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Satsuma Dads Timeline

You know how Golden Kamuy is an awesome manga full of amazing (and super-hot) characters and a great main storyline? So what do I do with it? Naturally I obsess over those two old gremlins: Koito Heiji and Hanazawa Koujirou the fathers of Second Lieutenant Koito and Ogata.

It’s probably the most niche pairing ever, and I thought it was just me fixating on that one panel where Tsurumi mentioned they were close friends from Satsuma. But the more I read about the history of Satsuma and the times they lived in, the more I’m becoming convinced that there’s so much of their story written between the lines and that their relationship and tumultuous past is what actually caused and keeps together most of the GK plot. But nobody else seems to see it!

So what do I do with that? I spent my nights in front of my crazywall of historical research, trying to recreate an entire universe of events 50-years before the gold plot starts, just to be able to present to you:

The Satsuma Dads Timeline 

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Why you Should Care for Heiji and Koujirou

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この2人とても好き

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KOITO-PAI  &   KOITO-FILHO !

imported portuguese wine from the Future

Just for fun: determining how tall characters in Golden Kamuy are.

There was a discussion on discord about how tall Ogata is in Golden Kamuy.  For fun, I decided to take an educated guess at this based on his appearance in the manga.  Since we lack clear ages for most of the cast (save for Kiro, Tsurumi, Hijikata, Huci and Nagakura) the rest are all relative.  This also makes determining those stats people always want to know about their fav character a little more complicated.  i’ll try to look at others when I have a bit more time, but I’ll start off with our favourite sniper Ogata since he started the ball rolling.

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The Head Jailer of Abashiri has a part of the tattooed map – An essay.

Let me go straight to the topic. I believe there are more than 24 coded tattoos. And the convicts are not aware of the extra owners. So far, we have seen 17 parts of the coded map, and three of them belong to characters that we didn´t get to meet in the canon (Tsuyama, skin from Barato, Yubari miner). Add to that the details given by the first prisoner caught by Sugimoto and Asirpa, and we get that a few, probably one or two, were killed by the others right then and there. That leaves us with 6-5 skins left as of now. (latest released chapter was 153) With the -convict of the week- lasting less and less as chapters pass by, we can easily infer all the 24 parts will be acquired in no time. But I strongly believe this is not the end of the road. And not only because of the fake skins that were introduced by Tsurumi, or the key that Asirpa will awaken in due time. My guess is that there are more, authentic, pieces of the map being carried onto certain individuals, and these ones don´t happen to be convicts. Yet, they were at the same place, at the same time. Below, I will elaborate on my theory for this, and put most of my focus on one specific person, who, as unlikely as it may seem at first sight, I now believe is quite possible the (non) proud owner of another part of the tattooed map. And this man is Kadokura, the (ex) head jailer of Abashiri Prison.

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HE is literally SO 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Kadowus v.穴: Ketsukura and Anawus

Or should I have named them Anagura and Ketsuwus??

Don’t blame me for that title. Noda’s the one with the dirty jokes that never stop giving…

Everyone else is doing it wrong!! Look at these precious Ossans:-

Drinking

Getting drunk

Gossiping and Chitchatting

Gambling

Awww…Kirawus looks so over-joyed for a change! His toes!!

This is a nice chapter for pretty eyelashes…

Sulking

Teasing and Flirting

Rough-housing

Kadokura: Shut up, you asshole!!

And just being total jobless slacker husbands!

Poor Nagakura

Nagakura: These two are becoming more laidback day by day

Kirawus yelling for KADOKURAAAA~  🥺🥺

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KADOKURA TOSHIYUKI[門倉利運]!!!!

His name kanji are 利(advantageous) and 運(luck/destiny), i.e. “Advantageous Luck”

His parents blessed him!! He is the luckiest-named guy on the planet!!

