#i can't live like this banri where are you when i need on

[icharchivist]

i caught a cold i think, and yesterday it was mostly bearable but now i’m feeling so sick and i would kill for some proper medicine and yet all i’m thinking about is this

i failed him. where can i summon him for the hands to catch to bring me medicine though. Banri please answer my texts. 

[otomehoneyybearr]

Act 12

Episode 11: Each of Our Depatures

Working w/ Maybelle Lace

Note: As you read, you will see that some sentences highlighted in a different color, this is what they indicate. Pink: Flashback Blue: Characters are acting

Taichi: Well, I'm off then!

Juza: Same.

Izumi: Take care.

Omi: It's only a little bit, but I've put some pre-made side dishes and dessert in the fridge, so please feel free to eat them.

Izumi: Thank you!

Banri: See you later, Director. I'll be in touch.

Izumi: Yeah, see you.

Masumi: I'm staying too.

Tsuzuru: Then there'd be no point to any of this.

Izumi: We went over this extensively yesterday.

Masumi: ...Then video call me daily. 24 hours a day.

Itaru: Scary.

Tsuzuru: You're sticking to her even more closely than when we're in the dorms.

Izumi: Everything will get back to normal in no time.

Muku: It's only for now.

Kumon: It'll be like going on summer vacation.

Kazunari: Totally. It’s a little sad, but it'll all be okay!

Misumi: Until then, I'll keep looking for triangles!

Yuki: See you soon.

Tenma: Be careful while you're alone.

Izumi: I will. See you soon!

Itaru: Since Sakyo's curfew decree no longer holds, I'm free to do all-nighters.

Izumi: Please don’t overdo it!

Chikage: Call me if you need anything.

Azuma: You can contact me even if you don't need anything.

Guy: You are always welcome to come to the bar.

Izumi: Got it!

Sakyo: Alright, I’m counting on you. If you ever feel like you're in danger, call me anytime.

Izumi: Roger that.

Homare: Well, I'll be off then. I'll make sure to write plenty of poems while I’m back home. I look forward to performing them for you.

Homare: Hisoka, please do make sure to keep a record of your marshmallow intake so you don't run out of them.

Hisoka: ...I know. I'll just find some new marshmallows.

Izumi: Let me know if you find any.

Tsumugi: I'm off. Thanks for looking after the dorm.

Izumi: Leave everything to me. Take care.

Tasuku: When I get home, I'll try to reflect on myself so that I can face the play with a new mindset.

Izumi: Sounds good!

Izumi: (The dormitory suddenly feels so quiet with everyone leaving one by one.)

Banri: Disbanding?

Tenma: Are you serious?

Izumi: Not at all. But, considering everything, I think this is the best way to go.

Izumi: If we all work together, I'm sure we won't lose to Amadate.

Izumi: But I definitely don't want to put everyone in danger.

Izumi: That threatening e-mail demanded that the troupe be disbanded, right?

Izumi: So I thought it would be a good idea to have everyone move out of the dorms and pretend that the troupe has been disbanded.

Sakyo: If rumors of disbanding get out, even Amadate might be fooled by it.

Izumi: If we all work together and gather enough materials to corner Amadate in the meantime, we might be able to resume our performances with peace of mind.

Izumi: Honestly, because of this situation, I want all of us to be together. I don't want us to fall apart.

Izumi: But we have to break up for everyone's safety for now.

Izumi: Even if we live in different places, I believe that we'll all continue feeling the same way.

Sakuya: Izumi...

Izumi: What will you do now, Itaru and Chikage?

Itaru: I can't relax at my parents' house because my older sister is there, so I'll just rent a monthly apartment for a while.

Chikage: For me, well, I have a lot of places available to me.

Itaru: Will Sakuya be staying with you?

Chikage: I have a place I can prepare for him.

Citron: I'll be living in a hotel for a while, so you can stay with me!

Itaru: As expected of a celebrity.

Tsuzuru: My house is small and noisy, but I can arrange for a place to sleep.

Masumi: There’s plenty of rooms at my place. You don't have to come though.

Itaru: Then why even bother pointing that out.

Sakuya: Thank you very much. But I’ve already decided where to go, so I’ll be fine.

Chikage: Is that so?

Izumi: Where will you be staying?

Sakuya: Kasumi was the first to invite me, so I'm planning to stay with him for just one night.

Izumi: For one night? What about after that…?

Sakuya: I've been seriously thinking over what I can do and what I wanted to do until I stepped on stage as Saku again.

Sakuya: So I thought about going on my first ever solo trip before the performance, but I gave up on doing it because there wasn’t much time.

Sakuya: Besides, I also have homework that you gave me, Izumi!

Tsumugi: I agree, as Izumi said, it might be best to pretend to break up.

Sakyo: If we want to be safe, that's the way to go.

Izumi: Oh, and one more thing, if you don't mind, I have some homework for you.

Izumi: While you're away from the dorm, I want you all to think about what your life would be like if you hadn't joined Mankai Company.

Izumi: Then compare that hypothetical life with the life you have now and the life you want in the future.

Izumi: After finding your reason why you want to stand on the Mankai stage as a member of this theater company, I hope you all come back.

Muku: That's...

Izumi: Of course, I haven’t given up on our future performances or the Fleur Award.

Izumi: But, in this current situation where we're at our lowest, I don't know for sure when we will be able to perform together again.

Izumi: I don't want to leave everyone in a dark situation where the future is uncertain.

Izumi: That's why I want each of you to step away from the company and reconsider your reasons for wanting to remain in the company.

Izumi: If everyone comes back after doing that, I'm sure the new Mankai Company will become a theater company stronger and more united than ever before.

Izumi: Of course, no matter what conclusion you reach, I will support that answer.

Izumi: So, please...

Juza: Got it. I'll take this opportunity to face myself again.

Azami: It could be a good opportunity.

Sakuya: After hearing your words, I felt like I could finally face my hometown, which I’ve been afraid to confront for so long.

Sakuya: I am sure that now is the time for me to set off on my journey. I'm not afraid anymore because I know you will be here waiting for me.

Izumi: I see...

Izumi: (When I think back to during our debut performance when he played as Romeo, he was terrified that his place would be taken away from him. He has grown up a lot since then.)

Izumi: I hope you have a safe and enjoyable journey. Please be careful.

Sakuya: Look forward to seeing your souvenirs! I’ll be off!

….

Kabuto: (I never imagined my old man would resort to such extreme measures... He's truly a scary opponent.)

*Phone rings*

Kabuto: ...

Aoshi: "Hey Kabuto, what’s your deal with skipping today's regular practice without permission?"

Aoshi: "Are you just sleeping at home again?"

Kabuto: I can't show up to practice for a while. Starting tomorrow, you'll be in charge in my place.

Aoshi: "What? Wait, what's that supposed to mean—"

Kabuto: And don't come near my room for a while.

Aoshi: "...Is there a problem?"

Kabuto: That concludes any business talk.

Aoshi: "Okay, okay. I get it. You won’t explain. At least I understand the situation regarding practice."

Aoshi: "However, since you're the poster boy of Hyakka Theater Company, it'll be troublesome if you don't come back soon."

Kabuto: I'm sure even my old man understands my value as a commodity.

Aoshi: "...Seems like this is related to Mr. Amadate after all. Please keep your parent-child conflicts in moderation."

Kabuto: You should be saying that to him instead.

Kabuto: (I’ve left the affairs of the theater company to Aoshi, but what should I do moving forward...?)

Kabuto: (It's likely my old man already knows that I tried to leak information to Mankai Company.)

Kabuto: (Since I don’t have all the necessary information yet, it feels like I’m being misled, and because of that, there’s a possibility that my movements will become restricted.)

Kabuto: (How can I contact Mankai Company without leaving any traces behind...?)

Subordinate: Mr. Kabuto.

Kabuto: …!

Subordinate: Will you come with me peacefully? I don't wish to be rough with you.

Kabuto: ...Tch.

