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WHO WAS GOING TO TELL ME...

THAT ZZZ IS NOW AN OTOME GAME?!

From motorcycle date to being super protective!!! 😭❤️ I can't with this game!

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yumekuro's crowdfunding hit the 75 million goal so that means all main story chapters are going to be fully voiced! 🥳

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Gakuen K Translation Master-list

Basically the mobile-friendly version of the Master-list (Warning: Super long)

*Will be updated…periodically(?) **IMPORTANT: Do tell if there are dead links or mis-linking OR MISSING PARTS   

Common Route:   Prologue / The transfer into Super Ashinaka Academy / The Meeting and Extraordinary Clubs / Unusual transfer student / Ability’s Trigger / School where Ability-users gather / Ally / Welcome Party and the Future / A new Club (Bad End)

»» ━━━━━━━ ∘◦♔◦∘ ━━━━━━━ ««

Red Club [HOMRA] Route:   Observing the Red Club’s Activities / Lost / Reaching the Red Club / An offer to lead you there / A lunch break Encounter / Forgotten Item / Finally, I can observe / Regarding the Red Club / I wish to see your Ability / Friends’ Encouragement / Own Power / Club Entrance Test / Club Entrance Welcome Party / As a member of the Red Club (HOMRA End) [Bad End]

»» ━━━━━━━ ∘◦♔◦∘ ━━━━━━━ ««

Blue Club [Scepter 4] Route: Observing the Blue Club’s Activities / What Are You Doing Here? / Temporary Entry Test / To Apologise / Chess / Temporary Entry / Extraordinary Club Entry Condition / Tour and Observation / Ditching School / Mentor / Entering the Blue Club / New Member Welcome Party / Student Council Apprentice / Completed Mentorship and The Future / Coexistence of Club and Council / Pair of Partners / As a Member of the Blue Club (Scepter 4 end) [Bad End]

[Scepter 4] Blue Club Map Choices 1:    Captain’s Office (Munakata Reisi) / Blue Club Clubroom (Fushimi Saruhiko) / Courtyard (Awashima Seri) / Hallway (Yata Misaki) / School Gates (Akiyama Himori)

[Scepter 4] Blue Club Map Choices 2:   Blue Club Clubroom (Munakata Reisi) / Hallway (Fushimi Saruhiko) / Rooftop (Awashima Seri) / Classroom (Isana Yashiro) / Courtyard (Akiyama Himori)

[Scepter 4] Blue Club Map Choices 3:   Captain’s Office (Munakata Reisi) / Blue Club Clubroom (Fushimi Saruhiko) / Hallway (Awashima Seri) / Rooftop (Yatogami Kuroh) / Path to Student Dorms (Akiyama Himori)

Silver Club [Silver] Route: Observing the Silver Club’s Activities

»» ━━━━━━━ ∘◦♔◦∘ ━━━━━━━ ««

[HOMRA] Club Entrance Welcome Party: Side: Izumo / Side: Mikoto / Side: Totsuka / Side: Misaki

[HOMRA] Red Club Map Choices 1:   School Store (Yata Misaki) / Rooftop (Suoh Mikoto) / Hallway (Kushina Anna) / In front of the School Building (Kusanagi Izumo) / Library (Fushimi Saruhiko)

[HOMRA] Red Club Map Choices 2:   Rooftop (Suoh Mikoto) / School Store (Kamamoto Rikio) / Courtyard (Munakata Reisi) / Hallway (Totsuka Tatara) / Red Club’s Clubroom (Kusanagi Izumo)

[HOMRA] Red Club Map Choices 3:   Path to the Student Dorms (Munakata Reisi) / Hallway (Totsuka Tatara) / Red Club’s Clubroom (Yata Misaki) / Red Club’s Clubroom (Kusanagi Izumo) / Rooftop (Suoh Mikoto)

»» ━━━━━━━ ∘◦♔◦∘ ━━━━━━━ ««

[Side: HOMRA] Kuzanagi Izumo (CV: Sakurai Takahiro) Route:    

