Shape up
Shape up verb - To take on a definite form.
True
True verb - Make level, square, balanced, or concentric.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Tsundere: Kiyoko is this with a mix of Kuu Dere for Azazel, smothering him with kisses and proclaiming him her true love in one instance and then threatening to murder him if he doesn't shape up soon enough in the next (as a bonus, she's voice by Rie Kugimiya).
Source: Manga / Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san - The Mirror Shows Your True Self: Von Rothbart has no mirrors in his home because "mirrors show the truth." Used literally on Siegfried in his nightmares; though it was more the mirror shows what you can become if you don't shape up NOW.
Source: Literature / The Black Swan
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