Bulat's teachings have made a significant and permanent impact on Tatsumi as an assassin, both physically and emotionally.
When Bulat is later killed by Liver, Tatsumi is devastated and trains hard every day to live up to Bulat's expectations and master the Teigu entrusted to him. Soon after their first meeting, they become very close and although Tatsumi did not agree with Bulat's attractions they form a strong brotherly bond. She has also stated that she would not lose Tatsumi to Esdeath.īulat: Tatsumi sees Bulat as a mentor and older brother, calling him "aniki". Leone seems to develop some romantic feelings for Tatsumi, calling him "cute" on several occasions, constantly shoving him into her breasts (which could arguably be for comic relief) and at one point, Leone literally "marks" him as her future man.
After a short time, the two of them become close friends and are seen to laughing and spending time together. She also was the first person he met while at the capital and where she swindled him out of his money. Leone: Tatsumi and Leone have a close relationship due to the fact that Leone is the reason that Tatsumi was inaugurated by the Night Raid in the first place. The death of his friends was Tatsumi's initial drive in becoming an assassin and wanting to change the corrupted government. Sayo and Ieyasu: Although only appearing briefly in the manga (and mostly in flashbacks) it has been seen that Tatsumi is very close with his childhood friends and that they have a large impact on Tatsumi's decision of whether to side with the Empire or the Revolutionary Army. For this reason, only those with a profound impact on him will be listed. It’s all about who we most wanted to smooch or enjoyed their smooching but also the larger influence that had on fandom.Tatsumi, as the main protagonist, has some sort of relationship with almost every character in the series.
The order of these rankings is not based exclusively on canon, though how the canon handled or failed to handle these ships certainly figures in, it more about the evolution of slash and shipping over the decade. Secondly: We’re talking slash here but not exclusively male/male because that’s sexist and there are some great femslash ships out there and some of them are actually canon. (If you want to contribute a list to fill these voids, let us know!) This also, sadly I know, goes for anime AND animation. But it’s not an area we feel informed enough on to include here. We’re only going with fictional people here, therefore no real person ships – be it actors or YouTubes or band members – will be included here. It seems impossible to sum up all the important ships of the decade, and just as foolish to try and rank the many and varied great slash ships out there but, heck, we’re gonna try.įirst off: The parameters. Endless amounts of tears, fluff, angst, and horniness: These are our ships of the decade.