#Misaki Saitoh

[utoshi-san]

"Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu" от Мисаки Саито

Короче увидела я эту мангу в книжном и не раздумывая решила схватить. Красивая рисовка, смешное описание и легкий фансервис не дал мне шансов на сомнения 🤣

Манга очень понравилась, закончилась довольно быстро, но с концовкой, котора�� подразумевает продолжение, и сегодня я решила посмотреть что ещё есть у этого автора. А там блин ещё антология и две части новеллы, которых, естественно, у меня нет 😓 Ну штош...куплю когда-нибудь.

[plastulo]

忘れる（2023）

303×411mm 紙、リトグラフ 京都市立芸術大学F棟 記号にされるものがある。均一にされるものがある。取りこぼされるものがある。 こぼれたものを拾いたいと思う。こぼれる前の姿を思い出そうとする。

#W_INTER 2024 国際的非暴力展 に参加しました。

#W_INTER 2024 国際的非暴力展 日時：12/15（日）-12/20（金）13:00-18:00 会期中無休 会場：京都市立芸術大学（ F棟、C棟6Fの交流スペースなど） 運営：国際的非暴力展実行委員会 協力：京都市立芸術大学、京都芸術センター、一般社団法人HAPS、極セカイ研究所、AIR大原 参加作家： アニータ・バルトス Aneta Bartos アルメン・エロヤン Armen Eloyan シャーロット・デ・コック Charlotte de Cock エドワルド・サラビア Eduardo Sarabia 迎英里子 Eriko Mukai 𡈽方大 Dai Hijikata デイヴィッド・ヌジア David Ngyah ヘルト・ロビンス Gert Robijns 藤浩志 Hiroshi Fuji 中島伽耶子 Kayako Nakashima 新津保建秀 Kenshu Shintsubo 中原浩大 Kodai Nakahara 曽根裕 Yutaka Sone リ・ウェイ Li Wei 坂口聖英 Masahide Sakaguchi 三村昌道 Masamichi Mimura 村上美樹 Miki Murakami 西原珉 Min Nishihara 長谷川新 Arata Hasegawa ヤマモトナツキ Natsuki Yamamoto ブラネン新那サイデ Niina Saide Branen ノア・ラティフ・ランプ Noah Latif Lamp パイサルン “オスカー” アンピン Paisarn ‘Oscar’ Am-Pim パヴェル・ビュフラー Pavel Büchler 垣内玲 Rei Kakiuchi ロビン・ヘレラ Robin Herrera 今井しほか Shihoka Imai 斎藤操 So Saitoh 白田佐輔 Sasuke Hakuta 大東忍 Shinobu Daito 吉田高尾 Takao Yoshida 安村卓士 Takuji Yasumura 小倉拓也 Takuya Ogura シアスター・ゲイツ Theaster Gates 岩瀬海 Umi Iwase Untitled Band (Shun Owada and friends) Untitled Band (Shun Owada and friends) 早坂葉 Yo Hayasaka 雨宮庸介 Yosuke Amemiya 荒木悠 Yu Araki 津村侑希 Yuki Tsumura ワンタニー・シリパッタナーナンタクーン Wantanee Siripattananuntaku 中村潤 Megu Nakamura 竹内愛佳 Aika Takeuchi 田代明向 Hinata Tashiro 藤田梨央 Rio Fujita 新谷響名 Kyona Shintani 岡留優 Yu Okadome ピョートル・ブヤク Piotr Bujak 鈴木理策 Risaku Suzuki 前田美咲 Misaki Maeda 柏木春菜 Haruna Kashiwagi 山口正樹 Masaki Yamaguchi 金子未弥 Miya Kaneko 藤澤信輔 Shinsuke Fujisawa 楠井沙耶 Saya Kusui ジョン・コガ John Koga 前川紘士 Koji Maekawa HABURI HABURI 山崎美弥子 Miyako Yamazaki 古川弓子 Yumiko Furukawa テン・ミツ TIANMI 斉惠元 Huiyuan Qi Chen qi Chen qi 山本理恵子 Rieko Yamamoto イシダ サキ Saki Ishida 小島千尋 Chihiro Kojima むらたちひろ Chihiro Murata 大塚朝子 Asako Otsuka 松下みどり Midori Matsushita イネス・ジュリアン Inès Julien 小山陽菜 Hina Koyama 後藤那月 Goto Natsuki 吉村 衿菜 Erina Yoshimura 井村一登 Kazuto Imura 安藤陽夏里 Hikari Ando 山岸耕輔 Kosuke Yamagishi 能勢伊勢雄 Iseo Nose エミール・デ・ナイス・ビック Emile De Nijs Bik ハンネローレ・ヴァンデポエル Hannelore Vandepoel カタリーナ・ヘル Catherina Hell ディルク・ヴァンダー・イェッケン Dirk Vander Eecken シルヴィア・サヴェルクール Sylvia Savelkoul 勝見美吹 Ibuki Katsumi ヤエル・テンミンク Yaël Temminck タオ・ルオ・シー Tao Ruo Xi Plastulo Plastulo（87名 and more）

