#ss arc

Gatekeeper outfit reference sheet from Ensemble Stars!! Official Works vol. 2 in celebration of SS Finals on EN soon. Sorry the pic is not too good, the glossy paper is troublesome. Plus his outfit actually looks much darker even to the eye on the book's page. But hey, now you know his trousers have pockets?

There are also comments from staff and Akira. Staff said he originally had darker hair but they wanted to give him a little more energetic* feel, so they lightened it.

Akira calls him "Uncle Gatekeeper" (Gatekeeper ojisan) and said he looks too young for the story setting but that's the way these kinds of work are, "only handsome men are allowed to breathe (?)". 😂 (Question mark Akira's, not mine.)

'Post Amanto War' Outfits

I love them so much

After 2 years:

Okita Sougo is now working in 'mafia' in pursuit of what threatens and post danger to the government. I think it suits him well. Unrestricted without Hijibaka's clauses of discipline as they temporarily catter Shinsengumi to gather Odd Jobs and find Gintoki. I love that Sorachi kept their 'American/Foreigner' look that is supposed to be an influence of Amanto/foreigners to their culture historically. Look at those suits and coat of Sougo, damn. I think it's cool to see him use a gun rather than a bazooka but he's got ways to go before becoming a sniper. He quoted her question to him in the FS Arc and told her, "Are you the type of person to do that?" Or something along the lines.

Kagura obviously grew not just her hair but also her body. It was implied that Kamui taught her the ancient technique of controlling your body in your favored age. Though I'm pretty sure Kagura doesn't know it's her brother bc of the different form he has then and from Umibouzu's and Abuto's comments. I love that Sorachi utilized her Chinese themed outfits into that without (over)sexualizing her, thankfully. It would've been better if the animators added the detailed design in her cloak but I understand the consequences. Also, her right glove must be a nod to her 19 years old self in the movie. According to Sougo, she's gotten 'shrewd', lol. Kanna's name must also be a reference to HashiKan.

Don't you love how it's Sougo welcomes Kagura and not Shinpachi who she first met and yet doesn't realize it's her?

I stopped writing fanfics to provide content on tumblr, how's that huh

It's been years with numerous posts, fanfics, fanarts, and theories yet I'm still craving for okikagu content

Feeling nothing is not a new sensation to her; Rukia thinks its oddly comforting in its familiarity.

She can’t remember the last time she truly felt it – this disconnect, this emptiness – it's colder than she’s used to, but maybe it’s because she’s still under the impression that there’s still something to feel at all.

[Alternate Canon] [SS arc] [Part of the liminal space series]

Good memories aren't supposed to haunt you as much as the bad memories do.

A few weeks ago I was re-reading the SS-arc chapters and I found these manga panels and I thought they were pretty, so I decided to color them.

I already made an edit with another version of the first panel last week, but I fixed a few things with it this time. I tried to color both panels in the same way, though I don’t think I did it right. Also I’m sorry for the bad quality of the images, I’m not an expert with digital art.

A week until SS Finals!! Many of you probably know about the event already and official EN accounts will surely post something about the structure of the event but here's something to get you prepared.

There are four 5*s and two tour maps (21 days each) AND two event songs. The cards also have MV outfits.

If you play both maps, you can get one fine and one Eden 5* for free. To get one copy of each, you need 4.2 million points and Tori and Hiyori as tour map clear rewards.

Red map bonus rewards: Day 14: Wataru or Yuzuru or 1 Memorial Coin Day 21: Eichi or Tori or 5 Memorial Coins

White map bonus rewards: Day 14: Ibara or Jun or 1 Memorial Coin Day 21: Nagisa or Hiyori or 5 Memorial Coins

You'll get Event Passes like in unit and shuffle events and can play Feathers of Ark and Deep Eclipse with them.

There are also two type of ribbons this time, red and white. FoA drops red, DE white and other songs are also divided to ones that drop red ribbons and to ones that drop white ribbons. There's Event Work for both fine and Eden too and they drop red and white ribbons respectively.

Ribbon Exchange has Red and White MV and Room outfits and Office outfit patterns for fine and Eden song outfits and Red and White outfit patterns for everyone. You need red ribbons to get Red Team stuff and white ribbons to get White Team stuff.

Red Team: fine, Trickstar, Ryuseitai, Alkaloid, Akatsuki, Ra*bits, Switch and Jin

Sanctuary

Sandstorm

Secret Service

Satellite

Submarine

Shinsekai

Sudden Death

I'm absolutely willing to admit I'm biased for fine but I know even many fine fans don't like Sanctuary, or least didn't when it originally released. But I genuinely like the story, what it told about Wataru, how Tomoya has hell of a mental strength, Tori's anguish he's trying to set aside... and of course Eichi swooping in, being the one who knows how to wake Wataru up, and then hissing at Tomoya in jealousy because he's afraid he'll lose Wataru. It also shows a lot of what's going in the background because Nazuna is most of the time in the Gatekeeper's office.

And Sandstorm I have to rank second because of how much I've been thinking about it. I really liked how Kaoru was written in it and 2wink's "did they do it maliciously or had they altruistic motives and who did they do it for" thingy was really interesting. Also, muting Rei was a good idea (and this is silly thing to say for a fully voiced story as someone who likes Toshiki Masuda a lot, especially as Rei. ;P) because like they noted in the story, when both Rei and Kaoru were unavailable, Adonis had to step up.

Secret Service is the most lore-heavy and I adore it. It could very well be in the second place too. Also liked the "who's on whose side" and content for the both units involved. And oh the scene where Hiyori goes "I don't know what's going on and I don't care, I'm here just to save Nagisa!" and almost jumps from the temple roof when he finally sees him.

In Satellite I liked how we see how Tatsumi can reason himself to do things that can hurt someone while helping someone else. Obbligato later explores his way of thinking more but Satellite was a great glimpse to it too. Also, Trickstar in the jungle were hilarious.

Submarine had a similar situation with Keito and Souma as Rei and Adonis in Sandstorm which I liked. Souma is ok with being "a follower" and being lead (not in a bad sense, just that someone else is thinking the big things and making decisions) but it was good to show him that he is capable and also that he *is* ok with Keito in the lead. Bonus for the seasick Kuro (sorry Kuro...).

Shinsekai I don't have that many thoughts for. Some background shenanigans were interesting, but mostly that's one of the stories I point out when talking about similarities between Natsume and Eichi. How Natsume wants to control people and situations but because he doesn't have the money and power, he can't. Until this VR thing. And of course there's the iconic "can I call you darling?" for Mika and Shu, for that alone the story can't be the last.

Sudden Death was maybe the only one I was disappointed with. It had good moments, like Leo thanking Kohaku for saving Madara, funny stuff with Leo and Izumi, and the glimpse into Tsukasa and Kohaku's childhood was interesting. But otherwise it felt like Knights waffled on about same thing for endlessly and Crazy:B had nothing to do. Not everyone had big roles in all the stories of course but Niki and HiMERU particularly felt only decorative in this.