Birthplace: Mutsu Province(which tbh is pretty vague- 29 hans were there in Mutsu no Kuni)

Likes: Sake and Squid

Dislikes: Shellfish

Quote: “It must have been the star I was born under…(misfortune)”

Noda’s Note: A perpetually weary, unmotivated and yet really sexy ossan(middle-aged man). I love this sort of a character.

Relations:-

Inudou: “The Inside Man”; Playing the role of a “tanuki”, he scouted around for intel. 

Hijikata: “Deeply Respects”; Due to his father’s influence Kadokura decided on being a follower. 

Kirawus

Birthplace: Roundabouts Kushiro, Hokkaido

Likes: Kokanee Salmon

Dislikes: Snakes and Locusts

Quote: “You’re going to fail if you don’t even think things through, Kadokura!”

Noda’s Note: Kirawus got his name Kirawus[キラウシ] because “as a child he was playing around with Deer antlers. Isn’t that adorable?” Kirawus is an Ainu word that describes things that have horns. The cute baby devil deer Kirawus-nispa.

On that note, the ainu word Kirau is a sort of basic Ainu siriki(traditional pattern) which is form of a thorn/spike/horn.

Relations:-

Nihei: “Hunting Companion”; While out hunting, Kirawus heard the story behind Nihei’s gun.

Kadokua: “Employer’s servant”; 雇い主の部下だが態度は適当だ

Kirawus is taller than Kadokura but Kadokura is heavier in weight. 

You had one job Noda I asked you Kirawus’ age

Also, 

From Q&As :-

Kirawus is the youngest child(in his family).

When asked about Kadokura’s past as regarding just how he went to school as a boy in his times and if he were from some well-to-do samurai family or reknowned or rich family. Noda stated Kadokura’s father was also unlucky and fell into ruin(poverty) and Noda thinks Kadokura was burdened with his “unluck”. 

When asked why of all people Kirawus hasn’t even taken off his matanpushi, Noda said he might draw Kirawus naked if the right opportunity presents itself and he doesn’t draw people naked just like that *ahem* really Noda? 

Kirawus canon likes a sort of fish. Kadokura the Tanuki we have seen him ask for fish as a bribe. Now it turns out Kadokura likes Fishing!

Q: What did Head Jailer Kadokura do on his holidays?

A: He likes fishing

Kirawus is unmarried and a confirmed bachelor

Kadokura used to be married once but his wife divorced him and she and their daughter ran off from him. Which once again brings me back to my fear reagarding who he is based on

Also,

Relationship: “An incongruous pair” or in my words, “They complete each other”

Nagakura paired up these two useless bums hoping they could be somewhat useful if together. And so they’ve been paired together ever since.

Take this as you will:- 

凸凹コンビ(Dekoboko combi) literally means “odd couple” and often that they are an equal-opposite duo, i.e. what one lacks the other compensates for. The phrase is used for siblings and best friends as much as it is for couples/lovers. The most cited example is Rain Man.

or as my dirty mind sees it *ahem* the two kanji’’s mean concave and convex and like…ummm…catch my drift

Of Wives and their Hopeless Men

+ Ossan-boyfriends and Ex-s cross paths under the Sapporo Clock Tower

1. Inkarmat’s been blessed with two children- an adowable girl and her hopeless himbo boyfriend

Tanigaki: Again I had be to saved by Huci. I’m…useless…

Come on Tanigaki…everyone knows you’re the himbo and Inkarmat wears the pants. Be glad she loves ya and if you get you’re useless start being more responsible now that you are a dad…and probably will end up Nihei v.2.0 with…dear god Nihei had 14+1, didn’t he?

Till the end I think my paranoid fear will dread about their fate…the Shinigami is still on the loose

Though…he has Fina and Olga’s little fingers to brood over…is it?

Finger Bones…

3. The case of Kadokura’s disastrously good luck #5

Kadokura: Look Kirawus! Some small change fell.

Kikuta: Whats the matter?

Usami: I though I heard a Head Jailer Tanukya~t

Kadokura: It’s one sen!!

Kirawus: Nice, at least today you have no unluck.