Subordinate: Please hand over all of your devices.

Kabuto: … It’s just this.

Subordinate: Now then, this way please.

*thank you guys for your patience. Hopefully I’ll have a regular update schedule for everything by tomorrow!

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[asordinaryppl]

A3! Main Story: Part 4 - Act 15: PAINFUL RE:BAKE - Episode 6: Breaking Out Of The Shell

Taichi: – Then, in that case, there’s something I’ve always wanted to try achieving!

Taichi: I… wanna try my hand at a lead role outside our company.

Taichi: I was able to stand proudly as the lead for Mantou Fist because I had all of you supporting me.

Taichi: But if I wanna work on my “individual growth”, I have to aim for something beyond that.

Taichi: I want to play the lead without the Autumn Troupe to support me, so that Taichi Nanao the actor will evolve and gain confidence.

Taichi: And also… I wanna try facing the world I once gave up on head-on again.

Azami: The world you once gave up on…?

Taichi: I didn’t have much luck as a child actor, so I wanna try doing TV dramas and movies one more time!

Sakyo: So, the film industry, huh…

Taichi: I was beaten down by the overwhelming presence of Ten-chan, who’s the same age as me, and gave up on the idea of ever becoming anything like him…

Taichi: But now that Ten-chan recognizes me as his equal and rival, I might be able to do something.

Taichi: I want to try to overcome this wall that’s existed before me for so long, improve as an actor, and contribute to our troupe!

Taichi: … Thaaat might be all talk though, ‘cause I’ve got no idea where to start from.

Banri: If you’re aimin’ for an audition, how ‘bout asking Tenma?

Banri: Generally speakin’, rather than auditioning for ‘em, leading roles in the film industry are offered to actors. The Sumeragi Agency might have some connections, though.

Banri: That’s how I got the offer for Handsome Detective, too.

Taichi: Oh, that’s true!

Juza: Handsome Detective… That was damn good.

Banri: Shaddup.

Taichi: Alriiighty! I’ll give consulting Ten-chan a try!

Azami: If that’s what we’re doing, I also got something I’d like to try.

Sakyo: I also have something I’ve been thinkin’ of challenging for a while now.

Omi: …

Taichi: Omi-kun? Are you okay?

Omi: Yeah– I need to find something to challenge myself with, like you all.

Omi: (I can't stop thinking about that that incident… I need to focus on myself.)

Banri: Then, with that said, we can split for–

Sakyo: I’ve got a suggestion I want to make.

Sakyo: Taking on challenges separately is all well and good, but we have the sequel to think about too. If we want people to come watch us perform live and on stream, we’ll have to raise our popularity as a group.

Sakyo: It’d be good for us to find something we can do as a whole, as the Autumn Troupe, in our spare time.

Taichi: Like what…?

Juza: Something like the Spring Troupe’s beginners workshop?

Sakyo: Yeah.

Azami: Lots of people participated in that, not only fans, but also people from all different walks of life. I’m sure it was a good opportunity for them to gain an interest in theater.

Juza: Should we do that too?

Banri: Nah, havin’ a bunch of rough-looking guys hold a beginners’ workshop would be crazy… We’d scare the participants off.

Azami: It’d probably be better if it had something to do with one of the Autumn Troupe’s strong suits.

Juza: Strong suits… Action?

Taichi: I see! That way, we’ll also be able to teach the basics! Sounds good!

Sakyo: We can get Yuzo-san to supervise the training menu.

Banri: We’ll need to speed things up if we’re goin’ to put a plan together and settle on it before our performance…

Omi: How about leaving the management details to me, then?

Omi: I did some planning and event management back when I worked for the photography studio.

Omi: And a while ago, Zen-san told me...

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[Flashback starts]

Zen: If you guys want to use the space for any action-oriented practice, all you gotta do is let me know.

Zen: I’ll lend it to you whenever it’s available. Let your Director know too.

[Flashback ends]

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Omi: So I can contact him as soon as possible.

Taichi: What good timing!

Sakyo: He’s as soft on us new guys as always.

Banri: I’ll leave that up to you, then.

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[7-oh-ta1]

Throws these at you with zero context:

Banri - I have to take on this world / Cause this world can't take on me / (I'm holding on) / And as the minutes count down / I'll put my trust in this world / Cause this world can't trust in me / (I won't let go) / If it's your turn to live / Then it's my turn to give it up / And if you drop the bomb / Then I'll pick it up / If it's your turn to live / Then it's my turn to give it up / And you bring the heart / Then I'll bring the beat

Juza - If only I had known about the pressure building up inside my head / I feel the distance drowning me in my own sweat / Cause I need the cold now / It's my turn to roll out all the stops / And show that I know where I have to go / I've got to find my way back / Retrace my steps / So I can prove to you that I'm alive

Omi - I'll never forget the day that my heart fell from my chest / It was the moment that I said goodbye, and I laid your body to rest / I'll never take this life for granted, I'm living it for two / And since you're always the one who sang the songs, I'll be singing this one for you

Taichi - Take one step -- have you got it in you? / You'll have to fake it like you always do / You'll have to face the consequences / That can bring you down / Don't try and play the game / Cause you could get knocked back under / Knocked back underground / So take your chances treading water in the fountain of youth! / Well now you're drowning in the water in the fountain of youth! / Well now you're floating in the water in the fountain of youth! / Well now you're poisoning the water in the fountain of youth!

Sakyo - Push back the clock / Back to when it was new to us / And knew we were true from the start / To win your heart / To keep our connection in the void / Of dissection of our words / We heard is a common collection / For those who knew what it was to survive / We will strive to fill the void / Build up all the walls that have been destroyed / We've gotten a bad name / For taking all the blame

Azami - You asked, what would I stand for? / Truth is (I stand for this!) / It’s passion perfected / Fashion neglected / A natural infection of all we have seen / It's the only way / Since we discovered we have a say / Found that the world's not as cold and grey / As our circumstances / And second chances / Living out the days

All Together - Oh, something tells me / I'm never going to live this one down / But I'm down and out / Cause if the tensions is as light as a feather / Then I'd be bored stiff / We got to mix things up a bit to keep up my interest / Sad enough to say that alone I could barely light a match / But together we can burn this place down / Sorry about the mess! / But when we team up, team up / We always seem to bring this place to the ground

[kanjukucompany]

【A3! Translation】 A3! 1st Anniversary Book: FLOWER (Q&A)

「We asked Okita-san (producer) and Suzuki-san (game director) about points of interest from the main story and backstages.」

creator Q&A featuring miscellaneous trivia about mankai! i also plan to do the other two untranslated ones ^__^

(translation under the cut)

(glitch text ignore)

Who is the first to wake up, and conversely, who is the last? (Other than Hisoka)

Tasuku wakes up earliest, and Azuma wakes up the latest. (However, when Azuma has morning practice, he wakes up and arrives to the practice room five minutes early.)

Is remodeling the dorm room walls allowed?

Actually, it's not! But since there's so many members that live at their own pace, in their own worlds, it can't be helped. The Director and the Manager gave up and just let them do whatever they want.

Have any troupe members been given nicknames by the fans?

Apparently, the number of fans using Kazunari's nicknames is increasing after seeing his daily Inste posts.

Out of the 12 dorm rooms, which one is the most lively?

Muku and Kazunari's Room 202. It's where Summer Troupe gathers, and tea parties are held... It's a room that can easily become crowded.

What was the main reason MANKAI Company had an (approximately) 10 million yen debt?

It's mainly because of the cost of maintaining the theater and the dormitory. As well as the debt from each performance. The costs could have been lower, but the manager was so hopelessly inept at making ends meet, they ended up in this situation.

Kazunari's parents have been mentioned to be pretty well known, what kind of job do they have?

His father works as a project planner for an advertising agency, and his mother is a piano instructor. Connections with Kazunari's father is also how Spring Troupe was able to appear on Veludo TV during its debut performance.

