#AKIBA PASS

[charactersmashorpass-2]

"i like women with guns"

[sencrose]

— SUNFALL

pairing: megumi fushiguro x f!reader

tags: NONCON, stalking, obsessive behavior, creampie, master kink, male masturbation, dacryphilia, alcohol use, cunnilingus, aged up characters, reader is a maid cafe worker + smokes

wc: 6.5k

a/n: hii i basically just heard that maid cafe/outing in akiba drama cd and ran a marathon with it ٩( ᐛ )و  you don’t really need to listen to it, it’s just mentioned in passing in the beginning.

summary: megumi wants to find relief from the cold, unforgiving world of jujutsu sorcery. he finds warmth in your hands.

➳ crossposted on AO3

There is nothing glamorous about being a jujutsu sorcerer. It’s a thankless job. The people you put your life on the line for aren’t aware that they’re in any particular danger, and it’s common to see your colleagues die young, their dreams and ambitions dying alongside them. With that in mind, it’s no surprise Megumi yearned for some semblance of warmth that could relieve his stress and burdens. So he found himself at the maid cafe he went to with Itadori, back when they were still students. He usually wouldn’t be caught dead at an establishment like this, but it was one of the only places from his academy days that weren’t tainted with wretched memories of dying civilians and near death experiences.

The bells on the entrance of the cafe jingle as he steps in, alerting the workers of his presence. It’s gaudy, to say the least. Bright walls and pastel checkerboard floors line the interior. There’s a couple of cork boards by the entrance, showing the lineup of girls as well as some polaroid pictures of them with customers. The seats and tables alternate between pink and white, and Megumi can’t help but consider turning on his heels and running out the door. Before he can even turn to face the door, you step towards him, with a cheerful smile painted on your face. 

“Welcome master! Table for one?” Megumi is taken aback by the sight of you. The black socks that squeeze the plush of your thigh, the cat ears that adorn your head, the fluffy skirt that seems to bounce with every step you take; it is all too much for him. The ‘master’ pet name doesn’t help either. It’s not like it’s the first time he’s been referred to as such. It’s been thrown around here and there during his rare visits to the Zenin Estate when he was a child. There was something different; the timbre of your voice, the excitement in your tone. Remnants of your voice echo in his head as he tries to compose himself.

“Yes.” Megumi’s eyes shift to the side, unable to maintain eye contact.

“Alright, follow me master!” You lead him to an empty table by a window, and place a menu down. Megumi sits down, perplexed at all the options presented in front of him.

“Do you have any recommendations?”

“The omurice is super yummy! It even comes with a super special surprise.” You wink at him, pointing your pen to your face. 

“Then can I get that?”

“Of course, master! One omurice coming right up!” With a dramatic rip of the order slip, you deliver the ticket to the kitchen, skirt flouncing about with each step you take. As you disappear into the back, Megumi relaxes his shoulders, unaware of how tense he was in the first place. 

As you pop back out from the kitchen, he’s taken by surprise as you skip to sit in the seat in front of him. 

“Is this part of the service?” He asks, tilting his head in confusion. 

“No, but it’s not like we’re busy or anything!” You gesture to the empty tables in the rest of the cafe, and your other coworker who’s lounging on their phone in a corner. “Unless, you’d rather be alone?” You ask, raising an eyebrow.

“No, this is fine.” He responds coolly, despite his heart threatening to burst out of his chest. When was the last time he held a conversation with anyone outside of Jujutsu society, much less with someone as cute as you? 

“So, what brings you in?” You ask, placing an elbow on the table and resting your face on your hand. It catches him off guard, just how close you are to him. The table couldn’t have been longer than 2 feet, but it was more than enough to bask in your beauty. 

“I was in the area and just thought it’d be fun. I came here with a friend a while ago.”

“Oh really? Was I your server?” You bat your lashes as you bring your hands to your face, cupping your cheeks. Heat rushes to his face as he looks at you before briefly shifting his eyes to the side. 

“I don’t think so. It was a few years back.” As far as he remembers, the last time he was here, he was focused on keeping Yuuji in line and keeping an eye on Gojo. Checking out the maids of the cafe was the least of his worries, though in retrospect, he might be feeling a twinge of regret for not paying closer attention. 

“Aw, that’s a shame. I think I’d remember if I saw someone like you around.”

“Is that supposed to mean something?” Megumi raises an eyebrow and tilts his head, unsure of what you’re trying to get at. 

“Just that you look a bit different from the usual kinda guy that comes in.” You respond, leaning your face onto your hand. “But enough about that. You liked us enough to come back?”

“Not necessarily. I don’t really know the area that well.” He runs his fingers against the back of his hand, not knowing how to explain that he was feeling nostalgic for a place he’s only ever visited once in his life. 

“Well, what are you into?” 

His head perks up to look at you, perplexed that you’re attempting to strike up a conversation with him. It’s not a common occurrence for a waitress to talk to him beyond taking his order and dropping off his meal.

“I like reading.” He answers matter-of-factly.

“So like, manga?”

“No, non-fiction.” 

“Not sure if this is the best place for that. If you give me a bit I could probably come up with a list of nice bookstores.” You grab the pen from your apron pocket and spin it in your hands before pointing it at him.

“It’s alright if you can’t think of anything. I can’t find the time to read these days anyways.” He’s touched by the idea but doesn’t want to place a burden on you.

The ring of a call bell from the kitchen marks the end of the conversation short, as you perk up to go pick up his order. 

With your return, your tone shifts to a higher register as you place the plate on the table and announce, “Alright master, one omurice for you! What’s your name?”

“Megumi.” You take the ketchup bottle and carefully squeeze out his name onto the omelette, adding a smiley face at the end.

“Alright master Megumi, we have to do this together. It’ll make the meal complete!” Master Megumi. He likes the ring of that.

“What are you talking about?” He asks in earnest.

“We have to give the omurice a super love beam!” You puff your chest out with your hands on your hips, as if that’s the most obvious answer on the planet.

“I’m not sure I understand wh-”

“Come on, it’s really easy!” You place your hands around his, molding his fingers to form a heart. Your hands are soft and warm against his rough calloused fingertips. A soft blush forms on his face as you play around with his hands. When was the last time he’s held anyone’s hands? Are they always this warm? This welcoming? He never knew someone’s touch, especially that of a stranger’s, could make his heart race.

You finally get his hands in the right shape, before pointing it at the meal. “Say it with me, suuuper love beam!” 

“Su-super… love beam…” He mutters, looking away from the meal. He can’t bring himself to say it without feeling embarrassed at how absurd it seems. You let go of his hands, but the warmth still lingers. Megumi finds himself holding his hands where yours were; longing for the sensation to stay.

 “Now, it’s ready to eat! Oh wait, I almost forgot something.” You briskly walk to the back counter, skirt bouncing with every step, before returning with a polaroid camera.

“It’s your first time back in a while, right? We have to celebrate with a picture!” You kneel down next to him before pointing the camera at the two of you, but you can’t seem to get both of your faces to fit in the tiny viewfinder.

“Hmm, you won’t be in the frame this way.” You lean in closer towards Megumi, your chest pressing against his arm, face only centimeters away from his. If Megumi wasn’t flustered before, he definitely is now. He can feel the rise and fall of your chest as you breathe and the heat radiating off of your body. His breathing stills, as if the tiniest movement will push you away. Time halts for a second, even if that’s not the reality he’s faced with. He wishes this moment could last forever.

“Alright, say cheese!” You throw up a peace sign and smile at the camera. With a press of a button, a bright flash illuminates the room and fills your eyes. The flash catches Megumi by surprise, causing him to blink and rub his eyes to alleviate himself of the stars clouding his vision. A dull buzzing noise emits from the camera, as it slowly prints out the photo. 

“Here you go! Enjoy your meal!” You hand him the polaroid and wave before going back to work.

He holds the image in his hand, shifting it back and forth in the light, waiting for it to develop fully. The black starts to fade, revealing your radiant smile, in contrast to Megumi’s awkward expression as a result of him blinking. In that moment, Megumi realizes something as he stares at the polaroid of the two of you: your smile shines like the sun, and he wants to go blind.

---

The plan to find something to get his mind off work may have worked a bit too well, as Megumi finds himself in a pocket of the bustling city again, standing in front of the maid cafe entrance. 

“Welcome, master! Oh, back so soon?” You ask with a smile.

“Yeah… I am.” He says with a hint of hesitation in his voice, as if he doesn’t quite believe it either. You show him to a table, a different one than last time.

“Can I get the omurice?”

“Coming right up!”

“By the way, here’s that list of bookstores. You left before I could give it to you.” You hand him the list, and he bows his head slightly in thanks and acknowledgement.

The list is written on the back of an order ticket, slightly crumpled, probably from being in your apron for the past couple of days. Blue pen is scribbled along the off-white paper, listing addresses of various bookstores; some located nearby, others located elsewhere.

“You really didn’t have to…” He looks away from you and scratches his neck, trying to collect his words. “But thank you.”

“Don’t worry about it, it was fun to make!”

The conversation is interrupted by a call of your name from a back room. 

“Hey, could you help out back here if you’re not too busy?” Your coworker peeks out and gestures for you to follow them.

“Sure!” You turn to look back at Megumi. “I’ll be back in a bit.” You leave with a simple smile and a wave, before disappearing to the back. 

As much as he’s disappointed that he can’t spend more time talking to you, he’s grateful that he knows your name now. Something so simple yet it hadn’t occurred to him until he heard it. He tucks it into the depths of his chest, locking it away as a secret for him to keep.

He takes a harder look at the list of bookstores you gave him. It’s more detailed than he expected, as you took the time to write out a rating and other interesting notes for each store. He traces the ink with his thumb, imagining you hard at work writing this for him. It brings a tender smile to his face and butterflies to his stomach. Maybe he’d be able to return the favor someday.

