#I love when he and Natsume are silly little guys together

[happywitchesofnewdi]

It's too late, Mugi. I'm afraid he's already been influenced.

[d4ndelionesky]

can you do more natsume headcanons

pairing: x reader (gender neutral) 

genre: fluff, lil angst, Natsume Being Silly (tm)

tw: none!

a/n: AAAA OFC <33 i love writing about this silly little guy

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HERE COMES NATSUME PT2 !!

☆ The two of you are in bed together, you resting on top of him and Natsume is lightly playing with your hair. Then, you ask for a bedtime story - thinking he wouldn't actually go through with it. Then!! To your surprise, Natsume was more than willing to tell you a story. - His stories are vibrant just like him. Even without looking at him, you can tell he's expressive - he has a natural talent for storytelling. It does the opposite trick however, it only makes you more awake. - He quiets down at the end of his story, embarrassment creeping up on him and apologizing for keeping you up -- How can you be mad at him though? He's your darling natsume. - it becomes a routine from then on. It's one of Natsume's favourite parts of the day ☆ Natsume is very slow on news ... One minute it's the two of you scrolling on your phones then you hear a quiet gasp from him. You look over and he shows his phone to you, pointing at his screen and starts telling you about it. - It's not like you can stop him though, Natsume is so earnest whenever he talks about something. ☆ Natsume is not a clean freak, but he gets >:( whenever one of his things gets dirty. Although, a pro is that he makes sure your things are clean as well. He'll even double-check it's clean too. ☆ Natsume tries his absolute best to take care of you when you're not feeling okay. His usual strategy is to help distract you, then if that doesn't work then he moves on to other ways - they vary from physical affection, gifts, words - anything. - Natsume would search on his phone for ways to help soothe you - it becomes difficult for him to sleep if he doesn't know that you're okay.

a/n: i actually wrote an alt for the slow news natsume but i was worried people wouldnt get it but here it is!

☆ Natsume is very slow on news ... One minute it's the two of you scrolling on your phones then you hear a quiet gasp from him. You look over and he shows his phone to you, pointing at his screen and starts asking you, "Did you hear about the bite of 87?!" - How can you not laugh at your stupidly adorable partner?

[aroacesigma]

vanis tedtalk abt enstars: go

okay so you have 3 agencies producing 15 units! i'll list leaders first.

STARMAKER PRODUCTION has fine (Eichi Tenshouin, Wataru Hibiki, Yuzuru Fushimi, Tori Himemiya) Trickstar (Hokuto Hidaka, Subaru Akehoshi, Makoto Yuuki, Mao Isara) RYUSEITAI (Chiaki Morisawa, Kanata Shinkai, Shinobu Sengoku, Tetora Nagumo) ALKALOID (Hiiro Amagi, Aira Shiratori, Mayoi Ayase, Tatsumi Kazehaya)

Fine are like the pseudo-villains, esp eichi, but it's mostly just a farce. eichi acts in a lot of ways that directly hurt people (and caused an entire arc called the war) but usually does what he does with good intentions behind them. i have mixed feelings on the guy tho so. sdkjgh . also stream hajimari no fantasia. Trickstar is like the unofficial "main" group of enstars and tbh i dislike their music but they're a cute little unit. best friends. love mao btw. mao is also ritsu's childhood friend and also they're kinda gayasses together. RYUSEITAI is based off of like, superhero shows :) their whole gimmick is being superheros and their music is very upbeat and fun :) silly little guys. ALKALOID is a new unit in !! and they are silly. mayoi and tsumi are gayasses. hiiro and aira are gayasses. the entire unit is in gay love. #win. for realsies tho they are touted as "underachievers" and are the main unit in the !! main story alongside crazy:b :)

COSMIC PRODUCTION: Eden (Nagisa Ran, Ibara Saegusa, Jun Sazanami, Hiyori Tomoe) made of the combination of the units Adam (Nagi + Ibara) and Eve (Hiyori + Jun) Valkyrie (Shu Itsuki, Mika Kagehira) 2wink (Hinata Aoi, Yuuta Aoi) Crazy:B (Rinne Amagi, Niki Shiina, HiMERU, Kohaku Oukawa)

cospro with the bangers :) Eden was created as the kinda anti-trickstar and played the villains? but they're mostly chill. their music is very horny but it slaps. do not look at the choreo for dance in the apocalypse DO NOT- /lh valkyrie has. A Past. Ex-Valkyrie had Nazuna Nito in it. shu was a dick and broke up ex-valk tho so now valk is just shu and meeks. mika's a freak and shu is also a freak. peace and love (i love valkyrie) 2wink is made up of two twin brothers ! they also have A Past. go ask lis of lisxdumbr fame is you want a tedtalk on them shes The 2winkP in these parts Crazy:B are the other sort of "main" units of !! bc they are also new :) silly little guys. i don't even know how they formed tbh but Rinne and Niki have known each other since they were 18/15 respectively and used to be in another unit when they were that young that later dissolved??? idk. they're gayasses tho. himeru is there. kohaku is gay for aira. they were online besties. kohiiai the world btw. RHYTHM LINK: UNDEAD (Rei Sakuma, Kaoru Hakaze, Adonis Otogari, Koga Oogami) AKATSUKI (Keito Hasumi, Kuro Kiyru, Souma Kanzaki) Ra*bits (Tomoya Mashiro, Nazuna Nito, Hajime Shino, Mitsuru Tenma) UNDEAD has rei. rei is a vampire. ritsu is also a vampire. also rei is a pathetic grandpa (hes like 20 but acts like he's like 70) bc of the war. but otherwise is a gayass with kaoru. idk much abt undead tbh. koga is a wolf. adonis is the most normalest guy and is kinda gay with souma. AKATSUKI has keito who loves glasses. kuro is shu's childhood bestie. souma has a sword and is also very normal except that one time he said that he'd kill someone? idk. i don't know a lot abt akatsuki either. ask spixi abt them actually. Ra*bits are the cutesy little dudes. nazuna is their niichan. they make banger songs (listen to pocket ni uchuu ooh you wanna listen to pocket ni uchuu so bad) that are also very cutesy. i enjoy them idk. tomoya normalest guy. hajime is kind of a yandere abt him. fucked up little dude. mitsuru goes dash dash :D and is cute. nazuna is in college. NEW DIMENSION: Knights (Tsukasa Suou, Leo Tsukinaga, Ritsu Sakuma, Izumi Sena, Arashi Narukami) MaM (Madara Mikejima) Switch (Natsume Sakasaki, Tsumugi Aoba, Sora Harukawa) Double Face (Madara Mikejima, Kohaku Oukawa)

