#▸ matsuba : saved ◂

[cursedmystic]

what if u sent matsuba................A Kiss.

[healbellls]

REPOST, don't reblog !

Characters inspiration:

Howl - Howl's moving castle: shout out for Matsu's original FC, who served as a basis for me way back in 2018-2019.

Pharaoh Atem - YGO: Themes about being forgotten and wiped out of history.

Sheeta - Laputa castle in the sky: Insert here Sheeta's wisdom

Kurow - Okamiden: Okamiden is a game I've heavily taken inspiration from for my views of an ancient period Johto. Plus, Kurow's mannerisms inspired me to give Matsuba his kiseru and his flirtacious traits.

Pisces Aphrodite - Saint Seiya: I'll properly talk about this in a future post, BUT I needed some visual refs of GNC male characters and Aphrodite's design is PEAK 80's GNC character design.

Virgo Shaka - Saint Seiya : Current FC and I'll admit, I've also snagged a few things from this character's story and merged it into Matsuba. Mainly in regards to his powers and especially the whole thing of "keeping his eyes shut at all times". This became a thing when I rebooted and brought him here!

[yumeko2sevilla]

Murakami Haruki_the wind-up bird

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ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ

"I dream. Sometimes I think that's the only right thing to do."

-Sputnik Sweetheart_ Haruki Murakami

Full Name: Haruki Murakami

⤿Namesake: Haruki Murakami <Japanese Novelist and Literary Translator>

Japanese: 村上 春樹 | Thôn Thượng Xuân Thụ |

Other Name(s):

↳Murakami-san_ Atsushi Nakajima

↳Hawuwi_ Aoko Matsuba [@/queen-of-twisted]

↳Haru_Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

↳The Wind-Up Homunculus

↳Murakami_ Anna Akhmatova

↳Dad_ Miu Inoue

Voice Actor(s):

↳Japanese_Imai Fumiya_Shinonome Akito

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Age: -21 (Appearance Wise)_?

-19 (Entrance Exam)_?

Gender: Male [He/Him Pronouns]

Species: Homunculus

Nationality: Japanese

Height: 194cm

Weight: 78 kg

Birthday: January 12_ Capricorn

Hair Color: Silvery White

Eye Color: Dark Blue_ Cloudy Gray [Segmental Heterochromia]

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『Family:

↳Miyuki Murakami(Mother; Human)

↳Chiaki Murakami (Father; Human)

↳Anna Akhmatova (Adoptive Family Member; Homunculus)』

Occupation(s):

↳Detective of the Armed Detective Agency

Affiliation[s]

↳Armed Detective Agency

↳The Book [Formerly]

❝A mysterious man with a forgotten past. Known for his quiet, yet blunt personality, he seeks to protect everyone that he loves dearly. ❞

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ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟɪᴛʏ

No one has ever heard Haruki talked before.

Well, that's not exactly the case. But they all have a reason to say that.

Haruki is a mysterious person. He keeps a cold and timid facade around everyone, prefers to speak put through his notebook and anything he could write on. As a result, people who have just met Haruki for the first time thought he was mute.

It isn't the truth. Haruki likes humans to think like that.

When he was younger, Haruki was described to be rather blunt. He spoke anything that was on his mind at the moment, even if that would hurt anyone in the progess. He still kept that habit, just not showed it out.

As a result from his memories and past, Haruki has a severely low sense of identity and have trouble understanding other humans around him which causes him to be unintentionall apethetic when it comes to strangers.

While in reality, Haruki does care for his fellow members and adoptive daughter deeply. On various situations, Haruki will do anything to save them. One example is that he sacrifices his horn to save Miu Inoue and Atsushi Nakajima from drowning.

Haruki held great to a promise. So please don't break it.

You don't want to see Death lurking around you, do you?

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┏━✦❘༻༺❘✦━━┓

Likes: Sleeping, drawing, sightseeing, coffee, birds.

