#UmeMatsu

[danikatze]

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Came across a Kissing meme thing and just turned it into a Matsu Kisses Everyone meme hehe. Plus two Everyone Kisses Each Other drawings :3

HCs and og prompts for the meme below the cut

Cheek and nose. BFF Matsu and Otake of course! I've had the B99 "aren't you forgetting something?" bit in my head with them in my head for years. Both would be the one to walk away without paying their bill - although Matsu would more often walk off in a rush.

Back for more and throat. I've said it before when posting wips for this, and I'll say it again: post-canon non-romantic UmeMatsu ftw! I'm actually trying to write a fic about how that happened in my head, but who knows if that'll ever see the light of day lol

Belly and from behind. Post-canon Masa deserves to relax so much that he grows a nice soft and round belly. Matsu will be very fond of it <3

Corner of the mouth and lower arm. IchiMatsu will take years and years to become a thing, and before they do I imagine they'll have a lot of tentative conversations about their individual pasts and what happened between them after Masa joined the Five Leaves. Like an exchange about the wound Matsu had the night they met.

Knuckles and forehead. No HCs about these two pairs regarding these particular drawings really

There were three prompts that I didn't really feel like doing, so I left two out and changed one to something else. :3

[missmyloko]

Hi Missloko. Am I wrong for assuming that the three Kanoya minarai are going to have a triple misedashi? Has there ever been a triple misedashi before? Seems like Kanoya has the wardrobe but it's just the matter of costs... Also there is another minarai in GH now. Not only that but she's going to be imoto of Hinayu - debuting from Sakaemasa?

Yes, they will be having a triple misedashi on October 3rd! There have been triple misedashi before, but they're quite rare. The last one occurred in 2001 in Kamishichiken with the debuts of Umetomo, Umesono, and Umematsu of Ichi. It's quite the statement for Kanoya to be debuting three girls at once, so they must have the resources to be able to do so. This is a good sign as it shows that business is returning to normal after the pandemic!

[ourxguidingxkey]

//Remade the playlist in SCM Player

DJ Khaled - All I Do Is Win (from Ducktales 2017)

Yoko Shimomura - Aqua (from Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Final Mix HD)

Skrillex - Bug Hunt [Noisia Remix] (from Wreck-It Ralph)

Christina Milian - Call Me, Beep Me! (from Kim Possible)

Post Malone - Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Theme (from Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2022)

Eden Espinosa & Mandy Moore - Crossing the Line (from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)

Yoko Shimomura - Dearly Beloved (from Kingdom Hearts III)

Yoko Shimomura - Dearly Beloved [Swing Version] (from Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory)

Hikaru Utada - Don't Think Twice (from Kingdom Hearts III)

John Williams - Duel of the Fates (from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)

Skrillex & Hikaru Utada - Face My Fears [English Version] (from Kingdom Hearts III)

John Williams - The Force Suite (from Star Wars)

Robin Williams - Friend Like Me (from Aladdin 1992)

Keith David - Friends On The Other Side (from The Princess and the Frog)

Party Ben - Galvanize the Empire (Mashup of The Imperial March with Galvanize by The Chemical Brothers)

The Musical Ghost - Gravity Falls Theme [Electro Swing Version] (Gravity Falls fan song)

Brad Breeck - Gravity Falls/Made Me Realize Mashup (Gravity Falls/MTV's Awkward mashup)

Hans Zimmer - He's A Pirate (from Pirates of the Caribbean)

Tony Jay - Hellfire (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi - I See The Light (from Tangled)

Louis Prima - I Wanna Be Like You [Sim Gretina Remix] (from The Jungle Book 1967)

Donny Osmond - I'll Make A Man Out Of You (from Mulan 1998)

Fall Out Boy - Immortals (from Big Hero 6)

Idina Menzel - Into the Unknown (from Frozen II)

KoRn - Kidnap the Sandy Claws (from Nightmare Revisited)

Yoko Shimomura - Lazy Afternoons (from Kingdom Hearts II.5 Final Mix HD)

Idina Menzel - Let It Go (from Frozen)

Rascal Flatts - Life is a Highway (from Cars)

Danielle Brooks - Listen Up (from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure)

John Williams - Main Title (from Star Wars: A New Hope)

Rise Against - Making Christmas (from Nightmare Revisited)