It's been mentioned that Banri's sister has already moved out. How old is she, and what's she like?

She's five years older than Banri. She doesn't sweat the small stuff, and generally has a pretty manly personality. Her face is similar to Banri's.

What kind of part-time jobs does Hisoka do?

He's pretty handy with just about anything, so he's done everything from restaurant halls to office work. He enjoyed working at a cat cafe the most.

Do they sell bromides and other goods for each performance?

They sell small goods and bromides. Kazunari is in charge of designing them, of course. Some troupe members are working hard to expand the variety of goods, but passing Sakyo's profit margin check is a difficult task.

Out of the members in year one, Sakyo is the only one who wears glasses. Is there anyone who wears contacts?

Itaru, Kazunari, Tsumugi, and Homare all wear contact lenses.

Please tell us where the actors eat during their performances.

They often eat in the dressing room or in the back of the theater. Some only drink jelly drinks and don't eat a proper meal until after that day's performances...

It seems like there would be a lot of grocery shopping. How many people usually go?

Since they shop quite often, usually 1~3 people. They keep in touch with each other via a group LIME and will sometimes help out on the way home. If they need to buy a lot, then they'll probably take a car with 4 or 5 people. There's lots of rich members, so money isn't a worry.

Please tell us where Matsukawa Isuke lives.

Actually, MANKAI dorms have an attic. He lives there. You can reach it by going up the stairs on the second floor.

Is there a curfew or any other rules like that in the MANKAI dorms?

Basically, no, but the high-schoolers would get lectured by Sakyo if they stayed out too late. Since there's night practice and dinner, no one in the troupe stays out that late.

Could you tell us the price of a ticket to one performance?

It depends on the performance, but it's generally 4500 yen for adults or 5000 yen at the door. Weekday discounts are also available.

Please tell us the members who don't sleep well. (Secretly).

I guess it's a tie between Misumi and Juza?

Please tell us what the popular spots in Veludo are.

There's actually lots of delicious sweets stores in Veludo. Donut shops with wide varieties of flavors are popular among both young and old.

Who takes the most time to get ready in the morning, and who takes the least?

People who take the most: Kazunari, Taichi, and Homare

People who take the least: Tsuzuru, Juza, and Tasuku

Please list the schools in order of distance from MANKAI dorms. (Closest to furthest.)

Ouka High → Amabi University of Art & Design → Hanasaki High → St. Flora & Yosei University. O-High is about a 10 minute walk or 5 minute drive from the dorm, but Tenma alone takes about 15-20 minutes to walk there.

The MANKAI dorms has two practice rooms, how do they decide who uses which?

The rotation is decided once a month at the leader's meeting, after each troupe has expressed their desires. Troupes with upcoming performances are given priority as they have to practice more rigorously.

Since there's only one bathroom, is there a set bathing order?

Summer Troupe, which has a lot of students, is first. Followed by Autumn, Spring, and Winter. However, since everyone has work and practice that make it difficult to to be on time, they're free to join in as they please.

Are the saving slogans Sakyo created being followed? (20 minute bathing slots per troupe, lights out at 10 pm, etc.)

Some members try to, but there's very few. Some may have just forgotten about the slogans, or were never aware of them in the first place.

MANKAI Company has a lot of student members, so how can they hold weekday performances?

On weekdays, only soirées (evening shows) are held. In addition, many of the schools are understanding of the theater's situation, and members are sometimes able to leave class early in exchange for make-up classes. (If they apply in advance.)

How are cleaning and laundry duties decided?

This is also decided once at month at the leader's meeting. Some troupe members suck at both of these tasks, so the more caring troupe members make up for them as needed.

Please tell us the male to female ratio of MANKAI Company's fans.

It's about 7:3 women to men. Since it's a male only troupe, the percentage of female fans is naturally higher. However, some members have very enthusiastic male fans.

[argonavis-hcs]

How They Will Celebrate Your Birthday

a/n: Sorry i was gone for a long time, i was celebrating my birthday and surprisingly many things happened and a short span of time. Istg weird stuff happened when you're about to age more *sigh*. So I wanna make HCs for every member of every band. So this is going to be a series of HCs. Enjoy~

Argonavis | GYROAXIA | Fantome Iris | FUURAI | epsilon phi

Tags: fem!reader (Not proofread)

He tried to bake you a cake but failed because Pon-chan ran into him excitedly when baking, even though the others tried to stop him. (I bet Banri almost fainted because all the money wasted to that failed cake)

I bet Ren planned to celebrate your birthday in Lucky Pierrot's Chinese chicken until his friends reminded him that it's your birthday they're talking about

He strolled many streets in order to find the perfect birthday present for you. He searched through the internet, ask your friends, even ask his friends to very subtly ask your friends about what kind of present do you need and want

He'll sing you his version of birthday song. Obviously.

He decided a birthday celebration under the stars will be perfect. A birthday wish upon the shooting star and the beautiful star right in front of you adorned with his sweetest smile you could ever witness

Suprise birthday celebration on the park with a few close friends. A simple picnic where he'll bring his guitar and Yuuto will sing you a birthday song

He planned everything himself (with little help here and there). The place, the cake, he even hand-made you a beautiful flower crown because you are a queen/king of his heart

After everyone left, leaving the two of you together, he'll play you even more songs with his guitar. Your head on his shoulder, enjoying the utmost attention. Yuuto will tell you how much he appreciates you through his songs and kiss your forehead at the end

Wataru will stay up all night so he can be the first person to say happy birthday to you. Exactly at 00:00 your phone will receive a text, a paragraph of birthday text worded in the most beautiful way

He will tell you to meet him after campus where you and him can eat the best cake he picked from the best bakery in town that he specifically customized the cake the way you liked it (he was in doubt at first until his friends convinced him otherwise)

Everything is carefully planned by him. He wants the celebration of your birth to be the most perfect day of your life. He'll ask you to match outfit color with his, you'll be greeted with a bouquet of flower upon arrival, you'll feel so pampered throughout day and night. Wataru wants you to look forward to the day of your birthday for the next year and the year after, with him by your side

Mr genius will bake you a cake himself despite not liking sweets. Whether it's his first time or not doesn't matter, he will succeed in baking it. Though its gonna end up too big of a cake

Although his parent is a director of a famous confectionery company, Rio's pride is too big to go there for helping him with the cake. Or he feel like he wants to put as much love and passion on the cake as he is making it for you. Just what kind of boyfriend do you take him for?

I want Wataru to be his taste tester instead (since Rio canonically dislike sweets, i hc he prolly have never made sweets either). Rio has to endure all the lecture and bickering as Wataru stuff himself with cakes and sweets made by Rio lolololol

He is a romantic. He will surprise you with those luxurious-looking kind of balloons in your room and rose petals on the bed (if you guys happen to live separately)

He likes to gift you something that last for a long time and can stay with you for most of the time. Like a watch or a bracelet with his initials or a small message behind it so you'll be the only one who can see it. It's like a secret only the two of you can know

Banri will finish his schedules as soon as he possibly can that week so he can have one relaxing day with you. He will be stuck with you the whole day and you can't say anything about it

He will pamper you and hang out with you. Basically do anything you want. Whatever it is that you wish, you shall have it. And he will fulfill it as much as he can

He will either bake you a cake himself with ingredients he prepared also by himself or buy that one cake you once eyed from outside the window glass, doesn't matter the price because it's to celebrate the day you were born, the person he loves so dearly

I feel like he is more on the private side than celebrating with close friends. He won’t stop your friends to celebrate on the next day, though. But please let this one day filled with just the two of you

He's going to give you flower— no. A pot of flower. Or a succulent. It lasts forever and he heard it's easy to maintain. Something that you could watch grow but also not going to bother any other aspects in your life (i feel like he thought about giving you a pet but afraid that it's going to be a hassle for you to take care)

He will work and save some money specifically for your present. He kept a mental note on the things you've eyed before but couldn't get. He'll make sure the present he chooses will be beneficial for you and also make you the happiest. So that there will be no way his hard work crumbles into nothing

[onigiriformisumi]

but you love me, right?