He jumps in his seat at the ring of a bell from the kitchen. You come out soon after, heels clacking against the tiled floor as you approach him.

“Alright, one omurice just for you master!” You place the plate on the table and start shaking a bottle of ketchup. “Your name was... Megumi, right?” 

His head perks at the mention of his name, delighted to hear it coming from you again.

“Yeah.” You carefully squeeze out his name onto the omelette. To change it up a bit, you draw cat ears above his name, reminiscent of the accessories that decorate your head. He finds it endearing, seeing your eyebrows furrow, the slight bite of your lip as you concentrate on drawing, your hands delicately wrapped around the bottle and fingers pressing into the pliable plastic.

“Alright, we gotta hit it with the super love beam! You know how to do it, right?” He does, but doing it right means that he won’t be able to feel your hands against his. Besides, doing it of his own volition filled him with a deep sense of embarrassment, and although nobody he knew would be all the wiser, he still couldn’t bring himself to do it. Megumi puts his hands up into an awkward shape, resembling an oval more than a heart.

“Like this?” He presents his hands to you, with a raised eyebrow.

“No, silly, more like a heart! It’s a super love beam.” He fumbles with his hands a bit more, but the shape that unfolds looks more like an 8 than a heart.

“Here, let me help.” You place your hands on his, gingerly putting each finger in their proper place. You bend his thumbs backwards slightly to form the right curve before pushing them together. His hands are rougher than you expected; all calloused palms and hardened fingers. They’ve seen enough woes to last a lifetime or two.

“There! Alright, say it with me. Suuuper love beam!”

“Su-super love beam…” Megumi still can’t bring himself to say the phrase out loud.

“Alright it’s ready to go! Enjoy your meal!” 

Megumi’s hands ball into tight fists, contemplating whether he should ask you for another photo but you’re gone before he can muster the courage. He hesitantly digs his spoon into the fluffy pillow of eggs on his plate, as he watches you walk away. He blankly stares at the dome of egg blanketing grains of rice before taking a bite. The metal spoon scrapes against his teeth as he takes a bite, chewing for what seems like an eternity before swallowing.

It doesn’t taste as good as last time.

---

It’s the only picture of you he has. He was hoping during his last visit to the cafe, he could get a proper picture where he looks presentable, but he couldn’t find it in himself to ask. Maybe it was embarrassment, maybe it was a useless sense of pride, but it doesn’t change the fact that he’s sitting at his desk holding one polaroid instead of two.

His thumb gently traces along the curve of your face, the glossy finish of the film sticking to his finger.

Oh, how he wishes he could feel more of you. He wonders how soft your cheeks would feel if he were able to caress them, if they would be as comforting as your hands. His mind starts to race with questions, each more obscene than the last. How would you react when his thumb wanders from your cheek to the pout of your lips? What kind of choked moan would escape your lips as he hooks his thumb into your mouth and presses down on your tongue? How warm would your mouth feel as it wraps around his cock?

He shouldn’t be doing this; he swears he’s better than this. But any concern of pride or saving face is quickly melting away as his hand wanders down to his boxers. He palms himself through the fabric until the muted sensation just isn’t enough. He reaches over to the bottle of lotion on his desk, pumping twice before stroking himself, desperately wishing it was your hand instead of his.

He lets out a groan as he leans his head back and closes his eyes. Pictures of you fly across his mind as his breaths get heavier. Impatient hands desperately undressing you, finally being able to see you at your most vulnerable. Maybe you’d be a bit bashful as he grabs your waist, his hands gently traveling to the curve of your hips. Maybe you’d squirm under his touch as he traces your inner thigh, teasing you before getting any closer. 

What kind of lewd sounds would leave your mouth as his fingers slide up and down your folds? How would your face contort in pleasure as his cock splits you open?

He thinks about you chanting his name, no, Master Megumi, in between choked moans and whimpers as he fucks his fist.  His pace quickens as he loses himself in his fantasy, panting your name under his breath. With a final pump, his cock starts to twitch, hot spurts of his seed painting the polaroid in white, the excess dripping onto the floor. 

As he comes down from his high, shame washes over him, but it’s short-lived. A burning desire arises in its place: to have you all for himself.

---

He’s heard the tale of Icarus before, the man who flew too close to the sun. He never paid it much mind, especially since it came out of Gojo’s mouth during one of his long-winded lectures in his middle school delinquent days. The strongest sorcerer lecturing him about reckless pursuits and self-constraint? How rich.

And though he disregarded it before, it weighs heavy on his mind as he stands in front of the cafe entrance for the third time this week, chasing the high that is the warmth of your hands enveloping his.

He throws on that aloof expression as always, walking into the familiar jingle of the cafe’s bells. The atmosphere of the restaurant is completely different from his past two visits, bustling with customers and workers rushing from table to table.

“Welcome master! Table for one?” He doesn’t recognize the worker in front of him, his eyes wandering off to a corner where you’re helping another customer.

He supposes that this was a possibility, but he doesn’t want to accept it. Your hands are all over theirs, demonstrating the super love beam. Your smile is as radiant as ever, and envy begins to simmer in his body because he isn’t at the receiving end of it. The rational side of him says that this was to be expected; it is your job after all. But another side of him can’t help but be disgusted.

“Um, sir? Is everything okay?” The waitress waves a hand in front of Megumi’s face to get his attention, causing him to blink a few times before responding to their question.

“Oh, sorry. I’m okay, I’ll be back later.” Megumi shows himself out the door, the bells ringing as it closes. He stands still for a moment, staring again at the entrance before letting out a heavy sigh.

His hands feel a bit colder today.

---

While Megumi hasn’t returned to the cafe in quite some time as a customer, he’s developed a bad habit in its stead. Well, he tells himself it isn’t a bad habit; he’s just making sure you get back home safe from work. 

It’s a fairly quick commute; a walk to the station, staying on for a few stops, before getting off to walk for fifteen minutes. But anything could happen within that time. If anyone tried to hurt you and he wasn’t able to protect you, he would never be able to forgive himself. 

So he’s started to enjoy this peaceful little routine, lurking in the shadows and following you home, unbeknownst to you. Though he misses the banter and the warmth of your hands he tells himself this is ok for now. If anything, there was a special sense of intimacy in seeing you wearing something other than the ornate maid dress that seemed to swallow you whole. 

Today was… different. You left the cafe in a rush, heading in a different direction than usual. Megumi follows close behind in your shadow, as you make your way to an unfamiliar part of town. It’s quiet; away from the hustle and bustle of the city. 

You make your way into a bar, and a seedy one at that. Overhead lamps hang from the ceiling, painting the room in a murky yellow. The floor is littered in scratches and nicks, the wallpaper worn down and stained with patches of brown of varying intensities. It’s fairly empty for an evening, save for a few patrons scattered along the worn down leather booths and tables.

You sit down at the counter, your body plopping as you sit down on the bar stool. The wooden counter has deteriorated from years of wear and tear, scuffs and water stains well settled into the surface.

“Would you like something to drink?” the bartender asks.

“Not right now. Waiting for someone.” you answer.

Something cracks in Megumi upon hearing your response. What kind of person were you meeting in such a run down place like this? 

You wait and wait. Megumi does as well, with bated breath. Fifteen, thirty, forty-five minutes pass by with no appearance of this mystery person. You finally unlock your phone, finding something to cure your boredom.

His eyes glance over, your eyes glued to the screen as you scroll.

The world stops for a second.

A dating app.

He should have known it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility, but it doesn’t matter. 

You open up your inbox, typing with an annoyed expression, and Megumi’s chest tightens with each tap on your keyboard.

if you’re gonna stand me up at least choose somewhere nice lol

You both sigh for different reasons.

Though he can’t help but think, what kind of asshole would stand you up of all people? Even with his limited interactions with you, he can see your kindness shine bright through your smile. Your hands, soft and inviting, are warm and comforting to the touch. His heart skips a beat at just the thought of you touching him again. Whatever, it just keeps things easier for him.

“Give me something strong please.” You ask the bartender, tapping your fingers against the counter. The bartender silently nods, pouring a concoction of various liquids into his mixer before shaking vigorously. He gingerly pours the drink into a glass with ice before sliding it your way. 

The drink burns on the way down, but you don’t care. You take large sips, only taking breaks in between to let out a heavy sigh.

“Another one please.”

Megumi should stop you. He knows he should stop you. But he’s too distracted, enamored even, by watching you drink. The way your lips pout to reach the straw, the way each gulp slides down your neck, the way you suck to make sure you’ve cleared the glass of every drop of liquor. 

The evening continues uneventfully, and at some point you’ve lost count of how many glasses you’ve had, and decide that’s a good marker to start making your way home. You’re stumbling a little bit, but you’re confident in your ability to get back, though that doesn’t really matter.

Megumi will be right by your side, whether you know it or not.

---

Even with your hellish shift at work, you’ve somehow gotten through another day. The sun sets on the horizon, painting the sky and cityscape in a mix of hazy orange and soft pink hues. Even in your drunken stupor, you can appreciate the beauty of the skyline, maybe even more so as your vision blurs all the colors for you, like watercolor paints blending into one another on paper. Whether it’s the last of the sun’s rays washing over you or the alcohol in your system warming your cheeks, you don’t care. The warmth is comforting in contrast to the chilly breeze of the city.

You’ve come to admire this view on the rooftop of your apartment complex, arms leaning against the metal railing as you take it in. While living in a cramped unit you can barely afford has its burdens, this has been one reassuring constant; your temporary place of respite from the chaos of the world around you. You take out the box of cigarettes from your pocket, cellophane packaging crinkling as you unwrap it. Flipping the top open, you place a cigarette in your mouth, the faint smell of tobacco wafting through your nostrils. You reach for your lighter, spinning the wheel once, twice, three times until the flame comes to life, before bringing it to your face. 

