As Much As Sometimes I'm Done With Hanako's Slick Self, I Gotta Admit That Possessed Yashiro Is Lowkey

I love how Yashiro is legitimately now the Penelope of the series and she don't want no other guy aside from Hanako (same way how Penelope wanted no one but Odysseus).

I also love that she's in her slay era both figuratively and literally---AidaIro did so well in evolving her character.

Yashiro for real found the song Automatic Woman by H.E.R. and said let's switch it up and I love it for her.

Here's something you guys are gonna have to understand about me. I like fanon Bakugou. But I utterly despise the CANON Bakugou in most aspects. And no, I do not care if you hate me for disliking him---if y'all were in the same room with him, he'd be a dipstick towards you, don't even cap.

If that background is considered ugly, mine are completely blasphemous. WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S UGLY---

Ik the background is ugly don't look too hard LOL

I love gaining more reasons to stan Yashiro as a character 💗

Notice how just about every other apparition going after Nene has to dismantle her strength first? Ghosts---GHOSTS---have to make elaborate plans just to even GET TO HER because they know full fact she'll whoop they a---

It honestly shocks me how virtually no one in the TBHK fandom is talking about how physically strong Yashiro is. She is a lot stronger than we give her credit for.

Haters will call it glaze, but I call it appreciation.

Now, let me make this clear for anyone who wants to be like, "well, ackshually--" yes, I know that Yashiro doesn't have the same amount of physical strength as Hanako---of course she doesn't. Hanako, despite having the build of a stick, is capable of taking down entities twice his size with just his willpower and a knife.

Hanako has obviously had more than enough time to adapt to the world around him and thus got adequate fighting skills as a result of that. No question that Yashiro obviously is not on the same physical wavelength. But y'all aren't going to gaslight me into saying that Yashiro can't throw hands.

Sure, we can argue that some of these moments were for comedic effect, but I don't think it downplays her feats here. She might not have Isekai level fighting skills, but she knows how to get rrready to rrrumble.

Heck, from the very start when her and Hanako's bond was first officialized by the mermaid scale, Hanako teases her (like the jackoff he is) and Yashiro responds by elbowing this nickel clean in the NECK. In fact, she elbows him so hard, it KNOCKS him over into the DESKS.

Yes, we could also argue in this moment that Yashiro didn't mean to actually hurt him since she didn't know she could touch him. But the fact she even still threw hands at him says quite a bit to me.

In fact, the added notion that she thought she COULDN'T harm him makes it more effective in displaying her strength in being able to fully topple this boy over. Because if that's what she was gonna do ironically, how strong would she be if she were to seriously throw hands? (Don't worry, that question is answered later in this post)

Yashiro since then continues to throw hands with Hanako whenever he gets on her nerves. She beats on Hanako nearly every other crescent moon, but Hanako deals with it because he's a masochist. There's no other explanation I can provide for why he lets her do this stuf to him.

There's no way he's NOT actively letting her hurt him with the amount of physical strength Hanako clearly has and has been shown to have (this dude won a fight against floating scissors in the Misaki Stairs, for crying out loud---)

Did we forget that time in the spinoff manga where she managed to pin him down to the floor with a MOP?

Or what about that time Yashiro heard him talk about her and so she defied physics and attacked from the side HEAD FREAKING FIRST?

"Oh but that's just her and Hanako's dynamic--"

Fear not, dear reader, because there's many more instances of Yashiro casually flexing her strength and agility.

There was a time within the Misaki Stairs arc where Yashiro literally runs and glides across a DOLL to jump up, then lands perfectly, and reaches Yako's yorishiro. Even Hanako was shocked.

Oh, that's not enough?

Well, let me introduce you to a (not-so) wonderful being known as Nakahara from Chapter 115, who pinned Yashiro to a wall and she (rightfully) responded by UPPERCUTTING HIM from the JAW, doing a FRONT FLIP across the guy's CHEST, landing on the floor perfectly, and speeding off away from him.

Comedic, exaggerated, or not, you can't deny that's some pretty impressive stuff.

I don't care what no one says, Yashiro can throw hands when it counts.

So Yashiro doesn't intervene when Hanako is talking about her upper body and how he's come into contact with it multiple times to someone who clearly doesn't wanna hear it, but draws the line at him talking about her ankles?

Girlie needs better priorities and HR effective immediately, I'm sorry---

Forget "Would you love me if I was a worm?"

Hananene already answered the question of, "Would you love me if I was a fish?"

The perfect cover for a Spotify playlist I'll never release.

There's no way MitsuKou isn't canon to me. None. And here's why. Literally in one of the manga chapters (I don't know which unfortunately), Mitsuba is crying because of the fact he's a ghost and will forever be a ghost---thus leaving him to be alone because no one else is like him.

