#this is from salaryman exorcist

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BLUE EXORCIST FANS

im here to show you:

baby yukio and shiemi

[mayhemmaybe]

[lgbtqmanga]

New Releases Oct. 11, 2022

Black and White: Tough Love at the Office vol. 1 by Sal Jiang

Sparks (and fists) fly in this violent yuri love story.

Shirakawa Junko is headed for the top of the corporate ladder in the Overseas Investor Department at the bank where she works–until Kuroda Kayo transfers over from Corporate Sales. Kayo is another all-star employee, and she has a foreign university degree to boot. When Kayo and Junko are assigned to work together, their heated rivalry reaches critical mass. Whether they’re banging each other’s heads or simply banging each other, these two office rivals are ready to go at it!

Black or White vol. 5 by Sachimo

Shige has decided to costar in a drama with Tatara, a veteran actor his boyfriend Shin adores. Tatara has made it known he thinks Shige is only going to drag Shin down as an actor. Wanting to prove him wrong, Shige puts on a performance to rival that of his far more experienced costar. Meanwhile, Shin’s best friend, idol Hanasaki, reveals to the public that the two are friends as a way to pursue his own agenda!

Hyperventilation by Bboung Bbang Kkyu 

Myongi and Sunho haven't seen each other since they were 18 years old. Now 27, they run into one another at a high school reunion, and the romantic feelings they had for one another come rushing to the surface. But are they the same people now that they were back then? This book contains sexual content and is intended for an audience aged 18 years and up.

I’m in Love with the Villainess vol. 5 (Light Novel) by Inori, Hanagata

THE LOVE THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

Rae and Claire saved the world for each other. Now they must fight to keep it. As they lead the united forces of their kingdom and its neighbors against the demon threat, they begin to uncover strange and unsettling secrets. The hidden truth of the world has devastating implications not only for the lives of everyone they hold dear, but their very selves. The thrilling conclusion of the second arc!

FINAL VOLUME

Last Gender vol. 1 by Rei Taki

Welcome to BAR California, a place for you to reveal your true self.

People of different genders, propensities, and sexual orientations gather at a certain chic bar that’s hidden from the public eye. While some come in search of themselves, others step into the establishment looking for sex and love. There are as many sexualities as there are people, and the patrons’ stories intertwine as they struggle to find happiness. A bisexual trans woman who’s been hurt by the voices of others wishes she had a “normal” relationship; a married, middle-aged salaryman secretly expresses his female side; and a pansexual cis guy is on the lookout for true love.

Moon and Sun vol. 2 by Akane Abe

Masahiro, heir to a yakuza syndicate, has been skating through life without much purpose, but that all changers when he meets makeup artist Tsubaki. Attracted not only to Tsubaki's outer appearance but also his inner strength, Masahiro can’t help but be affected by the statuesque beauty’s influence. But he’s not the only one growing from their relationship—the seemingly put-together Tsubaki can’t help but learn a little something too!

Ore Miko vol. 1 by Sakira.

NEED AN EXCORCIST?

Could the random assaults happening around town be the work of a demon? On a dark, rainy night after finishing his part-time job as a bartender, college student Kyou Izakura is attacked by a demon who’s disguised himself as a older gentleman!!

Before being completely devoured, cool but pushy exorcist Shin Goudo intervenes and discovers that Kyou has the power to absorb spirits into his body. However, in order to release the spirit from his body, Kyou must consume semen and Shin offers his help.

Follow Kyou and Shin as their relationship deepens while they work together to stay alive in this all new supernatural erotic drama by SAKIRA!

Shonen Note: Boy Soprano vol. 1 by Yuhki Kamatani

Yutaka Aoi is sweet, sensitive, and loves singing...so much so that he can’t help but be brought to tears whenever he listens to beautiful music. He also has a talent few boys have: He can sing soprano. So when Yutaka overhears his middle school’s choir group perform, he can’t resist joining in. Inspired by the angelic sound of Yutaka’s voice, the choir eagerly accepts him into their ranks. But when Yutaka’s voice begins to change as he enters puberty, the journey ahead will be one of self-discovery and reflection for not only himself, but also for those around him.

SHWD vol. 1 by sono.N

A hardboiled yuri tale about two special agent women fighting supernatural horrors!

Special Hazardous Waste Disposal (or SHWD) has a mission to destroy mysterious biological weapons left behind after the last war. Though SHWD mostly hires men, their newest recruit, Koga, a buff female operative, is assigned to Sawada, the only other woman in the Tokyo branch. Before long, Koga finds herself falling for Sawada, whose powerful psyche compliments Koga’s big muscles. Together, the unlikely duo must confront monsters beyond their wildest nightmares. Office romance meets buddy cops meets yuri horror!

