#enswap lore

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And hopping along is Ra*bits, the toy box filled with dreams!

★5 [ Leader of Rabbits ] Sora Harukawa ★4 [ Secret Idol ] Hinata Aoi ★4 [ Lop-eared Swan ] Aira Shiratori ★4 [ Playing for Graceful Hops ] Tori Himemiya

"A cutesy unit led by Sora Harukawa. Their fanservice is bright and cheerful. Ra*bits utilizes their inexperienced but fresh approach when taking on work. Their work in media tends to consist of doing commercials for campaign characters, doing street event reporting, performing as kid's show characters, and doing narration work. Their primary focus is work that allows them to leave a clear, positive impression. Ra*bits is affiliated with Rhythm Link."

[ why is hinata's name crossed out? ]

you might've noticed that this is tagged as both hinata and yuuta! this is because while that card says it's hinata, it's yuuta pretending to be his brother. if you want to know why, you can read the war era lore here!

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Swap!Eccentrics' Origin cards!

[ s!War Era lore below cut <3 (keep in mind i haven't read Altered or the original stories, so this is all based off of Element & the few anime episodes)]

Ex Fine: > Tatsumi, Himeru, Mao, Rei

5 Eccentrics > Nagisa, Rinne, Mayoi, Leo, Sora

Bystanders (they're important i swear) > Tsumugi, Arashi

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Trigger/Content Warnings: - Mentions of violence - Suicidal thoughts; mentioned/implied suicide attempt

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In the beginning, the need of a reform in the school was both Himeru and Tatsumi's idea. Tatsumi was the one to actually attempt to do much about it though, roping Himeru, and later Mao and Rei into it. He ends up as leader of ex fine and the one to draft up the idea of the Eccentrics. Both Himeru and Mao were somewhat involved in that, like how c!Tsumugi was. The original 3 were supposed to be Nagisa, Rinne, and Leo.

Himeru was the one to suggest Sora.

Sora was... a bit of an outcast. He came into his first year and was pretty quickly alienated and was bullied by a lot of the students. He's found by Hinata later on. The two quickly become best friends and Hinata gets people to back off on bullying Sora. They form Ra*bits, one of the few units from the school at the time.

Sora was known to be good at what he does, just a little odd. Himeru chose him for that reason, although he wasn't aware of the bullying the kid had to deal with.

Mao suggests Mayoi, after accidentally finding the Secret Room.

Mayoi spent a lot of time in that room and Mao didn't even know he existed until then. He used the room as his little corner and it was full to the brim with stuff he made, particularly, outfits and dioramas. Mao was impressed, and he felt that Mayoi could probably be a good candidate.

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The first Eccentrics meeting went... interesting. Rinne and Leo fought, Nagisa tried to mediate while trying to help the rather scared Sora and Mayoi. The two didn't stop bickering until they realized they made Sora cry and were like "oh shit."

They eventually warmed up to each other, though, becoming a bit of a family.

Most of them were unaware that they were about to be vilified by fine.

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The first to go down was Sora. Well... technically Hinata.

As the student body got more hostile against the Eccentrics, they decided to target the person they were kind of already targeting before this whole thing. They saw the fact that pretty much no one was doing anything as confirmation that this was okay.

The Ra*bits duo were attacked in the hallways one day. Hinata was injured the most, Sora being pulled away by some of the other Eccentrics as they tried to stop the fighting. They succeeded, but too late. Hinata is later hospitalized and the Eccentrics learn he's in a coma.

Sora is distraught and basically pulls a Shu. He starts talking in 3rd person around here, as a way to distance "himself" from the person who was unable to save his best friend from the people who were after "him" originally.

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Himeru and Rei are furious at Tatsumi for not stepping in before things go that bad. Himeru shouts at Tatsumi and breaking off their friendship. He blamed Tatsumi for being both the indirect cause of Hinata's hospitalization and the person encouraging the students to be this violent.

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Mayoi is desperate to fix all of this and stop the harassment they're getting. He feels this whole thing is unjust. He pulls a Natsume, basically, as well as disappearing soon after Sora.