A secret welcome / Birthday Present / Date? / Club’s off-day Polar opposite powers / Student Days / Clubroom test cramming Regrettable / Test Return / Pool and Weeding It’s so Kusanagi-esque / Commence! The secret Clean-up Operation! Training Camp Destination / Driving Technique / Our relationship Beach House Help-out / To help you gain Confidence / Summer Vacation’s Ending Look at me, Always / Triggering Powers / I forgot something / Zoo Date School’s Field Trip Call / Together, some day / Working dressed as a Maid Test Plans / A small fire / Working dressed as a Maid / Drink Bar “HOMRA” Re-opens! / Are you worried about something? / Winter Break Plans / We should Break Up / My feelings are real / Late Christmas Present / Chocolate from Other Girls / Cornered? / After Graduation / White Day’s return gift / Question /

A Little Break (Bad END) / Friends, forever (Normal END) / I don’t intend to let you go (Good END) / I remember all our memories (Best END) / FUTURE

»» ━━━━━━━ ∘◦♔◦∘ ━━━━━━━ ««

[Side: HOMRA] Suoh Mikoto (CV: Tsuda Kenjiro) Route:          

Lost, again / Nap / Advice against getting lost / My power / It’s THAT season In the Library, before the Test / The Red Club’s Test-preparation meeting Sports Day / Changing Clothes / Sheltering from the rain in the Clubroom Mid-terms and Training Camp / Training Camp Mischief / Within a Cave Making an Original Drink / Suoh’s Birthday Party / Summer Homework Retaining No More / Summer Festival Showdown / Start of 2nd Semester From the King of Beasts too / Red Club’s Sweet Potato roasting session To be an Exhibitor in the School Culture Festival   School Culture Festival Preparation / Ending the School Culture Festival How about Studying together?   Which, if it were a Date? / Christmas Party / Greetings of a New Year From within the Snow / Trip Suggestion / Winter Cherry-Blossoms / Hot-Spring Chocolate-giving Day / The Crying Bug / Someplace I want to go  

My Senior, My Classmate (Bad END) / From now on too (Normal END) / Can I Stay? (Good END) / RE: Winter Cherry-Blossoms (Best END) / FUTURE

»» ━━━━━━━ ∘◦♔◦∘ ━━━━━━━ ««

[Side: HOMRA] Totsuka Tatara (CV: Kaji Yuki) Route:

[Side: HOMRA] Yata Misaki (CV: Fukuyama Jun) Route:

[Side: Scepter 4] Fushimi Saruhiko (CV: Miyano Mamoru) Route:

[Side: Scepter 4] Munakata Reisi (CV: Tomokazu Sugita) Route:

[Side: Silver Clan] Yatogami Kuroh (CV: Ono Daisuke) Route:

Updated: 8/11

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Watched La Grande Maison Tokyo and the urge to continue that 141 Restaurant AU drawing and write something about it came crushing down on me

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Major Update

Yumekuro will be ending service on November 19, 2024 at 12:00 JST.

Below is some information on Yumekuro Offline, a version of the game that can be accessed even after the servers close. Please let me know if I missed anything important.

Yumekuro Offline

Yumekuro Offline is a static copy of your user data. You will be able to preserve and view all progress you personally have made in the game, but you cannot build your account or obtain new cards.

To download your data, click this button in the lower right of your home screen. The file size will depend on how much content is in your account.

The download option is available from now until November 19, 2024.

After completing the download, if you obtain any new data (ie. new cards or story chapters), they will not carry over to your version of Yumekuro Offline by default. You must redownload your data to preserve any new content you acquire. You can redownload as many times as needed.

IMPORTANT: You will not be able to regain access if you delete or try to reinstall the app after November 19. Some devices have a setting that automatically offloads apps or puts them into "deep sleep" mode. Please make sure to turn this setting off if you're worried about losing access.

What Carries Over to Yumekuro Offline?

Many features will be disabled in Yumekuro Offline. Below is a list of what you can still access.

▪ Home Screen Remains mostly unchanged. You can still set characters, backgrounds, and time-specific voice lines. You can now view player's birthday messages from your owned characters any day of the year.

