(wheeze)

or outright angry

And I feel like if he were have any much of a good time during any of this, it would've been shown.

I don't think Madara doesn't enjoy combat or a challenge, we see him drunk on the adrenaline he gets when Gai's beating the shit out of him and even as a child he believes his own skills are worth bragging about, but his finding enjoyment in battling Hashirama all-out specifically comes directly after their final rift after Hashirama becomes Hokage; after, presumably, years of unspoken disagreement over the village and if it would actually work in the long-term, as long as Hashirama dreamed and hoped it would.

How exactly Madara lived the time between Konoha's founding and the day he left, we can only guess, but what we do know is in the end he couldn't take Hashirama's insistence that this was it, that the village was the final stepping stone and the key to long-lasting peace, and no one was listening to his warnings of how it could all still go wrong, so he left.

How he turns his back on Hashirama this time differs from the first time he did it because the first time, the inevitability that they'd have to fight is clearly not something he looks forward to

meanwhile the second time, he's asking for it

Based on canon it appears that both Ran and Rindo Haitani were born in the year 1987.

Ran Haitani's birthday = May 26, 1987

Rindo Haitani's birthday = October 20, 1988

So the Tokyo Revengers' fandom's notorious and rampant homophobia makes this topic almost impossible to discuss anywhere outside of Tumblr... But I at least wanted to touch on it here.

Mitsuya and Hakkai are almost certainly gay coded, and there's a reason it's important.

Mitsuya is gay coded individually. He's written to be read as a young gay teen.

The most compelling piece of evidence to this is his Home Economics class. He is the only man there, seemingly friends with a ton of girls, who all seem to trust and like him.

Note here that Japanese culture isn't American culture - men being casual friends with women isn't as normalized as it may be here, and in most places a man in an otherwise all-woman club would be considered to be trying to "get with" one or more of them. We never, ever hear this about Mitsuya.

In fact, Mitsuya is one of the few TR characters that we see show no interest whatsoever in women. The most notable scene here is the beach scene, Kazutora and Pah-Chin both stare at the women in bikinis, but Mitsuya and Draken instantly dash to the ocean without paying it any attention. This is even pointed out by Kazutora, who remarks on how strange it is that neither of them cared.

("So is Draken gay coded?" My heart says yes, but his relationship with Emma says no. Draken is just desensitised to seeing female bodies.)

And of course, sewing and fashion, very stereotypically feminine things, are Mitsuya's main interests. While it's not exactly progressive to say that effeminate = gay, I implore you once again that this is all being written by an old Japanese ex-gang member, and not a modern day American LGBT teen.

My point is that, though it's a little stereotypical, Mitsuya has many qualities that would liken him to an old-school depiction of a gay teen. Which, in a way, is in line with the old-school aesthetic and worldview of Yankees and Yankee culture.

Now - Hakkai.

Hakkai is not gay coded individually - he's a model, but that's not seen as a particularly effeminate thing, and he's shown to have some interest in girls, seeing as he freezes up talking to them.

However, Hakkai is absolutely intended to be read as having a crush on Mitsuya. Honestly I can't even bring myself to write a paragraph explaining it, so here's a bullet list of things Hakkai has done:

Repeatedly remarked how much he "really likes" Mitsuya, coupled with other characters talking about this. This is not something that happens to any other duo with this frequency.

Set Mitsuya's face as his phone lockscreen.

Immediately thought of Mitsuya when the words "I like him" were spoken.

Said "Who wouldn't fall in love with him" after something that Mitsuya did almost exclusively for his sake.

Immediately upon finding out that it WASN'T about Mitsuya, was completely baffled and confused about how it could possibly be anyone else.

Gave Mitsuya a specialised nickname that consists of shortening his given name and adding "-chan". Given names are seen as more intimate in Japan, while the "-chan" suffix is mostly used for girls, younger relatives, or romantic partners. Mitsuya isn't a girl, and he's older than Hakkai, who looks up to him. So... Again, this is not mimicked by any other duo.

Chose a career based on what Mitsuya wanted to do in an attempt to be close to him.

Then, when he got more famous and busy, still carved out time to visit him seemingly very regularly.

Seemingly ignored a crowd of girls that all wanted to talk to him to make his way to Mitsuya as quickly as possible.

Straight up called Mitsuya "hot".

Maybe some of these things individually could be read as a coincidence, or a joke, but compiling it all in a list definitely shows that this was, more than likely, very intentional.

"But he says he sees Mitsuya like a brother!!" Hakkai looks up to and admires Mitsuya, who, as a child, taught him how to act and inspired him to be better. This is how Hakkai thinks brothers should be, and given his issues with his real brother, it's not a surprise that he's looking for brotherly guidance elsewhere.

However, three things.

Hakkai is very young and inexperienced. At that age, it's not difficult to confuse romantic feelings for familial ones.