uhu newdi my beloved ! Knights founded as a direct consequence of the war! founded by leo and izumi (izumi suggested the name. btw.) and very integral to the story. i am not going into that here this is long enough as is. anyway. leo's a silly little composer who goes "uchuu~" and is obsessed with aliens. besties with madara. gayass with izumi and ritsu. izuritsuleo the world btw. izumi is a prissy little bastard who i love for some reason. prettyboy. a dick to most people but cares underneath. also hardcore yandere for makoto. even stalks him and shit. not cool izumi. ritsu is a vampire who's sleepy all the time and relies a lot on mao. bpd guy imo. my beloved also. arashi i told u abt already but i love her dearly. big sister knight <3 and kasa loves sweets and is a silly little dude !! MaM is madara's unit ! he calls himself "mama" and takes on a motherly role for a lot of people :) also claims to be anzu (the protag's) childhood friend. they were not childhood friends but anzu just goes with it i guess. besties with leo. saved his ass during the war also. Switch are my beloveds. my meow meows. natsume is a magician and a flirt and calls anzu "kitten" and i hate him but also would kiss his very punchable face. gayass with tsumugi btw. he's actually very caring underneath his rough exterior. tsumugi is the resident cringefail malewife. guy who goes "uwah!" i love him. knew natsume as a kid and made a promise that if their red string of fate ever broke that he'd grow his hair out to tie it back together with his hair. which he does btw. he grows his hair out bc of that promise. believes a lot in luck and stuff. sora is a cute little guy ! very energetic ! he has synesthesia but it manifests as him seeing people's "colors" kind of like auras, and every enstars character has a color from sora :) people's colors also reflect their mood !! Double Face died. yeah they're dead. ANYWAY. mama and kohaku kill people. that's it. did i forget to mention that kohaku was raised to be an assassin and kills people? yeah. that 15 year old has killed. anyway df died and mama is going on hiatus and kohaku is just kinda there.

ok this got very long. have fun

ok this sounds SO COOL WHAT THE FUCK . also love how long the knights paragraph is in contrast to everyone else lmfao . i downloaded and i will get on it after i eat my breakfast !!!!

[twowink]

Your takes on Subaru are my favorite. I'm so glad to see someone acknowledging his neurodivergent traits and not making him a gigantic asshole because of them (but also not excusing his undeniably flawed moments like he's a baby) anyways what's your favorite Natsume moment idk

IM HONORED ! i like to call myself subarus #1 fan and when i do i Mean it i refuse to be wrong about him no matter what HAH i always like hearing that people trust me on/with him !! he is a huge asshole and its my favorite traits of his because hes also such a silly guy and i love love love contrasts in a character (see: my obsessions with hokkes humanity+emotions and chiakis selfishness or kuros softness or madaras. Everything) truly any time i read him being mean (besides the obvious) i cheer very loud internally because its very interesting to me. but also. very funny

also um. would it be predictable if i said the rocket start subanatsu meeting 💖 IT WAS MY FAVORITE BEFORE I STARTED PRODUCING SUBARU TO BE FAIR i really enjoy subanatsus dynamic i love them being some of each others earliest friends (even if only sort of) the “two loners together” dynamic always gets me… and i love reading natsume psychoanalyze him while hes like huh! Anyways, its just very silly. i actually have read very little natsume for someone who loves him a lot (my curses (<- still trying to get through 2016 stories)) i assume you like him too also so please have this video i associate with him as well (i think about his character info page too often. hobby none…)

[mumuugi]

୭ 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵

୨୧ pairings : natsume x fem!reader

୨୧ warnings : pet names (just kitten bc it’s natsume), use of blindfold, neck biting, marking, nipple play, dub-con sort of

being bored out of your mind leads to wanting for some more exciting activites to do together, little do you know natsume just has the right tricks up his sleeve to show you~

guys i love natsume he is eating me up so badly please the lack of SMUT of him. shame. also bare w me i am very lazy to type the way he talks in game😭

“natsu-kun! can you show me more of your magic tricks?”

your eyes gleamed with excitement, you’ve always looked up to natsume for all the “magical” things he has done and it would never not fail to put you in a joyful state. it’s one of the things you love about natsume. your voice seem to stop him from whatever he was doing just now

natsume turned to face you and smirked “you really do enjoy that, don’t you kitten?” you can’t help but giggle at him, shifting yourself in his bed making yourself more comfortable before replying “of course! why would i come here if it wasn’t for that?”

he gave you a small pout, seemingly hurt from your words “come on now kitten, really? just for that and not me??” you let out a laugh, he can be so silly sometimes “just kidding sume! of course i cane here to hang out with you aswell” natsume can’t help but laugh along with you after saying that. he doesn’t understand why you’d enjoy watching him do magic, but it makes his heart warm

a sudden thought came into his mind, what if.. he uses this as an advantage to touch you? no no, that would be foul. but he couldn’t help himself around you, you’re just too cute for him and he always has to contain himself until you went back

what makes it even worse is that you’re a virgin, which means that she has no idea on what would happen to her if she was left alone with some unhinged people such as rinne..

or her being clueless about everything is.. good? he could show you the ropes, but he’s afraid of making things awkward between you both. sometimes he just wished that he’d have the courage to ask you to do it with him sadly he never would. maybe

he can’t call himself a considerate person if the thoughts in his mind are all about you. taking him in as your first, tainting your innocence with his touches, slowly turning you into nothing but a needy kitten. great, now he’s hard

“natsu-kun… natsu-kun.. natsume!! are you there?” all his thoughts were cut off from you shaking him aggresively, reaching out to her arm to stop her from shaking him even further. touching you doesn’t help as the feeling in his stomach gets worse, clearing his throat he starts talking

“yea yea, i’m here. um, so i have one special magic trick made for my kitten i mean you.. would you be willing t-to see it i mean no y-you gotta do it with me, it’s how it is..” he trailed off, eyes to the side as he wait for your answer. you were kinda confused on why he’s acting different than before, though you gave him a nod and you swore that you saw his eyes lit up with so much joy

“wow oh i mean o-okay! stay here, i’ll get something quick” he searched around in his drawers hoping to find some sort of cloth to act as a blindfold and when he does only he himself knows how excited he got—

“have you found it? come on i’m getting impatient over here!” natsume swore he almost got a heart attack from hearing you whine impatiently. fuck, he doesn’t think he could hold it any longer “mhm, now i want you to close your eyes”

your brows furrowed. why would he want you to close your eyes? nontheless, you obliged, biting your lip in excitement on what’s to come. for what felt like an eternity, natsume brought the cloth to tie around your head. you tried opening your eyes but all you saw was darkness

“um.. natsume, what’s with the blindfol-“ you were quickly cut off with something soft against your lips— is that his lips? is he KISSING you?? oh no, everything’s moving so fast- how does he even know that you like him? your mind’s too hazy to even think about what’s happening right now

your lips felt cold as soon as he parts away, leaving you a whiny mess needing more of his kisses. natsume let out a low chuckle as he shifts both of you around the bed as he finally gets comfortable and settles you against his body

“hush kitten, let me show you what real magic is~”

he whispered out into your ear, hot breath hitting against your cold skin making you shiver from his words. your body quivers against him, waiting for what’s to happen next. natsume thinks you look so cute like this, so vulnerable for him, clueless as to what’s about to happen next

you let out a gasp as you felt his touch linger around your body, starting from your shoulders down to your breasts. you can’t help but let out a meek whine as his hands went underneath your shirt and meet with your still covered breasts, massaging it. natsume turned to look below, looking at how his hands play around with your boobs