▪ Stories The following will be made fully accessible, even if you haven't unlocked them yourself:

Main story*

All event stories (including collabs)

Misc stories (ie. login stories, Black Summer, Grand Finale)

*The current Prologue & Chapter 0 of Main Story will be slightly rewritten to omit the battle and gacha features.

All other stories will only be available if you've already unlocked them. This includes:

Meister and fairy cards

Affection stories

Voice dramas

"His perspective" stories

Past stories

Guild stories

Other stories (past exploration, hunting, stadium, fairy events)

EXCEPTION: These card stories will be available to read even if you don't have them unlocked: ・ Crow, Itsuki, Grandflair (Beginning of a Dream) ・ Evan, Navi, Himmel (Beginning of a Bond)

This only includes the card chapters, not their affection stories or outing lines.

Keep in mind that you cannot upgrade cards in Yumekuro Offline, so you MUST unlock all the chapters you want to preserve before completing your data download.

▪ Guild Life All Guild Home features remain intact, limited to the cards you own. You can now view player and meisters' birthday dialogues regardless of the day. Keeper's Board messages will still be available, but you can't obtain new ones.

▪ Library All information in here will remain viewable. The glossary can still be updated if you unlock new terms.

▪ Collection You can view badges and boards you already own.

▪ Alarm You can still use the alarm function.

▪ Player Profile Able to edit your profile like before.

New Additions

Some new features will be exclusive to Yumekuro Offline. As usual, access to these features is limited to the cards you own.

You'll now be able to access meisters' outing invites and thank-you messages under the "Memories" (思い出) section of the Keeper's Board.

A LOT of voice lines will be added to the Library:

Outings - Max skinship

Outings - Give a present

Login bonus - Daily

Login bonus - Total

Shop lines

Past exploration - Start exploration

Past exploration - During exploration

Past exploration - End exploration

Outings - Max presents

Various battle lines

★ Some unreleased voice lines will also be available:

Seasonal voice lines - Date on a cold day (all meisters)

Seasonal voice lines - Things to do at the harvest fair (all fairies)

Meister birthday lines for years 2-3

Player birthday lines for years 2-3 (from meisters & fairies)

Disabled Features

All quests/battles

Building characters/cards

Campaigns

Data restoration

Data transfer

Events

Event reruns

Friend feature

Gacha

Guild orders

Hunting

Increasing affection level

Increasing guild level

Increasing player level

Login bonuses

Meister birthdays (you can still access the voice lines in the Library)

Minigames

Missions

Obtaining and using items

Outings

Past exploration

Presents

Push notifications

Set support characters

Shop

Stadium

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petting one-dennyboo 🪙❤️

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RED MOCCUS CALLS US AUNTY IF YOU CHOSE BELLE IN THE BEGINNING. FIRJJRHDJRH-

THAT'S SO CUTE-

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I love that they cross the street with you

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Coffee with Eous? Made some latte art for you! ☕ How do you prefer your coffee?

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he’s so real for this

Nightmare Suit Leona has a voice line in which (rough translation, not word for word) he warns you that Skully isn’t actually as gentlemanly as you might think he is, he’s actually very improper. The reasoning Leona cites is that Skully doesn’t even wait or get the okay from you first before kissing your hand.

… Leona “King of Consent” scholar, everyone 😌

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Card Stories Translation List

Please support the translators by commenting, liking, and/or reblogging their content! If you find any floating translations, please send the links to me, and I will add them to the list.

In this list: Rehearsal affectionate stories, initial gatcha cards, rehearsal cards, original off day cards, performance cards, and other non-event cards.

📌 = translation in Starless discord server

4* Rehearsal 

4* Off day 

Black Live 4* 

TBA

Keep reading

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BSTS Masterlist 4

➣ BSTS Masterlists [1][2][3]

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Started: 5/5/23

Last Updated: 9/1/24

⭐ If you would like to support me, then please buy me a Ko-fi or commission!

