#Gintoki 01

[babygray]

I ended up watching a short about Gintama's Final Ending scam, and it talked about its connection to the tv show ZIP!.

ZIP! was my go-to when it came to morning TV, so I was happily surprised. (I would have been happily surprised sooner if I would just read the manga already.)

- Chapter 698.

When Gintama announced that it would be ending in 5 chapters, ZIP! did what news magazine programs do and reported on it. Main presenter Taichi Masu was shocked by the news.

A month later, when Gintama, in fact, did not end, ZIP! reported that as well. Especially since they were name-checked in the manga itself. Masu said he was happy that the manga is continuing, even if he's sorry that he made Katsura curse him out.

This scene is animated and voiced for the surprise video at Jump Festa, which ends with the line: "Sending it out to all the Masu-announcers". (To which Gintoki screams, "There's only one Masu! Send it out to all our readers!!") (The video also uses the wrong character for Mr. Masu's name as a little extra gag on top of the shout-out.)

Finally, when Gintama did finally end, there is one last shout-out posted on the official website: Gintoki has written a thank you note to Z*P's Masu-announcer. "You made him report a complete lie! You think this makes it right!!"

Mr. Masu looks pleased, so maybe it's fine.

Links: "Farewell Gintama: On the other side of the Final Chapter" comic: https://iro2.tokyo/7495 TV recording of ZIP!'s report on the ending: https://twitter.com/natchi2525/status/1141989733796466688 The youtube short that sent me down this spiral: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Eom77NAB_w "A look back at Gintama's ending scam": https://www.patsuoruta.com/entry/2019/08/01/190036

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12/01 DR2024

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anthologies

a1 otokomae uke anthology | 毒喰らわば、| sample | mail order | note that preorders have been exhausted, but remaining copies will be added after the event

individual publications

01 冬籠り/yukimi | 光の先へ | sample | mail order | post-final ginhiji who aren't dating, story about pastimes 02 茨道 / 魁 | 夜明けの番 | sample | mail order | fokkuro, dubcon elements 03 SOULⅡSOUL/oko | VSバーサス上巻 | sample | mail order | W fuku, younger gintoki 04 徒桜/elmo | 惚れたが因果 | sample | mail order | post-final married ginhiji 05 薫製/kun | ラブハプニングは突然に | sample | mail order | set after the final x mutual yearning x room you can't leave 06 くろさぎ屋/kurosagiko | ケー番おしえて土方くん | sample | mail order | gag book about gin-san trying to become email friends 07 とやまの美味しい水/toya | ××しないと成仏しない霊 | sample | mail order | light horror and gag book 08 ゆめみる波間/kaise ashita | White Out | sample | mail order | happy ending endeco, death story 09 未確認生命体/UMA | Chill Season | sample | mail order | winter stories feat. original ginhiji, pattsuchi & zessan 10 K点超え / k | ファイナルベイビーリターニー | sample | mail order | post-final ecchi book 11 気のおけない人 / okena | 責任とれよ ダーリン | sample | mail order | under-desk blowjob leads to sex book 12 ジュリエットが待ってる/nori | 俺がきみに会いに行くはなし | sample | mail order | gin-san takes a mysterious drug and is transported to hijikata's past 13 日溜まり / makoto | 手もココロもほどけない | sample | mail order | ginhiji who aren't dating become unable to separate their hands due to an amanto device 14 Eupa/fujimura | せつせつ | sample | mail order | comedy book about rumours of gin-san getting a lover 15 mochiro | 頬をつねって | sample | mail order | ginhiji who aren't dating getting messed with by a gift from sakamoto 16 mochiro | 積年の銀土はたまにまとめないと忘れちゃう | sample | mail order | illustrated stories based on hagaijime's everyday ginhiji posts 17 kara no tamago / isaki | 乳飲み子は寝て育つ | sample | mail order | gin-san is turned into a baby thanks to an amanto drug 18 芍薬吟香/mohikan | 日々、彼是。| sample | mail order 19 くらーーーん/nushi | よろずやトシちゃんvol1046 | sample | mail order | everyday book about W teacher ginhiji | fukutoshi book 20 縁迎堂 / umashio | 腐れ縁の男の看病をしていたら困ったコトになりまして | sample | mail order | hijikata gets sick and gintoki looks after him (feat. suppositories) 21 百点満点/hanamaru | 死後に宛て | sample | mail order | a bromancey story about a will (not a death story) 22 おとなりいいですか？/oto | めぐる季節を きみの隣で | sample | mail order | four short stories (pattsuchi, dks, wfuku, original) about confessing in each of the seasons 23 June/endo | おねがい、ひじかたくん。| sample | mail order | a story about hijikata attempting his first blowjob 24 fujiwara | おとぎ話みたい | sample | mail order | a ropes story about adult hijikata and a sakata who's become smaller 25 初恋薊/kannagi | えっ副長が万事屋箱推しってマジ?!前編 | sample | mail order | tosshi returns as a yorozuya (group) oshi 26 べっこう飴/beko | スケベをさせろ！！ | sample | mail order | three short stories about ginhiji wanting to get down and dirty but being unable to 27 夕待ち/ino | さざめき恋心 | sample | mail order | post-final ginhiji where gintoki inadvertently confesses 28 とぐ屋/togu | お兄さん達は許しませんよ！ | sample | mail order | a story about kondou and katsura following ginhiji 29 yoi | 話は通しておいてやるよ | sample | mail order | a story about ginhiji trying polynesian sex to get out of their relationship rut 30 ふりかけ三昧/goma | 純情パラドクス | sample | mail order | hijikata asks gintoki on a date as a final way to give up his feelings; happy end

