LowOnCaffeine | Comms CLOSED

Commissions are closed indefinitely until life gets less busy again! Hoping to reopen in summer. Thank you for your continuous support everyone!💜✨

I didn't expect to stumble across a mention of Black Butler in an academic edited volume today My interests truly do follow me everywhere

@Eden1815391 As you should, we do NOT tolerate any Ramuda slander in this household lmaooo On the bright side, that must've made the hike a lot more entertaining 😌

@Low_On_Caffeine I tried to explain the whole lore to my friend while we were going down a mountain (long story) and bro literally told me 'So your pink boyfriend is evil??' NO HE'S NOT. And then there was another whole rant about Ramuda's lore type shi

I LOVE TALKING ABOUT HYPMIC WITH PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HYPMIC because how do you even explain this. Also bringing my itabag when meeting friends is a beautiful conversation starter. Yes that's my favorite. Yes he's a middle-aged doctor who does rap.

Promised myself I would draw today. Scribbly sensei.

I love that this resonates with people because it implies this is a universal experience... much love to everyone out there sharing their passion for this franchise

@youkokajiyama Help 😭😭😭 self-proclaimed Mr. Dirty Cop has some... interesting lines but I'm sure that's all part of his charm 😌

@Low_On_Caffeine i showed my hg the cast and her favourite was jyuto, i explained everything about him and showed her cards and she was hooked. and then she heard his music and looked at me like this

@kuragesoda_ Oh dear bahaha I can imagine 😭 Just wait until they find out about Jakurai's hitman era, Gentaro not being Gentaro, and all the other fun details that make hypmic, well, hypmic

@Low_On_Caffeine i once sat a friend down and tried explaining ramuda's entire lore from start to finish and they just looked at me after like "😟" it was the funniest 😭😭😭😭😭

@Sleeby_Aubee Exactly... I love how the story seems so random from an outside perspective but when it comes to the characters, they're just. Ordinary people doing ordinary things. HypMic truly is beautiful like that, there's just something for everyone 🙂‍↕️

@Low_On_Caffeine My favorite thing is telling people about it and watching their expressions as I tell them that the franchise is about women taking over the government and men rap battling in turf wars. And then I hit them with “oh my fave is literally just a teacher. Just some guy.”

@lobster6400 Normal things happening in Hypnosis Microphone :)

@Low_On_Caffeine Same, I just tell my friends something like “oh yeah, he put his son in a coma” and they just stare at me like 😐

興味深くなかった先生

Like. I don't personally hc him as trans but I love listening to a friend who made some amazing points a while ago and I can safely say I'd have more than enough academic theory to underline it

to incorporate it into the entirety of their personal narrative :) Not to forget about LEARNING, as in being taught by someone else, a skill (rapping) that is closely paralleling gender expression and access to individual as well as collective power (gender performativity)

Today on ✨making my research about hypmic✨: Regardless of any gender hcs, Jakurai's NARRATIVE is so trans coded. Person who does not openly acknowledge a large potion of their past life due to personal negative associations and possible fear of judgment until they slowly learn

@nekulv He's so consistent with it, he truly knows what he likes and it works for him 🙂‍↕️

jakurai bow tying compilation!!! its very precious n special to me....

@slug_hypmic Thank you so much! 🙏

@Low_On_Caffeine Good luck on your thesis!

Realized my chest starts hurting when I work on, plan for, or think about my upcoming thesis :)))) Ironing the biggest uncertainties out will likely give me peace of mind so I'll focus on that for the foreseeable future

different opinions on what the ideal point of entry is (some people insist on reading the manga, to ignore the anime altogether, some got into it via a song or music video, outsiders may watch hypmovie as a standalone anime flick without having heard the title before)

how the different formats vary in degree of accessibility (lack of official manga translation, local hypstage showings vs. ability to translate lyrics, international movie release, financially locked drama/bonus tracks etc.), what is considered canon storyline and what isn't, and

Also, on another academic note. Research on adaptation theory reminded me that HypMic as a franchise IS adaptation par excellence with how many media formats it is continuing and revising its story in. It'd make a fine subject for a scholarly case study, especially considering