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One of the people watching this whole thing unfold changes their opinions on the Eccentrics and Fine. Tsumugi, who had overheard Himeru and Tatsumi's argument, reaches out to the Eccentrics a little after the Incident, offering to help them.

Nagisa, figured out what Tatsumi was doing, tells Tsumugi it. At this point, the other Eccentrics are unaware, although Rinne and Leo are sort of suspicious about what Nagisa knows. Tsumugi ends up helping Sora and Mayoi as the chaos in the school gets worse around them.

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The final battle against the Eccentrics and Fine happens, and Leo is chosen to be the one who fights against Fine. Nagisa tells him a week before all of this happens. Leo agrees to loose on purpose despite Rinne's protests. Mayoi shows up for the live, but Sora doesn't.

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Going back to the beginning, Mao was originally intrigued when he learned about the three original Eccentrics. He brought up how he wasn't sure they would get along.

Nagisa was known to be a "god" of sorts and was highly respected. People knew about his connection to the Godfather and all.

Rinne was known as a clown, a person who was painted as "the eccentric outsider" when he first came to the school and have just been acting how people expect him to be.

Leo was known to be a genius composer and he was someone Mao admired a lot. Mao wasn't super sure about how this whole thing was going to go down, and he wasn't sure how he would feel about seeing Leo defeated. He didn't want to hurt him, but he felt like Leo could handle it, so he let it happen.

This leads up to the last live. Rei and Himeru are well ready to leave, but Mao is unsure. He's.. unaware he's being dismissed after that live. Leo gives Mao a little talk and enough confidence to get through that live.

Leo and his partner, Tsukasa, loose, and the War ends.

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After the last live, Tatsumi is distraught. He pushed away Mao out of fear, feeling like what Himeru and Rei said were right and he doesn't feel deserving of a "hero" title some of the students have given him. He doesn't feel deserving of being student council leader. He doesn't feel deserving of being an idol.

He would've ended it all on that rooftop if Arashi hadn't been on there at the time and stopped him.

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Arashi, another neutral bystander like Tsumugi was, had seen the whole thing unfold. She, originally, was against Fine after seeing what they let the student body do to Hinata. She later learns that, despite the rumors of the argument between Himeru and Tatsumi, it wasn't planned. They didn't want to do that, but Tatsumi was afraid that if he stopped them from doing whatever, the revolution wouldn't be successful.

She forgives Tatsumi for what he did and convinces him that he's worth something, still.

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Other stuff:

Leo and Mao later find each other and start up Ryusetai

Arashi and Tatsumi are the original members of new Fine. Shu and Hajime join later on

Yuuta comes in the next year, posed at Hinata. Sora catches on almost instantly but they promised to make it work. Ra*bits is revived and gain two new members, Aira and Tori.

Because of Rei having been through the War, he's able to do more effective damage control when the Reimei revolt happens.

Himeru leaves to Reimei as well, later forming 2wink with Kaname

A bunch of the ages have been changed for this, uhhh I'm not really sure on many of them though lmao

if you wanna see more of this au, go check out @enswap :3

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Coming this way is 2wink, the brothers who are together as one happy melody!

★5 [ Leader of Twin Stars ] Kaname Tojo ★4 [ Pair of Meteors ] HiMERU

A technopop unit led by Kaname Tojo. They're a mischievous unit known for their bright and flashy fanservice. They excel in playing by ear and adapting flexibly to any situation, so their media work focuses on capitalizing on their experience portraying such lively and vibrant personalities, such as playing children's TV show and variety show personalities, acting as live commentators, and hosting events. Their theme color is neon. They are affiliated with Cosmic Productions.

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these two cards gave me so much trouble *sobs*

on top of trying to letter kaname's name (which.. was kind of successful? it looks a little off to me) and not having many cards to work off of, these two are also dont have faces very similar to the twins

hopefully they don't look too off and i'm just being overly critical LMAO!

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Here's Valkyrie, the museum of interwoven art!

★5 [ Leader of Art ] Tsumugi Aoba ★4 [ Artist's Shadow ] Mayoi Ayase

A prestigious unit of fine arts led by Tsumugi Aoba. They're a group with their own, distinct perspective on the world. Their interactions with their fans are close and friendly, contrasting sharply from some of their work. They primarily focuses on capitalizing on their artistic attributes, such as participating in talk shows as guests, acting as narrators for fine arts programs, and appearing in movies and plays. Valkyrie is affiliated with Cosmic Productions.

