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otomehonyaku · 5 months
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DIABOLIK LOVERS アニメ公式ノベライズ Official Anime Novelization Frontier Works, 2014 ISBN 978-4-86134-701-6
Written by Yukuzuki Hiroha 結来月ひろは Illustrated by Satoi さとい Translated from the Japanese by @otomehonyaku (you can find the translation in this post!)
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Story (from the blurb on the back of the dust cover) Following her father’s job transfer, Komori Yui is sent to live with the Sakamaki brothers. However, these six brothers turn out to be sadistic, ill-tempered vampires. The men are after Yui’s sweet and incredibly rare blood, and go to great lengths toying with her body and soul to get it. Before long, Yui finds herself trapped in an alluringly dangerous love game(1)...
1. 吸血愛戯 (ラブゲーム): Stylised as ‘love game’ but written with the characters for bloodsucking (吸血), love (愛), and play (戯). The latter character also has a connotation of playfulness/mischief.
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I thought I’d post some pictures of the Diabolik Lovers novelization that I’m translating right now! It was sold as a proper 小説 (しょうせつ, novel) and it’s about 300 pages and 12 chapters long, but as you can tell by the relative lack of long paragraphs, it’s still more like a light novel that heavily relies on your familiarity with the characters and their looks/voices through the anime and visual novels. The two pages of the running text in the second-to-last picture only amounted to about half a page in English (*´꒳`*) It’s been really fun to translate so far, so stay tuned for the next chapters!
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dr-awo · 5 years
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And Hope Finally Bloomed | Hiroha | Epilogue
Hiroha lets herself get helped to her feet, and before she’s prompted to leave, her eyes turn to the closed pods. She can’t quite see Shou or Megumi clearly behind the glass. Sure, that’s probably for the best, but she’d hoped to see them one last time, for real. Megumi, who’d been so kind to her, cared about her enough to sacrifice her life, and Shou, the woman she loved, still loves, even knowing everything. She won’t forget them. She’s not going to be able to forget anyone here, really.
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“...goodbye.”
She walks out, following behind the group, and she can’t help but glance at the unconscious Neo Resurgence members behind her. People who had set all this up to kill them and broadcast it, because they believed in the concept of despair, or at least in its entertainment value. If things had gone differently, maybe she would have been one of these people. Hiroha would hardly call herself lucky with all that’s happened, but at least she didn’t become like that. Noticing she’s lagging behind, she starts to pick up the pace to stay with the group.
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Seeing the sun feels strange after all this time, like her body’s forgotten how real warmth feels, and her eyes are remembering how the real sky looks.
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Hiroha is quiet as they all board the boat, listening to what Keiji says. Right, she’ll have to call her aunt as soon as she can, she knows she’s probably panicking right about now. 
Then, with all of them just sitting there, all she can manage to do is just stare at the people around her. They made it out. She feels a strange uncertainty about ‘what’s next’ really, and there are still things she doesn’t know if she’s processed completely. 
The woman she loves is dead after all, and there's still the reality about Shou she hasn't quite accepted yet for what it is. At least she knows what they felt for each other was real love, and she'll treasure that forever.
Ua still probably hates her, maybe rightfully so with why Megumi gave up, but that’s something they’ll probably be processing with a lot of therapy. That’s ok.
Then there’s Suguri...Suguri betrayed her in a way Hiroha doesn’t think she can forgive after she’d trusted her like that, and she doubts that she actually saw her as anything more than another plaything to bolster her ego with. That’s ok, too. Hiroha’s determination to change is still her own, and she doesn’t owe Suguri anything. When she looks at everyone else that’s encouraged her that’s still here, her determination only grows. 
Kita, Hana, Ken, Mugen, Adam, Kensuke...and Atsushi. Atsushi has a similar uncertain path, with what will likely happen to Bellamy, but whatever it is, Hiroha is going to support him. They’re like siblings to each other now, she wouldn’t dream of doing otherwise.
The future is uncertain for everyone, and that’s alright. The fact that there is a future at all is enough for her. Not a future that’s paved with the ashes of despair like Bellamy planned, and not one with death on a loop like Yuichi wanted. A future of hope.
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“Ihi...we made it…n-not bad for a bunch of weird college kids, huh?”
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Lush Names
Lush is an English word that means "covered with a thick healthy natural growth". In other words, a prosperity and abundance of plants.
Related lists:
Flower Names
Name Elements:
Zin - (Burmese) orchid
---GENDER NEUTRAL NAMES---growing everything but gender---
Abilan - m/f (English) hill covered by a meadow
Abilead - m/f (English) wealthy meadow, prosperous meadow
Abilon - m/f (English) hill covered by a meadow
Afnan - m/f (Arabic) full spreading branches of trees
Avelyam - m/f (Hebrew) meadow-sea, sea-like meadow
Audgroniz - m/f (Ancient Germanic) green wealth, fortunate green
Bai Mù - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) hundred trees
Bai Shù - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) hundred trees
Bayanavch - m/f (Mongolian) rich foliage
Bayangazar - m/f (Mongolian) rich land
Bayanoi - m/f (Mongolian) rich forest
Bayanogoon - m/f (Mongolian) rich green
Bereketchaka - m/f (Amharic) blessing of the forest, abundance of the forest
Bì Fēng - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant green, plentiful, lush, jade colored, bountiful and blue
Dà Fēng - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful, big, great, vast, high
Daiha - m/f (Japanese) great leaves
Daimori - m/f (Japanese) great forest
Dà Lín - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) vast forest, great forest
Damidori - m/f (Japanese) great green, big green
Dae-Cho - m/f (Korean) tall grass, great herbs
Dae-Rim - m/f (Korean) great forest, vast grove
Delgernavch - m/f (Mongolian) abundant leaves
Delgeroi - m/f (Mongolian) abundant, prosperous forest
Dì Fēng - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful earth, soil, ground
Düürenavch - m/f (Mongolian) full leaves
Düürenogoon - m/f (Mongolian) completely green
Dyabil - m/f (English) great meadow
Elbegoi - m/f (Mongolian) plentiful, bountiful, generous forest
Esenavch - m/f (Mongolian) healthy leaves
Esenoi - m/f (Mongolian) healthy forest
Esenogoon - m/f (Mongolian) healthy green
Eun-Rim - m/f (Korean) thriving forest, flourishing grove / silver forest / favor of the forest
Fēng - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful
Fēng Àn - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant beach, plentiful shore, lush bank, bountiful waterside
Fēng Bó - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant and wide, plentiful, lush, bountiful expanse
Fēng Cài - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful greens
Fēng Chāng - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful, flourishing, prosperous, good, sunlight
Fēng Chí - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful pool, pond
Fēng Chuān - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful river
Fēng Guó - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful country
Fēng Hóng - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful, great, expanding, vast, wide, spacious
Fēng Hòu - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful and thick
Frezertchaka - m/f (Amharic) fertile forest
Fù Lín - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, rich forest
Gyinwe - m/f (Burmese) great vines
Haljas - m/f (Estonian) green, verdant
Heinwe - m/f (Burmese) great vines, grand vines
Heinyunt - m/f (Burmese) great growth, large shoots
Hijau - m/f (Malay) green, verdant
Hiroha - m/f (Japanese) abundant leaves / prosperous leaves / great leaves
Hiroki - m/f (Japanese) abundant trees / prosperous trees / great tree
Hlaingnwe - m/f (Burmese) overwhelmed with vines, wave of vines, plentiful vines
Ho-Rim - m/f (Korean) vast forest, abundant grove
Hu-Rim - m/f (Korean) thick forest
Jīng - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) lush, luxuriant, garlic chives, leek
Jethrabil - m/f (English) meadow of abundance
Kaha - m/f (Japanese) increasing leaves / fragrant leaves / increasing flowers / fragrant flowers
Kaiha - m/f (Japanese) sea of leaves
Khaing - m/f (Burmese) firm, strong tree branch
Kōha - m/f (Japanese) prosperous leaves / leaves of happiness, leaves of fortune
Kōmori - m/f (Japanese) prosperous forest / forest of happiness, forest of good luck / forest of peace
Lín Chāng - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) flourishing forest, prosperous forest, sunlit forest
Mamori - m/f (Japanese) full forest
Mandalnavch - m/f (Mongolian) leaves of revival, prosperous foliage
Mandaloi - m/f (Mongolian) forest of revival, forest of prosperity
Mâu - m/f (Vietnamese) lush, thick, talented
Minori - m/f (Japanese) abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty
Mo - m/f (Japanese) overgrown, luxuriant, thickly growing, lush
Mönkhnavch - m/f (Mongolian) eternal leaves
Mönkhoi - m/f (Mongolian) eternal forest
Morihiro - m/f (Japanese) abundant forest / prosperous forest / great forest
Nabil - m/f (English) increasing meadow
Naharu - m/f (Japanese) many leaves / vegetable leaves
Nwehtay - m/f (Burmese) rich with vines
Nwekhaing - m/f (Burmese) strong vines, vines as strong as branches
Nwemrang - m/f (Burmese) tall vines, vines creeping high
Nwemyint - m/f (Burmese) tall vines, vines creeping high
Nwesang - m/f (Burmese) tall vines, vines creeping above others
Nwetet - m/f (Burmese) rising vine, advancing vines
Nwewai - m/f (Burmese) abundant vines
Nyuntay - m/f (Burmese) rich with growth, wealth of shoots
Nyuntet - m/f (Burmese) rising shoots, advancing growth
Öödlökhoi - m/f (Mongolian) thriving, successful forest
Örnökhoi - m/f (Mongolian) growing, flourishing, thriving forest
Phaithavy - m/f (Lao) growing forest
Phyonwe - m/f (Burmese) abundant vines
Phyonyunt - m/f (Burmese) bountiful growth, abundant shoots
Phytopolis - m/f (Ancient Greek) city of plants and trees
Richabil - m/f (English) rich meadow
Rim-Yeong - m/f (Korean) flourishing forest, glorious forest / forest of flowers
Róng Lín - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) flourishing forest, prosperous forest, glorious forest, honorable forest
Ryūha - m/f (Japanese) noble, prosperous leaves
Sangmyaing - m/f (Burmese) tall forest, forest growing above others
Sangnyunt - m/f (Burmese) tall shoots, shoots growing above others
Seong-Rim - m/f (Korean) abundant forest, flourishing grove
Shigeruha - m/f (Japanese) lush, luxuriant leaves
Tetmyaing - m/f (Burmese) rising forest, advancing forest
To - m/f (Japanese) abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty
Toyo - m/f (Japanese) abundant, lush, plentiful
Waimyaing - m/f (Burmese) abundant forest
Wainyunt - m/f (Burmese) abundant shoots
Wèi - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) luxuriant, lush, grand, magnificent
Welig - m/f (Afrikaans) lush
Wēi Lín - m/f (Mandarin Chinese) towering forest / forest of ferns
Yanivavel - m/f (Hebrew) the meadow will prosper
Yitavel - m/f (Hebrew) the meadow will flourish
Yu-Rim - m/f (Korean) abundant forest, rich grove
Zuzaanavch - m/f (Mongolian) thick, strong leaves
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'Aamirawda - f (Arabic) prosperous meadow, substantial garden
'Aamiruba - f (Arabic) prosperous hill
Abeytu - f (Omaha-Ponca) green leaf
Abilapphia - f (English) increasing meadow, growing meadow
Abilsa - f (English) sea-like meadow
Ai - f (Mandarin Chinese) friendly, lush
Ai Fēng - f (Mandarin Chinese) friendly, lush, abundant, plentiful
Ai Lín - f (Mandarin Chinese) friendly, lush forest
Antbluom - f (Ancient Germanic) giant flower
Árgróa - f (Icelandic) abundance of growth, year of growth
Audala - f (Ancient Germanic) wealthy valley, valley of fortune
Audlanda - f (Ancient Germanic) wealthy land, land of fortune
Avelna - f (Hebrew) growing meadow, increasing meadow