Ludwig Göransson - The Mandalorian (from The Mandalorian)

Yoko Shimomura - Memória! (from Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days)

Jake Kaufman - Moon Theme (from DuckTales: Remastered)

Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up) (from Big Hero 6)

Niko - Night of Fire (from Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix)

Nobuo Umematsu & Yoko Shimomura - One-Winged Angel (from Kingdom Hearts II.5 Final Mix HD)

Brad Breeck - The Owl House Theme [Extended Version] (from The Owl House)

Madeon - Pop Culture (from the Fan.tasia AMV)

CarboHydroMusic - Rising Sun (Kingdom Hearts fan song)

Amy Lee - Sally's Song (from Nightmare Revisited)

Hikaru Utada - Sanctuary [Opening Version] (from Kingdom Hearts II)

Hikaru Utada - Simple and Clean (from Kingdom Hearts)

New Japan Philharmonic - Simple and Clean [Orchestral Version] (from Kingdom Hearts)

Green Day - The Simpsons Theme (from The Simpsons Movie)

Parry Gripp - Space Unicorn (from Star vs the Forces of Evil)

Ken Ashcorp - Supernatural [Glaze Remix] (Gravity Falls fan song)

Jessica Darrow - Surface Pressure (from Encanto)

Danny Elfman - This Is Halloween (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Yoko Shimomura - Traverse Town (from Kingdom Hearts I.5 Final Mix HD)

Shakira - Try Everything (from Zootopia)

Samuel E. Wright - Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid 1989)

Starship - We Built This City (from The Muppets 2011)

Lin-Manuel Miranda - We Don't Talk About Bruno (from Encanto)

Danny Elfman - What's This (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Owl City - When Can I See You Again? (from Wreck-It Ralph)

Mandy Moore - When Will My Life Begin? (from Tangled)

Buckner & Garcia - Wreck-It, Wreck-It Ralph (from Wreck-It Ralph)

Imagine Dragons - Zero (from Ralph Breaks The Internet)

Alan Menken - Zero to Hero (from Hercules)

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[firstagent]

Appmon #33 Quick Review

We’ll say this much- episodes specifically designed to introduce a new gallery of bad guys usually stink. Kicking this one off with Rei going full-on Mission: Impossible takes care of that! It’s a pretty thrilling sequence as Hackmon uses every trick at his disposal to allow Rei to learn the location of and get into the terminal with information on Leviathan’s “Most Valuable Person,” believed to be Hajime. Although the MVP isn’t, it kicks off a sequence of events introducing us to a dynamic new character. From there... it’s a pretty far-fetched drag to an obvious conclusion.

On the plus side, Rei is back and interacting with the cast again. Haru apparently has been worried about him and constantly tries to find him. Sure he has. Rei also has no trouble accessing the Room of Requirement to demand Gatchmon’s assistance. He’s notably leery of Yuujin and even Ai. There’s a lot to take in there. Judging by past experience, he’d be uncomfortable as hell in a filler episode, but forcing him into one to show these introductions would have given them some meaningful character interactions. Plus who wouldn’t want to see him walking away muttering “this is pointless” after Gatchmon runs away or during the whole Maripero business?

There’s a lot of ridiculous after that. It’s an important kind of ridiculous, but everything sort of goes off the rails. There’s an overly long biopic of L Corp CEO Umematsu that takes forever to make it totally obvious to us that Leviathan lifted his company to prosperity, while somehow leaving the kids oblivious. It’s been mildly annoying that the team has yet to even remotely suspect that the gigantic corporation with its hands in a ton of tech industries and a suspiciously similar logo to Leviathan’s is run by Leviathan. Now with news reports of L Corp suffering a massive attack hours after Rei massively attacked Leviathan and got L Corp data mixed in with his Leviathan data... it’s unbearable that they aren’t putting two and two together. Rei probably has, and he really ought to say something considering one of them works for L Corp.