[lgbtqmanga]

Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu

by IKUNIRAPPER, Misaki Saitoh, and miggy

Police officers Reo and Mabu are surprised when they find a baby lying on a plate in the street! They take her in as they search for her parents, but their bizarre new life keeps leading them in wild directions. Strangely, this baby–who they name Sara–seems to have supernatural powers and these two men are starting to love her as if she were their own.

[animefagos]

Finaliza el manga Keishichō Battōka, de Misaki Saitoh

Nueva entrada publicada en https://www.animefagos.com/2020/06/30/finaliza-el-manga-keishicho-battoka-de-misaki-saitoh/

Finaliza el manga Keishichō Battōka, de Misaki Saitoh

El pasado 26 de junio la web Comic Boost, de Gentosha Comics, publicó el capítulo final del manga Keishichō Battōka, de Misaki Saitoh. El octavo y último tomo recopilatorio saldrá el 24 de agosto. El manga se centra en una unidad ficticia de policías armados con espadas, que resuelven casos de personas “poseídas” por míticas…

[tanukigishipromo]

oi, mods! poderiam indicar fcs japonesas/japoneses acima de 27 anos? vi que boa parte das indicações estava abaixo dessa faixa etária. obrigado!!

Bom dia, anon! Você me pegou, eu foquei mesmo em FCs mais novos por já conhecer como a demanda funciona. Aqui vai uma seleção (incluindo alguns da lista anterior) de fcs japoneses com 27 anos ou mais. Vamos lá!

Femininos

Yua (Honey Popcorn), Maria (Garnidelia), Yuki Kashiwagi (ex-AKB48), Miya (GWSN), Yuka Mannami (modelo), Rui (H.U.B.), Miyabi Natsuyaki (Berryz Kobo), Yukika Teramoto (solista), Miko (Honey Popcorn), Kurumi Nakata (modelo), Sayaka Yamamoto (ex-AKB48), Kiko Mizuhara (atriz), Airi Suzuki (ex-C-UTE), Lea (Secret Number), Yui Aragaki (atriz), Lisa Oribe (solista), Reina Tanaka (ex-Morning Musume), Haruna Kojima (ex-AKB48), Mika Nakashima (atriz), Ai Otsuka (solista), Kusumi Koharu (ex-Morning Musume), Ayumi Hamasaki (solista), Tomu Muto (ex-AKB48), Utada Hikaru (solista), Iwasa Misaki (ex-AKB48), Honami Sato (atriz), Namie Amuro (solista), Koda Kumi (solista), Minami Minegishi (ex-AKB48), Aya Asahina (atriz), Miho Miyazaki (ex-AKB48), Anna Tsuchiya (solista).

Masculinos

Atsushi Sakurai (BUCK-TICK), Terada Takuya (CrossGene), Toru (ONE OK ROCK), Alan Shirahama (ator), Takeru (sleepyhead, ex-SuG), Kenta (JBJ), Yuta (NCT), Horii Arata (D-DATE), Taka (ONE OK ROCK), Erick Fukusaki (solista), Aoi (the GazettE), Louis Kurihara (ator), Jun Matsumoto (Arashi), Gackt (solista), Goto Yutaro (ator), Hakuei (PENICILLIN), Masaki Suda (ator), Mao (Sid), Hyde (solista/L'arc en Ciel), Nijiro Murakami (ator), Kenshi Yonezu (solista), Takumi Saitoh (ator), Dori Sakurada (ator), Sota Fukushi (ator), Chisato (PENICILLIN), Taichi Saotome (ator), Ryo Yoshizawa (ator), Ruki (the GazettE), Miyavi (solista), Masataka Kubota (ator), Kazunari Ninomiya (ator), Kanata Hongo (ator), Hiro Mizushima (ator), Kento Yamazaki (ator), Ryo Nishikido (ator), Tatsuya Fujiwara (ator).