“You have a lighter?” The voice takes you by surprise, causing you to jump. You raise an eyebrow as you take a skeptical glance at the hooded man next to you. Something about him looks and sounds vaguely familiar, but you can’t quite put your finger on it.

“Do I… Do I know you from somewhere?” You ask, tilting your head as you try to get a look at his face.

“I moved here recently.” he responds, slightly shifting his face away from you and adjusting his hood. 

“Well, nice to meet ya, neighbor.” You hand him your lighter before looking back at the sunset and exhaling a puff of smoke.

“Are you ok?” 

“Yeah, ’m fine. Just had a shitty day.” you respond, pinching your forehead.

“Sorry to hear that.”

“What’re you sorry for? Not like it’s your fault I had a shit day.” you scoff, before inhaling another puff of smoke.

“Would you like to talk about it?” 

“It’s--” you let out a sigh before debating on whether or not you should go on a drunken rant in front of a stranger. Instead, you let out a guttural groan, planting your forehead against the railing, trying to find some form of catharsis. The metal is cool against your nearly feverish skin, as you slightly raise your head to bring up the cigarette to your mouth and take another hit. 

“Are you drunk?” 

“Probably.” The answer was definitely yes, extremely. It was obvious with your gestures, the ways your words slurred, the stringent scent of alcohol leaving your lips with each sentence. It was a miracle you even found your way home, or up to the rooftop for that matter.

“Do you need someone to walk you back to your apartment?”

“’m fine.” You attempt to shoo him away as you take a step forward, only to stumble over your own feet. 

“Seriously, I’ll take you back.” His offer sounds enticing, especially considering how intoxicated you are. There’s no way you’d be able to walk down three flights of stairs to your apartment without falling or hurting yourself. So you collapse into his arms, accepting his proposal.

“Thanks. ’m three floors down.” 

---

The trip down three flights of stairs wasn’t ideal, but manageable. Megumi had your arms slung around his shoulder as he attempted to keep you balanced during the descent. You messily shift through your keyring once you get to your door, metal clinking against each other until you find the key to your apartment.

The hallway is cramped, a small kitchenette built into one of the walls. The coat rack is nearly collapsing in on itself with the amount of clothing you’ve thrown on to it, some of the garments already forming a wrinkled puddle of fabric on the floor. With a few steps he’s already in the main room, where your bed and desk are crammed together.

He places you gently onto the bed as you shift around and sprawl yourself against the sheets. 

“Thank you.” you mumble into the mattress.

“No worries.” he takes a step away from the bed, but his eyes are glued to your body. He knows he should be leaving but he can’t bring himself to look away.

If seeing you outside of work was intimate in and of itself, he didn’t know how to describe this sight. The soft rise and fall of your chest, the way your cheeks squish against your pillow and cause your lips to pout slightly. He wishes he could see this side of you more often.

He’s not sure what comes over him. Maybe it’s the lingering sensation of your warmth from helping you down three flights of stairs. Maybe it’s a selfish desire to prove that he can make everything better. You don’t need anyone else: not those customers who are undeserving of your touch, and definitely not the pathetic loser who stood you up.

And like Icarus who flew too close to the sun, his hand stretches out to reach for your waist, greedy, desperate for your warmth.

His hands feel like they’re burning as they gently lift the hem of your shirt. Nimble fingers softly graze against your supple skin, as blood rushes through his body from the contact. He works to unbuckle your pants before peeling the fabric off from your body.

“Hmm?” You shift around trying to make yourself comfortable only to realize your pants have been stripped off of you, and that hooded stranger from earlier is staring you down like a deer in headlights.

Panic starts to course through your veins as you start to thrash your body around, but your coordination is less than ideal with all the alcohol flowing through your system, and he’s able to easily overpower you, pinning down your legs.

He slides your underwear to the side and pushes your legs apart, salivating at the sight of your cunt. He wastes no time, swiping his tongue against your folds. The sensation is foreign and takes you by surprise as you instinctively push your legs close. He seems unphased by this, wrapping his arms around your legs as he desperately sucks on your clit. Tasting you is better than anything he could have imagined. His hips roll into the mattress in languid strokes, mimicking how he wants to fuck you.

You don’t want to give him the satisfaction that you’re enjoying this, but the tension building in your stomach is undeniable. It becomes harder and harder to choke back your moans, soft pants occasionally escaping your lips. Hearing even the smallest sliver of your voice sends him into a frenzy, with him pulling you in closer and messily lapping at your cunt while a mix of your arousal and his spit pools onto the sheets.

He adjusts his position, bringing his fingers to your clit before drawing tight circles. His tongue licks at your folds before going lower, prodding at your hole before going in all the way. He flicks up at your walls, saliva mixing with your juices before slipping a finger in. His tongue pulls out to messily lave at your clit while fingering you. He adds another finger in, curling them as he finds a steady rhythm. His fingers are longer, thicker, reaching places you wouldn’t be able to on your own.

“You have such a pretty cunt.” He purrs into you, before going back in. His breath is warm against your folds, seeping out and brushing against your inner thighs.

He’s unrelenting as he hooks his hand over your leg to pull you closer. Your breaths get shallower as the pressure in your core builds. His fingers move faster, slick wet noises echoing through the room as they thrust inside you.

“T-too much!” You squeal, grabbing onto his head to push him away. It only has the opposite effect on him, as he shoves harder into you, his face buried in your cunt. His tongue swirls around your clit, bringing the tension in your core to a head. Your moans fill the otherwise quiet room as you wrap your hands around his hair, needing something to grip as you come undone. Your climax seems to have no effect on him, as he plays with your clit and guides you through it.

He’s out of breath by the time he pulls away from your legs, face covered in your juices. He casually wipes it off with the back of his hand before licking it off. Your heart feels like it’s going to beat out of your chest, clit throbbing from overstimulation; your body is spent. There’s no way you can take any more.

On the other hand, this was just the beginning for him, and he’d rather not ignore the growing length in his pants. He could cum from the taste of you alone, but he’d much rather feel your cunt squeeze him for all his worth.

He needs more. 

The sound of a belt buckle jangling and fabric shifting brings you back to reality, as you look down to see him removing his pants, revealing his fully erect cock.

“Don’t worry,” he pants out, before lining himself up with your entrance, “I’ll make you feel even better.” 

He breathes in shakily before entering you slowly, feeling your warmth surround him. He savors the moment before bottoming out, biting down on his lip and letting out a hushed moan. His head leans back as he starts moving, hands shaking as he takes in the view of his cock splitting you open. Just the sight is enough to send him over, but he can’t lose focus; not now when he finally has you all to himself.

“F-fuck, you feel amazing.” 

He rushes to take your top off, pulling the fabric over your head before reaching around your back to unclasp your bra. He shoves it into the pocket of his jacket, planning to keep it as a memento. He’ll have fun with it later. 

His hands find yours, delicately intertwining your fingers together. Your hands are just as warm as he remembers, maybe even warmer than before.

He can’t stop himself from kissing you. It starts gentle as he acquaints himself with the shape of your lips. The lips he imagined wrapped around his cock, the lips he’s only been able to see from a distance for so long. He takes his time exploring them, trying to see what makes you tick. He tastes the faintest hint of alcohol on your lips,  but he’d rather you remember the taste of him instead. What starts gentle becomes overwhelming, rougher. His hands wrap around yours tighter and it feels like he’ll swallow you whole (maybe that’s what he wants).

His hips start striking into yours faster, his lips quivering as he tries to control himself. It’s taking every bit of self-restraint to keep himself from pounding you harder.

Fucking his fist to the polaroid of you came nowhere close to the real deal. Your soft moans are much cuter than anything he could have imagined. The way your cunt swallows him whole, the bounce of your breasts with each thrust, it’s all a work of fine art to him. And though this was the moment he’s been dreaming of for so long, something was missing.

“Megumi.”

“Huh?”

“Call me Master Megumi.” 

Everything comes crashing down. Your alcohol-induced haze shatters, as you finally remember where you’ve seen him from. You attempt to shuffle your legs closed, panicking as you try to free your hands from his iron grip. Megumi swiftly pins your hands above your head, adjusting so that he can hold them down with one hand. 

“You don’t know how long I’ve waited for this, p-please just once-“ he begs as he continues fucking into you.

Tears start to pool in your eyes at the realization, burning as they run down your cheeks. 

He feels sick at the sight of your tears. It’s a mix of things; guilt that he’s the cause of them, but also the desire to see more. There’s a certain satisfaction in being able to see something so intimate, something you don’t just show off to any old patron at the cafe. Something for his eyes only.

If your smile is the sun, then your tears are the ocean and he wants to drown.

Megumi grabs your thigh with his free hand and starts to fuck into you harder, as you hiccup and cry with each stroke. You’re barely able to stifle your cries back as he gets rougher, holding your hands so tight it feels like they’re going to burst. He bites on your neck, a bit too hard, but he’s overwhelmed with the urge, the need to leave proof that this happened, that he was here with you.

“Please, just once.” He moans into the nape of your neck.

“M-Master Megumi.” You whisper through gritted teeth and muffled sobs.

The pressure in your stomach starts to build as Megumi desperately hits the spot that has you seeing stars. You can barely bite back your moans as you squeeze his hand in an effort to ground yourself. He mistakes it as reciprocation.

“I knew you’d come around.” His lips form a soft smile before he loosens the grip on your hands slightly. It’s just enough space to separate your fingers but nothing beyond that. The hand on your thigh moves closer to the space between your legs to start playing with your clit again, languid slow strokes that have you desperate for relief. 