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i realllyyyy like how these came out <3 i think tsumugi's is one of the best ones i've done tbh,,,

i didn't mean to have their hair colors to look so similar though :,>

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From the dark comes UNDEAD, a wild hunt in the dead of night!

★5 [ Leader of Demons ] Rinne Amagi ★4 [ Antique Samurai ] Souma Kanzaki ★4 [ Meeting the Beast ] Jun Sanzanami ★4 [ Sleepy Observer ] Ritsu Sakuma

"A wild unit led by Rinne Amagi. When it comes to fan-service each member delights with their individual style. Their ability to be highly flexible gives them plenty of publicity as the MCs of variety shows, radio personalities, in commercials, and even as fashion models. Work that utilizes their character and visual style is their main focus. UNDEAD is affiliated with Rhythm Link."

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Here comes RYUSETAI, the heroes burning with passion ☆!

★5 [ Leader of Justice ] Leo Tsukinaga ★4 [ Supervision and Friendship ] Mao Isara ★4 [ City Adventures ] Hiiro Amagi ★4 [ Dazzling Noble ] Hiyori Tomoe ★4 [ Tiny Hero ] Nazuna Nito

A squadron that fights for justice led by Leo Tsukinaga. Their fanservice is laden with the quirkiness of their varied personalities. When doing work in media, they participate in anything that best utilizes the character of their unit. Thus, they focus on work involving sports variety programs, gourmet reports, and acting as main characters of children's programs. They continue to do volunteer work and hold hero shows regularly, and have continued to do so since their time as units. Their theme colors are the five colors of each member's role, which are based off of super sentai roles. They are affiliated with Starmaker Productions.

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HI I know I disappeared for a while but we're back now!! Leo's card was. Difficult. But I'm still very happy with how these came out. My editing workflow is getting better and I'm able to get a typical 4 star edit done in roughly 45 minutes now~

School is starting up for me soon, but I hope I can keep this AU/blog alive in the meantime LOL

As per usual, the characters, original unit description, and original cards belong to Happy Elements. I have only made the edits and this AU!

If you've read all the way down here, have a pudding! (^D^)>🍮

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Next to finally is the graceful beauty illuminated by moonlight, AKATSUKI!

★5 [ Leader of Crimson ] Nagisa Ran ★4 [ Learning Giant ] Adonis Otagari ★4 [ Loving Mascots ] Midori Takamine

"A traditional Japanese-style musical unit led by Nagisa Ran. AKATSUKI is reserved in providing fanservice. As being serious and righteous, AKATSUKI prefers media opportunities including commentators, radio personalities, roles in drama or movie, and other culture-oriented work. AKATSUKI is affiliated with RhythmLink."

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And that is all for Swap RhythLink! We're really close to finishing all the initials and I'm so hyped

NewDi is next, but I will not be releasing DF's initials until I finish ! Era Main Story. Stay tuned for uh my possibly shitty writing LOL (i do have a co author and beta readers to help though. if you wanna be a beta reader, send me a dm!!)

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Last but not least are the free-flying Crazy:B!

★5 [ Leader of Bees ] Wataru Hibiki ★4 [ Sly Strategist ] Ibara Saegusa ★4 [ Watching Fortunes ] Natsume Saksaki ★4 [ Competition and Sweetness ] Koga Ogami

The rising stars of Cosmic Production, Crazy:B is a passionate party unit led by Wataru Hibiki. They specialize in live shows where they get things hyped with their fans. Their media coverage focuses on jobs that best convey their individual qualities, like participating as guests on variety shows and talk shows, acting as radio personalities, and doing fashion modelling for commercials. They are affiliated with Cosmic Productions.

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YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH TROUBLE WATARU'S HAIR GIVES ME (sobbing)

I actually didn't have trouble finding a card where the hair is similar to what I want this time, but I couldn't find a card where the lighting was similar. Mostly because I couldn't figure out WHAT the lighting was to begin with...

