I Have. Something To Talk About And Its Very Very VERY Important.

sometimes my pinterest glitches tf out and today it turned this

into this

lore accurate i must say

“Call me if you’re in a pinch, chant these words three times: ‘The Hero Appears! The Hero Appears! The Hero Appears!’”

—Peco

i've been trying to put my finger on the exact reason ping pong the animation hits so hard for a while now, and i think i finally got it : there's just so much love in it.

the effort and determination poured into creating this masterpiece, every frame painstakingly drawn by the person behind it, every dialogue voice acted in a way that transcends language barriers, transcends the screen itself, the music that pulls you along, promising an unforgettable ride if you just get up and dare to hope. kensuke ushio, i am forever grateful for your existence and your creations. i stumbled upon ping pong by accident while listening to the csm soundtrack, and it is perhaps the best thing to ever happen to me.

and of course, the story itself. the brilliant mind behind it, who put this story into words for all to see and appreciate, Taiyō Matsumoto. the way this story treats its characters, never afraid to show failure, never afraid to show flaws, never afraid to show the ugly and the regret and the desperate and the sadness. never afraid to stand back up, to show passion and friendship and hard work and determination and confidence.

it takes the characters by the hand, it takes you by the hand, and it tells you it's okay to fall because you can get up again. it redefines the word hero again and again, and stops at the simplest yet grandest form of it : the one who shows up when you call them. the one who transcends logic.

genuinely, altered my brain chemistry forever. so jealous of anyone who watches it for the first time.

wow i wonder what this could possibly mean

getonanago enjoyers today i offer you a case of "any song can be about your favs if you try hard enough" :)

tv girl - the blonde!

starting off with satosugu as teenagers, "whisper filthy things into their ears" standing as the distinct sense of youth, how everything was new and fun and felt like it would last forever you know? all sneaky kisses and missions together and thinking themselves untouchable by others.

and then it immediately melts into the phase AFTER getou left, tying into gojo "standing out in the rain" i.e. the initial conviction that getou wouldn't do something like this, wouldn't leave him alone, followed by "keep it up very long just to prove somebody wrong" i.e. gojo continuing his duties desperately despite not particularly caring for strangers' lives himself, just to prove to getou and himself that there is meaning here.

"sang a lonesome song" because it didn't really end at getou did it? nanami left too. and god knows gojo would be the type to distance himself from shoko etc as well at that time, because what's the point if everyone will leave anyway? but then you fast forward some more and suddenly gojo's an adult and nanami's back and then the song gets almost,, softer? in a way? the whole "ra-pa-pa-pa" part. like encouraging gojo to open up once more, to show that maybe his heart has enough space for two, maybe it always did.

or something. ya know.

shoutout to satoshi kon for always making sure you experience every emotion known to man in less than 90 minutes

wiege | alien stage

— 02/14/25

whc2 spoilers

just thinking about the fact that juntae gets introduced in the same way beomseok did, and parallels him all the time, and he's the one who ultimately tells sieun "it wasn't your fault" in regards to suho.

whc2 spoilers!!

just put the reunion in the bag bro

(said thru sobs)