“Say it again.” 

You close your eyes tightly in response, not wanting to give in to his demands. The grip around your hand tightens again, pain building from the pressure.

“M-Master Megumi.” You blurt under your breath, doing your best to muffle your cries. His fingers around your clit start to move a bit faster, along with his strokes. 

“Louder.”

“Master Megumi.” 

He brings his face closer to yours, his eyes only a finger’s width away from yours.

“Who’s making you feel this good?” 

You attempt to look away from his face that’s dangerously close to yours. You wince as his fingernails start digging into the skin of your hands, the sharp pain demanding an answer to his question.

“You are, Master Megumi.” You respond, more tears falling from your eyes.

The last thing you want to do is give in to the pleasure growing in your core, but the way his hands play with your clit and his cock bullies you into submission, you can’t help yourself. Your breaths get faster, your heart beating so hard you can feel it in your head. Your grip tightens around his hands as you grit your teeth and come undone on his cock, a mix of garbled moans and hushed whimpers echoing in the room.

Just the sensation of your walls clenching around him and cute moans are enough to send him over. He pushes one last thrust into you, cock twitching as he paints your insides with ropes of white. He takes a moment to catch his breath before taking himself out of you, admiring the way his seed drips from your hole.

Flying too close to the sun and drowning in the ocean may have been a terrible fate for Icarus. But after seeing the glassy tears on your face, your form glistening with sweat, and the taste of you lingering on his tongue, he’d argue otherwise.

[garmmy]

2024 jp trip report (sights edition)

i just returned from my week-long tokyo trip, and wanted to log them down so i can remember where i went. i split up the food and sights posts thanks to tumblr's image limit per post. also apologies for my unflattering pictures😂 i don't have a particularly good phone, i was taking pics more for the memories than the niceness

(food edition here)

Day 2 (14/5/2024)

starting with day 2 because we arrived at night on day 1.

we started the day at nakano broadway...where we spent too much time and money!! with its 10000 mandarake and other retro/anime goods stores. i forgot to take a closer picture of the entrance…anyway, just like in the hit video game Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth for the PS Vita and Nintendo Switch and PC and-

(expensive!!) twintails!! my beloved... <does not watch ultraman

and pokemon center in sunshine city ikebukuro! a very cool miraidon statue...and also a quaxly butt for some reason 😂

Day 3 (15/5/2024)

we walked around akiba and asakusa today. for a weeb in particular, i don't think you could finish walking akiba even in a week...anyway, just like in the video game Digimon Story Cyber Sl-

we walked the multi-storey donki in akiba. of particular note is the signage for the 'pokemon corner'....i'm crying 😭 love this graphic design

so we went around mandarake and a few other anime merch spots. soul hackers 2 merch spotted???? (i didn't get it since i didn't really need more acrylic stands.. :') arrow and his lil poltergeist friend tho...)

while walking, we passed by the otahimeinari shrine. it's always really nice to find these in the middle of the city..the tree's fruit were also huge!!

before we headed to asakusa, we walked by jinbocho. just like in the hit video game Persona 5 for the PS3- while i wish we had a bit more time to spend there (i would have loved to find some japanese language/linguistics-related books from prewar era), i really think most of the old books there are out of my depth 🤣 (it is a very nice place to stroll for lovers of old books and book smell though)

and after some train line switching screwups we made it to asakusa. as expected it's crowded even on a weekday! we saw the famous kaminarimon and also walked down the streets.

Day 4 (16/5/2024)

we started the day at tsukiji outer market, which was very near tsukiji hongwanji! beautiful buddhist temple. (also just like in the hit video game Shin Megami Tensei IV for the Nintendo 3DS)

we went on to ginza which was nearby, and made it to itoya, the multi-storey stationery store i spent too much time and money in 😩 they even had a paper shadowbox art exhibition below! the art pieces on showcase there are 🤯 beautiful...

before leaving ginza/hibiya area...shin godzilla spotted!!

then we went to tokyo skytree and did..even more shopping... (and even though i didn't get any reservations it was so cute to see kirby cafe in person ;w;)

and then we headed to ryogoku, the sumo town, for dinner. it's near sumida river so i couldn't resist getting a view...just like in the hit video game Paranormasight for Nintendo Switch and PC (ok i don't think this is the correct bridge 🤣 but the view was still very nice! and we DID go to the ryogoku bridge too though i didn't get a good pic of it)

Day 5 (17/5/2024)

we started at shinjuku today to walk to shibuya. this was the day that totally killed my feet T_T (not that the other days didn't already lol). apparently the other days were averaging 10k steps but this day was 30k?? i'm not a fit person to begin with..

anyway we were greeted by a giant cat overlord near shinjuku station exit!

godzilla spotted again! and we also spent a bit too much at the multi-storey tokyu hands here...

nearby takeshita street, we took a walk to meiji jingu shrine. just like in persona fiv- i especially enjoyed the walk to the shrine (now if only i didn't have foot pain from excessive walking), the scale of the pathway and trees! coupled with the wonderful 25? celsius weather...i still miss it as i'm writing this while back in singapore where i'm sweating just by existing. lol

on the way to shibuya, we dropped by this store called 'birdmore' specialising in birb merch and pet bird goods. MY JAW WAS ON THE FLOOR this is the first time i saw sooo many birb-themed items in one place 😭 from socks to bags to stationery to mugs and bags everything. though the species are a bit focused on the few species that generally get the birb merch in japan (budgies, cockatiels, tits, bunchou, shoebill, etc.).

i had a little talk with the shopkeeper and i mentioned we were from singapore, and she said she was envious as she wanted to visit our birdpark ;w; i told her that the birdpark moved to mandai and how the birds are flying around outside of cages and are not scared of people so you can get reallyy close to them, and she seemed so excited..aa i really hope she gets to go one day..!!

we reached shibuya parco, and...DIGIMON CORNER... i think i could cry seeing a bunch of digimon merch lined up like that in person 😭😭😭 i wanted to buy up all of these otedama SO BAD but unfortunately money and space are an issue lol. i ended up settling for an imperialdramon DM otedama ;w;

there was also a capcom store at shibuya parco! of particular interest to me were the monhun and ace attorney otedama, they didn't have otedama of susato nor my boi yian kut-ku tho...😭 it was a tough choice between nargacuga and maya ace attorney but i settled for narga ;v; (crying at otedama edgey's face though)

some other iconic locations in shibuya! just like in the video game The World Ends With You for Nintendo DS and various other-

also before we return to the hotel..the ike-fukuro statue at ikebukuro station! (TL note: fukurou is japanese for the ural owl)

Day 6 (18/5/2024)

we took a day trip to miura peninsula today (it's about an hour train ride from tokyo), using the misaki maguro ticket! i gotta get some fresh tuna sashimi while i'm in japan 😤 this might be my fave day among the days...idk, i just really enjoyed the walk and sights and food and overall experience on this day soo much ;v;;

just like everywhere in japan they have to have their own cute mascot characters....miura tunanosuke the daikon-wielding tuna samurai and miuran the sakura fairy(??)

miura beach! a very short walk from miurakaigan station and a wonderful view. also, it's just like in the hit video game Persona 5 for- (i swear i'm not specifically hunting for videogame spots lol but if i come across them why not🤭 i still find it a bit surreal how persona 1-4 were all in fictional japanese cities and suddenly..persona 5 in tokyo!)

after that we took the train to misakiguchi station and about a 20?min bus ride to misaki port. we went to the urari marche (a seafood and veg market); other than market stuffs, they had a bunch of crane machines filled with just fish and tuna merch...i respect the dedication to the theme lol! there were also other fish-related merch like this eyemask that looked like an ikura platter i wanted it so bad :')

after misaki port, we took a bus to jogashima. CATS!!!!!!! while it's not particularly a 'cat island' like some of the more famous cat islands in japan, it's still a pleasant surprise to see these cats roaming around.

and some pictures of jogashima. we walked along the uneven coast where there was no clear marked path; having stayed in the city all my life (even the nature trails here are usually cleared for easier walking) and rarely venturing overseas lol, i've never really had this sort of experience before? i didn't prepare myself for this and so my shoes meant for normal walking and not hiking kinda split halfway through the trek on uneven ground 😂 it was really beautiful, but i think because of my fitness (lack thereof) i caused extra worry...i would like to experience something like this alone sometime so i can go at my own pace without feeling pressured like i am worrying others who could've gone much faster if only i weren't there.

Day 7 (19/5/2024)

we had a morning walk at ueno park, which is HUGE and really nice to walk in, and also houses museums such as the national museum of western art, national museum of nature and science (nature museums my beloved), and tokyo national museum. sadly we didn't have time to check out the museums this time, but i'd love to visit them if i do make another trip here... my mother said before that a tour guide once told her 'singaporeans don't seem to like museums much, they prefer shopping' and sadly i am not proving that uncultured singaporean stereotype wrong with all my weeb shopping 😂😭

ueno toshogu shrine, which was built in dedication to tokugawa ieyasu. i wasn't aware till now but apparently toshogu (東照宮) refers to any shinto shrine in which ieyasu is enshrined with his deified name, and ueno toshogu is just one of the toshogu.

shinobazu pond! it was really a sight to behold in person.

ok i hit the post photo limit skdfjdkgh well the rest of the day was walking around akiba with my friend 😆 we tried to look for 13 sentinels merch (we checked out radio kaikan, suruga-ya and other places) but there was none to be found /_\ i did pass by the square enix cafe though! i was tempted to get the 16-bit arrange albums of octopath and then realised i do not have a CD player anymore..and also managed to see the one (1) bravely default merch!!

just gotta slowly save up for that next trip...someday... .w.

