stress fest for breakfast

sneak peek

Finally finished it! I have no idea what's happening in this chapter. None of this was planned. But enjoy it, I think?

People will no longer hear our young, playful voices

Now, only the heavens hear them

People will never recall our bright, playful names

Things I wasn't expecting to write today: parallels between Gouenji and fucking Kageyama??? I have no idea how this happened??? And why it fits so well-- like, I was rewatching OG season 1 episodes for research purposes and there was a scene with Kageyama in his office and he and Gouenji-as-Holy-Emperor were even sitting identically. Also, Kidou's quote about 'a brilliant commander' is a quote from the anime directly, I didn't make that up.

Gyaruo Shindou 🤔🤔

look at this thing

it already has the right colors and everything! this should be everywhere! we already have the lesbian violets and the gay green carnations, so why not the bisexual hydrangea?

so far I have scoured etsy and found one pair of socks with a nice hydrangea gradient (and it has bees, 10/10), an enamel pin with hydrangeas and a bi flag (not terribly subtle, 7/10) and a sticker that says "bi-drangea" (I am SO MAD that I didn't think of that pun myself, 11/10) AND THAT'S IT.

I REQUEST, NAY, DEMAND MORE BI-DRANGEA MERCH. COME ON, PEOPLE.

INAZUMA SOULMATES 2011

1st Shindou Takuto & Kirino Ranmaru (53 votes)

Message from fans: You two are too cute! Childhood friends are the best! (Hyogo-ken, 15)

Message from Kobayashi Yuu (Kirino): I’m delighted that the Shindou Takuto-san and Kirino Ranmaru-san pair won ‘best soulmates’. At the same time, I’m a little tense. It’s such an honor to win such a wonderful title - my heart is full of gratitude. Thank you so much to everyone who supported us! I’m going to do my best to play Kirino Ranmaru-san from here on out too!

A message from Mitsuki Saiga (Shindou): Thank you so much for choosing the Shindou x Kirino combo out of all the characters. They’re childhood friends with great trust between them, but when Shindou stands as captain, a big part of it is his support from Kirino. From here on too, definitely watch these two grow and watch over the rest of the team, and support many more combos and trios and teams.

2nd Endou Mamoru & Kazemaru Ichirouta (51 votes)

A message from Yuka Nishigaki (Kazemaru): Thank you so much! Even years after Inazuma Eleven finished broadcasting, and Kazemaru hasn’t appeared once since the original story, I’m so happy he still has so many people supporting him! I think it’s because Endou is there. If it weren’t for Endou, Kazemaru would have never met soccer or so many wonderful friends. Yeah, I think meeting Endou was probably the start of everything. ‘Thank you, Endou.’

3rd Nagumo Haruya & Suzuno Fuusuke (24 votes) 4th Kidou Yuuto & Fudou Akio (23 votes) 4th Kidou Yuuto & Sakuma Jirou (23 votes) 6th Kiyama Hiroto & Midorikawa Ryuuji (22 votes) 7th Matsukaze Tenma & Tsurugi Kyousuke

Message from Terasaki Yuka (Tenma): This is unexpected. (laughs) Not Tenma and Shinsuke, but Tenma and Tsurugi. But I guess while Tenma’s always hanging out with Shinsuke, the person who has had the biggest influence on him is probably Tsurugi. And he absolutely believes in Tsurugi. I think they both motivate each other and have a pretty good relationship. Thank you so much for choosing them!

Message from Oohara Takashi (Tsurugi): Perhaps for Tsurugi, Tenma is his least favourite type of personality (sarcastic laugh). I think he felt quite annoyed - 'Even though I can’t play soccer freely, that son of a bitch is just playing for fun!’ But, he is who he is today thanks to Tenma. Tenma went as far as to visit his brother’s hospital, and the scene where Tsurugi angrily pulled him away stuck in my mind. Tenma’s awoken emotions deep in Tsurugi’s heart.