[littleeyesofpallas]

COMIC VALKYRIE[コミックヴァルキリー]

Isekai Majutsushi wa Mahou o Tonaena[異世界魔術師は魔法を唱えない] The another world's wizard does not chant.

GAMER ga Isekai Konten shite HAREM Jinsei e CONTINUE suru sou desu[ゲーマーが異世界魂転してハーレム人生へコンティニューするそうです] It seems GAMER in Anotherworld (must) turn (his) soul around to CONTINUE to HAREM life

Suterare Saikyou Ouji wa Jitsuryoku de Donna Onna mo Daki Makuru[捨てられ最強王子は実力でどんな女も抱きまくる]: Thrown Away Strongest Prince, with real ability, gets any kind of woman

Saikyo Majutsushi no Ijou naru Toubou Seikatsu[最凶魔術師の異常なる逃亡生活]: The Most Sinister Magician's Life on the Run becomes Abnormal

Ziggurat

Hajimari no Mahoutsukai[始まりの魔法使い] Primitive Wizard

Ochikobore Taimashi wa Isekai Kaeri de Saikyou to naru[落ちこぼれ退魔師は異世界帰りで最強となる] Dropout Exorcist becomes the Strongest by Returning from Anotherworld

Hitozuma to JK[人妻とJK ] Married Woman & High Schooler

HimeKishi ga Classmate![姫騎士がクラスメート！ ]: PrincessKnight is CLASSMATE

Bijo to Kenja to Majin no Ken[美女と賢者と魔人の剣] Beauty Sage and the Devil's Sword

Yuri Love Slave[百合ラブスレイブ]

Maoujou DATE Taisakusen![魔王城デート大作戦！] Demon King Castle DATE Strategy

isekaigaeri no arafour riiman, 17sai no koro ni modotte musou suru[異世界帰りのアラフォーリーマン、１７歳の頃に戻って無双する] (an) Around 40 Salaryman Returns (from) Another World, Comes back as (an) Unmatched 17 Year old

Mietemasu yo! Aizawa-san[見えてますよ！　愛沢さん]: I can see! Aizawa-san

NEET dakedo HELLOWO(RK) ni Ittara Isekai ni Tsuretekareta[ニートだけどハロワにいったら異世界につれてかれた] I'm a NEET but when I went to HELLOWORK I got taken to another world

Shinmai Renkinjutsushi no Tenpo Keiei[新米錬金術師の店舗経営] Mangement of Novice Alchemist

Maou no Hajime-kata[魔王の始め方 THE COMIC]: Demon King's How to Get Started

Isekai Kuimetsu no SAME[異世界喰滅のサメ] "KILLER SHARK IN ANOTHER WORLD"

Umibe no Byouin de Kanojo to Hanashita ikutsuka no koto[海辺の病院で彼女と話した幾つかのこと] Several things I talked to her at the beach hospital

Yuusha-sama no Oshisho-sama[勇者様のお師匠様] The Master of The Brave

DRAWING Saikyou Mangaka wa Oekaki SKILL de Isekai Musou suru![ドローイング 最強漫画家はお絵描きスキルで異世界無双する!]: DRAWING The Strongest Mangaka, Drawing SKILL in Another World is Unmatched!

Isekai AV Satsuei-tai REMASTER[異世界AV撮影隊 リマスター]: Another World A(dult)V(ideo) Film-Unit REMASTER

Saikyou no Youhei Shoujo no GakuenSeikatsu[最強の傭兵少女の学園生活] SCHOOL LIFE OF A MERCENARY GIRL

UCHI no Ojou-sama no Hanashi o Kiite kure[ウチのお嬢様の話を聞いてくれ] LISTEN TO ME LADY'S STORY

Machigai Yuusha no Sentaku[間違い勇者の選択] CHOICE OF ERROR HERO

JK kara yarinaosu SILVER PLAN[JKからやり直すシルバープラン]: Do-over from High School Girl Silver Plan

EDEN's GIRL[エデンズガール]

Hitogui DUNGEON e youkoso![人食いダンジョンへようこそ！ THE COMIC]: Welcome to (the) Man-eating Dungeon

Kuchidome No Gohoubi Wa Dansou Otome To Icha Ero Desu![口止めのご褒美は男装乙女とイチャエロです！] THE REWARD FOR KEEPING QUIET WAS SEX WITH GIRLS DRESSED AS MEN

ASTRO KING[アストロキング]

Rengogu-jima Kyokuchi Renai[恋獄島 極地恋愛]: Love Prison Island Ends-of-the-Earth Romance

YANKII Akuyaku Reijou[ヤンキー悪役令嬢] Delinquent Villain Young Lady

Suteishi Yuusha, Maou no Shita de RESTART捨て石勇者、魔王の下でリスタート]: The Another wodl demon king's successor RESTART

