#implied lol these were drawings from a very specific and detailed image to write my thoughts about them on. cut for time

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[YUKAESO ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION POST 2/2]

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Second on the celebration list is the fic details I liked! Just pretty much rambling about certain parts of my writing and pointing out details I liked. I'm going on prompt order, of course :3c Because the fics aren't a static image, I'll only talk about my top 3 favorites with the excerpt. For days 5-7, I need to make it into a reblog, so you'll see it later.

Before we continue, I just want to give a shout out to my older sibling who not only had to hear me complain about my drawings and how hard planning them were, but proof-reading all of YukaEso week and giving feedback. Thank you so much. (Sorry for making you deal with me lol)

Also! Because this is talking about my fics, there will be spoilers! (Duh) I'm writing everything like you know what happens in the fic.

(Word count: 1728 words)

Day 1, Rain~!

I made sure to pay very close attention to the shoe-wearing part. Weird, I know, but I wanted to make sure people wouldn't get confused even though as the writer, I was skim reading that all the time. I kept checking it over and over for both Yuka and Esora if they successfully wore their shoes. Lol.

Throughout the fic, some parts with temperature (Esora realizing her and Yuka are sharing an umbrella and the rain hitting her shoes) are slight references to actual thermodynamics. My older sibling told me about it while they read because it reminded them of thermodynamics. From what I recall, they told me that when someone's hands feel cold, it might be because the person who touched them has hot hands. Of course, I was kind of confused with the explanation decided to use that confusion with Esora and made her wonder if what she felt was real.

This part -- and actually the whole fic in general -- was inspired by Monthly Shoujo Nozaki-kun. Specifically, the part when him and Sakura were under the rain. Most of the rain parts were written while I sifted through my many memories being under the rain, specifically in the Philippines. It was easy writing how cold it was because I think this was being written around the end of Autumn/Fall, so I was really in the mood.

I love that paragraph so much. Sorry, lol. Esora knows she'll separate from Yuka (in terms of when the rain stops they'll stop being huddled up so closely and Esora having to go home) so she wonders if the rain will stop because it got lighter. She takes note of how close Yuka is so she doesn't forget about this moment. All of this connects to the sentence after the paragraph; time is passing, but Esora can still stick close to Yuka. I don't know, I just found that nice.

This is the last part of the fic, and because I made Esora spend the whole fic blushing and being nervous around Yuka, I decided to turn the tables at the end by making Esora hold Yuka's hand. Esora was too busy being embarrassed she didn't realize she also made Yuka feel the same way. I wanted to make sure people remember that both Yuka and Esora can tease each other and it can work on each other. Yeahhhhh :D

That's all for day 1, onto day 2! Gift!

Okay, one thing I'm glad about was finally being able to write Maika (yippeeeee!!!!) because she's one of the special-est "oc" ever to me. Like, ahhhhh she's there!!! People know what she looks like to me!!! Yayyyyyy Anyway, explaining the outfits was so fun, even though I based most of it off the deja boon outfits. Maika's was based off my own wardrobe/how I would've dressed for the occasion.

Maika, in general, was such a joy to write in this fic. I want to write her more in the future. I love the trope when someone has a younger sibling and the sibling is both a Certified Moment Ruiner and a Wingman. (Not inspired by me in the slightest.)

Another is the fact I imply Yuka's pockets are so huge, she fit a whole instant camera in there. My reasoning in my head was that her dad bought her one with big pockets (one that specifically can fit a whole damn instant camera). It was an error on my part (I should've visualized the camera more) but it's a funny one.

Okay, so this part, is actually a really niche love live reference (somewhat). Eli Ayase's English VA (Erica Lindbeck) voices a lot of women I like. Funnily enough, Yuka was voiced by the English VA of Eli's younger sister, Alisa Ayase! (Brianna Knickerbocker). So, I wanted to make this reference by making a reference toward Eli with Maika because of that. If people caught this as they read, I would respect you a lot.

Maika's mutterings in English were inspired by myself and my younger sister. Every time we something that mildly annoys us or something romantic, we mutter it in Tagalog so people don't notice. I like to think the Sasago sisters do this when Yuka gets better with English (lol).

Okay I just realized all of the facts I wanted to explain with images involve Maika. Whatever, anyway, Maika was a liar here. There wasn't a line at the bathroom, she didn't even use the bathroom for the amount of time she left. She finished using it but noticed Yuka was, erm, "gaying" it up so she stayed near the restroom for her older sister's sake.