[thenightpool]

rinharu wrapped 2023

We almost can't believe it's already time to bring out the kadomatsu again! 2023 just raced by, didn't it…?! Let's take a moment to look back on everything Rin & Haru (and their fans!) have achieved this year.

🌸 Archive of Our Own

The Matsuoka Rin/Nanase Haruka tag on AO3 now holds 3,674 works!

That means 173 new fics were posted this year. (There might've been more than that, but it's hard to keep track of creators privatising their older fics!)

And the Night Pool's AO3 collection is up to 90 works!

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🌸 The Night Pool

Here at TNP, we revived @sakurathon, a cherry blossom-centric event! This year, the event received 40 works by 19 lovely participants.

Since it was such a big success, we're bringing the event back on April 27th & 28th 2024.

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We also held the aquatic-themed Unleashed Blue, during which 20 participants created 51 (!!) otherworldly works for us.

With permission of the creators, we lovingly collected them in a 400+ page commemorative zine. You can download it on linktree

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Writers filled an impressive 35 prompts during our prompt meme Make a Splash! that we held in honor of Haru's birthday.

Read the fills on AO3

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Rin & Haru's Big Warm-Up, our monthly prompt event, received 16 new works on AO3 across the year & more on socials.

Check out our collection on AO3

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We also kicked off rinharu fandom's very first bang: MEDLEY!, a mini + reverse hybrid bang that will start posting in March!

(Psst. Sign ups are still open for a few roles!)

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We held 3 training camps – super fun writing retreat weekends – over on our Discord. We have 4 more retreats planned for 2024!

If you'd like to join us for the next one(s), here's the info

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We posted 33 new fanart translations!

Here's the link to our masterlist

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And finally, The Night Pool beat out Harurinralia to win our Ultimate Rinharu Moments Tournament that we held back in April on both Twitter and Tumblr!

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🌸 Other Fandom Events

It's been a busy year!

In July, @starstarfairy hosted Wave Of Memory (@rinharumemories) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Free! The event ran in two wave on tumblr and Twitter and combined polls, fan memories, and all types of fanworks.

@sweetheavenfics helped us run the RH-friendly @soumako-week in September!

@ryu-outsider hosted the month-long daily prompt event Free!cember here on Tumblr. It welcomed the entire fandom. The event was promoted by eleanorenchanted and run via hashtag.

And @rinharuweek ran for a full 10 days this year in celebration of the show's anniversary! They are just wrapping up.

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🌸 Official News

Free! turned 10 in 2023. Omedetou gozaimasu!

Free! The Final Stroke Part 2 broke all of the series' previous records in the box office, bringing in over 1 billion yen

It also finally made it to Crunchyroll.com for the US & select others

Miyano Mamoru & Shimazaki Nobunaga fed us (+ fanartists' inspiration) well by shouting "HARU!!" and "RIIIN!!" at each other before hugging passionately during the 10th anniversary event at the Saitama Super Arena

We got tons of amazing new art; including a cover illustration for Free! The Band Live's Ever Blue performance in Yokohama, Animedia's July W-cover, Sweets Paradise's promotional art, and Kyoani's 10th anniversary event's illustration

Rin's ripped jeans (+ THE ANKLETS) in the Matsukiyo & Cocokara's Top Of Summer collaboration launched a thousand fanworks

Matsuoka-senshu, Nanase-senshu, Kirishima-senshu & Yamazaki-senshu represented Mizuno at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka

Spoon2Di recently restocked volume 78 & 85 on their webshop, and Akiba Pass Shop opened pre-orders for some gorgeous tapestries featuring said art

Karatz, Bikkuriman Choco, Iwami & DECOL all bumped Rin up to 2nd place in character listings (where he belongs!!)

Last but not least, KyoaniShop bankrupted us all by releasing amazing new merchandise (and also did not try to hide that Rin is the Free! series' 2nd protagonist, either…)

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Thank you so much for being here with us in 2023. We hope it has been a wonderful & creative year for you. Here's wishing you an even more rinharu-filled 2024!

[marcarella-pizza]

The Impossible Task of Buddy Daddies Vol 2

Lemme tell you. Getting my hands on volume two was the most impossible task ever.

It released on the 26th. The only Animate in Japan that had it was in Osaka — aka 2 hour bullet train ride… which coincidentally, I can’t get on as my JR pass expired on the 25th.

I went to every Animate I could access by foot. I walked for hours.

Ikebukuro. Shibuya. Shinjuku. Akiba. Yokohama (by local train).

None had it.

The hotel front desk lady rang all the animates even — nothing.

27th and 28th I went to a flower garden, then rechecked shibuya and Shinjuku. Nothing.

Yesterday (29th) I decided I didn’t care for the bonus stuff animate gives you and tackled every digital media store in the same areas as animates.

Tower Records. Big Camera. Nothing.

Out of all 30 something stores, no one had it.

Did I mention that Golden Week (Japan’s national holiday) began this week? Creating mass delays, demands and sales?

Perfect timing! Especially since I leave Japan on the 1st. Aka in a few days.

Alas!

Yobodashi is still left.

Get there and the guy says “go to other building, 2nd floor”. It’s got two parallel buildings. There’s a lot of those here in Japan.

Guy THERE says “other building, 3rd floor.”

Guy THERE says “other building, 7th floor.”

And finally! The guy says there’s two left by some miracle… it’s only in Akiba.

In my desperation I ask him if it can be transferred to this store - I cannot afford to walk to Akiba because I have plans for the next couple days.

He said yes!

And here we are!!!

Finally it is mine.

Oh! And remember Golden Week?

20% off 😉

I’ll show off the bluray in another post in a couple days when I’m back home~

[l3v1uhthan]

Hi Levi! Different anon from the promised neverland one; What do you think of Spy x Family?

Also have you watched Akiba Maid War? It's...interesting to say the least

Oh! Spy x Family? I've watched that a little bit. I remember watching it when it became popular but then I got super busy because apparently staying up all night watching it during RAD finals is "a bad decision" (even though I still passed them, Lucifer! I'm not dumb!)

I thought it was cute! Especially the fact it had the found family trope!

I haven't finished it yet, I promise I will! But so far it looked really cute and had fun tropes.

Also, Anya is sooo funny. LOL

I haven't watched Akiba Maid War, I can't tell if you're saying its interesting because its really weird or if its genuinely interesting, but I'll check it out later!

[perfecttenth]

Hakuga (AnxEyeTea) findings

So there's some more or less interesting stuff in the files.

Oddheader's most recent video about video games tied to cults oOOOooOOOoo showed up in my recommended, and Hakuga was the only game I didn't recognize. The original itch.io page claims that the game was created by the uploader's friend, who took his own life in 2017, and the parents of that friend gave his computer to the uploader, which contained the game in an unfinished state, so the uploader made it playable. Since it was made in Unity, you can extract the game's assets with AssetStudio. The first thing you'll notice upon extracting them is that the game contains actual photos of dead people. Most of them depict the victims of Unit 731, and are completely uncensored. The ones that are related to the unit are used in the "Museum of Shame" area in the game.

There are also some development screenshots ("Offline.png", "hokugescrin.png" and "hkgunity.png"). Note how in the second one the top and bottom are cropped, and in the third one parts of the top are obfuscated.

At some point, I found a file that was dated 2021, which would be 4 years after the creator allegedly passed away. And this graphic has multiple variations.

It wouldn't make any sense for the creator's friend to have put it there, since he said he wanted the game to stay the way the creator left it.

So then I looked at the audio files in the hopes that I could find the source for some of them, at least the ones that weren't taken from SDR2/Persona 5.

I reverse searched this one, and it actually led me to a result:

A soundcloud trap beat. Even though the track is now titled "20", the url still has the original title, which lines up with the filename.

Having looked at the game's files for as long as I did, there were some glaring similarities between them and the cover art. One featured the japanese Shin Godzilla logo that was also used in-game multiple times, another cover was present as-is in the files, another used the same anime girl in the same 3D program and another one had that exact same picture of Renamon uncropped, which was used as a texture. Overall, they had almost the exact same art style as the game.

After this was discovered and shared with the Oddheader discord, a "fixed" version of Hakuga with no other info was uploaded on AnxEyeTea's itch.io, being 57mb smaller than the first version.

The Soundcloud account's last activity was on March 10th, 2021. There's no way this account doesn't belong to the original creator of the game, especially when you consider there was no trace of this game on the internet prior to Halloween 2022. That, and the account has its location set to Japan even though a lot of the comments it wrote were either in English or French. What's noticeable is that 1. The syntax of these comments is typical for a native French speaker 2. There are spaces before exclaimation and question marks 3. The first person "I" is always lowercase And before that, I had already tried to compare the writing styles of the game's creator and his "friend", which were exactly the same. Some of the game's graphics were also titled "sans titre", "téléchargement" and "copie" which would indicate that the creator's first language is French.

This story of "My friend took his life 6 years ago and his parents gave me his stuff so I learned how to use Unity and made this game playable" reeked of bullshit from the start. My first thought was that the creator made up the story of him taking his own life in order to either be shielded from criticism or to make the game seem more interesting by getting people to believe he died.

And finally, by looking up "hakuga reddit" in order to find something else, I found this post. An AMA by the creator, Alex.V/"Akiba Tomoke", hidden in plain sight.

There's a chance this is fake and was made by a data miner or something (considering the "I" is actually uppercase this time), but this account uses the Akiba name that was only used in-game, and its profile picture is a slightly altered version of an image in the assets that I couldn't find a source for:

So there you have it. The backstory was fake, there's no real link to a cult, it was just another edgy ARG.

EDIT: But wait, there's more. Somebody other than the OP replied to the AMA post, claiming to be the uploader.