Seidon no Ryuu[世呑の竜]: World Swallowing Dragon

VR EROGE Yattetara Isekai ni Tensei Shita node, Bishoujo Maou o Doreika Suru[VRエロゲーやってたら異世界に転生したので、美少女魔王を奴隷化する] If I Reincarnate into a VR ERO(tic)GA(me) Other World, I'd Enslave a Beautiful Girl Devil King

YANDERE Imouto ni Aisaresugite Kozukuri Kankin Seikatsu[ヤンデレ妹に愛されすぎて子作り監禁生活] YANDERE Little Sister (who) Loves Making babies too much Confinement life

Teisou Gyakuten Sekai[貞操逆転世界]: Chastity Reverse World

DUNGEON Kurashi No Moto Yuusha[ダンジョン暮らしの元勇者]A former brave resident in the dungeon

Seijo-sama wa Zangyou Teate wo Goshomou desu[聖女様は残業手当をご所望です] HolyWoman-sama Wants OvertimePay

GANG OF YUSHA[ギャング・オブ・ユウシャ]

HORE SHO NO HALF ELF SAN[惚れ症のハーフエルフさん] Half elves of Fall in Love

MARY-chan no Osunaba DUNGEON[マリーちゃんのおすなばダンジョン]Mary's Sandbox Dungeon

FREEZING[フリージング]

Kagaminochou no Kaguya[鏡野町のカグヤ]: Kaguya of Kagamino Village

[blommis-writes]

no okay but fr when I was a translator of Ao no Exorcist scans from english to my native language sometimes there were terms that were non-translatable, because they were typical of Japanese culture or of particular religions and the english translators already had made do by creating compound words because with germanic languages you can at least do that, but my language’s rules do not allow to create compounds so I remember once spending a whole fricking 24hrs on a single speech bubble, pondering how to translate the meaning of the Japanese “salaryman”

funniest thing I’ve ever seen is a scan group that got an ask like ‘are you dropping [series]?’ and their response was ‘we’re so sorry it’s been taking so long, the manga references a lot buddhist text that haven’t been translated so our translator has been studying that to maintain accuracy’ LIKE

[cyancherub]

back from the dead

A COLLAB FOR UNDERRATED CHARACTERS + CHARACTERS FROM OLD/SMALL FANDOMS.

co-hosted by @chaos-night, owner of @underratedcharactercorner, where you can find more underrated character content!

the goal of this collab is to encourage you to write for your old + underrated anime crushes. this is the time to shine some light on overlooked fandoms, small/old fandoms, and even underwritten characters from larger fandoms. any character is free game as long as they don’t have a lot of (actively written) x reader content.

you can write for:

characters from small fandoms (e.g. fire force, high rise invasion, csm, bluelock, millionaire detective, god of highschool, solo leveling, etc.)

characters from old fandoms (e.g. knb, naruto, maid sama, ouran, etc.)

larger fandom characters who are lacking in x reader content.

GUIDELINES

nsfw + sfw permitted; all characters depicted in nsfw MUST be 18+ / aged up to 18+

you must be 18+ with an age indicator in your bio or a pinned post

PLEASE READ FULL GUIDELINES HERE

to join, send me an ask for the character (+ fandom) you’ll be writing for

entries have no due date & can be submitted at any time.

MASTERLIST + SUGGESTIONS BELOW

MASTERLIST I

contains works for: psycho pass, kuroko no basuke, ouran highschool host club, naruto, bleach, gintama, death note, yuyu hakusho, inuyasha, fairy tail, & akatsuki no yona

MASTERLIST II

contains works for: demon slayer, chainsaw man, tokyo revengers, blue lock, kaiju no. 8, bakuten, tokyo ghoul, kuroshitsuji, kamisama kiss, saiki k, noragami, daiya no ace, fire force, fruits basket, magi, fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood, k project, high rise invasion, katekyo hitman reborn, dragon ball z, & d grayman

MASTERLIST III

contains works for: assassination classroom, attack on titan, black clover, blue exorcist, blue period, boku no hero academia, bungou stray dogs, cells at work, cowboy bebop, devil’s line, devilman crybaby, durarara, food wars, fugou keiji balance: unlimited, gangsta, god of highschool, highschool of the dead, howl’s moving castle, hunter x hunter, jujutsu kaisen, karneval, kakegurui, lookism, magic kaito, maid sama, monster, one piece, one punch man, owari no seraph, parasyte, raise wa tanin ga ii, rorouni kenshin, salaryman’s club, samurai champloo, sekirei, solo leveling, spirited away, tamako market, vampire knight, wonder egg priority, & zombie-loan

SUGGESTIONS

tamaki (ouran), takashi (highschool of the dead), jin mori and han daewi (god of highschool), sung jinwoo (solo leveling), guren (owari no seraph), fire force characters, knb characters, daiya no ace characters, free! characters, renji and aizen (bleach)

[kaniaaa]

Salaryman Exorcist Vol 1 bonus pages

Hear ye, hear ye, all ye who pass by - ‘tis I! Back from the tomb, with a fresh new translation! As I’m sure you can guess by reading this post’s title, I finally translated Salaryman Exorcist Volume 1′s bonus pages! I believe now the entirety of this volume has been translated (all chapters available here, I recommend reading them first to get all the context of this double interview).