Dislike(s): Fyodor Dostoevsky, Death, sunny days, Haruki Murakami

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☆Main Ability: Norwegian Wood [ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori]

↳Reference: Norwegian Wood_ Novel by Haruki Murakami

↳The user is capable of creating a pocket dimension composed of a snowy forest. When using this ability, Haruki can steal any abilities and skills of the enemy and therefore turning them into his own. He can also destroy the will of that person, making them willing to be trapped into this dimension.

☆Second Ability: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle [ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru]

↳Reference: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle_ Novel by Haruki Murakami

↳The user is capable of summoning a bird that always let out sounds like a clockwork. When summoning this bird, Haruki can control and manipulate it however he wants. Usually, he summons it to create illusions and sometimes,, killing other ability users if the situation goes beyond his limits.

☆Third Ability: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World [世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド, Sekai no Owari to Hādo-Boirudo Wandārando]

↳Reference: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World_ Novel by Haruki Murakami

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↳ Backstory: ☆[A Seeking Wanderer]☆

↳ Theme: Universe Cat Drowning_kikuo

↳ Haruki is a Homunculus created by the Book itself, this lead to how he has three abilities instead of one, known as 'Adolescence' of a Homunculus.

↳ His favorite hobby is sleeping and drawing.

↳ Haruki doesn't remember anything about his past and the original Haruki Murakami. However, he does remember having living parents.

↳ Love Interest: Tanizaki Jun'ichiro

↳ He has an adoptive daughter named Miu Inoue

@achy-boo @writing-heiress @queen-of-twisted @yukii0nna @kousaka-ayumu

[itskristal]

JOURNAL 19. LOCATION: OLIVINE CITY

<<I beat Gym Leader Matsuba today. Maybe I'm just tired from all this running around, but I still don't really know how to feel--my team gave everything they had, and I think that was my most well-played battle so far.

I am so, so proud of everyone. We have the Fog Badge now!

I guess that I feel...strange about it, though.

I keep thinking back to the Burned Tower, when Eusine basically told me the gist of Matsuba's battling strategy--just don't fall asleep. Whitney and even Kimono Girl Kuni gave me advice and tips for the match when we went to the dance theater show. Not to mention, I talked with so many people around town to prepare for this fight, and everyone had interesting info to offer. (I was surprised--Matsuba seemed so quiet when I met him, so reserved, but I guess people just like to gossip about the Gym Leaders in general.)

I know people were just trying to be helpful and they all meant well. Whitney even accidentally spilt the beans on Matsuba's Gym puzzle and started crying, so I had to promise I wouldn't tell to make her feel better. Even so, the Ecruteak Gym floor--that endless darkness--was scary enough, thanks! (I missed a step and almost fell anyways...who knows how far down it drops you? How is that even safe? I like to know things, but that might be a mystery better unsolved...)

After I beat Medium Martha, she gave me these awful-tasting hard candies. Hope seems to like them though, so more power to you, buddy.

When I finally got to Matsuba, I remember him saying something about being 'chosen.' He was so confident, but I was so locked in and nervous that I barely heard anything he was saying. I was just trying to keep people's advice in my head.

...Here's where I feel kind of guilty.

In order to prevent my team from falling asleep, I gave everyone a fresh Mint Berry to hold. Whenever they got hit with a Hypnosis, they were supposed to eat their Berries and snap back awake. Matsuba kept trying to put my Pokemon to sleep and eat their dreams, but I just kept switching to keep him off-guard.

And then, he sent out a Stantler. I immediately thought back to that awful battle with the out-of-control psychic, remembering how it put the Professor and Fabian to sleep before eating their dreams...and I froze. Again.

Minerva popped out of her ball, chomped down on a Mint Berry, and knocked the Stantler out with a Quick Attack before it could even move. (Honestly, what would I do without her?)

Even with my preparations, Matsuba's Gengar came equipped with his own Berry, so he was able to appear out of the floor and drag some of my team down with him. And then, my little guy, my last Hope...came out of his ball and landed the finishing bite. We won, and Matsuba looked absolutely crushed. Seriously depressed. He wouldn't even look at me when he handed me the Fog Badge, mumbled something about 'not being worthy'...so I tried to cheer him up. Said he fought a great battle. (Stupid, Kristyn!! Did you honestly think he wanted to hear that from the person who just beat him...?)