E aí, gostou da lista? Ou faltou mais alguém? Aceito as famosas asks corrigindo ou sugerindo mais, viu?

[ladysunamireads]

The Bet

The bet by Lefuette

Everyone knows that Banba and Lin will eventually end up together. Everyone except the two of them of course. So since it's just a matter of time for them to figure it out, the rest of the Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens baseball team is betting on which day they'll get together. And naturally everyone wants to boost their chances of winning, trying to give the two lovers-to-be a nudge into the right direction.

Words: 3424, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 博多豚骨ラーメンズ - 木崎ちあき| Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens - Kisaki Chiaki

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Banba Zenji, Lin Xianming, Gouda Genzou, Enokida, José Martínez, Jirou, Saitoh Kazuki, Misaki, Saeki

Relationships: Banba Zenji/Lin Xianming

Additional Tags: Friendship, Friends to Lovers, Humor, everyone ships banlin, and knows they're a married couple already basically, except Lin and Banba

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40053918

[dreamsfullofdragons]

LGBTQ+ Manga

I’m making a list of licensed queer manga, since I always forget them whenever I’m asked. Please tell me ones I’ve missed!

*digital only release

Gay

10 Dance by Satou Inoue

Bad Boys Happy Home by SHOOWA

Black or White by Sachimo

Blue Flag by Kaito

The Cat Proposed by Dento Hayane 

Canis Dear Mr. Rain by Zakk

Caramel by Puku Okuyama (digital)

Chéri, My Destiny! by Okoge Mochino

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! by Yuu Toyota

Classmates by Asamiko Nakamura

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese by Setona Mizushiro*

Deko Boko Sugar Days by Atsuko Yusen

Deko Boko Bittersweet Days by Atsuko Yusen

Don’t Call Me Daddy by Gorou Kanbe

Don’t Call Me Dirty by Gorou Kanbe

Entangled Circumstances by Kikuko Kikuya

An Even More Beautiful Lie by Kei Kanai

Fangs by Billy Balibally

Given by Natsuki Kizu

Glass Syndrome by Eiko Ariki

The God and the Flightless Messenger by Hagi

Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei

Hanger by Hirotaka Kisaragi

His Extra-Large, Ever-So-Lovely... by Omoimi*

Hitorijime My Hero by Memeco Arii

I Can Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino

I Cannot Reach You by Mika

Katakoi Lamp by Kyohei Azumi

Key Ring Lock by ymz*

Kisses, Macarons, and Lonely Pie by Hyougo Kijima

Koimonogatari by Tohru Tagura

Links by Natsuki Kizu

Liquor & Cigarettes by Ranmaru Zariya (both are bi)

Like Two Peas in a Pod by Kanbe Gorou

Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu by Mito

Monster and the Beast by Renji

My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame

My Summer of You by Nagisa Furuya

New York New York by Ragawa Marimo

The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window by Tomoko Yamashita*

No. 6 by Hinoki Kino, Atsuko Asano

No Touching at All by Kou Yoneda*

Our Dining Table by Mita Ori

Our Not So Lonely Travel Guide/Bokura no chikyuu no arukikata by Mone Sorai

RePlay by Saki Tsukahara

The Rule of Standing on Tiptoe by Puku Okuyama (digital)

Sarazanmai (novel) by Kunihiko Ikuhara and Teruko Utsumi

Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu by IKUNIRAPPER, Kunihiko Ikuhara, Misaki Saitoh, miggy

Sasaki and Miyano by Syou Harusono

Scattering His Virgin Bloom by Aya Sakyo

A Season of Young Leaves by Venio Tachibana, Akeno Kitahata

Seven Days by Tachibana Venio, Takarai Rihito

Star Collector by Sophie Schönhammer, Anna Backhausen

The Song of Yoru and Asa by Harada

Summer of the Fox by Nacolat (summer 2022)

