#zero shuffle sss

[pharaohbean]

zero's unit shuffle au

the time has come...... to talk about these People. in order!! feel free to ask me about anything in this au! i do have songs ("commissioned" and "covered") and events and even freaking area items for the sekais!! bc apparently i was REALLY bored in class!!

more shenanigans below!

STAR STAR☆Soar!!

A family--both by blood and by bonds--come together to create joy through their musical-like shows. The WxS-adjacent group (with MMJ-style name) comprised of Tenma Tsukasa (leader), Tenma Saki, Aoyagi TENMA Toya, and Yoisaki Kanade. YES TOYA IS LEGALLY A TENMA

about the sekai: the Star SEKAI is a void full of stars with an amphitheater as well (yes Toya's scared of the void). Although there is technically a glass floor if one steps off of the amphitheater stage, you can see directly through it to a mind-bending expanse of stars. The SEKAI gives the feeling of being in space. Star SEKAI was formed from all 4 members' feelings. SSS starts with Miku (ENFP & 7w6) and Luka (ISTJ & 5w6). - Miku is a chaotic cat-like ringleader, with a top hat and everything. Although she's more of a force of chaos than WxS Miku, she still possesses (unfiltered) pearls of wisdom for the SEKAI members. She primarily comes from Tsukasa and Saki's feelings. - Luka is much quieter than Miku, being a vocalist. Her dynamic with Miku has basically just turned into Luka being Miku's babysitter. Luka is down-to-earth, to a degree that some would call pessimistic. She primarily comes from Toya and Kanade's feelings.

Rooftop/loners

A group of outcasts, all on the rooftop of their school, attempts to reclaim their lost passions through music. The 25ji-adjacent group (with L/n-style name) comprised of Akiyama Mizuki (leader), Kamishiro Rui, Shiraishi An, and Kiritani Haruka.

about the sekai: the Rooftop SEKAI is comprised of tall buildings so high up that there seems to be no ground below. There are sky bridges crossing to other rooftops, but no doors down to lower levels of the building. Colorful graffiti is found all over the walls and floors of the buildings. Rooftop SEKAI was formed from all 4 members' feelings.

R/l starts with Miku (ISTP & 8w7) and Len (INFJ & 3w4). - Miku is a cool, calm, and collected girl with a bit of an extreme side to her. She's unafraid of trying new things, even if they seem dangerous. So far, she hasn't broken anything (well, anything of HERS). She primarily comes from a mixture of all four's feelings. - Len is exceptionally creative and outgoing ... and scared of heights. His fear often keeps him grounded on one rooftop for days at time; he tries to fill the boredom void by graffitiing everything in sight. He primarily comes from a mixture of all four's feelings.

Archery Towards Dawn

A school archery club, led by an ex-idol, tries to spread light--to both the world and themselves--through an online presence. The MMJ-adjacent group (with 25ji-style name) comprised of Hinomori Shizuku (leader), Asahina Mafuyu, Mochizuki Honami, and Kusanagi Nene.

about the sekai: the Range SEKAI is a typical archery range, including a small wooden building that seems perfectly designed for idol work, complete with cameras and mirrors; around the archery range are a ring of darkened woods, almost giving off the impression that none should even near them. Range SEKAI was initially thought to be formed from Shizuku and Mafuyu's feelings alone, but later it's reaffirmed that Honami and Nene contributed in quiet ways.

ATD starts with Miku (ENTP & 5w4) and MEIKO (INTJ & 1w9). - Miku is a secretive and mysterious card dealer (of all things...). No matter where she goes, she has a deck of cards and a playful challenge for the SEKAI residents. She doesn't seem to pull from anyone's feelings, but does in fact come from a mixture of all four's. - MEIKO is a serious and unemotional archer, known best for her cold shoulder that she gives just about everyone (Mafuyu is the occasional exception). She spends almost all of her time perfecting her archery skills. She comes from a mixture of all four's feelings.

Music x Creation

An up-and-coming band forced to play in underground music battles due to a series of deadly events. The L/n-adjacent group (with WxS-style name) comprised of Hinomori Shiho (leader), Momoi Airi, Shinonome Ena, and Azusawa Kohane.

about the sekai: the Venue SEKAI is almost entirely comprised of a venue and it's backstage; all doors leading elsewhere are locked. There are people in the crowd regardless of if a music battle is on or not. The venue itself seems to pull elements from the venues Shiho used to work at and the large underground music battle venue itself. Unlike other SEKAIs, Venue SEKAI is formed primarily from Shiho's feelings.