Bahtbregore - f (Albanian) prosperous little hill, fortunate hillock. Also: Baxtbregore
Bahtçeltina - f (Albanian) prosperous forest clearing. Also: Baxtçeltina
Bahtfidane - f (Albanian) fortunate sapling, prosperous seedling. Also: Baxtfidane
Bahtgajusha - f (Albanian) prosperous dense thicket. Also: Baxtgajusha
Bahtlëndinë - f (Albanian) prosperous grassland. Also: Baxtlëndinë
Bahtlëndina - f (Albanian) the prosperous meadow. Also: Baxtlëndina
Bahtlirishta - f (Albanian) prosperous forest glade. Also: Bahtlirishtë
Bahtrritana - f (Albanian) prosperous growth. Also: Baxtrritana
Bana - f (Japanese) leafy greens, vegetable leaves
Bekelech - f (Amharic) she germinated, she grew, she flourished
Bloumlanda - f (Old High German) blooming land
Bregmirni - f (Albanian) hill of prosperity / coast of prosperity
Cheapreaksa - f (Khmer) healthy forest
Chie - f (Japanese) thousand branches
Chika - f (Japanese) thousand flowers / scattered flowers
Dalar - f (Armenian) green, verdant, young
Dathallo - f (Ancient Greek) blossoming land, blossoming earth
Ephrath - f (Hebrew) fruitful place
Eurythallo - f (Ancient Greek) blossoming widely
Fēi - f (Mandarin Chinese) fragrant, luxurious, lush
Fēn Fēng - f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful fragrance, aroma, perfume
Fēng Hé - f (Mandarin Chinese) abundant, plentiful, lush, bountiful river
Gajusha - f (Albanian) dense thicket
Gethallo - f (Ancient Greek) blossoming earth, blossoming land
Glesni - f (Welsh) greenness, verdure, youthfulness
Gróalda - f (Icelandic) wave of growth
Halja - f (Estonian) green, verdant
Haymar - f (Burmese) deep forest
Hodan - f (Somali) rich, lush
Hunabil - f (English) giant meadow
Izdihar - f (Arabic) blossoming, prospering
Jorizadi - f (Basque) rich forest, abundance of nature
Kana - f (Japanese) increasing greens, adding vegetables / blossoming greens / fragrant greens / splendid, illustrious, flowery greens / good, auspicious, beautiful greens / Summer vegetables, great, grand greens
Klilavel - f (Hebrew) full meadow / full meadow of lilies
Kunabil - f (English) high meadow, high-growing meadow
Maha - f (Japanese) full leaves
Maharu - f (Japanese) full leaves / among the leaves
Miha - f (Japanese) sea of leaves / beautiful leaves
Morika - f (Japanese) increasing forest / forest flower / fragrance of the forest
Myine - f (Burmese) deep forest with a luxuriant growth of trees
Naroa - f (Basque) abundant, fertile
Naroihana - f (Basque) abundant forest, fertile forest
Oihanaroa - f (Basque) abundant forest, fertile woodland
Pananthe - f (Ancient Greek) all-flowering
Panthallo - f (Ancient Greek) all-blossoming
Perianthe - f (Ancient Greek) exceedingly covered with flowers
Perithallo - f (Ancient Greek) blossoming exceedingly
Polyanthe - f (Ancient Greek) many flowers
Polythallo - f (Ancient Greek) many blossoms
Rronlëndina - f (Albanian) the meadow will thrive
Rronlirishte - f (Albanian) thriving forest glade
Sabil - f (English) meadow like a sea
Sabza - f (Uzbek) verdant
Sabzagul - f (Uzbek) verdant rose, verdant flower
Serachavel - f (Hebrew) meadow of abundance
Serahavel - f (Hebrew) meadow of abundance
Seravel - f (Hebrew) meadow of abundance
Thalloda - f (Ancient Greek) blossoming earth, blossoming land
Thalloge - f (Ancient Greek) blossoming earth, blossoming land
Tomiha - f (Japanese) wealth of leaves, abundance of leaves
Tsetsegdelger - f (Mongolian) abundant flowers
Udabil - f (English) prosperous meadow, wealthy meadow
Uluwehi - f (Hawaiian) a lush and beautiful verdure, a place where beautiful plants live
Unaroa - f (Basque) valley of abundance, fertile valley
Vivabil - f (English) meadow of life, lively meadow
Yuha - f (Japanese) abundant, rich, plentiful leaves
Zizabil - f (English) meadow of abundance
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'Aamiriad - m (Arabic) prosperous meadows, substantial gardens
Abiled - m (English) wealthy meadow, prosperous meadow
Antfeld - m (Ancient Germanic) giant field
Antforst - m (Ancient Germanic) giant forest
Antgart - m (Ancient Germanic) giant garden
Anthurst - m (Ancient Germanic) giant thicket, giant nest
Antmuor - m (Ancient Germanic) giant bog
Antwald - m (Ancient Germanic) giant forest
Antwang - m (Ancient Germanic) giant meadow
Antwitus - m (Ancient Germanic) giant forest
Ariphyton - m (Ancient Greek) the most plants, the most trees
Audackar - m (Ancient Germanic) wealthy field, field of fortune. Also: Audæcer
Audboum - m (Ancient Germanic) wealth of trees
Audgart - m (Ancient Germanic) wealthy garden, garden of fortune
Audgruon - m (Ancient Germanic) wealth of green, fortunate green
Audhult - m (Ancient Germanic) wealthy forest, wood of fortune
Audhurst - m (Ancient Germanic) wealthy thicket, nest of fortune
Audmuor - m (Ancient Germanic) wealthy moor, fortunate bog
Audtal - m (Ancient Germanic) wealthy valley, fortunate valley
Audwald - m (Ancient Germanic) wealthy forest, fortunate forest
Audwang - m (Ancient Germanic) wealthy meadow, meadow of fortune
Audwitus - m (Ancient Germanic) wealth of the forest, fortunate forest
Avelnon - m (Hebrew) the meadow will flourish, the meadow will propagate. Also: Avelnun
Bahtfidan - m (Albanian) prosperous sapling, fortunate seedling. Also: Baxtfidane
Bahtrritan - m (Albanian) prosperous growth. Also: Baxtrritan
Bekele - m (Amharic) he germinated, he grew, he flourished
Blerim - m (Albanian) greenery
Bluomberg - m (Old High German) blooming mountain, mountain of flowers
Bluomdorf - m (Old High German) blooming village, village of flowers
Bluomforst - m (Old High German) blooming forest, forest of flowers
Bluomhurst - m (Old High German) blooming thicket
Bluomstark - m (Old High German) blooming strongly
Bluomsturm - m (Old High German) storm of flowers, blooming like a storm
Bluomuor - m (Old High German) blooming bog
Bluomwald - m (Old High German) blooming forest
Bluomwang - m (Old High German) blooming meadow
Bonampelio - m (Italian) good vines, healthy vines
Bregbaht - m (Albanian) prosperous hill, fortunate coast. Also: Bregbaxt
Bregrron - m (Albanian) thriving hill / thriving coast
Daphyton - m (Ancient Greek) land of plants and trees, ground covered with plants
Gailaz - m (Proto-Germanic) merry, excited, beautiful, lush, lustful
Gephyton - m (Ancient Greek) land of plants and trees, ground covered with plants
Gilo - m (Medieval French) merry, excited, beautiful, lush, lustful
Gjelbërim - m (Albanian) greenery
Haljand - m (Estonian) green, verdant
Harit - m (Kashmiri) lush greenery
Heilwitus - m (Ancient Germanic) happy, hearty, healthy forest
Imobach - m (Canarian Spanish) green valley
Joriun - m (Basque) rich valley, abundant valley
Jou - m (Japanese) good crops, prosperity / soil, loam, rich earth / abundance
Jù Lín - m (Mandarin Chinese) enormous forest
Kabilibili - m (Chewa) lush green vegetation
Kenha - m (Japanese) healthy, strong leaves
Khazran - m (Arabic) green colored, soft grass
Lakhdar - m (Maghrebi Arabic) the green
Long Lin - m (Mandarin Chinese) prosperous, abundant forest
Lulzim - m (Albanian) blooming prosperity
Lunti - m (Tagalog) green, verdant
Luntian - m (Tagalog) green, verdant
Marrvid - m (Ancient Scandinavian) sea of trees
Moriken - m (Japanese) healthy, strong forest
Myangyi - m (Burmese) great forest, senior forest / great harmony, great completion
Pananthos - m (Ancient Greek) all-flowering
Polyphyton - m (Ancient Greek) many plants and trees
Rhophyton - m (Ancient Greek) river of plants, stream of trees
Richmond - m (English) rich hill
Rrojrritan - m (Albanian) I will live, I will thrive, I will rise up, I will grow
Senki - m (Japanese) thousand trees
Shigeru - m (Japanese) lush, luxuriant
Strod - m (Anglo-Saxon) marshy ground overgrown with brushwood
Suankur - m (Sanskrit) good sapling, flourishing sprouts
Taha - m (Japanese) thick, big, great leaves / many leaves
Talbloum - m (Old High German) blooming valley
Tamori - m (Japanese) thick, big, great forest
Thallagrios - m (Ancient Greek) blossoming wild
Thallokratos - m (Ancient Greek) blossoming powerfully, blossoming strength
Yashtirek - m (Chuvash) lively, green
Yutaka - m (Japanese) abundant, plenty, lush / rich, fertile
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tumakawa · 4 years
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ムスリントップBLINDQUEEN+ANARCHYFLAG(セディショナリーズ) ¥15800 ワンサイズ 胸囲:100-102cm 肩幅: 45cm 着丈:71cm 袖丈:88cm 素材:コットン100% 実際の商品と表記サイズには数cmの個体差が生じる場合がございます。 https://item.rakuten.co.jp/hiroha/10001098/
#セディショナリーズ #ムリントップ #ガーゼ 
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just-an-aroha · 6 years
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Happy Jinjin day!
Happy birthday to the best leader we could ask for. Happy birthday to the sweetest, kindest and cutest puppy alive. 💜
I love you with my whole heart, Park Jinwoo. I'm so thankful for your kind heart. Thank you for being born. Let's have many more beautiful years together.
I love you tiny man.✨
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Cr. Hiroha + Bitter and sweet on twitter
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♬おすすめの曲 プレイリスト♪ Ferios List 098
今週はわりと個性的な曲が多かった気がします。 梅雨に入ったせいか、ダウナー系の良い感じの曲が多いことも。
( https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2t658W7cAHAOtCIqmB3M5g?si=ec03a83ebec54457 ) ソース: open.spotify.com
【掲載アーティスト】
Warp / maco marets, TiMT blue blur feat.mabanua / Ryu Matsuyama, mabanua my friend / 由薫 Barefaced / Charlotte is Mine lean forward / Spangle Call Lilli Line hikari / FUNLETTERS Tokyo / Louis Vision, Hiroha Nozaki, D3adStock BIG DEAL / CYBER RUI Red Full Moon / Nao'ymt Need To Be Me / 大門弥生, JESSE Roundabout Booom / slowstoop Starrrs / Kokatu Testarossa, KUVIZM Iceblink / 戦慄かなの ジェットコースター / femme fatale CRACK / シロクロミーアキャット ハジマリ(Erik Buschmann Remix) / UQiYO, Erik Buschmann System - Cwondo Remix / Maika Loubté, Cwondo ハリボテ城の花 / Emu WITH THE RAINBOW / CIRGO GRINCO waving / Ringwanderung 24 hours / 植城微香 青藍遊泳 / にしな 好きな人消えて / RIRIKO be true? / miida キャラメル / くじら true to true / kojikoji そぐわな / 4na 雨 / keishi Tanaka Little Lights / Ayumi Nakamura 嘘寝 / tonun T.B.T. / YOSA & TAAR, Taro Abe Day In Day Out / Pictured Resort Repeat / vuefloor, MAYRAH Sled Sleep / CHAILD heartless / Lucie,Too Fizz! / DURDN
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sistema-celeste · 6 years
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I have no idea where does Yuzuriha's supposed last name of Sougetsu come from. Every other full name at least has a trackable source.
The Sougetsu family is a family that spans centuries and was originally with the Night Blade, but the conflict within the faction caused them to leave. Yuzuriha and her sister, Hiroha, are descendants of that family.
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molanewhohuwho · 5 years
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Hiroha Shokudou, Advertising Matchbox, 1920s
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projectsoleil · 4 years
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kagerou | Oleander | Trial 4 | Re: Results
They want to scream at Galehaut. It’s tempting, to unleash the amount of rage and self-loathing that’s built up throughout their life onto one man as if he were every other person that’s given them that look when they'd messed up: one of disdain, saying ‘you’re going to turn out like your moms at this rate, you know?’ It always made Shougo angry, because he was terrified that they might be right.
Of course I know the weight of murder! I’ve carried that with me for fourteen fucking years now!
Shougo doesn’t get the chance to scream before the results are in, and Ana addressing them makes that desire secondary soon enough. They don’t believe what she says about it not being their fault, but they nod as if they do anyway for her sake.
“I’ll...make sure all your affairs are in order. Don’t worry...”
They’ve dried out most of their tears for the moment, so they can only stare at Ana and Rina, thinking of a different scene between people who were much taller and older, but with similar emotions. 
“Excuse me? You can’t talk to my wife like that! Show me your warrant, you--”
“... Alright. I’ll be coming with you to the station, but you’ve got no grounds to stake these claims against me. I’ll be suing later.”
“Huh? Dear, you-you don’t have to humor them…”
“Don’t worry, Hiroha. I’ll be home later and we can figure things out from there. Ugh… Call my agent and tell her that I’ll be skipping today. Production can figure it out.”
They hadn’t realized their moms could see them hiding behind the hall’s doorway, until Shou looked directly at them.
“Be good while mother’s away, Shougo.”
Shougo said they would. They also said they'd take care of their mom too.
This situation is different, but Shougo will still do their best to look out for Rina in the same way.