It took much longer than the other bonus pages, because this volume’s bonus pages are a 8 pages-long double interview with Katou Kazue and Sasaki Minoru. Translating this much at once was new to me, so I’m sorry if there are mistakes or weird sentences/syntax. Anyway, enjoy! For anime-only, there ARE spoilers for events after the Kyoto arc (on page 7 notably).

Salaryman Exorcist : The Sorrows of Okumura Yukio - Volume 1 bonus pages

(Kids, remember that usually you shouldn’t click on just any link on the Internet - but I assure you this one’s safer than safe! hahaha)

8 pages is a lot so I won’t put the raws under a cut, but if you want them just ask!

[completemadness]

So I was rereading chapters 1,2, and 3 and I realized that there's this scene with Mephisto and Yukio on the phone. And from what I'm gathering Mephisto wanted Yukio to get Rin worked up enough (in the classroom fight scene) so they could see his powers and???

None of that stuff Yukio said probably even reflected what he felt??? (A lot of his phrases he even says is what other exorcists "will probably say to you") Like I understand him being upset about their father but honestly if he's just trying to get Rin worked up cause his BOSS TOLD HIM TO, then like...we still wouldn't know how he actually views Rin in this moment. And Mephisto frames is as "this is how you can protect your bro from the Order who wants him dead." ....why does he get shit for this he's a fifteen year old salaryman doing what his boss says for his bro's protection!!

Also pretty sure the anime cuts this scene which would explain why people misinterpret it. :p the poor twins are just being used by Mephisto lol.

[ridiculouslly-ridiculous]

Kats Anime List (о´∀`о)

Open to any recommendations. This list is MY opinion.

Rankings:

Haikyuu

Jujutsu Kaisen

Space Dandy

Yona of the Dawn

Kimi Ni Todoke

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

Natsume’s Book of Friends

Kamisama Kiss

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Fairy Tail

The Apothecary Diaries

My Happy Marriage

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

My New Boss is Goofy

Your Lie in April

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Dukes Mansion

Skip and Loafer

Demon Slayer

A Sign of Affection

Attack on Titan

Horimiya

Fruits Basket

Kiss Him, Not Me

Sasaki and Miyano

Spy X Family

Kaguya-Sama: Love is War

A Silent Voice

Your Name

Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart

Given

Banana Fish

The Millionaire Detective

Kaiju No. 8

BLUELOCK

Komi Can’t Communicate

Cherry Magic!

My Hero Academia

Naruto Shippuden

Monthly Girls Nozaki Kun

Play It Cool Guys

Snow White with the Red Hair

Dungeon Meshi

Kuroko’s Basketball

91 Days

Heavenly Delusion

Link Click

Tsukigakirei

Blue Spring Ride

Yuri!! On Ice

My Dress Up Darling

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku

Ouran High School Host Club

Princess Jellyfish

Buddy Daddies

My Love Story with Yamada-Kun at Lvl. 999

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Tomo-Chan is a Girl

Death Parade

Kotaro Lives Alone

A Galaxy Next Door

Gauken Babysitters

My Love Story

Tsurune

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague

The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons

Mr. Villains Day Off

Kakuriyo

The Devil is a Part Timer

Steins Gate

Trigun

86 Eighty-Six

Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions

Seraph of the End

The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting

Sing a Bit of Harmony

Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun

Salaryman’s Club

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

The Garden of Words

The Stranger by the Shore

Kono Ota Tomare!: The Sounds of Life

My Senpai is Annoying

Bungo Stray Dogs

Japan Sinks

Nodame Cantabile

Toradora

One Punch Man

Cowboy Bepop

Ghost Stories

The Way of the Househusband

Edens Zero

Angel Beats

The Royal Tutor

Bananya

I Can’t Understand What My Husband is Saying

The Girl and Her Guard Dog

Plastic Memories

Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World

Anohana

Akira

(As of August 22, 2024)

Watchlist:

Tokyo Ghoul

Soul Eater

Tokyo Revengers

Fire Force

Assasination Classroom

The Rising of Shield Hero

Cells at Work

Parasyte

Violet Evergarden

The Promised Neverland

Seven Deadly Sins

Kill La Kill

Banished From the Hero’s Party

The Daily Life of the Immortal King

Blue Exorcist

Black Butler

5 Centimeters per Second

Barakamon

Hanada-Kun

Ace Attorney

Hetalia

Mieruko-Chan

Daily Lives of High School Boys

Devils Line

Death Note

Sk8 the Infinity

Code Geass

Orange

Lycoris Recoil

I Got a Skill Cheat in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World Too

Girlfriend, Girlfriend

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

Classroom of the Elite

Sound! Euphonium

Astra Lost in Space

Shimoneta

Nana

Anime Guys I ✨simp✨ For (๑>◡<๑)

(In no particular order… kinda)

Jujutsu Kaisen

Toji Fushiguro

Nanami Kento

Gojo Satoru

Higuruma Hiromi

Choso Kamo

Yuuta Okkotsu

Fairy Tail

Gray Fullbuster

Loke

Rogue Cheney

Haikyuu!!