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Ne Kirawus nispa, don’t jinx the one sen or you’ll cry at one sen…

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Now all we need is settling the messy divorce case of Toni and Ariko vs. Kikuta and Scarf 

and maybe Vasily reaching Ogata…

noda-sensei's art peculiarities

(links are carefully selected example images from golden kamuy)

incredibly skilled with the human form; even difficult poses are rendered perfectly. (does he make everyone naked just to show off?)

babies are Not cute. they're ugly with puffy eyes and always look sleepy and disgusted.

clearly hates drawing teeth and the inside of mouths. notably just leaves the inside of mouths white most of the time. sometimes draws rough teeth, sometimes draws detailed teeth, sometimes implies teeth with shading, sometimes fills it in grey— it's not consistent at all. i think i've deduced that what he hates the most is calculating the position of teeth in the mouth.

despite the above point, he seems to always draw sofia's teeth because her tooth gap is an important part of her character design

sometimes zooms in and draws details (especially on hands) then zooms out and you can tell because now the line weight is a little different

3/4 view from behind (1/4 view?) of people's faces where you just see the funny bumps of their lips. and it always works

big round sweat drips that often have Texture and Shading.

incredibly skilled at drawing animals, even notoriously difficult ones like horses. though most of the animals die. especially horses.

amount of sparkle in the eyes is meaningful. more sparkle indicates the lightness of their spirit, and no sparkle indicates coldness or jadedness. best/worst example is reinvigorated tsukishima. asirpa is of course also a critical example. and i think ogata's eyes never have any sparkle his whole life.

he can draw wrinkles in the places where they would normally go on someone's face, and he can do it well. or he can decide to draw Other lines on someone's face, in any spot, and if someone questions it, the answer is that they're just like that, and you have to accept it. i really like this "they're just like that" approach to character design, and there are many examples in golden kamuy (e.g. ariko's square irises and pupils, ushiyama's forehead plate, tsukishima's nose)

really good at drawing the way strands of hair wrap over the top of someone's head. (look at tsurumi, ogata, hijikata)

he'll draw chapped lips that'll make your own lips feel real dry.

mouths are often shaped like that... but it works

eyes are usually black, but sometimes a character's pupils will get really small during moments of high tension and you can see their iris and it's light

this is just a hunch but i think he prefers drawing men over women

judicious use of lines going up from the corners of the mouth

he's not a coward: if a character's chest is exposed and the angle is right, he will draw that character's nipples, and that is right and just. he will apply the same principle to draw a character's butthole, which i don't have such a strong opinion about.

there are lots of men with very close-cut hair (bc it's the military) and that's not distinctive, so he gets creative with the hairlines. i think this is an underrated aspect of character design.

careful use of line weight on the corners of closed mouths has a powerful effect (of cuteness?) (look out for this next time you read the manga. it's everywhere and it's the best.)

consistently skillful use of ink splatter effects for blood; similar splattery effects used for snow

eyebrows and other facial hair are usually drawn as multiple long, thin lines together, and for an eyebrow with emotion, you put a couple of perpendicular lines at one end or both

strands of blood or hair extend and curl around in unrealistic ways for dramatic effect. this effect is omnipresent.

occasional really, really choice faces that were obviously drawn either from photo reference or while looking in a mirror

character design by actually giving everyone different facial features, as opposed to character design by assigning different hair and accessories to uniformly pretty people. the latter is much easier, but he chose the thorny path of his own will! thank you for setting a strong example, noda-sensei!

Some thoughts on Koito Otonoshin‘s possible character development.

I’m here stuck on my couch, I’ve almost been through an entire box of tissues and my cat is sleeping on me b/c he thinks me being sick is like winning the owner lotto since I’ve been home with him for the past three days.  I might as well do something, so here is my first attempt at some character analysis on Koito.

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I did some more fantasy archery trope testing. This time the arrow stabby thing!

The poetic cinema of Kotetsu’s powers timing going down and that actually saving his life.

