#hibiki kiryuu

[kureialka]

happy akatsuki album release day

[prepolls]

Precure Fist Fight : Round TWO

[redux-pain]

chapter 12: Triple Step 2

[NOTE: Translating Japanese out of context can sometimes be very confusing if the original subject they're referring to doesn't get repeated.... However, that's not the case in this scene, where everything is said out loud very clearly. I'm not sure what happened here.]

……おや？　どういうことだ？

目の前の青年���、 アツキの顔をじっと眺め、 首を傾げた。

Ｈｕｈ？　Ｗｈａｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｈｅｃｋ？

Ｔｈｅ　ｙｏｕｎｇ　ｍａｎ　ｉｎ　ｆｒｏｎｔ　ｏｆ ｙｏｕ　ｇａｚｅｄ　ｆｉｘｅｄｌｙ　ａｔ　ｙｏｕｒ ｆａｃｅ　ａｎｄ　ｔｉｌｔｅｄ　ｈｉｓ　ｈｅａｄ．

[HIBIKI:] ....Hm? What's going on here?

/The young man in front of Atsuki stood with his head tilted, gazing fixedly at Atsuki's face./

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その様子は、どうにも納得が いかないといった感じだった。

さっきすれ違った少年と君、 すごく似ているんだけど……。

Ｔｈａｔ　ａｓｐｅｃｔ　ｍａｄｅ　ｙｏｕ　ｆｅｅｌ ｉｎｃｌｉｎｅｄ　ｔｏ　ｇｉｖｅ　ｃｏｎｓｅｎｔ．

Ｙｏｕ　ｈａｖｅ　ａｎ　ｕｎｃａｎｎｙ ｒｅｓｅｍｂｌｅｎｃｅ　ｔｏ　ｔｈａｔ　ｇｕｙ．

/He looked as if he were struggling to accept something./

[HIBIKI:] You look just like this young boy who walked by earlier.

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兄弟なの？ いや、それとは違うな……。

なんだろう……。

Ａｒｅ　ｗｅ　ｂｒｏｔｈｅｒｓ？ Ｎａｈ，　ｔｈａｔ　ｃａｎ’ｔ　ｂｅ．．．

Ｉ　ｗｏｎｄｅｒ．．．

[HIBIKI:] Are you brothers? No, it's something different...

It's almost like...

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そう言って言葉を止め、 アツキの顔をもう一度眺めた。

そう、同じ人間のような……。

Ｙｏｕ　ｓｔｏｐｐｅｄ　ｓｐｅａｋｉｎｇ　ａｎｄ ｈｅ　ｇａｚｅｄ　ａｔ　ｙｏｕ　ａｇａｉｎ．

Ｌｉｋｅ　ｗｅ’ｒｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｓａｍｅ　ｐｅｒｓｏｎ．

/He stopped speaking then and studied Atsuki's face again./

[HIBIKI:] Yeah, it's like you're the same person.

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うん、そうだな、そうとしか思えない。

いや、ほんと、不思議な事も あるんだね。

そう言って青年は、 軽く目礼をして去っていった。

Ｔｈａｔ’ｓ　ａｌｌ　Ｉ　ｃａｎ　ｔｈｉｎｋ　ｏｆ．

Ｍａｎ，　ｔｈｉｓ　ｉｓ　ｒｅａｌｌｙ ｓｔｒａｎｇｅ．

Ａｆｔｅｒ　ｓａｙｉｎｇ　ｔｈａｔ，　ｈｅ　ｌｅｆｔ ｗｉｔｈ　ｇｒｅｅｔｉｎｇ　ｅｙｅｓ．

[HIBIKI:] Yes, that's it. That's the only way I can see it.

Well, this is all very strange.

/As he spoke, the young man gave an easy nod and departed./

[ensemblesongs]

⟟ Updated 『TRIP』 album directory. (& misc helpful ensemblesongs tags!)

The previous post had exceeded the limit of links, and, reblogs don't update on their own, so this might be useful! This post was very tedious to prepare & write by hand, but I live to make lives easier. So!

The amount of links may be overwhelming to some and useful to others. This post will be updated from now on regarding the last few trip albums in particular, the old one will go untouched...🖋 for the old post, look here.

☆ Crazy:B TRIP album | Unit Tag

Rinne Amagi | HiMERU | Kohaku Oukawa | Niki Shiina

☆ Ra✽bits TRIP album | Unit Tag

Tomoya Mashiro | Nito Nazuna | Hajime Shino | Mitsuru Tenma

☆ Double Face TRIP album | Unit Tag (MaM)

Madara Mikejima | Kohaku Oukawa

☆ fine TRIP album | Unit Tag

Eichi Tenshouin | Wataru Hibiki | Tori Himemiya | Yuzuru Fushimi

☆ Valkyrie TRIP album | Unit Tag

Shuu Itsuki | Mika Kagehira

☆ ALKALOID TRIP album | Unit Tag

Hiiro Amagi | Aira Shiratori | Mayoi Ayase | Tatsumi Kazehaya

☆ 2wink TRIP album | Unit Tag

Hinata Aoi | Yuuta Aoi

☆ UNDEAD TRIP album | Unit Tag

Rei Sakuma | Koga Oogami | Kaoru Hakaze | Adonis Otogari

☆ AKATSUKI TRIP album | Unit Tag

Keito Hasumi | Kuro Kiryuu | Souma Kanzaki

☆ Trickstar TRIP album | Unit Tag

Hokuto Hidaka | Subaru Akehoshi | Mao Isara | Makoto Yuuki

☆ RYUSEITAI TRIP album | Unit Tag

Tetora Nagumo | Shinobu Sengoku | Midori Takamine | Kanata Shinkai | Chiaki Morisawa

☆ Switch TRIP album | Unit Tag

Natsume Sakasaki | Tsumugi Aoba | Sora Harukawa

☆ Eden TRIP album | Unit Tag | Adam & Eve

Nagisa Ran | Ibara Saegusa | Hiyori Tomoe | Jun Sazanami

☆ Knights TRIP album | Unit Tag

Tsukasa Suou | Leo Tsukinaga | Izumi Sena | Ritsu Sakuma | Arashi Narukami

[linettefox]

Every character that appears in All Stars F

I have too much free time... Have a list of every character in the new Precure movie! They're in order of appearance.

KEY:

👑 - Main role

🎤 - Speaks at least once.

🤜 - Partakes in battle.

🎞️ - Appears in flashback.

🎭 - Cameo.

⭐ - Exclusive character.