Despite the logical frustration there, one thing redeeming this episode is that the timing of Leviathan replacing the L Corp CEO is perfect. On the public side, losing a ton of personal information to hackers is a PR disaster for L Corp. It’s the kind of thing that demands a strong response. Firing the CEO and making Umematsu the fall guy does the trick, especially when replaced with someone who can win over a crowd as well as Knight. For Leviathan, hiring Satellamon to go after the kids would have been an appropriate response to them rummaging through Kowloon, but with him defeated and Rei pulling off his attack, that too requires a strong response. Knight has some pretty scary lieutenants, an urgent objective to find Bootmon before Rei can, and the masses on his side. Whatever Bootmon does, Leviathan isn’t screwing around the way it did with Mienumon.

As for Knight, I didn’t think it was possible, but we have here a character introduction more overblown than Ken Ichijouji and Touma H. Norstein combined! The pomp is justifiable and a clear media strategy on L Corp’s part, but this is a facade that’s going to get grating really quickly if Haru, Yuujin, and Astra don’t get the glitter out of their eyes and join Eri and Rei in being suspicious. Haru was introduced as being a more thoughtful, learned protagonist, but he hasn’t sniffed out any of Leviathan’s screens yet. Given what’s going to be thrown his way, he needs to step up.

My Grade: B

[unescapablebias]

Digimon Universe - Episode 33

Rei's interaction with Dantemon is so surreal, but also kind of sweet.

Personally I found it hilarious that Rei was 'irrelevant' until Hackmon added him in and becoming 'relevant' is how he could gain access.

Anyway, doesn't it look like Rei knows about Yuujin, with the way he was glaring at him? I wonder how much he knows, if he does.

Everything about the new twist is hilarious, but especially the secretary lady who seems to get a new personality when she takes her glasses off and starts introducing those Appmon like a commentator.

In conclusion, Umematsu Takeo lol his replacement does seem to know more about Leviathon and L Corp's true aim, but how much does he know is the question.

[eswel]

About Appmon Timeline

I know there’s been some debate about that line in the intro that talks about 2045.

But we have new information. First, let’s go back to episode 16. Timemon says that Leviathan appeared in 2006. Later, in episode 33 we are presented to the L-Corp CEO who is 70 years old. We can see that he met Leviathan in his youth, so this is at some point after the 2006 incident.

Depending of how much time happened between Leviathan’s birth and his meeting with Umematsu and how old he was, we get how many years has Leviathan been building his empire, which could be even 50 years (if he was in his 20s). In that case we surpass the 2045 mark.

What do you think? Let’s figure it out.

[kamishichiken]

Maiko from the Kitano Odori 2003 program: Umematsu, Umewaka, Umechika, Katsuka and Umefuku (source). 

[okiya]

Maiko Umematsu and Maiko Umechika

[danikatze]

Muddle

a multi-chapter Saraiya Goyou fic

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Chapter 1: What the Hell was the Hurry

Summary: The Five Leaves decide to leave Edo with Masa and Yaichi. Ume and Okinu are the first to arrive in their new home town, soon followed by Matsu. While Ume wants to give "opening up" a try, Matsu struggles with Feelings more than ever. An unexpected relationship develops between the two.

Read it on AO3 - or read it here:

Matsu arrived in town much, much sooner than Ume expected.

At the moment he and Okinu left Edo, heading for the place the Five Leaves had decided to try and make their new home, Matsu was still frantically running around (that is to say, walking everywhere much faster than a short guy like him should realistically be able to do) trying to get things done before his own departure.

The news that Matsu was closing up shop and moving someplace else must've spread like wildfire. The day after the Five Leaves agreed to leave Edo with Masa and Yaichi, there was a small, but undeniable queue of servants from rich families in front of his row house. Some he could please with the few hairpins or pipes that were still lying around and wanted to get rid of before moving anyway. The others placed more specific orders.

Otake, Ginta and Matsu still hung out at Ume's place while Ume and Okinu were preparing to leave, and every time Matsu was there he heartily complained about the orders. He hadn't declined any that Ume was aware of. Matsu was not good at refusing clientele.

Ume and Okinu were the first to start their trek to their potential new hometown, and, predictably, they were also the first to reach their destination. The two were planning to stay at an inn and explore the town from there. Miraculously, they found a vacant row house within mere hours of their arrival.

On her trip to the market the next day, at the end of the afternoon, Okinu spotted Matsu in the crowd. She was shocked to see him: not only did she not expect him to be there yet, he looked exhausted. As usual Matsu insisted that he was fine and asked her directions to the nearest inn. Okinu didn't believe it for one second, and dragged him home with her without completing her shopping.