The Summer of You (My Summer of You Vol. 1) by Nagisa Furuya

That Blue Sky Feeling by Okura

There Are Things I Can’t Tell You by Edako Mofumofu

This Wonderful Season WIth You by Yusen Atsuko

Twilight Out of Focus by Jyanome *

The Two Lions by Nagisa Furuya

A Vampire and His Pleasant Companions by Narise Konohara, Marimo Ragawa

What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga

The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdom by Nagabe

Would You Like to Be a Family? by Koyama

Yes, No, Or Maybe? (novel) by Michi Ichiho, Lala Takemiya

Lesbian

Adachi and Shimamura (novel) by Hitoma Iruma 

Adachi and Shimamura (manga) by Moke Yuzuhara

After Hours by Yuuta Nishio

Akuma no Riddle by Sunao Minakata, Yun Kouga

All You by Ruri Hazuki *

Alter Ego by Ana C. Sanchez

Assymetry by sheepd*

As You Wish by Aosaki Rusou (digital)

Beauty and the Beast Girl by Neji

Bloom Into You by Nakatani Nio

Bloom Into You (novel) by Hitoma Iruma, Nakatani Nio

Breath of Flowers by Caly

Can I Pretend to Buy You With Money? by Tachi (digital)

Catch These Hands by Murata

Chasing After Aoi Koshiba by FLY

Cocoon Entwined by Yuriko Hara

Conditions of Paradise by Akiko Morishima

Days of Love at Seagull Villa by Kodama Naoko

The Demon Girl Next Door by Izumo Ito

Donuts Under a Crescent Moon by Shio Usui

Eclair by ASCII Media Works

Even If We Became Adults by Takako Shimura

Failed Princesses by Ajiichi

Farewell to My Alter by Nio Nakatani

Fragtime by Sato

Futaribeya by Yukiko

Girlfriends by Milk Morinaga

Goodbye, My Rose Garden by Dr. Pepperco

GUNBURED × SISTERS by Wataru Mitogawa

Hana and Hina After School by Milk Morinaga

Harukana Receive by Nyojizai

HIRAETH -The End of the Journey by Yuhki Kamatani* (this might have more representation but I’ve only read 2 chapters so far)

How Do We Relationship? by Tamifull

I Love You So Much I Hate You by Yuni

I Love Yuri and I Got Bodyswapped with a Fujoshi! by Aijiichi

I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko

If I Could Reach You by tMnR

If We Leave on the Dot by Ayu Inui

It’s Personnel! by Yuni

Kase-san and... by Hiromi Takashima

Kiss and White Lily For My Dearest Girl by Canno

The Life of a Yuri Couple in Love by mk*

A Lily Blooms in Another World by Kaeruda Ameko *

Magnum Lily by Rei Abe*

Monologue Woven For You by Syu Yasaka

Mushroom Girls in Love by Kei Murayama

My Alcoholic Escape From Reality by Nagata Kabi (third in the “series”, but probably can be read alone like the second)

My Idol Sits the Next Desk Over! by Tetsu Tsutsui and Koyubi Sugawara*

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

My Solo Exchange Diary by Nagata Kabi (technically the sequel, but can be read separate from My Lesbian Experience)

Nameless Asterism by Kina Kobayashi

Night and Day by Yu Akegata (manga planet)

Now Loading..! by Mikanuji

Otherside Picnic (novel) by Iori Miyazawa

Out Teachers Are Dating! by Pikachi Ohi

Our Wonderful Days by Kei Hamuro

Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn by Shirow Masamune and Rikudou Koushi

The Rain and the Other Side of You by Moto Monoma (digital)

Roadqueen by Mira Ung Chua

Roll Over and Die (novel) by kiki, kenta

Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi

School Zone Girls by  Ningiyau 

Secret of the Princess by Milk Morinaga

semelparous by Jun Ogino

Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a Mythical Sorceress! (novel) by Kaeruda Ameko, Miya Kazutomo 

Shiori and Yuki by Twa (digital)

Side-by-Side Dreamers (novel) by Iori Miyazawa

Strawberry Fields Once Again by Kazura Kinosaki (Dec. 2020)