Natsume's hair was also a pain in the ass :,) It was traced from his 2 star LMAO- I had to mess with it so much so that the perspective matched...

and then there's Koga. who has a sprite so similar I almost considered just putting this as his initial

WHY DOES THIS WORK.

Anyways. That's all for CosPro! It'll be a while before RythLink's comes out, but winter break is approaching soon so I might be able to get them done quicker than the previous two!

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Introducing fine, the heavenly orchestra!

★5 [ Leader of Heaven ] Shu Itsuki ★4 [ In Pursuit of Love ] Arashi Narukami ★4 [ Growing Small Wings ] Hajime Shino ★4 [ Late-blooming Angel ] Tatsumi Kazehaya

"An elegant unit led by Shu Itsuki, fine is a unit whose polished and polite fanservice allows them to take command of their audience. When doing work in media, they focus primarily on publicity work to improve the images of corporations. This includes appearing on some variety programs, and largely participating in talk shows, hosting official events, fashion modelling, appearing in things like commercials, and acting as the face of advertising campaigns. fine is affiliated with Starmaker Production. fine is one of the top three units in the industry along with Knights and Eden."

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oh my god I'm finally done with one unit TwT these... honestly don't take that long unless it's a wataru card (why does he have so much hair helpp) but there's just.. a LOT lmao...

all cards are originally from enstars, i only did the editing :] the unit description is also just from the wiki with slight tweaks to fit the AU

if you're reading this, have a cookie! (.w.)>🍪

up next is trickstar! whenever i get around to editing though LOL

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First and foremost of CosPro is Eden, an eternal paradise that tempts the heart!

★5 [ Leader of Paradise ] Rei Sakuma ★4 [ Paradise's Dreams ] Eichi Tenshoin ★4 [ Clever Banters ] Madara Mikejima ★4 [ Shining Noble ] Izumi Sena

When Adam and Eve combine, they become Eden, a noble unit that brims with life led by Rei Sakuma. As a group, they're known for how flashy they are; their performances are dramatic, and their fanservice can unify their audience through only their words. When doing work in media, they focus on jobs that utilizes their dazzling looks as a group, which includes being guests on talk programs, acting as commercial campaign personae, working as fashion models, and starring in both movies and theater plays. Their theme color is black. Eden is affiliated with COSMIC PRODUCTION. Eden is one of the top three units in the industry along with Knights and fine.

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CosPro is finally done! Hopefully y'all didn't mind waiting all of this time for me to finish all the cards instead of posting each unit as I went. We're officially more than halfway done with the inital cards!

Thank you for reading! Have a cookie ( .D. )>🍪

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Last of StarPro-- but definitely not least-- here is ALKALOID, piercing through the suit of your heart!

★5 [ Leader of Cards ] Tetora Nagumo ★4 [ Bread Maniac ] Mitsuru Tenma ★4 [ Bizarre Chef ] Niki Shiina ★4 [ Hibernating Giant ] Kuro Kiyru

The rising stars of Starmaker Productions, ALKALOID is a unit with cutting-edge rock music, and is led by Tetora Nagumo. With a cool and rebellious attitude, they're an aggressive unit that rushes into things head-first. When doing work in media, they focus on jobs like talk shows, appearing as radio show guests, helping out with music programs, fashion modeling, publicity work, and similar. They are affiliated with Starmaker Productions.

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WOOOO! and all of StarPro's initial cards are done! I honestly didn't think I would get this far into this AU

also it took me until Niki's card to remember that some characters have slightly darker/lighter skin... so.. some of the earlier cards may not match exactly. oops.

Onto CosPro! Time for my skrunklies~

If you've been sticking with me since the begining of the AU, thank you so fucking much! And if you're new here, thank you for taking the time to check my silly project out! You all get cake (^D^)>🍰

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Let's welcome Trickstar, the shining southern cross in the night sky!

★5 [ Leader of Stars ] Tsukasa Suou ★4 [ Shuriken in a Constellation ] Shinobu Sengoku ★4 [ Curious Normalcy ] Tomoya Marshiro ★4 [ Tasks and Tricks ] Kohaku Oukawa

"A fairly orthodox idol unit led by Tsukasa Suou. Their fanservice is both dazzling and comfortably personal with their audience. Trickstar overflows with a calming energy and genuine character, so their work in media focuses on appearing in variety shows, hosting official events, acting as radio personalities, and being the face of advertising campaigns in commercials. Trickstar is affiliated with Starmaker Production."

