ringing and rattling

you’re tempting me with the good ships, nonnie. this is excellent headcanon material

i think it also depends on one’s own definition of ‘pleasant conversation.’ euc is an intellectual so i guess they’d find intellectual talk stimulating, pleasant. and lapis was a smooth talker, which is a pleasant trait too

near and mello were horribly represented in the anime, and i think this is the best example of it. because not only is this shit translation from manga to anime, it’s shit translation from japanese to english.

halle says “mello probably knew what was going to happen all along.” then cuts to a flashback of her last phone call with mello.

and in ENGLISH, mello says “it can be resolved by having a name written in the notebook?”

nononono babes. that’s not what you said my love.

YOU said (in sub) “by having HIS name written in the notebook?“

AND IN THE MANGA:

i get it, it’s essentially the same. but in the english dub, mello doesn’t specify that it’s NEAR’s name that would be written to trick kira.

let’s think. would mello have sacrificed himself if it were anyone else but near who’d be at risk of dying? no he wouldn’t. he’d feel guilty if say, rester or an spk member would’ve died.

but it was near, and that’s why mello died.

so why the fuck are we not specifying that.

after he said this (in the dubbed anime) he then says “well then… if i don’t do it…” which i thought made him sound doubtful and not sure about his decision to sacrifice his life.

HOWEVER

THAT is mello. THAT is the badass who will stop at nothing to catch kira. THAT is the man who even in his intense effort to “beat near” realized that near wasn’t his enemy and therefore saved near’s life. THAT IS THE MAN WHO GAVE EVERYTHING TO CATCH KIRA.

i hate dubbed anime mello <3

full piece i did for @herbariumzine ♡✧