Bokuto Koutaro

Daichi Sawamura

Semi Eita

Matsukawa Issei

Osamu Miya

Ukai Keishin

Tanaka Ryunosuke

Ushijima Wakatoshi

Shugo Meian

Yona of the Dawn

Hak

My Hero Academia

Hawks

Natsuo Todoroki

Hitoshi Shinso

Shota Aizawa

Fruits Basket

Hatsuharu Soma

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

Usahara Tobikichi

Mitsuo Kumatani

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

Cursed Dentist

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Roy Mustang

Naruto Shippuden

Tobirama Senju

Kuroko’s Basketball

Daiki Aomine

Taiga Kagami

Rinnosuke Mitobe

Ouran High School Host Club

Takashi Morinozuka

Play It Cool Guys

Mima Takayuki

As of February 3, 2023

[noxshade]

Day 30 & 31: Showdown and Anticlimax

“Why don’t you show yourself, ‘Mistress’?”

Reimu Hakurei looked around, trying to find the mastermind of this plot.  The moon had risen by this late hour; not that you could see it clearly, just a pale red glow behind the scarlet fog.  There was a great rumbling in the air, and a cloud of bats flew past Reimu, converging in a swarming mass.  From this writhing, a figure emerged.  

A slender young girl, her skin a bloodless, pallid shade.  She was clad in soft pinks and vibrant reds in an aristocratic, gothic, western style, two leathery bat wings, black as night against the red mist, spouted from her back, lazily flapping far too slowly to support her, but still she hung in the air before her.  She brushed a lock of her wavy, powder-blue hair behind one pointed ear and looked down at Reimu.

“Ah, just one?  I was told there were two human intruders,” she said in a vaguely western accent.  

An outsider then, Reimu guessed, based on her voice. “Sorry to disappoint, but it’s just me for now.  The other one is dealing with your pet wizard,” she said.  She and Marisa had been ambushed by the maid and the librarian, and they had split up to deal with them.

“Oh, so that’s how it all worked out.  I look forward to seeing the book Patchy will bind with her skin.”  The looks of quiet amusement as she said this betrayed her age, thought Reimu.  The hint of bemused malice in her child’s voice and the shadow of sadism that crossed her too-young face told Reimu that whatever this thing was, it was nowhere near as young as it appeared.

“And I assume you’re looking to do something similar to me, yeah?” Reimu asked.  She shifted her grip on her gohei purification rod and stared back into those blood-red, slit-pupiled eyes.  “Something cruel and unspeakable?”

“It’s not polite to assume things, especially about your host,” the girl responded.  She folded her hands in front of her, like they were making polite conversation.  “I’m rather thinking of asking you to leave my manor for this behavior.  You’ve harassed my staff, disrupted their work, annoyed my friend and if you don’t leave soon you may disturb my dear sister.”

“Well, remove the red fog from Gensokyo, and you might make it back to your dear sister in one piece,” Reimu said, drawing a handful of ofuda talismans.

“If you think this is a game, priestess, you’re sadly mistaken,” the girl said.  She flicked her hand and a massive, intricately ornate winged spear flew into her outstretched palm, too fast for Reimu to tell where it had come from.  “This is all too real.”  They both smiled tightly.

“Looks like it's going to be a long night.”

