#hayashi fumiko

[ochoislas]

Antes de ver a un hombre Kin se arreglaba siempre de un modo riguroso y profesional. Frente al espejo, bebía varias copas de sake frío. Luego se cepillaba los dientes, atenta a eliminar de su aliento el olor a alcohol. Un poco de sake le sentaba mejor que cualquier cosmético.

Se le subió una leve embriaguez y sus ojos vidriosos enrojecieron un poco. La tersura de su tez, que había maquillado ligeramente sobre una base de crema disuelta en glicerina, era tan fresca y lozana como si le hubieran insuflado vida otra vez. Sólo aplicó generosamente el lápiz de labios; un sofisticado tono oscuro. Los labios eran lo único escarlata en toda ella. Kin nunca en su vida se había pintado las uñas. Y ahora tal adorno hubiera resultado todavía más iluso, ñoño y ridículo en sus manos envejecidas. Solamente se untó un poco de látex en el dorso de las manos y se cortó las uñas tan a ras que casi dolía, puliéndolas luego con borra de lana.

En cuanto a los colores que asomaban por las bocamangas, Kin eligió un motivo de finas listas azul y rosa, procurando siempre tonos apagados. Como perfume se frotó un aroma dulzón en los hombros y en los mórbidos brazos. Nunca, ni por error, impregnaba el lóbulo de sus orejas. Kin no quería viciar su feminidad. Antes muerta que caer en la sordidez de una vieja mundana. 

Aunque no pueda forma humana alcanzar la bella sazón de esta rosa. Con todo, me miro siempre en ella.

A Kin le gustaba recordar aquel poema de una célebre mujer del pasado.

Nada más pensar en una vida sin hombres le daba escalofríos. Mirando los pálidos pétalos de las rosas que le había llevado Itaya, su opulencia la trasportó al pasado. Que sus costumbres, gustos y diversiones del pasado hubieran cambiado gradualmente era incluso una satisfacción para ella. Las noches que dormía sola y se despertaba de madrugada, contaba en secreto con los dedos los hombres que había tenido desde su mocedad. Éste, éste, luego aquél, también tal… ¿o ése fue antes?… quizás fue después, sí… con esta retahíla de recuerdos su corazón se afoscaba y encogía. Había mujeres que vertían lágrimas por el modo en que se habían separado de un hombre, pero Kin se complacía en recordar solamente cuándo los había conocido a cada uno. En su lecho solitario disfrutaba en duermevela repasando los hombres de su vida, quizá porque —como en los Cuentos de Ise que leyó una vez— guardaba en su corazón a cada uno de los hombres de sus verdes años.

La llamada de teléfono de Tabe había sido una sorpresa. Como recibir de pronto un regalo caro y exquisito. El mismo Tabe acudía atraído por un recuerdo. Venía a rebuscar las brasas apagadas del amor, pensando con sentimentalismo que algo quedaría del pasado. Ni hablar de dejarlo suspirando en medio de un erial. No debía haber en su madurez o su entorno la menor señal de menoscabo. Un talante comedido era esencial. La atmósfera tenía que corresponder a un mundo evanescente en el que ambos pudieran sumergirse. Tabe no podía perder aquel regusto en su memoria: siempre fue una mujer bella.

Una vez terminó de vestirse sin contratiempos, se colocó ante el espejo y confirmó su silueta. ¿Todo en su punto?… Al entrar en la sala de té encontró ya dispuestas las bandejas con el refrigerio. Sentándose frente a la muchacha tomó un poco de sopa de miso ligera, salazón de kombu y arroz con cebada. Luego rompió un huevo y sorbió la yema. En el pasado Kin raramente había servido ella misma la colación, ni siquiera cuando la visitaba un hombre. Nada más lejos de su intención que disponer la mesa de la cena y enumerar todas las especialidades que había cocinado para lucir encantadora. Kin no tenía el menor interés en ser una mujer de su casa. Para qué interpretar ese papel ante un hombre que no pensaba ni de lejos en el matrimonio. Los hombres que desfilaban ante Kin lo hacían trayendo regalos. Kin nunca hacía amistad con un hombre sin dinero. No hay nada menos atractivo que un hombre pobre.

Hayashi Fumiko

[linsaad]

"Yo te libraré del miedo, de ese temor tuyo por lo que pueda venir. Yo no soy muy fuerte; pero el cariño que te tengo sí es fuerte y grande y no se acaba. Es como un árbol que ha enraizado mucho en esa tierra que eres tú y de la cual me será difícil desprenderme ya. Y porque eres así, como la tierra, noble y hermosa y llena de prodigios, por eso no podré olvidarte".