They’re thankful in a way, that Ana turned out to be so unlike their mother and so much herself. Even if that means she gave herself up instead of denying it. Even if they had to process the existence of someone that opposed all their preconceived notions and genuinely wanted to change.
“...I’m glad you were so weird, Ana.”
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list the most problematic ships. maybe we can petition to get them broken up
are you talking canon ships? i’m assuming canon ships because frankly i don’t have the energy to dissect why mugen/kita is disgusting for a third damn time
mugen/ken: where to fucking begin. ken is LITERALLY a serial arsonist who gets off to having his dick stomped and mugen is just??? okay??? with that??? not to mention mugen’s recent bullshit like uggghhh you can do BETTERRRR
shou/hiroha: serial killer and despair kinnie. match made in hell. i GUESS it’s not terrible so long as you acknowledge how unhealthy it is but i’ve seen literally no one do that so they’re cancelled
megumi/kensuke: erasure AND hetbaiting in the same breath. next.
kensuke/adam: ok this is a weird one but also everyone knows adam’s a goblin so??? it doesn’t make me go feral like muken tho bc i think the fandom kind of ignores it bc neither of them are twinks
satoshi/his ex: idk who his ex is but literally no one deserves to endure the misery of dating a cop
tbh im ok with the other canon ships (shinjirou is god tier because i have taste) but lbr i’m just waiting for THOSE to become problematic too ://
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DIABOLIK LOVERS アニメ公式ノベライズ Official Novelization ☽ Chapter 1 Translation
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Hello everyone! It's been a while. I went back to Japan for the first time in ages last month and immediately fell back down the Diabolik Lovers rabbit hole when I went to the Rejet shop...
I recently found this so-called 'anime novelization' on eBay, and thought it might be fun to use it to get back into translating. This book was released as a novel counterpart to the first season of the Diabolik Lovers anime, thus following the storyline of the anime rather than the visual novels (almost to a T).
Please let me know if you like reading these and want me to translate more of it! I'm not exactly sure how active the fandom is anymore, so I think I'll just test the waters with a couple of chapters and see if it'll be fun to translate the entire book. Who knows!
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Originally written by Yukuzuki Hiroha 結来月ひろは Translated from the Japanese by @otomehonyaku
STORY Following her father’s job transfer, Komori Yui is sent to live with the Sakamaki brothers. However, these six brothers turn out to be sadistic, ill-tempered vampires. The men are after Yui’s sweet and incredibly rare blood, and go to great lengths toying with her body and soul to get it. Before long, Yui finds herself trapped in an alluringly dangerous love game(1)...
1. 吸血愛戯 (ラブゲーム): Stylised as ‘love game’ but written with the characters for bloodsucking (吸血), love (愛), and play (戯). The latter character also has a connotation of playfulness/mischief.
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DISCLAIMER This is an unofficial translation intended for those interested in reading the story of the Diabolik Lovers game/season in a slightly more literary format in English. I have no affiliation with Rejet or Frontier Works whatsoever. All rights belong to them, but PLEASE DO NOT POST THIS TRANSLATION ELSEWHERE OR TRANSLATE TO OTHER LANGUAGES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
Now that that’s out of the way—have fun reading! ❤️
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Episode 1
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That day, like any other day, the sky was aglow with twilight. In the quiet forest, which was dimly lit by the evening sun, the sound of a car engine pierced the air. It was a taxi, driving alone on the narrow forest path.
What a pretty sky… Komori Yui thought as she gazed at the sky from the backseat of the taxi.
Yui was an ordinary second-year high school student. She lived with her father, who was a priest, before he had to relocate for work. Yui was sent to live with the Sakamaki family, who were acquaintances of her father's, and so she was currently on her way to her new home.
A lake came into view from the taxi window. The setting sun glittered off the surface of the lake. The wind, carrying the scent of the forest, rustled Yui’s hair when she opened the car window. She spotted a large mansion nestled between the trees through the window on the opposite side.
So that’s where I’ll be living from now on… 
The closer the taxi got to the mansion, the wider the girl’s eyes became. Aside from what looked to be the main building, which was built around a courtyard, there were even several auxiliary buildings and a gazebo on the property.
I’ve never even seen a mansion this big before.
Before long, the taxi stopped before a gate that was large enough for two cars to easily pass through at the same time.
“Thank you,” Yui said to the driver and stepped out of the car. The taxi returned into the direction from which they had come.
Yui took her suitcase and looked up at the large, Western-style building beyond the gate. It was a three-storey brick building that might as well have belonged to a family of European aristocrats. Briefly taken aback by the view in front of her, Yui opened the gate and went into the courtyard.
“Wow… I never thought it would be such an elegant house.”
Pulling her suitcase behind her and eying her surroundings with astonishment, Yui made her way to the front door. The entrance was still quite a ways away from where she was, and Yui couldn't quite make it there as she kept falling from one surprise into another.
There’s even a fountain!
The stone statue of a gargoyle was perched on top of the fountain and looked down at her. Yui wondered briefly whether this was the personal taste of the mansion’s owner. As she passed by the fountain, the shadows of raindrops started to appear on the stone tiles underneath her feet.
“Rain?!” Caught off-guard, Yui looked up. 
The sky that had been so clear earlier was now black with rain clouds. Just as Yui thought she'd seen a flash of lightning pierce the dark sky, a loud clap of thunder rumbled through the air. Startled by the thunder, she let out a small cry.
“Oh no, even thunder…” Yui clumsily hurried in the direction of the front door. The rain began pouring down the moment she reached it.
Thank God I didn't end up soaked. It wouldn't be appropriate to show up at your new host family’s doorstep drenched to the skin with rain, after all.
Yui faced the door. It was huge and covered in decorative engraving, and she used the ancient-looking door knocker to announce her arrival. The sound of the cold, iron knocker reverberated through the mansion once, twice, but nobody came to answer.
“Excuse me!” Yui called, and extended a hand towards the door.
Before she could reach it, the door inched open by itself with a loud creaking sound.
“Ah!” 
Yui flinched backward in surprise. Out of curiosity, she gingerly peeked through the gap in the door. Nobody was there. Did that mean she was welcome to go inside?
As if she'd been invited in, Yui stepped inside, and the door immediately slammed shut behind her.
Once inside, the first thing that greeted her was a lavish entrance hall lit by a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. Still, the entrance hall somehow looked quite gloomy, stretching out far into the shadows on either side of her.
“Um… Is anybody there?” Yui ventured once more, her voice echoing off the high ceiling. 
“How strange. I wonder if they didn't know I would be coming today,” Yui muttered to herself as she paced through the hall. When she stepped onto the red carpet spread out on the floor, a large staircase came into view. She paused before the stairs, only barely visible under the dim light of the chandelier as she called out again, “Excuse me!”
Once more, her voice rang through the air to no avail. Nobody came.
What should I do?
She might have been looking for the master of the house, but that didn't mean she should feel free to snoop around in someone else's home. Yui was at a loss. She stood stock-still, trailing her eyes over her surroundings, and then she noticed something.
For a brief moment, a bolt of lightning outside cast a sliver of light on a sofa by the window. 
Wait, what was…
She only saw it for an instant, but Yui made her way over to the sofa. She saw a figure not unlike the shape of a boy laying on top of it. He seemed about the same age as her, and wore what looked to be a school uniform, but it was completely dishevelled. Under his head was a cushion, which he used as a pillow as he slept.
  What an odd place to sleep in… But I’m glad I managed to find someone.
The boy looked to be sleeping soundly when the lightning illuminated his face again. Even though Yui knew it would be rude to wake him up, she called out to him.
”Um… Excuse me.”
She reached out and touched the boy’s hand, but withdrew immediately.
“So cold!” 
The boy’s skin had been much colder than she’d expected. Regardless of how long he’d been sleeping on that couch, his body temperature shouldn’t have dropped that much.
He doesn’t even have a temperature to begin with…
“Are you okay?” 
Yui started panicking and held an ear to the boy’s chest, but the heartbeat she should have heard never came.
“His heart isn’t beating… Oh no, I have to call an ambulance!”
Yui pulled her phone out of the bag slung over her shoulder, and hurried to call the emergency number, but a hand shot out from beside her and swiftly took the phone right out of her hands.
“Ah!”
“…Shut the fuck up. Who do you think you are, walking into someone’s house yapping like that?”
The boy Yui had assumed had been dead suddenly stood up from the sofa, her phone in his hand, and shot her an irritated glare with his emerald eyes.
“Y-you’re alive?!” 
“What?”
The words had escaped Yui’s lips in an involuntary whisper, but the boy didn’t bother hiding his annoyance when he responded.
“Obviously. Who’d you think Yours Truly is?”
The boy responded like this was the most normal situation in the world, but it didn’t make sense to Yui at all.
What’s going on…?
Without realising it, Yui slowly started backing away from him. “But… Your heart wasn’t beating…” She was absolutely positive that she hadn’t heard a heartbeat.
And yet… Why did the boy in front of her look so calm and composed? 
A flash of blind panic urged Yui to make a run for it, but the boy caught her in his arms and pushed her onto her back on the sofa.
“Ah! What are you doing?!”
“What, isn’t it obvious? I’m gonna eat you up.” The boy’s face dipped in close, but bent down further to lick the nape of Yui’s neck.
What on Earth…
Yui’s mind reeled at the boy’s unexpected behaviour, and she yelped, but that only made her assailant’s face twist into an amused grin. He bent down again in an attempt to bite into her neck. 
“Ayato! What is this? Tone it down.”
The boy—Ayato, apparently—clicked his tongue and glared at the person standing next to the sofa. “Reiji.” 
The person Ayato referred to as Reiji was a highly strung-looking boy with glasses perched on his narrow nose. With his calm and polite demeanour and white gloves, he almost looked like a butler, but when Yui looked closely, he was wearing the same uniform as Ayato.
Reiji looked at Ayato over the rim of his glasses with an exasperated expression. “This is the entrance hall. A place where we welcome guests. Please take these sorts of activities to your own room.”
“Ugh, boring.” Ayato reluctantly sat up.
Did this boy just come to save me?
Yui flung herself off of the sofa and scurried to Reiji’s side. “P-please help me!”
He gave her a puzzled look when she called for help. “And you are?”
“Komori Yui. My father arranged for me to stay here.”
“I don’t recall hearing about that.”
After listening to Yui’s explanation, Reiji returned his attention to Ayato. “Ayato, will you explain what’s going on here?”
“What? Like hell I know,” Ayato answered gruffly, and swung a leg up onto the sofa. He looked directly at Yui. “Y’know, Pancake, you could’ve told me all of that earlier.”
“That’s because you attacked me all of a sudden.”
“Huh…”
Somewhat unsurprised that she wouldn’t be able to have a normal conversation with the person who had just plainly assaulted her. Ayato turned away from her as if he hadn’t done anything wrong.
What’s wrong with him? He’s been nothing but rude… Yui thought, and suddenly something occurred to her.
“Wait, you said Pancake… Did you mean me?”
“Of course, you idiot. You really that dense, Pancake?” Ayato cast her an amused sideways glance, clearly making fun of her. 
Next to Yui, who was still fuming at the rude nickname, Reiji crossed his arms in thought.
“Strange indeed. Nobody has reported this to me, either.” 
Then Yui must have come to the wrong mansion. But still, there aren’t any other houses around here.
“Ah, um, so you are…”
“Let’s not discuss this here. Please follow me. Your luggage will be taken care of.” Before Reiji had even finished talking, Yui noticed that a butler had appeared beside her suitcase. 
“Oh!” When did he get here?
The butler acknowledged Yui with a little nod and disappeared with her suitcase. What on Earth is going on in this mansion? A front door that opens by itself, and a butler that appears out of thin air, without a sound. And then there’s…
When Yui cast a glance toward Ayato, who was still sitting on the sofa, his eyes met hers with a disgruntled expression. Remembering what he had done to her earlier, Yui quickly looked away and followed Reiji instead.
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Reiji led Yui into a spacious living room. The chandelier hanging from the ceiling gave off a dazzling light, and firewood was burning in the hearth.
“Please, have a seat.”
“Thank you.”
Yui did as he said and took a seat on the sofa.
“You too, Ayato. We cannot have a proper conversation if you do not.”
“Ugh. Fine.” 
She watched as Ayato took a seat next to her, and Reiji started to speak.
“Firstly, please do us the courtesy of explaining why you barged into our home without permission.”
“Ah, yes.” 
I didn’t really barge in here, though… However, to Reiji and the others, that’s what it must seem like. I should apologise and clear up the misunderstanding.
“Um…” Yui straightened her spine but was interrupted before she could speak.
“Oh, oh, oh! What’s this?” a voice laughed from above. When Yui looked up, she saw a boy peering down at her from the mezzanine. “To think such a cute girl would show up here!” He looked about the same age as Ayato, but wore a black hat on his head. His bright green eyes bore into Yui’s, making her a little nervous.