I’m thinking about this again. How cour 2 is the narrative but a sequel, going into familiar beats and going ‘haha you know what happens, you watched season one you can probably predict how this is gonna go’ and then.

And then actually no, the thing that made Kotetsu ‘not enough’ as a hero, the thing everybody thought is going to be his downfall, him not having the hundered power for five minutes, is actually what saves his life?? (AND BUNNY’S???)

It’s really something something about failure not defining you but also sometimes, sometimes it’s good that your power doesn’t last as much as it used to. That thing you thought might be your downfall actually saving your and your partners life at the last minute.

Miles Edgeworth's Secret

This post is purely for documentation purposes, and also to inform anyone who may not be aware. This post will contain SPOILERS for the end of Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations, so proceed with caution.

During Case 5, Bridge to the Turnabout, while playing as Edgeworth, you are presented the opportunity to peer into Iris' heart. Specifically in regards to a secret she is withholding from Phoenix, someone she was romantically involved with. During which, if the player fails to present the correct evidence specifically for the second Psyche-Lock, an interesting conversation concerning the nature of secrets occurs.

I have seen talk of this dialogue, but no footage or screenshots, so I took the liberty of getting them myself. The full conversation and my further thoughts will be found under the cut.

You MUST present incorrect evidence during the second Psyche-Lock. This dialogue is laughably easy to miss, which is why I could find zero footage of it. (Sorry if the formatting for this sucks)

(Interesting to note: the music stops playing here.)

Incidentally, Iris' secret is that she developed romantic feelings for Phoenix while dating him in college (disguised as her twin sister). Edgeworth affirms her thoughts, confirming that he does indeed have a secret of similar nature deep within his heart and soul; "It takes one to know one." It cannot be said what exactly this secret of his is, but every real plot point behind Edgeworth has been more or less resolved by this point in the series. He found his path as a prosecutor, the truth behind his involvement in the DL-6 incident was concluded, so... What's left? Reading between the lines, this only really seems to lead us to one answer. It has something to do with romantic feelings. I truly can't see it being anything else, even with a critical mind.

Just mere moments ago, Iris had inquired as to what Edgeworth and Phoenix' relationship was. Edgeworth (famously) responds that Wright is a "dear and indispensable friend". Wonder if Iris gleamed something deeper from that comment, then? ;P Keep in mind: she makes these comments directly because Edgeworth avoided presenting Phoenix Wright's profile.

"he just like me fr" - iris probably

Now, just for completion's sake, let's see what happens when you present Phoenix's profile and break the Psyche-Lock.

I have a lot of thoughts regarding this string of text from the two of them. This is a huge reach from an admittedly shipper-crazed brain, but aren't Edgeworth's retorts here... interesting? He does not know this girl, but he knows that the two of them are important to one another. We can assume it's likely that he is pushing for this for Wright's sake, rather than Iris'. At this point it's fair to say that Edgeworth has some basic understanding of her secret (the feelings, at least), and he doesn't benefit from her telling Phoenix her secret. So why is he adamant that she does it? Especially when he's, apparently, holding a secret of similar nature himself? Projecting, perhaps?

"But it's pointless..." "Why would you say that?"

Why indeed.

(EDIT) I was thinking about this feverishly, and I had another thought. What if the "darkness in his heart" and his "secret" has something to do with jealousy? Still in context of romantic feelings... it starts to make sense that this could fit into the puzzle as well. By this point it was already established to Edgeworth that Phoenix and Iris share an intimate connection of some kind, and with all of this pressuring (including the words the two of them share before Edgeworth leaves the Detention Centre), it sort of adds up. "Uncovering the truth" in order to "get rid of the deep-seated darkness in [his] heart" - could this refer to closure? As in, if Iris comes forth to Phoenix Wright with her secret, and there is some level of reciprocation, would this make Edgeworth's own secret/feelings "pointless" to confess? I wonder.