LIST:

Sora Harewataru/Cure Sky 👑

Nagomi Yui/Cure Precious 👑

Kome-Kome/Cure Kome-Kome 👑

Natsuumi Manatsu/Cure Summer 👑

Preme/Cure Supreme 👑⭐

Nijigaoka Mashiro/Cure Prism 👑

Laura/Cure La Mer 👑

Kasai Amane/Cure Finale 👑

Puka 👑⭐

Hanadera Nodoka/Cure Grace 👑

Rabirin 👑

Yuunagi Tsubasa/Cure Wing 👑

Ha-chan/Hanami Kotoha/Cure Felice 👑

Yakushiji Saaya/Cure Ange 👑

Haruno Haruka/Cure Flora 👑

Elle-chan/Cure Majesty 👑

Hijiri Ageha/Cure Butterfly 👑

Kotozume Yukari/Cure Macaron 👑

Hagoromo Lala/Cure Milky 👑

Fuurin Asumi/Cure Earth 👑

Latte 👑

Kenjou Akira/Cure Chocolat 🎞️🤜🎤

Ark & his monsters ⭐

Milk/Mimino Kurumi/Milky Rose 🎞️🤜

Kujou Hikari/Shiny Luminous 🎞️🤜

Madoka Aguri/Cure Ace 🎞️🤜

Yuni/Cure Cosmo 🎞️🤜

Tsukikage Yuri/Cure Moonlight 🎞️🤜

Hoshina Hikaru/Cure Star 🎞️🤜🎤

Usami Ichika/Cure Whip 🎞️🤜🎤

Ichinose Minori/Cure Papaya 🎞️🤜

Kaido Minami/Cure Mermaid 🎞️🤜🎤

Yotsuba Alice/Cure Rosetta 🎞️🤜

Akimoto Komachi/Cure Mint 🎞️🤜

Minazuki Karen/Cure Aqua🎞️🤜

Suzumura Sango/Cure Coral 🎞️🤜

Kise Yayoi/Cure Peace 🎞️🤜

Fuwa Kokone/Cure Spicy 🎞️🤜

Misumi Nagisa/Cure Black 🎞️🤜🎤

Yukishiro Honoka/Cure White 🎞️🤜🎤

Hoshizora Miyuki/Cure Happy 🎞️🤜🎤

Aida Mana/Cure Heart 🎞️🤜🎤

Momozino Love/Cure Peach 🎞️🤜🎤

Nono Hana/Cure Yell 🎞️🤜🎤

Hyuuga Saki/Cure Bloom/Cure Bright 🎞️🤜🎤

Mishou Mai/Cure Egret/Cure Windy 🎞️🤜

Ruru Amour/Cure Amour 🎞️🤜

Aisaki Emiru/Cure Macherie 🎞️🤜

Hojo Hibiki/Cure Melody 🎞️🤜🎤

Minamino Kanade/Cure Rhythm 🎞️🤜

Asahina Mirai/Cure Miracle (All forms) 🎞️🤜

Izayoi Riko/Cure Magical (All forms) 🎞️🤜

Tategami Aoi/Cure Gelato 🎞️🤜

Amanogawa Kirara/Cure Twinkle 🎞️🤜

Akagi Towa/Cure Scarlet 🎞️🤜

Sawaizumi Chiyu/Cure Fontaine 🎞️🤜

Hanamichi Ran/Cure Yum Yum 🎞️🤜

Yumehara Nozomi/Cure Dream 🎞️🤜🎤

Coco 🎞️🎭

Kurumi Erika/Cure Marine 🎞️🤜

Myoudouin Itsuki/Cure Sunshine 🎞️🤜

Chypre 🎞️🎭

Coffret 🎞️🎭

Potpourri 🎞️🎭

Regina 🎞️🎭

Aino Megumi/Cure Lovely 🎞️🤜🎤

Sagara Seiju 🎞️🎭

Hikawa Iona/Cure Fortune (All forms) 🎞️🤜

Omori Yuka/Cure Honey (All forms) 🎞️🤜

Shirayuki Hime/Cure Princess (All forms) 🎞️🤜

Aoki Reika/Cure Beauty 🎞️🤜

Hino Akane/Cure Sunny 🎞️🤜

Midorikawa Nao/Cure March 🎞️🤜

Higashi Setsuna/Cure Passion (Eas makes a brief cameo) 🎞️🎭🤜

Yamabuki Inori/Cure Pine 🎞️🤜

Aono Miki/Cure Berry 🎞️🤜

Kiryuu Michiru/Cure Bright 🎞️🎭

Kiryuu Kaoru/Cure Windy 🎞️🎭

Shirabe Ako/Cure Muse (Masked Cure Muse also makes a brief cameo) 🎞️🎭🤜

Zakenna 🎞️🎭

Natsuki Rin/Cure Rouge 🎞️🤜

Kasugano Urara/Cure Lemonade 🎞️🤜

Kagayaki Homare/Cure Etoile 🎞️🤜

Kawakami Aya 🎞️🎭

Prince Kanata 🎞️🎭

Pafu 🎞️🎭

Nanase Yui 🎞️🎭

Aroma 🎞️🎭

Amamiya Elena/Cure Soleil 🤜

Ai-chan 🎭

Hishikawa Rikka/Cure Diamond 🤜

Kururun 🎭

Tarte 🎭

Chiffon 🎭

Hiramirsu Hinata/Cure Sparkle 🤜

Pekorin/Cure Pekorin🎭

Ribbon 🎭

Hummy 🎭

Prince 🎭

Fuwa 🎭

Harry 🎭

Hugtan/Cure Tomorrow 🎭

Syrup 🎭

Kirahoshi Ciel/Cure Parfait 🤜

Mofurun/Cure Mofurun 🎭

Nijigaoka Yoyo 🎭

Kurokawa Ellen/Cure Beat 🤜

Takizawa Asuka/Cure Flamingo 🤜

Kaguya Madoka/Cure Selene 🤜

Pop 🎭

Candy/Royale Candy 🎭

Natts 🎭

Mailpo 🎭

Chourou 🎭

Miss Shamour 🎭

Kuroro 🎭

Shiri (Purple fairy tone) 🎭

Miri (Orange fairy tone) 🎭

Sori (Green fairy tone) 🎭

Fari (Yellow fairy tone) 🎭

PhanPhan🎭

Glassun 🎭

Masuko Michio 🎭

Masuko Mika 🎭

Masuko Miyo 🎭

Shirabe Otokichi 🎭

Shiratori Yuriko 🎭

Koshino Natsuki 🎭

Mori Kyoko 🎭

Himenojou Sakurako 🎭

Karube Tatsunori 🎭

Chinen Miyuki 🎭

Aihara Yuuki 🎭

Ichijo Ranko 🎭

Pikario/Julio (Or Cure Waffle if that's what you like to call him) 🎭

Ban Kenji 🎭

Sebastian/Cure Sebastian 🎭

Wakamiya Henri/Cure Infini 🎭

Shinada Takumi/Black Pepper 🎭

Fujiwara 🎭

Princess Filia 🎭

Flora 🎭

Captain Shalala 🎭

AI (Lala's rocket) 🎭

Kouchou 🎭

Lord Coupe 🎭

Bibury 🎭

Bunbee 🎭

Wisdom/Stone Keeper 🎭

Soular 🎭

Westar 🎭

Aphrodite 🎭

Mephisto 🎭

Lady Teatine 🎭

Sir Johnathan Klondike 🎭

Mermaid Queen 🎭

Rosemary 🎭

Blue 🎭

Past Princess Precure 🎭

Cure Lumiere 🎭

Aunete/Cure Oasis 🎭

Cure Empress 🎭

Cure Echo 🎭

Gueru 🎭

EnEn 🎭

Hanasaki Kaoruko/Cure Flower 🎭

Mirage/Cure Mirage 🎭

Hikawa Iona/Cure Tender 🎭

Cure Nile 🎭

Wonderful Net Precure 🎭

Ohana/Cure Sunset 🎭

Olina/Cure Wave 🎭

Bomber Girls Precure 🎭

Cure Art 🎭

[curedigiqueen]

Listen, I understand why Suite isn't a popular season. Generally speaking, the best parts of it are generally done better in the two seasons that precede it. It in many ways is just a weaker frankensteining of Fresh and Heartcatch. But Fresh and Heartcatch are fantastic, so just because it's worse than those seasons, doesn't mean its bad in my opinion. And to be fair, it does deserve many of its criticisms.

But it's also one of my favorite seasons, and I think some of it's criticisms are more a matter of taste. There's just a lot I love about Suite.

Hibiki and Kanade