Has he been there the entire time? I couldn’t even tell. Just as she took in the strange circumstances, a tongue trailed over Yui’s left cheek.
“Ah!” 
Did someone just lick me? 
Touching her cheek in surprise, Yui looked to the side and was met with the boy who had just been on the mezzanine. What? How did he get over here so fast? Feeling as though she’d been pinched, she cast him an accusatory look.
“Hm… She smells so sweet.” 
When Yui pressed her back against the sofa to get away from the boy, another voice suddenly sounded from right behind her.
“Please let me have a taste, too.”
Someone licked her ear this time. Yui spun around and saw a purple-haired boy of small stature there. She cringed at the moist sound of his tongue, pressing a hand to her ear. 
“She tastes sweet, too.”
What on Earth is going on? The two boys looked entertained by Yui’s confusion. 
Reiji seemed unable to look on, and broke the silence. “You two. That is no way to treat a lady whom you have only just met.”
The boy with the hat whined in protest at Reiji’s reprimanding tone.
“Do you have anything to say, Laito?”
“Well, if something so delicious-looking is put in front of me, I just have to taste it. Right, Kanato?”
“Yeah,” the purple-haired boy replied with a nod.
“Fuck off, all of you!” Ayato wedged his way into the two boys’ conversation.
 “Yours Truly found this one, so I’ll be the one to take all of her firsts.”
“...Asshole.”
Ayato frowned at the source of yet another voice filled the living room.
“With your ‘Yours Truly, Yours Truly,’ just shut the fuck up already.”
“The fuck did you just say?” Ayato flung himself off the couch with unnecessary force, and looked around the room. “That’s Subaru, isn’t it? Show yourself, coward!” 
“I’m right here.” The sullen voice came from a boy leaning against the wall, presumably Subaru. The white shock of his hair, which covered his right eye, was a stark contrast with his red eyes, which leered at Yui. “I was just thinking it reeked of humans in here. So it’s you. How are you going to compensate for my lack of precious sleep?”
“W-where did you come from?”
“I asked first!” Subaru yelled in annoyance, and slammed a fist against the wall behind him. Cracks began to form in the wall from his fist outwards, sending plaster crumbling to the floor. He fixed his gaze on Yui, who was at a loss for words.
Seeing the dilapidated state of the wall, Reiji sighed heavily as he repositioned his glasses. He turned toward his brothers gathered in the living room.
“Are any of you listening? The lady will be living here from now on.” 
There was no response.
“Um, I think there’s been some kind of mistake. I’m sorry for troubling you. I’ll be on my way now.” Yui resolutely rose from the couch.
“Please wait.” Reiji’s voice made her freeze in place when she attempted to flee the living room, her eyes trained on the floor. “I am still confirming the facts. Do you not think it would be rude to leave now?”
“B-but…”
Reiji certainly had a point, but considering the mansion’s other inhabitants certainly weren’t intent on following his orders, Yui could not bear to be there much longer. They’re scaring me…
A new, listless voice came from the direction of the window.
“Are you the woman he told me about?” 
When Yui turned to look, she spotted another new face. The boy was spread out lazily on the sofa by the window. He wore the same school uniform as the others, but instead of a jacket, he wore a beige-coloured cardigan over his shirt. He appeared to be listening to music, as a pair of earphones plugged his ears.
There’s one more brother?
“Shuu, what do you know about her?”
“...Nothing much.” Shuu replied dismissively, his eyes closed. Could he hear Ayato even though he was wearing earphones? 
“Nonsense. Please elaborate,” Kanato urged.
Shuu reluctantly began speaking. “He… contacted me the other day. He told me we’d be receiving a guest from the church, and to ‘treat her kindly,’ ‘make her feel most welcome,’ all that.”
“The hell? You mean Pancake’s the Chosen Bride?” 
An involuntary noise slipped from Yui’s lips at Ayato’s remark. What does that even mean, the Chosen Bride? At the very least, she knew that her father, who had to move away for his job as a priest, had arranged for her to live here, but this was the first time she heard of this whole ordeal. However, contrary to Yui’s astonishment, the brothers listened to Shuu’s explanation rather calmly.
“Ah, I see.”
“A bride? Well, more like a living sacrifice, right?”
…Living sacrifice?
Yui was taken aback by Kanato and Laito’s exchange. 
Then, Shuu opened his eyes and spoke as if to deal the final blow. “Right, he also ordered us not to kill her, so…”
Not kill me? What the…?
“Huh… Well, then we’ll be enjoying her company for a long time.”
Meanwhile, Yui had frozen in place. 
Reiji ignored her shock as he called her to attention. “Wonderful. It appears that the issue has been cleared up. Then, let us properly introduce ourselves.” He first turned to Shuu. “That is the eldest brother, Sakamaki Shuu. I am the second son, Reiji.” He paused briefly before turning to Ayato and the others. “Those are the triplets. Ayato–”
“I won’t let you get away next time.”
“Kanato–”
“Please let me taste you again. Exciting, isn’t it, Teddy?” Teddy must be the name of the one-eyed bear Kanato was cradling in his arms. The boy tilted his head and giggled.
“And Laito–”
“Let’s have fun together, Bitchlet.” For such a crude name to call a woman, Laito was laughing as he said it.
“Lastly, that’s Subaru, the youngest brother.”
“Ugh, this shit sucks.” Subaru looked displeased at Yui’s presence, and turned away immediately.
Reiji had properly introduced all of the brothers to her, but still, she did not know how to make sense of everything they had said to her. “There must still be some kind of mistake. I haven’t heard anything about a bride…”
Something suddenly occurred to Yui, a peculiar thought poking at the back of her mind. Many strange things had happened to her since she’d arrived here, but the most unsettling thing of all…
“S-something’s… off about all of you…” Yui asked, her gaze gingerly shifting from brother to brother. All of their eyes were trained on her.
What on Earth…
Their cold, piercing gazes radiated danger, and Yui’s fight-or-flight instinct kicked in. I have to get out of here.
“I-I have to contact my father…”
Yui reached for the cell phone in her pocket, but, somehow it had ended up in Ayato’s hands again.
“Ah!” How did that happen? Never mind, this is not the time to think about that. “My phone! Give it back!”
“I dunno about that.” Ayato toyed with her phone, a sadistic smile forming on his face.
I won’t have any means to contact my father if I don’t have my cell phone…
“Give it back, please!” Yui tried to take the phone from him, but every time it seemed just within reach, Ayato dodged her. He seemed to be enjoying the look of despair on her face. He then tossed the phone to Subaru.
Just as she thought he would return it to her, Subaru’s expression changed to a look of disgust, and Yui knew immediately that he wasn’t going to.
“W-what are you doing?”
“This.”
With one swift movement, Subaru snapped the phone in two. 
There went Yui’s lifeline to her father. Why are they doing this? 
“This is cruel…”
“Shut up.”
Watching the tears forming in Yui’s eyes at the sight of her broken cell phone, Subaru shot her an irritated glare.
“Oh, Bitchlet, don’t be sad!” Laito said cheerfully and patted her shoulder as if to console her. “We’re going to get along great, so you won’t need your cell phone anyway. Okay?”
Before she had time to think about it, she had been sandwiched between Laito and Kanato.
“I’ve been so hungry.” 
Kanato edged closer to a now distraught Yui as he spoke, and Laito simultaneously leaned in to whisper in her ear. 
“Ah… You smell so good, Bitchlet.”
Huh? I’m not even wearing perfume.
Just as she pondered his remark, the light reflected off something in the corner of her eye. She tilted her head to look, and it turned out to be the canine teeth poking out from Laito’s mouth when he bent down to her neck as if he was going to bite her.
The thunder rumbling in the distance coincided with a fearful scream from Yui, both reverberating through the room. 
I have to get out of here. Now.
She dashed for the door, but in her haste, her foot caught on something and she fell flat on her face. Yui scrambled back up, but a flash of pain ran through her leg. Looking down, she saw blood welling up from a cut in the skin of her knee.
Suddenly feeling the brothers’ attention on her again, Yui raised her face. She was met with their ominously glistening eyes. Their unusually sharp canine teeth were now plainly visible. It’s… like they’re…
“V-vampires…”
Yui reached for something in her pocket and held it up in front of her face.
“Eat this!”
It was the rosary that she’d gotten from her father. 
Vampires should be weak to crucifixes! However, much to her disappointment, the brothers didn’t cower in fear. From the sofa by the window where Shuu lay, Yui even heard a low, mocking laugh.
“Huh?” 
Why didn’t it do anything?
“Good grief…” Reiji said, exasperated. “The theories that vampires are weak to garlic, crucifixes, the sun, and that sort of thing… are all myths invented by humans. Did you earnestly expect that to work on us? That only proves how foolish you humans really are. This is most displeasing.”
Oh…
Yui made a dash for the door.
“You really haven’t an ounce of discipline, have you?” she heard Reiji say irritatedly from behind her as she ran.
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The sound of Yui’s desperate, careless footsteps echoed through the entrance hall as she ran. The thought that they were not just no ordinary humans, but actual vampires, was incomprehensible. 
I have to get out of here as fast as I can!
Having run blindly focused on getting away, Yui came to a halt. Wait, which way should I even go? She wasn’t sure if it was because the mansion was so big, but there were so many hallways that looked so similar to one another that she quickly lost track of where she was. However, she had no time to hesitate. I have to run, or they’ll catch up to me…
Yui sped off again at the memory of the threatening look in their eyes.
Shortly after that, she spotted a table loaded with different kinds of sweets at the end of the hall. What is this doing here? As she eyed the sweets in suspicion, Kanato suddenly appeared from the shadow under the table. 
“I’ll break you.”
“Oh!”
The way Kanato smiled at her made her quickly continue her path. What was he doing there?
A small desk with a landline phone on it caught Yui’s attention when she turned the corner into another hallway. 
Good, I can use it to contact my father… If I can, I could make it out of here somehow… Yui picked up the receiver, but the cord that she thought had been connected to the phone before had now been cut. 
Oh no… Briefly stunned, she lost hope. 
From somewhere in the distance, Laito’s voice called out to her. “Hehe… I told you you wouldn’t need a phone anymore living here.”
Yui frantically looked around to see where he was. Laito was nowhere in sight. 
“Come and find me, Bitchlet…”
He probably enjoyed the sight of her frightened. Laito’s voice made her shrink away in fear. While scrambling backwards, she bumped into someone, and Yui held her breath as she felt hands closing around her shoulders.
Please, no…
“Guess who?”
Yui yelped. 
Terrified by Laito whispering so close to her ear, she quickly shook off his hands and ran. 
When she somehow finally reached a door, it wouldn’t budge. No way! Why won’t it open?
“Please, please open!” She pounded her fists on the door, but it didn’t help at all. I’m going to have to look for a different way out…
Before she could move away, two hands reached out on either side of her and pushed Yui’s body against the door. It was Ayato.
“Where are you going? This is the part where you scream for my amusement. Let me hear you cry out, at the top of your lungs.”
Yui was trapped in his arms.
“You can’t run away, you know.”
The girl was somehow able to shake Ayato off as well, and ran in the opposite direction, deeper into the mansion. I’m better off finding a place to hide…
Upstairs, Yui found a room that looked suitable for hiding, but the door didn’t open when she turned the knob. As she ran down the dimly-lit hallway on the second floor, she heard the sound of something unlocking. 
Yui spotted a spiral staircase further down the hall. Did it come from up there? 
She followed the stairs and came to a stop in front of yet another door. Padlocks and chains were scattered on the floor before it. 
It’s unlocked. I should hide in there.
Yui went in and shut the door behind her.
The dim moonlight gave the room a gloomy atmosphere. Yui looked around. There were many pieces of furniture and paintings with sheets draped over them, as well as different kinds of tools. Everything was covered in a layer of dust, making it seem like nobody ever came in here. It might be a storage room, Yui thought as she padded through the room to a dresser. Her eyes fell onto the accessories spread out on top of it, which were adorned with gemstones and glittered in the moonlight. But if they’re laid out like this, this must be someone’s room after all? 
Yui’s gaze unintentionally shifted to the window.
A woman was standing on the balcony.
The woman’s back was turned to Yui, so she couldn’t see her face, but her long purple hair shone in the moonlight. She gave off an elegant aura in her long dress, which was almost as purple as her hair.
The purple-haired woman noticed Yui’s presence. Just as she turned to look at her, an intense pain spread through Yui’s torso.
Yui choked on air.
What’s happening? 
She had never experienced such pain in her chest before. 
I can’t breathe… Her heart started beating erratically, her vision slowly becoming blurry. The pain was so severe that she lost her footing and collided with the bookcase along the wall, sending books tumbling to the floor. Yui could only focus on bearing the agony. 
After a little while, the pain subsided. 
What on Earth was that?
Yui snuck another glance towards the window, but saw nothing but the new moon in the night sky outside. Did I just imagine all of that? The pain in her chest and the illusion of that woman might not even be so strange in the line of things that had already happened today.
