#bandori confessions

[harrowharr0w]

doodles

[stargazerlover]

Kanon as Pastel Palletes member

Art by stargazerlover

[thsc-confessions]

"Sven loves dairy but unfortunately he's lactose intolerant" submitted by anon

[mothbaaalls]

THESE ONES TOO YIPPIE

this sayo card is ridiculously pretty...

[bloodraven55]

my most embarrassing bandori confession is that for the longest time i misread raise a suilen as raise a sullen

[checkeredscarff]

hii!!! its been ages since ive last seen a bandori writer im so happy!! if you do poly, could you write relationship headcanons with aya and chisato? its totally okay if not ^^

OML IK 😭 There's like no Moca fics which is a BIG part of the reason I started to write for this fandom 🫶

-ˋˏ r᥆sᥱ g᥆ᥣძ ˎˊ-

┆Poly!Ayachisa head canons!

-ˋˏWarnings┆none!ˎˊ-

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Reader is heavily implied to be fem but pronouns are never mentioned! GRRRRR MY HC POSTS ALWAYS FEEL TOO SHORT SRRY ANON 😭 This is split into two sections! Sorry if this is off, I've never written about poly relationships! > < May be OOC!

Not proofread cuz I suck :c

-♯ ⍴rᥱ-rᥱᥣᥲ𝗍і᥆ᥒsһі⍴

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀�� ꒰ Chisato was probably the type to be too focused for romance. I feel like she'd certainly notice how her feelings shift about you and Aya but she never confesses herself.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Chisato was most definitely very secretive about it. The only sign you ever probably got was the fact that she was becoming increasingly caring towards you and Aya.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Aya is probably the one that confessed first. She did it on Valentine's day to be specific, giving you both letters about how she feels. She expressed in those letters how she liked the two of you and how you guys would feel about being together.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ On that note, Aya isn't as secretive about it as Chisato but neither is she very obvious about it. She just gives you subtle hints.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Aya is the kind of girl to get you three 'friendship' bracelets, matching keychains, phone charms, and necklaces.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Chisato probably called you and asked you if you wanted to talk it over with her and how you felt about it. Ever so considerate <3

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Aya and Chisato literally never make plans to hang out unless it's with you. Same goes for you. None of you guys hang out outside of school without anyone.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ If you're in their band or in your own, you guys definitely practice with each other. Only if your practicing on your own of course. I hate that I never have a lot for the pre-relationship head canons T-T

-♯ ძᥲ𝗍іᥒg

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ The two have to keep your relationship hidden because of their status as idols but Aya absolutely despises it. She wants to hold your hands in public and give you both kisses instead of just acting like you guys are 'really close friends'. She doesn't see a point, the fans if ur in the idol industry with them already ship you guys anyways!

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Chisato cares ofc but she's a bit more serious than Aya. She definitely kisses and hugs you two whenever you guys are alone with each other but never in public.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ You guys always have sleep overs. It's the one time you get full privacy to show your affection for each other! So, on that note, you're all extremely over affectionate in private. You guys cuddle up in a bed all night and give each other goodnight kisses <3

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ If you can sew or anything related to clothes, they'll ask you to add element's of yourself on their stage costumes ao they're always reminded of you. Their stage outfits also always have each others colors after they start dating.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ They absolutely love adding lyrics about you if possible. Kind of like that RAS song where PAREO wrote 'I love you' as a lyric and CHU² replies with her own 'I love you' <3

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Unless you explicitly tell them it's okay, they will absolutely never go on dates without you. They feel bad leaving you out of anything :(

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ I feel like they're absolute favorite thing to do is practice and sing with you. Something like a karaoke night would be so fun!! They'd also love to practice dances with you, especially Aya!

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ After you three got together, there was a very significant change in their performances. They were much more lively and happy at school too! ^^

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Chisato oddly adores it when either of you wear her gloves. It's a weird thing of hers <3

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ If you're into theatre. . Oh boy. Chisato will absolutely practice lines with you. She's also always gonna audition for any plays you're in, especially if they're romantic.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Whenever Aya and Chisato kiss, they have to include you. Whether they have to go looking for you just to give you a kiss or just turn over to kiss you.