“are you enjoying this? seem like it.. look at you, so sweet and for me~ i’ve been waiting for so long to do this..”

natsume whispered into you ear along with nipping on your earlobe. his lips soon went down to your neck, sucking on it making sure to leave a hickey or two but he doesn’t stop there. he’s making sure that everyone knows who you belong to

soon enough you felt a sharp pain on your shoulder as his teeth sank into your skin surely to leave a huge bite mark visible for others to see. you let out a pained whine, natsume only replying with a small chuckle as he licks over the bite mark, proud of what he’s done

his hands went under your bra to toy around with your nipples, your body’s sensetivity heightened from all of his touches. your mind was blank, you were unable to move nor speak like as if natsume has casted a spell on you beforehand to make sure you don’t cause any problems for him

his hands soon left your breasts, slowly moving down to your dampened area. his touches were teasing and it’s slowly driving you insane. your breath hitched, nervous on what’s about to happen next. natsume realizes this and leaves a reassuring kiss to your cheek and went back to your ear to whisper

“get ready, kitten. as this is where the magic happens~”

he breathed out. a meek whine was heard from you. and from that his hand sinked into your panties

tumblr hates me why did it posted UNFINISHED!!! i swear i finished it dhmu i hate everything this is so embarrasing. anyway i’m so sorry with the half assed ending BLAME IT ON TUMBLR!!! RARRRGH!!! i am so mad i will sleep now to not accidentally do anything bad irl. hope u guys enjoy it though..😢

[goodlucktai]

Prompt: There's someone(s) attacking people and stealing their money/belongings, and Natsume gets targeted. It doesn't go well. (For the assailants.) Somehow, turn it into nishinatsu please? I LOVE your nishinatsu fics! ❤❤❤

i had a few requests like this, you guys really wanna see natsume get mugged ;;

and an anon asked for “something where Reiko takes over Takashi’s body for a day and meets his friends” – so i combined them ! 

it’s kind of silly, sorry 

x

Atsushi has certainly seen some impressive things in his life, but until Natsume moved to town he could safely say he’d never seen a skinny sixteen year old bring a would-be thief twice his size to the ground. 

And that’s… exactly what just happened. 

Natsume makes an unfamiliar gesture as he straightens, tipping his head to one side and brushing his hand along the side of his face, as though sweeping back a long curtain of hair. 

His eyes have been strangely silvery since this morning, but Atsushi hasn’t dared ask why.

“That was exciting,” Natsume says, hardly short of breath. 

“Which part?” Nishimura says, in an oddly strangled tone of voice. “The part where you almost got mugged, or the part where you flipped the guy like a pancake?”

When Natsume turns to him, his smile is a little coy and his gaze is hawk-like. It draws Nishimura up short and causes him to flush, stammering into an uncharacteristic silence. 

Really, if he’s any more obvious about his crush then even Natsume, densest guy in their entire grade, is going to figure it out. He’s the only one who hasn’t at this point.

Or maybe, from that amused look on his face, he already has?

Always a forward thinker, Taki comes to the rescue; stepping over the dazed stranger’s legs to Natsume and putting a hand on his shoulder, she looks torn between worry and exasperation.

“Are you okay?” she asks pointedly. “That must have startled you a little, right?” 

“Right,” Natsume says, and adopts a small smile more like himself. “It did, a little. But I’m fine.”

Tanuma’s face is buried in his hands. Nyanko-sensei, perched on his shoulder, looks every bit as if he would be mirroring the gesture if he could.

“I guess we should,” Atsushi says slowly, “call the police?” 

“No, I wouldn’t worry about it. I’m sure he’s learned his lesson,” Natsume replies, looking down at the stranger by his feet. His words are kind, and his expression is kind, but something gets lost in translation as he goes on, “Maybe he’ll think it over and decide it’s a good idea not to target children anymore.” 

The man looks as if he’s seen a ghost. Natsume takes Taki’s hand, as easily as if they’re both schoolgirls walking home together, and guides her around him.

“You all worry so easily,” Natsume goes on happily. “That’s sweet.”

“You – “ Nishimura splutters eloquently, pointing at their joined hands – having what looks like a minor meltdown at the word ‘sweet’ from Natsume in such a pleasant tone. “You – she – Natsume – “ 

“Nishimura,” Tanuma says, with understanding and compassion, “let it go.”

Atsushi exchanges a weighted look with the man sitting on the ground. And then, since he just commiserated with someone who tried to pickpocket one of his best friends not even five minutes ago, Atsushi decides it’s the perfect time to move on and leave this weird event behind them forever.

“Okay well my parents are probably waiting for us,” he says loudly, staring the rest of them down with a wide smile. “We should get a move on before we’re late for dinner.”

“That’s right!” Natsume says, bringing his hands together. His eyes still have a quicksilver shine. “Dinner!” 

He leads the way forward, with Taki smiling helplessly and Tanuma looking as though he wants nothing more than to go to bed. Nyanko-sensei is gone, and a quick glance over his shoulder proves to Atsushi that the would-be thief is gone, too. 

“Acchan,” Nishimura says suddenly, holding him up with a hand on his arm while the others move ahead. And when he uses that childhood nickname Atsushi knows that whatever comes next is going to be either very serious or very stupid, absolutely no middle ground. 

Bracing himself, having well met his weekly quotas for the serious and stupid on this unassuming Tuesday afternoon, Atsushi says cautiously, “What?”

“Natsume is impossible. There’s no way to figure that guy out. There’s no one else like him in the entire world.”

…Well. There isn’t a tactful way to deny that – and no sense getting protective of the guy at Nishimura, of all people, who can and will pick a fight with anyone who so much as looks at Natsume cross-eyed – so Atsushi concedes to Nishimura’s logic with a nod. Why not, it’s already been a weird day. 

“I guess you’re right. So?”

“So,” Nishimura demands, eyes blazing, “how do I get him to marry me?” 

Honestly, Atsushi didn’t even think his life was boring until Natsume moved to town and showed him some perspective. And now he’d like a few minutes to laugh at his past self for living in that pleasant delusion.

[ranami68]

The things i didn't expect at first in Enstars

WARNING! THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS SO PLEASE CONSIDER BEFORE READING IT! Lol XD

Anyway, this post is only about the things i totally didn’t expect before playing or when i played enstars at first. It’s about the characters’ personalities and their relationships. Not about the game itself.

Just my personal thoughts and i want to share it. Enjoy reading ~

By the way, it’s pretty long so prepare yourself or your eyes might get hurt later ;)

• Tsukasa refers to himself with “watashi”. I thought he’s the using “boku” type

• Tomoya’s fanboying side I would never have dreamt about that side of him. It’s cute tho. Poor him all cuz of Wataru’s pranks 😂

“Uhyaa, you look super imposing and dignified! It’s perfect, Hokuto-senpai! Come give me a hug~☆ You’re like the star of a Kung Fu movie. Or actually, you could be one of those top-tier Chinese assassins you see in Hollywood movies! Aa~ah, stab a needle through my heart! Beat me silly with your nunchucksss.” -Tomoya Mashiro

• Izumi is able to cook, knit, and extremely careful with his skin and outside appearance. Gosh, his mother power is perfect if i have to say.