#Juan Rulfo

[localtoaststealer]

i know i just did two rp blogs yesterday but i REALLY want to make one for my OC unit: sup3r # nova

[kansassire]

Inazuma aka Lightning, 1952. Mikio Naruse

[kaede-matsuoka]

//hello hello!! to celebrate Project SEKAI's fourth anniversary coming up, over the next few days, i will revamp each of my OCs (if you knew this blog when It was called sup3r--nova) !! Here are the plans:

26/09 (that's today!) : Mei rename + Miyu total revamp + Reo's own blog << @reo-mori >> + AU intro

27/09: Asuka total revamp + Chiaki's blog << @chiaki-komatsu >>

28/09: Fumiko total revamp + Fumiko's blog

29/09: Unit revamp

30/09: Anniversary card edits of all of them + NEO cover collab!!

[circus-sonata]

Fumiko Hayashi / 林芙美子 (1903-1951) Japanese novelist and poet

[venisonman]

“Downtown” (Shitamachi) Analysis

By Fumiko Hayashi, Translated by Ivan Morris

Image: an old, warm-toned photograph of two large teapots on either side of a smaller one.

Introduction

This short story was first published in 1948, three years after WW2 ended, when the author was in her forties and living in Tokyo. In it a failing tea merchant strikes up a brief romance with an equally dire-straits man, and they find a simple happiness in each other’s company before circumstances tear them apart again.

It’s a story focused on the unpredictability of life, specifically in the context of the working class, and how hope and joy can exist within it. 

Detailed Summary

A woman named Ryo hurries through the streets of Tokyo’s Yotsugi district, a working class neighborhood and previous bombsite, selling tea out of a rucksack. She’s been walking for miles in freezing winds- and so when she finally gets a customer, she asks to come inside. He warmly welcomes her in and they share a lunch. It’s revealed over the course of their conversation that her situation is poor; her husband has been forgotten in a Siberian prison and she struggles to support her son. He says he just got back from Siberia and reassures her about her failure to sell anything, citing both as just the luck of the draw.  She becomes a regular in his area, and they strike up a small, sweet friendship. She learns his name is Tsuruishi and is curious about him, and he befriends her young son as well.  On a day off work, the three of them go on a day trip downtown and visit the temple of the Goddess of Mercy. He tells her that until the air raids it was a towering pavilion, but she can’t visualize it. They spend the rest of the afternoon in an easy bliss, but it begins to rain and she is dismayed. They resolve to make the best of it and shelter in a teahouse.  In the teahouse she worries where they will go; neither of their homes can fit three people, and so she rations out her money under the table and settles on an inn. She decides that though they can barely afford it, she wants to go see a movie and have something to eat as well. Tsuruishi likes her idea and tells her they’ll do it all the same, regardless of cost.  They end up spending the night at the inn, and her husband looms over her. She feels guilty about staying the night with another man, but tells herself that it’s only because of the rain. While her son is asleep Tsuruishi whispers out to her- He says he used to be married, but came back to find his wife living with another man. She asks him if he was angry, but he states that there wasn’t much he could do about it. She wants to be with him but is hesitant- until he throws his arms around her, and she receives him.  Later she and her boy go to visit him, only to find workmen there piling his things. When she pleads with them they state he was killed in a work accident. As she is hit with numbness she remembers what he told her the morning after, that he would look after her whatever happened, and she begins to weep while her son complains about hunger.  The next day she goes downtown by herself, and after failing to sell she sits by the river and thinks that she is glad to have known him, and she is glad to have come to Tokyo. Just as she gets up to leave she sees a hut with women working inside, and they welcome her in and buy some tea with the little money they have. She watches them and reflects that they are alike, a sense of warmth coming over her. 

Themes (and the symbolism supporting them)

Luck of the draw / Love

Rain- It represents unluckiness, but taking shelter and making the most out of that.  Their good day is rained on, but they both try to make the most out of it anyway; exactly how they have both faced difficult lives and still enjoy the moments they have together. Also of note how they take shelter with each other, and her son, finding a symbolic shelter from the chaos within love. And in the morning the rain ceases as they hold each other. I may be reaching slightly but I think this could mean that they’ll find peace at the end of this (their lives).  Another part is Tsuruishi himself, as he seems to accept any outcome that befalls him. But he’s not infallible, shown in how Tsuruishi made promises to her and believed he would be back by two. No one can predict their own fate, making a promise a silly concept.  It's also important to acknowledge that he died in a workplace accident. Life is especially unpredictable for the poor and often relies on luck to make it through, more so than other classes. This segways into the next large idea, poverty. Quote:  “Crazy, isn’t it– after getting through the war and Siberia and all the rest of it, to be killed like that.” A statement on how fragile and unpredictable life is. 