I also know a lot of people aren't huge fans of the whole fighting thing Hibiki and Kanade have going on. And I agree, it's not the best executed and some things don't make sense. I also understand that many people are not fond of the vitriolic best buds trope, but I don't think that makes their relationship inherently bad just not to everyone's taste. For what it's worth, we haven't had a pair of cures like them before and since and it's a tragedy to me personally because I am quite fond of vitriolic best buds, duo cures and childhood friends. We have so many cure duos and aside from these two, none are childhood friends. The CLOSEST is the fact that Saki and Mai met once, when they were 9. Several trios of childhood friends (Fresh, Doki Doki and Happiness Charge), but they're the only true childhood friend duo. I honestly want more cures like these two. They get the learning to understand each other that the new friendships have, with the wealth of intimate knowledge about each other stemming from their childhood friendship. Despite spending a year "apart", the years they spent together still mean something, and they can't seem to stay away. They're mad at each other but there is still a comfortable familiarity in the way they aren't afraid to fight with each other. They say they aren't friends but they still call each other by first name.

Their hearts naturally fall into perfect harmony. The have like the same sense of style. Kanade likes to bake. Hibiki likes to eat. Souta refers to Hibiki as "Hibiki-Nee-san", and otherwise treats her similarly to his own sister. They have a flashlight code that they use to communicate across town at night. Neither one realized that there are two entrances with Sakura trees at their middle school or tried to talk about it for a whole year. They're both so stupid.

They take after Nagisa and Honoka a lot too. Nagisa and Hibiki are both athletic redheads who are good at sports and have black as a main color in one of their outfits (Cure for Nagisa, Civ for Hibiki), and generally use pink in their outfits. Both like to eat. Both can be prone to grumpiness and disagreements with their family members. Honoka and Kanade are both white Cures with fierce tempers and a strong sense of responsibility, able to handle domestic things like cooking. Both have more academic strengths, but are relatively graceful. There are some twists of course, Kanade has the little brother who she bickers with (their little brother's even both end their name with "ta"), Hibiki is the one with a parent who is often abroad. I really like how the two called back to the original duo without at all feeling like a copy.

To be fair not communicating is the name of the game in Suite. And so, I do 100% understand not liking this plot. I really do understand it. It's more than fair. All of the plots basically revolve around miscommunication. That is like. The entirety of Suite. Miscommunications, and the breakdown and subsequent healing of relationships. A very very valid complaint. One that I can overlook, but understand if others cannot.

Siren and Hummy

So, Precure's second heel-face turn Cure (if we don't count the Kiryuu sisters). She's a shapeshifting cat who can sing. The original one.

While normally I dislike the "Brainwashed to be evil" trope. It can be very effective. Go Princess used it to great effect in which there was a level of tragedy to the years that had been stolen away from Towa, and how her motivations had been twisted. I think it has similar effect here, where we kind of get both. She was brainwashed, and I do think that does cheapen Siren's motivations and redemption a bit, but she also had genuinely negative feelings towards Hummy, that she acted on in refusing to practice with Hummy. She still has to face Hummy head on, and as much as she tries to pretend that she's hard and strong enough to live in her bitterness. Siren isn't actually mean enough to keep facing her friend and betray her over and over again.

Hummy being better at singing than her caused her to lose a piece of her identity. The most important singer in all of Majorland. The one who sings the melody of happiness. So Siren doubles down on that identity. She becomes Minorland's singer. But she also, due to her shapeshifting, spends that time adopting different identities. Testing things out, even if she doesn't realize it. Ultimately she has to completely let go of her old identity (losing access to her original form) and everything associated with it and forge a new sense of self, in order to find happiness. But she doesn't completely lose everything.

Despite not liking to be called Siren anymore, she still lets Hummy call her that. She turned her old identity of Siren into something bitter, so she had to cast it off to redefine herself. But Hummy is the only one who ever saw the real Siren through everything Siren tried to become. Hummy may have been the one who took her sense of worth, but she's also the one who always saw Siren's value as Siren. Hummy gets to use Siren because her relationship with Hummy is the only thing that survived Siren's evolution. The two have to forge a new relationship to a certain extent. But it's built on what came before.

I also just think it's fun that the bulk of this emotional arc is on Hummy. It's cat drama. Fairy drama. Usually this is the kinda of stuff that happens between the pink and the heel-face cure. But not this time. This time it's the cat fairy, and the pink is dealing with her own friendship drama. I think it also ties right back into Suites continued echo of healing relationships, actually listening to people in order to harmonize with them. Hibiki and Kanade have to resolve their bitter feelings from their estrangement. Siren has to get over her jealousy to let Hummy back into her life. And Mephisto and Aphrodite have to stop fighting a war against each other.