“Looks like it's going to be a fun night.”

~~~

Reimu Hakurei awoke from another dream, again anxious, disappointed and confused.  These dreams of a fantasy land were always so exciting, but when she awoke it all turned back to crushing disappointment as she remembered her real life.

She rolled checked her bedside clock, and despite wanting to stay in bed another hour, she judged that it was time to start her day.  She rolled off her futon and began her morning routine.  Boil a kettle for tea, brush hair, toast bread, find clothes.  As she spread a tiny amount of jam on her toast, she tried to remember what her dream had been about.  Another of her many heroic fantasies, like all dreams they faded almost as soon as she woke up.  But this one had been so intense, was she fighting a vampire with a spear?

She finished her toast, and found some clean clothes.  A once-bright red hoodie, now a deeper, faded color, and an equally old pair of khaki cargo pants, now devoid of almost all color except the dull smear of age.  She slipped into her pair of beat-up sneakers and tied up her hair into a loose bun, tied with one of her keepsakes from her mother, a red, frilled ribbon.  The locals had always talked about her with such admiration, Reimu felt a private shame that she couldn’t remember much of anything about her, but the ribbon and the two red fabric tubes she wore on her long sidelocks felt familiar in a way nothing else did.

Finally dressed, she slid her front door up, and stepped out into the mid-morning fog of Gensokyo, Tokyo.  Tucked away between Shinkaji and Shimokitazawa, the neighborhood was oft-forgotten by the authorities, filled equally with retirees and hipsters.  Reimu grabbed her broom from inside the Hakurei Shrine, and closed the door.  She checked her donation box on her way down the stairs, and pocketed the spare coins; judging them enough for a sandwich lunch from the corner store later in the day.  She set to sweeping the path between the torii and the shrine, trying to keep this tiny corner of nature wedged between urban sprawl clean.

“Um, hello?” came a voice from behind her.  Reimu turned to see a pale salaryman, sick mask over his face, looking around nervously as he stood on the threshold beneath the torii gate.  She turned and answered him.

“Hello, what are you looking for?” she said, leaning on her broom.

“Are you…the manager of this shrine?” he asked, looking around.

“No, but I would be if shrines had managers,” Reimu responded, wondering what this could possibly be about.  Another real estate stooge trying to buy up the shrine?

“Oh well, um,” he stumbled over his words before continuing. “I’ve got a bit of a weird problem, and I was given this flyer about it…” he produced a slip of paper and offered it to Reimu and she took it.  It read in white lettering outlined in red: “Exorcisms and Spiritual Exterminations: Hakurei Shrine Services” with a picture of the shrine and the address.  Marisa had made these for her months ago, and little had come from putting them all over the neighborhood except for one near-signed old woman trying to get Reimu to handle her tatami mite infestation.  Did Marisa print more of them without telling her?

“Where did you get this?” Reimu asked.   

The man looked even more nervous.  “Well, I was out drinking after work a few nights ago, and I may have started complaining about how…” he paused, looking embarrassed.  Reimu gestured for him to continue, and he collected himself.  “About how the apartment above mine is haunted.  One of the other regulars at the bar said that she knew a great exorcist who could settle the spirit, and she gave me that flyer.  Is that you?”

“Yes, that’s me,” Reimu said to try and calm his obvious nerves. “Do you know this regular?”

“Um, I don’t know her name.” Reimu gestured for him to continue again, and the man explained: “Tall, middle aged, blond hair, dressed in a dark purple business suit.  The bartender says she’s a night owl: stays until dawn, then leaves.”  Despite the right hair color, that didn’t sound anything like Marisa.  After thinking it over for a moment and coming up with nothing, she returned her attention to the salaryman.

“So, a haunted apartment above yours?” she asked.

“Yes, I’ve spoken to the building manager, but she doesn’t believe me.  She walked me through the apartment when I lodged a noise complaint, she said it’s empty because of some kind of rot in the floorboards that she can’t find anyone to fix, but…”

“What kind of noises are you hearing?”

“Moaning, scratching, and loud thumps at the floor,” he said.  “At first, it thought it must be someone that was kidnapped, or held against their will, but since she showed me that it’s empty and she keeps the door locked, I’m convinced it’s haunted.  It’s happened every night for two months now, and I can’t get any sleep.”

Reimu mulled the problem over.  She needed cash, but a locked apartment might not be so easy.  She wondered if Marisa still had her lockpicking kit from her B&E days - who was she kidding? Of course Marisa still had it, the girl never threw anything away.  Reimu checked her watch, and tried to remember when Marisa would be out of her classes; not until 5 pm at the latest, which left them plenty of time for a nighttime ritual and exorcism.

“Alright, if you can pay, I can remove this spirit for you,” Reimu said, shifting her tone of voice to her saleswoman pitch.  “Base fee is thirty thousand yen, with additional fees if the spirit is troublesome and takes longer, and a down payment of five thousand yen for materials.”

