This Is Freaking Gorgeous, Are You Kidding Me--

Tell me these songs aren't the ESSENCE of Hananene, I freaking dare you

"I don't like traffic safety earrings" my butt.

That's actually so cute and sad though, stop---

Hanako making himself the protagonist of the alternate world in the Picture Perfect arc will never not be funny to me.

Hanako actively makes himself the relatively popular boy who's good at sports, good at everything, gets to show off his intelligence, has a lot of friends, and those friends behave as his wingmen in helping him get the girl he wants. Because in that world, Aoi actively tells Yashiro that 'Amane' is a catch---meaning he actively set it up for Yashiro to eventually relent into going out with him. I'm pretty sure even in the anime, it even has Aoi (or the fake one anyway) say, "His height doesn't hold him back on the field"

Like bro's just making an advertisement for himself---

Of course this dude who's gone through most of his life with no one all of a sudden makes himself a beloved and well-known student who gets the girl. On one hand, it's funny---but on the other hand, it's low-key kinda sad, lol.

It's already bad enough how Hanako attempted to gaslight Yashiro into being in an alternate world. It's even worse that he then put her in a cell until the rest of said reality was done being made.

But wanna know what I think is the most disrespectful aspect of him putting her in the cell?

THE FACT THE INTERIOR LOOKS LIKE SH---

Look in there and analyze. If that ain't the most Temu looking princess bed I done ever seen in my life--

He's already went through the process of manipulating Yashiro and trying to imprison her against her will, but then he has the utter gall to put her in a room that doesn't even look good?!

And I don't wanna hear no excuses. Mei was able to conjure a whole universe with just a pencil and a notebook, yet you're telling me Hanako couldn't ask her to make a nicer room? At that point, that's just plain disrespectful. Even the Beast from Beauty and the Beast gave Belle a much nicer room.

"Oh, it was temporary" Okay but she's a human, not a freaking dog.

You're telling me he couldn't get her a room like THIS? (Well, not EXACTLY like this but you get my point)

Yeah no, Hanako, what the actual heck is wrong with you? (Everything is wrong with him, why did I even ask--)

Imprisonment is already bad enough, but to put her in the most ghetto looking room is mad work. If he wanted her to stay so bad, couldn't he or Mei have at least made it NOT look like a cell?!

And in the anime, it looks even worse. All that's in there is a bed with chains and boxes. Blud couldn't even be bothered to get her GENUINE FURNITURE!

"It's for your safety" my a---

I really like revisiting the earlier chapters after reading the newer ones because it helps give new perspective on the earlier interactions of these two.

The way how Hanako speaks to Yashiro, even from the beginning of their partnership, is so cute and sweet in a way I don't know how to explain. Sure, he's definitely still a jerk at times, but the general manner in which he interacts with her makes me smile like an idiot.

I like how he's not even angry or too upset with her, he's simply like, "Stop the cap. Just fess up and I'll help."

I'm sending this anonymously for privacy, but I agree on the Sesshomaru being... well... not good. I remember I got spoiled so many times regarding InuYasha and upon seeing Rin's first appearance, I felt REALLY uncomfy cause I was like "please tell me that's not the same Rin that gets shipped with him and canonically has his children in the spinoff" and sure enough... it is... and I wanted to just stop watching the show... but like... geugh... I'm just watching it for InuYasha and Kagome at this point... Sesshomaru is a good villain... can't say the same for him as a person though... but hey, I guess you have to have some bad character traits to be a good villain... otherwise you're not much of a villain...

Fair point 🤷‍♀️

Hi! I saw your post concerning 'the dark and brooding' love interest. I have to say that's the smartest thing I've seen all day.

What are the main things you want more in Literature?

Mine would be to have more LGBTQ couples and Neurodivergent people having more main character privileges

Something I want more in literature is for characters to just be characters and not archetypes.

Sure, have all the 'representation' all you want, but if they're not fleshed out, then it's just commercialization.

"Look, we have a gay character---"

Okay but are they are person?

"Look, we have an interracial couple----"

Okay but do they have goals and interests?

"Look, we have this obscure group----"

Okay, but do they ACTUALLY have THOUGHTS and FEELINGS?

As a black lady myself, it feels like a slap in the face when writers aren't creative with making black characters or at the very least fleshing us out. This is why Tiana from Princess in the Frog is lit. Because she had goals, ambitions, and didn't let Naveeen get away with his bullcrap.

Y'all can keep your emotionally constipated morally gray non-committal yet jealous shadow men. I want a dude to give me cuddles and help me build Lego sets.

Even though I do tend to find Yako annoying at times, I do think it's really cute how she helped Yashiro get ready for the festival

I understand why Hanako does some of the stuff he does and I love this ship, but honestly? The things he does at times make me wanna find a way to revive him back to life so I can kill him my darn self.

Oh my, Yashiro is interested in a lot of boys

Hahaha, she managed to fool you, didn't she?

But look, she already has Hanako, so why is she interested in other boys?