⋆ ˚🪻 ⁀➴ ꒰ Aya calls you 'Sweetheart' and 'Love' but nothing else while Chisato only ever calls you 'Hun'.

@rhythmstage

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Thank you for reading! Reblogs are appreciated! -🪻

[pennieheart]

what’re your top five bandori ships??

Oh my I have been WAITING for someone to ask me this!!!💛💛💛

I ship a LOT of dynamics so it's a little hard to narrow them down but I will do my best!!

1. KokoRinko!!

(edit by bandori_ships on Twitter)

It's honestly a shame that these two don't have much interaction in canon but I daydream about them all the time!! (⁠๑⁠♡⁠⌓⁠♡⁠๑⁠)

I think they would go through so much character development together. Kokoro would teach Rinko to take life easier and Rinko would teach Kokoro how to slow down her buzzing brain and consider things more carefully! Kokoro being her super extroverted self would also have no problem helping Rinko with moments of social anxiety, like ordering food or asking for help in public!!💛💛

2. HaguKoko!!

I love this ship because it has SO MUCH CONTENT!!! It's a pretty popular ship so there's lots of fan art and it's all soooooo CUTE!!!💛💛💛💛

I also think they're very silly together! Their antics always make me giggle!

3. Poly PoPiPa!!

When I first saw the Bandori anime, I immediately decided all of the girls are in love and they all kiss!!💛💛💛

Kasumi is obviously the glue that holds them together and I think she would've had crushes on everyone, which got the ball rolling on their relationship! I also HC that Saaya initially had a crush on Tae, Tae liked Saaya and Rimi, Rimi liked Kasumi and Saaya, and Arisa had a crush on Kasumi and Tae!

I think their relationship fluctuates from time to time where the girls change who they're primarily dating but they're in a closed quint!

4. NanaRui!!

I love these two because I HC both as autistic and I think they would bond over that a lot!! I love how Nanami teases Rui for being robotic sometimes, it's so cute!! Another thing the girls share is having amazing skill that they feel they can't use in their fullest potential due to obstacles in their way! With Rui it was losing a competition and Nanami hid her artistic talent out of shame of being different! When looking deeper than their external traits, the two girls have SO MUCH in common!!💛💛💛

5. ChisaAyaMaya!!

Sometimes people find ChisaMaya to be controversial because of Pasupa's first band story but I think with the way they all developed as characters and the addition of Aya's genuine sweetness, they would all make a great couple!!💛💛

Chisato definitely plays a big role in boosting Aya and Maya's confidence while they all discover their truest selves! I think Maya first fell in love with Aya, who shared the same feelings but was too nervous to admit them! Chisato brought them together by confessing to both of them, which is when Maya and Aya both confess to each other too! Aya and Maya make Chisato confront a lot of her flaws and insecurities, and through their relationship she becomes an ever better version of herself!! 💛💛💛

[thrilling-oneway]

whenever people want to hate on d4dj why do they jump straight on "It's queerphobic bc..." as if it doesn't have the best queer rep of any rhythm game out there.

1757 words about queer representation in D4DJ and other rhythm/gacha games below cut

Like there are actual valid reasons to not like d4dj. There's definitely an issue with sexualising the high schoolers, I've made posts talking about it before. But at the same time, if you as someone who plays other of the major gacha/rhythm games is going to say that, you should probably address that SIF, bandori (and maybe enstars? it's been a while since I played) have some dodgy cards as well. Admittedly these cards are mainly old whereas D4DJ is still producing these, but you shouldn't act like your preferred game is perfect either.

But especially saying that D4DJ is queerphobic is so weird. To say that just proves you have no idea what actually happens in the game, and you're just taking screenshots out of context.