Last one, this time no image: I love the paragraphs on Yuka's gift. It sound pretentious, but the way I wrote just makes me hooked. I love imagining the photos and how they would be framed all the time; I think it's because it's YukaEso though.

Anywho, Day 3! Holding-haaaaaaaands <3

Before I start, I'll start with a little digression: This was inspired by me fainting and me going to my first con (especially the con part). While I was writing this, it has been a few months after I went and remembered all that I did with my one Friend(tm). (iykyk) and was like "OH! I can use that as my premise with Yukaeso!" and did not think about the implications of that until months later. So, yeah. It's a bit sweet to read because it reminds me of all the fun things I did but also the stupid embarrassing stuff I did with that friend. (I'll go more in depth later on.)

This is referencing MagiRevo yes. Specifically Anisphia and Euphyillia because of the collaboration event. I'm still not over it by the way....

This part was taken from when I was with my Friend. I wanted to get love live keychains and she bought them for me with her money (orz...) I still feel a little in debt to her for that (and the other stuff she bought). Unlike me, Yuka didn't get it, so yeah. I didn't want it to be too similar to my experiences.

Connected to the next one but: The Ibuki Doujinshi Part. Why did I put it? Because I needed something funny. I remembered the Ibuki fan club existed so... yeah :3 (I like affectionately bullying Ibuki). Also there's a Jun7 reference that's hella obvious in the text.

Of course, I had to do this type of thing. I think I haven't ever told anyone this, but the way I write is by having a vague idea, then making shit up on the spot. Everything you see written was made up on the spot, while I was walking home from school or discussing what to do with my older sibling. Yeah. Oh and the thing with Esora's legs shaking was inspired by the few times I got surprised by something. One time I was so surprised my legs were shaking like crazy.

Also: when Esora was about to faint, I had to REALLY dig in my memories on what I felt like before fainting and mixing it in with what it was like in that con. It's vague now because it's been a year since it happened, but while I was writing at that point in time it was really easy. I also had to remember what it was like when I was recovering, so yeah.

SOOOO! I'll stop talking now, onto day 4! Au!!

It's not a secret I based off this whole fic after the Make My Song episode of First Mix. After all, this is a Roleswap AU with RinRei. I'll save the explanation but because I couldn't exactly get into how Rinku thought during the episode I had to make inferences and figure out what Yuka would do in Rinku's situation; same with Esora, but with some intricacies.

Yuka really wants to be useful to Peaky compared to her original self. Especially with the fact I took that detail of Muni not being noticed compared to the other Happy Ara members and made it Yuka's reason to help Kyoko and Shinobu find a designer. I'm kind of spoiling my Yuka essay, so I'll stop here.

Before the next part, I'll just say here that the hardest part for me to write in this fic was Yuka trying to figure out what kind of outfit to do and actually explaining what Esora does in her class. It was a pain trying to think of it but now? It really adds an extra amount of world building that I like a lot :3

I feel like Yuka would sort of forget that Esora is in the school. Not in a bad way, but more like she would forget that the daughter of the Shimizu Group goes to Yoba because it's been three years. She would know the name is familiar but can't place why. Out of Kyoko, Shinobu and Yuka, Yuka was the only one who knew that Esora was going to the school in middle school.

I couldn't do it here but fuck it, I'll say it here. I actually wanted Yuka to part away Esora's hair, but then I remembered I needed the photo for a very important part later on. Instead, I imply her yearning. Also yes the top half is what I depicted in the picture in my drawing for this day.

This part was very much based off Make My Song. The first few lines of dialogue were taken from the episode and adjusted to fit the members of Peaky. I never said this before so: In this AU, Kyoko would be swapped with Muni and Shinobu with Maho. Other than Esora, Kyoko is the closest to Yuka in Peaky and Shinobu being swapped with Maho is because of DJing. (There's more but I'll keep it short.)

Unlike Rinku, Yuka's a fumbling mess. (Affectionate) Yuka made her relationship with Esora start as co-workers or partners in a business (I help you, you help me) compared to Rinku and Rei making theirs a teacher-disciple relationship. (I teach you, you remind me the joys of beginning) so the way Yuka refers to Esora would be different. Instead of "Rei-chan-sensei" like with Rinku, Yuka calls her "Shimizu-sama". Though, unlike Rinku, she does it on accident.