These were up for about an hour until he deleted one of them and deactivated his account. At the same moment, this was posted to the itch.io page:

Somewhere in that timeframe, the Soundcloud account also got deleted. Strangely enough, the Twitter account from 2018 (which doesn't mention the friend AT ALL despite being created a year after his alleged passing) is still up. An hour after the intial text appeared on itch.io, some sections of it were rewritten multiple times (these are in chronological order, click for better quality):

You can see that after the third revision the archive.org link was removed, and right after that the itch.io download for the game was removed. After the last revision, the seperate page for Hakuga was completely deleted from AnxEyeTea's itch.io.

It should be mentioned that as soon as the "fixed" version of Hakuga was uploaded to the itch.io account, a review popped up on the old archived version, which got edited multiple times. Make of that what you will.

Certain aspects of the now deleted Soundcloud account actually led to the creator's professional design work, some of which still included assets and references to Hakuga. Nowadays he works on music videos, his last one was released in May of this year. I won't link to it here since I assume he doesn't want to be associated with Hakuga under this identity.

The Conclusion

A statement has been made on the itch.io page.

TL;DR: The creator of the game is still alive and well, nobody died. The premise of someone distributing his dead friend's unfinished Unity project was solely made up for the release of the game. Hakuga was a failed (collaborative?) ARG that utilized suicide, war, depression and drug symbolism as well as images of real dead people that were, in his words, intended to denounce and not forget what happened (specifically in relation to Unit 731). The usage of Japanese text is purely stylistic and mostly nonsensical.

Thanks to everyone on Discord and Reddit who contributed to debunking this.

[layanalaya]

Anime List

I might be wrong regarding the demographic/category, but I tried my best. I didn't put an appreciation on everything. Please do your own research too before watching something.

American

Action

Blue Eye Samurai

Yasuke

Fantasy

Arcane

Castlevania

The Wicther

Chinese

Comedy

One Hundred Thousand Bad Jokes (It was funny with a lot of childhood references)

Seinen

Blades of the Gardians

Xianxia

Heaven Official’s Blessing (✅)

Korean

BL

Mignon (🌶️ 18+😏✅)

Japanese anime

Comedy

Buddy Daddies ☺️✅

Fantasy

Angel Beats!

Child of The Kamiari Month (✅)

Garo : The Animation

Inu-Oh (Idk what to say about this one)

Ookami Kodomo no Ame Yuki (✅✅😭)

Touken Ranbu : Hanamaru 

Touken Ranbu : Hanamaru 2

Violet Evergarden (✅)

Violet Evergarden : The Movie (✅🥹)

Horror

Another

Blood-C : The Last Dark (✅)

Corpse Party

Hellsing (✅)

Kangoku Jikken

Satsuriku no Tenshi

Shiki

Josei

Given (✅)

Given the Movie (✅)

Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom (✅)

Hakuoki : Wild dance of Tokyo

Kamigami no Asobi

Kids on the Slope (✅)

Josee, the tiger and the Fish (✅)

Orenchi no Furo Jijo

Paradise Kiss (✅)

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague (✅)

Uta no Prince-sama (I used to LOVE watching it. I upgrew it but the 1000% LOVE song is still a hit idc.)

Music / Idol

MARGINAL#4

Uta no Prince-Sama S1&S2 (There is more seasons but I didn't watch everything)

Psychological

Rascal Does Not Dream About Bunny Senpai (I liked it but I didn't LOVE it. The ending song is fire though)

When Marnie Was There (✅)

Zankyou no Terror

Science-Fiction

B : The Beginning (✅)

Cyberpunk : Edgerunners (✅)

Darker Than Black (✅)

Frankenstein Family

Psycho-Pass (✅)

Psycho-Pass : Sinner of the System (✅)

Psycho-Pass : The Movie (✅)

Steins;Gate

Time of Eve

Seinen

Akiba Maid War (I still don't what to thing about this one, but it was kinda funny ? 🩸🔪🤔)

Beautiful Bones - Sakurako’s Investigation (✅)

Blue Giant

Blue Period (✅)

Bungou Stray Dogs S1-S4 (✅)

Bungou Stray Dogs : Dead Apple (✅)

City Hunter

Death Parade (✅)

Devil’s Line

Dorohedoro (Didn’t finish the anime because that style of animation isn’t really my thing, but the manga is FIRE ! ❗️Read at your own discretion because it is very graphic and gore)

Elfen Lied (✅)

Erased

Gangsta (✅✅)

Gofushufudo

Grand Blue Dreaming (❌ Didn't finish it, I had a hard time watching it)

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures : Rohan Kishibe

Magica Somera-chan

Monster (✅✅)

My Dress-Up Darling (✅ Marin is the love of my life. I love this girl so much)

Nanbaka

No Game no Life (😕I find the brother-sister dynamic fantasy annoying)

Oshi No Ko

Pluto

Sirius the Jaeger

Thermae Romae

Tokyo Ghoul

Vinland Saga S1-S2 (✅ Loved S1 but S2 wasn't really what I expected, I wanted to see more about Thorfinn as a youngster)

Shojo

After the Rain (😕 the age gap really made me uncomfortable but it's not bad at all !!)

Akagami no Shirayukihime (✅)

Ao Haru Ride (✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ I LOVE THIS ONE WITH ALL MY HEART. CHILDHOOD LOVE ??? LOVE IT. THE TENSION AND THE DRAMA ??? DELICIOUS. THE OSTS ???? It's the first I watched so it has a special place in my heart.)

Bubbles (✅)

Cider no You ni Kotoba ga Wakiagaru (☺️ very cute)

Clannad (❌... I really didn't like this one and I know some people might be hate but it BORED the sh*t out of me and I don't plan on trying to give it a try EVER again)

Diabolik Lovers (Not my favorite one but I used to secretly love it even though I never wanted to admit it 😳)

From Up on Poppy Hill

Fruit Basket S1, S2, S3 et prelude (☺️ I never thought I would like it but Kyo and Tohru made me so soft 🥹)

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

HAL (🥹)

Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light (🥹)

Kaichou Wa Maid-same (✅✅✅✅✅ Like Ao Haru Ride, it was one of the first shoujo have watched so it had a special place in my heart. DOUKA PLEASE CAN YOU MY SECURET ??? *start dancing*)

Kamisama Hajimemashita (✅✅✅ TOMOE IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE THAT B!TCH)

Kimi no Na Wa (✅ Do I need to say more?)

Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai / I want to eat your pancreas (🥹)

Lovely Complex

My Happy Mariage (✅ not the husband being the cutest green flag and standing up for his wife)

My Love Story with Yamada-kun (✅✅✅✅✅ THERE ARE SO CUTE and I swear to God idk why but Yamada feels like Shu Yamino to me)

My New Boss Is Goofy

Ookami shoujo to Kuro Ouji (😶 I don't need to add more)

Orange (🥹)

Ore Monogatari!! (☺️)

Ouran High School Club (Fujioka our Queen)

Suki tte Ii na yo (I would recommend it but idk... It's not my favourite but the couple is very cute !)

The Apothecary Diaries (✅✅ I LOVE THEM AND THE 1st OP IS MY MANTRA)

The Garden of Words (😕 again age gap and teacher-student relationships are not my favourite tropes)

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun

Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion

Shonen

A Silent Voice (✅🥹)

Akame ga KILL!

Assasination Classroom (✅ When everyone started to sing together ? 🥹)

Attack on Titan S1&S3

Baki (I didn't manage to finish it but I tried)

Ballroom e Youkosu (✅)

Beastars

Black Lagoon (Revy 😳)

Blue Exorcist

Blue Lock (✅)

Boku no Hero Academia S1-S6 (✅)

Chainsaw Man

Cowboy Bepop

Death Note (✅✅✅)

Dive

Dororo (✅)

Durarara!!

Great Pretenders

GTO

Haikyuu S1 - S3 (✅✅)

Hells’s Paradise (✅)

Horimiya

Hunter X Hunter 2011 (✅✅✅)

Jujutsu Kaisen (✅✅✅)

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (✅✅🥹)

Kabaneri of The Iron Forteress

Kakegurui S1&S2 (✅)

Kimetsu no Yaiba S1 -S3

Kuroshitsuji (✅✅✅✅ Sebastian)

Kuroshitsuji : Book of Circus (Sebastian 😳)

Kuroshitsuji : Book of Murder

Kuroshitsuji : Book of the Atlantic (✅✅✅✅✅ Undertaker)

Masamune-kun no Revenge 

Mirai Nikki

Noblesse (✅ The anime adaptation is awesome but read the webtoon too)

Noragami (✅✅)

Noragami Aragoto

O Maidens in Your Savage Season (😶)

One Piece (✅✅✅✅✅✅)

One Piece Gold

One Piece Red (✅✅✅✅✅ SHANKS MY MAN AND ADO OUR QUEEN)

One Piece Stampede

One Piece Strong World

One Piece Z

One Punch Man

Owari no Seraph

Revenger

Sankarea (❌😶)

Shinning Hearts (😂 I call this anime 'The Guy who Loves Making Bread)

Spy x Family S1 & S2 (✅ Waku Waku !)

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

The Case Study of Vanitas S1 & S2 (✅🧛😏)

Tokyo Revengers S1-S2 (✅)

Ultramarine Magmel

Your Lie in April (I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either. But I know a lot of people who genuinely loved it, so try it !!!)