[xaracosmia]

[ ꕥ — BZZT! NEW OUTLANDERS DETECTED! WELCOME TO XARA COSMIA! ]

ꕥ — IN EXO COSMIA...

Gintoki Sakata

"The Queen of Hatred" O-01-04

ꕥ — IN MARE COSMIA...

Cole

[delinquentdevil]

”The hell!? Are you sayin’ the staff of the behind the scenes are all ran by apes!? ...I’d actually believe that.”

“But you ain’t sidetracking a damn thing from the point here!”

”You’re also thousand years too old to have worries like these, dead fish-eyes thief. I...” A thoughtful (solely for himself) pause ensued as the very real struggle is brought to the table. “Ah! Perfect idea!”

”Going by the Protagonist hierarchy act #42, season 7. For bullshit like this I can just go and make ya my sidekick! Can’t ya just picture how damn relaxing that’d be for ya?”

Another damn lie. This was just an equally twisted form of highway robbery.

Especially since they’re both fucking protags.

@silverscamurai

[astersofthesky]

This is amazing, Gintama fans, y'all need to see and share this

[dayo15]

[inherlikeness-blog]

It had never been in his inclination to fight. Dominic had been the type to rough-house, and some of his younger brothers, and Emma some days, and when pulled into the fray, Norman had reciprocated -- but he found no real enjoyment in the activity. It was more the affection and laughter and teasing that he enjoyed, the playfulness. He’d never instigated scuffles, himself.

And he had certainly never fought in earnest.

The past several days had been revealing, though, making things apparent that he had wanted to avoid if possible. Between being robbed and assaulted and having to intervene with nothing but his bare hands to fight, and finding the... In the wake of all of that, Norman considered it an inevitability: he would have to fight. Really fight. His wit and agility were no guarantee, and no guarantee meant that he needed to regard it as if it couldn’t be avoided.

But he could try. He kept to back streets still, evaded larger congregated groups of the infected as well as he could, and minimized confrontations to whatever degree he could. It was in one of these back streets, taking the long way around to avoid being detected by a throng of them up ahead, that he nearly tripped over it.

A four-foot iron pipe, with a crook on one end and a few screws protruding, broken on one end and lying in a puddle. Norman stared at it as though it would bite him, for a moment, before bending down to pick it up. It was a hefty piece of metal. Must have broken from somewhere and ended up here? He gripped it in both hands experimentally, weighing it -- figuratively as well as literally.

Well...a real weapon wouldn’t hurt. Wouldn’t hurt him, at least, not in his own hands. He’d prefer it to be longer -- more varied uses, better reach -- but it would serve. It would serve far better than bare hands, certainly.