The books that had fallen from the bookcase caught Yui’s attention. Alongside a number of books was a leatherbound notebook. Her eyes stopped on a picture that had slipped out from between the pages when she had bumped into the bookcase.
“This is… Dad?!”
The picture depicted a priest holding a small, sleeping baby. So that baby is…
“Me?”
But how did this picture get here?
When Yui looked at the notebook from which the picture had slipped out, the writer summarised their day’s events and achievements in a familiar handwriting.
“So this is my father’s diary. But why?” 
Why would it be here of all places? I might understand if I look inside.
She opened the diary and began reading.
Yui brings me so much joy. The fact that she is not my own child bears no meaning at all. She is truly a blessing, and I am nothing but grateful for every day I get to spend with her…
Yui could not believe her eyes.
“What does he mean, I’m not my father’s child? What is this diary even doing here?” 
Am I not his biological child? It couldn’t be so…
“To think you went into this room, of all places.”
The sudden sound of Reiji’s voice made Yui look up, and she saw that the Sakamaki brothers had somehow all gathered in the room in the blink of an eye.
“This is a forbidden room. Nobody is allowed inside.” Reiji glanced at the door and let out a heavy sigh. “I will have to put new locks on it.”
“Really, though. How did you even get in, Bitchlet?” Laito asked and crouched down before her, but even Yui did not know why the room had been unlocked. 
I didn’t even unlock it myself…
Yui tried to speak, but the words wouldn’t quite come out.
Kanato stood before her as well, leering down at her. “You’re nothing but food, so please stay still so I can eat.”
“I-I’m not food…”
“Quit complaining already.”
Yui shrieked when Subaru slammed a fist into the wall like he had before, sending more books falling from the bookcase to the floor.
“Oh, not again, Subaru.”
“Fuck off.”
While Laito and Subaru bickered with one another, Yui looked on, frightened beyond her wits. What should I do? I’m surrounded. There’s no way I can run now. 
What are they going to do with me?
“That face…”
Someone grabbed her chin and forced her to look up. There was Ayato, his face splitting into a satisfied grin.
“It’s so tempting.”
“Let me have a bite, too!”
“I want to lick her.”
“N-no…”
The triplets started towards Yui.
“You have no right to refuse. The only thing you need to know is this: you can most definitely not run from us,” Reiji stated plainly.
“Beating around the bush, as always. What he means to say is that we’ll kill you if you try to get away.”
Yui had no choice. She was surrounded by the triplets as she quietly took in Reiji’s and Subaru’s words. On either side of her, Ayato and Laito took turns turning her neck this way and that, and when Kanato stretched out a hand towards her, Yui let out a fearful scream.
“Please stop!”
CRASH!
Yui screamed, and the sound of glass breaking pierced the air. The triplets, who had been swarming around her in an attempt to steal her blood, snapped their heads in the direction of the sound.
A few landscape paintings had fallen over by Shuu’s feet, and glass was scattered all across the floor. 
“My bad,” Shuu said, and turned his back toward her. Yui’s eyes must not have conveyed her desperate need to be saved from the triplets.
While she was rooted in place, terrified, the realisation dawned over Yui.
Even if I run, I have nowhere to go.
“Hey, Pancake.”
Yui, still startled at the nickname, turned around. Her mind could barely keep up when Ayato grabbed her by the throat and pushed her down onto the floor.
“Are you ready to accept your fate?”
His eyes had a dangerous twinkle in them as he hovered over her. Yui could no longer find the resolve to move away. Ayato pinned her to the floor and held her gaze, his sharp fangs glistening in the light of the new moon peeking through the window. 
Please, save me…
“Oh, God!”
However, Yui’s voice never reached Him.
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dr-awo · 5 years
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Goodnight, Good Morning | Hiroha | Re: Game Clear
Hiroha hates that she can't quite deny the truth in Yuichi's words. No matter what she does, she won't escape the trauma of this killing game, and the ways that despair has colored her life won't go away. 
She knew that already, of course. At least now she knows that suffering doesn't have to rule her life.
Maybe seeing Yuichi die to his own machine can at least be some twisted form of closure. No one who used her life as a form of twisted entertainment will get to see it, and she takes comfort in that.
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Then the game is done. Her senses fade away...
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...and return to reality.
It takes her more strength than she's used to using just to sit up, with how her body has deteriorated since. It's over. The virtual reality is gone, but she's alive.
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Hiroha isn't sure if she's crying from grief or from joy, but she knows the tears are real.
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DIABOLIK LOVERS アニメ公式ノベライズ Official Novelization ☽ Chapter 2 Translation
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Originally written by Yukuzuki Hiroha 結来月ひろは Translated from the Japanese by @otomehonyaku
STORY Following her father’s job transfer, Komori Yui is sent to live with the Sakamaki brothers. However, these six brothers turn out to be sadistic, ill-tempered vampires. The men are after Yui’s sweet and incredibly rare blood, and go to great lengths toying with her body and soul to get it. Before long, Yui finds herself trapped in an alluringly dangerous love game(1)...
1. 吸血愛戯 (ラブゲーム): Stylised as ‘love game’ but written with the characters for bloodsucking (吸血), love (愛), and play (戯). The latter character also has a connotation of playfulness/mischief.
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DISCLAIMER This is an unofficial translation intended for those interested in reading the story of the Diabolik Lovers game/season in a slightly more literary format in English. I have no affiliation with Rejet or Frontier Works whatsoever. All rights belong to them, but PLEASE DO NOT POST THIS TRANSLATION ELSEWHERE OR TRANSLATE TO OTHER LANGUAGES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
Now that that’s out of the way—have fun reading! ❤️
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Episode 2
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The evening sun cast a warm glow on the mansion. By the time the chandelier was lit, Yui was sitting on a bed in an unfamiliar room. 
Where am I?
Yui sat upright and looked around. In the corner of the room was the suitcase she had brought to the mansion, as well as her bag. The room was gorgeous with its pink tones and large bed with a lavender-coloured canopy that most girls her age could only dream of. However, Yui wondered why she had been sleeping in this room. 
I arrived at the mansion, and then…
Yui gasped. Right. I found out that they are vampires, that’s why. Remembering the moments leading up to her losing consciousness, she inattentively pressed her fingers to her neck. 
“Thank God, I wasn’t bitten.” Feeling reassured, Yui lowered her fingers to her chest, but suddenly noticed something. “Huh?”
She wasn’t wearing her own clothes, but instead wore a négligé that she had never seen before. 
“Did I change clothes earlier?”
However, Yui had no memory of doing so. In fact, she didn’t remember anything after Ayato pushed her to the floor and she lost consciousness. That meant a stranger had undressed her while she wasn’t conscious. 
“Why am I here? I want to talk to my father…”
Yui wrapped her arms around herself, a thought ran through her mind.
The fact that she is not my own child bears no meaning at all. 
That was what her father’s diary had said when she found it in the forbidden room. I’m not my father’s biological daughter after all… Still, she wasn’t quite sure if she really believed that. She didn’t want to.
“Dad… What’s going on? Please come back home…” Tears started welling up in the corners of her eyes when she remembered the days she’d spent with her father, but the moment was cut short.
“Oh, Bitchlet. It’s no use crying, y’know?”
Yui yelped in surprise. 
When she looked up, Laito was sitting there on her bed, watching her intently. 
“You look hot in your little négligé,” he said, “and you smell delicious, too.” 
Painfully reminded of her current lack of clothing, Yui scrambled for the bed sheets and used them to cover up her chest. Still, the smirk that had been on Laito’s face the entire time grew deeper.
“I wonder if you’re trying to seduce me, little bitch.”
“Why would I…” Yui made an effort to get away from Laito, but soon felt the headboard press into her back, and she knew she had nowhere to run. Oh no… If I don’t do something, he’ll…
The boy was only a hair’s breadth away from her face when he abruptly disappeared from her line of vision, along with the sound of an impact.
“Don’t go touchin’ my things without permission.”
Ayato was the one who had sent his brother flying. 
Laito repositioned his hat onto his head and looked at him. “Ayato, you’re too rowdy.”
“Shut up.”
Has Ayato come to my rescue? If he hadn’t come in, Laito would surely have bitten me. But why would he help me? Even though Yui had not said anything aloud, Ayato called out her wishful thinking immediately.
“I’ll have her.”
So he didn’t come to save me… he was only acting because he didn’t want me swiped away from under his nose.
“Please, don’t!”
“You three. If you do not hurry, we will all be late.” In the blink of an eye, Reiji had also appeared by the side of the bed.
“Again, Reiji?”
“Aw, man, things were just getting good…”
Ignoring Ayato’s and Laito’s complaints, Reiji turned to Yui. “You too. Hurry up and get dressed.”
Yui was glad that the second son had saved her from getting bitten once again, but grew suspicious at his words. “Get dressed? Are we going somewhere?”
“Of course. We’re going to class.”
“Class… at this hour?”
“Please, Yui. Your dull-wittedness is astounding. Do you really not understand anything until I spell it out for you? We attend night classes.”
Yui cast a glance upon the clock at her bedside, and the hands pointed to 5:20 PM. Had she not been here, her classes would have already ended at this time.
“But… we still have an entire day of classes ahead?” Having attended a regular school until now, Yui could not hide her confusion.
“Contrary to what is normal to humans, going out during the day is bothersome for us. As you will be living in the Sakamaki household from now on, we expect you to conform to our lifestyle.”
“But…”
“If you have any complaints, you are welcome to leave at any time,” Reiji said. He then turned to walk away..
“But you said you’d kill me if I ran…” The complaint slipped past Yui’s lips in a voice that was too quiet for Reiji to understand.
“What was that?”
“N-nothing.” Yui shook her head vigorously.
“Then please hurry and put on your uniform.”
When she followed Reiji’s gaze, she saw that a brand new uniform had suddenly appeared on her bed. It consisted of the same blazer that the brothers wore, and a skirt that had white frills attached to the hem. The white shirt ribbon that came with it was tied together with another red ribbon on the centre of the chest. Did they go through all that trouble to get me a school uniform?
“Um…” When Yui raised her face, the three brothers had disappeared from her bedside. And now they’re gone. They really are vampires… 
Alone once again, she sighed heavily. When she tried to get up from the bed, her hand grazed past her rosary.
“Right…” Yui tightly gripped her rosary. “This might be the time to look for the room where I found that diary.” The brothers would be gone, and she would have the room to herself. This chance might not present itself again. 
Yui went to the door and eased it open the tiniest bit in order to check her surroundings. Good. Nobody’s outside my room. Ready to seize the opportunity, Yui prepared to leave the room.
“Yo.”
“Huh?” Somehow, Ayato was standing right in front of her. 
No way. There was nobody here. 
He looked at her scantily-clothed form with an amused grin on his face. “You’re still wearing that? C’mon, I’ll help you change.”
“I’m fine, thank you!” 
Yui shut the door in his face and sighed again. 
Not a chance after all… because I’m not dealing with humans, but with vampires. I should keep my head down for now.
Having given up the idea of going to the forbidden room today, Yui reluctantly got ready to head to class.
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When Yui finished getting ready and descended to the ground floor, a large black limousine was waiting in front of the mansion. Are we… going to school by limousine?
She hesitated for a second, but the driver opened the door for her. 
Well, I guess I have no choice, then.
“Thank you,” Yui said to the driver before she climbed into the limousine, but he kept silent as he shut the door.
The limousine was spacious enough to fit all of the brothers, and Yui was the last one to arrive. When she sat down on a seat near the door, the limousine quietly departed from the mansion. 
The brothers didn’t talk to one another. The only sound that could be heard was the car’s engine, and the lack of conversation was in stark contrast with their behaviour yesterday. 
Yui looked at the brothers. They couldn’t have been more different from each other—they each had their distinctive hair and eye colour. Are they really brothers?
Reiji was reading a book, and Subaru was sitting next to him, staring out the window with a sullen look on his face. Maybe they just don’t get along. On the opposite side, Laito’s face lit up like he was scheming, Kanato was talking to Teddy, and Shuu was listening to music with his earphones in. 
They really aren’t talking.
“What’re you thinking about, Pancake?” 
Yui had been lost in thought until she was surprised to see Ayato coming towards her, and she instinctively held out her hands to avoid him. The vampire didn’t seem pleased by that. 
Taking advantage of sitting right next to her, Ayato moved in closer. “You got some nerve trying to disobey me, Pancake.”
“All this time, it’s been ‘Pancake,’ ‘Pancake’… I have a name, you know. It’s Komori Yui. Please use it properly.”
“Shut up. Names lost their meaning to me about a hundred years ago, Pancake,” Ayato retorted, drawing out the syllables. Obviously offended, he suddenly bent over Yui, his mouth going for her neck. 
SNAP!
The sound of Reiji’s book slamming shut broke the tense atmosphere.
“How many times do I have to tell you, Ayato? Take such behaviour to your own room.”
Grumbling, Ayato let go of Yui.
Thank God…
“And you. Take this.”
“Huh?”