Firstly hayakoko. Okay so in the flashback where they get together they said "but we're both girls". Yeah, it's a cliche line that screams 'written by a hetero person', but within the context of the story it's not that bad if a little cringe. Neither Hayate or Kokoa had liked a girl before they started dating, this is literally stated on screen: Hayate says that she was a little surprised to realise that she had a crush on Kokoa. They're baby gay at this point in time. I think Kokoa's an interesting one to point out as well, because she's the one who said the line in the first place, and even after she admits that she likes Kokoa as well and they start dating, the True Love Kiss side story shows her being insecure about PDA in school. It reads a lot like she's had a very heteronormative upbringing, which is very common for queer people. It's probably more common in Japan where they still don't have equal rights for queer people (they don't have marriage equality, same-sex couples can't marry, the exception being if one is trans and hasn't legally changed their gender. and after they're married they can't legally change their gender). Not to mention she goes to catholic school, and as far as I know there's some issues there. So I don't see anything wrong with Kokoa not wanting to be out publicly, and being a bit insecure when she and Hayate confess. You gotta remember they are 15 as well (and ~14 when they started dating). Their relationship isn't going to be perfect, and that's normal.

And then Aoi and her gender presentation. Aoi has always been a very masculine presenting character, and is explicitly GNC, so I can understand that some people were disappointed with her wearing long hair and a ballgown in the Aoi & Haruna Relations event. But the anger some people hold towards this. Come on, how badly can you miss the point? Aoi's gender presentation has been a part of her character since her initial card story. She says she actually used to dress more feminine and have long hair in high school, but decided to change her look because she thought she suited the shorter hair. She also mentions that when she presented fem, she would be told she looked like a cross dresser, which obviously offended her. It's not hard to see that Aoi just wants to be seen as Aoi. It's not about how she presents her gender, she's still Aoi no matter how she dresses - Tsubaki mentions this in the A&H Relations. Nothing was retconned or de-canonised when Aoi wore hair extensions and a dress, it wasn't a sudden unnecessary change. The event explores the fact she wants to try different looks outside of her usual 'princely' one, but she's a bit of a people pleaser and is unsure about it because people associate Aoi with "androgynous good looks". There was no pressure from anyone to be feminine, there was actually pressure the other way. She wore a dress and had long hair for one (1) event, and 2 illustrations. Her most recent card has her in trousers with short hair again. Like you don't have to pounce on it being erasure because Aoi wanted to dress more feminine one time. She doesn't hate being GNC now, she's not permanently feminine now - Aoi being GNC is a part of who she is. Aoi being fluid with her gender expression is a part of her queerness and I don't get how you can miss the point so badly to call it erasure.

D4DJ is genuinely one of if not the best mainstream gacha/rhythm game for queer rep. There's so much more than just this: Tsubaki and Aoi are canonically in love with each other and there was even an attempted confession (they got interrupted), KyoShino have implied romantic feelings, same with NagiHiiro and RinMuni (mainly from Muni's side). Haruna was pretty much confirmed as lesbian during the A&H relations, and has had crushes on two separate characters. Saori's sapphic as well (there's one or two implications that she's bisexual). Having Hayate and Kokoa in a relationship opens the doors to more ships becoming canon in the future. The only negative representation I can think of in this game is Noa, so if you really want to go out of your way to say D4DJ is queerphobic, there you go. Noa likes cute thing, cute girls, and flanderisation took hold quickly to the point of her being creepily obsessed with the ri4 girls and a few others, and literally stalking them. Yikes. Her writing is improving though, especially in All Mix where she just occasionally comments on how cute they are without taking it too far, and they actually let her have other personality traits expressed that had pretty much been forgotten.

My point here is that if you're going to say D4DJ is bad rep or homophobic, you're admitting that your game is worse for representation. I'm not saying that the games in the "Big 3" (proseka/bandori/enstars) are bad by any means (idk about enstars actually I didn't play for very long), but D4DJ has definitely taken some big steps in queer representation that those games are seemingly too scared to make. Having a canon sapphic couple is a game like this is a huge deal, I'm not even sure if it's been done before. And before anyone says "but anhane and minoharu went on a double date in Buddy Funny Spend Time", neither of those pairs are stated or even fucking implied to be in a relationship outside of that event. It kinda just happens in one event, and even then it's still a bit vague on whether either of the couples are actually dating in the event. It's definitely heavily implied that anhane/minoharu have mutual romantic feelings, so they are arguably canon in that sense, just not in an established relationship sense. Bandori has done this as well with PareChu, have them go on dates and be clearly romantically interested in each other, only to never actually be a couple (I know tsumutsumu and reochi have called parechu an official couple, but that's word of saint paul rather than word of god, so take this how you will). Hayakoko is HUGE for this genre, and could mean good things in the future of other rhythm games (especially other Bushiroad ones).