Approaching footsteps interrupted the thought process. Behind him? The infected, had they... The boy wheeled about with his new weapon in hand, startled and brandishing it at the ready almost without thinking. He stared, wide-eyed, at the stranger...though the other didn’t look out of his mind by any means. No reason not to regard him a little cautiously, at any rate. He’d gotten...lax about simply trusting strangers off the bat.

“Who are you?”

@silversadmurai​

[hellfiremaiden-blog]

familiar || Gintoki

This place was entirely too loud. Ai hadn’t the faintest idea why anyone would want to cause such a commotion until she’d neared the street-side crowd... and into a jumble of figures either regretting or celebrating the outcome of some medium-scale bet. She’d been used to gamblers before, often sought out for vengeance on “unfair operators” by sore, drunken losers.

She pressed her back against the dingy wall, eyeballing a particularly dejected looking man with snowy hair. His garments... they seemed almost familiar, like he had come from some place like her, when she was still human. Before she knew it, it seemed as if he’d caught her staring with her wide, curious eyes.

However, when his gaze met hers... she didn’t bother looking away, continuing to scrutinize him from her position with little care for the opinions of others. There were no consequences here; she could damn well do as she pleased. 

[torikake-blog]

         @temera​

Hanzo huffs.

It is rare that he exudes such a powerful aura of pure annoyance, unaccompanied by hostility or frustration. However, this is a feeling he often feels when faced with this sort of behavior. It was expected, yet Hanzo is never happy about it. Far from it. Being ignored was one of the most aggravating things in the world and Hanzo would not stand for it.

Reaching out, the archer swipes a broad palm down on the Jump issue Gintoki so flawlessly pours his attention onto in order to avoid what Hanzo is telling him. The magazine hits the ground with a definitive slap, dust flying up around the pages. Hanzo cared not if it got dirty.

“Oi,” he barks, scowling. “Listen when I am speaking to you.”

[pearthery]

some gintama fic recs:

some gintama fics from my ao3 bookmarks that i would like to yell about. a fair amount of these are oneshots that i'm very fond of, but every now and then a multi-chapter might pop up. one or two are hosted on ffnet! mostly gen, with some character pairings! they vary ahaha

i confess that my deepest affections lie often with yorozuya and shoka sonjuku/joui4 fics, with ventures into otose and her extended family, and that i may love gintoki too much, so my fic recs lean in that direction!

Needs More Bombs by Sinnatious — [gen] this one is a 259 word oneshot about zura (and bombs) and that's really all it is, ahaha

Thieves, Like Books, Should Not Be Judged By Their Covers by katjedi — [gintsu] a gintsu genderbend in a fantasy world!!!! to quote the tags, "Friendship! Effort! Victory!" ginko is very cute <3

Report on Incident No. 235908 Involving Vessel NKMA-01 by Yamazaki Sagaru (Age 32) by Apathy, saltedpin — [gen, a little bit of yamazaki > tama, but tama's emotions are rather ambiguous yknow] oh darn i dont quite know how else to describe this except that it feels Just like an episode, JUST like an early?middle? gintama kind of episode with silly shenanigans and the characters all being superbly dumb and aagh i laughed so much!!!!

the familiar and the great unknown by guycecil — [takagin, zuragin, sakagin, sakataka] wkkwidioqodjkajda i was delivered many heartbroken emotions by this joui4 era fic. the entire series aches, i love this author so much, but this particular gin-centric installation gives me especially melancholic emotions.

Afterlife is a country you don't need a visa for by MilwaukeeMeg — [gen] an alternate universe where shinpachi and kagura die before they ever meet gintoki (once again gintoki gets to see ghosts,,) BUT that certainly won't stop them from becoming beloved yorozuya fam <3

The 'Bottle' in 'Spin the Bottle' Is Surely A Euphemism For Alcohol by StarryDustandFluffyStuff — [zurataka, zuragin, sakagin, sakataka, sakazura] the plot is "sakamoto kisses anyone he wants" and it's an absolutely excellent plot, very very good, i support sakamoto's endeavours wholeheartedly. to quote the tags, silly and fun, with a dash of angst!! i very much like the sakamoto voice too!