As soon as Matsu stepped into the row house he collapsed. He was burning up and slept for nearly a full twenty-four hours.

Ume managed to get water and tiny amounts of porridge into Matsu in moments of sort of consciousness. Still, when Matsu finally woke up fully, he was craving food. His fever had gone down, but he looked pretty worse for wear still: he was very pale, his eyes were puffy and the fact that he hadn't shaved for almost two days didn't really help him. He was usually so presentable, which made this sight all the more concerning. It actually reminded Ume of the time Masa just rescued Matsu, after being held in the storage room of that candle maker for a few days. At the very least he didn't have any injuries this time.

Ume made him an elaborate meal, with a little help from his neighbours. They were already quite friendly to Ume, thanks to Okinu. He always let her introduce herself first, and made sure she mentioned he raised her on his own. Ume wasn't really comfortable taking the credit for that. She'd done so much of it herself, somehow. It was a really good ice-breaker, though. People were always much less scared of him when they knew that he'd single-handedly raised such a lovely girl.

"So hey," Ume stepped into the row house with a pot of tea that his elderly neighbour on the right made for them. Ume waited a moment for a sign of acknowledgement from Matsu. It did not come because he was too busy scarfing down the contents of one of many bowls Ume put in front of him ten minutes prior. It went in so fast Ume was unable to discern what exactly it was. Ume continued anyway: "did you do the impossible and say 'no' to your customers?"

Matsu put the empty bowl away and grabbed a grilled fish with his chopsticks. Before he himself seemed to realize it, he'd taken a big bite. He held up a hand, asking for Ume's patience. After a moment it appeared that he didn't have any patience himself, because he just moved the fish inside his cheeks so he could reply.

"Nah," Matsu said, then, realising his cheeks could not contain all the fish while talking, attempted to swallow a portion of his large bite and seemingly hurt himself in the process. With a strained expression he thumped his chest a few times, as if that would make the food go down easier, and continued with a tight voice, "I just kinda hid from people at some point, so I could finish everything in time."

"In time?" Ume placed two cups on the floor, and started to pour out the tea, but paused to squint suspiciously at Matsu. "For what?"

"Didn't wanna take longer than a week, or -- ow," Matsu now attempted to swallow a chunk of rice that apparently did not fit down his throat. Ume waited calmly - and judgmentally - for Matsu to get it down and start breathing normally again.

"- or I would've been stuck in Edo forever," Matsu finally finished his sentence.

Ume tried doing the maths in his head - this just obviously didn't add up. Admittedly, he and Okinu hadn't exactly rushed their journey, but they didn't make a leisurely trip of it either. The whole thing had taken them over two weeks.

If Matsu really did leave a week after them, that meant he'd done it in a week and a half.

Ume looked at Matsu, just woken up from sleeping pretty much twenty-four hours straight. He saw the bags under Matsu's eyes and the amount of food that he was currently consuming, and suddenly started to get very annoyed indeed. He sat up straight and crossed his arms. If Matsu noticed, he didn't show it: he only had eyes for the food before him.

"And you made the deadline?" Ume asked, hoping Matsu would say he finished everything sooner than he thought.

"By a hair," Matsu said, casually.

"What the hell was the hurry, you idiot?!" Ume failed miserably at staying calm. It was the indifference that really pissed him off. "Did you even sleep or eat?"

"Of course I did," Matsu's glower would almost be endearing if it hadn't been preceded by one of those infuriating eye rolls. To make matters worse Matsu decided to add, "I just didn't waste time on a bunch of hour long breaks in between, like you guys probably did."

"I'll have ya know that I didn't practically drop dead at our doorstep when we got here," Ume fumed, "and neither did my kid!"

"Good for you," grumbled Matsu, while stuffing some more rice in his face. "Anyway its none of your business how I travel."

"Oh yeah?" Ume laughed incredulously, "well then, in that case feeding you is none of my business either, lemme clear everything away for you."

"Don't --" Matsu practicality threw himself over the food that surrounded him, to shield it from Ume, "- touch anything."

His pale face flushed with embarrassment, although it didn't stop him from grabbing a bowl of miso and slurping it down as soon as Ume turned away in a huff.