Superwomen in Love! by sometime (Apr. 2021)

Sweet Blue Flowers by Takako Shimura

Syrup: A Yuri Anthology by Yoshimurakana, Kodama Naoko etc

A Tropical Fish Yearns For Snow by Makoto Hagino

Vampeerz by Akili (Jul. 2021)

Wednesday - Maybe I Love You: Fubuki & Yuzu & Ruiro by Ruri Hazuki (digital)

Whenever Our Eyes Meet...: A Women's Love Anthology by ASCII Media Works

Whispered Words by Takashi Ikeda

Whisper Me a Love Song by Eku Takeshima

A White Rose in Bloom by Asamiko Nakamura

A Witch’s Love At The End of the World by Kujira 

The Whole of Humanity Has Gone Yuri Except Me by Hiroki Haruse (June 2021)

Yunagi Marbled by Moto Monomo (digital)

Yuri Bear Storm by Ikunigomamonaka, Akiko Morishima

Yuri Is My Job! by miman

Yuri Life by Kurukuruhime

Bisexual

My Love Mix-Up! by Wataru Hinekure

Transgender

Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku (trans male)

The Bride Was a Boy by Chii (trans female)

Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda (trans male)

Wandering Son by Takako Shimura (trans male and trans female mcs)

Non-Binary

Love Me For Who I Am by Kata Konayama

Multiple Representations

Cardcaptor Sakura by Clamp (gay, lesbian, bisexual)

Love Me For Who I Am by Kata Konayama (non-binary, trans female, gay)

Our Dreams at Dusk (gay, lesbian, asexual, trans male, questioning)

[miss-mishka]

Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu, written by Ikunirapper; Misaki Saitoh & Miggy, illustrators

IRL, people who know me will often have reason to ask “Where do you find this stuff” when it comes to what I’m willing to eat, read, watch or collect because I never hesitate to try something where even I have no idea what I’m getting into.  I seldom have regrets & often find things that I have to share with others.  Today, y’all are getting that instead of my friends or family because that’s what Tumblr’s for, right?

So, I just started reading  this manga & had to stop for the moment because this made me laugh so hard that I cried.  

That Mabu ate pancakes that had just been left on the street, does make it a legit concern for that baby. But then he’s looking to Reo like Let’s make a baby to “recreate” what they’d found on the street & I died.

Update: Read it all & this book was so good! So many lol moments, but, imo, nothing can top "You're not gonna eat a baby, right?"

[ljaesch]

Seven Seas Entertainment Announces Three Additional Manga Licenses

Seven Seas Entertainment Announces Three Additional Manga Licenses

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced that it has licensed Kunihiko Ikuhara and Misaki Saitoh’s Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu manga, Yoru Sumino and Idumi Kirihara’s I Had That Same Dream Again manga, and Kumanano, 029, and Sergei’s Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear manga series. The company will release all of the works digitally and in print in North America.

Seven Seas will release Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu, a…

[animationandmup]

Reporting new projects from the GENCO booth at the MIFA film market at Annecy. 1. Naoki Urasawa's Pluto manga is receiving an anime adaptation. It's a seinen re-imagining of the world depicted in Osamu Tezuka's manga Astro Boy 2. The Patlabor EZY anime project. 3. Anime projects for Hideyuki Kikuchi and Misaki Saitoh's Taimashin manga and director Shinji Kimura's Mechronicle. The booth also had posters for Windy Kliro, Sushi Ninja, and Girls Jockey.

[lgbtqmanga]

New Releases Oct 26, 2021

Boy Meets Maria by PEYO

An LGBT+ manga exploring love and gender at a high school drama club.

Taiga dreams of becoming an actor, so the first thing he does upon entering high school is join the drama club. There, he meets the beautiful, enigmatic Maria and immediately falls in love with her. Not long after, Taiga is told that she is actually a boy—but is that all there is to Maria’s story? The late PEYO debuted with this beautifully illustrated, single-volume tale exploring the nature of personal expression and the fluidity of the power of love.

Harem Marriage vol. 10 by NON (digital only)

A Christmas miracle is cut short when Madoka serves Ryunosuke with divorce papers. He refuses to take them, but Madoka won't back down. Can Ryunosuke--and the Date family as a whole--find an answer to this impending tragedy?