I don't think Matsuba will be asking me for my Pokegear info anytime soon. I don't even know if he has one.

Whitney, my mom, and Ralph all called to congratulate me. Said that using Mint Berries wasn't cheating, that I simply prepared well...and I know that. I know it's not wrong to talk to people and ask for help! It's just...Matsuba looked so frustrated after we fought, that I just feel bad. Without the Mint strategy, everyone probably would have fallen asleep and we would have lost.

I just...I just want to be careful. I still think about them. Trouble, Prince, Professor, and little Fabian...I wasn't prepared enough to save any of them. So I have to be ready for whatever comes my way.

I stopped by Whitney's family ranch on Route 38 to check up on Moomoo, her sick Miltank. I fed her a couple Berries and will be back once I find more. Whitney might be a worrier, but I can tell that ranching and taking care of her team are so important to her...and she's already helped me out so much.

I just got to Olivine City. The air smells and tastes like salt, and the sea just seems to go on forever. I'm gonna set up a meeting with the Gym Leader tomorrow and explore more, but tonight...I'm thankful for my team. And for everybody who's supported me so far. Mom reminded me that I have half the League badges now...and I still can't believe it.

I'm thankful for you too, whoever you are. These just keep getting longer, huh?

I think we're going to be okay.>>

[toku-explained]

The 102nd Chemy

Gotchard: Gigist and Gaelijah discuss Gérman's defeat, but expected to receive his power themselves, not for Greyon to usurp it. Rinne brings her father's book, as Minato wants to do something, when an argument breaks out between Sabimaru and Renge which winds up getting Rinne temporarily frozen. Spanner arrives with footage from Kyouka seeming to show a 102nd Chemy, Sabimaru, familiar with the area, agrees to investigate with Hotaro and Spanner. Once there, they're confronted by someone Sabimaru recognises as his brother. Keiichi seems annoyed by both the presence of outsiders and his brother, but allows them into the hidden Kongou Laboratory, where director Kongou Mami is more welcoming. She admits they are researching Chemy creation, and after learning the Assembly was under Greyon's thumb they split off from it, but claim nothing has successfully been alchemised yet, but both of them turn downcast on hearing Greyon is back. As he grew up there, Sabimaru shows them around, and via a girl called Arumi we learn many of the kids have Isaac versions, Keiichi's effort to ease communication for everyone. While he enthusiastically tells Hotaro this, he remains cold to Sabimaru. Arumi leads Spanner around by the nose. Mami fears for the Chemy they secretly have, and either is mentally contacted by, or tormented by the memory of, Greyon, breaking an old photo of them and other staff, and is wrapped in malice. A new Malgam rampages in the laboratory, and as NijiGon and Sabimaru try to study it, Fire Gotchard and Valvarad engage it. It's form is unstable, shifting from turtle shell to cannon at random, and it eventually escapes. Renge, now stuck like Rinne, decides to look at an old picture of Sabimaru's, revealing a drawing of a cross between a turtle and a cannon, Sabimaru seems to have some recognition of the Malgam too. They go with Keiichi to Mami, who admits the 102nd Chemy, created 10 years ago by Keiichi but never finished in favour of Isaac work, is in containment, but then becomes the Malgam again as Spanner espouses his belief all the work there is too dangerous. Rainbow Gotchard and Valvarad OrochiShovel face it, but the firepower even overwhelms a summoned NeedleHawk. Hotaro borrows MadWheel to summon MadPilets, which lays down heavy enough fire to overwhelm the Malgam and launch the Riders for the finisher. Hotaro catches KameDoon, and Mami begs them to protect the Lab, when the Chemy escapes the card. In the forest, Greyon makes his way towards the Lab.

