Haven't Watched Naruto And Tbh My Only Impression Of It Being That There's An Unnecessarily Long Arc

"sun & moon" okay but what about two moons who love each other with the faint glow they try so hard to muster up in the darkest night except that love flickers and dies because ultimately they need the sun's light to survive. haha.

honestly it is infinitely more funnier for me to imagine that nobody has ever perceived atsumu as cocky despite him trying so hard. like first meeting he gives people that hooded eye stare and makes a sassy comment but he forgets he's usually surrounded by great volleyball players so two seconds later he's staring at them from across the net all starry-eyed and vibrating with excitement. the people at his school regularly see him getting his ass beat by osamu and the only reason they let him do that hand gesture thing at matches is because he pouts for DAYS if he doesn't get his cool™ moment. he wants to be one of those senpais who command respect forcefully but kita asks him to be responsible and he gets so excited at seeing new faces anyway that he just pampers the fuck out of his juniors, gaining respect in a completely unintended way. he probably fails to bully kids on roblox because he's sensitive as fuck and complains to aran when anyone insults him. whenever he acts up suna threatens to post embarrassing pics of him. he's one-third of the idiot msby trio. he has somehow annoyed half the japan team and iwaizumi into adopting him. he's probably forced by osamu to dress as an onigiri mascot once a month to promote the restaurant. basically let miya atsumu be a himbo sunshine loved by everyone this man is a loser omfg.

realizing that reaffirming each other with words has always been shin soukoku’s thing

but even more than that Akutagawa’s famous repetition of this line is no longer a one off…

but a thing they both do now…

cause what better way to hammer a message into your stubborn idiot partners brain than using his own words against him…. and saying it over and over again???

happy birthday to my son 🐯💐

when I think of my death, I think of that leopard

vanoe, sherliam, and rooftops <3

1. Where is he?

the similar desperation to find their respective partners....yeah :')

however, one thing that catches my eye : noe is more innocent in the way he looks for vanitas, presumably because he thinks vanitas left to be alone as opposed to thinking he straight up ran away. while sherlock is downright anxious, thinking that either liam left to "finish the job" as was the plan, or something bad happened to him.

2. Ah, there he is.

once again, pretty similar right? except vanoe seems a bit anticlimactic, the way they're shown together as mere silhouettes without expressions, still under the same sky and on the same roof despite whatever went down between them. on the other hand you have this gorgeous moment of sherlock with an expression of awe staring at william whose face is deliberately not shown, but his presence is still so impactful as the sheets billow in the breeze.

3. Face to face, side by side.

the way noe and sherlock completely flip their roles from when they were looking for their respective partners. noe sees vanitas, and is immediately struck by the realisation that he really is here, he really is alive, but he's injured and he's looking at me and what do i even say now? sherlock, having confirmed liam is safe, is pretty content to sit beside him with a smile on his face, even as liam avoids looking at him for the time being, because he knows liam has so much on his mind.

4. Where do we stand?

noe is pretty much walking on eggshells here, he asks random questions as opposed to actually addressing the heart of the matter, he backpedals and apologizes when vanitas doesn't say anything, and the second he gets cold (clutching at his clothes) the first thing he does is tell vanitas to come inside, offering to leave because he's assumed he's lost the right to stay near his partner.....</3

compared to sherlock, who's still smiling and knows exactly what he wants to say. and yet, he's still caught off guard by the fact that william is returning the same sentiment to him.

and i'll tell you why this difference exists : time. sherlock has had months to figure out exactly what he wants to say to liam because he woke up first, while noe came face to face with vanitas immediately after regaining consciousness.

5. Ouch.

i actually hate it here, one scene is vanitas himself cementing noe's miserable future and the other is cementing sherlock's win against what was supposed to be liam's future.....ough my heart. and the parallels in the expressions, vanitas and liam having the same determination, but then you have noe absolutely shaken while sherlock smiles softly.

6. The future.

beginning of the end vs beginning after the end.

vanitas will carry on the work he deems important, and noe knows he needs to accept that if he wants to stay near vanitas. but, still, noe is noe, so he won't change either, he'll never be just a vampire or just a tool, he'll challenge vanitas every step of the way. liam, though, has no idea what to do (or more specifically, no idea how to go about doing the things he knows he must do) but sherlock reassures him, tells him there's nothing better than a blank canvas :)

even though vanitas and liam here have expressed completely opposite sentiments, what remains the same is the warm acceptance of their respective partners, because whatever they choose to do, noe and sherlock ain't going nowhere.