BSTS Guides:

Linking Account/Transfer Code

Setting Character on Homepage

Tips For New Players

Building Performance Teams

Troubleshooting Steps

Rehearsing Characters/Skills Explanation

Card Skill and Team Formation

How Many Songs Has Each Singer Sung? (Updated: 4/30/24)

(For BSTS gameplay info, look up bsts gameplay) 

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BSTS Info:

For theory: bsts theory

For spoilers: bsts spoilers

For character info: bsts character info

For reblogs of fics/art: starless reblogs

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Keep reading

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I live for blushing Ginsei!  (≧◡≦) ♡ gotta love Ran as well lol

Ran: You have a good-looking and serious face~ You think so too, right nee-chan? MC: I think so too. Ginsei, you’re someone who is considerate of others. Ginsei: ……would you stop that? It’s not like that.

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5th Anniversary Songs Guide [Updated]

It's been so long since I wrote a Starless guide. This one will be slightly long, so put your teams on auto-rehearse and grab a cup of coffee, tea, or water.

The guide contains parts that can be used for any song, as they contain general information and tips for getting high scores.

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Table of Contents:

Brief Housekeeping

Event Points vs. High Score

Gauge Fill

Choosing Team for Anniversary Songs

Songs Overview

Tips to Increase Score

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Brief Housekeeping

I get many messages asking me how my scores are this high. I have played the game since the day it was released, and I do spend money on the gatchas. If you are a beginner, don't be disheartened and keep increasing your heroine level by rehearsing.

Just a quick reminder, my heroine level is almost 300 (THIS IS not Sparta, lol.) Also, keep in mind that skill activation/gauge fill time will vary depending on your heroine level.

If you are at a lower heroine level, remember to use skills with a longer time (ex, 15 seconds instead of 8 seconds) because stacking can be difficult if your gauge doesn't fill fast enough.

The support card I used is 40% K gauge.

Event Points vs. High Score

People like seeing high scores, but remember, your goal is to get high event points (EP). The only way for you to do that is to use event cards. So modify your team to use as many event cards as possible, but keep in mind that using too many event cards will cause a low score, which will give you less EP. Yes, I just said to do something and then not do it. 😂

What do I mean?

The team below has 4 event cards, but the score is not that high (comparatively), but the EP is decent.

Now, if I replace Gui's event card with Ginsei's 5* card, I get more EP and a higher score.

Why? Gui's skill is gauge fill, but Ginsei's skill is much more powerful. Gui's skill is useless for me because I can stack all the skills without needing a gauge fill card.

Now, if I replace Kokuyou's event card with Gui's 5* star, the score is higher, but the EP goes down A LOT.

This is the reason why you want to use EP cards when you can, even if it doesn't give you the highest score.

How do you figure out the perfect balance?

Unfortunately, you will have to experiment with that because the balance will depend on your heroine level and team.

Gauge Fill

Regardless of which heroine level you are on, you will notice that the gauge will fill faster in song event songs and slower on others. No, it's not your team...Donuts has purposely slowed the gauge fill.

Fastest event song to slowest gauge fill: K > C > B > W=P

Yes, W and P's gauge fills are painfully slow, even with 40% gauge up support. 😭

Like...seriously...the score and EP difference between fast filling gauge vs. slow gauge. Team W...WHY!? 😭😭😭 I used the same team for both songs.

Choosing Team for Anniversary Songs

K : Bomb skill works best, short skills should stack (depends on heroine level)

P : Slow gauge so use gauge fill card, gauge support, and avoid using short skills

C: Bomb skill works well, short skills don't stack as well (compared to Team K) so try using gauge fill card

W: odd setup for bomb so avoid, slow gauge so use gauge fill card, avoid short skills

B: Bomb skill works well

Songs Overview

⭐ = gives (me) highest score using bomb skill

✨= gives (me) highest score with long notes skill

Team K

Normal - bomb skill, bomb notes around 1/3 and 2/3 of the songs ⭐

Hard - bomb skill

Adv - bomb skill

Team P

Normal - long notes skill, long note at the end ✨

Hard - long notes skill, long note at the end

Adv - bomb team, possible to bomb notes more than once but focus on stacking then bombing near 3/4 of the song ⭐

Team C

Normal - very odd beatmap...for both bomb and long note skill

Hard - bomb team

Adv - bomb team, focus on stacking and bombing after halfway through ⭐

Team W

Normal - Bomb team, bomb notes half and 3/4 ⭐

Hard - long notes skill, long note at the end ✨

Adv - long notes skill, long note at the end

Team B

Normal - Bomb team, bomb notes around 3/4 of the song ⭐

Hard - bomb team

Adv - bomb team

Tips to Increase Score

For bomb team comp, you want to use a combination of combo up, lane score up, p-lock, center color steal, and bomb skill (of course, lol).