The man swallowed behind his mask.  “So, you can do it soon, then?” he said as he removed several bills from his wallet.

“Yes, we can do it tonight.  I’ll need my associate, who should be free tonight.” She accepted the five bills with a bow. “And besides, exorcisms are best performed when the spirit is active, so we’d have to wait regardless.”  She pocketed the cash, and directed the man into the shrine to get his address and take stock of her supplies.

While she may not have been as fearless as the other Reimu in her dreams, she was still an exterminator of spirits, and a keeper of Gensokyo’s balance.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29772798/chapters/74911179

(I guess this is as good a place to start an AU.  Focused on an urban fantasy feel, and majorly inspired by this picture, look for stories in this universe here and on my AO3.)

[frobby]

rin 1000000% has a list somewhere of things hes good at that yukio is bad at

[rayadraws]

hey i'm interested to see your version of saigenos from that batarou werewolf-vampire au post which you reblogged before. imagine them as salaryman and housewife at day, then exorcist and vampire hunter at night. that would be awesome! or maybe also with some other casts, too (your choice!).

Anonnn!

I think the AU sounds fun but then I made the mistake of discussing it with my friend and we made like a crack version of it and now that’s all that’s on my mind omg. I’m SORRY and also enjoy

Saitama: YouTuber for fun. Has a basic cheap camera, but it gets the job done. He’s actually really, really good at attracting/luring out ghosts but is assumed by nearly everyone to be fake. Talks to the nice spirits, immediately exterminates the nasty ones. As part of his work he has also run into vampires, werewolves and other mysterious beings. Very little surprises him these days...

Genos: Original job was assistant chef at an Italian restaurant. Intense at his job, uses too much garlic (you’d think someone can’t use too much garlic, but Genos found a way). He meets Saitama one night while taking out the trash after closing. The weird bald man claimed he was ”looking for ghosts” which Genos assumed is code for dumpster diving. He took pity on the man and offered him some leftovers and it was love at first sight. And then Saitama started liking Genos too, not just his cooking.

Saitama joked early on with Genos and his ”cover” - clearly the dude is a vampire hunter, with all that garlic. Genos tells him vampires aren’t real, of course - after which Saitama invites him to his outings and Genos is quickly convinced.

Okay - to pull it back at least a LITTLE closer to the original au, let’s say Genos lost his family to a weird group. After learning more about mysterious beings from Sai, he realizes they were those nasty pureblood vampires and he becomes an ACTUAL vampire hunter, a rather overzealous one and then he runs into Badd and all that.

Saitama, ex-exorcist huh... well. He finally bit the bullet and got a day job so he can keep himself afloat. Plus, Genos thought it’d be nice if they could afford a nicer apartment, with a proper kitchen... and Saitama definitely wants more of his cooking ok.

(Mumen: saw some of Sai’s clips and wanted to join and is now his exorcist trainee!)

As stated in the screenshots Sai wears a BOO hoodie and usually has his camera. Genos... I always like him best as a cyborg, maybe he’s still a full body cyborg but it’s like, prosthetics not for combat. Has even more kitchen gadgets installed than in canon.

Garou in werewolf mode greatly appreciates his cooking, too...

[the-fox-populi-says]

Hahaha! Salaryman Exorcist is great. Poor Shiro, it's all fun and games until some time traveling a hole decides to show your kid your wild & tumultuous youth. It still cracks me up that both Shiro and Mephisto seem to think Yukio would react worse to this information.

Well, going by Mephisto’s irritated and quickly swept away comment in chapter 99…

All the times he DID show Yukio the past ended up biting him in the ass in some way or another.(General fandom theory is that Mephisto can either see all of time simultaneously, or is able to rewind time and take a different route, like starting a game from a safe point -> Which is what I’m going with, because if he always knew exactly what was going to happen he’d be way overpowered and also bored out of his mind.)

Which adds an extra layer to his sadistic delight in chapter 94:

(“No I don’t have time for this” + walking out on stage = “I told you like twelve times already and every time you fucked shit up so screw you, I’m going to try for a different ending. Menu… save game… Let’s see what happens. LEEEEROYY JEEENKIIIINS”) And what does Yukio? Aims a gun at Meph, probably would have shot him if someone else didn’t beat him to it, then has a total breakdown, shoots his brother, and runs off to the Illuminati. :/Shiro knew his kids well~ And so does Meph.

[facets-and-rainbows]

Salaryman Exorcist 70 translation

By coercion popular request, the text of the most recent Salaryman Exorcist in English! 

I labeled it like:

(page #).(panel #) speech bubble 1 speech bubble 2

so you can follow along with where it is in the raws.

GET READY TO FEEL BAD FOR SHIRO IN A WHOLE NEW WAY...

Page 1

1.1 (Salaryman Exorcist title and credits etc)

Mephisto: Argh! Damn! I can't believe they shot from over there!

1.2 Goddamn! I'm done! So done!

Shiro: *Sigh*

1.3 Shiro: Mephisto! Don't just leave your stuff scattered around.

1.4 Shiro: Clean up over here! You're just holed up playing games all day.

Page 2

