tsutomi-goshiki:

let me help you fall in love with tanaka’s character (i’m gonna cut some parts from the first volume of the manga).

this is tanaka ryunosuke. he appears for the first time in the manga on vol 1 . he’s a second year and as you can see, he’s got that delinquent boy look going on. oh, and you’re gonna see that facial expression a lot, it’s his signature. it’s meant to intimidate people, but, no, just no, it’s hilarious af. 

guys, guys, guys, tanaka is a dork. we love dork characters, right?

he’s so simple minded. he’s just like bokuto. i’m dying.

whether you’ve watched the anime or you’re reading the manga, you probably know that the weird duo knocks off the vice principal wig, leading to daichi kicking them out of the gym. this scene is right before any of that happens. daichi is trying to talk to hinata and kageyama, but they’re just too absorbed in arguing that they do not hear him. tanaka is scolding them because daichi san is talking. he respects the third years a lot and wants the first years to respect them as well. we love respectful characters, right?

and here is the part where i start talking about how good of a senpai (and a person) tanaka is. this guy wakes up at 4 to let those two practice in the gym without daichi knowing (heh). this is obviously not the only time tanaka looks out for his kouhais. there are so many scenes in which you can see tanaka taking care of the kids. my favorite one? it’s probably the one from the OVA. if you still haven’t watched it, go watch it, because if you still think that tanaka’s nothing more than a funny gag, you’ll understand that you’re wrong. so wrong.

he is such a caring person. karasuno, his teammates mean so much to him. when hinata and kageyama don’t pass their exams, they need to re-do it, but in order to practice with the others in tokyo they need a ride. in the OVA you see tanaka asking his sister if she can do this favor for him, at first she tells him no because it’s an at least four hours drive, but then she sees her brother counting his savings. guys, guys, guys, here me out, tanaka’s willing to use his own money for hinata and kageyama. unfortunately he doesn’t have enough, but do you know what he does to provide a ride for them? he kneels in front of his sister and begs her. and he did not tell anyone how hard it was for him to provide a ride for hinata and kageyama. y’know, he deserves being called tanaka senpai by everyone everyday of his life, tanaka is the man

but this, this is probably what i like the most about him. this is just an example, okay? here we have tsukishima, telling them about kageyama’s nickname. tanaka has never liked people talking shit about others. look at his expression, he’s mad. he’s gonna scold tsukishima, but daichi stops him. this happens not a lot, but a shit amount of lots. tanaka is always ready to shut up people who belittle others. he steps up for kageyama, he is always there for hinata, he’s always ready to say “no, don’t say that you’re great” whenever someone is self depricating or he’s ready to fight whenever they talk shit of his friends. he’s such a good character, guys. 

(oh, and have i already told you how strong this person is? when oikawa’s targeting him he puts himself together. all by himself. most players wouldn’t be able to do that, they’d be so down because they’d made a lot of mistakes, but tanaka? not tanaka, bitch. tanaka is stronger than that. tanaka is better than that. tanaka slaps himself and receives that powerful serve.)

tanaka is in my top 5 favorite haikyuu characters and now you kinda know why. i think there’s so much more i need to say, but this post is getting too long. but please, give a little love to tanaka ryunosuke. call him tanaka senpai. he deserves it.

SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME!

thefangurl3000:

So Haikyuu ended ya know, but I’ve been fearing that it’d become a dead fandom after a while, so can Haikyuu fans reblog this for my reassurance and probably for others too??? Thank you sm

Originally posted by kasbrekker

ladyatarms:

This weekend just past, I was fortunate enough to be able to compete in the Unified ITF Australian Nationals. A month ago, I came out as transgender. Needless to say, I was … apprehensive about how these two facts might combine.

In short, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

Only a couple of people present were previously aware that I’m trans, and I still look male enough that most people will go with “sir” over “ma'am”. But, I was signed up into the women’s patterns competition pretty much without having to even ask.

The way that the other female black belts in the competition treated me, it almost felt like they’d been briefed in advance. I wasn’t expecting any objections, but a moment’s confusion or wanting to confirm would have been normal… or so I thought. But there was none of that. I was treated as though the only thing even slightly remarkable about me was my performance in the competition.

After the tournament, at the gala dinner (which I attended in a dress, my first time presenting unambiguously female around Taekwon-Do people) I was presented with the certificate for my 1st Dan grading. Given the short time since I came out, I was expecting it to be in my old name.

There was in fact a certificate in my old name, the name under which I attended the grading… but it was underneath another, nearly identical certificate, with the right name on it. I’m officially certified as a black belt as Amanda Jones. I… wasn’t expecting how emotional that would make me.

I must say that I’m surprised how accepting the Taekwon-Do community has been of my being trans. Not that I was expecting problems, but martial arts can often feel a bit… testosterone-dominated, shall we say. But right now, all my doubts are gone.

Today there’s a party at my school and a lot of people went there to get drunk, but not me, na'ah.
I’m at my friend’s place and we just started a competition who has better drinks with our other friends at the party.
Well, we won.
What we did not tell them, was that we used empty beer cans to fake those snap chat pics.