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okay I know I said this blog was going to be mostly inactive during July buutttttt I was literally only one edit away from finishing this so.. mind as well right?

anyways, just like last time, all original cards and unit description are from Enstars. I only did the editing and made the AU

if you're reading this, have a bagel! (.w.)>🥯

...doing all the ryusetai cards is going to kick me in the ass...

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Hello!!! I just found this blog and omg it looks so cool. What is Tatsumi and Mayoi's relationship like in this AU, and in general what are both of them like? as a TatsumiP him being in Eichi's place makes my heart break (positive) please I need to know more

Mayoi and Tatsumi's relationship is... strained at the least. Mayoi does NOT like Tatsumi and is sort of scared of him. There is definitely a lot of Valkyrie-fine beef that's similar to canon.

Tatsumi had tried to mend his relationship with the Eccentrics, but it didn't go the best. He's managed to earn Nagisa, Sora, and kind of Rinne's forgiveness, but Mayoi and Leo still can't forgive him for what he did to them and especially ex-Ra*bits. Mayoi dislikes Tatsumi's "saint" motif/persona especially. They basically just try to avoid each other as much as they can, although Tatsumi reaches out sometimes when Valkyrie is struggling in hopes he can mend things.

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Hii oomf… what’s tsumugis personality in the swap au and how is the relationship between tsumugi and Mayoi?

Tsumugi is pretty similar his canon self, but he's a lot more open to change. He idolizes Mayoi a lot, although the other is only partially aware of it.

Despite Tsumugi being the leader of Valkyrie, he feels that he can't match Mayoi's talent and is letting the other down since he's supposed to be his senior. His performances are just slightly more sloppy than Mayoi and he takes so so much more time training.

Mayoi, on the other hand, feels awful about this and has tried to sabotage his own work just so that the two would be "equal". He helps Tsumugi as much as he can, but he feels guilty at the fact that performing comes to him easier than the other.

Basically, swap Valk's story is exploring the dynamic between someone who struggles to improve and a "gifted child".

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Swap Idol Order!

This is where to find everyone's canon/swap counterpart. These counterparts are used for things like dorm placement but will not necessarily reflect who gets which event/scout cards.

Small text will be the canon order and bold is unit leaders.

Shu, Arashi, Hajime, Tatsumi > Eichi, Wataru, Tori, Yuzuru

Tsukasa, Shinobu, Tomoya, Kohaku > Hokuto, Subaru, Makoto, Mao

Leo, Mao, Hiiro, Hiyori, Nazuna > Chiaki, Kanata, Tetora, Midori, Shinobu

Tetora, Mitsuru, Niki, Kuro > Hiiro, Aira, Mayoi, Tatsumi

Rei, Eichi, Madara, Izumi > Nagisa, Hiyori, Ibara, Jun

Tsumugi, Mayoi > Shu, Mika

Kaname, Himeru > Hinata, Yuuta

Wataru, Ibara, Natsume, Koga > Rinne, Himeru, Kohaku, Niki

Rinne, Souma, Jun, Ritsu > Rei, Kaoru, Koga, Adonis

Sora, "Hinata", Aira, Tori > Tomoya, Nazuna, Mitsuru, Hajime

Nagisa, Adonis, Midori > Keito, Kuro, Souma

Chiaki, Keito, Yuzuru, Hokuto, Mika > Tsukasa, Leo, Izumi, Ritsu, Arashi

Kanata, Makoto, Subaru > Natsume, Tsumugi, Sora

Kaoru > Madara

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Do you have all the swap units mapped out already somewhere? Just want to see where my scrunklies are in this au.

Also your edits are very cool :thumbsup:

I have the old mapout somewhere on my main but it's outdated ^^' I haven't really bothered to upload the final one here... oops...

Here they all are :]

I'm aware it's quite clunky with tiermaker and all </3 but that's just how I map out things like this visually