you/him by ijustwanttodestroy — [takagin] as the tags say, there is Angst, there is Romance, there is Character Study (my goodness there is character study) the way the words flow in this makes me press my hands to my face and gasp. second person pov that makes me cry,,,

the lonely thief by Official_Biscuit_Moron — [gen] okay okay okay this is wonderful and wonderful and introspective and catherine-centric (stinky cat woman <3) biscuit's writing is soft and subtle and evocative, i never felt quite so deeply for catherine until This, there is so much love in the writing!!! aaaaghg gh

It's a Hard Knock Life by Linderosse — [gen] joui3,,, babies,,, modern au,,, some fluff some angst some emotional hurt and comfort, i really really like the characterisation of their childhood selves (like? a very strong sense of voice?) and the prose! the prose is so gentle, the atmosphere like? a sweet vague wash of emotion? (hm i'm sorry for being so inconcise with my descriptions and also my recommendations in general ahaha) this is part of a series, and the next part of the series is equally wonderful and perhaps delivers even more heartache (tempered with fluff,,)

they say the devil you know is better than the one you don't, but sometimes both devils are you and what are you supposed to do then, huh? by parangari — [gen] this one is kagura-centric oh Frick i don't know what else to say about this but? kagura stream of consciousness?? second person pov??? every word exudes emotion and the kagura voice rattles in my bones and the gintoki and the shinpachi you glimpse through kagura's voice are so very very Them i guess what i mean is aah i think it's superbly in-character!!!

When in Doubt, Shout by InfiniteInMystery — [sakagin, hijigin, hm, but mostly, Adventure, i think] in-progress multi-chapter gintama skyrim au!! there was a dragon at the start and it was cool, and i just think it is very neat! also the relationship between otose and gintoki in this is very sweet,,

ghost— by kapteeni — [gen] a series technically not a fic but series most certainly count too and this one made me cry and left an ache in my chest (an important criteria) worldbuilding is amazing and so is characterisation and relationships and everything, i remember reading this all in one go and afterwards i had lost my sense of self and was floating in a void of strange awe and euphoria and wistful wistful emotions <3 <3 <3 kapteeni wrenched my soul out of my body and i was grateful beyond words

The Most Important Things are Sometimes the Stupidest by dearfriendicanfly — [konhiji] kqoaifikqkakdjkakdjjajs i like it very much Nice Pacing Nice Characterisation Nice Yeah

funeral casket for my childhood by perennials — [kagunobu] i know perennials' gintama works as Tried and True Breakers of My Heart , this one was especially devastating to me, the title has haunted me for years, i feel so much melancholy at the ending

Tiger Mom by gettinyinggywithit — [gen] a little hint of gintsu, but mostly, it is about tsukuyo learning to be gentle when it was not what she was taught, and the prose is? smooth?? silk smooth? smooth like still water???

You and me and the Devil makes three by saveusmilkboy — [gen] this joui war fic buried itself into my soul it has nine chapters on ao3 and for the first few chapters the formatting has the paragraphs squashed together, i read it first on fanfiction.net and it is perhaps the single one first person pov oc fic that i have adored, i love mikkun, and more than that, i think how the author delves into the feeling of a war? it feels so grounded,, and outsider pov on the joui!! so much character building going on!! gintoki says cool speeches! zura sings "ma'am i'd like to fuck"!

Cradle Song by iphido — [ayano/tatsugoro, gen] cw: miscarriage. gorgeously written thoughtful piece about otose and motherhood. there is so much care in the writing, and iphido writes relationships that exude so much love, my goodness

If Love is in the Air, it's Time You Started Thinking About Getting an Air Conditioner — by Official_Biscuit_Moron — [kintoki/gintoki] ahahahaha biscuit is immensely talented at writing things that exude the ridiculous shenanigans of gintama daily life and this is Just One Of Them i will not say anything else except please read this kintoki goes through many ordeals and the dialogue is impeccably funny and sacchan is there!!!!!