One last note I'd like to make is that this is the first time we view Edgeworth through the 'protagonist lens', and that a great deal of care was put into having the player truly feel like they are Miles Edgeworth in this moment. His mannerisms, choice of words and thought patterns are decidedly very different than Phoenix's when you are in control of them, as I'm sure most people would agree. Therefore, I feel comfortable proposing that a lot of what he says here isn't filler, and in fact is very deliberately worded.

I think this post also deserves a spot here.

Diehard Narumitsu/Wrightworth shippers are likely already aware of this conversation's existence. However, due to the circumstances necessary to see it, I wasn't able to find any screenshots. I hope this was interesting to read, at least... Thanks for reading!

he was a dog… she was an iguana… can i make it anymore obvious

local petguys cant stop crying. its such a beautiful moment. their babies are so grown…getting married soon

ryan (unstoppable force) trying to send thirst traps to keith (immovable object). and now keith wants to show this awesome shirt to everyone

in which i take the aa-tnb pipeline and shove it into the hadron collider

they're the same picture

T&B Clothes and Style Analysis:

This all started when I was thinking of a way to try and get a better gauge on Ryan’s age, but then it started to kind of become it’s own thing. Basically, something I’ve noticed is how aspects of many (though not all) the character designs are indictive of the decade they grew up in.

Let’s start with the oldest of our heroes (I’m limiting it to heroes so this post won’t be any more massive than I’m sure it will already be).

Kotetsu and Antonio: We know that they are both 38 in S2, so that means they were born in 1942. So their childhood and teen years were the 1940s and 1950s, and you can see the influence of those time periods on their outfits.

Back in the 1940s and 1950s cowboy inspired fashion was very popular. My grandfather had a bit of this style too, and he was born sometime in the 1930s. Of course, Antonio’s outfit is also meant to reflect his NEXT persona as well, being Rock Bison and having, iirc, a meat sponsor.

Meanwhile, Kotetsu has that snazzy look about him. Clean cut, button up shirt, tie, sleek and ironed pants,  button up vest - his look is, in a way, rather hip in comparison to Antonio’s look. I also feel is has more of an upscale, blue collar vibe to it than Antonio’s, which style originated with blue collar, “working on the farm,” and legit cowboy types. Of course, Kotetsu doesn’t hold himself in that way, though I do think that his outfit is what adds to the moe gap and charm of Kotetsu. He has this put together appearance to him, but his life is a mess and he can be very immature at times, lol.

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[UPDATED!] TIGER&BUNNY Fans, Want More Tiger&Bunny? [UPDATED!]

I made [a post] a while back with links to read the manga and watch the movies online. Unfortunately KissManga and KissAnime have gone down for good.

However! @thirdleagueheroes has been translating [TIGER&BUNNY THE COMIC], the Canon manga series, and has their translations posted for download! They currently have up to chapter 31 (out of 41 total) listed [HERE]!

There are also several comic anthologies. There is a full list [here].

There are two companion shorts called [“Side Bunny”] and [“Side Tiger”] in which all the other heroes visit the respective main character’s apartment. “Side Bunny” takes place sometime during the ten months between [episode 13] and [episode 14]. “Side Tiger” takes place one month after the epilogue. You can watch them on YouTube here: [Side Bunny] and here: [Side Tiger]. Unfortunately the OP has made both of the videos private. 

EDIT 3/6/21: @coolboxofcandy​ has uploaded both Side Bunny and Side Tiger, as well as the Sound of TIGER&BUNNY short “Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth” and the audio dramas to GoogleDrive! You can find their post [HERE]!

There are two movies -

The first half of [Tiger&Bunny: The Beginning] is basically a recap of the first two episodes, but it also includes a lot of extra scenes that were cut from the aired episodes and an extra episode that takes place between episode 2 and episode 3. It’s definitely worth the watch. In fact I would recommend watching The Beginning then starting the series at episode 3.

[Tiger&Bunny: The Rising] takes place sometime 1 to 3 years after the anime ends about 2 years after the epilogue.