Major Land's Royal Family

I mean really, no one bothered to tell Hibiki and Kanade at any point that Mephisto was the brainwashed former King of Major Land and that Major Land had a princess who was in hiding? Just locked out of the loop. Both Kanon and Majorland are entirely made up of people who can't communicate.

Anyway, Ako is my all time favorite cure. I rather unpopular choice, I know. But she fits right in with many of my other favorites, characters such as Hikari Yagami, Takeru Takaishi, King Clawthorne, King Ezran, Anya Forger etc. I love kid characters. I especially love messed up traumatized kids who don't always deal with it in great ways. And kid characters with heaps of responsibility on their shoulders. Like chosen ones and royalty.

So Ako is the epitome of what I look for in my favorite characters. She's a 9 year old with high future expectations, that she can't even begin to try and live up to because she's been sent away from everything she's known and loved. Not just moving to a new town, but a new world, where the rules of what is and isn't normal are different. In addition she was forced into physically altering her appearance, wearing unfamiliar clothes, and cutting her long hair. Not only that, she now has to keep everything about her secret. Her hometown, whatever music magic she has, her real future career plans, everything that made her her, has to be suppressed and kept secret. And she was like. Six. That's tiny. And she has to construct a whole new fake identity?

No wonder she's grumpy and keeps to herself? Her alternative is just trying to keep up a bunch of lies all the time. And keeping to herself, means few friends, and trying to keep people away, because this is supposed to be temporary to some degree. She has back home eventually, she's their future queen. She really has no choice BUT to be a grumpy brat. To keep from getting found out and to keep from getting attached. Like sure she doesn't have to be a brat to Hibiki and Kanade, but she's kinda right half the time, and honestly her tempering that brattiness into being just unpleasant enough to be left alone without being so obnoxious she draws people's ire involves way more socio-emotional intelligence than should ever be expected from a nine year old. And at a certain point, after years of it, it became part of her real personality. The sweet optimistic little princess is still there. But it's under a layer of cynicism.

Ako wants her family back. So she gets the power to do that. And things still don't go her way.

I've joked to people before that Ako is one of 4 cures with divorced parents. Her parents are effectively divorced, but extra. They're not just trying to fight over a house and custody of her, but over not just an entire kingdom, but the fate of the world. And her father doesn't even know who she is anymore. Her parents are actively at war, and her mother honestly shows no qualms about letting her husband be potentially killed, not bothering to tell the people she's sent after him about their relationship and his true nature. (And then her mom asks Mephisto to kill her to protect their kingdom, Ako can't catch a break).

This ties back to a fact that is kind of brushed over in the show. Ako is the princess. In the show she's honestly just the princess because it puts her in between Mephisto and Aphrodite's drama. But we see in show that Mephisto and Aphrodite are constantly putting their kingdom's needs above their own. A- monarchs (points deducted for getting brainwashed), but like. B- parents tbh. They love Ako so, so much, but simply can't raise her themselves. In fact, Ako's parents won't look after themselves, so Ako has to look out for them instead of the other way around. We see this a lot with Mephisto.

Sometimes Ako makes absolutely stupid decisions, like releasing notes, because she doesn't want to go against her dad, even if he isn't himself right now. Because she's a child whose parents are fighting, seemingly to the death, and if she can spread out the fight, she can hopefully drag out the arrival of consequences.

Ako does eventually learn to use the power as a cure, so she can balance the needs of the many over the needs of her loved ones. So she can do both. But she has to learn to make the hard choices and be willing to stand against her loved ones.

Also Ako also gets the miscommunication based friendship breakdown with her and Suzu, and to a lesser extent her and Souta in the movie. Suite really goes hard on the whole healing relationships thing.

Ako is really a direct foil to Yuri who precedes her. Missing evil brainwashed dads. Present throughout the whole show, but only join the team in the last quarter (the latest of any Cures). Semi-awkward friendship with one of the other cure's siblings in part because their friend doesn't know about all their magical girl trauma. Already looped into the magical girl stuff before any of the other cures, so has a preexisting relationship of some sort with the grandparent mentor. Ako is pretty much just a baby Yuri, but who has just now gained the power to try and fight after years of inability to do anything, instead of having just lost her power, and having to face down her own failure and keep going. So she's an angry elementary kid rather than a depressed high schooler. How can I not love her?

[friendshapedenstars]

here is the official bracket! i apologize for the messiness.

polls will begin tomorrow at 12 pm PST!

polls are under the cut as follows! good luck!

left side:

souma kanzaki vs subaru akehoshi

wataru hibiki vs NEGI

mao isara vs niki shiina

mitsuru tenma vs hokuto hidaka

aira shiratori vs kuro kiryuu

shu itsuki vs natsume sakasaki

kaname toujou vs midori takamine

nagisa ran vs keito hasumi

tsumugi aoba vs adonis otogari

kanata shinkai vs yuuta aoi

ritsu sakuma vs kaoru hakaze

tori himemiya vs tetora nagumo

hinata aoi vs yuzuru fushimi

right side:

tatsumi kazehaya vs tsukasa suou

HiMERU vs chiaki morisawa

hiiro amagi vs mika kagehira

ibara saegusa vs shinobu sengoku

madara mikejima vs nazuna nito

rinne amagi vs arashi narukami

rei sakuma vs kohaku oukawa

hiyori tomoe vs izumi sena

mayoi ayase vs tomoya mashiro

hitsugi kurone vs eichi tenshouin

jun sazanami vs sora harukawa

hajime shino vs leo tsukinaga

makoto yuuki vs koga oogami

[jewwyfeesh]

3rd anni enstars IF story -- story 2

Writer: @ 今天也是想吃美食的一天

Translated by: jewwyfeesh

Characters: Kiryuu Kuro, Kagehira Mika, Hakaze Kaoru, Oogami Koga

Theme: “If they’re to pick out flowers for someone…”

Disclaimer: this was performed as part of the enstars IF section during the CN 3rd Anniversary stream (42:12 - 45:38). the stories are submitted by fans and two were picked out to be performed live.

translated from CN subs with reference to the script that they posted on screen.

this is story 2 of 2.

edit 22/11: thank you anon who pointed out i made a minor error while translating kuro's line! it has been rectified.

Kuro: Oh, if it ain’t Hakaze. You’re at the flower shop early.

Kaoru: Kiryuu-kun, good morning. Ran-kun invited me to come watch Dramatica’s performance, so I was looking to buy him some flowers to congratulate him on the show. What about you?

Kuro: Kanzaki and I both received an invitation to today’s performance. Hakaze, Ran’s yer roommate, right? Hasumi’s also part of Dramatica, and is the main producer of today’s show.