What to Do About Tomorrow by Shirokokuro — [gen] shirokokuro's shoyo&gintoki centric content reaches right into my ribcage and wraps tenderly around my heart, it brings me SO much delight, so much affection, i love shiro's writing so much, vivid wonderful prose, settings and descriptions that make me feel like i am under sunlight and photosynthesising, dialogue and scenes that flow so smoothly and organically, i have So many words. now i will write words about the fic itself: wtdat is the multi-chapter shoyo-gin timeloop fic that my heart has always yearned for, aghgggh. the epitome of found family content, and you know what while i am at it, i would like to usher to the front the rest of shiro's gintama works, Alpenglow and An Armful of Azaleas because they are sweet and lovely and i love them

[seigibathala]

I posted 106 times in 2021

51 posts created (48%)

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#5

“Even though it’s midday, the time where traffic was the heaviest and people stared from afar, those two, stay like that for a while” - From Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Comics by loveatthirdsight.

Hello, it’s been 3 months since I posted this comic, so I guess I am allowed to show the spoiler lol. Here’s the clean version of their kiss in the street <3 check my pinned post if you haven’t read the short comic from this fanfic in AO3, link is also there.

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#4

SOBER THOUGHTS 3

Gintoki x Tsukuyo Doujinshi

Please, do not repost without my permission

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#3

4 Heavenly Kings

JOUI 4

I wish to see more of them together

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#2

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

[ A Weeklong Prompt Entry for GintsuWeek 2021]

✨ It’s you, It’s always been you.

I haven’t posted on daily work due to this but finally I’m done wew!

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#1

“BETTER GIFT”

Happy Birthday to our Queen, Haruno Sakura!

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[fluffygin]

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#i need to watch the movie when the dvd comes

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#2

beautiful family *___*

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See the full post

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For Going Angst Week Day 4 : Corruption

The boundary between Ghost Zone and Amity Park is always been thin. But, after becoming a halfa, now Danny is the catalyst for bringing forth the Ghost Zone, merging the real world and the realm of the dead to become one.

111 notes • Posted 2021-08-04 14:55:13 GMT

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Long Live the King

The Legends said all the previous ghost who became the King will be consumed with their own power.

Will he overcome those powers or ended up counsumed like all of his predecessors ?

Only time can tell.

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Ghostly Demon Wail

I draw more of @louroalka 's demon dp au haha. Kinda try to draw some action line but kinda failed miserably lol.

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Going Angst Week 2021 day 1 : Birth/Creation

(TW : blood, ectoblood, wounds)

Tuck..er, S..am...

I'm going to hell with this haha

Not the most original, but i just need it to go out from my system

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From @floralflowerpower 's DP hunter AU, Pendragon. I really like it so tried to draw one of the scenes.

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[isntzura-blog]

@silversadmurai

There are not in Japan anymore, and this is deeply concerning. He had a mission to fulfill, and it was to ensure the nation’s restoration. It was hard to start a revolution outside of the country now, does it? He’d have to get back home.

But ah, he shouldn’t try that immediately - it would be rude to come back without bringing home souvenirs! Already he found some great things to distribute to the Jouishishi, like candy that explodes in your mouth or candy-like things that explode in your bathtub. Such explosive inventions could easily find home in their theme. Gintama’s in its final arcs in the manga after all, this would be their last chance to give his comrades a lasting impression to their readers.

But there’s a problem, Katsura’s own token narrator pointed out. Japan has been destroyed, there was no way to go back home now.

Silly narrator, Katsura replied. Japan is not destroyed, not when her people still yet live.

Like this stupid samurai in front of him now. He’s not surprised that he’s still alive, perm hair and all. If there’s anybody who would come out alive from this, it would be him.

“Oi Gintoki, why are you lazing about the park? If you’re here, you might as well act like a proper tourist.”

[ridiculously-expensive-milk]

The Day Our Bench Was Lonely - 01

Summary:  As one would have expected, coming of age isn’t quite easy when you’re a Yato. Kagura goes to an Alien Hunter school and Okita longs at the sky.

Chapters: 2 previous next

#Aboard_AMC003_CRIMSON ##Log_00_Kagura Space 's lonelier than Kagura thought it would be. 

Sitting on the window ledge she stares at the infinite universe sparkling with planets and stars passing through ever-so-slowly. The ship 's silent since she's the only crew here, though there's the main computer humming quietly in the background as it calculates the trajectories and energy management for her. Umibozu bought the ship on her fifteenth birthday, something about her being old enough to start her career as an alien hunter. He told her about an academia opened by the association two years ago, stationing some galaxies away and welcoming every species so long they are strong and motivated enough. Obviously, it's a huge opportunity for her and even if she loves the Earth she needs to move on and become stronger, everyone's becoming an adult and she can't get stuck being a kid.