Reiji held out a juice box for her. “It’s pure cranberry juice. It works best against anaemia.”
“T-thank you,” Yui said in earnest, feeling a little surprised at Reiji’s sudden kindness. 
“No need to thank me,” he responded, sending her a cold glare. “You will have to learn that you are simply our prey, and drink that every day.”
Their… prey? Yui’s hands trembled. She had known it deep down already, but still, Reiji’s cold words struck a chord. Her body was seized by fear. Soon, she was shaking.
“You know, Teddy? When humans are scared, their teeth start ‘chattering.’ Interesting, isn’t it? Let’s observe closely.” Kanato held out Teddy toward Yui.
To these men, all I am is prey. 
The one eye Teddy had that wasn’t covered by an eye patch gleamed at Yui.
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With her lips forming a tight line and her body absolutely rigid, Yui sat in the limousine for another while until it passed under the moonlit gate of Reitei Academy. So this is the night school they were talking about… This was her first time to attend a night school, but Reitei, with its courtyard bathed in moonlight, looked to be a particularly prestigious one.
Yui trailed behind the brothers after they’d gotten out of the limousine and followed them into the courtyard. It was bright and enormous, and the staff had done a good job keeping it tidy.
That’s good. Even though they teach classes at night, it still seems to be a normal school. Yui had felt a little uneasy when she was told to go to the school the brothers went to, but most of the students somehow seemed to be normal humans just like her.
The moment the Sakamakis entered the school’s courtyard, all students stopped and stared. 
Well, if you count out the fact that they’re vampires, they certainly are handsome… When Yui looked at them properly once again, their outward appearance was very well-put together. It certainly wasn’t strange for them to attract attention looking this good.
However, nobody tried talking to them.
Even when they passed through the hallways and a group of female students looked over while chatting with one another in a low voice, they fell silent when Yui returned their gaze. When Yui averted her eyes again, the girls hurriedly moved past them.
What was that for? She turned around and looked at the girls’ backs as they walked away, thinking it strange. Reiji stopped in front of the staircase and called out, pulling Yui out of her daze.
“You are in the same class as Ayato and Kanato, so please go with the two of them.”
“Okay.”
In all earnest, Yui had been looking forward to some time away from the brothers, but she had no choice. She did as she was told, but Reiji’s cold voice stopped her before she could leave with Ayato and Kanato.
”I am not done talking yet.”
Yui reluctantly faced him again.
“If you do not wish to be struck with a whip, I would advise you to not do anything reckless. Understood?”
Meaning that if I tried to run away…
Reiji’s unrelenting gaze gave Yui the chills.
“Answer me.”
“…Yes.”
Feeling Reiji’s ice-like stare on her back, she walked away and headed to the classroom.
This should be it.
When Yui went into the classroom, Kanato was sitting at the very back, a book open in front of him as he cradled Teddy in his arms. Ayato was slumped over on his desk. For some reason, they were the only students there.
But class is just about to start. Why isn’t anyone else here?
Yui considered asking Kanato, but seeing him talk so animatedly to Teddy made her close her mouth again. She quickly glanced at the blackboard. It said Today’s Home Economics class is cooking practice. Please assemble in the school kitchen.
“So we’re doing a cooking class today.” That’s why the classroom was empty—everyone else must have already gone to the kitchen.
We should get going, too. I can’t be late on my first day here. But where is this kitchen?
“…Cooking practice?”
Yui’s voice roused Ayato from his nap, and his face twisted into a suggestive grin. “Hey, Pancake.”
“Ayato, please don’t call me weird names at school.”
“Shut up. You’re better off worrying about where to find the school kitchen.”
As if he had read Yui’s mind, she fell silent.
“Yours Truly could do you a favour and take you there.”
“Really?”
”Yeah. C’mon.” Ayato grabbed her by the arm and dragged her out of the classroom.
“Ah, wait!”
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“…Um, Ayato?”
“What?”
“Where are we?”
The room Ayato had dragged her to was filled with cooking utensils and supplies. However, there were no other students in sight.
“It’s the school kitchen.”
“Then why is nobody here?”
“‘Cause this is the old kitchen. They teach the cooking classes in the new one.”
In other words, Ayato tricked her into coming here.
“So why did you bring me here?”
“As for the reason…” Ayato stood up from the chair he’d been sitting on, and stalked towards Yui.
Oh no, not again… Yesterday’s events were still etched into the back of her mind, making Yui freeze in place, but the answer coming out of Ayato’s mouth surprised her.
“Make me some takoyaki.”
“T-takoyaki?”
…Like, actual takoyaki?
“Well, I don’t expect anything but the world’s best takoyaki.”
A takoyaki pan was already present on the table, making Yui realise the height of his expectations. So that’s why he brought me here? She wasn’t sure if this was the actual reason why, but this wasn’t the time to think about that.
”But… we should head to class, quickly.”
“Don’t talk back to me. Yours Truly will eat your takoyaki. Now get cooking!”
“You could at least ask nicely…”
“You say something?” Ayato clearly wasn’t intending to go back to class. 
Yui did as he said, and started the preparations to make takoyaki. Fortunately, most of the ingredients were already there, and Yui somehow managed to make takoyaki with them.
“Here you go.”
Ayato stuffed the takoyaki into his mouth without hesitation. “So good!” 
Next to an innocently grinning Ayato, who feasted happily on the takoyaki, sat a rather dreary-looking Yui. “It’s only my first day of school and I’ve already skipped a class…”
Yui had never expected it to come to this on her first day after transferring to Reitei. She had never skipped a class before, even at her old school. 
“No use worrying ‘bout such small things. Have a bite.”
Before Yui could answer, Ayato pushed a ball of takoyaki into her mouth. “It’s delicious!” 
“Right?”
For something she had made herself, it had turned out pretty well. As the two sat and enjoyed the takoyaki, Yui caught a glimpse of the clock hanging on the wall. 
Their next class was about to start.
“We need to clean up. I don’t want to miss our next class too.” Yui began carrying the cooking utensils she used to make takoyaki to the sink. To avoid her getting wet, she took off her blazer, and hurriedly began washing a bowl. She had not realised there would be so much washing-up to do. 
Ayato, satisfied with a belly full of takoyaki, stretched out his legs and reclined in his chair, watching Yui as she did the dishes.
“Give me a hand, Ayato. You were the one who wanted me to make takoyaki, right?”
Silently, the vampire got up from his chair and crept over to her. He stopped just at her back. Yet Yui had not heard him coming over the sound of the running water, and so she called out to him again.
“Hey, Aya—”
When Yui looked over her shoulder, Ayato was right there. He was looking down on her quite literally, and as soon as she saw the look in his eyes, she immediately squirmed away from him.
“What’re you running away for?” He stalked over Yui, who was now standing by the window. “I’ve been going crazy since yesterday. I don’t wanna hold off any longer.”
I have to run…
Ayato captured her in his arms with ease.
“Let me taste you.”
“Please, don’t…” 
The words did not reach him. Ayato grabbed her chin and turned her face to the side, exposing the nape of her neck.
“No bite marks at all. Your skin looks delicious, really.”
Taking in the sight of her slender, pale neck right in front of him, a satisfied smile played at Ayato’s lips.
“Yours Truly will be the one to take all your firsts.”
The next moment, Ayato’s teeth hovered above the skin of her throat. A predatory gleam clouded his eyes before he buried his fangs deep in her neck. 
Yui gasped. The pain of Ayato’s sharp teeth piercing her neck and the feeling of her blood flowing freely into Ayato’s mouth made her body tremble. Even if Yui wanted to run from him, he had a strong grip on both her jaw and her waist. 
“Fuck… what is this? I’ve never tasted blood this sweet before.” Ayato briefly pulled away from her neck, his eyes twinkling with delight. “I like you.”
Before long, Ayato’s fangs brutally punctured Yui’s skin a second time.
“Please…”
Yui was not sure whether it was because he was sucking her blood, but her head began to grow numb, as if she was not herself anymore. 
I’m… scared… If he keeps feeding on me, I'll truly become their prey… I’m so scared.
Yui gathered all her strength to push Ayato away from her. However, the force of her push made the skin tear where Ayato had punctured it with his fangs. The intense pain shooting through her neck knocked the breath out of her, and her face contorted in agony.
“Idiot. If you move around while I bite you, you’ll only make it hurt more, you know.” When Ayato looked up, his lips were stained a bright red when they pulled away from his teeth in a smile.
“Ah…”
His lips were stained the colour of Yui’s blood.
I’ve really been fed on.
With the pain and shock of having her blood sucked, the fear showed plainly on her face.
“Seeing you in tears with your face twisting in pain… It’s too tempting.” Ayato wiped the blood from his lips with the back of his hand, and then licked it off before reaching out to Yui again. 
“Please, stop…”
“No stopping now.”
Ayato pushed her up against the window and bit down on the nape of her neck again.
The moonlight illuminated the two of them through the window, contrasting with the dark room behind them. The moon above Yui was the last thing she saw before her consciousness fell into a deep darkness.
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“You two are an embarrassment to do such a thing on school premises.”
Before long, Reiji was standing in the doorway with his arms crossed and his eyes fixed on Ayato and Yui. Ayato clicked his tongue as he turned around to face his brother.
“Damn it! Shit was just getting good.”
“Look at the state of her. That is your fault, Ayato. Take responsibility for your actions and take her home.”
When Ayato glanced at Yui, who was still in his arms, he noticed that she had already passed out. Might’ve been a bit too rough. The colour of Yui’s face was past the point of flattery, and she did not look like she would be waking up anytime soon. At the same time, Ayato could not simply leave her there. He knew exactly how Reiji would react if he did, and he wasn’t looking forward to that.
“Hmph.”
Ayato swept Yui up into his arms, and the next instant, they had disappeared from the room completely.
“Good grief. If only they could just behave.” Reiji let out a heavy sigh and walked out of the room.
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“Ugh…”
Yui opened her eyes on a bench next to the indoor pool inside the mansion.
Why am I here? I thought I was at school…
“Yo, you’re awake.”
Ayato was sitting on the armrest, lazily playing around with the uniform ribbon that had somehow found its way from neck into his hands.
Right, he fed on me…
Yui tried sitting upright, but the loss of blood had also drained the strength from her body. Seeing her struggle, Ayato walked over to her. 
“S-stay away!” 
Ayato halted.
The fact that vampires needed human blood for nourishment, Yui knew. But Ayato, on the other hand, only seemed to be toying with her. 
“Why are you doing this?” Yui asked.
Ayato stood over her, staring at her coldly. “You still don’t get it?”
“Huh?”
In a flash, Yui’s body was raised in the air, and Ayato’s face was a hair’s breadth away from hers. He’d picked her up with ease and began walking. Yui struggled to have Ayato put her back down, but he leisurely strode over towards the pool. He came to a stop right by the edge of the water.
“Yours Truly is the one who controls you. Stop complaining about everything!” 
Ayato had barely finished speaking before he threw Yui into the water. 
Yui screamed. A loud splashing sound echoed off the walls of the indoor pool. 
Oh no, I can’t swim…
To make matters worse, Yui was still wearing her uniform, and it weighed her down even more as it absorbed the water. She tried to wrestle herself to the surface, but despite her desperate efforts, she still felt herself sinking towards the bottom of the deep pool.
Ayato watched her struggle from the poolside.
“Tell me that I’m the best. Tell me that I’m better than anyone else, and that you’re mine.”
In a stroke of luck, Yui managed to come up for air. She begged for Ayato to help her, but she kept getting pulled back down. 
“Ayato—I can’t—I can’t swim…”
Yui desperately screamed Ayato’s name, but she had already disappeared under the surface of the water. 
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Whether he had heard her or not, Ayato's expression remained unchanged as he stared down at the water. This is Pancake’s fault. She disobeyed me…
Memories from his childhood haunted Ayato as he watched Yui’s struggling form in the pool.
In his thoughts, Ayato travelled to a lake far away, one hand strenuously reaching out of the water, flailing desperately. The blurry shape of a woman seemed to come closer from under the surface of the water. Ayato fought his way up, and reached out a hand towards her.
However, the woman had not come to save Ayato from drowning. She merely looked on, her expression flat.
Help me…
Ayato’s face twisted in despair knowing that his words would not reach anyone, but rather disappeared into the lake.
Help me…
Yui’s screams for help lined up with Ayato’s distant memory and without giving it any more thought, Ayato launched himself into the water. He did not know why he did it. Even though he harboured a sliver of doubt about his own behaviour, he took Yui into his arms under the surface of the pool.
Well, he did tell us not to kill her.
Reminding himself of this fact, Ayato cupped Yui’s face in his hands, and pressed his lips to hers.      
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It’s warm… and I can breathe again.
When Yui opened her eyes, she realised that Ayato had been transferring air to her with a kiss. Ayato pulled away as soon as he saw that she had regained consciousness. 
Why is he looking at me with such a forlorn expression?
In the deafening silence of the water, Yui saw herself reflected in his eyes, which were clouded with sadness.
