#btw we poked out the eye and got the lens:))))

[buddhistanchovies]

When you black out after that weird glittery snack and all of a sudden you’re in an A Level Biology class but you sure as hell aren’t a student.

[chronicler-of-narrative]

hi chronicler!! is operator chronicler friends with drusus at all? do they swap notes or compare stories? maybe drusus has even allowed "contributions from an esteemed colleague" in his leverian? :3

Hey, uh, sorry for taking so long (like a month or two?) to respond to this. I'll be completely honest I forgot about it. But regardless, here we are and I'll do my best to answer your ponderings.

So, for Operator Chronicler specifically, the answer would actually be No. This is for two major reasons. The first being that while Drusus focuses on tales from the System's past, The Chroniclers focus on the System and it's people in the present. Its less history and more archiving, saving what is so that those who will be can look back with a clear lens. The second reason is tied to the backstory of Operator Chronicler and, specifically, the idea that Drusus might actually recognize him. Now, the two never met before, but Drusus would know Operator Chronicler but a very, very different name, one almost scrubbed from history. Operator Chronicler doesn't want to be recognized, which is why he would probably just politely ignore Leverian's existence and do his own thing, writing about people and places young enough not to feel a sense of recognition upon seeing Operator Chronicler.

However, your ideas are not unfounded. For the "esteem colleague" in this case is definitely Drifter Chronicler. Being stuck in Duviri, drifternicler (as affectionately refered to by a mutual of mine) has not experienced the System quite as much as his younger counterpart. Being the curious goofball he is, he would definitely also enjoy poking at the past as well as the present, investigating details about any stories he may hear in passing just to sate his own wonder. And, indeed, this might lead him to the Leverian, where he could meet and make acquaintance with Drusus. Of course, he wouldn't have much to share about the System, what with being stuck in a magic fantasy void realm, but I feel like he would definitely help Drusus flesh out the stories from his library by, as I've mentioned before, investigating any strange details or lack thereof that catch his eye. This, combined with his extensive and plentiful history in Duviri, could actually end up creating a whole new area of the Leverian, one about the many misadventures of a certain Scholar in the 'definitely fictional' world of Duviri. After all, when you can claim you've beaten Kullervo by batting Tamms at him with your Sampotes, you've very much deserved it. (oh, and btw, the Tamm thing wasn't some challenge. It was just an experiment that popped into drifterniclers head one day)

Thank you for this ask, sorry again for taking so long, and hope you got the answers you seeketh.

Oh, and if you or anyone else has any questions about my blorbos, feel free to ask!

[shelly-ya]

Study 4

Part1 | part2 | part3 | part4 | part5 | part6 | part7 | part8 | part9

Previously:

"Now why don't we plan a trip soon" Mikey turned on his childish mode while everyone deadpanned from the quick change of attitude.

"Mikey!" Was the collected voices heard in the shop as you and chifuyu finished with your shopping and now entering back into the building. You froze at the sight front of you. Everyone was light heartedly laughing and poking fun at each other. But what really stopped you was the fact you had never seen baji with out his glasses.

His fangs poking out while he laughed and glasses in one hand as the other was in his pocket. But to your dismay the sandy eyes that scared you before was back blocking your view of baji. Taking a step back you had nothing to bump into but you ended up tripping on your feet. Trying to regain balance you grabbed the first thing you could and that was the shirt in front of you. Feeling arms hold your hips steady you felt his chuckle rumble under your hold.

"My aren't you clumsy" your doom and saviour joked.

"You can stop touching me now" you said pulling your hands away from his chest. Him not fully releasing you yet.

"Aw I just wanna be friends" he said.

"KAZUTORA!" Baji hissed hitting him on the head.

"Hey come on i was just teasing them" he said rubbing the sore on his head.

"Yeah yeah" he waved off his friend. "You ready for lunch?" Looking up you met his bronze pool of eyes that isn't shielded by the clunky glasses.

"Um y-yeah. Let's eat and get back to work" you stuttered

"Cool hey shinichiro we're going back to the office you got a kettle and microwave right?" Baji called out to the shop.

"Hey wait a minute you little arsonist I will heat what you got to heat up wait for me" shinichiro zoomed into the area you all were in gasping for breathe with his greasy hands on his overalls.

"Arsonist?" You questioned

"So I set fire to one car because I was hungry sue me" he grumbled putting his glasses back on. You pouted a little after loosing the gorgeous sight of his face behind the lens.