(cheater!banri x reader)

genre:angst all the way bro

warning:none really, a bit of swearing? not a lot though.

summary:you were out shopping with friends, smiling, laughing and happy, not until you saw your boyfriend having his lips all over another woman who was clearly not you.

a/n: i'm new to this writing stuff so if it's a bit cringy please bear with it. i'll take criticisms tho, i wanna get better

...

it was a year and a few months since you started to date banri. a few months ever since that confession underneath the cherry blossom tree. as cliché as it is, you decided to confess to him underneath that pink tree behind the school building. you believed in that stupid school rumor that if you confessed in that place and your love decides to accept your feelings, you will love each other for the rest of your life. but if that was true, why were you seeing 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨? he accepted your feelings underneath that damned tree so why is your vision blurring out as you watch your lover, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 banri showering another girl with his kisses and affection. a girl who wasn't you. you stood there, frozen, not knowing what to do. he hasn't seen you yet so it would be nice to just turn around, run, forget about it, act like you didn't see anything and continue with your life with banri. he didn't act cold whenever he was with you, he never showed signs of falling out of love, there was no way he'll leave you, 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? you tried to run away, but you can't. you broke down infront of your friends who were

were shopping with you, you couldn't help but cry in pure lament. people started whispering around you as your friends tried to lift you up but a familiar voice echoed through your ears in your horror

“𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆? 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴? 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?” banri's hand tried to hold your head up, you slapped it away. the person infront of you had his eyes widen, he knew it. he knew that you saw them. his heart broke into a million pieces when you stood up on your own, still shaking. you lifter your head, glaring at him with your tear filled eyes with pure hatred, no words were said but the fact that you were looking at him with that expression, that expression of shame, disappointment, hate and sadness, it hit him through his chest like a knife stabbed through his chest. he tried to hold you in his embrace repeating the word ‘sorry’ over and over again but unfortunately for him, your friends shoved him away from you. and as you were pulled away from the one you once called the love of your life, you gave him one last gaze and he's in there, in another woman's embrace. as if you didn't mean anything to him at all. you choked in your own tears, “𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙞 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩, 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡. 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙢 𝙞 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮?” you muttered to yourself. after arriving to one of the comfort rooms of the mall, one of your friends handed you a box of tissues, where did she get those? welp frick frack it, who cares? you need them tissues so you snatched it from her and tried to force a teasing smile, trying to act like yourself but to no avail. she sighed but smiled back

“𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘂𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲.” you playfully slapped her arm and thanked her for the tissues. you started wiping everywhere. you were an absolute mess. you never felt so insecure. you look so ugly and you felt so... disgusting. images of that girl with banri flooded your mind. she was beautiful, maybe even smoking hot, she had pouty lips, long eyelashes, thin waist and everything. and you? what do you have? a great personality. is that enough? no, definitely it's not, especially for men like banri. you stared at yourself in the mirror, tears blurring your vision once again.

“𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡? 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝?...” you whispered, enough for only you to hear. suddenly as you were deep in your envy hole, your phone started to ring. you knew this ringtone, it was the cuppy cake song. the one you always sang for banri whenever he wanted to sleep while using your lap as his pillow after their rehearsals and practices in the mankai company. you remembered how masumi was whining at izumi that he wanted to do whatever you and banri were doing together infront of them. while reminiscing, you didn't notice how your hand was snaking in your purse to get your phone. you answered the call without thinking and was greeted by a screaming banri, not the playful scream she was used to. but an angry scream, no— not angry. he was furious.

“𝘄𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗪?!!” you flinched at his tone. you gulped and clenched your fist, weren't you the one who was supposed to be angry? you were the one who was cheated on, not him. so what was he acting like that for?

“𝙬𝙃𝙔 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙎𝘾𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼𝙏 𝙈𝙀?! 𝙄'𝙈 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝙒𝙃𝙊'𝙎 𝙎𝙐𝙋𝙋𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙊 𝙎𝙉𝘼𝙋 𝙊𝙐𝙏! 𝙄....” your voiced cracked, tears started falling again. you felt helpless, trapped like you fell in a void with nobody to be your hero. a pregnant silence passed. you had so many things to say. you wanted to know why he thought it was cool to date two girls at once. why he was kissing another girl other than you even though he promised that you were the only one for him, even buying you promise rings. but no words left your lips.

“𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸... 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗲, 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹, 𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆... 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻. 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗶 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿—” you chuckled bitterly at his weak attempt of an apology.

“𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚. 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚. 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙚? 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞'𝙙 𝙜𝙤 𝙬𝙃𝙤𝙊 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙, 𝙞 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮.” you heard his gasp from the other line, he has never heard your sassy side before. you had always been his sweet angel, his fluffball. he was left speechless.

“𝗶'𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹. 𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀...” was the only thing he could say.

“𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝗽��𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗶 𝗯𝗲𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂” his voice was cracking, he was definitely crying, it made you feel like crying too. it made you think for a second, to forget what you saw and continue to love him but as you were thinking about it the picture of him kissing that girl in that shop hit you. no... you can't continue like this. you can't be happy like this.

“𝙞𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙧𝙞, 𝙞 𝙙𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪... 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪” you cried, you could almost hear your heart shattering, hearing your own words and banri's soft cries from the phone.

“𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆— 𝗻𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗶 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗶 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗬𝗢𝗨. 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿? 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗼, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂? 𝗶'𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲— 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀, 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗵?” he was stammering, you wanted to tell him that you were in the second floor's bathroom, just infront of that candy story you loved so much but you knew what your friends would do to him once he tries to get near you. they would murder him with words and push him away. if he doesn't listen they'll go on combat mode and you never really liked violence.

“𝙞 𝙒𝘼𝙎 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙬𝙤. 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞'𝙢 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝙞'𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙧𝙞, 𝙞 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝙞'𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮” and with that you ended the call, blocked him and went to one of your friends’ car as they drove you home. banri was still in the mall, eyes reddened as he bawled his eyes out after that conversation with you. he was hopelessly looking for you until yuki and kazunari spotted him and forced him to come back home and call it a day. he tried to go to your own apartment, basically kicking off the door, thankfully one of the old ladies who lived somewhere near your apartment spotted him and asked him to leave. you never left your home and never touched your phone which was bombarded with messages from people from the mankai company, asking if you were okay. you felt somewhat soft knowing that they have warmed up to you as you were always visiting and helping them whenever you could. you helped them cook once when omi was doing a late night photoshoot, tsuzuru visited home and everyone else wanted something else than izumi's famous curry. you lent a hand to tzusuru when he was writing a script for the winter troupe and it ended up bomb. you remembered how proud and how bright banri's smile as he kept repeating ‘that's my girlfriend's work. ofcourse it's perfect’, tears left your eyes as you punched yourself internally.

“𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮? 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡?”

[hajimariwaquartet]

jusaku for the ask game :0

MY TWO FAVORITE BLORBOS...

describe their canon relationship/dynamic i think they give off "friends who go with each other for foodtrips/rehearsal" :) they remind me of me and my friends going out to eat before/after rehearsal (while also helping/messing with each other during rehearsal)

your ideal/headcanon version of it? how does it differ from how it is in canon & why is this your favorite version? any other alternate versions of it you enjoy? i have an au where they're childhood friends, since sakuya lived next to the hyodos for about two years before moving! it's set at the beginning of their middle school and it's an au i'd love to write more about (it's also slightly referenced in this fic too!) it's my fave since i think that they deserve childhood friends so much!!!

another au i enjoy is normal juza with gekka sakuya! juza thinks sakuya's Normal but he is absolutely not normal. plus i like to think that juza empathizes with him for fighting his past (though he's definitely figured out that he's not fighting bullies), and offers support/patching up when sakuya needs it :)

what do you like about their relationship, why is it interesting or enjoyable to you? they're my faves and i just find their interactions everytime to be so sweet, like look at the first event and how much they were willing to change their chosen shop 🥺🥺 the headcanon version for me has them talk about how they see each other as strengths they'd like to have (not really realizing that they have that already)

what about the individual characters involved? what does this relationship mean to them, what makes it unique among their relationships? for juza, i think it's super meaningful that someone as cute like sakuya looks up to him (considering that he looks scary in canon :(( ). for sakuya, the fact that juza's probably as soft-hearted as him while looking/being so strong/mature is something he'd probably look up to him too :)) plus the fact that they work incredibly hard for acting, despite being deterred multiple times from it (with stuff they can't easily change)

favorite interaction they have in canon the pr event! plus those little times in the backstages they go out together to eat/hang out (shoutout to sakuya's ssr family sr backstage and juza's mankai party ssr)

favorite interaction they have in your head/a situation you want to put them in

jubansaku sleepover so banri and sakuya get adopted by the hyodo household (much to kumon's confusion) PLUS a play with sakuya in a villain role and with juza in a hero role!!