• Izumi’s a tsundere Cuz he gives the yandere aura at first right 😂 he’s yandere only to Makoto and being tsundere with anything and anyone besides him lol

• The fact that Mao can be flirty sometimes Haha at first Mao gives the feeling of a character that absolutely hate brothersome things and totally serious. But he’s actually friendly, and enjoys work (lol).

Mao : If it’s fine with you, wanna go look around the shops together? It’d be fun, and we can have dinner too..

Tori : Ahahah Saru ~ Anzu’s saying “i’m being hit on by stranger!” you know? Don’t worry, i’ll protect you!

Mao : What? Don’t call me a stranger ~ i’m hurt ~

• Mao supports Makoto and only openly shows or gives hints that he likes Anzu in front of Subaru It’s not just my feeling right? Not because i just love Mao so much i feel so right? I mean, in Summer Lesson, Mao totally supports Makoto to get Anzu’s heart. But only when he’s with Subaru he can kinda shows he likes Anzu. There are a lot of those moments so i can’t get to details since it’ll definitely be long lol

• Yuzuru is a butler. I didn’t predict him to be a servant you see 😂 not to mention he’s much more of the mother type than Izumi. Cooking, laundry, cleaning, and his specialty is martial arts. And he’s so handsome with that beauty mark lol

• Mika’s a cinnamon roll Since his outlook appearance screams the ore-sama type 😂 don’t blame me lol

• I can’t find the right word to express it but Souma’s personality. I mean, at first glance he looked so cool and totally the serious type but in reality he’s one of the bunches of cinnamon rolls in the game who maybe would commit seppuku if you don’t look at him properly.

• The fact that Subaru and Tetora can’t really handle Chiaki. Because i thought that both Subaru and Tetora are the same “species” as Chiaki you know. The loud, cheerful and hot-blooded type. But even Subaru and Tetora were beaten by Chiaki 😂 what a guy lol

• Natsume calls the protagonist “Koneko-chan” or little kitten. But i like it.

• Natsume and Tsumugi’s relationship. Seriouly theirs are funny alright!

Tsumugi : Natsume-kun is so advanced, always adopting new techniques like this.

Natsume : Die.

Tsumugi : I’ve been cursed at so frankly!? And you didn’t pronounce the ending strangely, that means those are your true feelings!

• Arashi is… the okama type character Well you can be fooled cause he looked so cool and damn hot and handsome. Right?

• Yuta’s a pure and cinnamon roll kid. Since mostly brother twins have this mischievous synchron with them in anime world. But in Aoi twins’ case, only Hinata is the one like that.

• Hinata’s true feelings. Ouch. I’m so hurt when i read the Christmas Live story and Setsubun Festival story.

• Chiaki suffers low blood pressure. OF COURSE I DIDN’T EXPECT THAT! Well, he did mention he used to be sickly kid but still >

• Chiaki likes Subaru. Yes, he does. I mean, Subaru said that Chiaki has been inviting him to join Ryuseitai and Chiaki clearly stated that Subaru is his sun XD (i’m not lying lol)

• Shu is Kuro’s childhood friend. Beside their ability in sewing and their age, they really don’t have anything in common right? Especially their personality.

• Kuro is Akatsuki’s member. Since his first appearance in the main story is participating in B1 match. Who would have guessed he would be the member of one of the student council’s unit?

• Kanata’s a member of Ryuseitai Yeah.. with that personality, i don’t understand why he would join the superhero unit. Although it seemed like he and Chiaki’s past is a little… sad maybe? With their promises to each other. Still not clear but i hope to know the whole story :v

• Leo’s personality Yeah sure. He’s super hot on the picts i’ve seen before playing enstars. Especially from the cover of Knights 2016’s CD. But he’s actually fun, childish, and cute. He has gone through a lot too. Hhhh i love him (lol)

• Leo’s faster than Arashi and much better in archery than Keito. I was like “wut?” When i read that. Seriously? This guy? Damn genius 😂

“Really, you know! If the King joined the track and field club, it wouldn’t be a dream to conquer the nationals!” -Arashi Narukami

“You’re much more skilled than me. I’m sure we’d be able to go far if you actually showed up for tournaments.” -Keito Hasumi

• (Oh, almost forgot) Leo and Keito’s friendship Hey, they’re bestfriends in the club activities you know! Seriously that was a fun fact.

• Eichi has long fallen in love with Wataru //stabbed Seriously. He has long adored Wataru even before the five oddballs were existed.

“Wow, he noticed me? And he’s waving at me too? Even though there’s quiet distance between us… even though i’m so far away from him right now. But one day.. i’ll definitely close in this gap between us. I’ll come to see you, no matter what methods i’ll have to use.” -Eichi Tenshouin

• Wataru lost purposely in the match between him and Eichi Gosh, really Wataru? Good for you, Eichi. The feeling is mutual 😂//slapped//

• The Five Oddballs’ friendship. Okay, they seriously love each other as a friend you know! They treasure each other!

“Rei, Wataru, Shu, Magician-san… Is my song reaching you? Can you hear it? I want to hear your songs too. In the water, it’s difficult for sound to travel so… Even if it’s painful, even if it’s difficult, i will live on the land. I will sing forever. And so, please you guys do so too.” -Kanata Shinkai

• The BroCon squad Okay, i never thought that there would be many Brother Complex in this game 😂 for example, Izumi to Makoto, Rei to Ritsu, and Hinata to Yuta.

• The fact that Eichi and Tsumugi intended to make Subaru and Hokuto one of the five oddballs before Natsume’s name came up. Like seriously, i can’t stop laughing reading that part.

Tsumugi : But considering those who were the topic o f discussion when they enrolled, how about Hidaka Hokuto-kun?

Eichi : On that note, i suppose we should put Akehoshi Subaru-kun on hold as well.

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That’s all? Well, there might be more later lol. And it’s not like i don’t like it okay? I just didn’t expect it and i want to see if there are other people who have the same feelings as me. No offense. I really like stories that are hard to predict.

I really love Ensemble Stars and the characters ( ´ ∀ `)ノ～ ♡

[zinniapetals]

What about Confessions Yatori? I know it's cheesy but I'd like to see it in your writing :3

I swear to god i didn’t forget about this prompt, i’ve just been so busy with uni so i’ve been writing it between classes and free time which is why some parts are weird and angsty while others are carefree-ish.

 Also, this is my first time writing for this ship, so be gentle. AND FINALLY, I hope this is what u were looking for, if not I’m so sorry and I’m willing to write another better piece! just 4 u!!! lol but yeah, enjoy!! 

(AO3 link)

1.

Hiyori balancedher self as she stood on the electrical pole near Tenjin’s shrine, smilingsoftly at the colorful scene that awaited her. She hopped down, thankful thather ayakashi state was able to handle such extreme heights, and skipped intothe shrine, acknowledging one of the shinki that was sweeping in front of thearches.