My lil sis said that I needa bring a bouquet of flowers, so here I am. Hakaze’s surely plenty skilled in gifting flowers, no? I’d like some suggestions if yer okay with it.

Kaoru: Of course! Let me have a think… Ran-kun— (he gets interrupted by a very loud sneeze before he’s even done with his sentence)

Koga: ACHOO! Oi, Hakaze… senpai, the hell yer doin’ o’er here?

Kaoru: (shocked) !? K-koga-kun!? Don’t you have a pollen allergy? Why are you here in a flower shop!?

Koga: (sniff but nose is blocked.sfx) When I was participating in ANIMALS’ activity earlier on, Hibiki-senpai cared for me quite a lot… not’ta mention, Leon really loves him.

I heard his troupe’s participatin’ in today’s show, and Akehoshi wanted’ta drag me out to watch it together… but called earlier on ta say he couldn’t make it. Still, he bought some flowers an’ wanted me ta bring ‘em over… which forced me to drop by the flower shop.

Sniff.. sniff… a… ACHOO!

Kaoru: Aa… Wan-chan’s such a poor widdle thing…!

Quick, back away from the flowers! Let Onii-chan help you!

Koga: HAA?? Whose Onii-chan are’ya, you shallow playboy!

I’m fine on my own!

Kuro: Hahaha, seems like the both of you have a pretty good relationship with each other.

Koga: WHO THE HELL HAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?! (looks at Mika, who’s near the door.) Kagehira. What’re you here for?

Mika: Ngah~ It’s Oogami-kun… g’morning…!

Kuro: Oh, if it ain’t Kagehira.

Mika: Kiryuu-senpai, g’mornin’…! Oshi-san mentioned yer name a couple days ago…!

Kuro: Oh, let’s meet up fer a meal when Itsuki’s next back in Japan, then.

Mika: Ehe, I’ll be sure’ta tell Oshi-san! (turns to the store owner) Oh, um, please gimme a bouquet of lilies…!

Kaoru: Eh? Everyone’s here to buy flowers today.

Mika: Naru-chan’s got’ta performance today, so I wanna gift ‘em a bouquet to cheer ‘em on!

Kaoru: Eh? Perhaps… also performing as part of the Dramatica troupe?

Mika: …? Al…so…? Senpais and Oogami-kun… are y’all buyin’ flowers for the Dramatica members too?

Kuro: That’s right. Seems like we can all head there together.

Kaoru: Mhm. Then, these two bouquets please. White cosmos represent purity, meant for Ran-kun. And for Hasumi-kun… how about lotus flowers? (tl/n: lotus as in ‘hasu-no-hana’ WWWWW i can’t tell if OP chose it as a pun on his name or)

Kuro: Huh, that ain’t a bad idea. (To the staff in the store) Excuse me, may I have a bouquet o’ lotuses please? Ah, turns out Hakaze’s help really made the whole process a lot smoother!

Koga: (yelling from the store’s door) DON’T FORGET ‘BOUT MY FLOWERS, HAKAZE SENPAI…!

Kaoru: (in a joking manner) Goodness, Wan-chan’s really… When he needs something, he’ll yell for Hakaze-senpai, but when he doesn’t need anything he’ll call for ‘the shallow playboy’!

Koga: HAA??? Don’t yer dare continue jokin’, lemme tell ya! If yer dally any longer, we’ll miss the show, senpai!!

Kaoru: (yelling towards the door) Yes yes~ Kagehira-kun, have you chosen your flowers yet? Since we’re all heading to the same place, we can all go together!

Mika: Ehe, yep. I’m sure Naru-chan will love this bouquet of perfume lilies. Senpais, let’s go!

Koga: HURRY UP! I’ve already called fer a car, so let’s get movin’!

Kuro & Mika & Kaoru: Yes~

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[yuribracket]

The Maligned Yuri Bracket's preliminary round is underway!

It will still take me a good deal more time to find or make images for all of these pairings and schedule the polls, so don't expect voting to start up right away. But let's take a look at our contestants anyway!

EDIT: The preliminary round has started! This post will be updated with links to polls as they are posted and results as they come out.

I've decided that all pairings that received more than one submission will automatically be included in the final bracket, since there were so few of them. The remaining pairings have been sorted into 55 matchups of 2-4 pairings each, the winners of which will be added to a final bracket of 64.

When posted, the polls will include excerpts of the reasoning submitters gave as to how the pairings are maligned, to help people decide who they'd like to vote for. For now, here's a look at all of the pairings listed alongside the media they're from:

Kay Faraday/Ema Skye (Ace Attorney) vs. Franziska von Karma/Ema Skye (Ace Attorney) vs. Adrian Andrews/Franziska von Karma (Ace Attorney)

Susato Mikotoba/Haori Murasame (The Great Ace Attorney) vs. Aura Blackquill/Metis Cykes (Ace Attorney) vs. Athena Cykes/Pearl Fey (Ace Attorney)

Aiho Yomikawa/Kikyou Yoshikawa (A Certain Magical Index) vs. Mitsuko Kongou/Mikoto Misaka (A Certain Scientific Railgun)

Ema Hinata/Emo Moegi (Aikatsu Friends! and Kiratto Prichan) vs. Ichigo Hoshimiya/Aoi Kiriya (Aikatsu!) vs. Ran Shibuki/Yurika Todo (Aikatsu!)

Barbie/Raquelle (Barbie) vs. Annaliese/Erika (Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper) vs. Kristyn Farraday/Hailey (Barbie in the Pink Shoes)

Talia Al Ghul/Selina Kyle (DC comics) vs. Lois Lane/Selina Kyle (DC comics) vs. Jean Grey/Wanda Maximoff (Marvel)

Barbara Gordon/Dinah Lance [DC comics (Birds of Prey)] vs. Kara Danvers/Lucy Lane (Supergirl) vs. Stephanie Brown/Cassandra Cain (DC comics)

Sera Masumi/Sonoko Suzuki (Detective Conan) vs. Hidemi Hondou/Jodie Starling (Detective Conan) vs. Ran Mouri/Kazuha Toyama (Detective Conan) vs. Ran Mouri/Sonoko Suzuki (Detective Conan) Kazuha Toyama/Ran Mouri/Sonoko Suzuki (Detective Conan)

Princess Alia/Akari Tsukimura (Kamen Rider Ghost) vs. Erika Satonaka/Chiyoko Shiraishi (Kamen Rider OOO)

Regina Mills/Emma Swan (Once Upon a Time) vs. Aurora/Mulan (Once Upon a Time)

Elesa/Skyla (Pokemon) vs. May/Serena (Pokemon) vs. Lana/Mallow (Pokemon)

Nemona/Penny (Pokemon) vs. Iono/Klara (Pokemon)

Cyllene/Zisu (Pokemon Legends Arceus) vs. Irida/Mai (Pokemon Legends Arceus)

Setsuna Higashi/Inori Yamabuki (Fresh Pretty Cure!) vs. Miki Aono/Inori Yamabuki (Fresh Pretty Cure!)