[instablamwriter]

A3! | BanIta | Domesticity

Rating: T

Summary:

Itaru is used to being a solo player but now he's doing co-op in one of the most domestic games possible.

A/N: Gift for my friend Bear!

Itaru is bewildered.

He's not new to games that are on the slow side. TBH, his go-to are competitive games or those ridiculous gacha he has to maddeningly overcome to make his wives come home, but he's not averse to the likes of simulation games such as Creature Crossing or The Bims. There's a certain peace about taking your time for once after an entire week of utilizing your single brain cell at work. Not that ranking can't be mindless, but it's so much more vulnerable to small disturbances (what he doesn't lack of, living in a dorm with 25 other people). Exploring without worrying about the meta or the best pulls? Sometimes it's the dream situation.

The thing is, he usually plays these games alone. Even with the internet friends he had met over the years, he hardly ever did more than a trade when he needed to. The games are meant to work even when you're solo, fitting him perfectly fine.

But ever since he's entered Mankai, he actually gets to have a player 2 or even player 3 or 4 by his side. Playing games doesn't have to be a solitary event where he's all alone throughout the night before the sun starts to rise.

He can confidently rely on his teammates during a raid and not have to guess how much he can trust this stranger from the internet. 

It's nice, actually.

So when Citron suggests that their little group of gamers go and start a multiplayer mode of Moondew Valley, Itaru opts in.

He’s played the game before by himself a few years back, but since then multiplayer has been added and a whole lot of other neat functions he had never seen before.

Unexpectedly, Banri went along with them, despite never having played a farming game before this.

((

“You’ve never played Farm Life? Ever? What’s wrong with you?”

“How is farming any fun? At least I could go against some strong AI in other games. What the hell would be so fun controlling some guy watering some plants?”

"Don't underestimate the joy of being a plant dad. Back in my day, you appreciated the little things."

"Dunno whether to burn you for saying you're a plant dad when you're at the bottom of the list of people Tenma would leave his bonsai too - I'm up and way above you by the way - or for admitting that you're an artifact, not that you're Sakyo-san old."

"SHHH. WHAT IF SAKYO-SAN HEARS YOU."

))

No surprise, Banri adapts to the game like a fish in water. Their weekends comprises mostly of the two of them lounging around in Itaru's room (Chikage is out, as usual), Itaru on his large gaming set-up and Banri at the table or Itaru's bed, clicking away on his laptop. Instead of their scathing remarks against each other or other players, their conversations now start off with "Can you take care of the…" and "It's mine time, baby."

NGL, Itaru thought they would taper off this kind of play early on, but now a whole year in-game has passed and they're near restoring the old community shack. 

"You're a pretty cozy player, huh."

Banri narrows his eyes. "What does that mean?"

"Nothing. It's comfy to play with you. I thought I'd be more bored." Given having played in the past and being more used to high energy battles.

"Heh, me too. Didn't think the domestic rural life suited you, Itaru-san."

Maybe it suits me with-

Wait hold on! What kind of line of thinking is he going with this?!

"Yo, Itaru-san, you okay? You're all red now."

"Shut up," Itaru grumbles. "Go and buy your upgraded sword already."

[moonstruck-writing]

Aaaahhhhh!!! Okay. Okay. I've finally read all of it and I'm so ready to comment💕 (FYI when I got the notif on my emails I just ajshaksbdkaj, it completely made my day and my weekend~ I was so excited for this and I still am✨)

Sakuya, I agree a 100%. Funnily enough I always saw him as one of the "younger" characters (although Muku is younger than him, and Yuki too...), so I never really wondered why I didn't see him dating anyone anytime soon. But I definitely see the potential for it once he grows into himself a bit more. I also feel that because of his background, he is more focused on friendship and family than romance. But that doesn't mean it can't happen in the future💕

Tsuzuru. Ah, Tsuzuru. I always felt a connection with him because he's the writer of the group (and king of overworking himself kinda? And not even realising? Just thinking it's totally normal to exhaust yourself), but I relate even more to him now 🙈🙈 [Also, I'm totally down to hearing the story you thought up for him, just saying... Even if it's a brief summary...]

He has extremely "best friend" vibes for me with Izumi, and there were some stories where I thought, wow, how comfortable they are with each other could lead to them dating (in my head, not in canon ofc), so the whole demiace thing makes so much sense!

Mmm I think I HC Itaru as aro but not ace. Like he seems to have fun with those dating sims but in a way that doesn't exactly seem romantic to me (?). I think he'd be down to have a FWB relationship if he could simply laze around and be his gamer self 🤣🙈 but also, I kinda see him being like "no sex, more gaming time", and he'd feel it's a win-win situation so🤔

I don't have an opinion on Chikage. I just- I still have some issues with him so🤐

OKAY. Muku. I'm not gonna lie, at first I was shocked, but it makes so much sense!! Also, reading his part made me think of cupiosexuality (I recently learnt about it so I may be wrong), because he likes romance so much in fiction, but he seems to only actively pursue it there. But I do agree that he may be a late bloomer (and also dealing with some self-esteem issues that could prevent him from confidently allow himself to pursue what he wants). And I totally love the QPR for him in the future 🥺

Banri, I agree a 1000%. Idk how to explain it but he always showed such "primal" energy to me (? It sounds so bad I'm so sorry). But like, I see him sort of having the same relationship he has with physical "violence" (but not like real violence, he's just a brat). He is quite physical, quite comfortable with getting in contact with others on that level, and just like he seems to be ready/need to fight, he could be kinda the same for other physical desires. However, I see him really caught up on admiring others or other platonic feelings. Even calling Izumi "director-chan" doesn't really seem flirty in a romantic way to me(?). It feels kinda cheeky but in a friendly way. Totally leans towards FWB territory. And if he finds someone he wants to spend his life with, I totally see him admiring qualities of the other person, but he would still have their back a 100% and be super loyal. Just not in a "soulmate" way but more... Partners in crime 🤣

The Azami part was so enlightening! I hadn't thought about how certain touches can sometimes lead to something more and other times they don't. Also, the "vibes" explanation, it really made me reflect.

"Sakyo is the straightest straight guy who ever lived" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 why did I find this so funny??

I have a different HC for Azuma, though. But thinking about it, maybe my idea of him is closer to ace than allo? Maybe gray? Idk, I'm confused now 🤣 reading your HCs made me realise I was subconsciously thinking of certain characters as ace without realising at all. Like, oh yeah, this makes sense for this character, that's it, no questions. Tbh sometimes it's still difficult to remember that behaviour does not equal attraction.

But I do see Azuma as someone who enjoys seducing people (on a platonic or romantic level, not necessarily physical), but that doesn't have to be linked to actual physical attraction... So idk. But I HC him as pan.