Boonboomger: after some discussion of Sakito claiming he abandoned earth, Chassiro explains he lost his parents at a young age, and had no one to rely on. Sakito and ByunD meet Cannonborg, who wants the Boonboomgers eliminated. Itashar has snatched Sakito's racer card, and with fighting the Hashiliens directly sure to impact other jobs, the card is a hostage forcing their cooperation. Cannonborg allows support though, having the Reflect Sword turned into a Kurumajin again. Taiya monitors Nagata Kakeru, the only classmate of Sakito to give a statement on his disappearance, but before Taiya can enters Nagata's trading company he's alerted by Boonboom of Sakito's signal approaching. Sakito immediately challenges Taiya as the others are called. Mid battle Taiya guesses Sakito's screams weren't being heard on earth, but a crew of Cleaners including ByunD came by and took him with them, being a Cleaner gave him purpose. Taiya brings up the friend he left behind, Nagata, who have him the rare Matsuba Shu card. Taiya admits no one hear Sakito's screams back then, but Taiya now is the man who will change those screams to smiles. Sakito wavers while annoyed, and the Hashiliens bring out hostages from the company, including Nagata and his family, who Sakito recognises. ByunD rushes in when Homura wants to save them from the Kurumajin but only manages the rescue with the Boonboomgers' help, Genba retrieving the card, Nagata realises Sakito's identity. Sakito commits to wiping the Hashiliens out on this planet, not for earth but for the one friend he has on it, even when Cannonborg attacks, and Taiya declares himself Sakito's client. For the first time all 6 Boonboomgers fight together, and BunRed and BunViolet together blow past the Kurumajin's defence. Yarucar fires his beam, but what results is the Sword turned into a giant Boonboom Car, so, with Itashar driving this time, Boonboom Killer Robo Dual Wield forms. The Boonboomger Robo Knight opposes, but is outmanoeuvred as the sword can fly independently. ByoonByoom Mach Robo arrives, and leads the sword on a chase so it pierces Killer Robo before finishing. As Boonboom and ByunD reconcile, Sakito returns the card stolen, but Nagata was far more worried about Sakito, and invites him and ByunD in. Saibu reports to her superiors the complications of the new Boonboomger but that he may have insights into the Hashiliens.

[draconscious]

(ooc. if you're reading this, I'm officially afk!! I'm camping up north until Monday, so I'll see you all when I get back!! 😊

I think I'm all caught up on this blog [save for a drafted reply to Matsuba], but please ping me if I'm forgetting something! I've been having an absolute blast writing Clair lately, and I hope everyone's enjoyed seeing more of her on the dash! I can't wait to continue the adventures in full once I return--while maybe start some new ones. My askbox is always open, either way!)

[monterraverde]

how did rika get her scars??

//IM SO HAPPY SOMEONE FINALLY ASKED!

So a majority of her scars were earned through the rough and tumble lifestyle of training dragons and ground-types (Which tend to be extremely large monsters), and from her many years of battling escaped Paradox pokemon, but a few stick out as notable.

The scars over her eye and on her chin were given to her by her father when she was about 8, he broke a glass bottle over her head while she was defending her mother and sister from his rage.

In the center of her chest is a harsh scar of almost mangled looking flesh with a notable divot in the center, which was earned after she got pinned under a Slither Wing and stabbed with its claw. She only survived because of the other Elites rushing her to the hospital, where she stayed in the ICU for several months. It now affects her ability to breathe freely, and any strikes to her chest will result in her breaking down into a coughing fit, very easy to knock the wind out of her.

On her arms, they're not so much scars, but Tera crystal embedded just under the top layer of skin. (Pictured below. They're on both arms, even though the art only depicts them on one side. Drawn by Syd! @earth-master ) These were earned during the first venture into Area zero with Giovanni and Red. Fighting against the ghostly remnant of Sada's AI in the labs network, she was afflicted with a condition known as "Teralysis", where Tera crystal starts replacing the bodies soft tissue with crystal. The condition has 4 stages in total, but she thankfully didn't go past stage 2, as at stage 4 you become fully crystalized if you can't make the necessary saves. Her arms were the only things encased in crystal after that battle, thankfully, which shed off slowly before Matsuba got to her and managed to help cure her of the worst of it, the embedded crystals being the last remnant of the condition.