Kaoru Kiryuu/Mai Mishou (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star) vs. Saki Hyuuga/Mai Mishou (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star) vs. Saki Hyuuga/Michiru Kiryuu (Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star)

Yuko Omori/Hime Shirayuki (Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!) vs. Iona Hikawa/Hime Shirayuki (Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!)

Himari Arisugawa/Ichika Usami (KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode) vs. Bibury/Ciel Kirahoshi (KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode) vs. Himari Arisugawa/Aoi Tategami (KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode) vs. Ciel Kirahoshi/Ichika Usami (KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode)

Reika Aoki/Miyuki Hoshizora (Smile Pretty Cure!) vs. Akane Hino/Nao Midorikawa (Smile Pretty Cure!)

Hikari Kujou/Honoka Yukishiro (Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart) vs. Hosshiwa/Sasorina (Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! and Heartcatch Pretty Cure!) vs. Megumi Aino/Manatsu Natsuumi (Happiness Charge Pretty Cure! and Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure)

Sora Harewataru/Mashiro Nijigaoka (Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure) vs. Kokone Fuwa/Ran Hamamichi (Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure) vs. Hibiki Hojo/Ellen Kurokawa (Suite Pretty Cure♪)

Laura La Mer/Asuka Takizawa (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure) vs. Nodoka Hanadera/Chiyu Sawaizumi (Healin' Good♥Pretty Cure) vs. Momoka Kurumi/Yuri Tsukikage (Heartcatch Pretty Cure!)

Elena Amamiya/Hikaru Hoshina (Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure) vs. Lulu Amour/Hana Nono (HUGtto! Pretty Cure)

Mirai Momoyama/Daia Nijinosaki (Kiratto Prichan) vs. Amane Sumeragi/Hina Yayoi (Waccha Primagi)

Coco Adel/Velvet Scarlatina (RWBY) vs. Ilia Amitola/Blake Belladonna (RWBY) vs. Penny Polendina/Ruby Rose (RWBY)

Mizuno Ami's mother/Rei Hino's mother (Sailor Moon) vs. Ami Mizuno/Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moon) vs. Hotaru Tomoe/Chibiusa Tsukino (Sailor Moon)

Sayaka Miki/Kyoko Sakura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) vs. Sana Futaba/Iroha Tamaki (Magia Record)

Nao Egokoro/Reko Yabusame (Your Turn to Die) vs. Touko Fukawa/Komaru Naegi (Dangan Ronpa)

Tomoyo Daidouji/Meiling Li (Cardcaptor Sakura) vs. Togo Mimori/Yuna Yuki (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)

Haruka Hani/Tamaki Teijo (Six Hearts Princess) vs. Minto Aizawa/Ichigo Momomiya (Tokyo Mew Mew)

Howan/Himeko Mashima (Show by Rock!) vs. Hitori Gotoh/Kita Ikuyo (Bocchi the Rock!)

Goombella/Vivian (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) vs. Sally Acorn/Amy Rose (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb) vs. Theodora/Eleanor Vance [The Haunting of Hill House (novel)]

Katya/Sofia (Goncharov) vs. The Yuri Bracket submission form/The current submission (yuribracket)

Jenny Dolittle/Lynn Lambretta (Mouretsu Pirates) vs. Amami/Kokoro Komadori (Yuri Espoir) vs. Kei Sugiura/Rei Yokoe (School Zone)

Haru Edamoto/Sayaka Saeki (Bloom into You) vs. Sophia Ascart/Katarina Claes (My Next Life as a Villainess) vs. Natsumi Ichikawa/Akari Seto (Otherside Picnic)

Chloe Bourgeois/Marinette Dupain-Chang (Miraculous Ladybug) vs. Valerie Amaranth/Sophia Anderson (Magical Warrior Diamond Heart) vs. Bloom/Stella (Winx Club)

Olivier Mira Armstrong/Riza Hawkeye (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs. Misa Amane/Rem (Death Note) vs. Nami/Vivi Nefertari (One Piece)

Chika Amatori/Izuho Natsume (World Trigger) vs. Izumo Kamiki/Shiemi Moriyama (Blue Exorcist) vs. Nobara Kugisaki/Maki Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Aya Hoshino/Miyu Yamazaki (Gals!) vs. An Lili/Yona (Yona of the Dawn) vs. Akari Mizunashi/Aria S. Granzchesta (Aria)

Nao Ishiwatari/Makoto Kowata (Flying Witch) vs. Konatsu Amano/Koyuki Honami (A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow) vs. Mayura Ransaika/Urara Ransaika (Akane-banashi)

Irisviel von Einzbern/Artoria Pendragon (Fate/Zero) vs. Sion Eltnam Atlasia/Riesbyfe Stridberg (Melty Blood)

Peridot/Lapis Lazuli (Steven Universe) vs. Kyoshi/Rangi (Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Rise of Kyoshi) vs. Aqua/Cinderella (Kingdom Hearts)

Lain Iwakura/Alice Mizuki (Serial Experiments Lain) vs. The Agent/Arakawa (Elfen Lied)

Rey/Rose Tico (Star Wars) vs. Anne Bonny/Max (Black Sails) vs. Svetlana Sergievsky/Florence Vassy (Chess)

Rin Hoshizora/Nozomi Tojo (Love Live!) vs. Naru Ayase/Rinne (Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live)

Ranma Saotome/Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2) vs. Kurako (Kuranosuke) Koibuchi/Tsukimi Kurashita (Princess Jellyfish)

Morena Prudo/Theta (Hunter X Hunter) vs. Botan/Keiko Yukimura (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Chika Fujiwara/Miko Iino (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War) vs. Marcille Donato/Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi) vs. Makoto Kurume/Yuzuki Murashigei (Skip and Loafer)

Kozue Kaoru/Nanami Kiryuu (Revolutionary Girl Utena) vs. Rei Ayanami/Asuka Langley Soryu (Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Akako Koizumi/Aoko Nakamori (Magic Kaito) vs. Shirayuki/Kiharu Toghril (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime)

Dehya/Dunyazard (Genshin Impact) vs. Luluca/Roana (Epic Seven) vs. Karen Aijo/Mahiru Tsuyuzaki (Revue Starlight)

Foo Fighters/Jolyne (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) vs. Bayonetta/Jeanne (Bayonetta)