--Break here where I went on a tangent about non-D4DJ queercoding--

Outside of schroedingers dating, both bandori and proseka have characters who are implied/canonically queer. I'll make this short because this is getting really long now and I apologise to anyone who's still reading.

For bandori, Arisa has a crush on Kasumi, Kaoru can be considered as canonically lesbian just from how she's presented, YukiLisa has a lot of implications for romantic feelings, as do MocaRan. Himari is also an interesting case, as she could be read as bisexual or comphet lesbian, it's never really made clear (at least as far as I know, I stopped playing bandori a while ago, and am not up-to-date on story, so anyone who's still reading feel free to add to this or correct me). There's probably some stuff missing here as well.

As for proseka, it actually has quite a lot of queercoding. I already touched on anhane and minoharu earlier, but Kohane and Minori are both heavily implied to be lesbian, An as well (although there's like one or two hints that she could be bi. I can cite them if needed). Mizuki is canonically transfeminine (their gender is unconfirmed), and they have been shown to be attracted to women. ShizuAiri and AkiToya have a lot of romantic implications in their relationships, EmuNene has gradually been getting more and more actually (Amidst a Dream). Ena is implied wlw and Rui is implied mlm okay I think I got everything tangent over.

--End of break--

Regardless of my criticisms, all of the games I've mentioned definitely show how much queer rep has grown and become a lot better in the last decade or so. While not focused on the rhythm game, the first generation of Love Live (2010-16) queerbaited* a fair amount. To give one example, there's an 'interview' with Honoka from 2015 where she heavily implies that she's straight, despite having ship tease with other female characters. Compare that to what we have 8 years later, and you can definitely see improvement. However I think it still needs to be addressed that what we have isn't perfect, and it probably will take while to get to a point where we can have more openly queer characters/couples, especially considering Japan as a country (and american/else localisation teams). But I think more people need to recognise how important D4DJ is for queer representation within this genre. It's really not common to have queer romance and gender presentation be directly addressed and frequently shown, and not just for the sake of making money.

I'm bad at ending essays.

* Queerbaiting - intentionally and maliciously leading a queer audience to believe they will receive representation which is then not provided. Whether the rhythm games mentioned do this or not is... debatable? It's done for the money which ticks the intentionally malicious box, queer people aren't for capitalising on. But a good amount of the time it's done to bait straight people who like yuri/yaoi. I do think it's queerbait though like heavily ship teasing a couple and then throwing in a line to imply one of them is straight definitely queerbaiting. april edit: it took me over a month to realise that there were words missing in that last sentence sorry about that. hi anyone who's reading this in the future

[reecehaswritten]

Also here's two fics I didn't post here since one's bandori and the other Pjsekai feel free to read them if you want dfukhskfa

My Cinderella <3 (kasuari, bandori) - Of all songs, why did Kasumi have to pick Romeo and Cinderella. Arisa is met with a surprise while playing, and she's left red enough to the point that she looks like she's about to pass out from over-exhaustion. And it's all the fault of the energetic lead, who happens to be her girlfriend.

Poems, Treasure hunts, and Akito Shinonome (akirui, project sekai) - Akito finds himself alone in Kamiyama, Rui having made a little treasure hunt for him to complete. It's on Valentines day too, and he'd already gotten a confession letter from hiim. What's Rui up to?

[harrowharr0w]

confession time back in ye olde days when i was only a bandori player i was one of the ones who would like obsessively hate on pjsk until i was swayed into downloading it (my friends played it) (also i liked shiho only. because of yukki)

[fatherfigurefusion]

Bandori Girls as that one TikTok Audio.

Love Interest: Why are you so kind to me? Do you like me or something?

And now presenting, the four different types of reactions to a confession!

The Dog: (Ako, Eve, Hagumi, Himari, Kasumi, Kokoro, Touko, MASKING, PAREO) You finally noticed?! Uh-huh! I do! Y'know, y'know! I REALLY really like you! I love you!

