’s intention in their fight was to upset Akito as much as possible.
It's obvious through how Touya evades Akito's attempts to start a conversation. Akito is worried about Touya when he says he's quitting music, he thinks something's happened with Harumichi again. Instead of being mature about the situation and discussing his insecurities with Akito, Touya does this:
It is really in this scene where we see the absolute worst of Touya's ego.
He's so thoroughly convinced that he's not worthy of being by Akito's side, that he's not serious about music, while also knowing just how much Akito loves him. Touya knows he can't just leave Akito with no warning— Akito absolutely will look for him. So, in order to run away from the situation, Touya has decided that hurting Akito as much as possible is an adequate method. Touya needs Akito to hate him, for Akito's own good.
And Touya knows how to make Akito hate him, because they've spent so much time together. He's turned their bond into a weapon.
He tells Akito to grow up, because Touya knows how much Akito wants to be taken seriously by others. He knows Akito hates being looked down on.
He tells Akito his dream is impossible and meaningless, because Touya knows how much Akito is affected by the discouragement of others. He was there when the two of them teamed up and were disparaged by crowds.
He tells Akito that their music doesn't mean anything— implying their partnership doesn't mean anything, because Touya knows how much Akito loves him.
It's almost funny, in a way, because Touya's learned this from his parents.
It's the stubbornness and arrogance of his father— insisting he knows best for someone else, disregarding the pain he inflicts onto him. It's the manipulative tendencies of his mother— twisting his perception of events and invalidating his feelings.
And even after getting punched by Akito for it all, Touya doesn't regret it.
It's something Touya says isn't exactly a fight when Kohane asks about it. It's something he believes should've done a long time ago, after all.
But Touya didn't account for Akito's determination.
He chases after Touya anyways, and he forces Touya to let go of this mindset. That he knows what's best for Akito, that he should keep hurting both Akito and himself to make that possible. Touya accepting that he can do what he wants both frees him from his insecurity and his urge to control the situation. He breaks the habit he borrowed from his parents.
To close this post, I would like to say that this is not meant to demonize Touya whatsoever. I am not saying he is anywhere remotely close to as bad as his parents, but rather, as a victim of their abuse, he was bound to pick up these behaviors—— especially since they were normalized in his childhood.
I also wanted to talk about this aspect of Chapter 14 because it shows us just how much of Touya's trauma bleeds into his relationships. I appreciate the portrayal here for the fact that it's an unlikable trait for Touya to have, much like how Akito's trauma-fueled immaturity is unlikable. Touya is not a "perfect victim", but rather a flawed teenager that's grown massively through having Akito, Kohane, An and the VIRTUAL SINGERS as a support system. I enjoy reflecting on how much he's changed, is all.
Very excited to present to you the prompt list and rules for this year's emurui week! Be sure to tag your submissions accordingly with EmuruiWeek2026 ❤️
happy mermay!! literally the best month of the year btw. we can all agree that if kamishiro rui was a mermaid he'd have like. an ariel-esque grotto of human-made trinkets from the surface that he's either keeping just because they're cool or is using/has used/plans to use to build stuff, right. like this is an immutable truth yeah
I have seen an influx of posts on various social media sites organizing certain pairs in Vivid BAD SQUAD over others in terms of a relationship hierarchy. To put it more simply, people are insisting, for example, that "hamster headphones" and "coffee pancakes" are inherently closer than any other combination of the four. People are also making the opposite argument, trying to insist that "headphones pancakes" is a closer relationship than "hamster headphones", in one example.
I am writing this post to explain why you should not make these arguments. Not only are they reductive, minimizing the writing of some dynamics in favor of others, there is a bigger reason why you shouldn't talk about these dynamics in this manner— amatonormativity.
Amatonormativity encompasses a large set of societal beliefs that assume romance is inevitable, inherently good, and the ultimate form of relationship one can have. It is something deeply ingrained in various cultures, and people with unchecked amatonormativity often cause harm to aromantic people, such as myself. A big part of amatonormativity involves viewing relationships in a relationship hierarchy, where platonic relationships never seen as equal relationships to romantic relationships.
Now then, how and why does this apply to this debate on Vivid BAD SQUAD? After all, it's not like any of these dynamics are romantic in canon.
Except... when the fandom has these discussions, it ultimately comes down to the romantic ships they support. They always place the dynamics they see the most romantic chemistry in above the others, as it's what they interpreted from the text. How accurate these interpretations may be is irrelevant to this post, though.
What people are missing is that the relationship between the partners and non-partners in Vivid BAD SQUAD are indeed different, but this difference should never be conflated with "closeness". Contrary to popular belief, each dynamic of Vivid BAD SQUAD is well-developed— people simply ignore or push whatever props up their ships. People are so obsessed with shipping discourse that they're missing the point of this unit's relationships entirely.
Partners in Vivid BAD SQUAD's story have different boundaries and language compared to the bonds between teammates. However, the story makes a point that the partner dynamics are balanced and stabilized by the teammate dynamics. If it wasn't for An and Kohane, Akito and Touya might've never gotten back together in Main Story. If it wasn't for Akito and Touya, An and Kohane wouldn't have been able to resolve their codependency. VBS WL2 makes this even clearer— it has to be the four of them. Each dynamic is equally important. And this fandom needs to start treating it as such.