I'll also include a full scar map drawn by @g1ga-byte under the cut, as it's entirely topless, but yeah! That's the basic jist of her most notable scars, feel free to ask questions if you're curious about specific ones :D

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[prestochange]

<- thinks she has to save matsuba from a bad marriage for 4 minutes.

[specialagent836]

Eyes. Those were the first sign that they had found where Black Fog was. Chasing the cries of a member of their crew being taken. Floating hands. One clutching Matsuba, holding him off the ground. Bringing him close to a open maw. It had dragged him into the dark as soon as they had gotten too close. And they were too close.

Poisonous gas oozed out of that ghostly mouth. Choking out any breath and creeping into every corner of their surroundings. Any resolve that he had stored within, gone. Somehow, this was way worse than facing any of the Ultra Beasts. This creature was pure darkness. Terrifyingly deadly.

The others mustered their courage and charged the figure. Trying to free Matsuba before he was consumed. Fire burst forth from both Arcanines. Weapons drawn. Each pokemon and person giving it their all.

Ghastly swarming to serve the greater will of Black Fog. Those ghostly hands grabbed and clawed at Nix and Green. Don't get grabbed. Don't get consumed.

Giovanni and Piers would need support being so close to that danger. He had to act. Koga battled to save Nix from another claw grasping at them. Don't hesitate this time. He was afraid.

Then, Green dropped unconscious and the threat was clear. They needed to focus. He needed to focus. He stepped forward and joined the frey, attacking Black Fog directly.

Heavy attacks against the claws and beast dissipated their hold on their cohorts. His friends. Something gnawed at the back of his mind. Ever observant. Shimmering below the low light, the claws were not gone. This was not the end of it. He warned the others of the danger, but did not prepare himself.

Manifesting from those shadows. The claws returned and he was determined the biggest threat. Grabbed. There was no time to react, not this time. The others cried out and he was consumed. Darkness.

The shouts became muffled. The neon lights of the city completely absent. The poisonous gas more potent than before tried to take hold. Touching this creature felt wrong. Something within bolstered him. Courage? Strength? The words from Giovanni earlier came to the front of his mind.

He would not go down here. He would claw his way out if he had to. The urge to shift into something more useful grew. Distorting his body, his capabilities. No. He could do this. Searching for any sign, any clue, any weakness. There. He lashed out. Lights and sounds broke into the darkness. Again. He tore at the gap.

Freedom. He fell out of the mouth he forced open. There was no grace to be had in trying to survive. Black Fog began to wither behind him. Then, it exploded and he was too close. He felt like he should have died, right then and there. But he didn't.

A ball flew through the air at the creature. Light engulfed it pulling it in. Click. It was caught. The battle was over. They succeeded. And everyone was alive.

[sparklypotionmaker]

Matsuba's slow to approach when he sees Bethel, though he offers a smile when he does. He leans his hand on the table in front of the fortuneteller, going for casual but obviously wanting his attention.

"It's been a while, but I'd like to tell you your card reading came true - but I made it out alive."

The cart seemed to be in service with its usual window open and the crudly made sign hanging up proudly with the words "use the other door" but no one was present anywhere.

Taking a step back to look around, they would see a door agape welcoming anyone in, inside the seemingly tiny cart only to find a much wider space that contrasts what many see outside. It was the size of a typical store, with decore of hanging incense and velvet cloth, walls littered with books and vials. Matsuba can see past the counter in a room past the wall of beads, making a flimsy barrier inside the fortune tellers room. The beads moved to welcome him but upon closer inspection it looked to be a rather long hooked tail, following up to the rafters to find a rather large and old looking Serviper holding the door for him. Urging them to walk in.

The place looked much larger than the previous room, with stars adoring the ceiling but down the whole place was pitch black, save for the lone table with a blue light shining on it. Two chairs present with a magical ball in the middle.