The Cat: (Arisa, Misaki, Ran, Sayo, Yukina, Rui, CHU2) Huh?! Like? N-No, I don't...Don't get the wrong idea...dummy...

The Fox: (Chisato, Lisa, Moca, Saaya, Tae, Nanami) Yes, I do. Huh? Are you embarrassed? How cute~. Y'know, I love seeing you react like this~.

The Hamster: (Aya, Kanon, Maya, Rimi, Rinko, Tsugumi, Mashiro, LOCK) Eh?! Oh..uh...Th-that...W-Was it that obvious?...Yes, I like you! P-Please go out with me!

Mixes: Hina (dog-fox hybrid), Kaoru (fox in the streets, hamster in the sheets), Tomoe (same as Kaoru), Tsukushi (has dog, cat, and hamster energy all at once), LAYER (same as Kaoru and Tomoe)

[justwritesstuff-xox]

Bandori x Persona 5 Crossover

Title: Because you are here with us, watching the same Afterglow

A.k.a Uehara Himari comes back home, and a fluffy reunion between Afterglow members. Moca spills the beans because she just wants to. Ran has a migraine part 1, and Afterglow appreciates Ran’s Sasanqua Flower Arrangement.

Uehara Himari is finally coming home from the Hospital. She wouldn't lie, she was ecstatic to be able to meet everyone outside of the hospital. She was given therapy and support, and her friends are always there no matter what. Himari smiled, today will be a brand new day for Afterglow. The bassist of Afterglow came out of the car and saw her house. It has been months since she last was here. It made Himari feel sad. 

She walked into the house, as she marvelled. Everything, despite being the same as always, felt new, it felt like an old friend welcoming her back. Himari smiled as she walked up the stairs, through the corridors and landed herself in front of her room. The pastel pink hairs touched the door knob. Filled with anticipation and curiosity, she opened the door to her room. It was clean, tidy, and neatly decorated. At her table, there were two pots of flowers. One written “For Himari in Cursive,” and the other one “For Afterglow,”

Himari sat on her bed, before, BOOM!

A trumpet sound and confetti happened, and four girls are In front of her, smiling widely. “Welcome back, Himari!” “Welcome back, Hii-chan!” “Welcome back, Himari-chan!”

︶⊹︶︶୨୧︶︶⊹︶︶⊹︶︶୨୧︶︶⊹︶︶⊹︶︶

Everyone was sitting on the floor, except for Himari who was sitting on top of her bed. Everyone was smiling, laughing as if there is no tomorrow. It has been a long time since everyone has been this carefree. 

“Tsugu, you're the best! The hospital food didn't have any sweets, I had to suffer a lot without it,” Himari dramatically said as she ate the candy. 

“I am glad you like it, Himari-chan, just don't overdo yourself,” Tsugumi said as she smiled.

“Yea~ Hii-chan, don't be too tsugurific~!” Moca lazily added. 

“Moca!” Ran warned.

“Then you should eat more, it's been awhile you've been out, we missed you a lot,” Tomoe said.

Himari chuckled, “It's true, at least everyone hasn't changed at least one bit!”

That statement did pull out a nervous laugh on everyone. 

“Well. . .we did have a fight. . .”Tomoe confessed nervously.

“You. . .WHAT?” Himari exclaimed. 

The four girls looked at each other, with Tsugumi started sheepishly, “Tomoe-chan got frustrated with Ran-chan, and Tomoe was targeted by the phantom thieves,”

“Daijoubu Hiichan~ Tomo-chin is back to normal of course, although Ran is. . .a different story altogether,” Moca smiled lazily, earning a glare from Ran, “That is nothing to be worried about. . . Moca, shut up,”

“I'm joking~ I'm joking~ but yea, Tomo-chin got herself a change of heart. . .now she just loves Moca-chan better~!” Moca said, looking serious.

“She's serious?” Himari said, looking at Ran, Tsugumi, and Tomoe.

“Himari. . .it's Moca,” Ran merely said, “That's not how it works,”

“But yes, we already tackled that, so no need to worry about it,” Tomoe said, “I did apologize to Moca, Ran, and Tsugu. . . mostly Ran,”

“Should I ask. . .you know what, as much as I want to know, I think it's time for a game,” Himari exclaimed. “Confession time!”