Even the meek Shinpachi’s growing up, he's become a lot stronger than before and as of late he even teaches the neighbour kids at the dojo on how to wield the sword. He trains hard every day with Gin-chan and fights a lot more during their nonsensical Yorozuya job, he's no longer the weak big brother she used to protect.

Gintoki grows too, though differently, he's much more like a grandpa and she kind of expect diabetes to hit him soon but besides training with Shinpachi he doesn't participate as much during battles as before and it's as if he's passing his soul to Shinpachi instead and she knows; it's because he's all too tired to continue being a warrior when he's a useless, sugar-addicted earth dad.

And then there's the other idiot too, acting all cool because he's just so close to becoming a vice chief like he always wanted to be. It's not for right now but Kagura's been told the gorilla will eventually retire— maybe to marry Anego— and that means Toshi will be the chief and the Sadist the vice-chief. Kagura thinks Edo's doomed if someone like him gets such a high rank within the police force.

And then there's her walking behind all of them, there's nothing for her to do on Earth. In Edo she's a Yato and besides destroying the park with the Sadist she doesn't know what to do, she's only good at fighting, breaking things so when Umibozu comes with a flashy, new model of spaceship she doesn't think much more and jumps in.

This brings her here. It's been two days since she entered the ship for the first time and she spends her time eating, napping and maybe study a bit. She will arrive at the school in a week, it's her first time going to one and it makes her as much excited as she's anxious. How are people there? Are they mean like back in Rakuyou? She bites her lips, her throat feels sour just by imagining those eyes. Monster, they call her.

"Daily analyse report available," the computer warns in its female though robotic voice.

Kagura gets up and sits down at the helm; there's a wide window panel allowing her to see what's in front of her and a giant screen floating. She leans down and reaches for the floating sphere, glowing slightly blue and immediately, as the computer identifies her fingerprint the report shows up on the screen.

Status: normal Temperature: 22°C | 28°C Solar Room | 0°C Cryo Room... ...

Her eyes wander on the table before she finds what she needs; the manual of the ship with Umibouzu's notes. He wanted to come along and teach her himself how to pilot the ship but Kagura refused; she wants to do everything by herself and there's always the emergency call if something goes wrong. It's not that hard since everything 's almost automatic— though she needs to learn how to do manual piloting as well, in case the computer fails to calculate and when big rocks decides to fly towards you. Each note left by Umibozu are clear and concise, she compares the data of the computer with his and everything's in the normal. She's not going to die from lack of oxygen anytime soon.

The daily routine now done Kagura moves onto the messages, ancient ships have lags between when the message's sent and when it's received but her's all new and very expensive, if it's messages she'd receive them in a day. Other media such as audio or videos can take a lot more time, though.

=====START_OF_TRANSMISSION===== Sender: Umibouzu Object: How are you? <3 -------------------------------------------------- Kagura, it's your beloved Father (she wants to throw up!) How are you doing? Do the daily report well, it's important. I'm sending you files for exercises and a mail from the Association's school, there should be materials you need to study. Don't forget to take care of the Solar Room too.Dad loves you! -------------------------------------------------- Attached files (4): exercises_1.pdf, welcome_to_the_association.pdf, universae_lesson_1.pdf, universae_wb_1.pdf =====END_OF_TRANSMISSION=====

In a flick of a finger the control sphere opens another window— this time; however, allows the holographic keyboard to materialize. It’s a thin, very thin layer of blue light and she’s still amazed by the hard, cold touch of it. Her fingers slides between the keys as she starts answering Umibouzu’s message with a rather humble one-liner, “thank you”. It’s not like she can write letters. She doesn’t know nearly enough kanjis for that.

Once she’s done with replying Kagura downloads and checks out the files. They must be pre-requisite for the students who should be, like her, travelling in space until they reach the station. From her father’s talk it seems like the Association’s station's very big and the space left for the students are new and renovated, as the school program's recent. It’s a hard cursus with interuniversal students, which leads to the official language used by the school.

