Does Anybody Acknowledge Izaya's Charm At All? I Mean The Guy Works For Yakuza And Other Big Businesses,

So recently I finished reading Battle Royale which I was struggling to finish for quite a while. Not because it was bad (though it did have it's issues) but because I always pick it up at seemingly the worst time. The first time was the end of my Bachelors, this time it was during my Masters. But I did finish it, this time and that was partly because I was able to keep track by keeping a notebook, which I will show pictures from below.

(I don't know why tumblr decides to show them upside down but fuck me I guess. Also my writing may or may not be readable, i tend to have child doctor hand writing)

I did some drawings of the characters on the inside, as you can see. I did tend to favor the female characters, not gonna lie so that's why I've been drawing them. I just found less of them insufferable (also drawing girls is easier). Their appearance wasn't based on the books or the manga, though they did have a slight influnlence. I mostly got inspo from @dullahanart who is really talented.

Now I didn't hate all of the guys. I LOVED the Kiriyama family and their chapter/s were some of my favourite parts.

I also liked Shogo and I wish he was explored more outside of having to talk to Shuya.

Speaking of him. That is my main problem with the story. I couldn't stand half the people who were meant to be the main characters. It's a shame because Noriko and Shuuya have such potential (especially the former).

And I understand the point of Shinji, but only because I watched a video on the series that explained him way better than the book. I couldn't stand reading him, and I dreaded any chapter that involved him because I soon realised he was the culprit of why I couldn't finish the book before. Talk about an actual Gary Stew, and I'm not even using that as a buzz word here. I've never read such an unbearably perfect character.

I think instead of giving a main cast and telling them "these are the characters you should like", the story could have benefited from having no definitive main character or "winner". You can tell who is going to survive pretty early on, and honestly it really downplayed the steaks. I would have prefered if each character got equal attention so that nobody could tell who would come out of it. That way, one could really get more invested in the side characters, who are all the highlight of the book.

But I don't know, that's just my opinion. I honestly think I like the movie more, but I can at least say I prefer the book to the manga.

Thanks @lapyn for tagging me in one of these things.

Last song: The end song to the game Devotion. Don't know the name because all the videos with an English name have been removed.

Last movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2

Currently watching: nothing and everything. I start so many series then dropped them simply because I don't give myself time to continue. Last one I can recall is Brooklyn 99

Currently (re)reading: Ulysses by James Joyce. It's for college, and it's good in some parts, but impossible to understand in others. It's supposed to be a classic for everyone, but really it feels like one of those that academics use to feel smert.

Tags: @kufuutarou12 @ausar-the-vile @madhousefruitcake

(Don't feel pressured to do it)

Learning to draw digitally is like going back to doodling in my copy book at school. I mean, vaguely it looks ok, but then getting close up you start to see the beginner level mistakes. I don't want to go back and change them because I grew bored and impatient, and yet it's painful knowing I could have done better.

Giving this one an extra reblog for the funzies.

Shizuo’s part 2 has been released!

The team had a lot of fun planning this announcement artwork, as we couldn’t resist throwing in this meme.

If Shizuo didn’t do what he did during a certain scene, you all might have had to take the dominant approach, dear players!

Per usual, the password is “Pudding”. You can download part 2 here!

We hope you enjoy part 2 of Shizuo’s route! Depending on how things go, Shizuo’s part 3 might come out around his birthday as well!

This is to the same tune of Arabella's colour being light pink, but MC's colour is definitely pastel blue in my head. Yes I know there are canon characters with blue as their thing, but pastel blue on MC looks so good! Sure, I permit the occasional divergence kinda like how Arabella can go for simple black and white and still work. Pastel blue just translates to MC for me.

He would. Just not in the conventional way. He would just break each puzzle until he can find his way through, then rip Glados off the ceiling and swing her away like a throwing hammer.

Love the idea that by virtue of having dated Izaya, Mikage is one of the few people who aren't afraid of him

Just, oh who's this monster of Ikebukuro?... You mean my cringefail high-school boyfriend?

Seriously? This is the guy you're afraid of?

The guy who went on a monologue about Macbeth for 30 minutes standing on a table at lunch? That loser? Give me a break here guys.

Everyone's like that Izaya he's a cunning fiend who destroys all that gets near him.

And Mikage's like you know he names his knives, right?

Regardless of the form it took, someone needed her. Knowing that meant she didn't have to worry about finding a meaning in her life.

- Anri Sonohara

One of my favourite things to do lately is draw Izaya. Specifically redraw screenshots and official art of him in my style. So here, have some Izaya.