As for Guy, I'm so glad you brought this up. I think there's so much he needs to unpack before he has the sense of "freedom" (that's not the word, more like relief? But it's not that either), to allow himself the space to explore his sexuality. Maybe having a QPR would give him the space and support he needs, but also I just want all fuyugumi to move to a house and be a family together 🥺

I'm still learning about the aroace spectrum myself so my ideas may not be the best (also sometimes I kind of feel like I used to think I understood other people when I really didn't. It's been recently that I discovered someone being hot or sexy doesn't mean just aesthetically pleasing... And since I only felt aesthetic attraction, I believed everyone else was just exaggerating 🙈🙈 so I have the feeling that I may still forget sometimes that other people feel attraction in different ways).

I had a lot of fun reading this, thinking about A3!, and learning from your experiences too💖💖

How Aspec is Mankai?

This is just a list of A3 characters I feel may be on the asexual or aromantic spectrum. As an aroace myself, I always wind up looking for myself in characters. With the A3 boys, there’s very little that’s canon (that I’ve seen) about their sexualities. Some of the older boys flirt with Izumi, Sakyo canonically has a thing for her, and Yuki once mentioned that he’s into girls. That’s literally all I can remember.

Because it’s a joseimuke game, the emphasis isn’t on their love lives or sexual interests, so there’s a LOT of wiggle room for headcanons. Obviously, I’m pro-everyone’s headcanons and I love reading all of them :) Frankly, I don’t even HC what I’m writing all of the time; it’s just a sense I get. A lot of characters are here, not because I think Mankai is some kind of aspec sanctuary (although, let’s be honest, a dorm of 24 hot guys and not one of them has a partner in 3 years??? c’mon), but because my HC’s rotate around depending on what scenarios or AUs or whatever I’m playing with. I might see a character as ace one day, and the next time I play with them, I see something else. The glory of interpretation and media :)

I’m also chucking in my basic assumption on the rest of them. I’m dealing only in sexuality, not gender. I also wind up bringing a lot of my personal bias and experience into this, since I’m a sex-repulsed aroace myself. I know a lot of people don’t have these same experiences, so I want to make them clear.

Spring Troupe, IMHO, is like 65% aspec.

Sakuya: Ace, possibly/probably aro.

He’s so absolutely devoted to the guys that he seems way more into “bromance” than anything else.

I know a bunch of that is the fact that he never had a family and he just gloms onto these guys who become his family, but it’s like there’s no room in his life for anything else. He puts ALL of his energy into the platonic relationships around him and seems to have absolutely no interest in romance or other people (in a relationship way).

He’s one of the only (18+) guys who doesn’t flirt or blush around Izumi AT ALL. Even Tsuzuru (who’s next on my list) flirts, and even Juza gets flustered around her sometimes.

My guess is that because he’s so young, and so wrapped up in theatre and the guys in Mankai, he’s not even thinking about looking for a partner - in fact, he’s probably not even realizing that he’s not looking! The fact that none of the other guys have partners helps isolate him from realizing this.

Whether or not he’s aro, I do definitely see him seeking out a long-term partner (either romantic or QPR) someday - probably as he settles into himself a bit more and sees the other guys start to move into romantic relationships of their own.

I figure that if his partner was allo, he’d be a very sex-positive ace and would absolutely enjoy sex and enjoy pleasing his partner, but without a partner (or with a sex-repulsed partner), I doubt he’d give it much of a thought. (For the record, I do not have a steady HC for him about this - this one’s more theory than belief.)

Tsuzuru: Demiace. Definitely not aro.

This is 100% because of the way he evolved when I created an OC for him and dreamed up a huge story that’ll never get written down because it’s too complicated.

Thing is, like Sakuya, Tsuzuru seems absolutely clueless about romantic relationships.

I feel like it would take him a long time to realize that he didn’t seem to be “progressing” the way a lot of other guys his age were when it came to the physical side of relationships - because he hadn’t ever really had a relationship.

Like, he wouldn’t even notice that most people his age have had girlfriends or boyfriends and have had SOME kind of sexual experiences - and if they haven’t had them, they’ve thought about them.

If he bothered to think about it, he’d just decide he was too **busy** to think about it because it’s not a priority compared to working 16 part time jobs to help your family.

When he finally does get into a romantic/sexual relationship, he’s really surprised at how STRONG some of these feelings are but doesn’t really wonder about why he’s never felt it for anyone else.

(Y’know, for a guy who writes about people and relationships, he doesn’t realize how much he doesn’t know - or since he writes about platonic stuff 95% of the time, maybe he does?)

But then he realizes that his partner has some of those feelings for, like, random hot people they see on the street. Not judgey about it with them, just a little weirded out. Is way more okay with it once someone (probably the partner) helps him figure out the whole “demiace” thing.

(I 100% HC him as demi. Like, this is a standing HC that I don’t see changing for me.)

Itaru: Possibly aroace.

He could also just be lazy about other people and more into his games than anything else, or just have a low sex drive, or be ignoring it all because of his Trust Trauma.

But the fact that we see him charming the shit out of everyone around him with the Popular Prince Persona, and we hear about all the girls that like him at his job, but he only seems annoyed by them…..

If he were screwing around at his job, Chikage would have said something by now.

(Granted, this is a mostly-clean game, so WE wouldn’t hear about it - but he’d probably mention SOMETHING, like Itaru taking out one of the secretaries for a date or something. Right? Just to rub Itaru’s nose in how much he knows about him?)

(Like some of his very early backstage stories talk about the girls at work pestering him and maybe he should give one of them the time of day…but it‘s played like a joke. And later stories abandon that completely.)

So he’s not getting sex there, and he’s not going out on dates that Mankai is aware of.

BUT. He also flirts a lot with Izumi and I definitely kinda ship them in canon (and I also have an OC for him and their relationship is sexual), so….I have no real HC for Itaru, but he does sometimes give off ace vibes.

I think he might want a relationship one day, but he’s like 26 and has NEVER mentioned a former relationship. (Granted, he’s got trauma about trusting people, so that could easily play into it.) The flirting with Izumi could just be habit, part of the Prince persona….

I don’t know, he’s confusing.

Chikage: Sex-repulsed aroace.

Now, to be fair, I don’t have a great grasp of his character.

But I DO get that he’s very, very uncomfortable with women.

He could just be gay - that’s fine!

But a lot of his standoffishness, that most ppl relate to him being a spy, reminds me of me and how I relate to the world.

Like 90+% of the world is experiencing all this stuff, and exchanging energy and understandings, and I have NO IDEA WHAT THEY’RE ON.

It keeps me from wanting to connect to people, just in case. Like, I’m often nervous about being too chatty or too friendly because I don’t know if someone’s going to see me as flirting.

I dunno, maybe I just feel disconnected from people in a way that seems familiar in Chikage’s character.

But the fact that he can only be comfortable with Izumi when he stops seeing her as a woman - ie, she is now a non-sexual being to him - just hits me close to home.

He seems to want a family more than anything else. I know there’s a lot of April/August/December poly stuff out there, and cool :) To me, it seems like the emotional connection was most important to him.

(As for the others - I see Masumi as pan. He wants someone to love, someone to love him back. I don’t think gender factors into it. TBH, Citron is a complete mystery to me. I definitely think he’s into girls - he’s a MAJOR flirt! - but whether he’s also into guys or is pan or just straight, I don’t freaking know. But he’s definitely DTF.)

Summer Troupe is a little young, but here we go. Only one :)

Muku: Somewhere on the ace spectrum. Possibly aro (hear me out).

It’s the reliance on fictional media to fulfill something that’s uncomfortable in the real world.

That’s something I do, too, and it’s a really common occurrence for aces.

All of his romance is fictional.

We know that girls like him, but he doesn’t seem to realize they exist - yet he still wants to be someone’s prince!

To get your “crushes” only on fictional characters (or in your imagination) without realizing it, because you will never be required to DO anything to/with them.

To take all your cues on romance from fiction because RL romance is uncomfortable, makes no sense, or both.

Like, all of the allos I know had crushes on real life people. If you asked them to put together a list of people they wanted to sleep with - or even just kiss! - that list would include a mix of fictional people, celebrities, and people they know in real life.