And the FIRST words Kou says in response is, "Want me to die?"

(It's the no hesitation for me----)

Kou's response even had Mitsuba shook. Kou may as well have given him a love confession. And here's how I know this is romantic and not merely 'bromance material.'

Sure, if someone's willing to die for a friend, that's a pretty darn good friendship you got. But here's a question I have:

If this situation were to happen with Yashiro and Hanako (or any hetero pairing really), would y'all think this was purely platonic?

Someone is telling you they're literally willing to DIE and be a GHOST with you FOREVER (as in for all ETERNITY) all because they want to help you not feel alone navigating the world. I dunno about you, but that sounds pretty darn romantic to me. Mitsuba---since they first met----has been at LEAST 90% of what Kou thinks about on a daily basis. Kou loses sleep CONSISTENTLY from this guy. The only reason Mitsuba and Kou aren't officially a thing (as far as I know) because the series keeps making Mitsuba forcibly ghost Kou against his will (pun intended).

MitsuKou is canon, I don't care what anyone says or what AidaIro do to their relationship later on. I don't even care if they chose for these two to hate each other by the end of the series. They are CANON. Mitsuba: I just hate being a ghost and being so darn lonely. Kou: Bet, want me to die? Mitsuba: O_O And that's not even mentioning the time Kou took Mitsuba on a confirmed date to the aquarium.

I don't care what happens, bro. They're canon.

Mitsukou shippers have been eating good lately.

One of the cutest aspects about the direction of Yashiro's character in the newer chapters is how much she's openly simping for Hanako. We even get a glimpse into how Yashiro actually views him.

In the beginning, Yashiro was dead-set on only getting with the hottest of hot guys---the whole prince charming type. In fact, this is why she was obsessed with Teru for quite a bit.

But as of chapter you-know-who, there's very clearly a distinction between how the series/other people portray and see Hanako versus how Yashiro views him.

Throughout all the bullcrap these two go through, Yashiro realizes she can't keep her feelings buried anymore (though, I don't see why you would when you literally fight your way through this world's version of hell just to get to this dude, but I digress) and goes all in with acknowledging she wants nothing more than to be with Hanako.

Heck, even when her former crush, Nakahara was (creepily) hitting on her (actually, he was harassing her), she wanted nothing to do with him because Nakahara wasn't Hanako. It literally takes her a few seconds for her to even remember who he is because that's how insignificant he is in comparison to the one and only toilet ghost.

As she runs away from him due to his downright creeptitude (which ironically enough, smartly shows that he wouldn't have even made a good partner anyway so it was actually a good thing he rejected her), she reflects on how she DID want to confess to someone, but it wasn't to him---it was---say it with me: HANAKO--

And the best part from her reflecting on how she wanted to confess to him, it goes back to that part where he was with her in the stage where they'd be holding the performance for the Wizard of Oz. See how the series objectively portrays him versus how Yashiro sees him?

Yashiro is no longer concerned with any prince charming because in her eyes, Hanako IS exactly THAT. From what she originally saw as this snarky boy in a hat, she now sees him as the most handsome because of who he is and what they've both been through together.

He looks more attractive to her because of the fact she recognizes the bond she has with him and wants nothing more than to delve deeper into it.

As messy as these two are, I will say this: AidaIro are MASTERS at subtext and tugging my heart strings.

Listen, I enjoy Hanako as a character. I do.

But if someone were to offer me a job with the promise of acting as the guy's version of J. Jonah Jameson, I'd gladly sign up because Hanako is a menace. If you read the manga you know what I'm talking about.

I don't care how cute the ship is or how much I ship it, I refuse to overlook the fact this dude was willing to just let Aoi die off if it meant Yashiro could live and the fact he refuses to tell Yashiro anything (and the fact he was complete perv for a while).

Intentional or not, he does not respect her autonomy. He does not let her genuinely make choices for herself in terms of what she thinks is best for her. He knows full well Yashiro would be against the stuff he does, that's why he doesn't tell her anything. He knows it'll hurt her or upset her in some way, but doesn't care because he assumes he knows what's best for her without bothering to ask for her consent on the matter.

It's a 'you don't know what you want, Luigi know what you want' kinda deal and it irks me at times when I truly sit down to think about it.

"He does it because he loves her---"

So you're telling me that if you had cancer that was gonna kill you off early and your boyfriend made plans behind your back to kill your best friend---a person who's supported you for years---in order to switch your conditions to keep you alive, you would NOT lose your mind? Yeah, I'm calling cap on that.

I understand he has his reasons and you're still allowed to like the ship, I clearly still do. But can we all stop acting like Hanako is an innocent angel who doesn't know what he's doing?

The sooner we admit Hanako is a yandere, the better because what is he if not that?