Ume's blood was boiling, but he was really not in the mood for any of the bickering that he and Matsu normally liked to engage in. He was pretty tired from the trip himself, despite taking all the necessary rest stops at the roadside, in addition to the longer breaks they took for food and sleep. The first night they spent in their new place, it knocked both him and Okinu out for about two hours longer than usual.

Ume looked over at Matsu and narrowly avoided snorting at him. Matsu scowled so hard that his eyes almost vanished in his frown. A smile formed on Ume's face before he remembered that he was, in fact, still angry.

Well.. no, he wasn't in the mood for that either. And maybe it wasn't really fair to go all parental on a grown man who managed to run a successful business for a good while back in Edo.

He's so bad at taking care of himself though!

His anger subsided, but got the urge to make Matsu feel a bit self-conscious with a fun little snarky remark. Y'know, a little reward for not arguing.

"I'm impressed you still manage to get food in there, the way you're scrunching up your face," he said, with a self-satisfied grin.

"I'm impressed you- you're..," Matsu faltered, "Shut up, I'm exhausted.."

Ume's grin broadened. Matsu turned into such a pubescent teenager whenever Ume went into dad mode. He looked at the few signs of age on Matsu's face, and wondered how old he could be. In his thirties probably? None of the Five Leaves knew any of the other's ages, and they never asked. Ume didn't ask this time either. Instead, he collected some empty bowls to wash up, and left Matsu to simmer down a bit as well.

When Ume returned Matsu had cleared out all the dishes and was stretched out on the floor with his hands on his stuffed belly. At the sound of the door sliding open and Ume stepping in, Matsu lazily looked over, his head lolling to the side. After following Ume with his gaze for a bit, and Ume pretending he didn't notice while collecting more bowls, Matsu sighed.

"Thanks, Ume," he said.

"My pleasure. I like cooking," Ume presented the empty bowls, "and seeing people enjoy my food."

"I didn't mean the food," Matsu stared at the ceiling, and patted his belly, "although, thanks for that as well."

"Then what?" "Dunno,"

Matsu shrugged, "for worrying, I guess."

"Oh," this took Ume by surprise. He hadn't expected Matsu to cool down this much, "yeah, no problem. I have years of worrying experience, raising a sickly kid by myself and all." He laughed a bit and then added in a quasi stern tone, "She was never as damned reckless as you were, thank fuck."

"Hah," Matsu covered his eyes with his hands, groaning, "Masa used the same word to describe me ages ago. I should really do something about that."

-

It took Matsu a few more days to really get back on his feet again. If it were up to him he would've set out to find a place to stay for himself the very same day he woke up. Ume wouldn't hear of it, and made Matsu rest until he felt fit for at least one full day.

He didn't trust Matsu to be honest about that, but he was fairly good at evaluating someone's well-being. He'd been through too many instances of Okinu claiming she was better, and her falling ill again the next day. Once he started implementing his a-full-day-fit rule, she experienced much fewer relapses.

Matsu grumbled about it a lot and then, to Ume's great surprise and suspicion, put up a lot less resistance than he had prepared for. Ume kept an eye on Matsu as much as he could, and the only way to achieve that was to have Matsu take part in Ume's chores and other activities. As time went on it seemed that Ume didn't need to be distrustful of Matsu's compliance. In fact, if Ume hadn't known any better, he would have said Matsu enjoyed being forced into slowing down.

In the meantime Okinu used her charms to find a place for Matsu to live. In no time at all she managed to get half of her neighbourhood either keeping an eye out, or actively searching for a vacant row house. By the time Ume allowed Matsu to go free, he could move into one that was only a fifteen minute walk away from Ume's - or probably ten minutes at Matsu's pace.

Ume started looking for a building that would be suitable for an izakaya, because his little row house of course wouldn't do. That didn't stop him from providing his neighbours with home cooked snacks and (side) dishes. A bit of advertisement for his as of yet non-existent izakaya. He didn't have much luck yet though. Not that he expected to find something after being there for only a week or so, but he was a bit jealous of Matsu, as unlike him, he would easily be able to set up his business from a row house.

[danikatze]

I've been writing an UmeMatsu fic on and off for six months and I've gotten nowhere near the actual shippy stuff lmao, but I'm actually pretty happy with what I've written so far. Should I just post it?