For long note team comp, you want to use a combination of lane score up, center color steal, long note score up, and p-lock.

Get rehearsal levels to 100.

Pay attention to skills and team member placement. For example, Ginsei's 5* card is only for Team K members.

Paired with Kokuyou's bomb skill for the center and outer lanes, it makes more sense for me to place Team K members in the center and outer lanes. If I move the team around, you can see how that changes my scores.

You may say that the difference isn't that big, but let's do the math. The difference between my highest EP and above is 236,808. This means for every 10 plays (2x), I will lose 2.37 million. So, pay attention to team member placement.

Higher heroine level = faster gauge fill (every 5 levels, I believe) & higher score

Use 40% team gauge support. A little warning about this, the support card might not work with lower heroine levels. Experiment with the Da/Ac/Vo and 40% support cards. Generally, if you use 40% support, you want 3 or more team members from that team; meaning, if you use 40% W support, you want 3 or more W members. Some compositions work with just 2 members, but the more, the faster the gauge fills.

If you have bloomed event Menou, use him instead of Qu's off day card. If you have bloomed event Aogiri, use him instead of Takami's off day card.

Low heroine level - use longer skill cards, especially if the short skills don't stack.

Higher heroine level - experiment with powerful skills, even if they are short (ex, use Menou's event card instead of Aogiri's.)

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Author's Note:

Some might look through this guide and say, "Hey, where are the team compositions and skills you used?"

I didn't include the skill comp because every time I do, I get responses/messages saying that I use paid cards and have a strong team, so of course, I will get a high score. Then, I get messages from people feeling discouraged because they can't mimic my scores. So, I thought it would be more helpful if I paved a pathway for you to figure out your own team and skill comp.

If I get questions or requests to add more things to this guide, I will keep updating it. Also, I will put [Updated] in title.

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Major Update

Yumekuro will be ending service on November 19, 2024 at 12:00 JST.

Below is some information on Yumekuro Offline, a version of the game that can be accessed even after the servers close. Please let me know if I missed anything important.

Yumekuro Offline

Yumekuro Offline is a static copy of your user data. You will be able to preserve and view all progress you personally have made in the game, but you cannot build your account or obtain new cards.

To download your data, click this button in the lower right of your home screen. The file size will depend on how much content is in your account.

The download option is available from now until November 19, 2024.

After completing the download, if you obtain any new data (ie. new cards or story chapters), they will not carry over to your version of Yumekuro Offline by default. You must redownload your data to preserve any new content you acquire. You can redownload as many times as needed.

IMPORTANT: You will not be able to regain access if you delete or try to reinstall the app after November 19. Some devices have a setting that automatically offloads apps or puts them into "deep sleep" mode. Please make sure to turn this setting off if you're worried about losing access.

What Carries Over to Yumekuro Offline?

Many features will be disabled in Yumekuro Offline. Below is a list of what you can still access.

▪ Home Screen Remains mostly unchanged. You can still set characters, backgrounds, and time-specific voice lines. You can now view player's birthday messages from your owned characters any day of the year.

▪ Stories The following will be made fully accessible, even if you haven't unlocked them yourself:

Main story*

All event stories (including collabs)

Misc stories (ie. login stories, Black Summer, Grand Finale)

*The current Prologue & Chapter 0 of Main Story will be slightly rewritten to omit the battle and gacha features.

All other stories will only be available if you've already unlocked them. This includes:

Meister and fairy cards

Affection stories

Voice dramas

"His perspective" stories

Past stories

Guild stories

Other stories (past exploration, hunting, stadium, fairy events)

EXCEPTION: These card stories will be available to read even if you don't have them unlocked: ・ Crow, Itsuki, Grandflair (Beginning of a Dream) ・ Evan, Navi, Himmel (Beginning of a Bond)

This only includes the card chapters, not their affection stories or outing lines.

