MAFUYU!!! YOUR HUSBAND IS SO HOT AND YOU CAN HAVE HIM ANY TIME!!!! YOU HAVE HIM WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER DID YOU EVER IMAGINE WINNING SO HARD AT LIFE!!?? MAFUYU!!!!!!!
The way I loved Haruki fiercely in this scene. Honesty in the face of legitimate anger? The courage to tell someone, "I am angry"? Actually communicating feelings? In a BL?? 🥲
For Ritsuka to get to the song title, without knowing about Yuki and Mafuyu, means that the music that Yuki composed was about this moment. That came through in the music, and Ritsuka recognized it.
@Opal_00_58
I recognized your art style and so I knew it wasn't AI. It's a pretty name, so it's sad that people misunderstood and it needed to be explained 😭 But as always, your art is very beautiful! ❤️
FFVII Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi says that as far as past Final Fantasy games that may have been key to guiding Rebirth's development and design, FFXV was probably the best reference. It's a very large world and you have a ton of freedom to roam around and do what you want.
Wake up, Kaoru~ 🐯❤
#matchablossom
I wanted to draw something quickly today. I am also still not over the joy that coloring Kojiro's shirt brings to me. 🤭
Thinking about how much Akihiko used to touch Haruki even back when they were friends, and how that suddenly had to stop when they had their falling out. +
I love the idea that Cherry is canonically gorgeous and regal and elegant and people are very polite and impressed by him
and then there's Joe who just grabs his hair, picks fights in public and is just downright *indelicate* with him and man I'm living ✨
Do you ever think about how Haruki—kind, understanding, sets his own pain aside for another and won't cry Haruki—ended up crying when Akihiko confessed to him? He's liked Akihiko for years, was dragged around by him, offered himself but was rejected and made to think his love
The music of Given 🎶
(an updated thread - best with 🎧)
I already sort of *accidentally* made a thread about Given's music a while back. This is me finally NOT accidentally talking about it, with a little more effort 😂
You know what I love? Kaoru is such a prim and proper adult in public but whenever Kojiro is around, it's like he can't help himself (and since they are so popular, they usually make a scene) 😂😌✨
#matchablossom
#joecherry
Genuine question to everyone saying that Ugetsu deserves better: better than what? Better than a man who genuinely wanted to be his boyfriend? Better than the life offered to him and he refused for no other reason than, "for some reason, that really pissed me off"?
Akihiko with a crush behavior (a thread)
Throughout the manga, Haruki's the one who outright says he has a crush on Akihiko. Funny thing is, the attraction is clearly returned—you just have to look for the signs 🚸
Sometimes I think about how Kaji Akihiko plays multiple instruments, was the crush of the hottest girl on campus, was the boyfriend of a world-renowned violinist, had actual angel Nakayama Haruki head over heels, and on top of all that, is fucking ambidextrous. Like I'm so mad I-
I have always been most fond of Haruki, but this was the moment I loved him. Emotional intelligence and maturity? In the face of his own pain? To allow himself to be angry while still being able to recognize when another person is also in pain and needing help? So good to see. ❤️
It's an interesting story when you assume that Akihiko liked Haruki from the start.
Haruki tells this story of watching Akihiko long before their acquaintance, but the first time he saw Akihiko, their eyes met. At the very least, they saw each other at the same time. +
There has to be a name for Haruki's superpower of saving people who are having actual major life crises and making it look like the most mundane thing to do for another person ever.
Qrts calling fake because they will be refused service if they skate through a drive-thru in their country, while I'm surprised you're refused service at all. I'm pretty sure I can walk through a drive-thru in PH and will be given service because... we're nice people? 🤷🏻♀️
#xicheng
flash fic
"Fuck it," mutters Jiang Cheng, and kisses Lan Xichen in the middle of Cloud Recesses.
The cool breeze, the starry skies, the peaceful company—these might have something to do with it. Or maybe it's the alcohol kicking in. +
Do you ever think about how, in the days wanting Haruki but feeling undeserving of him, Akihiko *did* know what it's like to kiss and hold Haruki? He got a taste of what it's like because of what he did, but also because of that, there was a chance he could never have them again.
On really tough days, I comfort myself thinking how, whatever drama my other ships struggle with, Kaoru and Kojiro legit built their lives so they could stay together, in the place they both grew up in, where old people are famous for getting SUPER old. +
On RitsuMafu and Given ending: communication takes years, even decades, to get to a place where you feel like you're always meeting where you are supposed to meet. I see a lot of kids worried about Ritsuka and Mafuyu, but the truth is that they were a good pair from the start. +
Shout out to Akihiko who (finally!) realized he was in love with Haruki in summer, but didn't say anything until next spring because he knew he had to work for it. Other bl manga boys could never 😂