Don’t look at me like that, Yui wanted to say, but the air Ayato had given her became bubbles under the water. 
I can’t breathe…
Seeing the struggle on Yui’s face again, Ayato undid the top buttons of her blouse to expose her shoulder, and sank his fangs into her skin.
“Nnh!”
Bubbles rose to the surface of the water again when Yui cried out. When Ayato switched to a different spot, biting her again and again, the blood seeping from the wounds in Yui’s skin floated around the two of them like a red ribbon that bound them together.
I have no air left…
Just when Yui was about to lose consciousness again, Ayato held on tight and pulled her with him to the surface. Yui coughed heavily to clear her lungs of water and desperately fill them with air at the same time. Ayato’s head was now above the water as well, and his eyes gleamed with a bewitching ferality that she had never seen of him before.
“Fuck, I can feel your blood flowing through my body… I can feel its power…”
“Please, no more…” Yui begged in a soft voice. Her face was white as a sheet, and the cold water and Ayato’s feeding had left her trembling incessantly.
“It can’t be helped. Let’s call it here for today.” Ayato held on to Yui as he swam to the edge of the pool, and hoisted her upwards onto the tiles.
Feeling an intense relief at being on solid ground again, Yui fell to the floor. Ayato threw a towel over her head.
“Huh?”
Yui was surprised by Ayato’s small gesture, but before she could thank him, Ayato turned his back on her and walked away without saying anything.
What does he really want with me?
Unable to figure out his motive, Yui tightly gripped the towel.
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Around the same time, a man in a long, dark coat appeared in the woods surrounding the mansion. His motives seemed unclear窶派e merely stood there. However, as if he had noticed something, his head suddenly snapped up, and his red eyes focused on the sight in front of him.
Ah… Brings back memories.
The man’s eyes were trained on the Sakamaki mansion.
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Yui had used the shower room adjacent to the pool, and when she returned to her room, she was stopped by the faint sound of a door unlocking once again. With suspicion, she followed the source of the sound, and reached another dilapidated spiral staircase.
“This staircase should lead to that room…”
Since then, Reiji had forbidden her from entering, but Yui was not prepared to give up on finding her father’s diary. I might be able to sneak into the room unnoticed from here, Yui thought as she ascended the stairs and found, as expected, the forbidden room.
Yui entered quietly, and immediately began the search for her father’s diary. It should have been right around here…
Carefully tiptoeing around the shards of broken glass, Yui eventually found the diary among the books on the floor.
“Gotcha!” She opened the little notebook without delay. “Huh…What’s this?”
Yui’s eyes widened in surprise. Her hands trembled as she flipped the pages. 
The pages were all completely blank where her father’s handwriting had been.
“It’s all… gone…” So what on Earth did I see before?
In a daze, the notebook slipped out of Yui’s hands and fell onto the floor, the sound reverberating through the quiet, empty space.
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DIABOLIK LOVERS アニメ公式ノベライズ Official Novelization ☽ Chapter 3 Translation
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It’s time for chapter 3! I will try adding more translation notes for particular words/phrases in footnotes from now on, which might be fun for people who are learning Japanese (although I don’t recommend calling anyone a 穀潰し in real life lol). I know I said last time that this book seemed a little light on the bite play but I actually take it back, this chapter was pretty steamy with both Ayato and Shuu… (〃ω〃) Have fun reading!
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Originally written by Yukuzuki Hiroha 結来月ひろは Translated from the Japanese by @otomehonyaku
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STORY Following her father’s job transfer, Komori Yui is sent to live with the Sakamaki brothers. However, these six brothers turn out to be sadistic, ill-tempered vampires. The men are after Yui’s sweet and incredibly rare blood, and go to great lengths toying with her body and soul to get it. Before long, Yui finds herself trapped in an alluringly dangerous love game(1)...
1. 吸血愛戯 (ラブゲーム): Stylised as ‘love game’ but written with the characters for bloodsucking (吸血), love (愛), and play (戯). The latter character also has a connotation of playfulness/mischief.
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DISCLAIMER This is an unofficial translation intended for those interested in reading the story of the Diabolik Lovers game/season in a slightly more literary format in English. I have no affiliation with Rejet or Frontier Works whatsoever. All rights belong to them, but PLEASE DO NOT POST THIS TRANSLATION ELSEWHERE OR TRANSLATE TO OTHER LANGUAGES WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
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Episode 3
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That night, the moon stood high in the sky, but the Sakamaki mansion was wrapped in fog.
In the dining room, Yui joined the brothers for dinner. It was a habit for the six of them to assemble in the dining room once a month for a banquet. As Yui sat at the large table, she wondered why she had to be included, but there had been little room for her to protest when they half-dragged her in here.
A variety of luxurious dishes reminiscent of a high-end restaurant were placed on the table in front of her, but even as she eyed the food, she couldn’t bring herself to eat.
Vampires don’t even need this kind of food, anyway, Yui thought cynically. Her eyes shifted to Ayato, who was sitting next to her. He ate his dinner using a knife and fork with surprising dexterity, behaving in a more refined manner than she had ever seen him. The same was true for Reiji and Subaru, who were sitting across from her.
The saying goes ‘dining together is happy together’ (1), but this family was worlds away from that. A heavy silence had fallen in the room. Shuu, who was sitting right opposite Yui, did not seem hungry either, and simply slumped in his chair with his eyes closed.
I don’t feel like eating. To the brothers, I’m no different from the food that’s on the table right now, anyway… Yui thought, and lost her appetite completely.
“You’re not eating much, Bitchlet,” Laito suddenly said from behind Yui, startling her. “You’ll get anaemia if you don’t eat well, you know? Would you like me to feed you?”
“Laito,” Reiji interjected sternly. “It is rude to get up during dinner.”
“Fiiine. Let’s continue this later, okay?” Laito murmured to Yui, and hummed quietly as he returned to his seat.
The dining room was only quiet for a moment before a loud sound made Yui jolt. It was Shuu, who had pushed back his chair and stood up.
“Shuu…?”
“I can’t be bothered,” the eldest muttered as he walked out of the room.
“That good-for-nothing (2)…” Reiji remarked, his voice tinged with resentment, when Shuu closed the door behind him.
Good-for-nothing? He’s saying that about his own brother?
“Oh, well. That’s what happens to people who’ve been spoiled since birth.”
The Sakamakis don’t seem to care about one another to begin with, but these two really seem to hate each other…
“Teddy, what would you like to eat next?”
Yui looked towards Kanato when she heard his voice. He sat with Teddy on his lap and was trying to feed him.
“Shall we try this banana snowball (3) first?” The purple-haired triplet said as he stabbed the snowball with his fork to pick it up, but it split in half.
Kanato frowned in frustration and began bringing down his fork onto the remnants of the snowball over and over, laughing maniacally. He didn’t stop even when the plate broke with a loud crack.
Reiji appeared fed up with his younger brother’s behaviour, and spoke up. “You all cannot keep yourselves together even at our one banquet of the month… Let us call it here for today.”
Everyone aside from Reiji stood up and left for their rooms immediately.
I should go back to my room, too. Albeit hesitantly, Yui put her hands on the table to push herself up when she was fairly certain she could leave.
“Wait.”
Reiji’s voice brought her to a halt.
“Have you no manners? To place your hands on the table like that… If I ever see you do that again, I will punish you thoroughly. Understood?”
“…Yes.”
His punishment must be pretty severe, judging from what Yui had seen of Reiji’s personality so far. Dejectedly, she returned to her room.
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“Ah…”
Yui sighed heavily when she sat down on the edge of her bed. She was glad to have a day off, but it seemed impossible to relax. Come to think of it, I usually helped out Dad on my days off…
Wanting to help her priest father with his work in whatever way she could, Yui usually kept the church clean on the days that she didn’t have school.
It hasn’t even been that long (4)…
Even though she had seen her father only days earlier, her life with him already felt like a thing from the past. Suddenly reminiscing about the days spent with her father, she opened the drawer in the nightstand by her bed and took out her father’s diary. However, the memories that her father had penned down were still nowhere to be found.
“So they really are gone…”
It felt like her own memories with her father had been erased with them. Yui felt herself getting teary-eyed. But why? When I first saw it, it was written right there.
Yui brings me so much joy. The fact that she is not my own child bears no meaning at all. She is truly a blessing, and I am nothing but grateful for every day I get to spend with her.
Her father’s familiar handwriting had spelled it out clearly for Yui to remember. But why had the writing disappeared from the page completely?
The only clue I have is this picture…
Yui quietly stared at the picture of her father and her infant self. The picture alone would not get her anywhere. Besides, I don’t even know what kind of cruel fate awaits me if I try to leave.
Yui sighed again.
Completely at a loss, she slid the picture back between the pages of her father’s diary and returned it to the drawer.
“Whatcha doing?”
Yui shrieked when she looked in the direction of the voice. Ayato was straddling her desk chair in reverse, his elbows propped up on the back of the chair and his chin resting on his hands as he watched her.
“W-why are you…”
“I can do as I please,” Ayato stated, tilting his head to the side ever so slightly. “Hurry up and give me your blood.”
Oh no… I have to hold him off.
“I-I was just about to take a bath.” Yui tried to slip past him, but to no avail. “Huh? Ah!”
Ayato stood up in a flash and threw his arms around her, embracing her from the front. Yui struggled against him when he ran his tongue over the nape of her neck, but his arms soon settled on her waist. It was impossible to run from him.
“Ayato… Please, I’ve been feeling anaemic lately…”
The stress from being in a new environment might have also played a part in it, but since Ayato had taken her blood yesterday, her physical condition had been worsening.
Ayato paid her worries no mind. “Shut up.”
He was clearly toying with her. His tongue found her skin again, licking her as he occasionally made low noises of pleasure. The wet sound of it echoed through the room.
Yui tried to endure it by squeezing her eyes shut, but it inadvertently only made her focus on Ayato more. A small sound escaped her lips at the anticipation of not knowing when his fangs would pierce her skin.
“Feels that good, huh?”
Yui tried to get back, but Ayato wouldn’t budge. “That’s not…”
Just when Yui thought his grip on her waist loosened a little, Ayato bent down to her chest and pressed his lips against her skin. He let out a low moan as he sucked hard. The pain made Yui’s voice slip again, and he finally looked up.
He didn’t… bite me?
Looking down at her chest, Yui did not see blood, but a red mark in the shape of a rose petal on her skin.
“That’s my mark of ownership.”
“N-no…” Yui pushed against his chest to get away, but he only gripped her tighter.
“Don’t move. I’ll give you more.”
Enjoying the feel of her skin, Ayato leisurely moved his tongue to the other side of her chest. He pulled down her sweater to expose her skin further, almost to her most sensitive parts, and began covering it in love bites.
“I want to hurt you more. More, and more…”
“Ah…”
Yui could barely move. She could only try and stand the pain.
When Ayato finally let her go, his red love bites fluttered across her chest like flower petals and clearly marked her as his.
“We’ll continue when you get out of the bath. You’ll only get more anaemic if I feed on you now and that’d just be a bother,” Ayato whispered in Yui’s ear as he embraced her tighter. “Just hurry up. You know what’ll happen if you make me wait too long.”
This time, Ayato let her go. He left the room.
For what felt like the umpteenth time today, Yui sighed heavily. What’s happening to me? Still, no matter how she thought about it, she couldn’ come to an answer.
“In any case, I should take a bath first.”
She knew it was part escapism, but Yui felt that she would lose her sanity completely if she could not do these kinds of normal, human things. Yui grabbed a fresh towel and a clean set of clothes, and headed to the bathroom.
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Come to think of it, this is the first time I’m using the bath here.
On the first night, when Yui had only just arrived at the mansion, she had lost consciousness and simply slept for a while, and the next day, she had used the shower room near the pool.
I know it’s foolish to think about, but I can’t help but wonder what kind of bath they have… Daydreaming about her impending bath time, Yui stepped into the bathroom.
It was lavish. Marble covered the floor of the large room in front of her, and a large, white clawfoot tub stood near the back wall. I’ve never been in such a luxurious bathroom before, Yui thought. Even the sink is made of marble. She put her fresh clothes on top of the sink, and her eyes drifted to her reflection in the mirror in front of her.
The marks on her chest were undeniably there. But why would Ayato do this?
Yui had no hopes of running away from the mansion to begin with—the brothers had told her so—and it seemed unnecessary to brand her as his for the world to see.
But still, the throbbing pain of the love bites made her thoughts drift to Ayato even when he wasn’t with her. When she thought of it like that, she realised that the marks must have served Ayato’s intended purpose.
Yui was startled by a sudden splashing sound and she spun around to look at the bathtub. What was that? Is someone there?
Gingerly, she made her way over to the bathtub and saw Shuu, eyes closed and lying fully-clothed in the water. Yui did not know why he was in there with his clothes still on, but he looked like he was trying to drown himself.
“Shuu?!”
Before Yui could reach out to him, Shuu’s languid voice sounded from under her.
“Damn it, don’t yell like that.”