Everything felt obscure and world bending to the point that perspectives were challenged. But after all that, Bethel was indeed on the other side of that table, seemingly waiting for him as he shuffled cards.

Looking up to the man with a smile.

"Fate smiles upon you, friend. I'm glad you managed to escape with your soul and body intact... for the most part. " He said with a small grin and shuffled his cards, making them vanish from his hand.

"Would you like a drink or something to eat? It usually is a bit of a treck finding me." Bethel offered, matsuba was a guest after all.

[cursedmystic]

He's going to get several Gastly shaped chocolate cookies from Yuri, all packaged nicely and wrapped up with a bow. There is a note attached.

[With love, from Yuri. PS one of these has a ghost pepper. My the odds be in your favour. ❤️]

Oh, how cute. The cookies each have different faces, ranging from joy to mischief, and Matsuba reads the note as he wraps the ribbon between his fingers before folding it to save.

One was spicy, huh? He looks them over before picking one with its eyes closed sleepily. The chocolate is good -- but it proves that luck definitely isn't in his favor when his mouth starts tingling in that specific spicy way.

"Ah - ha. Mn. Good one, Yuri."

[healbellls]

Noot noot maker

[bluesthebest]

“If you’re looking for Rika she’s not here, who are you anyway? …Wait, I remember you from when we went to save Matsuba- Why’re you here?”

"Hello to you too....Sheesh, I don't remember you being this bratty. I was requested to check up on her pokemon while she went to area zero. "

He crossed his arms.

"I don't have to come in I'm just here to say I came over."

[godstrain]

🕯️curious after our scarlet mansion adventure together :))

His abilities very much defy any known science,

It isn't surprising for that to be the first thought in Wesker's mind when he has finally had time to consider the members of the team he worked with to save the Moon Maiden- his new Alpha Team, he'd started calling them- better than calling them his little piggies, at least.

But then again, very little of the events there could really be attributed to science. I have seen many things, but this was nothing short of the occult. Matsuba is well versed in a field that, prior to this, I had thought held little merit in the world, but perhaps I will make the effort to learn more.

The more he considers Matsuba, the more he's able to work through what he'd experienced in the Scarlet Mansion- a place far too familiar, and yet so vastly different than he'd ever known before-

Matsuba helped me, even though we had never met before. It's something I know little of- genuine altruism, but perhaps one day I can return the favor.

send me 🕯️to hear my character's inner thoughts about your character.

[mochabreads]

Looking for my hometown

I am 26 years old and have moved 12 times. Sometimes I lived in unfamiliar lands, and sometimes I returned to the land I used to live in.

Having lived a mobile life, everywhere I went I was told I wasn't from this area. The difference in language and atmosphere may have made the other person feel that way. At some point, I started questioning who I was.

In 2017, the spring of my third year at university. When my grandfather gave me a sweet Konica Minolta α camera, I decided that if I ever visit again, I want to take pictures of the city I love the most. 2020, three years later. By chance, I had the opportunity to visit this town, and decided to take pictures while visiting the memorable places.

This is a photo exhibition in Matsuba Town, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture. Kitakashiwa Life Town, a road around the housing complex developed by the Public Housing Corporation When I was in kindergarten and elementary school, this town was everything to me. I will be moving to Kansai in the spring after filming, and I have no home to return to in this town. Even so, Matsuba still feels like one of my hometowns.

I decided to hold this photo exhibition because I wanted to face my hometown, which I had been unable to answer for a long time. For me, the place I can call "hometown" is also the footprints I have walked.

What kind of place is home for you, and what kind of existence is it? I think there are many memories, both happy and painful. This time of year has a lot of encounters and parting. We hope that this photo exhibition will help you think about your hometown.

Kanon Fujisawa.

No.1

No.2

The ginkgo trees lining the road just outside my house are tall even now, even as an adult. Autumn leaves were falling. I want to go around this town slowly without worrying about time. From now on, I will collect the scenery of memories one by one. Taking pictures of this town was something I had planned for a long time. But there was no euphoria, it was calm and calm. Thinking that this might be the last time I see this scenery, I decided to print each one on film.