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V Watches MagiReco - Episode 9 Review

*Spoilers for Magia Record Anime Episode 9*

I... have mixed feelings about this episode O___O While some parts were definitely well-done (like, REALLY well-done), there were some others that left me a bit underwhelmed and wanting something more?

Don’t get me wrong, by no means was it not a good episode, because it was. But I’m gonna try my hardest to pinpoint why I felt that while some parts were amazing, others really could have been done better.

The phone conversation with Iroha and AI had some top-notch imagery going on in the background. As expected of a PMMM spin-off, every single frame probably has some deep and profound symbolism if you really wanted to pause and analyse each one. There’s never a dull moment on screen; even when all that’s happening is a phone conversation, they know how to hold your attention by giving your eyes a feast with that amazingly trippy and surreal kind of art style that PMMM is known for.

I, too, was a bit disappointed that Madoka and Homura didn’t show up, and by the looks of it, they probably won’t be making their appearance during Sana’s arc at all, which makes yet another major deviation the anime has made. But it’s not that huge of a deal to me because I know they’ll appear at some other point and I’m sure they had their reasons for making this change (hopefully for something better!). I’m happy to let the new characters take the spotlight; I actually think it’s a better choice than constantly relying on the Holy Quintet to build hype and satisfy the fans, which could actually draw attention and focus away from the main plot sometimes. This is how I personally feel, at least ^^;;

That being said, although I didn’t mind Madoka and Homura not being there, I did have some issues with Iroha’s entrance into the Rumour. It just happened... way too quickly and suddenly? I expected a bit more dialogue between the characters, especially since Yachiyo’s expression and comment about jumping off the tower not killing magical girls should have been a big indicator that she knows something (wink wink). I think that might have been a good chance to foreshadow the reveal that comes with Chapter 6, and maybe add a bit more mystery to Yachiyo’s unrevealed past. But the biggest problem I had with this scene was the way Iroha jumped lol. She just... jumped. Like it was no big deal. And it was even weirder because she technically “fell” while reaching out to catch Lil’ Kyubey, but there was hardly any reaction xD She also happened to be in the middle of a sentence while talking to Yachiyo LOL clearly that “jump” wasn’t a planned or prepared one xD I just really felt like the dialogue wasn’t finished or something was cut somewhere in there? They were talking and suddenly down she goes. I know I probably sound extremely nitpicky and this is just a minor detail that doesn’t really make much difference to the story (none at all, in fact), but I just found her apathy somewhat unrealistic and strange, which broke the immersion for me during what should have been a very crucial and heart-pounding moment. Unless Iroha’s just super brave and isn’t afraid of heights at all? Maybe? xD

Anyway, back to the positive stuff! Sana’s backstory was depicted really well. Again, absolutely amazing visuals (I especially liked the use of shoes and dinosaurs). And Sana’s bond with AI was portrayed even better than in the game, in my opinion. It was the most heartwarming and bittersweet relationship, and it’s amazing to see how AI slowly changes in Sana’s company. By the way, their chess game with little puppies and kittens was adorable omg x) I’d love to write more on Sana and AI, but I don’t really have anything specific to say except that I just really, really loved how their relationship was portrayed. Definitely the best part about this week’s episode.

And now comes my biggest complaint: Alina’s debut. As one of the most popular and interesting MagiReco characters, I’m sure the entire fandom was looking forward to how the anime would go about introducing her. I don’t know if I just set my expectations too high or anything, but her entrance was extremely underwhelming for me. And a lot of the reasons were exactly the same as my dissatisfaction with Iroha’s jump: too rushed and too many missed opportunities. She just kind of appeared out of nowhere, and while I do appreciate the “shock value”, what annoyed me was the lack of of a proper “introduction” she got. AI stated her name, and Iroha questioned if she was a member of the Wings of Magius, but we didn’t get any answers. There was no explanation on who she was or what she was doing there, how she got in and what her relationship with AI was. Game players would know, of course, but I’m concerned that anime-only viewers will have no idea what’s going on and probably also have no idea that they just met one of the most important and popular characters of the franchise right now. Essentially, they’re just gonna be seeing a very flamboyant and crazy girl enter and wreck havoc but with no explanation about why she was doing what she was doing or what her connection was with the current situation and the bigger picture of the plot thus far. She just comes in and steals the spotlight, and while game players know that she definitely deserves the spotlight given who she is, anime-only viewers are probably going to be left wondering why this random green girl just came in, who the heck she is, and why everything is about her all of a sudden.