Shanoa/Laura (Castlevania) vs. Alisha Diphda/Rose (Tales of Zestiria)

Kurumu Kurono/Mizore Shirayuki (Rosario + Vampire) vs. Kaede Shiranui/Shinobu (Ninja Nonsense) vs. Sagir/Yuzuriha (Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku)

Miku Kohinata/Hibiki Tachibana (Symphogear) vs. Sun Jing/Qiu Tong (Tamen de Gushi)

[theothin]

JUSTICE FOR THE KIRYUUS

one thing that always stood out to me as a difference is that futari and max heart tend to have this... much more negative mood than splash star? like, nagisa is so often having a really bad time one way or another, while splash star does have darker moments but against a much lighter background. which ties a lot into the part about nagisa being one of the few pessimistic precure leads - the only others I can think of are tsubomi, and maybe hibiki to an extent?

and I can definitely see merits in futari's approach and how it helps it stand out from other seasons, but it's something that made it hard for me to click with personally, as opposed to splash star being a lot more upbeat. which feels interesting for me to say when I love a lot of darker magical girl shows, but precure has a tendency to bypass the mental defenses I use for those

thoughts on splash star precure?

Splash Star is interesting because overall I think it did the setting, world, villains, fairy mascots, and side characters better than the original Futari wa Precure... but the two main leads weren't as interesting to me as Nagisa and Honoka.

That's not to say Saki and Mai are bad, because they're very cute and fun and yuri. But the interesting thing to me about Nagisa and Honoka were how they kind of avoided stereotypes at every turn. The bright sporty girl actually being a pessimist, and the smart science girl actually being a dreamer with her head in the clouds, really made Nagisa and Honoka extremely standout characters to me. Whereas Saki and Mai play it a little safer with "the optimistic sporty girl" and "the quiet artist".

Sorry to immediately compare it to Futari wa Precure but I think it's an inescapable comparison since it was almost the same format and they were deliberately trying to keep it similar.

When compared to ALL Precures I'd probably rate it somewhere in the upper middle. Not one of my top five or so, but enjoyable. Justice for the Kiryuus.

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[redux-pain]

FORT Profile: Kiryuu Hibiki

如月学園高等科２年。アツキと同じ１組で、緩やかにウェーブのかかった短い髪が特徴。留学していたそうだが今回、急に戻って来たらしい。アツキと同様能力者と思われる。謎の多い人物。

Ｊｕｎｉｏｒ　ａｔ　Ｋｉｓａ－ ｒａｇｉ　Ｓｃｈｏｏｌ，　ｉｎ Ａｔｓｕｋｉ’ｓ　ｃｌａｓｓ． Ｗａｖｙ　ｓｈｏｒｔ ｈａｉｒ．　Ｗａｓ　ｏｖｅｒ－ ｓｅａｓ　ｓｔｕｄｙｉｎｇ ｂｕｔ　ｃａｍｅ　ｂａｃｋ ｓｕｄｄｅｎｌｙ．　Ｍａｙｂｅ ａ　ｔｅｌｅｐａｔｈ？

A second year at Kisaragi Academy for Advanced Study. He’s in Class 1 along with Atsuki, and distinguished by his short hair styled into a gentle wave. He was studying abroad, but then came back suddenly. It seems he has the same telepathic power as Atsuki. A man of many mysteries.

中学生の時には高校生の教科書をすでに読破出来るレベルにまで脳が発達していたようだ[ 。 ]成瀬シンジ同様、株取引によって生活をしていたらしく意外と苦労をしているのかもしれない。

Ｉｎ　Ｊｒ．　Ｈｉｇｈ， ｗａｓ　ａｌｒｅａｄｙ ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ　ｈｉｇｈ ｓｃｈｏｏｌ　ｔｅｘｔ ｂｏｏｋｓ．　Ｌｉｋｅ Ｓｈｉｎｊｉ，　ｗａｓ ｍａｋｉｎｇ　ｍｏｎｅｙ　ｏｎ ｓｔｏｃｋｓ．　Ａ　ｒｅａｌ ｈａｒｄ　ｗｏｒｋｅｒ．

In middle school, his mind was already developed to the point that he could finish high school textbooks. Just like Naruse Shinji, he was living off the stock market. Maybe he has more troubles than you’d expect.

数学の成績が優秀で、大和タダシのお気に入りの生徒だったようだ[ 。 ]大和の誘いにより、アメリカに留学することも決意した。しかし桐生は大和の性格を好ましくは思っていなかったようだ。目が怖いしね。

Ｇｒｅａｔ　ｉｎ　ｍａｔｈ， Ｙａｍａｔｏ’ｓ　ｆａｖ－ ｏｒｉｔｅ　ｓｔｕｄｅｎｔ． Ｗｅｎｔ　ｏｖｅｒｓｅａｓ ａｔ　Ｙａｍａｔｏ’ｓ ｓｕｇｇｅｓｔｉｏｎ，　ｂｕｔ ｈｅ　ｄｏｅｓｎ’ｔ ｌｉｋｅ　Ｙａｍａｔｏ． Ｈａｓ　ｓｃａｒｙ ｅｙｅｓ．

Because of his outstanding scores in math class, he was Yamato Tadashi’s favorite student. It was at Yamato’s suggestion that he went to study overseas in America. But it seems Kiryuu didn’t think Yamato had a good personality. [He found his] eyes scary.

[note: Again, there’s no subject in the last sentence, but I think it’s much more likely to be talking about Yamato’s eyes, as a direct followup to the previous sentence.]

サイレントに感染され能力を手に入れるとは一体自分の身体を何だと思っているのだろうか。サイレントとの共存といって、身体をボロボロにしてまで手に入れなければならないものだったのだろうか

Ｇｅｔｔｉｎｇ　ｉｎ－ ｆｅｃｔｅｄ　ｂｙ Ｓｉｌｅｎｔ　ｔｏ　ｇａｉｎ ｔｅｌｅｐａｔｈｉｃ ｐｏｗｅｒｓ？　Ｈｅ’ｓ ｓａｃｒｉｆｉｃｉｎｇ　ｈｉｓ ｂｏｄｙ　ｆｏｒ　ｔｈｉｓ． Ｄｏｅｓ　ｈｅ　ｅｖｅｎ ｒｅａｌｉｚｅ　ｉｔ？

Letting himself be infected by Silent to gain telepathic powers? How little regard does he have for his own body? Could achieving coexistence with Silent have been so important [to him that he was willing] to wear out his own body?

