Shoutout to Haikyuu!! for showing the diversity of the autism spectrum!
We have :
Ushijima "I have no idea of what’s going on" Wakatoshi
Kageyama "I can’t read social cues & it pisses me off" Tobio
Sakusa "Don’t you dare touch me" Kiyoomi
Akaashi "I felt overwhelmed and anxious so I made some very specific lists to feel better" Keiji
Kozume "I was just looking for Pokémon Tier Lists online and ended up not eating, drinking or sleeping for the last 24 hours" Kenma
Kita "Do not disturb my routine under any circumstances" Shinsuke (+ bonus point for the "crackly" jacket)
What ppl don’t understand about Kabru (of Utaya) is that his natural state is not bitter hater. That’s Chilchuck. Kabru is only a bitter hater around Laios bc Laios has a unique talent for pissing other autistic ppl off. Kabru’s natural state is being a weird overly talkative charismatic freak who’s way too much in everyone’s business. He’s like a cheery yoga mom on 800mg of caffeine and no sleep.
I don’t crush on fictional characters I crush on the characters together. Dating that one character myself? Ew no. Putting those two characters together like barbie dolls and making them kiss? Yes please
Blue Lock unapologetically uses the "everything revolves around the main character everyone's development is associated with the main character everyone is influenced by the main character and the main character is influenced by everyone around him" and it does it WELL and GOOD
There are some characters where this has yet to be deeply explored due to it not being time for it yet, but for the ones where it's happening right now in real time it's pushing this story forward quickly (despite how long the NEL arc is taking lol)
Episode Nagi (side manga of bllk told primarily from Nagi's POV but still tells other POVs also) just had a new chapter and it basically copied a major scene from the main manga in its CURRENT ARC. It tells me a lot about the surrounding cast in regards to Isagi and also tells me a lot (reinforces previous thinking/predicting) about where the story is going.
Rin was about to score a goal here and even the score between Germany and France. He stopped because his brother's phantom popped up (obviously, this is Rin's perception of what his brother would deem a worthy goal or not). This was a very clear copy of Isagi in chapter 1 when he decided that he had to "go after the strongest" if he was going to change. It was a painfully obvious moment connecting Rin and Isagi in their mentalities.
In EPISODE NAGI:
I mean, obviously. It's the same. (but different)
It's the same! (but different)
Nagi and Barou are hearing things Isagi said to them during previous matches they played. They're using Isagi to fire them up. Isagi's influence pushed them to find their egos and explore different ways of playing soccer. For Barou that's passing the ball, for Nagi it was literally feeling anything at all while playing.
I have too many images so there will be a part two lmao.
NEW SHOTS OF XIE LIAN DOING HIS TAIZI YUESHEN PERFORMANCE!!!
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Canon tragic couple
Magazine covers for an Akutagawa model AU I'm working on...