MxC starts with Miku (INTP & 8w9) and Rin (ESFP & 7w6). - Miku is a determined and powerful girl, often overwhelmingly so. She is proficient in the guitar, stands out in a crowd, and never minces her words. She can hold her own in a music battle with no teammates, which is exceedingly rare. She primarily comes from Shiho's feelings. - Rin is upbeat and gusty, but air-headed and inexperienced. Her instrument of choice are the drums, but she can often be found daydreaming, which Miku criticizes her about often. However, she somewhat makes it up with her innocent determination. She primarily comes from the other three's feelings.

Asphalt WORN ROAD

Four unlikely people form a music group through a dare to create a new style of music in just a week. The VBS-adjacent group (with VBS-style name) comprised of Shinonome Akito (leader), Hanasato Minori, Hoshino Ichika, and Otori Emu.

about the sekai: the Mountainside SEKAI is a lone road up on the side of a mountain, with unmarked parking and a small sitting area off to the side. The road seems to go infinitely in both directions along the side of the mountain, but one can look over the edge, held back by a steel railing and find an ocean far below. Mountainside SEKAI was formed from all 4 members' feelings.

AWR starts with Miku (INFJ & 6w5) and KAITO (ESTP & 2w1). - Miku is shy and awkward, often hiding herself in her sketch book. She often freezes up and flees when faced with new people, which most often leads to her hiding behind KAITO and later Akito. Although her self-esteem is low, her advice is deep--a little too deep. She primarily comes from the girls' feelings. - KAITO isn't too far off from VBS KAITO; he is clumsy yet sincerely tries his best as a sort of father figure for the group and other VIRTUAL SINGERS alike. It's been rumored that KAITO knows where the road leads, but he likes to keep an air of mystery around him. He primarily comes from Akito's feelings.

[lipt-97]

came back just to post these. okay bye

[maybe-your-left]

Did Kylo pop your anal cherry and how did that go? Sounds like that would be Dr Ren's go to prescription for birth control

this ask... makes me think too much about all the Ren’s in my mind. what was the first anal experience like with them? What's their preferred birth control method?? 

these are the questions that will keep me up at night now, because of you anon. 

LETS EXPLORE THIS! 

SUPREME LEADER, COLLEGE KYLO (Happily Ever After AU), DOCTOR KYLO REN. 

Supreme Leader Ren: 

preferred birth control method? It's a First Order standard to have an injection when you’re employed. Unless you are married, it’s expected that all women are on it unless they want to be executed. 

Our first anal experience? I can see it in my mind's eye... 

“Get in there,” Ren growled, his voice hissing through the vocoder as he shoved you into the nearest room. You had been very bad today, coming out of your quarters, without permission. Tracking down whatever meeting Ren was in just because you were horny, prancing up to his stiff form at the head of the table. Every officer thought you were crazy, signing the dotted line on your death certificate. But you just came in anyway, snuggling into his lap and letting everyone proceed like you weren’t a purring kitten in the Supreme Leader's lap. 

“What did I do? you asked innocently, trying to hide a smile with your honeyed words. Ren would have none of it, wrenching your arm behind your back so he could guide your feet. Pinning you to the nearest wall, cold durasteel biting into the skin of your midsection as it was revealed. Ren smacked you on the ass, hard. 

“You know exactly what you did, you stupid little girl,” he smacked you again, yanking down your leggings after another blow. “You think you can just walk around and demand attention, just because I’ve been fucking your whore cunt senseless every night.” 

“Uh-huh,” you giggled, trailing off into a moan when Ren’s gloved hand smacked down on you again. “It worked, didn’t it? You’re-Ah-giving me attention!” 

Ren froze, his breathing heavy through the helmet as he thought about your thought. You were buzzing with excitement, imagining all the ways he was going to punish you for disobeying him. How rough he would thrust his cock inside your cunt, leaving you dripping with his cum. Fucking you so hard that you could barely move. 

“Hm,” Ren leaned against you, “I think I won’t fuck your cunt today. I don’t think it’ll hurt you enough.” 

You whined in protest, opening your mouth to beg but halted when you felt his middle finger plunge inside you. Stroking your walls with ease, sliding another finger in next to it, you moaned at the feeling. Pushing yourself down on his fingers as they scissored you apart, you could hear how wet you were. Ringing over both of your heavy breaths. 

Ren slid his fingers out of you, his pants coming undone soon after. You were so excited, ready to take your hard fuck and be sent home filled with his cum. But instead of a thick cock sliding into your cunt, Ren prodded your asshole with his fingers. Pressing into the muscle until it gave him access, you sucked in a harsh breath. 

“What are you-” 

“Shut up.” 

Ren worked in his two fingers, letting you stretch out around them. Scissoring like he did when he was going to fuck your cunt, you let out a loud moan when he fucked them deep into you, “Fuck me.” 

“I am,” Ren ripped his fingers out, popping the tip of his cock inside you before you closed up. Softly canting his hips forward, literally tearing you apart for him. You squirmed against the wall, both his hands now holding you still as you tried to get away from him. 