Poverty; solidarity and instability 

He promises to provide for them… food is a frequent subject, he gives and buys food for both Ryo and her son, and once he dies her son starts whining of hunger. In tradition the man is often the one to provide for the woman and child, and as every man she's had has died she is forced to take on that role (like many women of her era). But in poverty every day is a dangerous rolling of the dice, her life and her loved ones' lives depend on her tea sales. 

Quote: “There was a simplicity and directness about this man that made her want to talk openly in a way she found difficult with more educated people.” I wasn’t able to properly detail it in my recap, but she likes Tsuruishi because he’s of a similar low class. In general the people who buy her tea in the story are often just as poor as she is, and are the kindest to her, showing understanding and compassion for her situation by welcoming her inside.  

Optimism and hope

Throughout the story, despite money, she still values and pursues happiness: rationing out her money for the sake of a good time. Even after the despair of Tsuruishi’s death and her conditions she looks on the bright side, sitting by the lake and reflecting that she’s glad to have known him. She is grateful for the pleasure life does occasionally give her, and though she rarely sells continues to persevere and try every day.  Her husband- He is a far away lost cause, it is implied that he is never coming home. He represents survivors' guilt, a painful memory and the looming shadow of the war affecting daily life and inhibiting Ryo to be truly happy. She feels guilty for moving on, but still lets herself have Tsuruishi despite the memory of her husband, showing her strong spirit conquering and allowing herself to enjoy the moment despite all the past. 

Commentary on the war

Temple of mercy- In the context of the war, it exemplifies the sheer brutality of it, that Americans quite literally bombed the temple of mercy. Symbolism writes itself, nothing I can say there. But it being rebuilt much smaller… now, that's interesting, representing the vast peace of the Tokugawa period (it was once a towering pavilion) being destroyed in the 20th century. Now that the war is over it’s been reconstructed (a peace treaty) but it still can’t compare to half the way it once was.

Quote: “In the distance she could hear the plaintive wail of trumpet and saxophone emerging from some loud-speaker, mingling strangely with the sound of the wind whistling through the branches of the ancient trees.”  Evidence of western influence on the Japanese, especially because she hears it as she stares at the temple with Tsuruishi. Combined together it could be thought that this is a metaphor for how an older Japan was destroyed by the war and rebuilt within a western context, as they later pass “American-style” billboards and buy her son a baseball cap. If it's not clear, the saxophone and trumpet are references to western culture (jazz) and ancient trees represent traditional Japanese culture. 

Author

Fumiko Hayashi was born in 1904 to poor merchants (well, peddlers) and spent her youth bouncing between odd jobs in an attempt to make a living. She worked in Germany as well, if there can be an influence there. She was in constant poverty and was reported to have attempted suicide, but wrote feverishly through it all, and found enough success in it to become one of the most famous female writers of Japan by her death in 1951. She was involved in left-wing movements centered around social injustice, but was noted as an outlier among the proletarian school for her cheerfulness. 

Concluding statement

This story asserts that life in the working class (and often life in general) is unpredictable and based completely on external luck, and that the current moment is precious and fragile. No matter what is thrown at us it’s important to have hope and enjoy life. All in all, it also shows its value as an interesting observation of history and a look into a very specific period, but will continue to be relevant for as long as society lasts. 

Where to read it

I read it from Modern Japanese Short Stories: Twenty-Five Stories by Japan’s Leading Writers by the Tuttle publishing house, which I got from my local library. It’s also my source for everything I didn’t directly link. I found an English version online from the University of Maryland (quite a few things are different from my copy for some reason, like names, ages, and entire paragraphs). On Tumblr there's a translation in Spanish, if you can read that, and there’s also very cheap kindles of it on Amazon in the original Japanese. 

PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU HAVE FEEDBACK OR THOUGHTS!!!!! MY INTERPRETATION IS LIMITED BY MY NATIONALITY AND AGE!!!!!!! LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shinrci]

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[mannyblacque]

Repast (1951)

Director: Mikio Naruse

[official-rainyday]

<< @sup3r--nova >>

Mei: Hm hm hm～♪ Eh? Oh! New people!!HIIII!!! I'm Mei Takahashi!! Leader of sup3r # nova !!!