Tomoe, Tsugumi, Moca, and Ran, do not see that coming. Confession time. . .may sound innocent, but this ain't about that. 

Himari sighs, “Mooo! It'll be fun, you just have to confess stuff…” Himari then cried, “L-like in the movies, please!”

“Himari-chan. . .” Tsugumi started, she already felt bad, “I'll try it out with you!”

“C-count me in Himari!” Tomoe said, despite not liking the idea, she wouldn't want to back down from a good old challenge.

“Ran! Moca! Come on!” Himari urged, “I'll buy you more bread, Moca. . .as for Ran,”

“The answer is. . .no,” Ran said, crossing her hands.

“Chotto. . .bread?!?!?” Moca’s eyes went starry wide, imagining many kinds of bread, “Hii-chan, you~! Moca-chan will join~”

At this rate, Ran had to give up and join the game indeed. So the game end up starting innocently, like Moca hiding Tomoe's favorite games when they were younger, Tsugu's hidden shrine of dolls, Tomoe having a small crush on Kaoru-senpai, and Ran hiding Moca’s bread supplies. Well that until, Moca chose to give a big smile. That is until Himari confessed that she wanted to be a part of the Phantom Thieves that made both Ran and Moca tense. 

Aoba Moca knows that Mitake Ran is a Phantom Thief. Ran told her everything, from the day she became a Phantom Thief and her adventures. Despite being a grandiose dream job, for Ran, it was a neverending nightmare, exposed to humanity’s inner shadow selves. A mistake, such as killing a shadow, can cause a mental breakdown, a murder. It was a harsh reality that Ran faced, no matter what. The idea of her succumbing to that, as well as dying in an unknown world. Moca knows despite Ran telling her everything, there are some that are so dark that Ran couldn't tell her. But Moca knows. 

“Ne~ Hii-chan, why do you wanna be a Phantom Thief anyways, I wanna be a baker instead~!” Moca said, trying to smooth down the situation.

“Moca,” Ran chuckled, hiding her tenseness, “Not everyone wants to be a baker,”

Himari thought about it, “Well, I think it's pretty cool, helping others no matter what. They are my hope, because they were able to fight for what they think is good. The Phantom Thieves are my heroes, because they saved me from Kamoshida,”

Ran remembered that conversation. The reason why she became a Phantom Thief. “Please give me a minute, I need to go to the toilet. Moca, accompany me,”

“Ran~?” Moca stood up and joined Ran outside the bathroom. Ran closed the door as Moca closed the closet and sat on top of it. 

“I. . .want to tell them the truth,” Ran said, “But. . .I am scared, I know I am a coward but—” “Ran~ you do what you do~ I will be on your side to the very end~” Moca interrupted, giving something that Ran wanted to hear. Ran nodded and walked outside, to go to Himari's room. 

Ran stood as Moca sat. “Himari. . .Tomoe. . .Tsugumi, I have something to confess,” Ran said, as she breathes to calm herself, her face then looked serious, “I am a member of the Phantom Thieves,"

Silence - - -

“WHAT?!?!” Himari exclaimed.

“Ran-chan? Are you alright?” Tsugumi asked, looking worried, “You don't have to–” “So that's why,” Tomoe said, shutting both Tsugumi and Himari up.

“Tomoe-chan?” Tsugu asks.

“Ran seemed to know something we don't, and the Phantom Thieves, Ran would always lie and claim they don't exist. Not only that, Ran. . .you knew about the change of heart, and the Phantom Thief that talked to me. . .it was you, wasn't it,” Tomoe said, making Ran's eye widened, “You knew?” That was a question Ran wanted to confirm.

“I had my suspicion,” Tomoe said, “But Ran, thank you,”

“Please tell us everything,” Tsugumi said and Ran nodded. Mitake Ran proceeded to tell everything, the start of her journey as a persona user, as a Phantom Thief. How she rejected their offer and changed her mind for Himari, as well as Moca recently being a Phantom Thief. Everyone in Afterglow was taking it seriously, after all, it's Ran. The vocalist also told them about the other world, the Metaverse, and personas.