"Seriously?" You laughed following the three guys up to the office again..

"You guys saw that pout to right" kazutora asked the boys who were still in the shop.

"Yep and the stare down to" draken said

"Saw what now who was staring down who?" Mikey asked jumping from his perch.

"Nothing never mind mikey" kazutora said looking amused at the back door you all went through.

A couple of weeks have passed by with you tutoring baji and chifuyu before it was finally the weekend before his make up exams. You all decided to have an all nighter the Sunday night before.

"*smack* ouch" baji yelled rubbing his head

"Baji kun you need to remain awake. We need you to remember everything" you said with a rolled up bike magazine in hand waiting for him to keep falling asleep.

"Hey kids couldn't you have chosen some other place to study tonight I wanna go to bed" shinichiro whined as he lay on the open floor hand over his eyes

"Then go to bed already old man can't even stay awake" baji grumbles with pencil in hand as he read over a question

"Who are you calling an old man. If name Chan wasn't here keisuke you would have been dreaming about fires" shinichiro retorted.

"Can you both shut up and do your own things" you almost yelled. Then a loud snore and mumbled was heard on the floor. Looking to the direction of the sound. You saw chifuyu feet under the table and arms spread out as he was out cold.

"*snicker*" baji snorted which in turn made you and shinichiro laugh out loud.

*groan* chifuyu groaned in his sleep and turned around to his side. "Let's go baji san" he mumbled in his sleep and started to snore again. Giggling a little you rested your chin on your hand as you propped on the table.

"He really cares for you baji kun" you said.

"Yeah btw don't you think you could drop the kun now?" He asked not looking up from his paper

"Can I?" You asked

"I don't mind. I mean you are my tutor after all. Just say baji or my first name" shinichiro stood up as baji spoke. He left the room with the door wide open

"Guess he gave up and went to sleep" you said. Only to see him walk in with some blankets. He opened one and threw it over the sleeping chifuyu. And then handed you and baji one each as well. Thanking him as he did so.

"Here why don't you take a nap on the sofa. I'll keep keisuke company" shinichiro smiled and tousle your hair a bit. The sofa was what baji was leaning on at the moment. He leaned forward a bit for you fix yourself as you lay behind him. And pulling the blanket over you. You looked at his side profile for a few seconds before you closed your eye and was sent to dream land.

Baji didn't realise that he fell asleep for some time as he shook his head to relieve the hazy feeling. His head was to the side eyes still closed. He opened his eyes and was shocked by the image in front him. Memorized by your sleeping face. The way your lips parted slightly and the way your hair was splayed all over you. He looked at your sleeping face and then zoned in on your lips. Drawing closer he couldn't fight the urge to just keeping moving forward.

To be continued

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Special tags: @stxrmylxve @the-witch-of-one-piece

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Grimms Notes 1 | Spec Ops Asuka 1 - 2 | Boogiepop 3 | Price of Smiles 2 - 3 | Kaguya-sama 1 | Mob Psycho II 2 | Morose Mononokean II 2 - 3 | Shield Hero 2 | My Roommate is a Cat 2 | Girly Air Force 1

Grimms Notes 1

Somehow, from the opening shot having an easy-to-draw-and-animate non-very-threatening monster, I can tell this is a game adaption.

…Likwise, when I have complaints about the birds in the OP being CG, you know this is an anime.

I think this “handing down the role of Red Riding Hood” thing is interesting. However, the humour Tao was going for at the time…was so not me.

I think all Tao said was that it was dangerous (in the audio). I think the subber was trying to insert a Zelda meme…what an evil agenda…(partially joking)

“…scary black thing…” – Do you mean the monster? If you mean the wolf monster and not the other clawed creature from the beginning of the episode, then that’s not black. That’s purple.

I think Brain’s Base is trying to make Red look creepy with her dead ahead stare, but…as much as I don’t like a fisheye lens, we could really use some right now.

Okayyyyyyyyyy…I knew anime could make anything a weapon, but a bookmark? That’s stretching credulity a bit. How is that badass??? C’mon, even healing was – kinda – badass in Merc Storia because it had a purpose. A bookmark is just used for keeping your place in a book. Unless it’s one of those metal ones that falls out of books all the time, they don’t hurt flies.

Seriously, doesn’t Goliath get defeated by David??? In better news, I thought Tao was vaguely hot, but Robin Hood…ooh…

I have no idea why Alice’s weapon is a sword, btw.