Asuka: *sigh* Don't mind them... Anyways, I'm Asuka Hayashi. We're sup3r # nova. Nice to meet you.

Miyu: Quiet down for once, Mei... You barely even know these girls...

Fumiko: Yep..! Oh, I'm Fumiko Yamada. The green haired one is Miyu. Asuka and Mei already introduced themselves.

sup3r # nova...?

Oh! Um... It's nice to meet you too! I'm Kyoko Tsukumo, leader of Rainy Day.

I've never heard of sup3r # nova before... I'm Sumiko Koyama, it's a pleasure!

Yeah! What kind of music do you all make?

Introduce yourself first, Momoi.

Whatever... I'm Aimi Momoi! And this bitch lovely person is Otoda!

I heard that, but yeah. I'm Chiharu Otoda.

[dazaiizm]

❥ cigarettes after sex ˚₊·

✦ ┆ featuring: chuuya nakahara && fumiko hayashi

✦ ┆ content warning: bsd oc, chuuya nakahara x oc, suggestive content (mentions of bite marks / back scratches / finger imprints) && cigarette usage.

✦ ┆ notes from chuuya's angel: gonna be honest, i kind of self projected into this (<//3) but fumichu are very precious to me and this will help me get inspiration to write for my bsd book on wattpad :))

as the moon shone down on the sprawling city of tokyo, chuuya stood on the balcony of his apartment, a cigarette dangling from his lips as he watched the twinkling lights of the cityscape come to life. the faint sounds of traffic and distant chatter filled the evening air as he took slow drags from his cigarette, the calming routine a moment of respite in the midst of the bustling metropolis below.

the sight of the city below, with its towering skyscrapers and neon signs, was a reminder to chuuya of the heartbeat of tokyo, a place where dreams were made and lost amidst the ceaseless motion of the urban landscape. as the smoke from his cigarette curled lazily into the night sky, chuuya felt a sense of peace wash over him.

every time he moved his cigarette holding hand towards his mouth for another inhale of nicotine, the deep claw marks in his back opened up slightly as a reminder of the events that happened before. as much as the tar in his body was giving him some serenity, nothing could compare to his angel that treated him and his marked up body with all the affection she could give. thinking back on it, chuuya hoped that he was able to give fumiko the same thing to.

turning back to look through the glass door that reveals the inside of his bedroom, chuuya puffed out the smoke slowly as he eyed a sleeping fumiko, who had matching bite marks on her neck and finger marks imprinted on her soft arms. he never liked seeing fumiko come back from missions covered in bruises or blood (especially since he knows how much she hates getting dirty), but knowing the marks on her right now came from nothing but his undying love for her made him feel at ease.

just the sight of her was able to put chuuya in a state of euphoria, nevertheless when he has a cigarette in his hand. if fumiko asked him to get rid of every cigarette packet he carried on him, he would do it in a heartbeat. she was his true nicotine, his true reason for making him feel as though he was actually a human. because the feelings she gave him were able to bring anyone back to earth, even if someone like chuuya felt like he was from a different dimension sometimes.

with one last inhale and puff, the grey smoke cleared out in a heartbeat as chuuya shoved the cigarette into the ash tray on the table beside him. '3:43 AM' was what was read on the clock and that was a perfect time for chuuya to lay in bed again with his beloved. truth be told, he regretted leaving to have a smoke break since when he came back to the bed, he could see the goosebumps on fumiko's body that sadly wasn't covered up enough to warm her up.

but that's alright. chuuya was here now, fully able to give fumiko the same kind of warmth she always gave him by resting her head on his chest and gently pecking her forehead a couple of times. regardless if she was asleep or not, chuuya refuses to sleep himself without muttering a small yet adoring "i love you".

[midnight-muun]

Fumiko Hayashi, a JJBA OC from part 4😼😼😼

[ciaossu-imagines]

Hello there! For the mini event may you please do gintama with the au avatar the last airbender, thank you!

Hello there, my lovely anon! I definitely can do that - I really couldn't come up with solid ideas, so I admit to taking the lazy way out, so have a pretty comprehensive list on what type of Benders everyone would be in this AU! And guys, there are so many characters in Gintama so I swear it wasn't as easy and lazy as it looks! Thanks for sending in a request and I hope you'll enjoy!

Okay, so we're going into this AU with there being the four major bending types - Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Each bending type is as it is portrayed in Avatar: The Last Airbender, with people possessing different degrees of bending and different skills being present within each bending type.