The funny thing is, because he’s SO obsessed with fictional romance, I think most people wouldn’t see him as aro. But I’m aro and I’m 100% obsessed with fictional romance lol.

I have romantic OCs for most of the characters I like in fiction, I read romance novels, I play otome games religiously.

But I don’t want any of that in real life.

It’s possible Muku is the same.

Muku is 100% obsessed with fiction, and doesn’t seem to even SEE that girls are around him or like him.

However, BECAUSE of his fascination with being someone’s prince one day, I’m hesitant to truly HC him as 100% anything.

He may simply be oblivious and daydreamy and a late bloomer.

If he IS on the ace spectrum, he’d  probably be like Sakuya or Tsuzuru (you know, when he’s NOT A MINOR) - possibly Demi and/or very sex-positive and into pleasing his partner.

If he is aro, he still wants a QPR with a lifetime partner. He still wants to be someone’s prince.

(Yeah, everyone else in Summer Troupe is gay or bi. Sorry, but I don't make the rules.)

Banri: I see Banri as Aro, but not Ace.

To be honest, I don’t know why.

It’s just the vibe I get from him.

Like he doesn’t need or want anyone but himself.

Currently, probably because he’s still young, he’d be way more into FWB or casual dating, but probably not too much into random hookups.

Too much trouble, too much dancing around and getting drinks.

Just text a FWB, meet up, do the do, go home.

Or go out with his casual date partner, see a concert or play, go to the arcade, grab a bite to eat, whatever, THEN do the do and go home.

*shrugs*

Take it up with the manager.

May wind up with a partner, may not.

I don’t see it bothering him if he’s alone, he’s perfectly content in his own company.

He’s found something he’s passionate about that takes up his time and pushes him to do better; that could easily be enough for him.

Even if he does find someone that he loves enough to want to commit to, I can’t see him being **in love** in the way most other people are.

Azami: Sex-repulsed aroace.

Technically, there's a lot of reasons I feel this, but also a lot of reasons why this is a hesitant HC.

Is too young for me to truly want to HC him, but that desperate aversion to witnessing or being a part of physical affection is VERY sex-repulsed ace.

I will literally fast forward through sex scenes in movies, skip the pages in books, whatever.

Sometimes I’m cool with sexual contact in media (hello fanfic), but I’m always uncomfortable with it in real life.

Now, for Azami, this could also be his age combined with a restrictive upbringing.

But the thing that always makes me pause about Azami is that he seems to equate ALL physical touch to sexual touch.

“No sex til marriage” makes sense, but no hand-holding?

That only seems to make sense if you’re making hand-holding a sexual thing, or ALWAYS a step on the ladder TOWARDS sexual things.

Like, 3-year-olds hold hands. Obviously that’s not sexual.

But the moment it’s between two people of sexable age, he freaks out.

And, as someone who is a sex-repulsed ace, I always got really confused about physical affection when I was dating (before I knew this about myself).

Is my boyfriend holding my hand just being sweet? Is his kiss on the cheek just that? If we cuddle, is that physical contact permission for his hands to start wandering?

Every single act of physical affection became a (potential) gateway to sexual actions because I couldn’t understand or sense the difference.

There WAS no difference to me. The “vibes” that indicate the difference to allos is missing in me.

Sometimes a kiss was just a kiss, sometimes it was more, and I flat-out couldn’t understand intention through the subtlety of just physical touch.

Everything is the same to me, so EVERYTHING is potentially sexual. And therefore, every form of physical touch became a danger zone.

It seems to me that the same thing is true for Azami - literally every physical interaction is a sexual interaction, because he can’t ever see that it’s NOT.

So while I don’t HC Azami as ace necessarily (only he can say that, and his behavior is confusing), I wouldn’t be surprised if he was.

As for aro or not, I have no idea, because I think the desperate desire to avoid physical affection is clouding the issue.

(I figure Juza as pan, Taichi thinks he’s straight until he realizes he’s in love with Yuki, Omi as bi, and Sakyo is the straightest straight guy who ever lived.)

Azuma: Ace, not aro.

The opposite of Azami.

All touch is non-sexual touch.

All flirting is non-sexual flirting.

Both of these things wind up being masking behaviors.

Like Itaru, Azuma seems to have people buzzing around him regularly.

If he wanted a sexual relationship, I feel like he'd have one. Pretty easily.

He jokes about things, but it seems more like everyone assumes things about him and his relationships and he just . . . lets them.

He even goads them on a little bit, but it all seems really jokey. Not serious at all.

While we have the word “asexual”  going back to the early 70’s (and probably further), it wasn’t a really common LGBT+ word until, I’d say, the mid-to-late 2000s.

While Azuma’s age is unknown, we know he’s older than Sakyo, so that would probably put him around 35 IMO.

That means he was coming of age in the 90s and early 2000s. He was also, very heavily, a loner.

He had no adults in his life to guide him, no one to confide in.

What are the odds he would come across that word in his teens and early 20s?

All he knows is that he’s different, maybe even broken.

All these things he’s supposed to be feeling, especially since he makes his living via close physical contact, are missing.

Might blame his trauma.

So he flirts heavily but keeps his distance, to mask the actual lack of attraction he feels.

He lets people believe what they want about his former profession, but it’s probably one reason he was so popular as a cuddler…all the women felt safe even if they didn’t know that was the reason.

I’m guessing he’s sex-neutral - sex is a take-it-or-leave-it thing to him, and he’s mostly had one-night stands, and almost entirely to avoid spending the night alone rather than for the sex itself.

By the time someone (possibly Tsuzuru, as he figures it out about himself) brings the concept to him, it’s a shock to him that asexuality is just…a sexuality like any other.

He’s not broken.

I think he would still want a partner (he doesn’t want to be alone!), but whether that was one all-consuming love, or a polycule, I don’t really know.

I just know he wants love and romance in his life.

(I do not HC this all of the time - for some reason, canon Azuma gives me ace vibes, but my personal fanon Azuma doesn’t. Given that I’m about the same age as Azuma, I might be projecting my own history and trauma about feeling broken onto him.)

Guy: now, I refuse to HC Guy as ace, but he needs his own space here anyway because I have An Issue. (To be fair, I have not seen ANYONE in the A3 fandom do this to Guy!!!! But I feel like it needs to be said anyway.)

He, like some of the others, shows absolutely no interest in romance or sex.

BUT.

He’s repressed pretty much everything in order to survive his trauma growing up.

He made himself into an android - an android would be both asexual and aromantic.

I think he’s still healing from that and, at some point, will have to address his own sexuality.

Because I don't think even he knows what his sexuality is.

He may wind up being ace, but even if he is, that ace-ness needs to be separate from the whole android thing.

There’s so much that’s problematic about taking someone who thought they were a robot and diving right into “hur hur not wanting sex makes you a robot!”

It’s a false equivalency and it’s potentially damaging to the ace community, so I’m not having it here.

I think Guy’s history is really really sad, and I think the fact that he probably has no idea what his sexual/romantic orientation is is also really really sad.

HCing him as ace would feel (TO ME) damaging and disrespectful to the character.

I have NO doubt there’s aces out there who relate to him or like him because of the ace vibes and that’s peachy :)

He becomes a comfort character at that point.

However, the immediate jump society makes to “hur hur robot” or “hur hur plant” or any of the “you don’t like sex? you must not be human!” jokes?

Kinda done with it.

I’m saying what I want to say very badly, so I hope I’m not offending anyone here.

(As for the rest - Tsumugi is bi, Tasuku is definitely gay af, Hisoka is pan, and I can’t help but see Homare as straight for some reason (I KNOW I’m in the major minority here!) - but panromantic and with a low libido/mild touch aversion. Like I could see him and Azuma in a sexless romantic relationship or part of fuyupoly. Totally happy with the romance/family, not inclined to care about not having sex.)

And there we have it!

@moonstruck-writing seemed really enthused about this, so - tag!