Unfortunately I don’t know where you can watch the movies for free online, but you can buy them on DVD [HERE] and [HERE], as well as the whole first series [HERE] and [HERE].

EDIT: Thanks to @tiptapricot for letting me know that [wcostream.com] has the English Dub of the series and both movies available in full and in good quality for free! An ad blocker would be recommended but not necessary. If you have Hulu, they also have the series in both sub and dub, but not either of the movies.

EDIT 3/6/21: TIGER&BUNNY is back on US NETFLIX as well as many European countries’ NETFLIX, however they have still removed the sponsors and have also removed after credit scenes.

All of the above ↑ are 100% Canon.

There is a third manga serialization, by Sakakibara Mizuki, that deviates from Canon. It sort of follows the first couple episodes, but goes full AU by episode 8. I don’t know of anywhere you can read it online, but it did get an official English translation through VIZ, and you can buy it [HERE].

You can find a list of artbooks and guidebooks [here].

You can find a list of Drama CDs [here].

You can find a list of Radio Shows [here].

You can find a list of music [here]. The [Best of Hero] character songs can all be found on YouTube.

EDIT 3/6/21: All TIGER&BUNNY music albums, including both soundtracks and character songs, are available to stream on multiple platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and YouTube Music. @tigerandbunnyftw made a post with links [HERE].

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Hey! I'm sorry if I'm annoying you with this ask, but recently I finished watching the T&B anime and I really want to read the manga, but I'm a bit lost and I don't know where to start, because I have heard that there are more than one version (I don't know if that is true), so I wanted to ask for advice. There are more than one version of the manga? if that's the case, where should I start? Do you know where can I read it? Thank you so much, I hope you have a nice day!

Hi anon! I promise you are not annoying me, you (or anyone!) can ask or send me anything any time! I love T&B so much so I love to help however I can❤💚 Firstly, the manga can all be read in any order you want! None of them are connected to one another in any way. When people say there are two manga, they are referring to the following two: Miracle Jump Serialization: The Miracle Jump version (often abbreviated simply MJ) is written by Erika Yoshida and illustrated by Hiroshi Ueda. This manga takes place in between the events in the main series, so I guess you could technically consider it to be canon(?) There is no physical copy in English as it never got an official English release. Afaik it's never been translated in full but you can read most of it here! https://mangadex.org/title/7231545b-39ce-4d51-a825-b905b16691a3 New Type Ace Serialization:

The New Type Ace version (NTA), by Mizuki Sakakibara, is my personal favorite of the two! It starts off similar enough but there is a canon divergence from the main series, it's an AU of sorts where the events transpire very differently and the main villain is actually someone different than the show. While there are official physical copies, the fan translation, imo, is the superior version because there are bonus chapters and 4-koma that are really funny (and sometimes touching) that were never released in the official English volumes. Unfortunately, the last three volumes (7-9) were never scanlated (unless you speak Russian) but you can buy them officially. If you like Yuri (which I assume you do to some extent since you are here! :D) I recommend buying the last three volumes as he plays a pretty big role in volume 7 and volume 9. You can read volume 1-6 here: https://mangadex.org/title/ae039b61-72e2-4513-b091-bd7426d2ee44 Other Manga: There are actually 3 other English manga! The comic anthology (exactly what it sounds like. Short gag chapters, 4koma, all made by guest artists) of which there are two volumes and The Beginning Manga (Side A and Side B) both of which follow the plot of the Beginning movie. The last is a oneshot done by the one and only Katsura Matsakazu. The comic anthology is great and I would recommend purchasing both volumes (I don't think it's scanned anywhere :( ), the Beginning manga.... ehhh.... it isn't great. It's identical to the Beginning but more lacking and short. The oneshot is short and available online, no real reason not to read it! ^^ https://mangadex.org/title/859f6d51-5472-46e4-b555-8356b364878c/tiger-bunny-good-luck-and-bad-luck-alternate-like-the-strands-of-a-rope Sorry this was sort of long but I hope all of this helped you!

hi! you probably get this a lot, but I got into the series just about a week or two ago and watched everything they had on netflix, i loved it a lot! i want to look at more but I'm like... 11 years late to the party and it's kind of overwhelming and confusing. where should I start? what sort of stuff is there beyond what's on netflix? (sorry if this is a silly question, but i figured you would know a lot!)

thank you, have a nice day!