“B-but if you stay in there with your clothes on…”
“Strip them off me, then.”
“What?” Not used to Shuu speaking that way to her, Yui was briefly at a loss for words.
“Didn’t you come in here to see me naked?” Shuu asked, trying to gauge her reaction.
“N-no!” Yui stammered. “Please don’t say such inappropriate things… I came in here to take a bath.”
Shuu’s clear blue eyes watched her face become red, and let out a low laugh as if he enjoyed seeing her flustered. “Would you like to join me?”
“T-there’s no way...”
“Your red cheeks suggest otherwise.”
Realising Shuu was making fun of her, Yui inadvertently shot him a glare, but he simply repositioned his head on the edge of the bathtub with a dissatisfied expression on his face.
“Boring.”
Clearly not intent on getting out of the tub, Shuu closed his eyes again.
Yui’s fear that he might drown dissipated, but even though she felt somewhat relieved, Shuu’s overly sluggish behaviour left her with a complicated feeling. All they’ve done since I came here is manipulate me…
Yui thought of the six brothers’ faces.
So Shuu is the eldest and Reiji is the second son, then the triplets Ayato, Kanato and Laito, and then Subaru is the youngest. But…
“You’re brothers, but why are you all so different?” Yui wondered aloud.
“We’ve got different mothers.”
“What?”
“…Reiji and I have the same mother, and the triplets have a different mother,” Shuu said in a detached voice, his eyes still closed.
“I… see.”
So that’s why they don’t look alike, Yui concluded, but suddenly realised that he had missed one brother.
“What about Subaru?”
“Also got a different mother,” Shuu said, before completely submerging himself in the tub.
“Wha—Shuu!”
In a state of panic, Yui reached out and grabbed both of Shuu’s arms. At the feeling of her hands on his body, his eyes flew open.
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The blurry vision of a boy, slightly taller than him, plagued Shu’s mind. When Shuu was younger, the boy always reached out a hand towards him, took him to all sorts of places, and showed him things he had never seen before.
However, the next moment, Shuu’s sight was taken away by a cloud of burning ash. His memories with the boy faded into nothing. That day, Shuu could only stare, dumbfounded, at his friend’s village as it burned to the ground, black smoke rising from its buildings.
“Edgar…”
I couldn’t do anything… My only friend, and I couldn’t do anything to save him.
Everything you love can be taken away from you in the blink of an eye, and never even leave a trace. Just like that boy.
All Shuu was left with was a feeling of powerlessness. All was meaningless.
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“Shuu, it hurts…”
Shuu snapped back to attention at Yui’s voice. What did I just…
When he looked at Yui, her face was twisted in pain. Why is she making that face? And… she’s so warm, he thought, slightly confused. As he looked at his hands, he involuntarily reached out and grabbed Yui’s hands tightly. So this is… the body temperature of a human.
Shuu tugged hard at Yui’s arms and pulled her into the bathtub with him, causing her to shriek. Water splashed around them.
The human girl was now soaked to the skin. Her wet clothes made her look thinner (5) than she already did.
Shuu did not know why he did it. He found it difficult to think about anything but the feel of her warm body—the human warmth that he’d gone so long without.
“Let me drink your blood.”
Yui gasped. Fear washed over her face when she looked up at him.
“Hm? Are you scared?” Shuu traced a hand along her neck and pulled it towards him. Perhaps out of fear, Yui squeezed her eyes tightly shut.
Shuu gazed at the porcelain-coloured skin of her exposed neck. “You’re so pale. I wonder how your skin will look when I sink my teeth into you and stain it bright-red with your blood…”
As he spoke, his eyes trailed slowly downwards to her chest. When his gaze fell upon the red marks there, he couldn’t hold back a laugh.
“Ayato. What a control freak.”
“Shuu, I thought you were the only one…” Yui met his gaze even though she was shivering. “I thought you were the only one who’d be different… So why…”
The fatal flaw of humans—they tended to be much too trusting. Shuu felt himself becoming increasingly annoyed at her foolishness. “Let me be clear. I’m a vampire.”
This is too bothersome.
“I’ll show you a whole new world.”
The hand that had been trailing across Yui’s neck, Shuu now used to pull her roughly against him so he could sink his teeth into her shoulder. Yui bit down a shriek.
“Your blood is so warm… I feel like it might burn me.”
Desperately, Yui tried to block out his voice.
“Ah, you’re getting turned on… What a lewd woman you are, running so hot when I bite you.”
“I-It’s not…”
Eagerly gulping down Yui’s blood, Shuu came to a realisation. He raised his face to hers. “…I know now why you’re here. It’s your blood. It’s really something special.”
Blood from the wounds Shuu had inflicted on Yui dripped into the bath, almost as if her body was crying for her.
“Don’t offer your help to me again.”
Yui’s tears of blood quietly disappeared into the water.
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A little while after Shuu had left, Yui came out of the bathroom and dragged herself to her room. Memories of what had just happened flashed through her mind.
Shuu actually wasn’t interested in her. That’s why she thought he wouldn’t hurt her, but Yui realised that had been a very naive assumption for her to make.
At the same time, she thought it strange that her blood was ‘something special,’ as Shuu had called it. I don’t think that means I have a rare blood type, Yui thought as she opened the door to her room. She sighed and closed the door behind her.
“You’re late, Pancake.”
Ayato was sitting on her bed.
“I’m thirsty. Hurry up and give me your blood.”
“Ayato, I’m…”
She’d already told him she was feeling anaemic earlier, but Shuu had only just fed from her as well. Yui was certain she would keel over if Ayato took her blood now, and yet the redhead jumped off the bed and stalked towards her.
“You have no right to refuse me.”
Ayato grabbed her from behind and snaked his arms around her waist.
“You’d be better off surrendering to my fangs,” he said as he bent down to her neck to bite her, but he suddenly froze. “Huh?”
On her neck, he found fresh bite marks.
“What’s this?”
“It hurts…” Yui hunched up her shoulders in pain when Ayato ran his fingers over the wounds.
“Reiji? No, Shuu. That motherfucker…”
Ayato grabbed Yui’s hand and forcefully dragged her out of the room.
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The two ended up in the gaming room. It had a billiards table, and a rack with cue sticks and a dart board were placed against the wall. When Ayato spotted Shuu lying on the sofa, he strode over and started yelling at him.
“Shuu, you fucker! Are you picking a fight?”
Shuu didn’t respond and his eyes remained closed, which only angered his brother even more.
“Hey, listen to me!”
“Shut up.” Shuu muttered. He clearly did not feel like arguing with Ayato.
Ayato clicked his tongue in response to his brother’s sluggish behaviour. When he looked around the room in anger and his eyes spotted the dart board, he thought of something.
“Let’s play a round of darts!”
“…I can’t be bothered.”
“Like hell you are!”
What should I do? At this rate, they really are going to fight… Just as Yui hesitated whether she should step in to stop them, she suddenly heard someone clapping.
When Yui looked behind her, Laito was leaning against the billiards table, looking at the three of them in amusement.
“How lovely. Our little bitch will be the grand prize!” Laito’s smile deepened when he looked at Yui. “Hehe. This is the best!”
“Grand prize…?” How did it come to this? Yui had a hard time comprehending what was happening.
“You are being way too rowdy.” Having overheard his brothers’ bickering, Reiji now stood near the wall with an irritated look on his face. “Would you care to tell me what is going on?”
“Ayato and Shuu are going to play darts against each other. And what better way to spice things up than a grand prize on the line, right? So, we thought Bitchlet would be the perfect prize.” Laito motioned to Ayato and Shuu to signal that it was their competition.
”Again with the nonsense… If you must, then do it quietly.”
“Okay…”
Yui had hoped Reiji would step in and end the argument, but he hadn’t. Shuu opened his eyes to look at Yui.
“I don’t care about her… so just let me sleep in peace,” Shuu mumbled and closed his eyes again.
Reiji scoffed in response. “I already expected you to say that.”
Reiji? Yui watched as Reiji was staring daggers at his older brother even more than usual.
“You do not even have the guts to accept a challenge. The word ‘coward’ (6) must have truly been invented for this man right here.” Reiji paused for a second, but then continued his tirade. “What a good-for-nothing, useless man.”
Shuu slowly got up at this remark. His sluggish demeanour disappeared completely—his face briefly suggested that he was out for blood—before returning to his usual state. “I’ll do it, Ayato.”
“Well, I wasn’t gonna accept any other answer.”
And so Ayato and Shuu’s battle for Yui began.
The two brothers barely missed their targets when throwing the darts, but somehow, Shuu seemed to come out on top. When Shuu examined the darts he was using, Laito called out.
”Shuu’s next shot could decide the game! If he hits the right mark, our little bitch will become his… How exciting!” Laito sent a sidelong glance to Yui, who stood speechless next to him, as he laughed in amusement.
She quickly looked away. Would it be Shuu or Ayato? Whoever won, Yui had no choice in the matter.
“This is insane,” she muttered. I’m not an object! Yui tried to leave the gaming room, but Laito grabbed her by the shoulder before she could get near the door.
“Oh, my. Our grand prize suddenly started moving on its own!” Laito’s tone of voice was light-hearted, but his unrelenting grip on her shoulder suggested otherwise.
“Let go… It hurts…”
“Hehe.”
Yui glared at Laito even as her face twisted in pain, but he only returned her glare with a shameless grin.
“You’d better look. Shuu’s about to throw, you know.” Laito pointed to his brother, who had just assumed a throwing position and was holding the dart expertly in his hands.
Shuu…
Reiji and Ayato looked on, mildly displeased, as Shuu threw the dart towards the board. It soared through the air in a straight line, perfectly hitting the mark that Shuu had aimed for.
Ayato clicked his tongue in annoyance. Reiji just stared at the board, the winning dart sticking out of it. Shuu, however, sighed in relief that the game was finally over, and turned on his heels and immediately headed for the door.
Shuu? Yui stared after Shuu in confusion.
Laito noticed this, a glint of mischief appearing in his eyes. “And your prize is… Bitchlet!”
He gave Yui a strong push, sending her stumbling towards Shuu with a yelp. The force of it caused her to slam into Shuu’s back.
“I-I’m sorry.” Yui stammered an apology, but Shuu stayed silent, his back still to her. “Um… Shuu?”
He slowly turned around to face Yui, and leaned in to whisper.
“Humans are nothing but prey to me.”
Shuu’s low voice and dangerously glistening eyes as he looked down on her made Yui freeze in place. He grabbed her chin with a hand and tilted her face upward with a rough movement to expose her neck.
Yui flinched.
“You know that, right?” he said as he bent down to her neck. Yui was immobilised by fear. “Don’t bother me anymore.”
With these words, Shuu unceremoniously sank his teeth into her skin. The pain running through her neck sent her spiralling into darkness, and she soon lost consciousness.
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1. 食卓 (しょくたく) は団欒 (だんらん): A figure of speech in which 食卓 refers to a dining table, and 団欒 means a ‘happy place,’ or ‘sitting together in a happy circle/harmony,’ thus suggesting that dining together is supposed to be an enjoyable activity to bond with one another.
2. 穀潰 (ごくつぶ) し: Good-for-nothing; deadbeat; parasite; useless person. This is the nickname Reiji often uses for Shuu.
3. スノーボール: A snowball is a kind of chocolate, snowball-shaped and often filled with fresh cream.
4. 懐 (なつ) かしい: Adverb denoting a feeling of nostalgia; looking back fondly on something that happened long ago.
5. 貧相 (ひんそう): Thin (body); poor/seedy-looking. In Diabolik Lovers, the boys usually use this word to refer to Yui’s body as “not much to look at,” especially referring to her lacking in the chest area.
6. 腑抜 (ふぬ) け: Coward; spineless person. Literally someone whose ‘guts have slipped out.’
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This Fucked Up Yet Wonderful World | Hiroha | Re: The Choice
The choice had to be made now, that much was clear. Hiroha takes a small breath before continuing. 
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“My point about executing Nakaniwa still stands. And...I don’t know if it makes us bad people to kill someone, but I think...he has to die. Because any other suffering just for suffering’s sake...it won’t change what he’s done, and leaving him alive means there’s a chance he’ll try again. I don’t see him giving up just because he’s in prison, especially if he’s managed to get a following already, shitty as it is.” 
She’d said that the world didn’t need another Mika Tsukizuka. It’s true, with how broken everything still is from the last one, if this is the kind of world of lousy organizations that cover the past up, a world that lets people like her and Bellamy suffer to the point they become as messed up as they did, a world where despair was still bred.
Still, there’s so much more she wants to do in this world. She wants to hug her aunt and apologize for being such a lousy kid. She wants to tell her mother that she was wrong about what love really is. Maybe she can become a writer? There are a few things she wants to write about.
“Even if this isn’t a world of people that can move into the future yet…”
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“That’s why we have to keep going! So we have the chance to become people who do!”
Honestly, she's so ready to get out of here. 
"S-so...ready when you are, Tsutsumi-san!" 
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