Sarazanmai: The Official Manga Anthology by Kunihiko Ikuhara, Misaki Saitoh, miggy, Akiko Morishima, Isuzu Shibata, Lily Hoshino, Asumiko Nakamura

A collection of over a dozen short stories based on the hit anime by Kunihiko Ikuhara (Sailor Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena, PENGUINDRUM)! And don’t miss the novels and manga spin-off!

The manga anthology based on Sarazanmai finally makes its appearance! Beginning with character designer Miggy’s cover illustration, this collection features a luxurious array of manga and illustrations from creators such as Kyouhei Azumi, Sakuya Amano, Aya Isino, Akira Caskabe, Chinatsu Kurahana, Mataaki Kureno, Chiho Saito, Misaki Saitoh, Chidori Sakuraba, Isuzu Shibata, Samata Techno, Asumiko Nakamura, pako, Shoko Hidaka, Akari Funato, Lily Hoshino, Miggy, Akiko Morishima, Kotetsuko Yamamoto, and Riyo!

Whisper Me a Love Song vol. 4 by Eku Takeshima

Now that Yori has won Himari's heart and they're officially going out, it seems like everything should be easier. Being girlfriends brings its own questions, though—including what to do on their dates now that they're actually dating! Yori wonders if it's enough to do "normal" things, and Himari wonders if Yori still feels the same way she did before they started dating. Romance isn't the only thing in their lives, either. Auditions are being held to see who will get to perform at the upcoming culture fest, and one of the other acts has a history with SSGIRLS!

[recentanimenews]

Seven Seas Licenses Penguindrum Novels, Sarazanmai Spinoff Manga

  It's a double dose of Ikuhara! Seven Seas Entertainment is bringing the novels of the Penguindrum anime out in English, as well as the self-contained manga spinoff to the Sarazanmai anime, Sarazanmai: Reo and Mabu.

  Kunihiko Ikuhara and Kei Takahashi's Penguindrum series is coming out in single volume editions for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms starting with the first volume on May 19, 2020.

  Synopsis:

Twins Kanba and Shoma live with their terminally ill little sister, Himari. One day, they visit the aquarium, a place full of warm memories for Himari, but she suddenly falls ill—and dies! At that very moment, a voice cries out, “Survival Tactic!” and Himari, wearing a penguin hat, comes back to life…?! After licensing the PENGUINDRUM manga series earlier this year, Seven Seas is excited to bring the fans another iteration of this intriguing series.

    Kunihiko Ikuhara and Misaki Saitoh's Sarazanmai spinoff manga is due out on May 12, 2020.

  Synopsis:

Reo and Mabu, supernatural cops and agents of a certain empire, are surprised to find a baby lying on a plate in the street! They take her in as they search for her parents, but their bizarre lives keep leading them in wild directions. Strangely, this baby--whom they name Sara--seems to have supernatural powers as well...and these two men are starting to love her as if she were their own.

      Source: Press release

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox. 

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[spare-aka-nanashi74-blog]

Banba, Lin, and the Carrot Conundrum (work in progress fanfic)

Note: The following is a fanfic is inspired by Chiaki Kisaki’s mini-story ‘Secret Ingredient’ for the New Days vegetable campaign. Kudos to @kimi_no_tsuki on Twitter for providing an English translation of the story!

As for my fic, it’ll probably be done by Monday or Tuesday this week (ETA: Sorry, I need to do a few more edits, so I’ll be posting the whole fic Wednesday tomorrow!). But here’s a sample (Fanfic complete! Read it below or at AO3):

An hour after the Calamitous Carrot Cake Banba Detective Office

Banba's just finished cleaning the rice cooker when his brown eyes light up. “Hey, hey,” he exclaims, light bulb practically appearing beside his head, “you know what, Lin-chan?”

Narrowing his own eyes at Banba, Lin warily replies, “What?”

The detective holds a forefinger up. “Carrots are like feelings.”

“... Huh?”

“If they're too much for ya to handle on your own,” Banba explains, looking well pleased with himself, “it's best to share them with other people.”

Lin folds his arms. “So we should give these carrots away; is that what you're saying?”

“Yep,” says the man. “I mean, let's face it: there ain't no way we're gonna cook 'em all up ourselves.”

