Soccer Isn't The Problem In The Inazuma Eleven Universe. It's Automobiles. And Gravity.

i'm rewatching to look for analysis material and fuuuccckkk what do you mean kidou has another realization by remembering sakuma's (and endou's) words. fuck my stupid chungus kisaku life?

simple screenshot redraw from a while ago :] i meant to do more of the OG and then post them in bulk but i'm hyperfixating on GO now 😔 rip my plans ig

my ass forgot to post a version with Kidou's glasses off

kisaku for christmas

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i see fanart reposting especially uncredited both on tumblr and twitter which has been upsetting me lately. you can't be against AI generated images when you don't put respect in works made by others like that

I find it funny when queer fantasy stories are written in a setting where homophobia doesn't exist, but there's a ~forbidden romance~ element coming from some completely different, fantastical prejudice. Like

"Son, I don't care if you suck dick, but no child of mine will be sharing a bed with a goddamn necromancer!"

its horse time babey

mister loveless, how do i tell the difference between "this work has deeper themes than the deceptively simple surface level story may let on" and "pinning images to a corkboard and connecting them with red string"? i feel like i'm doing the second one with this book i just got done reading, but i can't tell.

honestly there's nothing wrong with reading deeper meaning into apparently surface-level "what it says on the tin" narratives, as long as you can support them and be open to contention/criticism when you present your ideas. even if the creator didn't intend for those themes to be present, or most people don't acknowledge it, that doesn't make your interpretation automatically invalid and objectively wrong. if you're on, like, "the dark and twisted secrets of [cartoon for literal babies]" levels of theorycrafting, yeah, okay, maybe it's time to take a step back and ask yourself if this is really worth your time. but also literally all art is political and has the potential for infinite interpretation beyond the surface level - all art is shaped by the society we live in and the lives that interact with it, directly and indirectly. so pinning images to a corkboard and connecting them with red string is literally fine. even if it only means something to you personally. that's the great thing about art - it's both a rewardingly communal and highly individual experience!

EnNatsu | The Whole Journey

I see a lot of people saying that EnNatsu came out of nowhere. As one of the biggest shipper pf this fic, I decided to compile the standout EnNatsu moments and see exactly how much they developed through out all the three seasons of the OG series.

The first episode introduces both characters and their dynamic effectivey. Natsumi threatens to disband the soccer club if they don't win against Teikoku Gakuen in their first ever match, which obviously makes Endou angry — so much so that he's fuming even when talking to the team.

This scene sets the tone for most of their initial interactions going forward: they bicker and push each other's buttons even as they slowly start to strive for the same goal. Natsumi is condescending at times but she also helps the team in her own way, and Endou is generally a happy person, but no one can annoy him like Natsumi can.

It's subtle but as Natsumi slowly becomes integrated into the team, they start having some more friendlier interactions even aside from Natsumi informing them about the matches and stuff.

Slowly, they become friends.

Their bickering also becomes more friendly instead of being just about Natsumi threatening to disband the club or about Natsumi picking at Endou's passion for soccer.

Like at the end of episode 16 when Endou and Aki visit Natsumi and her father in the hospital.

Natsumi immediately notices Endou's injury and is genuinely happy to hear that the team won their match, two things she never would have done in the start of the season.

The argument that comes after it is about Endou misunderstanding Natsumi's words, and it's more laid-back than their arguments in the start of the season when Natsumi would threaten to disband the club or pick at Endou's overenthusiastic passion for soccer. It's nothing but friendly bickering between friends, showing how far they've come in their friendship since the beginning even if they are very much still the same people.

Then we have this scene in episode 19.

Natsumi, who's visiting her father in the hospital and feeling melancholic because it's a hospital and her father is admitted in it, sees the tower near which Endou always practices and goes there on a whim. And when she gets there, she automatically envisions Endou practicing as usual.

When Endou sees her there, he can tell at first glance that something's btohering her, even if she says that things are getting better. And what does he do? He takes her to his favorite spot and reminds her that she isn't alone.

I believe this is the moment where Natsumi really developed her crush. Before this, their whole dynamic was "enemies to friends" and now they're moving on to the "friends to lovers" bit.

Endou, of course, doesn't see it that way just yet, and I doubt even Natsumi sees her crush as a crush, but this is the moment where it actually starts.

(Reblogging to continue because I can't add more pictures)

Redrawing some Sakuma official arts to brute force anatomy (individual arts and references under read more)