Yuukoku no Moriarty S1 & S2 (✅)

Shonen-Ai

No.6 (✅)

Psychic Force

Yuri!!! On Ice (✅✅✅ CAN YOU HEAR MY HEARTBEAT)

Sport

Free! : Dive to The Future

Free! : Eternal Summer

Free! : Iwatobi Swim

Yaoi

Banana Fish (✅✅✅😭)

Doukyuusei (✅☺️😳)

Dramatical Murder (😳🌶️)

Hitorijime My Hero

Junjo Romantica (😶😳🌶️)

Love Stage!! (✅😳🌶️)

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi (😶😳🌶️)

Super Lovers (😶😶😶 I was the same age as Ren when I watched it so I didn't really see the problem... Now that I'm an adult 😬)

[solradguy]

i’ve read through volcanic’s lta translation and it supposedly confirms the old fandom story that he carved it into his belt because his soldiers gave their lives to save him by disobeying his orders to leave him.

also there’s a bit which suggests that he saw some of sol’s confrontation with justice at the end of missing link. he keeps mentioning that he saw a gear mark on sol’s forehead that day. so that old headcanon has some truth to it.

i’m surprised at how much stuff the old fandom’s gotten right honestly. i don’t want to confirm anything. not until you, someone who can understand japanese, has seen it first.

Volcanic's the GOAT and has been at fan translating GG stuff for way longer than I have so whatever he says in his translations I trust 100%.

Ky seeing Sol's Gear mark is really interesting!! Denki Akiba's chapter in the GG Comic Anthology from 1998 (MEET AGAIN) is a recap of the end of Sol's Missing Link arcade route where he fights Testament and then Justice, and Ky is there but he gets knocked out. The manga volumes aren't canon, but the novels are. So I guess if this chapter and LtA both hint at Ky seeing it, then he very well could have!

MEET AGAIN ends before the part where Sol's limiter comes off, but Ky (and a few others) are in the scene. Even though Ky passes out from his injuries, he could have woken up later during the battle to have seen something. Not sure about everyone else though lol

It seems like much of the old pre-Xrd English language GG fandom were bilingual EN/JP speakers. Makes me wonder how many of these old headcanons that've ended up having a solid basis—or straight up confirmation—in the canon were things that had been implied or shown in Japanese-only materials (like the GGCA) that never got fan translations. People could've read them and then shared ideas from them, but without having anything in English to point at, it just kinda fell into a mystery headcanon zone as time erased their original posts...

[jujutsuaiko-ka]

do tell plz we need to know or at least i do tell me about your first three dates

Okay, this WILL be a long post, be forewarned. (And SORRY, it took longer than expected to answer!)

Before the first date, something happened previously...

ℍ𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖 𝕘𝕠.

Well, to be short, Kusakabe took Kiyo-kun drinking once, then he teased him about me. This made him come over drunk, and after helping him lay down (and cleaning the puke on the floor), I stayed by Kiyo-kun's side all night. He muttered that Kusakabe was right, that 'someone like me would never be interested in a loser like him'...

𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝔸𝕥𝕤𝕦𝕙𝕒 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕂𝕦𝕤𝕒𝕜𝕒𝕓𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥, 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕦𝕟𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕟���� 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 (𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕜𝕦𝕛𝕚 𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕕, 𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤.)

I couldn't just hit his face, even though I really wanted to. But Kiyo-kun eventually intervened alongside Yuuji-sensei and Junpei, and we talked; Kusakabe did apologise for the situation, even admitted he was a bit jealous of Kiyo-kun (though Junpei think it might've been some excuse). We're now in friendlier terms.

Anyway, now the dates!

The first one happened in a weekend; he waited for me with a cute as heck Fly Head plushie. We spent the day on Akihabara; had to choose between Maidreamin and Owl Cafe Akiba Fukurou to eat, I turned lots of Gachapons, we checked some rarities in Mandarake, and took pictures with cosplayers! Not gonna lie, I did said I wanted to check it out once, but never thought he'd actually do it for our first date. Kiyo-kun also caught a Fly Head that was trapped inside a Taito Station claw machine (He not only won the prize plushie it was trapped in, but figured the trick to get the plushie out, it was amazing!)

𝕊𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪'𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣. 𝔾𝕠𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣.

Hey, it's a fair concern! And it kinda pushed me to go somewhere different in our second date. Just a cat cafe... on Shibuya.

Yeah, only later I found out it was there. Obviously, I was worried; Yuuji-sensei barely visits this place after the 2018 incident, him and many others in Tokyo Jujutsu High in fact. Kiyo-kun however didn't seemed bothered. The place was pretty neat, lots of adorable kittens, a peaceful atmosphere... but I was famished while there, that place sadly only served treats to the cats. I was often checking my phone, verifying costs, looking over the window, thinking where we were located in... also didn't help that I had no sleep the previous night.

Kiyo-kun soon noticed everything, and so did the cats. I was so embarrassed for seemingly ruining the date that I made my way to the nearest bathroom to calm down. He talked to me through texts, that's how I found he noticed my concerns (he's so perceptive...), and soothed me on the money and location subject; he said he'd told me if something was too much to afford, and even if Shibuya did scar everyone in many ways, he was glad to be alive.

After a short while, I came out of the bathroom, one of the staff ladies was concerned, but I just told her I haven't slept well. And for bonus cuteness, one of the kittens was VERY attached to me, it followed me and waited me outside. We couldn't take him, of course, but we did took a picture. On our drive back, we passed by the Miyashita Daiichi Pedestrian Bridge... where he was stabbed by a curse user. He did admit he barely remembered what happened, just the pain and the lights out... Perceptive as always, he stopped nearby, and we made our way to the exact place he was on the day. I hugged him from behind as he looked over the spot he was back then... he lifted one of my hands and kissed it.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥. 𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕖𝕒𝕥, 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕒𝕪?

FamilyMart. I went DOWN on the dorayaki and taiyaki. Best dorayaki I ever ate, btw.

Third date, however, surpassed both of these two.

He sort of mixed the two previous dates' ideas, took me to Gyosen Park, where there's a natural zoo with a petting zoo and the Heisei Garden with calm, beautiful sceneries and a teahouse.

I'm not usually someone who visit zoos, but I love petting animals just as much as shikigamis. I really thought to myself one moment that I could cuddle with bunnies all day, but then-

𝕃𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕤. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕂𝕚𝕪𝕠-𝕜𝕦𝕟 𝕛𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕤.

...Yeah. It wasn't the case though; he was enjoying it just as much. We not only pet all the animals in the petting zoo, but also helped feeding them. There were lots of animals in their natural exhibits I had only seen on TV, like prairie dogs. Guess he also wanted to visit this place for the longest time.

As we made our way through the Ukita Park afterwards, I wondered if I should say something, despite my obvious excitement showing all the time.

He told me he failed to get a reservation at the teahouse on Heisei Garden, that it'd be a perfect place for a picnic. Since we still had time, I wondered if we could check the place anyway.

And he agreed. We made our way back to actually see the place. I WAS feeling a little tired (again, we DID walk all the way back), so we stopped a few times to take pictures of the beautiful flowers. We finally sit down nearby the pond, taking in the scenery and the calm around us.

And... that's when we kissed for the first time. We felt comfortable and warm nearby each other, and it just happened naturally.

𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕔.

When we finally left, I admit, it was HARD to say bye. I knew we would see each other again the next day, but...

Anyway, there it is. My first dates with Kiyo-kun... and even if not as extravagant as they were, we still go on them when we can.

[bungakuxcomplex]

really normal discussion/translation notes for the hitoiki song tls ive been working on. just needed a spot to dump them

plus-minus-kakeru-waru

×÷繰り返して心丈夫になる (kakeru waru kurikaeshite kokorojoubu ni naru) is a really, really cute pun. the verb used for multiplication in mathematics is 掛ける– it has several meanings, one of which meaning "to secure" (i.e. locking a padlock, etc). That part combined with 心丈夫 (referring to emotional security or reassurance) can give off the vibe of "securing one's emotional security". this one makes me smile a lot :)

not sure exactly what this line is supposed to mean (what were they cooking?), but the galapagos speed dramatic part of the chorus did lead me to an interesting fact while i was trying to crack it! there's a phrase called the galapagos syndrome, which is a term in the business sector that was coined in japan– one of the early uses of this term is to refer to tech with highly specific features, which was unsuccessful outside of japan. more about that here, it's very interesting and def links back to yusei's role as the akiba rep.

＋−の天秤に人生のスパイスを (purasu mainasu no tenbin ni jinsei no supaisu wo). translated as "the positive-negative balance is what spices up our lives". two things here: jinsei is the typical reading of the unit name hitoiki (which, funnily enough, derives the kanji from the names of its two members!), and spice is a nod to the fact the two of them go out to eat curry. i'm not sure if it's mentioned what their preferred spice level(s) are though.

bungaku complex

月が綺麗ですねってこぼしたそれは (tsuki ga kirei desu ne tte koboshita sore wa). this line contains a literary history reference. natsume soseki (author of texts such as botchan/wagahai wa neko de aru) coined the phrase "tsuki ga kirei desu ne" as an indirect translation of "i love you", and it is still commonly used as a method of confession for characters in anime/manga.

電気街 (denki-gai) literally: "electric town". Often tacked onto the end of akiba as a nickname given the prevalence of tech stores in the area. kinda self explanatory.

過去と未来を通りゃんせっせと (kako to mirai wo tooryanse sse to)– tooryanse is the name of a nursery rhyme from the edo period. the melody from this rhyme is often used in crossing signals in japan, with the rhyme itself essentially being about a family trying to celebrate shichi-go-san (rite of passage ceremony for young kids, more detail here).