So, when considering which type of Bender each character would be, I kind of broke it down into personality types and traits and qualities to look for, based on what I figure the 'stereotypical' Bender is for each of the four.

Earth Benders are a little rough around the edges, slow to anger, slow to decide on things, but stubborn once their mind is made up. They can be sensitive and they are often very patient.

Air Benders are gentle souls, respectful and adaptable, changeable. They're fast, both in their movements and in their thoughts.

Water Benders are typically calm and easy-going, flexible enough to adapt to their companions or situations. They're often quite easy to talk to and rather content with their lives.

Fire Benders are often prideful and confident individuals who are loyal, determined and ambitious. They can be very playful and fun but they often also have very short fuses on their tempers, which can be very volatile and explosive.

Keeping that in mind, this is what I figure the characters would be for Benders.

Earth Benders

Shimura Shinpachi

Shimura Tae

Shimura Ken

Chin Pirako/Doromizu Pirako

Kanemaru

Otose

Hanako

Saigou Tokumori

Saigou Teruhiko

Doromizu Jirochou

Hiraga Gengai

Hiraga Saburou

Haji

Terada Tatsugorou

Otaki

Jigsaw

Ofusa

Kirara

Urara

Rokkaku Kirie

Hongou Hisashi

Terakado Tsuu

Terakado Ichi

Hachibei Takaya/Takachin

Takatin

Rotten Maizou

Hijikata Toushirou

Sasaki Tetsunosuke

Kumanaku Seizou

Saitou Shimaru

Sasaki Isaburo

Oboro

Katsura Kotarou

Dragon Leader

Fat Dragon

Nakamura Kyoujirou

Shachi

Kameyama Duuke

Onijishi

Hijikata Tamegorou

Tsukuyo

Mutsu

Daraku

Abuto

Shijaku

Blu-Rayko

Prince Dai

Princess Bubbles

Otakai Sayaka

Water Benders

Sataka Gintoki

Kanemaru

Hasegawa Taizou

Hachirou

Tatsumi

Obi Hajime

Ketsuno Crystel

Ketsuno Seimei

Kuzunoha

Uchino

Hashida Kantarou

Hashida Kanschichirou

Hashida Kahei

Daigo

Kitaooji Daigorou

Izumi

Kawakami Bansai

Yamazaki Sagaru

Kamiyama

Harada Unosuke

16th Ikeda Yaemon

Hattori Zenzou

Wakikaoru

Momochi Rappa

Kurokono Tasuke

Takechi Henpeita

Kidomaru

Ebina

Seita

Suzuran

Hinowa

Kamenashi

Neptune Shokaku

Umibouzu

Shiramizu Pinko

Anigasaki Momo

Air Benders

Ikesawa

Tama

Oryou

Azumi Agonoske

Musashi

Kozenigata Heiji

Honjou Kyoushirou

Juurouta

Murata Tetsuko

Murata Tetsuya

Murata Jintetsu

Hedoro

Nishiki Ikumatsu

Hasegawa Hatsu

Hayashi Ryuuzan

Hayashi Fuyou

Sakurajima Chiharu

Okuni

Isao Kondou

Tokugawa Shige Shige

Tokugawa Soyo

Tokugawa Mori Mori

Tokugawa Sada Sada

Sarutobi Ayame

Elizabeth

Sakamoto Tatsuma

Yoshida Shouyou

Chougorou

Urashima

Oiwa

Rei

Enshou

Daishikyou

Mahha Noriko

Fumiko

Megami

Sorachi Hideaki

Fire Benders

Kagura

Kamui

Sakata Kintoki

Catherine

Ane

Kurogama Katsuo

Kujaku Hime Kada

Madame Yagami

Kanbei

Yagyuu Kyuubei

Yagyuu Binbokusai

Yagyuu Koshinori

Toujou Ayumu

Kitaooji Itsuki

Nishino Tsukamu

Minamito Sui

Shirino Douman

Gedoumaru

Antenmaru

Mone

Professor Meguro

No.305

No.502

Death Cancer

Ochi-san

Ben

Haga Kenji

Yocchan

Kimiko

Matsudaira Katakuriko

Matsudaira Kuriko

Hanano Saki

Goemon

Bichie

Sougo Okita

Hitotsubashi Nobu Nobu

Itou Kamotarou

Shinohara Shinnoshin

Imai Nobume

Ikeda Asaemon

18th Ikeda Yaemon

Utsuro

Jiraia

Banzou

Takasugi Shinsuke

Kajima Matako

Okada Nizou

Tendou Soutatsu

Mashiroi Kaguzou

Mashiroi Utsuzou

Inoue

Tasuke

Kuraba Touma

Eromes

Kurikan

Okita Mitsuba

Housen

Otohime

Admiral Abou

Ougai

Soutatsu

Kouka

Suitsu

Prince Hata

Jii

[theoffingmag]