Keep in mind that you cannot upgrade cards in Yumekuro Offline, so you MUST unlock all the chapters you want to preserve before completing your data download.

▪ Guild Life All Guild Home features remain intact, limited to the cards you own. You can now view player and meisters' birthday dialogues regardless of the day. Keeper's Board messages will still be available, but you can't obtain new ones.

▪ Library All information in here will remain viewable. The glossary can still be updated if you unlock new terms.

▪ Collection You can view badges and boards you already own.

▪ Alarm You can still use the alarm function.

▪ Player Profile Able to edit your profile like before.

New Additions

Some new features will be exclusive to Yumekuro Offline. As usual, access to these features is limited to the cards you own.

You'll now be able to access meisters' outing invites and thank-you messages under the "Memories" (思い出) section of the Keeper's Board.

A LOT of voice lines will be added to the Library:

Outings - Max skinship

Outings - Give a present

Login bonus - Daily

Login bonus - Total

Shop lines

Past exploration - Start exploration

Past exploration - During exploration

Past exploration - End exploration

Outings - Max presents

Various battle lines

★ Some unreleased voice lines will also be available:

Seasonal voice lines - Date on a cold day (all meisters)

Seasonal voice lines - Things to do at the harvest fair (all fairies)

Meister birthday lines for years 2-3

Player birthday lines for years 2-3 (from meisters & fairies)

Disabled Features

All quests/battles

Building characters/cards

Campaigns

Data restoration

Data transfer

Events

Event reruns

Friend feature

Gacha

Guild orders

Hunting

Increasing affection level

Increasing guild level

Increasing player level

Login bonuses

Meister birthdays (you can still access the voice lines in the Library)

Minigames

Missions

Obtaining and using items

Outings

Past exploration

Presents

Push notifications

Set support characters

Shop

Stadium

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"LSW - EPILOGUE"

TRANSLATION: NARU-KUN

"Hey, Yata, did you know? Scepter 4 members live in dormitories."

That happened when he was eating with Totsuka at the bar counter. Totsuka suddenly said something as if he had always had an idea.

"What is this all of a sudden? I know... that guy told me."

Yata replied with a loud pout.

One day, half of the luggage suddenly disappeared from the room the two had been living in since the end of high school, and then moved into the Scepter 4 dorm, a statement that made him question his sanity. Was this the trick of the cat ears and earthworms?! He thought afterward as he stomped his feet.

Soon after, Yata also left that room. Every time he went to bed, he would notice the emptiness above his head and couldn’t help but feel nauseous.

"So, since it’s a dorm, does it have a dining room or something?"

"Eh? I don't know..."

"I wonder if he's eating enough food. You know, Fushimi is a picky eater, so I don't think there's much proper set menu in the cafeteria. What do you think, Yata?"

"I don't know! Why do I have to worry about the traitor's food?!"

When Totsuka continued to talk insensitively, Yata got angry and slammed his fist on the counter. The plate bounced off and the cup fell over, flooding the counter with water. Fortunately, Kusanagi wasn't there, so he was saved from punishment.

Totsuka looked surprised and took a step back. Feeling awkward, Yata looked down and pulled both fists, including the spoon in his right hand, out from under the counter.

He kicked the empty loft from below dozens of times above his head and fell headfirst onto his bed, clutching his legs and saying, "It hurts!" He yelled at himself... He just couldn't control his anger. He went crazy for a while, venting his anger outside of himself, but when he felt empty and stopped, something suddenly rose up in his throat and he felt an incomprehensible feeling of regret. Although he said he was sorry, he didn't know exactly what he was sorry for. However, for Yata, it was nothing more than a feeling of regret.

He regretted it. He grabbed a pillow and pressed it hard against his face, gritting his teeth so hard that his mouth cut and regretting it no matter what.

