#mikimiki

ANOTHER species of Coprosma, and like half the other ones also called mingimingi or mikimiki.

This shrub is found on both islands, usually east of the ranges, except in Northland where it grows anywhere suitable. Common in coastal rocky and sandy lowland to lower montane shrubland and forest, up to about 600 m. The berry is translucent and holds a white seed spread by skinks and birds.

Named after the fruit, which is translucent enough to show the greenness of the seeds. Another Moa-proofed Coprosma with the same common name as some of the others.

Endemic to North and South Islands but very uncommon or entirely absent from large parts of its range. Found, where you can even find it, in lowland to lower montane forest and shrubland in well drained to poorly draining fertile soils, often overlying calcareous or alkaline igneous rocks.

SPOILERS for DEVILMAN crybaby, Devilman, and Devilman Lady. CONTENT WARNING: NSFW screenshots.

DEVILMAN crybaby has been tearing up the internet since it dropped a few weeks ago, sparking conversation about its use of sex, violence, horror, and taboo to tell a story about love and the end of the world. Not an inconsiderable amount of that discussion was centered around the series’ queer representation. What do you do with a series that features sympathetic representation while also roundly killing its queer characters off, and does it make a difference that everybody is dying?

This is and isn’t new: the first incarnation of the Devilman franchise to make it to the states was the late 1980s/early 1990s OVA, where it made a minor stir but not much of a lasting impression in western fandom. Meanwhile, Nagai’s five-volume manga and its many adaptations and spin-offs were inspiring everything from Berserk to CLAMP.

Because Ryo’s love for Akira has been there since the very beginning of an extremely influential franchise, it means that crybaby winds up not just reinventing a single work, but talking back to an archetype that its source material helped cement.

Kuroda Miki x Makimura Miki

Hoshino-san-ka no ARU to HANA[星野さん家のアルとカナ]: ARU & HANA of Hoshino-san-house/family

im not friends with crybaby anymore but THEY ⬆️ had a profound effect on my younger self so i did a redraw for old times sake 👍 original from 2020 under cut