The matter I’d been tasked to investigate had to do with Kan’ichi and the nature of his return. Kan’ichi Hiraizumi came home after the bureau sent out a notice, entirely separate from the first and second waves of repatriation. He had been admitted to a military hospital during his duty. After the war, he had also been detained as a prisoner of war in a place that was well-known—even to those with limited knowledge like myself—for having far from humane conditions. Still, he sustained no major injuries or infections, and with his mental and physical health cleared, he returned home on foot, alone. Although it was a miracle worthy of celebration, this kind of story wasn’t particularly rare at the time. The problem was with how Kan’ichi looked since returning. There was little to no resemblance between photos of Kan’ichi from before the war and his current appearance, so much so that it seemed likely that a complete stranger could do a better job at mimicking him. In short, he had returned a completely different person.

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Haneko Takayama is a writer, born in 1975 in Toyama prefecture, Japan. In 2010, she won an honorable mention in the Sogen SF Short Story Prize for UDON (Unknown Dog of Nobody); in 2016, she won the Fumiko Hayashi Literary Prize for "The Island on the Side of the Sun"; and in 2020, she won the Akutagawa Prize for A Horse from Shuri. Her works include Where I Was, "Come Gather ‘Round, People," and Lenses in the Dark. Alisa Yamasaki is a writer, translator, and interpreter based in Brooklyn, originally from Tokyo. Her writing has appeared in The Japan Times and Vice among other outlets. She was part of the 2022 cohort of the merging Translators Mentorship Program by the American Literary Translators Association.

[kansassire]

Ukigumo aka Floating Clouds, 1955, Mikio Naruse

[shinkai14]

Pokémon AU family List

(will give more info if needed)

Red Miyagawa and Blue Oak (Married)

Akane, Willow, Ichiro, Kaede & Samuel "Sammy" Miyagawa-Oak

Ash Ketchum and Misty (Married)

 Kyla, Caspian & Marilla Ketchum

Brock Harrison and Lucy (Separated)

Thomas, Wade" and Terra" Harrison

Brock and Rebecca (Fling)

Amethyst "Amy" Harrison

Brock and Liliana (Married)

Maria'’’, Sophia’’’ & Macy’’’ Harrison

Leaf Greene and Kris (Married)

Jade", Ivy" & Lin Greene

Trace Herrings and Chase (Married)

Kyrie, Allen & Angelina Herring

Janine Hayashi and Elaine (Married)

Haru, Kenji, Makoto" & Haruna" Hayashi

Goh Yamashita and Horace (Married)

Fumiko, Azumi, Daichi", Jiro" and Hiro Yamashita

Chloe Cerise (Single)

Lucy Cerise

Gary Oak and Domino (Fling)

Juniper Oak

Gary Oak and Zinnia (Not together anymore)

Ivy Oak

Gary Oak and Edric Ross (Married)

Samantha, Darron and Kathrine Oak

Ritchie Berry and Damian (Not together anymore)

Lexie Berry

Ritchie Berry and Derick (Married)

Alex and Daniel

Lt. Adam Surge and Violet

Nixie, Gale and Bolt Surge

Erika Kayano and Darcy (Divorced)

Fiona Kayano

Sabrina And Will Tanaka (Married)

Emiko Tanaka

Lorelei Landa And Winona (Married)

Breena, Maya, Zephyr, Neil & Claire Landa

Bruno Grayson (Single)

Casey and Mason Grayson

James De Rossi and Jessie (Married)

Jamie, Julia, Jackie and Jasper De Rossi

Butch and Daisy Oak (Married)

Rosie and Paisley Oak

Tracey Sketchit and Daisy (Married)

Heather, Holly and Wyatt Sketchit

Ethan Asahi and Sliver (Married)

Scarlett, Riku, Sumire, Haruki, Ryuki, Sierra, Ember, Talia and Gale Asahi

Elio Sunna and Lyra (Married)

Lyre, Leilani, Oliver & Kai Sunna

Lance Blackthorn and Hanako (Married, Hanako is dead)

Luna Blackthorn

Morty Ellis and Falkner (Married)

Raven, Robin and Elliot Ellis

Bugsy Withers and Whitney (Married)