“You’refinally here!” Yukine shouted, running towards her and quickly hid, using herskirt as a makeshift shield from Mayu and the others who were giggling andtrying to goad him back to join them. “They keep playing with my hair andone of them asked if they could get my autograph.”

“Butthat’s a good thing right?” Hiyori asked, patting his blonde hair,snorting at the tiny pigtails he wore. “Where’s Yato?“  

“Idunno,” Yukine shrugged, stepping away from her and tried to pull theplastic rubber bands from his hair. “I think he was talking with Tenjin somewhereover there." 

Thanking himquietly, she patted Yukine’s head one more time as she set off to find Yato in thegeneral direction he pointed at. She spotted Yato sitting down on a bench, the fullmoon illuminating the delicate profile of his face as he stared looking intothe night sky that was speckled with stars. She tightened her grip on the conveniencebag store she held, took a deep breath and called out to him. 

"Lookwhat I got,” she crooned, holding the bag higher when she came into hisfield of vision. “Ah! You can’t eat it until you go back home.” Shescolded when Yato snatched it from her, nearly tearing the knot she made at thetop. 

“Yesmom,” Yato complied, playfully rolling his eyes at her strict tone,fingers itching to open the bag and see what she got him. “What are youdoing here?" 

"Icouldn’t sleep.”

Yato hummedand made space for her on the bench, waving off her thanks as she sat down. Hewent back to staring off in space, hands stuffed in his sweater and a frozensmile placed on his lips, as if to assure Hiyori nothing was wrong.

“I heardyou were talking to Tenjin,” she started, unsure of how to properly touchthe subject. “Was it…about your father?" 

"Yup." 

Hiyori shiftedat the blunt answer, sighing when Yato offered nothing else. She fixed thewrinkles on her skirt as she bit her lip at the untouchable aura around Yato. 

"The…,”Hiyori paused and took a deep breath, bracing herself for whatever Yato had tosay afterwards. “The moon looks beautiful tonight.”

Yato facedher, one eyebrow lifted up inquisitively as he looked back up towards the sky,eyeing the full moon. 

“Yeah, Iguess so.”

Hiyori blinkedrapidly and crossed her legs tightly, laughing at her own silliness and pointedtowards his shinki that was surrounded by females.

“Shouldn’tyou go save him?”

Yato followedher line of vision, gasping loudly as his hand clenched over his heart.“How dare they do that to my hafuri,” he shouted, lips turning into adevilish smirk. “Without me there to take pictures and commemorate the daymy precious Yukine was playing with his friends.”

With thatcringe worthy declaration, Yato sprinted off towards the circle of girls thatwere giggling and a grouchy Yukine that didn’t seem to be that upset at all.

“NatsumeSōseki right?" 

She yelped atthe sudden question, her body finally giving in to her embarrassment as sheflushed pink, stammering her response towards Tenjin’s question.

"I’msurprised he didn’t get the reference,” Tenjin remarked, tapping his fanon his chin as he watched Yato bounce around Yukine, phone in hand and rapidlytaking photos. He chuckled softly, shaking his head at Hiyori and turned away,Tsuyu closely followed pausing as she turned around.

“Betterluck next time.”

“Ah…yes,thank you,” Hiyori stammered, forcing a smile towards the plum spirit whogave her a secretive one in return. 

2.

“Hiyori!Psst! Hi-yo-riiiii!”

Hiyori cougheda little, sighing as she flung her hair off her shoulder, effectively whippingYato with it. 

“Justleave her be,” Yukine scolded, sitting on the window ledge as Hiyorifuriously took notes. “Don’t do that! Yato!”

He groanedloudly as Yato went towards the front of the classroom, mocking the teacher andthen falling down as the man almost ran into him. 

“Sorry‘bout this Hiyori,” Yukine apologized, scowling as Yato jumped from deskto desk, the students questioning as the why their desk suddenly wobbled.“He was getting annoying and I told him we could go see you if he behaved,but you know how he is.���

She acceptedhis apology; eyes still focused on the board, and wrote down on the edge of hernotes. 

Tell Yato,if he doesn’t stop, I won’t see you guys for a week.

Yukineblanched and shouted at Yato, relaying her threat across the room. The godpaused mid jump, hopping back towards Hiyori’s desk and stood near her side.

It was quietfor about three minutes when Yato opened his mouth again. 

“That’swrong.”

Hiyori inhaleddeeply, setting her pencil on the table and stood up, excusing herself to thebathroom.

“You!”She hissed as soon as they were alone in the corridor. “Why are youhere?!" 

"I neededto check up on something,” Yato answered, shrugging, his eyes searchingthe school grounds outside the window. “Plus I missed you. I haven’t seenyou in three days!”

“You’renot a child Yato,” Hiyori said, rolling her eyes. “We can go a coupleof days without seeing each other." 

"Yeahbut,” Yato trailed off, face hardening and suddenly his tone became aloof.“Fine I understand. Yukine come out, we’re going on a job.”

Hiyoriinternally groaned at the blank stare he gave her and felt bad because she alsomissed him, but it’s not like she could just say that.

Yukine poppedup from behind the corner, looking at both of them with a worried gaze. Hewalked up next to Yato, chewing on his bottom lip softly as his eyes pleadedwith Hiyori to make things right. 

“I’m notgoing to forget about you ok?” Hiyori murmured, grabbing Yato by the armto prevent him from walking away. She figured his attitude had to do withsomething like that, but they’ve been going longer and longer without seeingeach other and she would be lying if she wasn’t scared she’d wake up one dayand forget everything. “It happened once and I won’t let it happenagain." 

"Okay,”Yato said, shrugging and tried to pull his arm back.

“No,listen,” Hiyori demanded, getting closer to him, staring him down. “Ipromise that I won’t forget you. I won’t do that ever again. I won’t leave you,ever." 

Yato knittedhis eyebrows together, looking down as he avoided her gaze. 

"Youcan’t-” he hesitated, changing his mind halfway. He sighed deeply, puttingon a complacent smile as he pointed behind her. "You’re out of yourbody again.“

Hiyorishrieked at her sleeping body’s skirt that revealed her underwear, checking ifYukine saw, and if by the pink tinted cheeks and obvious interest in the spiderwebs on the ceiling, he did.

3.  

Yukine’s futonwas carefully put away, he sheets folded nicely, and the lamp off to the side.Yato on the other hand, was still in bed. His sheets tangled up by his feet,mouth opened as he drooled, and shirt rising past his belly button, bodycompletely relaxed.

Hiyori carefullystepped over the sleeping body as she made her way to the window, opening it upto let out the stale air. The cool breeze felt nice as she looked around theattic. She was tempted to wake up Yato, it was one in the afternoon for godsake, hands busying themselves by picking up Yukine’s clothes when Yato groanedas sunlight shined on his face and moved to face away from the window.

“Did I wakeyou up?” She asked, placing the clothes in the wastebasket as she squatted nearYato’s back. “Are you still sleeping?”

She receivedno answer except for rhythmic breathing. She reached out to tap his shoulder,her hand freezing halfway, pulling it back to her side. She inhaled deeply, thescent of Yato especially strong early in the morning. 

I like you.

