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During childhood, both Guren and Shinya were trained to not be vulnerable at any cost, because of their positions (with Guren being the next head of the Ichinose clan and Shinya literally fighting and killing to survive).

And considering that childhood is something that affects people the most and builds their foundation, I think the​y normalized having their physical and emotional defences up. It should be really tough for them to let their guard down.

So it’s very special and endearing that they let each other see them at their weakest points.
Guren cried, holding dying Shinya in his arms. Shinya also almost cried and lashed out at Guren during a couple of times.

It shows that they trust each other and let themselves be exposed, feeling safe enough to do so. ❤

shinya hiiragi

some colour sheets for the characters i’ve done so far ! whoever wants to may use them for their own colourings / edits / art

psa:

• the secondary shadow is for cases where a character is turned away from the light source so their skin is mostly just coloured in with the normal shadow tone . i like to use the secondary colour to balance it out a bit and add it to where the normal shadow would usually be
• the extra colour is used to give the other colours more warmth . if you want to you can add it to every layer and play around with the opacity until you’re satisfied
• also: some of these colours are in no way canon and i won’t pretend that they are !! they’re just based on my hcs and you can change them up however you want :)

Might I remind you that Urd Geales is a grown ass man carrying two grown men under his arms.

(Shinya and Kureto XDD)

If this plot isn’t gonna progress by the next chapter, I’m slowly going to get homocidal.

Yuu: Guys I figured out why the vampire progenitors are always High ranked!

Mika: okay, why?

Yuu: Because their always ‘High’

Mika: -_-

Guren: -_-

Shinya: *snorts*

Shinoa squad:……..

Krul&Lest: So you have chosen death

Crowley&Urd: *Face palm*

Ky: *laughs nervously, manifests his sword*

Ferid & Rigr: *laughs nervously*

Kureto: *someone put this child out of his misery*

Every single Fucking Vampire around the world:o_O

✨Bonus:

All the demons: *Laughing hysterically*

Enjoy!! for @thesoundofanicefall

I should be in class right now……but….anyways! :)

I get serious men in black vibes every time I see this panel XDD. I really wished Kagami sensei could have introduced some of the hyakuya sect members. I mean there was that dude with the demon weapon (jigenso) which Ferid killed. (Lol) But I really want to get to know the depth of this organisation and it’s memebers. What Rigrs been up to? How did he convince people to join his cult? And why are there vampires loyal to him? (Basteya and Caek) is this because there not fond of Sika’s laws towards vampire society. Plus the 5th progenitor In WRA19 clearly stated that Rigr is his master, but why isn’t he loyal to Urd I wonder?

Skirts!!

Why we need Shinya back

Seriously. Not only because he’s an incredible likeable character and hot but because he has and still is essential for Guren’s inner conflict and therefore has an impact on the story itself.

What kind of role Shinya plays for the story?

Apart from being Guren’s friend and lover in Catastrophe Shinya’s role was to remind Guren how important bonds and friendship is to him. Shinya was supposed to become his friend and finally ended up being his best friend and most trusted person. Shinya even became the synonym for Guren’s friends.

Even when Guren got attached to his friends during the light novels on his own, it was Shinya that reminded him that Guren can actually count on his friends in book 6. Shinya set up the idea that there was no need for power if there was nothing to protect. Shinya pushed Guren into actually believing in friendship and chosing not to strive for power. Guren always had that tendency but he never allowed himself to make that decision. Though we all know, Guren sadly failed on that way. He wasn’t able to prevent the Catastrophe.

Shinya vs Mahiru

The topic isn’t new but isn’t it odd that Shinya is written with the characters for deep night and Mahiru as pure midday? Both characters play a different role for Guren’s decision in the end.

Shinya represents Guren’s need for people around him, people he wants to protect. In a more general way, shinya represents gaining power for the sake of others.

Mahiru on the other hand wants Guren to abandon all bonds, to become reckless and thereby powerful like she did. Her way is to leave everything behind for power and happiness. In general, she thereby represents gaining power for the sake of oneself.

This difference in views was what caused Guren’s inner conflict. Should he abandon everything to achieve his Goal or should he rely on his friends? Mahiru as the “easy” option, she offered him or Shinya that would offer him a more difficult but morally seemingly better option.

What does that mean for the current situation?

So… On which of both paths is Guren now?

In my opinion, Guren now chose Mahiru’s way. Even though he says he’s doing it for the sake of others, he doesn’t seem to mind anymore what they will get out of that apart from making them an offer they can’t deny.

Guren got reckless mile Mahiru, and most of all, he betrayed his friends that he swore to protect. Maybe he’s doing it for their sake as well but again, he doesn’t seem to care for their well-being anymore.

Though Guren might be still thinking he’s on Shinya’s path. In his mind he’s doing it for others, but in the end, he probably knows he’s doing it most of all for his own redemption. So that je can live with the guilt

Why we need Shinya now?

So Guren is still in an inner conflict with himself. Wanting to protect his friends and thereby chosing methods that are questionable to gain more power. And the only person he talks to about this is Mahiru.

Of course he would start making decisions her way. She is the only person that is currently able to influence him in that. There’s no other person giving a second opinion or doubting the decisions Guren is making. There’s just Mahiru “supporting” him to do the “right” thing.

And the person always be the counterpart to Mahiru was always Shinya. Like I explained before. Shinya was the other way, the different idea, a different moral. And Shinya is in the end Guren’s most trusted person.

So we really need Shinya back to also bring back Guren’s inner conflict. To reintroduce a different idea, a different option and new path. I can’t think of a different character to be able to fulfill that role again.

Guren as the one holding part of the strings together has a big impact on the story. And as Shinya can heavily influence him, Shinya is really important for the outcome of the story itself.

So… In order to get the conflict back running, we need Shinya back.

Shinya has been longer AFK than I even know Seraph of the End

Someone is jealous, huh?

Matching raincoat buddies from Asami Yo who is grateful for a volume 6 reprint.