The versa's created and used by the Association only, both written and talked it helps the communication between all the different species. Her ship’s core software's in Japanese for now but soon she will have to update and install the versa language instead; all her textbooks and homework will be in versa and it's going to be expected of her to talk fluently the versa by the end of the year. It’s a shame since she wants to learn the Japanese first, she could finally read the JUMP without the help of Gin, then.

Kagura decides to do what’s the easiest for her first: read the welcome file of her future school, carefully translated by her father.

“Welcome to the Association,” it reads in a bright and bold red font. The first part 's rather boring, passing over the history and origin of the Association, the school. There are pictures of the classrooms which are spacious and very modern, in white and minty shades, of the training areas… They’re things Kagura’d rather discover with her own eyes rather than through pictures.

SCHEDULE: - 8:00 Presentation - 10:00 Uniforms hand-out - 14:00 Test - 18:00 Cadets Classes

Her right brow cocks, nobody told her that there’s going to be a test on the first day. And what the hell are cadets classes? She skims through the file, her eyes landing on a chart. Each term ends with examinations on the subjects as well as the simulation of a mission, the latter being more important. The examination leads to a grade which would determine your class; a class 's a group of students of the same level, they will live in the same dormitory and possess the same privileges. This brings her remaining brow to raise too, she’s not really used to all that hierarchy others love so much. The Sadist tried to explain once but she never understood the point

Food.

If there's food as a prize it's only a matter of course that she wins through the S rank solely for it, the benefits all look nice too. She wonders if it’s easy to reach the top ten, being a Yato and the daughter of Umibouzu and Kouka she's only fated to be amongst the best. No, even being part of one of the three warrior race’s big enough of an advantage in this kind of career. The stronger they are, the better it is, such is the rule of the Association— revolving around fighting, and for the first time she realises it's revolving around people like her.

People who are ridiculously strong. People from bloodthirsty races who have to choose between either the path of destruction or salvation, with nothing in-between and for the first time people like her are not cursed as monsters but instead sung as heroes. It’s a whole different world from the Earth, even though she’s met her most important people there as well as the kindest, it's now in a climate where Amantos are seen as threats and enemies from the previous war against Utsuro.

Within the Association fighting abilities are praised, glorified above all, and many Yatos have gone through this path like her father or chooses the opposite side in the Harusame like her brother.

It's now time for her, Kagura, to trace her own path and though she only has vague ideas about her future very soon she will have to choose and act upon it; the Association 's here to help her. Umibouzu used to tell her so; people like them have power. She; however, doesn’t understand what’s more about them than being about to kill people easier than others.

“If only Gin-chan was there,” she mutters with a bitter tone, “I’m sure he knows. They all know, anyway, besides me.”

Kagura glances at the endless darkness through the glass, she’s promised everyone she’s going to come back stronger but she doesn’t know how and she’s scared. They say that around fifteen the people from their race are becoming adults and are the most unstable, they are neither kids nor adults but something else that's far scarier.

She closes her eyes. The humming of the computer, the emptiness of space disappears slowly and are replaced by the drumming of rain, the cold and wet floor from her old house. The loneliness of that house, once so warm despite the rain, despite the cracks and everything in the world. She’s filled with the memories of the laughs, the cries left on that lonely planet. And then—

— the surge of pain, the anger, the sadness, the incomprehension. There’s the smell of sickness, the sour taste of wait and longing, the pang of pain and the burst of anger. Her house, the old house of her memories shattered, the delicious rice, the embrace of a mother, the warmth of a family; nothing's left but utter hate. She remembers every second of it as if living that day again the rain's pounding against the street when she runs out, her mother 's dying, her brother and father are fighting to death.

Finally, she stops them but her Father 's too hurt to even look at her, and her brother— fifteen at the time, doesn’t look back at her either and leaves like all the remains of their old house. The family they’ve once been 's now nothing but a shell of what it used to be; a joke. The bonds now stranded there's now nothing left to keep them together, so they leave all by one and she’s here, behind and she doesn’t understand anything.

A joke.

That must’ve been what she is, back then and now still.

[frutpunchsamurai]

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