“Woah, that's so cool, you make me jealous you know,” Himari said, “But then again. . .thank you, we know it isn't your fault, but thank you for everything,”

“Himari. . .”

“Ran. . . you're so cool, handling yourself and being a Phantom Thief, you are always strong, no matter what,” Tsugumi smiled, “We will be on your side no matter what,”

“To think that Moca is a persona user, but she's not a Phantom Thief yet?” Tomoe asked.

“The thieves didn't know, she awakened when I was training in Mementos,” Ran glared, “Another reason why I choose to confess,”

“Hehehe~ sorry~ sorry~ Moca-chan is really sorry~!” Moca sheepishly said.

Ran sighs, shaking her head before looking at the Sasanqua, with a sunset as its background. She changed her position and watches the window, “Guys, the sunset is beautiful,”

Everyone stopped and looked in Ran's direction. “It's been awhile since we have seen the sunset together,” Tsugumi smiled.

Tomoe smile, “It's true,”

Moca lazily exclaimed, “The sunset makes me feel emoi~”

Everyone chuckled. “Ne~Ran~ that flower looks familiar,”

“Those are Sasanqua, the same flower I gave you the day we met,”

“Afterglow is finally together~” Moca exclaimed.

“It's been awhile,” Tomoe added.

“Maybe we can revive the band again! I miss playing the bass after all,” Himari exclaimed.

“Then I'll have to brush up my piano skills then!” Tsugumi said, “I'll work extra hard on it,”

“Tsugu is being tsugurific~!” Moca smiled, “I'm playing my guitar again then~!”

“Then I'll go back to creating new lyrics,” Ran added.

“Yes! Afterglow is back on business, I'm super hyped up! Ei~ ei~ oh~!”

Author's Note: Afterglow is finally back, it's great to see that. I bet they're gonna work hard. Anyways thanks for reading and I don't really have much to say lol.

[sr-colle]

my latest tenso package came in!!

first thing i see after removing the air packaging is shulegs. real unmei moment.

the way the clear file was packed is kinda concerning, as it looks like it's just slightly too big to fit perfectly and one of the corners got bent upward...

but it'll probably be fine after i flatten it under something heavy for a day or two.

so here's everything unplastic'd!

the tcg cards spooked me for a second because i was looking at claude's face through the plastic sleeve and turned him over and saw a weiss schwarz blau card back and i was like !?!??!?!??!??!? until i remembered yuto was in there too lol. claude will be joining my two byleth cipher cards, and i think it'll be cute if i surround yuto with my bandori weiss schwarz cards so it looks like he has an audience 😊

the reiji title pin surprised me with how big it is!!! for some reason i thought it'd be like 3cm wide at most, but it's 6.5cm across and almost 2cm tall!! guess it's to make sure the dense kanji are more legible in itabags and stuff. i only got this title pin since i didn't care as much for the wording of the other one, plus this one is the higher ranked title in dbes so i'm showing the proper amount of oshi-ism 😎

soooo happy to finally have the janus reiji and lrfes shu tickets. when i first decided to start collecting, these were the items i wanted most, as they're my favorite cards for each of them in dbes and the frame design is really beautiful for them!! i love the dots in reiji's romanized name forming an elegant little arc, and the holo elements are really vibrant and gorgeous. i'm going to try my best to make these stand out on my board arrangement since they're so special to me.

confession: i had little idea what the egoistic才Φ shikishi even was when i ordered it. i was just like "song jacket art in some kind of collectible form? add to cart" but i really like it!!! now i want the yume no ato one too lol. there's something really satisfying about nice cardboard (<- predictable words of a collector)

not much to say about desfes sol except that its disc case is identical to the pwy s-sol case, so if i go through with customizing them it's nice that they'll match. not sure if these are original cases or supplied by suruga-ya.

the real prize of this batch is my beloved original reiji acrylic stand, who i never thought i'd be able to obtain for less than 3k... instead i was pointed to a 330 yen listing— unopened!— on some secondhand shop i'd never heard of (lashinbang) and i ordered this thing faster than when i got a stock alert for the tears of the kingdom collector's edition.