ようやく自分の能力の本当の使い方に気付いてくれたようだ。人と違う力は人を助けるためにある。サイレントに怯える人々を助ける彼は輝いていたようだ

Ｆｉｎａｌｌｙ　ｈｅ ｒｅａｌｉｚｅｓ　ｔｈｅ ｔｒｕｅ　ｗａ��　ｏｆ ｕｓｉｎｇ　ｈｉｓ ｐｏｗｅｒｓ：　ｈｅｌｐｉｎｇ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ．　Ｄｉｄ　ａ ｇｒｅａｔ　ｊｏｂ．

He’s finally realized the real use of his powers. Powers that other people don’t have are meant to help [those] other people. He was shining brightly* as he saved the people being menaced by Silent.

[note: *metaphorically]

人の心に干渉出来るという力の重みをようやく理解してくれたのではないだろうか。人間にとって何が一番大事なのかを知った桐生ヒビキは、今後更なる進化をとげるだろう。

Ｈｅ’ｓ　ｆｉｎａｌｌｙ ｒｅａｌｉｚｅｄ　ｔｈｅ ｉｍｐｏｒｔａｎｃｅ　ｏｆ ｔｈｅ　ｐｏｗｅｒ　ｔｏ ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌ　ｐｅｏ－ ｐｌｅ’ｓ　ｍｉｎｄｓ． Ｈｅ’ｌｌ　ｄｏ　ｗｅｌｌ ｉｎ　ｌｉｆｅ．

I suppose he finally understands the weight of a power that lets you interfere with other people’s minds. Now that he knows what the most precious thing is [for/about] humans, I’m sure Kiryuu Hibiki will only keep growing.

[mamichigo]

shumika // the model's jealousy

note: set in the same au as an earlier drabble of mine (you can find a link to it in the source)

*

“Mentor, ain’t it about time ya went to bed…?”

As if the gods took mercy on Mika, they granted him a miracle: Lord Itsuki raised his head away from the garment he had been working on all night long. Mika hoped the chill that ran down his spine from having Lord Itsuki’s eyes on him wasn’t too obvious.

“It seems I can’t convince you to drop that nickname… No matter.” Lord Itsuki huffed, and promptly returned to his work. “Why are you here in the first place, if you only intend to complain about the late hour? I informed you right away that I wouldn’t have the time to play around with you. Or perhaps you intend to nag at me much like Kiryuu does, when the mood strikes him?”

“N-No, I wouldn’t dream of ordering Mentor around! I’m just worried. You’ve been working so much lately. Yer acquaintance must be real important, if ya took his request when ya already had so much to do…”

“I’m not particularly close to the one who will be wearing this, but he is something akin to a protégé to Wataru. Although I don’t get him sometimes, he’s a precious friend, so this is nothing. I’ve taken worse jobs before.”

Wataru… Hibiki, from that one famous theater company? Lord Itsuki was a noble, and the best dressmaker around these parts, maybe even across the country. Everything he made was a work of art, so it didn't come as a surprise that he'd be acquainted with Wataru Hibiki. But hearing the words "precious friends" set an uncomfortable weight on his breastbone.

"Ya have shadows under yer eyes, Mentor," Mika pointed out, unable to hold back the whine in his voice. "Yer even tainting yer beauty for this, I think ya should rest for today…"

"What a noisy boy," Lord Itsuki sighed condescendingly. He stared down at Mika, his fingers tracing the sewing needle, like he was itching to go back to his work. "Listen carefully, you insisted you wanted to visit, and I graciously allowed you to do as much as long as you swore to stay out of my way. Don't think for a moment I won't throw you out of my atelier if you do not cease your careless blabber."

Mika deflated back onto his seat, eyes narrowed and irritation burning hot in his stomach. Mute as he was ordered to be, Mika watched Lord Itsuki work with growing urgency. That beautiful outfit would go to Wataru Hibiki's protégé; Lord Itsuki would slide it down that guy's torso, then pat his sides, his arms, and watch his figure for any signs of mistakes (there would be none). He'd do it all, much like he often did for Mika, who was supposed to be his only model.

As soon as there was a pause in Lord Itsuki's work, a brief break, Mika inserted himself into his field of vision.

"What is it this time-- Hey!" Shu grasped at nothing, too shocked to process that the fabric he had been working on was taken from his fingers. "Have you decided to toy with me now?"

Lord Itsuki's eyes were narrowed, glinting dangerously in the glow of his work lamp. Mika set the unfinished garment aside and frowned. He fell to his knees by Lord Itsuki's feet, hands at the armrest of his chair, trapping him within Mika's grasp.

"Mentor, look at me for a bit," he pleaded. "I'm right here, aren't I? I missed ya…"

There was a visible hitch in Lord Itsuki's breath. Strong like a gravitational pull, it spurred Mika to move closer, ever so slightly.

"Were you always this greedy? Goodness gracious, I can't go a single night without giving you attention…"

There was no anger, no heat: just gentle exasperation.

"That's right, 'cause Mentor's always looking at me like I'm the prettiest thing, like I'm precious, so I can't go on if you don't look at me."

A lovely shade of pink overtook Lord Itsuki's cheeks. "I do not gaze upon you with such embarrassing thoughts!" He looked to the side. "Though your beauty is a matter of fact…"

"Only Mentor would tell me that."

"Hmph, don't sound so happy about it. As my model, you must appear ethereal to everyone who happens to look at you. I'll accept no less."

That subtle tilt of the head exposed Lord Itsuki's neck, where the traces of his perfume were strongest. Mika tried not to seem like a sniffing dog as he chased after that scent.

"Kagehira, are you listening?"

The tip of his nose met soft skin, which broke in goosebumps at the contact. He could feel Lord Itsuki's pulse, loud and fast like drums, as he nuzzled the joint of his jaw.

"Mentor, you should call my name more."

For a moment, there was nothing but heat and pliant skin; Lord Itsuki's breath as he gasped, the barely there tang of sweat gathering at his collarbone. For that one second, all of it was pressed right against his lips. 

"Kagehira?!"

Lord Itsuki jumped, and Mika did the same, eyes wide as he broke out of his stupor. In his surprise, Mika fell back to the ground, where he could do nothing but look up at Lord Itsuki's bright red face. One of his hands was pressed to the side of his neck. 

His actions until then caught up to him, and Mika sprung to his feet. He clutched at his own hair, a little terrified, a little elated, and way too excited.

"Agh! What was I doing to Mentor?! I, uh, I gotta go, but ya should get to bed soon and I'll see ya tomorrow?" He stammered,  stumbling to the atelier's door. "Sleep well!"

He slammed the door behind him. Silence followed. Mika, now alone and burning inside out, walked to the opposite wall and promptly smashed his head against it.

[yugioh-lovers]

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