#zekken

like i don't talk about her often but frankly that's mostly because im struggling with how to phrase it more than anything

there's just something about her as a character within the greater narrative of sao

like there's this dumb criticism some people have against sao where they'll call it a power fantasy and kirito an op mary sue protagonist but then there's yuuki

zekken. the absolute sword. this girl whose introduction is simply "she's the best at it". no gimmicks. no tricks. no "buts". she just wins

and this is never challenged

and it can't be challenged ever again, because she dies, even though she never loses

yuuki konno, doomed from birth, optimistic despite herself, despite the world she can no longer exist in. and without even knowing she laid the groundwork for an entire new world of people she'll never meet, but helped create regardless

there's no overpowered protagonist at the top. there never was. that spot forever belongs to a terminally ill lesbian girl who tried to live as much as she could before her time ran out all too quickly

includes 64 gifs of mohamed amine ouarid (professionally known as SEN johnqt). he is a twenty-seven-year-old (1998) professional valorant player from morocco.

also includes 20 other gifs of sentinels' 2024 roster, namely tenz (tyson ngo, 23, 2001), zellsis (jordan montemurro, 26, 1998), and zekken (zachary patrone, 19, 2005).

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