No.3

After a short walk, there is a long bench in the middle of the crossroads. When I was a kid, I used to think, "If it's a game world, this is the save point." I wonder why these pliers were placed in this place where visibility from three directions is good and where people can sit. On the way home from elementary school, I used to play rock-paper-scissors with my friends, and when I lost, I would hold my friend's school bag and say goodbye at this place.

No.4

This is 5-chome. There is a house where I lived from kindergarten to elementary school. When I was little, I used to line up and go home through this straight road. There is a kindergarten on the left. When I was a junior high school student, I was indebted for my work experience. There was not much difference between the town in my memory and the actual scenery. So I'm a little relieved. I went straight to the small park where I used to play with my friends. When I lived on 5-chome, it was the closest park to my house, and I hadn't been there in almost 10 years. I wonder if there will be today.

No.5

No.6

All the playground equipment that should have been in the park was gone. The swing and horizontal bar that I used to play on are gone, and only pliers and a sandbox remain. Compared to when there was playground equipment, it felt very lonely. I wonder if this park still exists in someone's daily life. The secret base I made behind the bicycle parking lot was gone. Collected BB bullets in the sandbox. I searched for iron sand with a magnet and a plastic bag. A large bee approached a parked bicycle and ran around. I once went around the park with a local woman on a scooter. At the secret base, I used a tire I picked up as a chair and played with a ball on it, but it was gone. It brought back a lot of memories and sounds, such as someone playing a prank on the swing and being unable to use it for a while. But now all I hear is the breeze and rustle of leaves.

No.7

There was a cleaning shop right next to the park. After I went shopping, my girlfriend's mother would give me 10 yen as a reward. Every time I went to the store with a big bag of her father's shirts, I was complimented by the owner's aunt. The building is still there, but the store is no longer in business. I have many memories on this road that I have traveled many times. Every time I looked through the viewfinder and released the shutter, I felt a sense of nostalgia and loneliness.

No.8

There was a cleaning shop right next to the park. After I went shopping, my girlfriend's mother would give me 10 yen as a reward. Every time I went to the store with a big bag of her father's shirts, I was complimented by the owner's aunt. The building is still there, but the store is no longer in business. I have many memories on this road that I have traveled many times. Every time I looked through the viewfinder and released the shutter, I felt a sense of nostalgia and loneliness.

No.9

This road connects the shopping district. It was the first time I realized that this town has a lot of sidewalks and almost no roads. "Kashiwa Odori" that most people in this area can dance. I was hesitant to dance to the up-tempo western music "Bahama Mama". Summer festival. Every year when I see friends from other districts wearing masks and dancing to Doraemon Ondo, I wonder why our district is Bahama Mama. You can see a small sidewalk and a city ahead. In the middle of the shopping street, there is a gymnasium, a library, and a public hall with dance classes. I went to various things such as drawing clubs and temple schools.

No.10

[cursedmystic]

Matsuba's quick to boost himself up on one of the structures of the shrine (whispering a quick apology as he does so) to start picking overhanging vines off and scraping at some of the more egregious spots of moss and lichen eating into the rooftop. Anything he plucks off gets tossed down to join Yellow's pile of saved plants.

Yellow's comment about Celebi visiting recently makes him pause, his hand laid flat against the tile roof. The shrine is warm in the late summer-early fall buzz, thrumming with an unseen energy that he could feel without being able to truly pinpoint it.

"Yeah. I can feel something for sure. What do you think it was here for? Just visiting?"

“Cleaning first,” Yellow says, immediately dropping to their knees as they start to tend to the weeds that had grown at the base of the shrine. They tug them out and set them aside to be dried and maybe used as something later.

They never let resources go to waste, after all.

There isn’t much, thankfully. The shrine is well tended to by the people who live in towns close by. The one in viridian was much the same, when it still existed.

“Came here recently,” they comment, after a moment of working in silence. “Celebi did. Energy is still here.”