Waitttttt…wuh? “I’ll show you how to be a real lady”???? *eyes of skepticism* At least the other ones make sense and aren’t as gendered – but notably Cinderella is a healer when they could’ve done something cooler, like the Little Mermaid or something (to tie into siren mythology).

Obviously Evil Villain is Obvious. Nothing new to see here.

Well…that was mildly unsatisfying…

Spec Ops Asuka 1

For some reason, I call Magical Girl Special Operations Asuka “Spec Ops Asuka”. Well, at least it makes sense…*shrugs*

Karambit. Surprisingly, it’s a weapon I’ve never heard of before…

Exposition dumps have never been this clunky before! Oof!

Whiskey Charlie? Like…WC? Toilet??? (I’m not sure everyone will get that joke, but okay.)

I’d probably translate the episode title to “Comeback of the Magical Girl”. It starts with a relative clause, so it should be that way in English too.

The ol’ transfer student cliché. *sigh* Anime, anime, anime…why you do dis to me? Not that I mind it, I wouldn’t be so deep if I weren’t…

What’s the name of Nozo-chan’s friend again???

“Franz on the Waves” seems to be a play on “Kafka on the Shore”.

Le sigh…I get the feeling this was written by a dude to satisfy male fantasies by pretending to use girl power as a symbol.

Seriously though, if you thought Sailor Moon was bad at keeping identities…Asuka has it worse. I mean, Rapture Asuka = Asuka Ootori. It’s really obvious in English…

A thug man with a metal hand drinking tea from a tiny cup…now there’s a real source of humour!

(Trigger warning: prostitution discussion) - “…whoring yourself out.” – Err…that’s definitely not what I expected to see in an anime like this. I haven’t shied away from Shield Hero, but this I did a really big double take on for all the wrong reasons. Even with Sayoko to hold Nozo-chan back, I still think Nozo’s being really, really insensitive here.

Okay…the rules of long hair state you must pull your hair out from towels. They missed a good opportunity to do that shoujo sparkle thing with that, y’know, even if to create mood whiplash.

There is something to be said about bystander effect here, I think, and how people award proactivity rather than being passive...especially with magical girls and those other kinds of people who act as “heroes” during times of crisis.

Oh, of course, terrorism. Because we want our magical girls political now…*le sigh*

“Live your life for the sake of those who died.” – This reminds me of the situation with cian-aemilian all over again. I’m pretty sure I’ve said something of a similar nature in the past due to it. Update: my exact quote was “…what can the living do but keep those who have gone in their memory?”

…and of course, people who watch magical girls from afar use drones, because that’s going to outdate this show in a good 10 – 20 years. *le sigh*

Well, colour me impressed. I was about to jump ship due to the shoddy quality, but I think that quote at the end felt like a dig at me personally in the best (yet worst) way possible.  I did laugh a tonne at how stupid the gore looked, though, which might be a problem…

Boogiepop 3

Is it just me, or has Echoes cleaned up now enough to be kinda…hot?

Waittttt…which of them is “Niitoki-kun”? Sorry, I just don’t think I’m 100% comprehending all the names being flung about here. Update: Niitoki is the class prez gal.

Somehow I knew he was going to stab Echoes with the pen, but I was still slightly surprised to see it happen.

Hmm…that episode was a lot more impressive than the last two. Things actually made sense, now that we know the background of them,

Price of Smiles 2

I see 2D mechs. They may be stationary, but I’m still impressed…they’re basically a dying breed these days.

Why do these mechs have shields, anyway?

I like how the twins poked fun at Joshua’s “passion and will” thing.

Oh no…judging from their reaction…did Joshua die???

End of episode segment…keep watching.

Kaguya-sama 1

This is my final premiere…so I’d better make this count. I read somewhere the narrator was overpowering and read the first volume of manga, but otherwise that’s all I know about this.

I think that shot that replays in the OP is part of one chapter of the manga.

Tori…Tottori…geddit? Oh, never mind.

20th Century Fox, much?

The weed was a good touch. I don’t remember that being in the manga. (No, I’m not talking about that weed…which you can smoke…)

“Who’s Hayasaka?” you ask. Good question. Even I didn’t know, so I had to ask Google. Hayasaka…is Kaguya’s valet! If you know that, then you can laugh about it!

If you want a sausage octopus, just go ask your team of chefs for one, Kaguya!

