OMG so heywgwvgh ok so for the kotakis, I think thier parents were pretty negligent of the two of them. When Taiga dropped out of highschool, alot of pressure went onto Nagi since the kotaki patents were hoping at lease ONE of their kids would come out normally, but alas, when Nagi refused to go to college so she could pursue music with RADder kotaki parents were pissseeeddddd and they kicked nagi out 😔😔😔 lucky for her tho she's the younger sibling so she was able to move into a shitty apartment with Taiga. Yeah their parents kinda suck and its for that reason Taigas so protective of Nagi and why Nagi would always kings to Taigas back when they were kids....
For Ken shiraishi!!! His parents kept a pretty tight leash on him and were pretty controlling because they wanted him to succeed in life or whatever. Because of this, Ken wasn't able to develope any passions until he met Taiga and got his world flipped upside down to pursue music. Ken stuck out like a sore thumb in Vivid Street really because he was dressed alot more push than everyone else (#future lawyer)
Ken mentions how esp when radder first formed, they didn't get along and the only thing that ever connected the group was music but I like to think the first thing that truly brought them all together on a personal level what their not so nice parents and that is why radder is a found family thank you for coming (AND SORRY FOR RESPONDING 22 DAYS LATE I KEEP FORGETTING I HAVE A RETROSPRING 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭)

I don't think they had a traditional wedding at all actually I firmly believe the two of them got married on Vivid Street together 🥺🥺🥺 it was probably a spur of the moment thing too because kenyuka were in their early twenties when they got married. With RADder’s goal of becoming best in the world and their connections to America I think for sure they were heavily influenced by western media and culture and that was clearly visible in how their wedding went. Also Yuka canonically looking like a princess in he wedding dress!!! I would love to see (can we get an an shiraishi card with her looking in the Vivid Street photo album pls) anyways the kotaki siblings were trying their best to enjoy it!!! But Taiga was borderline drunk the whole time bc he was coping with the fact that his gay awakening (Ken shiraishi) was getting married and nagi was also coping SO HARD bc she and Yuka had a good old Sapphic situationship back in the day!! The Kotakis are happy for the shiraishis!!!!!!! Yay!!!! Also did I mention kenyuka bi4bi thank you. Anyways yeah kenyuka wedding on Vivid st is very dear to me and I think an follows suit with this when she eventually gets a /r partner I YAPPED FOR TOO LONG MY RADDER HEADCANONS CANT BE CONTAINED

After the mess that was lutf I think it was a genuine upgrade in terms of pacing and story!!! I... still haven't finished Reading chapter 7 and chapter 8 for whatever reason (procrastination) BUT I've really enjoyed the event so far, An and Touya's conversation being a big highlight for me considering what their dynamic was like at the beggingjng go the game. And the fact that Touya was able to go up to an and be OPEN with her shows so much character growth.... I am holding them gently in my hands.
I think my only maim gripe with the event was chapter six.... this may be controversial or whatever but it was pissing me of 😭😭😭😭 I understand that in a hard time, when you're loss and still grieving, you're going to lool for guidance and not be thinking clearly.... but am constantly going "what would nagi do?" And then doing THAT just made me kinda sad because she shouldn't be trying to be a mimicry of Nagi--and I think her wedding event's moral was a metaphor for this exactly. Don't TRY to be someone you're not (in an's case, the perfect bride) because at the end of the day you are YOU and thats how youre going to achieve greatness, not like trying to be someone you are not. and I think that applies with vbs almost becoming carbon copies of radder (kohane understandably so since Taiga trained her) but literally they need to be Vivid bad squad not radder if they actually wanna like... idk... get somewhere???? It's 5:00 am so idk if ANY of this makes sense but yeah. I understand WHY an is doing what she's doing but it makes me kinda sad because I'd love to see her thinking for herself yk.
In conclusion, An and Shizuku need to have a long chat over tea

An's wl chapters..... as a nagi fan I was overjoyed but as an AN fan.... oh that was ROUGH. vbs wl is such an enigma (/neg??? Girl idek anymore but I didn't enjoy it very much) even tho I only read her chapter 😭😭😭😭😭 the most I took away from it is that
1. Nagi watches TV after eating dinner and
2. GHOST NAGI?!?!?!?!??!?!??! and the fact that An still was chasing after her despite her crippling fear of ghosts keeps me up at night also how did her feelings conjure up an ENTIRE PERSON!?!?@?
Idk when I read wl as a radder fan I was so happy when their sekai expanded because it was like. Omg!!!!! They're gonna go beyond radder and actually complete their original goal (taking over the world)!!! But it also did make me even more upset abt where the vbs story is going??? If that makes sense?????? Idk vbs wl was just done dirty overall 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I would also say my opinions an wtwg but this is already too long so