She mouthedthe words again, giggling at her self-indulgent antics as she sat down on theedge of Yato’s futon.

“I like you.”The words easily rolled of her tongue. “I’m sorry. I like you. I really hope itdoesn’t rain today. I like you. I’m thinking of buying pizza for dinner. I likeyou. I’m actually pretty embarrassed right now. I like you. Oh god, what ifyou’re actually awake this whole time?” 

“Hey…” She stopped;wiping her palms on her shorts, waiting for a response, nothing. “I love you.”

4. 

Hiyori pushedback Yukine’s sweaty bangs as he dozed off on the floor of Kofuku’s livingroom, snickering at the way he scrunched his nose at the contact. 

"Leave himalone,” Yato said, sitting against the wall, the fan only on him. “Hehasn’t been sleeping well this past week.”

“I wasn’tgoing to wake him.” She huffed, begrudgingly scooting further away fromYukine. “Do you want me to do it to you too?”

“Touch myhair?” Yato asked, laughing at the absurdity of it. “No thanks. I’msweating and smelly and it’s too hot for human contact." 

"Howabout ayakashi contact?” She questioned, flicking her tail as she crawledtowards Yato. “And I won’t touch your hair…" 

She giggleddeviously as she leaped forward her fingers expertly going up and down hissides as she tickled him. 

"Godsdon’t get ticklish,” he huffed, squirming away from her fingers, lipstwitching as she became more serious. He grabbed her hands and held them,“didn’t I say it was too hot for human contact?”

Hiyori frownedand reluctantly withdrawal her hands, eyes widening when Yato attacked. Hisfingers subtly touched every ticklish spot she knew she had and tears sprungfrom her eyes as she held in her laughter.

“Wait,”she gasped, words barely forming through her peaks of laughter “Yukinewill wake up!”

“Oh?Calling quits are we?” Yato asked, waggling his brows as he increased hisrange of motion, poking at Hiyori’s sides with expert precision. 

“Yesyes!” She shouted out, her stomach aching from laughing too much and herarms tired from trying to pull Yato’s hands away. After a couple of seconds toregain her composure, she pouted at him, eyes still holding their previousplayful demeanor. “I thought it was too hot for human contact?" 

"But thatwas a god’s touch,” Yato replied, lips curling upwards at Hiyori’s tinyscowl. “Now that’ll be 5 yen for curing you of your boredom." 

"What?”She sputtered, looking back towards to Yukine and made sure that he didn’t wakeup. “I didn’t make any sort of wish and speaking of wishes you stillhaven’t complied to my very first one and-”

“Who doyou think I am? I know everyone’s wishes, even the ones they don’t say.”

Hiyori pausedat that, knowing that was complete bullshit but still, this was a primeopportunity and she couldn’t let it go to waste. She checked on Yukine one lasttime to make sure he was still sleeping and leaned further into Yato’s personalspace.

“Oh? Sowhat kind of thing am I wishing for now?” She asked in a sultry voice,well she hoped it was sultry because all those nights staying up late watchingromance dramas with her friends had better pay off. She batted her eyes,praying that she didn’t look as silly as she felt. 

Yato placedone hand on her shoulder, stopping her from coming any closer and her heartbeatloudly pulsing in her ears. Did he know? Was he aware of what she was doing?

He exhaledsoftly, giving Hiyori a fond smile, one that squeezed her heart and made herstomach flop.

“What areyou doing?” He wondered, his eyes sparking with curiosity but that affectionatesmile still painted on his lips. As his hand tightened on her shoulder, histhumb briefly touched the skin near her skirt’s neckline.

Hiyori heldher breath in anticipation, scared that if she said anything it’ll cause Yatoto revert to his overly dramatic self. 

“Ithought you could sense one’s inner wish?” She cringed internally at theobvious avoidance of his question but continued on. “The God of Fortunecan’t even decipher a single girl’s wish?”

She smirked athim, giving him a challenging look, hoping that’d cause the competitive naturein him to arise.

Instead,Yato’s eyes widened fractionally before looking behind her, the tips of hisfingers digging into her shoulder. His smile tapered off, coming back in fullto present a wide, false grin, however she could see full the self-contempt andfaux confidence.

“Hiyori,”he chided, tsking softly as he completely backed away. “If that’s what youwanted, you could have told me.”

Blinkingrapidly at the tone of his voice, Hiyori knew that there was amisunderstanding. She opened her mouth to get them back on track, Yato quicklytalking over her, voice tinged with such finality, she froze.

“Youwanted the fan right? Of course you could have it.”

He laughedslightly, shaking his head and muttering something about silly high schoolgirls as he pushed up off the floor and walked over to Yukine. He tapped himsoftly with his foot, reminding him of a job they had to do later and walkedout of Kofuku’s living room. 

Hiyoriswallowed the words that were threatening to spill out, fixing her bangs andclothing as she peeked behind her. Yukine gave her a piercing state, lookingaway when they made eye contact and slowly got up.

As he exitedthe room, his apology on the behalf of Yato echoed. 

5. 

Hiyori wipedat the sweat that bundled above her upper lip, chest heaving as she quicklyavoided another ayakashi. 

“Behindyou!” Yato warned her as she quickly twisted her tail away from the limegreen creature. “Get out of here!" 

"I’mtrying!” She yelled back, suddenly back into her old body. She quickly gotaway from the swarm of ayakashi, turning corners, unable to lose themcompletely. She jumped over a couple of trash cans, her human body aching forher to take a break, her foot catching on the corner of a wall, handsgrabbing the edge of it to stabilize herself and getting cuts from the sharp,uneven bricks.

Hissingloudly, she regained her footing, getting out of the alleyway and into a mainstreet, ignoring the way random pedestrians looked at her gasping self.

She turnedback and saw Yato slice the crowd that surrounded him, lime green andfluorescent blue creatures dissipating into oblivion. 

“Goodwork there,” Yato complimented as he caught up with her, eyeing the wayher flushed cheeks were beginning to cool down. “Don’t forget to disinfectyour hands when you get home.”

“You,” Yukine reminded him, comfortablewith walking two steps behind the pair. "Don’t forget we have that jobthat Tenjin gave to us. Also your shirt is incredibly dirty Hiyori. Are yousure your parents won’t ask questions?”

“They’recoming home later than usual today,” she answered, looking back to seeYukine eyeballing some pastries from a window shop. “Are you hungry?”

“Yes-”

“Nope,”Yato interrupted, grabbing Yukine by the collar. “We gotta hurry up andfinish this job. But we’ll definitely take you up on the offer later.”

Hiyorifurrowed her brows in confusion because it was not like Yato to refuse food,free food at that. She waved goodbye at Yukine who was complaining as he wasdragged away.

She awokelater that night to a tapping noise on her window. She lay in her bed, staringat her wall, when the tapping began again.  

Rolling aroundto face the nightstand, Hiyori reached out for her phone, no text messages ormissed calls, and saw that it was 3:42. She sniffed slightly, rubbing her feettogether as the tapping came to a stop.

“Hiyori,I know you can hear me,” Yato whispered loudly, tapping on her windowagain, but faster this time. “You’re awake! I just saw you check yourphone! Don’t ignore me!" 