Another crucial piece of information that got lost in that very rushed and chaotic introduction was the fact that Alina actually used the word “Doppel”, which is the first time the term has been dropped in the anime. But again, no one even responded or reacted in any way (at least do the cliche thing where the protagonist repeats “Doppel?” or something LOL), but no she just keeps rambling on and yet another crucial piece of information is lost in the shuffle. What makes it possibly even more confusing is that her Doppel really doesn’t look like the Doppels we’ve seen so far; it could pass as her shooting random bits of paint-like oozy stuff instead, so I’m really struggling to see how anime-only viewers are going to make that connection and put the pieces together.

And if her entrance was underwhelming, then her “exit” was probably even worse lol. She just... disappears xD It’s quite anticlimactic considering how it looked like we were gearing up for Sana vs. Alina, and then she just suddenly gets kicked out lmao. I get that she’ll be back really soon, but it still felt way too abrupt? I think my main gripe about everything to do with Alina’s debut can be summed up in two words: too rushed. There’s so much about her character that’s interesting and vital to the story, but everything either gets glossed over really quickly or just dropped here and there with no response from the other characters. Even if they didn’t want to get into details right away, which is also fine, they could still have slowed down and built up some mystery and tension so that we’ll want to find out more about her because we’re interested and curious, and not because we have no idea what’s going on. Her appearance should have brought some answers to the questions raised throughout the story thus far, but instead she just brought more confusion and chaos lol.

But her entrance wasn’t all negative! They absolutely nailed her mannerisms. Basically everything that makes her so infamously crazy was delivered flawlessly. Her expressions, her movements, her voice, her speech, her word choice... she definitely entered with a BANG and she’s no doubt going to leave a deep impression on viewers, whether they understand her deal or not lol. The voice-acting was also top-notch, as expected of her seiyuu. Alina’s one of those characters where you really need to hear her speaking and see her moving to experience the full extent of her "charm”, and I’d say the anime definitely delivered in that respect and portrayed her uniqueness in a strong and memorable way, so props to them for that :D

^ I really wanted to use this image for this week’s review, but it’s technically Sana’s episode so I stuck with Sana xD Oh, and another thing I definitely loved about her entrance was hearing her saying so many of her lines from the game battles ^^

... Wow I just rambled and ranted for four whole paragraphs about Alina’s introduction, sheesus... Onto some other stuff now, shall we? ^^;;

One of the most interesting things to me about AI was how her appearance changes to become more and more like Sana. This is another example where the anime is able to illustrate things that the game isn’t capable of, and while I’m not sure if it’s a change or I simply missed it in the game because of the static AI sprite, I definitely liked this little detail. It not only shows how AI slowly becomes more and more human, but also highlights the fact that her form resembling Sana implies the influence that Sana has had on her. Sana is all AI has really ever known about humans and the “real” world, and all the human feelings and emotions she gains are because of Sana. It makes perfect sense that when she takes on a more human-like appearance, it’s going to resemble Sana in some respect. The little detail with the crown near the end was also really sweet ;___;

I really do think “mixed feelings” is the best way to describe my overall impression of this week’s episode xD Sana’s backstory and her relationship with AI had me in tears, but Iroha’s jump and Alina’s debut definitely had me raising my eyebrows a few times. I can overlook the Iroha part as just me being nitpicky over a trivial detail, but I really do hope that they step up their game with Alina next week. They definitely did her justice on a surface level, but in terms of her significance and relevance to the plot, not so much. She’s such an important character and her appearance marks a major plot point, so I hope we get the explanations and clarifications needed soon.

I have even higher expectations for next week, since not only is the showdown with Alina something I’ve been looking forward to for a while, but I’m also hoping that they “rectify” some of the issues this week lol. Fingers crossed that Alina gets some better writing, and they continue doing the amazing job they’ve done so far with Sana’s story! ^^

Sorry I’m so much more “negative” this week compared to how I usually am with my reviews, but I was looking forward to Alina’s appearance so much and was really sad to feel any ounce of disappointment :( Hopefully next week’s review will be back to just me fangirling throughout hehe~