[icharchivist]

actually it’s hilarious that the ranking for a3′s current event, to get Hisoka’s SSR, are filled with people begging for sleep now. We are all losing sleep for the one character who sleeps the most, while we’re probably all the type to relate to how sleepy he is. dedication really.

[argonavis-hcs]

Can i ask for argonavis with a shy and introverted s/o please?? Thankss😉😉

Argonavis with Shy and Introverted s/o

Pairings: Ren Nanahoshi x reader; Yuuto Goryo x reader; Wataru Matoba x reader; Rio Kikyo x reader; Banri Shiroishi x reader

Author's note: Hi, anon! Thank you for requesting and sorry for the slow updates. This request is so cute i hope you guys enjoy it~

Genre: fluff

Warnings: none

Birds of the same feather flock together, no?

Karaoke dates just the two of you UwU

Both of you understands each other's struggle when it comes to socializing

Sharing the stuff you two most passionate about no judging involved

Being with Ren gives you utmost comfort you couldn't find any other

The two of you would often have a sleep-over. Doing fun stuff like baking cookies, watching movies, sing (Ren wanted to keep singing but he's too sleepy), and many cute stuff couples do on sleep over

Giving each other special keychains so you and him won't feel as lonely when apart

His mother (most likely his entire family) knows, love, and approve your relationship with baby Ren

Pon-chan approves too! What if Pon-Chan love you simply because he thinks you're Ren...

You'll cheer him from the backstage on lives. Ready to be his #1 support and a hug source after the live

"Wow... He's so.. energetic..." Is your thought every time he ask you to go somewhere with him out of nowhere

He always makes you smile and feel comfortable around him. Whether he does it on purpose or not

He can't help but feeling like he just got shots of caffeine when seeing you smile at him instead of shying away

All the Nappolin in the world could not compare to you

You would hide behind him when he's talking to someone you don't know. With your hand holding on to his jacket

His heart would go ba dump ba dump doki doki when you do that (WHAT AM I SAYING LOL)

I hc him as a guy that can be shy too but cover it with his optimistic self

He was so ecstatic when you agree to date him and can't wait to drop the news to other Argonavis member. Fortunately you managed to stop him so you could mentally prepare yourself to meet the others

He looks like the type of guy who doesn't want to put more pressure on you or anything so he often hide his feelings with his cheerfulness. But you've lived long enough to read people's emotions so you'd sit him down and ask him to talk about his days. He'll lay his head on your lap and let his emotions go

He would list down all the things that will make you uncomfortable so none of those will happen as long as he's around

Mother Wataru.exe has activated

Bring cakes to your house for cake-tasting n chill together

Remember that one meme where person A is hugging/holding person B and then says, "If anything happened to B, I would kill everyone in the room and then myself.."

Overall a very doting boyfriend. Thinks 3 steps ahead and always prepared

You want to recharge your energy? He's ready to take you home. You crave your comfort drink? Here, he knows you'll ask for it. You want to eat dessert? Good thing he always have more since he thinks of you a lot

You could talk to him about anything and he'd always have advice for it. Or a find a way to help you figure things out

He would slip little poetic notes in your bag, books, anything. At first it's because he doesn't want you to get uncomfortable in front of him from that, but he still do it even if you've opened up to him now

A tease

But barely does it. When he does he'll apologize

Doesn't really matter if you're shy and introverted or happy-go-lucky and extroverted. He can handle it

Somewhat like Wataru minus the worry

He wants you in the room when he compose a new song. He said he wants to hear your opinion but he actually just want your company

And you love hearing him play. So it's a win for both of you

Honestly, he'd let you do whatever you want

He'd even dotes on you but in a reasonable amount

Can also be strict when he feels like you really need it. Such as when you barely touch the sun because you don't want to see people, he will drag you out himself

Will apologize with a big pot of curry later

Not a man of words, but a man of action

Hand in marriage please???

hOh you're introvert? A shy one at that? Most likely prefer home dates? YOU ARE PERFECT FOR HIM

Imagine all the money he could save up by spending time with you inside rather than outside!!

But he loves to shower you with little gifts as often as he could. You're the only person outside family that he'd treat like that

Do you love stargazing? He would be happy to take you there. He knows just a place

He gives so much of positive energy that you forgot the world outside the two of you exist

He's a simp. Would praise you whether you're present or not

But you not aware that he's doing it when you're not around. Imagine how red your face would be if you found out

Sometimes you get sad when he's not around due to his part-time works and band practice. Nevertheless, you still communicate with him whenever he can

[icharchivist]

I can't believe they're making azami do a portrait in one (1) week, perform it infront of an audience, AND he has to get first place in order to get into Mankai. This is a fourteen year old kid my dudes. Who gives a shit if he has ulterior motives about joining.

Banri joined because he wanted to fight juza, Itaru for a room, and chikage joined because he wanted revenge on hisoka. Oh wait that's right, hisoka joined because he had nowhere else to go. Just like azami. Literally there has not been a troupe that had a member with no ulterior motives.

Masumi (joined so the director falls in love with him???), itaru, and chikage from spring.

Misumi was literally homeless and escaping an abusive family.

Banri, and taichi was a mole.

Hisoka was also literally homeless and had no memories.

Obviously misumi and hisoka are vastly different circumstances but still.

Also I get that they're a famous troupe now and need to have standards but this is excessive.

Sorry I ranted hahaha I just became very annoyed with yuzo and sakyo and think they're being very unfair towards azami. Like dudes come on the is a whole ass kid. Cut him some slack he doesn't want to live with his Yakuza dad

oh yeah i totally hear you that's quite unfair. Like Azami just needs a home guys djdhdk

i think it's just that Sakyo is extremely well, sort of severe with him because assisting Azami in running away puts him in a delicate situation regarding his father and he wants to see if Azami is even ready to dedicate himself to it. not to mention that if Azami joins, considering the whole family knows about Sakyo's plays, it WILL be discovered where Azami is and that Sakyo has been covering for him. and it could put Izumi in a difficult situation as well.

so in a way i can kind of understand why Sakyo is a bit stricter about it? there's a bit more at stakes from allowing Azami in and the question is, does Azami wants it enough for it to be worth the risk?

as for Yuzo i think it comes both from the fact he particularly dots Sakyo and will probably arrange for him, and the fact he's been holding Autumn to a different standarts because they're all butting heads as it is. plus the portraits were originally a way to test if they were ready to be serious too because none of them put themselves in their acting before that. i think it's not for nothing Banri almost quited because of the portrait making him face he wasnt serious about it, and for Taichi everyone could tell his portrait was shallow and it ended up an indication of how much distances he put with them until he did his real portrait.

it is unfair Azami has to go through this whole trial to even be admitted considering the rest had to discover as they went.

tho at least in the list of people who joined with ulterior motives, Misumi, Hisoka and Chikage were really good at acting so they got a pass (and Chikage's true intentions were unknown when he joined, he pretended to be a theater fan), Masumi was decent he got a pass and the company was at stake but Yuzo did call him out on the fact he had to stop thinking about Izumi if he wanted to act, and well, Itaru was torn to shred with Yuzo telling him to quit, which he almost did. Banri&Taichi re what i just said. in the end they all mostly got a pass because the future of the theater stood on the fact they had to be there.

but yeah like it's still unfair!! Azami remains a kid running away from his toxic and controlling father. while the portrait itself is a challenge i understand because of what i just said, having him score first place is still so unfair. maybe an indication of how much Sakyo can trust him that if he is really serious he'll manage, but unfair regardless.

especially since more than him joining the company it's kind of his safety as a runaway kid on the line so it sucks they set him up to such higher standarts.

And the fact he could just as much learn to live acting if he was allowed to join and it sucks to stop him from experiencing himself if he can discover something to like here.

though i think it does fit the thematic explored in that specific arc and with Azami's struggles so at least narrativewise it serves it's purpose

but i get your annoyance yeah dkshsk