It’s A Sunny Day And It’s Also Gon’s Birthday!

the Mikasa Uchiha sketches no one asked for

Trying to draw buildings

me: *draws blades of grass in the background of an art* holy shit this looks so good

A small list of random ass sites I’ve found useful when writing:

Fragrantica: perfume enthusiast site that has a long list of scents. v helpful when you’re writing your guilty pleasure abo fics

Just One Cookbook: recipe site that centers on Japanese cuisine. Lots of different recipes to browse, plenty of inspiration so you’re not just “ramen and sushi” 

This comparing heights page: gives you a visual on height differences between characters

A page on the colors of bruises+healing stages: well just that. there you go. describe your bruises properly

McCormick Science Institute: yes this is a real thing. the site shows off research on spices and gives the history on them. be historically accurate or just indulge in mindless fascination. boost your restaurant au with it

A Glossary of Astronomy Terms: to pepper in that sweet terminology for your astrophysics major college au needs

Gon’s Vests

I told Miyazaki I love the “gratuitous motion” in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are.

“We have a word for that in Japanese,” he said. “It’s called ma. Emptiness. It’s there intentionally.”

Is that like the “pillow words” that separate phrases in Japanese poetry?

“I don’t think it’s like the pillow word.” He clapped his hands three or four times. “The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it’s just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.”

Which helps explain why Miyazaki’s films are more absorbing and involving than the frantic cheerful action in a lot of American animation. I asked him to explain that a little more.

“The people who make the movies are scared of silence, so they want to paper and plaster it over,” he said. “They’re worried that the audience will get bored. They might go up and get some popcorn.

But just because it’s 80 percent intense all the time doesn’t mean the kids are going to bless you with their concentration. What really matters is the underlying emotions–that you never let go of those.

— Roger Ebert in conversation with Hiyao Miyazaki

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Today’s gon is:

Really happy after seeing Kurapika again

Hey, I like your taste, could you recommend me manga/manhwa/anime titles you find pretty interesting? What are your favourite titles?

I have a tag for comic recommendations. Though my taste has also changed since then. I’d recommend Nine Stones, Bastard, Unhinged, Delicious, Warehouse and In These Words if you’re looking for similar works to KS. You’ll find the links in the tag.

At the moment I’m reading this manhwa:

Which I highly recommend if you’re into mafia stuff and more mature themes. The art is fucking perfection (CTK is my fav artist), just google it. Each panel is so detailed, it’s insane. The casual humor throughout the whole comic is so mature and yet hilarious. Here’s the link if you wanna check it out. I haven’t caught up with it yet so I might make a better post for it in the future.

As for animes, I watch all sorts, so you gotta be more specific. At the moment I’m really into Megalo Box. Some animes I really liked in the past are, 91 Days, Ajin, Berserk, Death Note, Erased, Gangsta, Mob Psycho 100, Osomatsu-san, One-Punch Man, Monster, Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens, Inuyashiki, Boku no Hero Academia, Overlord.