For Tenmas First Birthday At Mankia, Muku Went Out To A Bookstore And Bought A Ton Of Childrens Fairytale

For Tenma’s first birthday at Mankia, Muku went out to a bookstore and bought a ton of children’s fairytale books. Shorter illustrated ones, old novel length ones, compilations of stories, you name it! He even enlisted Kazu to help him find some stories that are popular in countries around the world.

(They even found and old Zafran fairy tale book and Citron had Guy read it out loud for everyone in the common room after dinner, “Just like when I was a little Citron!!!”)

Upon Tenma’s confused glance at the stack of books, Muku explained that he got all the stories for him because he realized that tenma probably never had bedtime stories read to him as a kid, or even read them himself. Sure, when he was 12 he acted in a tv series that parodied fairy tales, but muku adamantly exclaimed that that didn't count! He wanted temna to experience the magical feeling that the stories can bring you, and the unparalleled experience of reading one just as you fall asleep, soul warmed by the reassurance of a happy ending.

Tenma was incredibly touched upon seeing sweet little muku get so serious about giving him a taste of childhood.

On occasions where Tsuzuru is dead tired but still conscious, he tends to speak in really vague, incomplete sentences. The spring troupe got used to it pretty quickly, and will automatically respond to Tsuzu’s “.,mmmnmnmnm....day?” with Citron jubilantly shouting “Saturday!” and Itaru checking his phone to give the exact date and time (bc let’s be honest, Tsuzuru has woken up at 1 pm before and fully believed it was morning until Kazu teased him for still eating cereal in his pajamas so late in the day).

OH THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! FANTASTIC!!!

Have you listened to Itaru's new solo? Or Chikage's? They have me crying all the time bc of the character growth

I LOVE BOTH OF THEM <33333 i could go talking about the solos for hours since both of them has so so many layers, but here’s a quick rundown :D

seeds

compared to petenshi no yuutsu, it sounds a lot less frantic and happier. it sounds relaxed and it gives an image of floating in the clouds (for me). 

the first part sounds like he’s kinda holding himself back in front of the public since it sounds like something you'd find in a cafe. then it picks up a bit, building up to the chorus, which i imagine to reflect the time after [redacted] died. chikage repeats the lyrics of “things” which could allude to the words he wanted to say to [redacted], or the words he used to tell to himself to keep himself afloat from grief.

THEN THE CHORUS!!! UUUUU it has me in emotional tatters especially the line with their (his family’s) sweetness becoming his spice!!! it means that he’s willing to let himself get loved now, instead of still rolling in grief and anger.

AND THE line with the “they might be odd, not quite normal companions/but they will become my precious family”!!! it’s such a huge development because it means everyone in mankai instead of a few. HE CARES SO MUCH FOR THEM!!

also pinocchioP :DD some of my favorite vocaloid songs (common world domination and nobody makes sense) were made by them too

i also remember the recent harugumi livestream!! wataru hatano said that it took them multiple tries to properly express the emotions in seeds and i love the absolute care they put into producing the song .

seeds woah woah woah seeds yeah yeah yeah seeds woah woah woah seeds oh seeds 

real luck

the real luck we found is in our friends

i am putting this song on when cramming stuff because it’s great grinding music . it’s frantic but in the way of grinding a game, not petenshi frantic where you’re trying to run away.

i love how it still keeps elements from gamer’s high but also introduces new elements (in the music and lyrics). THE CALLBACK TO GAMER’S HIGH TOO!!! IT WAS MAKING ME SO EMOTIONAL AT 11 PM.

also if you notice, itaru’s voice sounds deeper compared to gamer’s high. itaru actually pitches his voice up when he’s faking (see voiced kniroun and when he talked to tonooka), and this also signifies that he completely trusts mankai too. he sounds raw-er than what he’d sound if he’s putting up a front.

I WILL NEVER GET OVER HOW HE SEES MANKAI AS THE BEST EVER GUILD. he’s not protecting himself from getting hurt now because he knows they won’t turn their backs on itaru and itaru trusts them. “i’m not giving up anymore” UEUEUEUUEUE when you watch the anime, you’ll see how far he’s come.

“that’s right, i now have something i’m serious about and i now have a place to belong” “i can trust them and they won’t betray me. we’re like a family.”“ [autotuned baby noises]

mawase mase mase mase mase mase mase mase mase

Hey so like Azuma goes to sleep early and wakes up late right? Everyone assumes he gets a lot of beauty sleep but we the audience know that sleeping alone is hard for him.

So he probably is actually up in the middle of the night often, alone, lighting incense and wanting someone to talk to. And he wakes up so late because he's actually not sleeping at all.

What I'm getting at is do you think when Guy moves in his sleeping habits change? 🥺 Do you think he starts waking up earlier and getting to see people off to work and school? And spend more time with those staying behind? Do you think he gets to enjoy the people around him a lot more than he used to, just because he's up when they are?

tenma with a really affectionate and positive s/o ☆ gn pronouns please ♡

-he can't handle thisssss aaaAAAAAAAAAA

-you’re too cute for him, he’s gonna implode

-like, he adores when you grab his hand when you’re out walking but his face is so red waaaa

-i feel like he tries so hard to be smooth but he gets flustered really easily

-his logic is this: ok, i’ve done so many romantic scenes and filmed at least 10 kisses, i can definitely hold their hand!! I’ll just.,.,.,casually grab it while we’re walking..anddd

-no he can't </3

-it just feels so different when it's his real-life s/o!!! It's so nerve-wracking!! So scary!! They're so cool.,so cute.,

-So he gets very red in the face (it's quite cute!!!)

-if he ever really wants to hold your hand he’ll pull softly on you sleeve or poke your shoulder,..,babeyy.,.,

-He really does adore hugs but if you don't warn him beforehand he’ll make this little noise of surprise because he isn't 100% used to casual affection (he does really love it.,,.he feels hella stiff but i assure you he’s melting on the inside)

- when embarrassed he kinda presses his lips together in a line and it's so cute looking gsakndjfskndndk

-the most he really can do in public is ruffle your hair a bit, but behind closed doors he’s one hell of a cuddlebug

-very quiet when hugging you too! He just can’t understand how magical it feels and he thinks if he opens his mouth he’ll say something stupid, so he’s content to sit there for hours in comfortable silence

-your positivity and praise tho?

-oh honey please he already has an inflated ego (/jkjkjkjkjkjk)

-truly though, i feel like tenma is, on a fundamental level, quite in need of a good bit of genuine validation, so hearing you comment on something he did really well? Nmnmnmnmn tenma melting part 2

-if you ever happen to sit in on a practice or rehearsal and comment specifically on something he does well, he will have to literally walk away because he’s so red in the face and so so so happy about it

-all in all he’s quite new to being so vulnerable and trusting with someone else, but he really is a sweet kid, i promise you that

i thought this'd be funny asf omg so can you sort mankai actors by whether they can whistle or not?? it's okay if u don't but i just think it'd be rlly funny lmaooo

Ajdkfhdnkd this was fun!! I also threw in izumi, matsukawa, and sakoda for funsies!

Can whistle and is good at it: itaru, citron, chikage, tsuzuru, misumi, banri, taichi, azuma, guy, matsukawa, tetsuro

Can whistle mostly well: yuki, kazunari, omi, azami, homare, sakoda

Cannot whistle and is fine with it: sakuya, masumi, muku, juza, sakyo, tsumugi, hisoka

Cannot whistle and is furious/upset about it: tenma, kumon, tasuku, Izumi