“Stop moving or it will hurt more,” he hissed in your ear. Running his right hand between the front of your legs to rub at your clit. You groaned at the distraction, body relaxing for him enough to thrust fully inside you. “Such a tight little hole, all for me.

You let out another moan as he thrust in and out of you, trying to spread your legs out to take more of him. Your leggings stopping you from doing so, “Ky, please, sloo-w doww-n!” 

Ren snapped into you, grinding his hips into your own, rocking deep inside you. He pulled out over and over, your ass stinging with every plunge. But, fuck it was good, the stretch, the burn, all accompanied with a leather finger circling your clit. 

You felt like you were seeing stars, tears streaming down your cheeks as you begged for him to stop, but also give you so much more. 

Ren yanked his cock out of you, fisting his cock as he hummed, “Look at you, all stretched out. What’s the matter? Do you want me to stop?” 

“No,” you cried, sliding down the wall in your tears. He let you crumble to the floor, bent over in half on the cold tile. Ren spanked you again, shoving his cock inside you from above. 

“When I send you home you won’t be able to sit down, and I expect you to be ready for me on your hands and knees when I’m back, already stretched out. I’m not fucking your cunt until you realize how bratty you’ve been today.” 

College Kylo Ren:

preferred birth control method? um, he's a college student, he has zero clue about birth control unless he's dating someone. his favorite is the ‘pull-out method’ which hasn’t failed him yet! 

however, he loves a good ole’ creampie, just for the hell of it. 

Our first anal experience? HO-HO-HO BOY. 

“Wrong hole!” you shrieked in pain, pushing Kylo off of you as hard as you could. His head knocking into the bunk of your roommate's bed in the process. 

“Shit,” Kylo grunted, “I’m sorry, I can’t fucking see.” 

“It’s okay,” you calmed down a little, wincing when he finally slid into you. His cock was still so big, it was so hard to get used to it. Every time he fucked you, no matter how long he took to try and prep you, he stretched you open so far. 

“Is that-fuck-better?” he mumbled into your hair, rocking his hips into yours a few times before pulling out. Slamming back into your slippery pussy, you raked your nails down his back. Trying to lock your ankles around his hips so he could fuck you more, “Yeah, much better. Fuck,” you squealed again, “We should’ve fucked in your car.” 

“It’s the same amount of room,” he chuckled, turning his face so he could kiss at your ear. Lapping it with soft licks before kissing your cheek, he moaned into your skin, “Would you-would you ever want to do that?” 

“Fuck in your car? We’ve done that before, don’t you remember that ticket we got?” 

“No, the other thing,” he pushed off you a bit, his arms plants under each of your armpits, “The ass stuff.” 

“Oh,” you blushed red, of course, you had thought about it. Ever since Kylo mentioned that he had done it with an old girlfriend, you thought how it would be to take him there. He told you how much he liked it, but she always complained about how much it hurt, so they didn’t do it often. You were very curious about it, you never played around with your backdoor with anyone. 

A couple of boys tried, apparently your ass was ‘too good to not lick’, but you swatted them away each time. 

“We don’t have to, if you aren’t ready,” Kylo stuttered, his face growing with worry as he watched your mind reel at the possibility, “I know you’ve never-” 

“Can, can we go slow?” 

Kylo’s eyes lit up, quickly pulling out of your pussy and planting his hands on your inner thighs. Spreading them out in front of him, getting just a glimpse of your pucker above the bedsheets, “Yeah-yes. I’ll go slow and you tell me if anything hurts, okay?” 

You nodded, “Okay.” 

“Okay,” Kylo pushed you up the bed, shuffling back on his knees as best he could in the confined space. Laying down on his stomach to he face to face with your pussy, you peered down at him nervously, “Can I eat your ass? I promise it’ll feel really good.” 

“Uh,” you took in his pleading eyes, tongue licking his lips as he waited. You thought about all the times he's eaten you out, how amazing his mouth and fingers felt. It couldn’t be that bad, “Yes.” 

Kylo didn’t wait for you to take it back, lifting your hips in the air and kissing at your pucker. His tongue lapping at it a few times, you watched as he moaned into you. Eye’s falling such in bliss as he tasted you, he brought his hands to your cheeks. Massaging them so you would relax more, “Let me in Baby.” 

You nodded once more, snaking a hand down to your pussy. Rubbing a few circles around your clit so you could relax, and soon it worked. Kylo was able to hook his tongue into your hole, just a little bit. You gasped at the sensation, Kylo moaned when you twitched, tonguing at you over and over. You felt one of his hands move to your hole, spreading your cheeks open a little more for him. 

“I’m gonna put a finger in you now, okay?” 

“Mm,” you bit your lip, biting off a moan as he slid his middle finger inside you. Lapping around the edges as he fucked you open, “Look at you, so hungry.” 