Relationships change and grow with people. Many childhood friends-to-lovers feel as if they're siblings when they're little kids, but then transition to a relationship. This is also a VERY common anime trope that seems to only be an issue when they're both boys. 🤔

"Like a brother" is, sometimes, used as a euphemism in East Asian countries to censor or hint at gay lovers.

Mitsuya is almost certainly coded to be gay, and Hakkai is almost certainly written with a crush on Mitsuya in mind.

And why is this important?

Because they're both scrappy, edgy, shitty teenage boys.

Neither of them are misfits or outcasts. Neither of them are weak or dainty or need protection. They're not perverts, or deviants, they're not girly or looked down on. They're loved, respected by their friends. Their friends don't question their interests, or their bonds.

They're allowed to just be two teen boys that happen to be gay.

Two teen boys that happen to be gay, that are accepted at face value for who they are by their friends, no questions or conditions.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Manga spoilers under the cut. If you're a Mikey lover, I recommend tissues.

Horikoshi: *almost immediately throws her away because she has too much spotlight.*

Magne exploded.

Lady Nagant exploded.

Miruko was almost torn apart by nōmus.

Midnight was probably torn apart by villains.

Nana Shimura died in AFO's hands.

Nao Shimura died decayed while running to try and comfort her son.

Hana is actually the youngest character death in the whole series I think, and we saw the terror on her face when she died.

Curious was drop from the sky.

Etc.

And I can tell you many of the bnha women doesn't get the respect they should:

Fans hate on Fuyumi and Rei, two victims of a violent home who are just trying to recover.

Momo is sexualized by Horikoshi, while being a teenager.

Other teenagers like Ochako have also complained about getting sexualized: using tighter clothes, designs that they didn't ask for, etc.

Many mutant characters when they are female have more human traits to convey some sexy look.

Recovery Girl was discarded???? I don't even know where she is and why no one talks about her anymore????

Nana Shimura was already the equivalent of All Might and she is the only female user of OFA so far, and yet she's little hyped.

I don't even want to talk about Eri. She's so sexualized and she's shipped with many bnha characters and 💢☺️ how dare them.

THE DISRESPECT TOWARDS NEJIRE HADO MAKES ME WANT TO SCREAM.

Women are poorly written in bnha when compared to the male characters. And they have always less screen time, their arcs are faster, they get almost immediately beaten, Horikoshi doesn't touch on interesting things involving their stories and yet only uses them to further the plot and then goodbye, chao kakao.

Was Midnight not another close friend of Shirakumo? Was Lady Nagant not a super important piece of the game because she knows how corrupted is the system? Was Magne not another important member of the League of Villains? Wasn't Nana one of the strongest women pro-heroes because she fought AFO himself all alone? Isn't Fuyumi and Rei brave and incredible precious for being able to recover from their abuse enough to try and defende their family once more? Isn't Nejire Hado part of the Big Three?

Mount Lady has one of the best pro-hero developments on the series, so much that she held back Gigantomachia. Miruko is one of the strongest female pro-heroes right now. Curious was an incredible villain (and also the only one to die in that fight btw). Recovery Girl was the one pointing out how the kids were being used as soldiers.

And now Stars and Stripes. She gets a poor introduction, a quick explanation of her story and quirk, some funny laughs about the whole USA thing and the martyr treatment, the same that Toga represents.

Women in bnha are martyrs. And that's exactly why Toga refuses time and time again to become one, because she knows how society treats her. I can argue that along with Uraraka, they are the bets written female characters because they break the cycle. The speak loud and clear, they go against the male characters like nothing is happening, they have "selfish" purposes that are criticized in a woman and they make opportunities for themselves.

And yet, I find greatly unfair that many women in bnha are treated like that. We could have had really amazing arcs with them, interesting interactions, implications, but they are just plot points and nothing more.

i do agree, she had a lot of love to give. if one of the other hashira asked to date her, i wonder what would she would’ve said.

she loved everyone else, but herself. even with someone as scary sanemi, she still manages to say “ that’s the charm of it! ” she wanted someone to love her just as much as she was able to love others. maybe it could have been she did not want anyone to go through what she did, or she simply wanted acceptance—approval.

being a woman back then, what people thought about you really mattered. and the negative out-weighed the good. she never got over what this man said to her; that is why it was the first thing she flash-backed to when she thought she was on the verge of death.

because of this she hardly acknowledged her self-worth, until kagaya commended her. even then, she struggled with finding confidence. it was as if she unknowingly became dependent on others’ approval for her own source of strength.

she strived to get a husband so that he can love her for her true worth, because she was incapable of doing so. and obanai actually did that. they actually had that in common—neither of them loved themselves.

she never knew obanai even liked her until he just straight up said it—but she probably did have feelings for him that were more powerful than what she felt for the other pillars.

What if

Hood up = lives