Hiyoriscoffed, rolling her eyes as she swung her legs over her bed, grabbing thecomforter as she wrapped it tightly against herself, stumbling to her window. 

"What?"  

"Is thathow you treat people who traveled such a long way to see you?" 

Hiyori pursedher lips at Yato’s question as she unlocked the window and pushed it open, thecold breeze made her cheeks and tips of her ears sting.

"Where’s Yukine?”She asked, not finding the blond behind him nor next to him on the tree. Shescooted away from the window as he came over the sill and into her room.“And you didn’t answer my previous question. Why are you here?” 

“But you didn’tasked that?” 

Hiyori groanedin annoyance, going back to her bed, sitting on it as Yato leaned against herwall.

“We need totalk.” 

She squinted hereyes through the darkness, trying to gauge what kind of expression he wasmaking, before nodding to his request. 

“You,” hestarted, sucking air trough his teeth and exhaling noisily. “Sorry if I’m beingpresumptuous, I really don’t mean to be, honestly but…”

He trailed offand Hiyori felt sick to her stomach. She could feel herself breaking out incold sweat as the taste of stomach acid settled in the base of her throat.

“Do you havefeelings for me?”

His question cutthrough the night air as sharp and swift as Yukine’s blade cuts throughayakashi, which Hiyori found to be quite the ironic simile. 

“Hmm, I wonder,”she faintly said, trying to play it off, but assuming from the way Yato’s eyesgleamed in the darkness, he wasn’t buying it. “Are you mad?”

“Why would Ibe?” 

“You seem mad.”

“I’m not.”

“I’m sorry.” 

“For what?”

Hiyori didn’tsay anything, looking down at her hands as she fiddled with her thumbs. Wellnow he knew but it was going to come out eventually right? 

“Okay, well,”Yato drawled, tilting his head towards Hiyori after she didn’t respond for acouple of minutes. “That’s pretty much what I wanted to know. I’ll see youlater then. Goodnight Hiyori.”

She was notpouting, ok? Her lips just happened to jut out in disappointment that nothingbig happened. She sighed loudly and kicked the air, relieved that her secretwas finally out in the open and from what she took in from analyzing of Yato’s previousactions, it seemed like the feeling was mutual. 

She laid in bed,smiling softly before squealing loudly, rolling around multiple times until shefell off, coming face to face with her human body looking absolutely pleaseddespite being passed out. 

6.

Yato played witha bouncy ball he found underneath the kotatsu, throwing it against the livingroom wall despite Daikoku’s warnings. There was a loud commotion outside,sounded like some inhumane screeching from Kofuku and oh, was that Hiyori’svoice? 

Yato bit hislips as he thought of all the reasons he shouldn’t be happy to see her, afterall, he was rejected.

“You!” Shehissed, her scarf wrapped haphazardly around her neck, her long strands tangledin it. Her cheeks were flushed and her teeth were showing as she scowled at thelazy god. “You are the worst!”

She threw herschool bag at Yato who expertly dogged it, confusion and fear written all overhis face. 

“Whateverhappened, I didn’t do it! Wait no,” Yato backtracked, “I actually didn’t doanything recently, so why are you mad?”

“You’re thereason why!” 

“Me?” Hescreeched incredulously, and if it were possible, there would be a mile longquestion marks and exclamation points following that word. “Put down thattable!”

Hiyori inhaleddeeply, setting the small coffee table to the side, and exhaled quietly. 

“You haven’tseen me for a week and a two days.” 

“I was busy withsome stuff in the heavens,” Yato told her, mapping our an escape plan in hismind if this got too serious. “And you had tests coming up so I thought you’dwant time alone.”

“But you didn’teven contact me.” 

“Because…” Yatoblinked slowly trying to come up with a good excuse.

“I thought youwere ignoring me!” 

Yato laughedsheepishly as he scratched the back of his neck avoiding Hiyori’s gaze.

“You were! Thisis just like when we first met! I can’t believe you!” Hiyori huffed and crossedher arms, her eyes sending death glares that pierced Yato’s soul. “I justthought it was bad timing but did this have to do with our talk?”

“Uhh…” Yato sideglanced at the nosey trio that was peeking from behind the screen door, eyeshungry for more gossip. “Yeah.”

“But why?”Hiyori continued mumbling so soft that even the group near her was giving offsigns that they didn’t hear. “I..you…this was supposed to be the first step!”

“To what?” Yatoasked, aware of Hiyori’s rising voice.

“Us dating!” 

Yato slowlyclosed his eyes and opened them, looked around a bit, looked to the trio whohad various expressions, pinched himself and finally shouted. 

“Dating?!” 

Hiyori lookedshocked at the outburst, her eyebrows scrunching together in confusion. “Well…yeah…”Her voice seemed less confident then before, her shoulders that were rigid nowclosing in to make herself seem smaller. “I mean, my feelings reached youright?” 

“That was socheesy Hiyori,” Kofuku said, her giggling being covered by Yukine’s hand. 

“I mean, ugh,”she groaned loudly, her hand musing through her already messy hair. “You likeme right?”

“Yeah,” Yatomurmured, cheeks flushing with hot embarrassment as Kofuku leered at him andDaikoku choked on air. He didn’t dare to look at the judging stare that Yukinewas probably giving him.

“And I likeyou!”

“What?”

“What do youmean what? You asked me that in my room!” 

“What?” It wasthe first time Yukine spoke, and Yato cringed at the interrogation that wassure to come. 

“But you didn’tsay yes…” Yato grumbled, thinking back to that night. “You were so…aloof!”

“Because Ithought you knew,” Hiyori yelled exasperatedly, throwing her hands in the air.“Clearly I thought too highly off your deduction skills!”

“That hurts!”Yato said, pouting at Hiyori’s insult, fighting the edges of his lips fromcurling up. “Don’t try to get me distracted. You just said you liked me.” 

She groanedloudly, turning to the trio who were staring at them with wide eyes and varioussmirks. “Can someone explain it, if not you’re gonna lose a table hereDaikoku.”

“She wants youto fuc-”

“Ahhh! She lovesya you idiot!” Daikoku interrupted, covering his goddess’s mouth and draggedher away form the scene. 

“You know,” Yatoslowly said, letting his smile spread out on his face, Hiyori giving him anapprehensive look. “You could have just told me how you felt.”

Hiyori gave hima blank stare, her lips curling in contempt at the offhand comment. She tskedloudly and passed Yukine, patting him on the head as she left. 

“Wait Hiyori!What did I do wrong? You can’t walk out! We just started dating!” He yelled,holding in the peals of laughter as Hiyori spun around her face bright red.

“Said who?!”

“Me!” Yatoignored the scoff coming from Yukine, and stuck his tongue at him, the hafurirolling his eyes playfully as he looked between the two with amusement.

“Well…I’mbreaking up with you!”

Yato gaspedloudly at that, scrambling up to his feet as he chased Hiyori through the yard.She dodged his sweaty hand as he tried to grab and hug her, pleading for hernot to break up with him through snorts of laughter at Hiyori’s affronted face.