“No thanks to you,” Lin sourly returns. What kind of weirdo adds spicy pollock roe to cake? Honestly. “Let's give the guys a call, then. At least most of them ought to know better than to add mentaiko to dessert.”

“Hey, it came out pretty good!” Banba insists. “Your taste just ain't refined enough to appreciate it.”

“No, it didn't.” Lin glares, stomping his foot. “And my taste's way more refined than yours.”

Damn Ban-baka.

So Lin and Banba contact the rest of the Tonkotsu Nine, telling them that they've got far too many carrots than they know what to do with, and to come to the detective agency if they want some. Please. And to give them more carrot-laden recipes while they're at it.

After all, 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,' as the saying goes. But when life gives you carrots?

“Make carrot juice,” Enokida answers over the phone. “It only follows, doesn't it? Oh, and could Banba-san send me the recipe for his 'spicy' carrot cake? There's a contest for the craziest—er, the most avante garde—”

Lin ends the call before the Mushroom could finish.

“Other than just eating them raw? Carrot soup,” is what Dr. Saeki suggests, happily collecting a bagful of the orange root vegetables. “Carrots are excellent skin food, as everyone knows. You should thank that client for gifting you a whole box.”

“And on that note, thank you,” chimes in Yamato, having also come along to help himself to a bag. “I've been wanting to make yakisoba. Maybe I'll send you guys some if it turns out good.” A pause, and then the host adds, “Or edible.”

Saitoh drops by barely an hour later with a good-sized sack for himself and Old Man G. (“Pickle the darn things,” the old stall owner had asked Saitoh to tell them. “Slice them carrots into strips along with daikon; sprinkle with rice vinegar, salt, and sesame oil. Perfect side dish fer jus' about anything.”)

“And me?” Saitoh appears to think hard. “Well... vegetable gratin, I guess?” he replies. “My folks sent me a recipe I could try.”

“I'll be making carrot tempura,” Shigematsu informs them when he next comes around. “Tasty, goes well with beer, and pretty hard to mess up if you know what you're doing. You two should try it.”

“Maybe we will.” Banba nods in agreement, seeing the officer off. “Tempura goes well with mentaiko, too.”

Lin snorts. “Anything goes well with mentaiko to you.”

“Only 'cause it's true,” Banba rejoins amiably. “Like, did ya know there's mentaiko-flavored ice cream? We gotta have that some time, Lin-chan!”

Like hell. “Have it yourself.”

“You sure? Enokida-kun's texted the address of the shop that sells it. 'Seems we get a discount if we come as a cou—”

“No.” Lin is adamant.

“But—”

“No.”

That damn 'Shroom.

“Carne guisada—that's what we call 'meat stew' back home—is what I'm gonna cook,” says Martinez, hefting the sack of carrots he's come to pick up. “'Though I doubt it could compare to what my abuela used to make. In any case, I've written down the recipe at the back of Jiroh's. He and Misaki-chan send their regards.”

Sure enough, they find the cooking instructions for Martinez's grandma's special Carne Guisada at the back of the last page for Jiroh & Misaki Tanaka's Love-Filled Omelet Rice <3.

“... They both seem kind of hard to prepare,” Lin remarks, reading through each recipe. “The omurice seems to take a lot less time, though.”

“Omurice, eh?” Banba strokes his chin, his gaze turning wistful with nostalgia. “I reckon the last time I ate one was back in middle school.”

Oh. “Then it's decided.” Lin holds up the recipe for omelet rice. “Banba, let's try making this next.”

Luckily, they still have plenty of eggs, milk and flour left over from their recent 'rice cooker carrot cake' attempt, as well as cooked white rice from this morning.

“So, carrots aside, all that's left is—” Banba quickly consults the list. “Onions, bell peppers, the meat—oh, and ketchup, too.”

Back to the supermarket they go to buy the rest of the ingredients. This time around, to match their new aprons, Lin also gets them some oven mitts and head scarves. (“Such a cute couple,” one store assistant whispers to another. “I saw them earlier today, too. I think it's sweet, them wanting to cook together.”)

It's already late in the afternoon when Banba and Lin return to their apartment, purchases in tow. Donning their respective aprons, they immediately set about preparing the omurice.

