Hit by a Time Shower (⁠＾⁠∇⁠＾⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠♪

Needed to show the ending poses side by side. They fell on opposite sides... but they look exactly the same. What a journey both of them have gone through on this stage. This chapter had me SCREECHING!!!

I can't believe Kaisei felt pathetic and frustrated. Boy have more faith in yourself, you put your whole self in that performance and you deserve the standing ovation!!!!! YOUR STORY GOT THROUGH TO ME DAMMIT!!!!!!!

Thank you Kaichi and Kenbishi for saying what we all want to say. Kaichi the ever-supportive little brother apprentice, but also the fun uncle, you said it right. Kaisei uncovered a new layer and has evolved from his previous rakugo.

KENBISHI TRIED SO HARD!!! Look at the sweat on his brow, he believes neither should be compared. MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! Kenbishi, I am unfamiliar with your game but I APPRECIATE YOU!!!

our favorite LEEZARD!!!

Dungeon Master Marcille... [ref]

I've been saying this, that Kaisei is going to use this performance to find himself. People have brought up the irony of Kaisei telling Akane the stage isn't a place for soul-searching (I dont remember the chapter someone help meee!!!) when he's doing that himself right here. Maybe he's not actually finding himself on stage, instead he's using this performance to show the results of his exploration.

I think Kaisei wasn't ready to do that quite yet when he told Akane that. However, this breakthrough that he's only been living up to the expectations of others and not for himself really flipped a switch in him.

"That's why you pushed me away," Kaisei says to Issho in his mind. I think Issho saw too much of himself in Kaisei during his Shinuchi promotion test and that's why he ruined it for Kaisei. In the past, I imagine Kisoba's thoughts for his master and Kaisei's thoughts for Issho were similar if not the same. They both want to live up to their masters' expectations, but the way they're achieving it doesn't align with the way master wants. Maybe it wasn't until the old Shiguma's death that Kisoba snapped out of it and truly found his art.

I guess Issho wants to push Kaisei towards his goal earlier, by what, being an unlikeable old man? I completely agree with Kaisei when he said Issho could've used more words. How ironic, that their entire profession is telling story with words (the "go" in "rakugo" literally means word), yet Issho just can't get a grasp on how to use them properly in his own life.

Kaisei is going to fully embody the shinigami in the tail end of the story and kill his past self. Will his past self fight back? Or has he completely given up on his previous goals? Make this a surprise shinuchi test and promote both Akane and Kaisei lol just do it!!!

sometimes I’m reminded that there are still people who don’t know ao3 was literally created by incest shippers — and the site’s sole purpose is to 1. be completely against censorship and 2. host all kinds of dark, taboo fics that are banned on other platforms — and the first ever fic that was posted on ao3 was a fic about an incest ship from supernatural.

you are in the house that was created by freaks. for freaks (affectionate). every disgusting thing you can think of is rightfully allowed and welcomed on ao3, because they are exactly the reasons why ao3 was created in the first place.

ao3 was created because its creators got tired of censorship, they got tired of dark and taboo fics getting banned on pro-censorship platforms, and they wanted a place that was safe for ALL FICS THAT WERE DARK AND TABOO.

ao3’s main principle is being against censorship and being proship / profic.

there are some things in fiction that make me uncomfortable, but instead of shaming people who are just minding their own business and not harming anyone in real life, I choose to curate my own internet experience by blocking/muting what I don’t want to see. ao3 has excellent tagging system, so instead of being a bitch, use their tagging system properly and you won’t see the things you don’t want to see.

it’s your job to curate what you see. it’s not other people’s jobs or responsibilities to censor themselves for your personal comfort. the world does not revolve around you.

also you cannot censor “only the things you personally hate” without expecting everything else, that isn’t of conservative beliefs, to be censored too. because censorship is a slippery slope and a fascist tool. I promise you there are people who think “why do tags for queer love even exist on ao3? they’re grooming children”.

if you allow the things that you hate to be censored — because someone with enough power gets to control what other people can and cannot create/consume, it will not stop at the things that you hate.

Spring Has Come

Relationship: Arakawa Kaisei/Ousaki Akane

Rating: T

Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mentions of death/suicidal ideation, Established Relationship, Past Trauma, Relationship Study

"My goodness, Akane-chan. This is the third time you've gotten my name wrong today. When'll you get my name right the first time?" Haru chuckled, playfully pinching Akane's cheek. "Stop doing that, Haru. Don't you know there is such a thing as personal space, even though we're living together now, you know?" Akane stuck her tongue out at Haru, which she knows will backfire, but she does so anyway. Because she knows he loves it.

Haru Oume can finally cry.