When Hiyori leftto go get something to drink, Yato sat on the patio, watching as she panicked atsomething Kofuku said.

He closed hiseyes and bit his trembling lip. He was reminded of a quote someone told himlong ago, that everyone deserves happiness but he never truly believed it. 

Yukine came upto the two girls, scowling at what they were saying trying to leave when Kofukugrabbed his collar, dragging him into their conversation. 

He covered hisface, his fingers tips touching the ecstatic smile displayed on it.

He was happy. Hewas so fucking happy. Even after everything he did, even after meeting Yukineand Hiyori and doing everything he could to atone for his past sins, there wasstill a part of his that doubted he deserved happiness.

But the way Hiyori laughed at something Yukine said, the way she pouted at Kofuku’s comment, the way she bowed and thanked Daikoku when he told her something, the way she turned and radiantly smiled at him, that washappiness, and for all his hard work, for all the repenting he’d done, hedeserved every last bit of it.

[drink-n-watch]

It’s so cold again…. This winter has been non stop up and down in temperature and as a result the entire world is essentially a skating rink. Everything had been covered in thick slippery ice for months. In other words, the perfect day to stay at home and catch up on some Morose Mononokean. And of curse to discuss it with Karandi.

tease

I have occasionally wondered about Hanae’s dad, and much more frequently about Abeno’s home situation (does he live alone?). But I figured this was one of those animes that used the absentee parents trope and there was nothing more to it. Did you see this coming Karandi?

I did not see this coming. Actually, after the hospital scene I started wondering if they were implying Abeno and Hanae were related and I’m still wondering that a little bit. Though, given Abeno doesn’t have a lot of first hand information about Sakae that seems a little less likely. I dunno…..

Still, this is a great development because Hanae’s mother clearly can’t see the yokai and I’ve always kind of wondered where Hanae got the ability from. As to Abeno, I’d love any of his history at this point because he is still quite the enigma even after nearly two seasons of this anime.

c’mon…give us a smile

Let’s face it, any excuse to see more of that blonde bishie is fine by me. Mind you, I’m really looking forward to going back to the Underworld Powers story arc but I can’t say I disliked the softly bitter sweet story of the Ayashi family. It was one of those episodes that felt at once light and purposeful.

Yes, as much as I’ve enjoyed learning more about the underworld, this is another part of the story that has been badly in need to some focus and I quite enjoyed this shift.

For a bit of context, after Hanae’s mom is taken to the hospital for a collapse due to anemia, Abeno brings Hanae to see her. Hanae quickly realizes she’s being haunted and takes care of it but through discussion realizes his father may have seen yokai as well. When Hanae returns home, he gets a surprise visit from his older sister and tries to get a bit more information on his father. Essentially that’s what happens.

Hanae looks a lot like his mom

In that hospital scene with Hanae’s mom meeting Abeno for the first time, I really thought she had a crush on him. A boy like a sunflower. I was all like go Hanae’s mom! Very Mrs. Robinson!

Again, that’s kind of why I wondered if they were implying a connection between Hanae’s father and Abeno. It seemed like a really random observation by Hanae’s mother otherwise.

Actually, I was a little taken by surprise that Hanae’s mother hadn’t already met Abeno. Then thinking back I realised she hadn’t, but it just seemed really weird that in all the time Hanae has been working for Abeno she never met him.

Abeno is not exactly the sociable type. I still wonder why the guys at school seem to like him so.

Abeno showing his warmest supportive expression

But talking about mom not seeing yokai, I guess it’s not unexpected that Hanae’s dad could see yokai but why would he look like Abeno? I’ve also been getting the vibe that Hanae and Abeno’s connection runs a little deeper than a chance meeting. Brothers from a different mother?

Family of exorcists? Different branch of an ancient bloodline? Random coincidence? I’m kind of hoping they do explain.

Hanae’s sister seems like fun. In fact, the entire Ayashi family are rather pleasant. Did you like her Karandi?

Not sure. Her immediate over reaction and jumping to CPR when Hanae collapsed was a little silly, though fits with this anime in terms of occasionally just going for random ‘humour’ where it doesn’t quite go. Also her bitterness towards her father is understandable but makes it hard to get a read on her as a character. She was a little all over the place this episode.

whoa…too close

We get some mixed messaging when it comes to Hanae’s dad. On the one hand it seems like he abandoned his family so there are still some hard feelings there but they also paint a picture of a man who seemed to love his wife(?) and children very much. I wonder what happened.

I’m really hoping Abeno looks into it regardless of Hanae’s comment that his family is just the three of them. Honestly, not looking into it now would be hugely frustrating given they could have just not mentioned the father at all if they weren’t going to pursue it. And yes, I very much wonder what happened though I came up with a cool theory that probably won’t be right but it could be interesting.

wait…what cool theory?

That family of three comment Karandi is referring to came in the next scene. Hanae went straight to Abeno with all the information he had gathered and that’s when the bitter started to pile up. It seemed like a man matching Hanae’s dad had come across the Mononokean in the past but Abeno had been told he died 100 years ago.

We also found out that yokai have a skewed concept of time, that’s why Yahiko though he played with Abeno 30 years ago. I must say I wondered about that at the time. I sort of figured that Abeno was a lot older than he looked, this would match his personality as well. But no, it turns out Yahiko, and most yokai are just space cadets. You would think they would see time as slower considering their long lifespans…

I liked the different time thing as it is something that comes up quite regularly with yokai. Though generally speaking they think almost no time has passed (such as Natsume where the yokai are always surprised to learn that Reiko is already dead and Natsume is her grandson). Still, it is a nice bit of detailing and it helps make previous comments (such as the 30 years) make a bit more sense.

we didn’t see Yahiko so here’s this guy instead

In the end we got a few answers and a lot of questions. There was something tenderly painful about the episode. This quiet loss of a family calmly torn apart. I’m thinking the father left to protect them from the yokai around him. A fate that seems common for those who can see the unseen but maybe there’s more to this story.

Okay, my theory, and only because I’d really like this story to tie into the whole underworld politics thing… What if the Executive, who hates humans and particularly humans who can see yokai, had something to do with Hanae’s father’s disappearance? Now that would be a very cool story line to pursue.

Ohhh bringing the two arcs together. That would be nice. I really like that!

turns out it’s 12….

On a lighter note, Hanae regularly carries Fuzzy in his arms. This must look super odd to people that can’t see yokai… At least nyanko is visible to humans.

I was wondering at the hospital what the nurse thought he was doing when he had his arm across his body (and we know he was holding Fuzzy but nobody else would have).

I really enjoyed this episode. I think it started asking a lot of the questions I’ve wanted answers to in the human world and pretty much season two of the Morose Mononokean continues to improve on the foundation built in season one. This is becoming quite the intriguing story.

Agreed, I’m looking forward to next week an I kind of want to see your theory come true now.

what are you doing with your arm???

Of course I have tons of pics…Pics are fun!

The Morose Mononokean 2 episode 9 w Karandi and Irina – The Happiness of the Ayashis It’s so cold again…. This winter has been non stop up and down in temperature and as a result the entire world is essentially a skating rink.