7. I trust you, wherever you go.

the extra reassurance on sherlock's side because he knows right now, he's more grounded than liam is, and he also knows that he'll keep holding onto liam as long as it's required, before they inevitably stand shoulder to shoulder again. meanwhile noe, who has been the one to accept vanitas' decision, simply says "let's go".

also, the fact that vanitas is still surprised when noe reaches out, as if he was expecting noe to reject him. i mean, entrusting someone with the task of killing him and refusing to change anything despite their clash (plus you know, the notion of "how could anyone love someone like me?") does make for one insecure vanitas.

extra ramble because i look into this stuff way too much : the difference in positioning is so so fascinating to me because sherliam sit without touching each other at the bench, as sherlock is content to coexist till liam manages to collect his thoughts. but noe deposits himself right behind vanitas, back-to-back, because he needs (?) that physical contact right now.

and then, here, when sherlock is speaking to liam, they're both sitting (in fact, sherlock is even lower on the floor compared to liam) because right now they don't have anywhere to be, it's just a quietly hopeful beginning. on the other hand, vanitas is sitting awkwardly and noe is standing above him, holding out a hand, because even if vanitas is the one making decisions, noe is the one who'll take them towards the end (by eventually killing vanitas).

8. Just look at them.

noe 🤝 sherlock = being perfect to the point of being unattainable in vanitas' and liam's pov. almost like they're the brightest sun you'll ever come across.

vanitas 🤝 liam = being beautiful with their imperfections (shown in the form of injuries) in noe's and sherlock's pov. almost like they're the moon (spots included!) that needs the sun to shine.

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spoilers || 3.2 event core :

the wind rises, we must try to live!

an attempt at analysis.

1. The Poem

The Graveyard by the Sea by Paul Valéry is where this line originates from, specifically "Le vent se lève... il faut tenter de vivre!" It is, to put it simply, a poem talking about life, death, and the changes brought by time.

Here is a translation of the poem. At the start, we face an almost hypnotizing view of the unchanging sea, mentions of "perfect peace" and dissolving into this scenery i.e. life after death. However, as we proceed, looking at the graveyard as well as the people buried there, we're faced with the realisation that there is no true life after death. Dissolving into something else, by default, strips us of our individuality. As such, we snap back to reality, and the still sea breaks apart with waves. There is a plea to try and live in the amount of time we have left.

Here are two other interpretations. The one dealing with the poem is fascinating to me, specifically this part :

"It feels like he is saying look, I wrote you this poem about dying, and now you will do with it as you wish and I just have to go figure out a way to live my life."

There's a lack (?) of connection here — we are deliberately left alone to figure out what we'll do with the poem and how we'll progress afterwards as the poet leaves. The exit itself is bizarre, because it feels like less of a desperate "plea" to live, and more of a shot in the dark attempt to survive.

2. The Movie

As I see it, there are two major ways of looking at this line in context of the movie.

The first is fairly straightforward (at first glance, that is). Despite whatever challenges you face, you must continue to hold onto things you deem important. However, the way you look at this interpretation changes depending on the way you look at Jiro.

What are the challenges? Is an entire World War simply an obstacle in front of Jiro's dream? Is his wife an obstacle as well, considering he chooses his career over her at the end? How pure is Jiro's dream anyway? Is he not being overly selfish? Is he not being childish and cruel, remaining in a world of fantasy and refusing to acknowledge the deep wounds his creation will cause? What, then, is the point of the message of this film? Is it not inherently negative and self-absorbed? But then again, does it matter who makes the planes? If not Jiro, surely it would have been someone else? So, do you hold onto things dear to you despite being perceived as morally wrong or do you lead boring lives devoid of passion?

This opens up a never ending debate, one that I feel is based heavily on how willing you are to humanize different sides of the same war.

The second way of looking at this line is taking into account what Caproni says.

"Artists are only creative for ten years."

Throughout the movie, Jiro has tall dreams, something specific that he wants to achieve, to create. Caproni's words come as a warning. Ten years have started ticking along even as they speak. Jiro, you must try to make the most out of the prime of your life, you must try to amount to something, you must try to fulfill your dreams and leave your mark on this world!

3. The Personal

As an "outsider", or as someone who isn't faced by the moral dilemmas of the film, I'm not obliged to interpret this phrase strictly within it's context.

To me, "the wind rises, we must try to live!" is an expression of pure freedom. It is the one quote that has stuck with me the most. I do not know what I want out of life, nor do I have the same passion as Jiro. And yet, as it happens, I take flight all the same.

The wind that rises is too strong, steering me along to someplace I'm unaware of, and perhaps I'm only riding the current temporarily before I plummet down, but it's okay. It's okay because I am trying to live, I am trying to learn how to flap my wings, and whether it ends in failure or success, it'll be my life all the same.

This is only the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure people have their own interpretations as well, and I'd love to read them :)

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I just realized with the 8 year timeskip kiana and Mei are almost 30 and I'm kind of losing my mind