冥土の土産はメイドが見上げた (meido no miyage wa meido ga miage ta). this one is difficult as hell to translate in a way that conveys the genius wordplay in it, and that very much gives me a migraine because it's so good. 冥土の土産 is an expression which refers to something which the speaker feels can make them pass away in peace– 冥土 in particular referring to hades and his domain in greek mythology. メイドが見上げ literally just refers to looking up at a maid (as the line is sung by yusei, this tracks given akiba's abundance of maid cafes). unironically peak

ほらもう一丁 (hora mou icchou). icchou can refer to a serving of food in a restaurant, which means it's probably a reference to how yusei and rihito are lunch bros who go out to eat together on a frequent basis. icchou, when given the -me suffix, can refer to a city block. this is probably unrelated, but it may even be a subtle nod to the close proximity of kanda and akiba stations– being located less than 10 minutes away from each other in nichome kajicho and icchome sotokanda respectively.

[vesselmade-a]

akiba was an interesting place. to itadori there was plenty of stimuli almost as though it were a whole other world. it was a place full of pop culture – video games , manga and even the occasional cosplayer passing by. yuji couldn't hide his excitement. fushiguro look at that ! and this ! even with the noise of the city he seemed to be much louder. his curious nature led him to every store and by now he had two bags of items he'd bought so far. like a wide-eyed child he just couldn't stop. though he was happy to have company today even if he was oblivious to the others apparent mood.

❛  do  you  ever  stop  talking ?  ❜ / @jikoku

“ now , fushiguro , that's not the kind of attitude to have on our day off. ” he fiddles around a moment , taking out a pair of toy glasses he'd bought earlier and slips them on. he flashes a wide smile and looks over to his friend. already distracted again his eyes go wide. he seemed to be unable to keep his wallet shut today as he spots food. “ hey ! we should go eat a kebab ! oh , wait , maybe sushi. ”

[bunnyware]

horny in japan and get no time alone. and drink every night with a big group of people, two of whom get handsy with me when nobodys looking and now a third is in on whats going on. and ofc we all go to akiba during the day and buy doujins and pass them around 24/7

[magideskai]

Peace [ピース]

A peaceful magical girl with a biased, yet positive view of Akiba culture. She appeared with her partner Veil in Akihabara, but doesn’t know what her purpose is. She seems to have some strong beliefs, but refuses to talk about them. Maybe Anarchy and friends are the final piece to her puzzle…

CV: Sumire Uesaka

Additional notes under the cut.

Our first game only character!

In game, Peace is supposed to be a tankier support. She restores health and gives your party defense boosts with her skills. Her design seems to have some Cleric and Paladin motifs also, so it’s not much of a surprise. She is given to you for free after finishing the story’s second chapter.

The last line more literally translates to “Anarchy and friends are important in helping her find her purpose”, but I couldn’t pass up the pun.

Peace = Piece = Puzzle piece.

Sumire Uesaka has a lot of voice roles, but some prominent ones are Hayase Nagotoro, Jataro Kemuri from Danganronpa Another Episode, and Lum in the 2022 Urusei Yatsura reboot. She also sang Pop Team Epic’s self-titled opening song.

[sifasdt]

SIFAS Daily Theatre Classic: 2021-07-16

(Transcription after the break.)

[Image transcription:]

SIFAS Daily Theatre for 2021-07-16

Let's Cruise Through Tokyo

You: Uwaaah~, this is the best~~!! Kotori: Fufu, actually, I just found out about this thing recently as well. I thought you might also be interested in it, You-chan. You: I am interested, super interested! I can't believe we can sightsee around Tokyo on a boat! Kotori: I'm glad you're having fun. Ah, You-chan, we're going to go under this bridge soon! You: Yeah! Alright, we're going under now~. 3, 2, 1, there, we passed through~!! Kotori: Ahaha, you're so silly, You-chan. You: Ehehe, cause it's a ton of fun, you know! Kotori: Ah, there, that's Akiba. You: Eh!? You can see Akiba from a boat, huh! Kotori: Fufu, I thought I'm used to seeing Akiba, but seeing it from a boat feels so fresh ♪

[End transcription.]

[leafiebeanie]

sooooo, in lieu of the kny x oishii milk collab that's happening now, seeing kyo posing with the familiar packaging sparked a milky memory from a few years back ( ´ ▿ ` )

leafie's story time under the cut 🤭🤭

i was visiting jpn for the first time near the end of winter and the early beginnings of spring 2018 (so around late jan to early feb), and i've heard good things about japanese milk right

so first thing i did after landing in japan and checking into the hotel, i went to buy some milk from the konbini—first one i went to was family mart.

i got the oishii brand milk (true to its name, it's super tasty and i miss it every time i want to drink milk)

and you'd think that i would drink it immediately after buying it bc i was so excited to try it—but i had the brightest idea of drinking it after i took a shower. yknow, like how i saw them do in some animes (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

so i popped the milk in the fridge and went to take a hot bath

now, i'm a very forgetful person, and if it's out of sight, it's literally out of my mind (⇀ ↼‶) truly gone like my mans who left to buy milk from the milkstore and never came back jkjk

after my shower, i decided to look up places to go the next day and started making some plans with my family. then i went to sleep bc the eight hour flight had me tuckered out—man, it was lights out as soon as my head hit the pillow xDDDDD

i had a great night of sleep, all while my milk sat forgotten in the fridge 😅😅

and so you might think, okay well, surely you drank it when you remembered it the next day after another hot shower, right?

no

we had to check out of the hotel the next morning bc the actual hotel we were gonna stay at was further from the airport and closer to town

my milk was left behind in the fridge, unopened and forgotten 🥲🥲 (sometimes i wonder if the hotel staff found my milk and drank it themselves, but i doubt they would—bc common sense tells you it's extremely dumb and reckless to be drinking something that someone else left behind even though it looks like it's never been opened, bc there's always a chance that it's been tampered with)

anyway, sentiments for my forgotten milk aside, of course i have brilliant memory and remembered it only after we had checked out of the hotel and were halfway on the train to the next hotel (눈_눈)

i cursed myself for letting my milk slip away from me—but no matter, i can always get more today, or so i thought

so, when my parents were busy checking us into the second hotel, i went off to get another oishii milk packet from another konbini—this time i went to lawsons

and this time, i was determined to remember to drink it, but i was also stubborn and still wanted to drink it after i took a hot bath

obviously, i could've just bought two so i could just drink one now, and then the other after my bath later, right?

no

leafie is dumb and stubborn (not a great combi, let's be honest), so please keep that in mind as you enjoy the rest of this silly memory xD

and it was around noon, i think? or early afternoon when we got our rooms—and it was the perfect time for exploring town, so i tossed the milk into the fridge and left to akiba

believe it or not, all the excitement i had for the milk was gone bc i was busy being even more excited (ง ื▿ ื)ว about getting to explore akiba and harajuku (but regrettably, i was travelling with family, so i could only glance at the entire troves of bl mangas and doujins longingly for a whole 1.5 seconds bc it would be suspicious if i stared too long (ノ_<。)ヾ(´▽` )

but i digress, anyway—the sun sets so early in japan, like woah, it got dark so soon and most of the restaurants were closed when we were finally to eat (and while i am a foodie at heart, i somehow don't get hungry at all while i'm travelling ( ´ ▿ ` )), so we just grabbed a quick bento from the konbini and passed out on our beds soon after we got back to the hotel

side note: the orange juice from family mart is so so so so so so fresh and good omg, i miss it almost as much as i miss the milk tbh

so day 2 passed just like that, with a day well spent and feet well walked, and wallet slightly lighter than when i left the hotel that day (my coin purse grew heavier though, as i collected the loose change from breaking 1000 yen bills)

then come day 3—i was going to be in japan for slightly over a week, 9 days; so you might think, oh c'mon leafie, surely that's plenty of days for you to drink your goddamn milk!

again, no

day 3 was harajuku day, and boy was it raining when we got there

wearing two fuzzy jackets and two shirts were, understandably, quite a lot of layers when you're gonna be walking around a lot, plus the humidity from the rain and my tendency to sweat buckets—you can imagine that i looked like a wet rat that had just crawled out from the sewers x'DDD

my bangs were plastered across my forehead, i looked like a mess, and i wasn't used to the weather (i live in a tropical country where its either sun or rain xD), sweaty inside but cold outside :(((

but then it snowed a little at night!! though it wasn't like big big snowfall where you had fluffy snow everywhere, it was my first snow!! and it was fun just watching little ❄️ snowflakes ❄️ drifting down from the skies under the dim streetlamp

i'm sure you can already guess—i was too engrossed with the snow to remember my milk, all alone in the fridge

but i went to bed happy that night ☺️☺️

and then day 4 was... well, we don't talk about day 4, my family had a little argument bc some wanted to go back to harajuku for more shopping and some wanted to see new places

in the end, we went to the aquariums to see the fishies! took a few pics with the uhhh, bug looking creature that lives at the bottom of the ocean

it's a bit unsettling, but it was cute nonetheless

i sort of wish that i bought the stuffed toy version from the gift store tbh—i got a seal instead

this is starting to be more about the trip than the story about me forgetting my milk, so let's reel it back in and skip to day 9, the final day of my trip

note that i STILL haven't drank my milk despite having had 8 other days to do so 🤦🤦🤦

the return flight was in the evening, but we had to check out of the hotel at noon, so basically we spent the rest of the day at haneda airport

i had just reached the airport when i realised that yet again!!! i had forgotten my milk, left it in the fridge of the hotel and then checked out _:(´ཀ`」 ∠):_

knowing that this was really my final chance to taste the milk, i ran to the konbini and bought the milk for the third time now, and this time! this time!!! i drank it straight away

andit was so good!!! so tasty, ive never had a milk so good before in my life—really made me regret not drinking it earlier—i could've had one for each day i was there!!!!! but nooooo, i just had to be stubborn and forgetful hahahahhahaha (눈_눈)

and that's the end of my little milky story

so guys, if you want to drink the milk, just do it! (b ᵔ▽ᵔ)b

don't be me and say that it has to be done in the perfect manner bc you will miss that opportunity xD or almost miss it, really