Here's a preview:

"I can take care of myself," he meant it to sound reassuring, but it came out more gruff than anything else. He half turned to Okinu, looking at the grains of dirt on her white socks, rather than at her, and added in a softer tone: "I promise." "Matsu-san..." Like her dad Okinu wasn't exactly shy about letting people know she didn't agree with things. Entirely on the other spectrum than Ume, but equally easy to shrug off, she'd smile fondly and call them silly. This was different. "I'm a bit worried about you too," she sounded almost mournful and it felt like a punch in Matsu's gut. He didn't say anything and for a moment, neither did she. "I didn't tell dad," when Okinu spoke again there was a bit of mischief in her voice, "because knowing I'm on his side would convince him that he's right, and when he's absolutely sure of himself, he's unbearable." "Even more so?" "hehe, yes." Matsu smiled, in spite of himself, then he sighed. Let's have this conversation. Why not.

[danikatze]

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At this moment I'm so, so slow with drawing, but I'm kinda letting it happen. Still being a bit strict with myself though: forcing myself to work on one thing at the time and to not make new wips haha.

This is going to be a House of Five Leaves (mainly Matsu) themed kissing meme :3 I have the line art (of 10 little drawings) pretty much done and I like them!

[danikatze]

I've been thinking about non-romantic UmeMatsu for quite a while, but I've never drawn them. Now I'm doing a sort of kiss meme and I'm excited to finally do it!

It's one of those templates where you draw a ship kissing in several ways, but instead I'm just drawing Matsu with each member of the Five Leaves that he's kissed (post canon and according to me.) Spoilers: there's four of them hahah

[danikatze]

I wrote a little fragment for the UmeMatsu fic that has to do with Matsu and Otake's friendship.. Just jotted this down half an hour ago, so it's very slightly edited first draft and I'm not sure if it's gonna fit in the fic yet (this is from Otake's pov, while the rest of the fic switches between Matsu and Ume each chapter) but I like it, so I'm sharing it. Also because some of you are so nice about my hofl hc's!

It started not long after she and Matsu had first met. One night she spotted him, from behind, accompanied by a young man she didn’t know. It couldn’t be more obvious to Otake’s experienced eyes what was happening. Matsu’s hand was placed on the small of the man’s back and he smiled the way he only did when he was trying to charm someone. It looked so sincere. Maybe it was. Either way, it was working. Something made him look over his shoulder, directly at Otake. They locked eyes for a moment. Otake didn’t know what made her acknowledge the situation. It was none of her business, after all, and she’d only just met him. But she just liked him very much and she got the feeling the connection was mutual, so she nodded at the man as she raised her eyebrows, to ask if this situation was indeed what she thought it was. Matsu glanced at the man and back at Otake, then briefly raised his eyebrows in confirmation. It happened a few more times, while they were in Edo. Whenever they saw one another at night and he was accompanied by yet a different man, she asked and he confirmed from a distance. They never talked about it afterwards. Not verbally anyway. The day after at breakfast Otake would usually smile at Matsu in approval, and he’d flash the barest hint of a smile, and shrug his shoulders the tiniest bit. Sometimes, when he’d had a particularly good night, and he hadn’t bumped into Otake with his catch, he would do the eyebrow thing at breakfast, and she’d do the approving smile, and he’d do the shrug.. It was a little thing they did that made them feel like they were the closest of friends.

[danikatze]

Hey question: I've gotten to a sexy time part of the UmeMatsu fic and I'm a bit torn about how to describe items of clothing?

The thing is that Matsu wears pretty specific garments and I kinda want to use the right words for them. But on the other hand it would be annoying for a reader who doesn't know those terms to have to look them up, even if I use footnotes.

What I could do is to use the correct word and in the same/next sentence use the word for a better known equivalent? Like "Underneath, as ever, was Matsu’s black haragake. Ume had always found the apron a very attractive garment."

What also makes me hesitate is that I'm not an expert whatsoever. I've seen multiple names for the same garment and I can't figure out if it's wrong/inappropriate to use certain names.

Does anyone have thoughts that could help me? 😅

[danikatze]

I've continued writing the UmeMatsu fic (on and off for two weeks now) and I completely understand why I took a break from it. It's so hard to write someone who's not great at articulating feelings and difficult events in their life, but then is actually trying to articulate feelings and difficult events in their life.