2.1 Mephisto: Just casually haunting us again, huh?

Shiro (handwritten): Huh? I can't put this stuff away...

Narration: *In this universe, Shiro just pops up as a ghost sometimes. (He doesn't know he's a ghost)

2.2 Shiro: And get rid of this pile of old games already.

2.3 Mephisto: !! What are you saying?! These are rare and valuable retro games! Mephisto (handwritten): Stop it!!

Shiro: It's not like you ever play them... Shiro (handwritten): They're as good as garbage.

Mephisto: This is the number one thing kids hate their parents for, you know!

2.4 Shiro: Kids hating parents? That's got nothing to do with me. I'm the number one dad character in the Blue Exorcist universe!

*According to a poll by Shiro

2.5 Mephisto: Oh?

2.6 Mephisto: Are you sure about that? *snap*

Shiro: ?!

Page 3

3.1 Shiro: Wha...? What? Where am I?!

3.2 Kid Shiro: I'll kill every demon I see. And in the end, I'll rip out your throat with my teeth...

3.3 Narration: Shiro's wild and tumultuous childhood (Jump SQ, August issue)

Rin: Old man... He's so prickly.

3.4 Shiro: M... Me as a kid...?!

And... Is that Rin?! (handwritten): His hair's different though.

3.5 Narration: Shiro's wild and tumultuous childhood (Jump SQ, September issue)

Kid Shiro: Die!

Exorcists: How is he still just an Exwire?

3.6 Kid Shiro: Hahahaha! You'll die! Actually, die!

Narration: Shiro's wild and tumultuous (you get the picture)

3.7 Rin: Old man... He's so destructive.

Mephisto: You're driving your son away.

Page 4

4.1 Shiro: Wh...What's all this?! Explain yourself! What is Rin doing in this time?!

Mephisto: It's a long story...But I've been showing him the past.

Shiro: What?!

4.2 Shiro: You little...! You don't just show someone's kid what they were like before their character development!

*Gasp* What about Yukio...?! If he saw this...

Mephisto: I only brought the son who seemed like he could handle it.

4.3 Shiro: Rin's just a kid himself, idiot! I can't let him see any more.

Shiro (thinking): Most importantly, it's embarrassing!

4.4 Girl: Ah! Shiro-chaaaan <3 Wanna get a drink today?

Young Shiro: Sure, I'll go.

4.5 Narration: Shiro's indulgent young adulthood (Jump SQ, October issue)

Rin: Old man...!

Shiro: Why would you show that to a kid?!

Narration: Shiro faces the greatest threat of his afterlife. To be continued!

[daedalmirage]

i've been kind of struggling with the public bio; would you be able to give an example on how to write it?

Public bios can be tough, so we understand! We've provided some examples under the cut.

Mod character example 1:

An average salaryman who doesn't just seem overworked, but is: the office pushover, even rookies feel comfortable asking for a helping hand from their good friend ALKALOID. Before receiving his Mark he spent his days running others' errands and pushing buttons with his face too close to his computer monitor. His only reprieve was his time spent unwinding with a glass of whiskey after work at his favorite bar before having to shuffle home on tired legs.

Mod character example 2:

Private junior high school Doumori Academy is known for several things: backed by the wealthy Doumori Foundation and home to the children of elites, the place is a cesspool of speculation, drama, and rumors... that don't at all concern the newly appointed English language teacher GALAHAD. Hailing from some old something-or-other family, he humbly accepted the position of an educator right around the time rumors of the Mark sprung up among the student body and staff. As if adjusting to life as a teacher at a private school wasn't difficult enough, his affliction with the Mark had him fighting to accept the Laplace Committee's invitation. "What can you do for Laplace? You're just an English teacher!" his superiors stated, to which he replied with his usual maxim: I'll endeavor to do my best!

Misc character example:

Take everything you know about exorcists and set it neatly to the side to make way for the Fang of the Dawn! Japan’s number one exorcist isn’t a flashy onmyoji equipped with talismans, nor is it a priest armed with a khakkhara, but STEEL, the most “Unremarkable・Great・Genius” of one of Japan’s oldest exorcist clans known as the Morning Faction. Magic? Not magic! To combat a curse STEEL has no need for supernatural powers, their skill more than making up for their lack of superhuman abilities commonly found among their fellows working for NEgate, a Japanese organization specializing in the suppression of supernatural phenomena.

So how does the average human combat a supernatural curse? Well, they’re more than willing to answer, but catching them for an interview seems to be difficult these days - with the uptick of supernatural happenings, you’d rather STEEL be out in the field than sitting around answering questions about their work!

[kaniaaa]

Not particularly happy neither with my translation nor the edits, but here we go! Bonus pages from Salaryman Exorcist volume 3, again! I was going to post the pictures without translation or anything but since I had already translated the bonus comic, I felt compelled to translate those as well. Probably the dumbest things I’ve translated so far. I’m going to translate all the bonus pages, starting from these ones... the last of them. Oops. If you spot any grave mistranslation, don’t hesitate to point it out, I’m still learning!

I guess the “wants to be scolded” thing (in Sasaki’s drawing) is because he’s a salaryman...? Or something? Context?

If anyone feels like cleaning up the sketches, feel free I guess, I don’t own them haha

Raws under the cut ~