Beckett Withers

Jasmine Tachibana and Solidad (Married)

Rosianna and Ross Kernel

Clair Blackthorn (Single)

Ryu Blackthorn

Karen Lee (Single)

Connie Lee

Cyrus Caddel and Saturn (Not together anymore)

Portia Caddel

Archer Lawrence and Saturn (Married)

Aries, Polaris and Rhea Lawrence

Archer Lawrence and Proton Richter (Not together anymore)

Artemis Richter

Proton Richter and Domino (Not together anymore)

Juno Richter

Professor Elm and his wife (Married)

Cedar Elm

Eusine Smith (Single)

Serenity Smith

Khoury Matthews and Casey (Divorced)

Alice Matthews

Liza Rose and Zinnia (Separated)

Maeve Rose

Brad van darn and Fantina Albret (Married)

Elizabeth Albret

Pierce Elrod and Wendy (Affair)

Freya Elrod

Attila Sharp and Hun (Married)

Demeter, Calypso and Helios Sharp

Brendan Birch and May (Married)

Madison and Henry Birch

Max and Tory Lund (Married)

Alice and Aiden Lund

Wally Harrell and Lisia (Married)

Hayden and Maybelle Harrell

Drew Campbell and Brianna (Married)

Autumn and Summer Campbell

Harley Gray and Nando (Separated)

Marianna Gray

Harley Gray and Juan Richelieu (One night stand)

Francis and Mary Richelieu

Paris Mercia And Solidad (Divorced)

Dena and Jackson Mercia

Wallace and Steven Stone (Married)

Elaine and Petra Stone

Brawly Rush and Roxanne (Married)

Mia and Alexander Rush

Sidney Parker and Flannery (Married)

Flare Parker

Korrina Derand and Phoebe (Married)

Jenna, Gracie & Erwin Derand

Looker Spade and Anabel (Married)

Layla, Helena and Edward Spade

Nando and Tucker Conners (Affair)

Grace Conners

Maxie Embers and Archie (Together)

Kyna, Hector and Darren Embers

Glacia And Ervin Sawyer (Divorced)

Elsa Sawyer

Shelly Waller and Courtney (Married)

Mira Waller

Dana Desmond and Zinnia (One night stand)

Lydia Desmond

Barry Tsumura and Lucas (Married)

Tsutsuji and Hiroko Tsumura

Dawn Berlitz and Zoey

Aurora, Weiss, Gwendolyn and Ronan Berlitz

Paul Norwood and Ursula Lovett (Divorced)

Meaghan and Sasha Norwood

Paul Norwood and Miette (Married)

Anthony and Briar Norwood

Cynthia Reiss and Diantha (Married)

Genevieve and Mariane Reiss

Roark Blair and Riley (Married)

Thea, Rhea, Noah and Lapis Blair

Gardenia Fujimura and Cheryl (Married)

Ayaka Fujimura

Maylene Olsen and Candice (Married)

Noelle & Hayley Olsen

Flint Russel and Volkner (Married)

Dustin and Sophia Russel

Lucian Garnier and Aaron (Married)

Rachael Garnier

Thorton Rhodes and Marley (Married)

Lelia and Luis Rhodes

Hunter J and Mars Seymour (Together, Hunter J is dead)

Pluto Seymour

Buck Russel and Mira (Married)

Blake Russel

Reggie Norwood and Zero (Not together anymore)

Dina Norwood

Reggie Norwood and Lena (Married)

Ezra and Stella Norwood

Kenny Hudson and Leona (Married)

Carmen Hudson

Sho Jonas and Autumn (Married)

Weiss, Lily and Mint Jonas

Tonio Hvam and Alice

Anisa and Dale Hvam

Baron Alberto and Queen Ilene (Fling)

Amaris De Rota

Baron Alberto and Lilith (Married)

Mercia. Jewel and Josephine De Alamos

Grimsley Millard and Zero (Not together anymore)

Crispian and Demi Millard

Lysandre Allard and Zero (TBD)

Vesper & Zeke Allard

Zero and Baraz Laurier (One night stand)

Arleth Laurier

Kevin Mythos and Sheena (Married)

Kyra and Roland Mythos

Sorrel Hart and Verity (Married)

Luna Hart

Verity and Cross West (Separated)

Austin West

Hilbert and Natural Harmonia Gropius (Married)

Aria, Mercy and Euphemia Harmonia (Euphemia is adopted)

Chili Gardener and Hilda (Married)