Does she already have it? Who said? I talked about it in this post, and I decided to talk about the way Yashiro likes to get the attention of our favorite ghost boy.

Think with me, the perverted boy who likes to flirt but doesn't show his feelings, he hides it, pretends that everything is just a joke. Wow, Yashiro kissed me on the cheek, I'm really red she can't see me like this

Do I think you're beautiful in that yukata? You look amazing, I can barely take my eyes off you, but I'd rather say that even radishes look neat.

Let's remember that she already got dumped by him, after all she took his confession in the tree seriously (although at the time she didn't like him, but she wanted a boyfriend)

So, from that moment on in her little head the thought was: He does these things, he hugs me, he helps me when I need it, he leaves me confused, but I know he doesn't really like me, or does he?"

Hahaha, doubt is always doubt. Yashiro likes to joke about this. She understands that Hanako wasn't interested because of the reject she got, but he kept acting that way. So she knows that he won't tell his how he truly feels, he won't even confess if he thought she was beautiful. (something he only did on the day of the kiss)

But the detail that Hanako can't hide, her expressions. Not only that, but his jealousy. Ah, these two, he even tries, sometimes he manages to hide his expressions from Yashiro, that's true, but the jealousy… Hahaha you understand, don't you?

She realized, he's jealous and she likes it when he's like that. She likes to show Hanako that other guys are interested in her. Firstly, because he is always making fun of her, and secondly, his jealousy is proof that there are genuine feelings there.

Do you feel jealous of people you don't like?

So what does Yashiro do?

Hahahaha yes, she makes him jealous on purpose and he always reacts. She usually says "I want to brag to him" Look Hanako, I went out with another boy, until you tell me what your real interest is I'll keep doing that. XD

Yes, she has that side, but let's admit that Yashiro likes to be courted. That's because boys don't usually do that to her, it's always Aoi, Aoi, right? A girl with low self-esteem whose biggest fear is that everyone calls her "radish legs" because the boys she likes reject her for that, doesn't lead you to think that she feels happy when people are interested in her even with those legs ?

And what does Hanako usually do?

This insecurity, this low self-esteem makes her want to be courted by several pretty boys, to prove that even though she isn't "perfect" she managed to find a pretty boy who liked her.

She literally says this

Imagine yourself in her shoes, where you have a best friend who everyone finds beautiful and confesses to, while you are constantly rejected for having (or not having) some characteristic that people don't consider to be the "standard" of beauty. So when you become interested in some people and finally find the courage to declare yourself, they reject you because of that characteristic.

You are not popular, but then, when that person who is not popular, just like you, pretends to like it and makes a false statement and still makes fun of it, you break.

The boy who is not your type rejected you, what will be left for you then? The boy who is not your type makes fun of the thing that makes you most insecure and sad, literally your nightmare in mirror hell. Why doesn't anyone talk about this?

But Hanako is joking.

Is it fun when people play with your feelings or physical characteristics that make you feel insecure? What do they call that? Oh! Bullying?

So how about I show you this little snippet from the pilot of how Yashiro feels when she hears this from the person she likes.

Didn't Hanako flirt with her? Didn't he falsely confess to her? Doesn't he make fun of her legs?

Do you understand the point now? Yashiro takes everything in a very comical way, but if you stop to analyze it, that's exactly what happens. A girl who is made fun of by boys, she wants to be loved by someone, anyone, because it seems like everyone rejects her. So, if I had thinner legs, or bigger breasts, they would like me… She wants to change her to please other people.

So Hanako, let's go back to him, you and I know that he makes fun of her to hide his feelings, but Yashiro took a while to notice that. So if he can do that, why can't she try to make him jealous?

She even allowed herself to fall in love with the boy who rejected her, who doesn't talk about his past, who is a ghost and a murderer and who keeps making fun of her, not to mention his possessive attitudes. A crazy brother and a dark past.

But in Hanako's defense, because I'm a fair person, I know he likes her the way she is, he really loves her and doesn't assume he likes her and makes fun of her to hide his feelings. Because he loves her legs.

But that is precisely the problem. The way he found to hide this hurts her. Why do you think she cried at the confession tree? Hanako wasn't using Yashiro, he thought she knew it was a simulation, but it hurt her because she felt like she was rejected once again.

He realized this, so he hugged her and asked her to stay. Hanako hiding his feelings ends up making the situation worse.

So come on, give her a chance. She is developing. She is learning what it's like to be in love and for the first time she is feeling loved by someone. “But we’re not a couple yet, we just kissed.” They didn't talk about it anymore, did they?

Does a kiss mean commitment? She wants to hear from him that she is his girlfriend. Until that happens, this will continue to happen

Because he's the one she likes to brag about.

Despite everything I've said, we still don't know if her attitude will change towards this and if she will completely lose interest in pretty boys and focus only on Hanako. I just wanted you to see her side, Hanako isn't the only one who has problems in this story, right?

Bro for real said "I can do both"

so i just read the new firefly wedding chapter.