Mob Psycho II 2

I’m pretty sure Ura Sunday is where Mob Psycho is serialised…

Is this the real Junji Ito adaption (LOL)?

Mononokean II 2

Why is Ashiya good at finding metal objects anyway? (If there is an explanation…) It’s only metal items and not anything else, right?

So the Justice is this frumpy purple-haired dude? I think I outgrew this kind of dude once I got over Urushihara…

There are CGI tadpoles, but they’re kinda hard to see against the 2D background…

Come to think of it, Abeno may be the master of the Mononokean, but it seems he reports directly to the Legislator. Is there a guy/youkai like that for the Justice (and presumably the other dude) as well?

Moja falling into the water was too adorable!

Oh great (LOL), the Legislator is basically baiting Abeno with “that’s not water!” from Grand Blue…

I just realised Abeno’s so big in comparison to Ashiya…n-not that I mind of course…(lel)

Aoi? Who dat? Update: Oh yeah…that guy (?) was the first master of the Mononokean. Sorry, I may have watched the 1st series twice, but that was at the start of 2017.

Shield Hero 2

“…is diseased and has a mental disorder.” – Well, I thought it honestly couldn’t get any worse, between slavery and rape accusations. It just did. Again, I don’t condone this stuff, but a story’s a story, no matter how depraved.

Seeing a story about the pits of despair naturally means you can see people get better – I think that’s why we need to have both stories that are light and fluffy + dark and dreary.

I see Naofumi keeps a Balloon (<- how I’ll refer to balloon monsters from now on) at his side all the time now, LOL. By the way, when he bought that ball, I honestly thought he was going to offer Raphtalia a Balloon instead of getting her a proper ball…

Update: Not sure if Naofumi’s inability to taste stuff is because of the betrayal or because of the fact he changed worlds…or maybe even something else?

My Roommate is a Cat 2

I see Bliss wallpaper...either someone has good taste in default wallpapers or a very outdated computer!

Is it alright to feed cats bread…? I’ve never fed a cat.

They say pets are like their owners, huh? Subaru is very much like the cat.

Wait, why are all the pets that are out and about do-Update: Forget I asked. There are some cats outside as well…

I’ve never seen a Japanese word processor with genkouyooshi to type into vertically, come to think of it.

Talking to cats is fine and dandy, I think, assuming they understand you as well. Anyways, I think Subaru got the name “Haru” from “sunny” (hare).

Ah! Kitty too cute!...I wish that could be a review, but sadly…it can’t be.

Post-credits segment…keep going.

Oh, that post-credits segment was so good, even if it did need some explaining to an audience that only knows English!

Update: I read the character bios from the official site, and turns out Haru is a girl.

Girly Air Force 1

I’ve seen mixed opinions about this (as in, read too many impressions on it and they don’t neatly go one way or another), so I’m taking the plunge while I still have time to.

You can tell your protagonist is great when the first word he says is “S***!”

EGG? “Defective girl”? I know I’m watching something with a lot of context here…but seriously, this was definitely made for dudes. Jusssssssssssst saying.

See? What did I say? After your first kiss, it’s only a matter of time before-erhem. I’ll stop ranting now.

So…what languages does Minghua know, exactly?

Wait, so what was Kei doing in China? Better question! (sings in a teasing voice “Eloping, eloping, Kei was eloping!”)

As much as I think free tuition is a good thing…I’m with Minghua. Don’t go risking your life when you just escaped for your life not too long ago.

*sigh* Kei, Kei, Kei…what do you think you’re doing?

…and I LOL. I LOL so hard at how they tossed Kei into the boot but laid down Minghua like a baby.

But seriously, why the name “Daughter”???

Egao no Daika 3

I found and heard Huey! I can leave this show if I wanted to now…

The fact people are red or blue, and sometimes you can’t tell which is which, is powerful colour symbolism.

Spec Ops Asuka 2

Well…that (perception magic) explains one of my questions from last time.

I kep thinking that Sayako is the sort of girl who would become a magical girl…in the traditional sense.

Pigeon fight! The fight I never knew I needed…kind of.

I’ve watched enough anime to know the new transfer student is Kurumi…geez.

Mononokean II 3

For some reason, I didn’t realise this until most of the episode had gone…but Egen is a tengu, right?

Make sure you watch closely for the “like him [Ashiya]” bit…it’s funny when you find out.

I find it the most surprising that Abeno is calling himself an idiot…hmm.