interestingly, he appears slightly shorter than suit reiji! it might be the pose though. the art printing quality is also lower, which i'm chalking up to its age in the franchise history, as they probably had a lower budget for merch back then. i won't be looking that close though, so no problem!

his matching kusogaki is on the way, so for now he gets to stand between the suits like a king.

lastly there's the clear file; it has this odd offset effect around the character art and i'm not sure if it's a printing misalignment or intentional or what.

but who cares look at how cool it looks when i put it in front of the window light!!!!

so that's everything!! i've got a buyee order coming soon so i'm holding off on rearranging my board til then. i'm gonna go watch the desfes disc 🌸

[bandoriconfessions]

"Come on, Bushimo... Give us the forbidden Yukiran 'Magnet' cover... I want to watch the chaos unfold..."

[luymani]

ppl who think video games give children anger issues r focusing on the wrong genre. they havent seen what rhythm games do to ppl. that shit makes them VIOLENT

[goatboard]

KIAN PLEASE BE INSANE IN MY NOTIFICATIONS, IT ALWAYS MAKES ME SOOO HAPPY TO SEE IT

do nor be afraid to ask me about bandori, i might not be as active in the fandom but MAN ive been playing the game a little recently and always will go apeshit over my girls because... i mean i've been there since 2018, you expect me to abandon them??? after all the adoption papers have been filled out????

PLEASE I LOVE COUPLES SENDING LETTERS TO EACH OTHER IT'S ALWAYS SO CUTE its also so funnt for Himarinko since they probably live like 20 minutes away from each other and also are constantly texting each other

Himari assumes Rinko already knows the answer is yes to her marriage proposal so she just kinda forgets to say it and Rinko is SO ANXIOUS about it because??? is she ok with it??? or not??? and then Himari starts to ask her about the wedding details (like what kind of dress would be better ect.) and Rinko is like what are you playing at, I love you but WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHOSE WEDDING

Himari would absolutely boast about being THE girlfriend

if Rinko was a streamer she'd come into her room to give her some cut fruit and a smooch and Rinko is so flustered because Himari Im streaming and the chat goes wild

BUT PLS AFTERGLOW TRYING S O HARD TO GET THEM TOGETHER AND THEIR CONFESSION ENDS UP COMPLETELY UNRELATED THATS SO FUNNY honestly after they start dating i NEED for aglow to start treating Rinko like an old friend and she's just so happy to be accepted by them

BUT AUGH YOU MADE ME THINK ABOUT THEM TOO..... OH GOD I LOVE HIMARINKO

Kit I'm not having a good time the mental illness is back and its name is Himarinko Disorder please help me oh my God.

heh

I adore how you made Rinko write Himari a letter, what if Himari says she loved it so much Rinko decided that writing letters to your gf = good grade in girlfriend so she decides to do it for things like little anniversaries or whenever she feels like it. for her part Himari would also decide to sneak in a letter into Rinko's shoe locker, Rinko is so flustered the whole day because she. did not. expect that.

Himari also puts up all the letters from Rinko on her wall :) at one point she no longer has any space to hang them and it makes her so sad :( she wants to keep her girlfriend close

Himari seems to be the kinda girl who has a very loose concept of boundaries and often shows up to Rinko's house unannounced, at first Rinko is sooo anxious over it and would propose going out somewhere rather than staying in. overtime she grows used to it though and Himari starts to slowly invade her room (leaving clothes around, books, magazines) and Rinko is just soo happy to find them and have an excuse to invite Himari again (which obviously wasnt a genious plan invented by Himari to come around again and again, why would you even think that, she'd never do that)

Rinko's love language is gift giving and she'd often handmake something for Himari. obviously Himari Has To Repay Her (usually in making an accessory also or kisses, a lot of kisses)

Rinko's FGO mutuals are often baffled because she's been grinding in low-level areas recently, actually she's just been helping her gf gain some experience

also whenever somebody in mean to Himari online Rinko turns into an absolute white knight, either absolutely obliterating them or runing their reputation

fuck this, Himari carries a picture of Rinko around

I'm torn between Afterglow being 100% oblivious or 100% invested into hmrnk, both are so hilarious, they think Rinko is another one of Himari's gal pals or are jumping the ship for any opportunity to leave them alone