“'Guess we need to chop the vegetables first,” Lin notes.

“Leave that to me,” Banba volunteers.

Lin purses his lips. “You better not try to sneak in spicy pollock roe this time.”

“Really now.” Banba (so-not-cutely) pouts. “Ya say that like it's a crime, Lin-chan.”

“It should be.”

“Welp, the omurice I used to have always had mentaiko in it, I'll have ya know.”

Why am I not surprised? “... I guess we could put some in, if you really want,” Lin concedes, handing Banba the chopping board. Unlike with the cake, combining mentaiko with egg and rice seems perfectly all right. “But not too much; I don't want it overpowering the taste of everything else.”

“Just a quarter-cup or so should be fine,” Banba replies, breaking out into a smile. “Aww, Lin-chan, so ya do—”

“Less talking, more chopping,” Lin cuts in.

“Yes, dear,” Banba intones teasingly, and reaches for an onion.

Lin himself starts to heat the pan to cook the bacon in, ignoring the heat suffusing his own cheeks. Damn Ban-baka.

The next half hour or so elapses quickly. While daunting at first, Lin soon finds that making the omelet rice is simple enough, if you think about it as divided into three main stages:

1. Make the fried rice (A). 2. Make the cream sauce (B). 3. Make the omelet and put (A) and (B) in it.

Lin fries the rice in a bit of oil with the meat, carrots, and other vegetables. (“Looks like we can eat this as is,” he comments once he's done.) Banba makes the sauce, straying a little from Jiroh's recipe by crumbling and mixing two heaping spoonfuls of spicy pollock roe instead of cheese into it. (“We'll be using the remainder to garnish the omelets with,” Banba tells him.) The omelets themselves end up being a joint effort, Banba pouring the egg mixture to coat the interior of the pan while Lin—once the bottom part of the omelet has solidifed enough, naturally—spreads a portion of fried rice and the mentaiko sauce over roughly half of it.

“Then ya go and fold the uncovered half of the omelet over the other, easy does it—” Banba states, demonstrating accordingly, “—and we're done. Well, for the most part. We still gotta plate it, pretty it up with mentaiko and ketchup and such, but that's one good-sized serving of omurice with creamy mentaiko sauce.”

Together they slide the omelet rice onto a plate.

“Smells good,” Lin declares. He watches Banba put a piece of mentaiko the size of a marshmallow over the omelet, then squeeze out some ketchup to draw a heart around it. The result is a bright yellow, half-moon-shaped omelet, fluffy and piping hot, with a reddish-pink mentaiko 'dot' and tomato ketchup heart decorating it.

Now it looks good, too.

“Looks mighty appetizin', don't it?” Banba says.

“... Kind of,” Lin stoically returns, trying not to drool at the enticing aroma of egg, fried rice, and spicy pollock roe.

After making a second omelet for Banba, the two settle themselves on the usual L-shaped couch to eat.

“Thank you for the meal.”

Lin takes his first bite of the omelet rice.

His eyes widen in surprise. The salty-spicy taste of mentaiko, perfectly counterbalanced by the cream; the fried rice, bursting with the richness of the meat and the tart, crisp yet tender vegetables; all of it creating a harmonious medley of flavors encased in a silky layer of egg, delicate and mildly sweet.

“It's delicious,” Lin utters, amazed.

“Told ya it would,” Banba rejoins. “After all, it's got the secret ingredient.”

“I know.” Lin sighs, smiling in spite of himself. “Mentaiko, right?”

“Nope.” Banba shakes his head. “That ain't really a secret this time, Lin-chan.”

Lin blinks at the man. “Then what is—?”

Banba's grin is bright as the sun. “Love, of course.”

And with that, Banba takes a bite of his own love-filled omelet rice with obvious gusto.

***

~ Extra ~ A Future Text Exchange, Or: Mentaiko. It's Always Mentaiko.

[ Banba ] Lin-chan, are you mentaiko?

[ Lin ] ...? I don't think I want to ask 'why'. ... You're still gonna tell me anyway, aren't you.

[ Banba ] Ya know me so well. ^o^ Btw, the answer is: 'Cause I can't ever get enough of you.~<3<3<3

[ Lin ] ... . . . ... You're so lame, Ban-baka. But... Thank you.

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~ The End ~

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