i love toya

[pinned] hi i'm maki and i really love aoyagi toya

he/him, 18↑, autistic

this place is mostly a place for me to ramble about aoyagi toya/ analyse him

also an archive for very old analyses

i am a linguistics student. i may apply linguistics into my posts sometimes

日本語/ EN OK

FUB free

toya essays + shitposts

i relate to toya a LOT

I DO NOT PLAY EN. major jp spoilers will be tagged but i am not responsible if you click on those posts

regarding ships

i mainly ship AKITOYA (fixed)

do not reblog with ship tags (autoblock) i prefer posts centered around toya to be kept that way.

i only permit ship reblogs if i am already talking about a ship

yume sometimes (is tagged)

other unrelated interests (that will not be talked about in vacuum but i guess you can use this information)

blue archive

arknights

genshin

linguistics

(+ letter TL)

letter below 💙

"My name is Aoyagi Toya. My birthday is 25th May. I think my personality in one statement is: "A lot of people tell me I look serious"

My special talent is "composing", and actually I'm not really that great with "high places". My hobby is reading novels! Nice to meet you

My favourite things:

- Food: Cookies - Drink: Coffee - Season: Winter - Animal: Cat - Place: Arcade - Item/ Goodies: The photo of the time I went camping

Please write one person for each of these categories:

- Cool person: Tsukasa-senpai - Kind: Meiko-san - Funny: Akiyama (Mizuki) - If I could switch bodies for one day: Kaito-san - Who I'd bring along to a deserted island: Tsukasa-senpai and the others - Who I'd go karaoke with: Akito and the others

FREE SPACE:

If you have anything you'd like to know more about, please let me know

costume name: whale orchestra

"drawing with reference from the event story that depicts the pure joy and fun of music, we decided to center the base design around a 'choir'. as we planned to release this card in the middle of summer, we decided to factor in the theme of 'sea animals'. toya's designed around the majesitc whale. the jacket features wave like details, creating a cute and rounded silhouette. this outfit contrasts with the cooler outfits that toya usually wears, hence bringing out a new charming facet of toya."

i'm gonna cry because i always have a very hard time ranking them because i love them all in their own individual ways but if i am held at gunpoint to rank them..

(let me cheat just this once)

in order of favourite to least favourite

1. utsuro wo aogu

2. toukasuru ondo / haven / mirai / blender

5. rad dogs

thoughts + tl

contents:

my thoughts

translations

my thoughts

can we talk about the way he blows out the candles? it is like he is carefully blowing them with tiny movements to prevent destroying anything. and the way he observes the cake? with his past experience in baking, i’m imagining him observing all the small details like the frosting, the flowers, the 3D mini toya and the icing cookie. i like to think he’s noting all of them down for the next time he wants to bake things again for all the people he loves. he’s so adorable

he is such a grateful person. he loves and feels so happy to have so many people watching over him celebrating his big day. it is your day toya, and only yours. i love you so much.

DIALOGUE TRANSLATIONS BELOW

toya: thank you for throwing me a birthday party. i never expected to have such a wonderful cake made for me

toya: speaking of which, you were quite busy lately. was it because of this?

toya: i see… the entire party venue was made with all your hard work and effort.

toya: all of this just for my birthday… thank you

toya: this party is one i’ll never forget. so let’s have fun with however much time we have left.

toya: let’s start by blowing out these candles.

toya: you’re going to take a memorial photo of me? thank you. i’ll leave it in your care then.

toya: how is it? i hope i didn’t blink at an odd timing…

toya: tha party is ending soon…

toya: i’m kinda reluctant that its ending… but more importantly i had lots of fun thanks to you.

toya: now it is my turn to thank you. i promise i’ll hone my skills even further, and someday show you how much my voice has grown.

toya: i’d love for you to look forward to that. well then, goodbye.

happy birthday, toya

look at him so happy to sit on it... i'm so glad that he loves his new chair i worked so hard for it. i love toya. i imagine him almost falling asleep from how comfortable it is considering he sat on it for so long...

dialogue TL below 💙

toya: is this chair specially for me? its well made and looks so comfy to sit on

toya: i'm grateful that you're letting me use it. thank you so much

yes toya this chair is for you please use it as much as you want 🥺

ft. akito

toya's birthday gifts he got from everyone are

america friends → cookies and coffee beans.

the cookies are from a cafe that cederick and slade are regulars at; and the coffee beans are from a specialty shop that produce very aromatic and unique coffee flavours.

vbs → a shoulder bag

vbs went to a store in new york to get toya a new shoulder bag. to toya, it is such a simple gift but so practical to him. i love that they planned a whole game for him to "hunt" this "legendary treasure", stimulating his puzzle loving self and excitement to try new things with friends.

and this also made me realise that it must have been them observing how often toya brings his shoulder bag around, perhaps wanting to get him a new one 🥹 i'm sure the shoulder bag would be something he'd use until it wears down because it will remind him of all the people he loves.

i'm sorry the way he looks around and smiles is just so cute he is the roundest and most baby...

toya: this is a bird cage photo spot...?

toya: this is something that comes by once in a blue moon, so i shall go in and sit down. if its fine, could you help me take a photo?

toya, found guilty as charged by ken-san who immediately saw through the fact toya wanted coffee so he could stay up; but toya's reasonings beyond that made this part just so adorable.

toya: ....

toya: well...

toya: of course, it has been a long time since i've tasted ken-san's blended coffee, and i really just wanted to drink it but...

toya: if i succumb to my tiredness, i would have to go home too.

he felt so guilty to drink coffee knowing he needed to rest instead of staying up. at the same time, he wanted the coffee not just because its been so long since he had ken's coffee to relax with, but also because he wanted to continue to be in the moment.

he wanted to bask in the atmosphere of surpassing rad weekend with everyone he loves and cares about. he wanted to observe the people around him and the atmosphere. he wanted to feel that lingering high still. and if he succumbed to his tiredness, he would have to go home, which he didn't want to yet. if he missed the chance to take in the scenery of the people he loves in front of him, he might forever wonder what it would have looked like.

so as guilty as he felt for selfishly wanting the coffee, i just love the way toya cherishes the present moments so much that he doesn't want to close his eyes, for he'd never want to miss a scenery he'd never forget for life.