Cassandra Gardener

Chili Gardener and Burgundy (Divorced)

Millicent “Millie” Gardener

Cilan Gardener and Clemont Alarie (Married)

Adrien and Audrey Gardener

Cilan Gardener and Alain Sycamore (Married)

Cecilia Gardener

Clemont Alarie and Alain Sycamore (Married)

Ciel Alarie

Cress Gardener and Calem Xavier (Married)

Lyne and Nathan Xavier-Gardener

Lenora Abrams and Hawes (Married)

Verdona and Vincent Abrams

Serena Castillon and Shauna (Married)

Elodie Castillon

Lysandre Allard and Malva Aubert (Not together anymore)

Alexis and Bastion Aubert

Wikstrom and Siebold Blanchet (Separated)

Lucienne Blanchet

Lysandre Allard and Bellatrix (Divorced)

Cédric Allard

Lysandre Allard and Alain Sycamore (Not together)

Irene Sycamore

Lysandre Allard and Baraz Laurier (Not together)

Ausra Laurier

Lysandre Allard and Professor Augustine Sycamore (Not together anymore)

Sylvie Sycamore

Ghetsis Harmonia Gropius x Colress Keene (Not together anymore)

Euphemia Harmonia (Adopted by Hilbert and N)

Butch Cathcart x Cassidy

Mitch and Mera Cathcart

Todd Snap x Julie (Married)

James, Jamie & Madison Snap

Lysandre Allard x Concordia Harmonia

Moira Harmonia

Hugh Maes x Nate 

Violet & Blake Maes

Rosa Weiss x Roxie 

Patricia “ Patty “, Eliza’’ & Edric’’ Weiss

Iris x Benga Eales

Iona & Rex Eales 

Cheren Griffith x Bianca

April, Cornelia, Corwin, Darrell & Luna Griffith

Rudy Gate x Trip

 Davena & Bruno Gate 

Stephan Tayler x Heidi

Max, Sophie & Kelly Tayler

Georgia Morgan

Gregory Morgan 

Elesa Melbourne x Skyla

Skyler, Taran, Audra & Vetra

Brycen x Burgh Kersey

Lorraine, Colleen, Terrence, Travis Kersey

Marlon Raine x Kelly

Ariel and Clyde Raine 

Caitlin Everett x Shauntal

Emaline’’, Emilio’’, Farrell & Atlas Everett

Newton Graceland 

Lawton and Martha Graceland

Lysandre Allard x Celosia ( TBD)

Sarah Allard

Rei Eto x Yui (Married)

Akiko Eto

Akari Berlitz x Junko (Married)

Yuri and Yumi Berlitz

Volo Reiss

Verna Reiss

Adaman Hishikawa x Hayami (Married)

Akemi, Haru and Honoka Hishikawa

Mai Okumura x Jiro (Married)

Fujitsu and Kenzo Okumura

Arezu Akamine x Kimiko (Married)

Ezume Akamine

Iscan x Palina Magnolia (Married)

Rosianna Magnolia

Irida x Fredrick Castillon (Married)

Akane Castillon

Professor Laventon x his wife (Married)

Maria Laventon

Cyllene Caddel x Daichi (Married, Daichi is dead)

Cora Caddel

Melli x Ingo Collett

Tokiko’’, Tomiko’’, Kenji’’, Kentaro’’ & Etsuko Collett

Tucker x Avery Hackney

Arthur Hackney

Shielbert x Avery Hackney

Cordelia Hackney

Giovanni Forte x Rena 

Giana Forte

Lily Lynde x Hannah 

Tulip & Roland Lynde

Lara Laramie

Michael Laramie

Regina Mills x Jeremy

Garrett, Kaylie & James Mills

Valerie Bristol x Evelyn Desmond

Daphnis, Alette, Elros & Aine Bristol

Florian Villatoro x Kieran

Valeria Villatoro

Luna Blackthorn x Yellow

Tea Blackthorn

Aria Daviau

Daphné Daviau

Professor Samuel Oak x Elisa

Willow Oak

Celio x Lanette Bailey Lindsey, Booker & Ashton Bailey

Forrest Harrison x Maizie Oscar & Carl Harrison

Quillon Mittelman x Petrel Amber Mittelman

Quillon Mittelman x Danika Allegra & Marcus Mittelman

Morgan Desmond x Bridgette Bailey Marsha Desmond

Sordward x Sonia Emily, Mary, Lawrence, Annabelle and Garrett Magnolia

Lizabeth Blair x Christie

Marina & Danny Blair

(Will update more later)