Hi! No worries, it's not a silly question at all, there's a lot of content out there! I think it depends on how invested you want to get, because there's things like the shorts, the mangas, audio dramas, and even more supplementary stuff like the novels and interviews from characters/cast/staff. I'd recommend starting out with the shorts and mangas first and see how you feel from there!

Shorts: The Side Bunny short takes place between episode 13 and 14, Side Tiger short takes place after episode 25, and the Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth short takes place after the Rising. You can download all three of them from here, provided by coolboxofcandy!

Manga: There are two main ones. Tiger & Bunny: The Comic by Ueda and Yoshida (read here) which follows canon and depicts new stories that take place early in the anime and up to the Rising. If you only read one then I'd say go for that one! Tiger & Bunny by Mizuki Sakakibara (read here) on the other hand is a little bit of an AU story, as it largely follows Barnaby's perspective and diverges a few chapters in. Both of these mangas are completed, but the Ueda manga is still in the process of being fan translated. And while the Sakakibara manga is available online up to chapter 25, it has been localized so you may have to end up purchasing volumes 7, 8, and 9 if you'd like to read the rest. Also, starting this month we'll be getting sequel mangas to both of these with season 2!

Then there are the two oneshots by Katsura (character designer) and Nishida (head writer): read here and here, and they take place sometime between episodes in the anime.

As for the rest of these, they aren't really necessary materials, but they are canon and very fun.

Drama CDs: You can download the audio thanks to coolboxofcandy here and read the translations on the Wiki here. Expect lots of shenanigans and different pairs of characters getting their share of the spotlight!

Novels: Excerpts from the novelization of The Beginning part 1 (generously reuploaded by T&Bftw), part 2, and part 3; and The Rising excerpts here. These follow the movies through the characters' POVs and gives insight to their thoughts, which the audience isn't privy to hearing in the series itself.

And interviews/etc! There have been a lot of these. ThisIsSternbild has a good collection of translations to get started with, and the Directory on this blog has a variety of other bits of translations and other miscellaneous events. Monthly Hero in my opinion is another fun one to read, as that information is from the booklets that came with the Limited Edition Blurays so they tend to relate to the episodes they came with.

Beyond all of those, I'd say it's just a matter of reading or clicking through to whatever else sounds interesting to you! Sorry this was so long, but I hope it helps! And feel free to ask if you have any more questions :)

Back on Tumblr for this specific time of year

one of the big concepts I learned in therapy that has been fucking revolutionary for me is the concept that sometimes u can just feel feelings and they don’t have to mean anything.

like, I can just be sad about something for a little while because it feels cathartic and helpful to let myself be sad, and it doesnt have to mean anything or change how I act or treat people.

like sometimes u just need to feel an emotion in order to process and work through things, and sometimes it just feels good to let urself be sad about a silly or little thing. and then once its out its over, uve experienced it and now it is done so u can move on.

and I dont have to derive greater meaning from it or do anything about it. i was just sad for a few hours and now i feel better and that’s all that matters.

«Я безумно устал ото дня,

Расплескавшего наземь белила.

Я устал, пощадите меня

От базаров и уличной пыли,

От промозглой личины утра,

От глухой бесприютности ночи,

От боязни падения; впрочем,

Если я не разбился вчера,

Завтра чья-нибудь лошадь растопчет.»

okay i cannot stress this enough Spoilers For Witch Hat Atelier up to chapter 40

in which i posit that olruggio made qifrey’s glasses, forget to actually back that theory up after the first image, and devolve into some bullshit

there are 5 more images below the cut (and that’s where most of the spoilers are)

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