"Ah, if that guy changes his mind and apologizes, and says he wants to go back, we'll bow to Mikoto-san together. He's not the type to bow to anyone, so I'll bow to him, and if Mikoto-san doesn't feel satisfied unless he hit Saruhiko, then he'll hit me along with him."

"Well, if King really hits you, will Yata die?! Are you okay?!"

Totsuka was surprised at how over the top he was, so he flinched and said, "Ugh!" For Yata, coming into contact with Suoh's suspicions is scarier than any ghost story or horror movie.

"I... Still, I'm ready. I won't let Saruhiko get beaten up alone."

His voice was hoarse. However, he clenched his fist tighter, stared at the counter, and finished his sentence.

"Yeah, well, I think it's manly to be prepared for that, but isn't it a little one-sided? I wonder if that's what Fushimi wants."

"...? What do you mean? Don't say things like you already know them..."

He felt strangely angry and glared at him. Totsuka had a calm smile on his face as always.

"This is what King and the Blue King look like."

Then, he suddenly started talking again.

"It's not like they're just fighting each other like you think, Yata. Well, it seems like there's a lot going on in Fushimi's position, and it would be nice if we could talk someday... Even... If I say this now, Yata, you still don't get it, right?"

When he laughed at Yata, who asked indignantly, "Are you making fun of me?" Totsuka raised his hands in surrender and said, "Sorry, sorry."

"Well, remember what I said someday, somewhere. Even if I'm not there at that time."

"Hey, please don't say things like you're going to die someday. That brings bad luck."

When he said that in a particularly grumpy manner, Totsuka simply smiled.

++++++++++

No Blood, No Bone, No Ash!

No Blood, No Bone, No Ash!

No Blood, No Bone, No Ash!

As he excitedly waved his fists in the air, stamped his foot, and raised his voice, his surroundings became warm. Yata looked left and right with teary eyes.

He didn't know where they came from, but before he knew it, sparks were dancing all over the area.

It wasn't that... there was light. All around him, his friends were shaking their fists and chanting the same words in unison, and from each of their bodies light was born, like little lives separating. As if calling out to one another, the light gathered, dyeing the white landscape red as it rose into the sky covered in snow clouds.

"Ah..."

When he looked at his chest, he saw that the mark on his body was also exuding a soft red light.

Another light was born from within him and he let himself be carried away by the light of his companions.

He felt that Suoh's flame still resided deep within the mark that remained on his body. The flame filled his body with a gentle warmth. It was as if the fierce anger that Suoh had held within him as a wild king was dissipating and beginning to crumble.

"Mikoto-san..."

Following the light, Yata raised his tear-soaked face.

"No Blood, No Bone, No Ash! No Blood, No Bone, No Ash...!!"

He held the spot tightly and let out a loud voice as if to let go of the emotions welling up within him.

Looking up from there, he saw a line of armored vehicles with blue markings stopping on the railing of the bridge that connects Gakuenjima and the mainland. He saw a light gently floating above the bridge, moving away from the group of lights of his companions.

Fushimi was holding the same place as Yata with his hand, looking up at the sky with a strange expression on his face, as if he had lost some of his poison.

(Oh, shit...)

Yata cursed in his heart.

Why is he remembering that now? Totsuka-san, did he know he would leave one day? Was he talking about this moment?

Now that he can't do that again, he realized that he should have taken the plunge and asked Suoh what the Blue King meant to him.

He wanted to ask Totsuka what he really meant when he suddenly said something like that and said that Yata still didn't understand, but now that he can't do that again, he realized.

It's annoying for Yata to admit that, but if there's something that can help him, it's...

He's alive. They can still meet as many times as they want, express their doubts and anger, and try to talk.

"No Blood, No Bone, No Ash! No Blood, No... Idiot Monkey! No Ash!"

He doesn't know if he heard the insults mixed with his anger, but Fushimi glared at him.

The two exchanged glances on and off the bridge.

As everyone continued to chant in unison, Yata glared at Fushimi without taking his eyes off. He raised his voice even louder, intending to smash him into the bridge. He kept screaming even when his voice was hoarse, he pounded the ground even when he couldn't feel his legs anymore, and he kept swinging his fists even when he couldn't lift his arms.