Kylo pushed in a second finger, curling them in and out of you while he sat up. Watching in awe as you opened up for him, the two of you locked eyes, smiling when he saw how desperate you were, “More?” 

“More! More. please Kylo!” 

With his free hand, he brought two fingers to your pussy, plunging in and scooping out some of your cum. You yelped at the stretch, instantly drunk on the feeling of being full in both holes. 

“You want my cock?” 

You heard him shuffle closer to you, the heat from his legs now against your cheeks. Kylo smacked his cock a few times on your pussy, slowly pulling his fingers from your ass. 

“You want it?” 

“Yessss” 

“Where?” 

You glared at him, watching as he brought the tip down to your stretched hole. 

“In my a-aH-Sss!” Kylo stuck his head in just as you spoke, pushing in inch by inch to take your cherry. His eyes fluttered shut, “Fuck-you’re so tight. Tighter than your fucking pussy.” 

He gave you shallow thrusts until he could fill you to the hilt, both of you panting from the stretch, “You ready for me to destroy your little asshole? For anyone else?” 

“Fuck me, Kylo.” 

DOCTOR KYLO REN M.D.: 

preferred birth control method? HES OLD OKAY, he doesn’t have time for pulling out, or condoms, or fucking around. All his partners need to tell him what kind of birth control they are on, and If they aren’t on any he won’t fuck them until they are. 

He hates IUDs though, he’s nicked his dick on the strings before and it was NOT fun. 

Our first anal experience? This man LIVES for anal. If you’ve never done it, he's going to break you into the drug that is anal sex. 

“What do you mean you’ve never done it?” 

“You don’t mean it it, right?” 

“Oh, thank god.” 

You watched as Ren paced across your living room, working himself through a fit of hysteria. Both of you were chatting about your experience, and you let it slip that there's something you’ve never done. He immediately jumped away from you, thinking you were a virgin which was insane because he had fucked you before, many times. 

“But, what do you mean?” 

“I’ve never had anal?” 

“Oh.” 

Ren awkwardly looked around your apartment, “Would-would you like to try it?” 

“Yes,” you blurted out, eyes widening when you said the word. Ren looked just as startled, waiting for you to take it back. But you didn't, and he lunged. Your lips locking together as he lifted you from the couch. Tongues wrestling for dominance in each other's mouths, you sucked on his, moaning at the taste. 

He threw you to your bed, shucking off his lab coat and other garments. Ren barked at you, “Strip, get on all fours. Stick your pretty ass over the edge for me.” 

You eagerly obeyed him, getting into position on the edge of the bed. Your feet dangling off as you spread your legs open, arching so he could see your ‘pretty ass’ ready for him. 

“Lube,” Ren barked again. 

“Nightstand.” 

He ripped it from the drawer, walking between your legs, you felt his cock land on your right cheek. A bead of precum drying on your skin, you hissed as the cold liquid was squirted between your cheeks. Ren shushed you, rubbing his left hand over the puddle, warming it against your sensitive skin. 

“Just relax, and breathe,” he cooed, pressing his middle finger into your hole. The lube opening you nicely, this wasn’t your first time playing back there. You had stuffed your ass full of silicone many times, but never a real cock. 

“I’ll make you feel so good, Angel.” 

 “Ugh,” you groaned, his fingers stretching you so well, the burn making your pussy drip with want. Pooling on the sheets between your legs, Ren slid his cock to your core, sliding inside you with ease. “Need to slick my cock up, so you can take it all.” 

Ren fucked another finger inside you while he thrust in your pussy. Your eyes already crossed at the pleasure, you were so full of him, you couldn’t imagine taking his cock in your ass. But the time was here, Ren pulled out of you. Your pussy clenching as he left. 

Instead of pulling his fingers out, Ren slid the tip right in with them. You yelped at the stretch, but he chuckled. Petting your outer thigh as he pressed in further, shallow thrusts into you. 

Ren fucked his fingers in with his cock, the stretch delicious, “I think you’ve been a lying slut, there's no way you haven’t had a cock in here.” 

“I-I’ve fucked my-yself!” 

“Good,” Ren took in a deep breath, “Then I don’t need to be gentle.” 

He ripped his fingers out, slamming his cock completely inside you. You shrieked at the impact, but he didn’t stop. Pulling out and pushing inside you, his hands dug into your hips. Fucking you harder than he’s ever fucked your pussy, clenching around him each time he bottomed out. 

“Slutty little asshole, you’ve been waiting for me, haven’t you?” 

“Yes,” you cried, pushing your hips back into his, “I’ve been waiting for your monster cock!” 

“I’m gonna fill your ass up with cum every day now, do you understand?” 

He yanked on your hair, forcing you off your hands to bend in half. “There’s not going to be a day where you won’t be stuffed with my cum. And you’ll keep it there until I get home from work and do it all over again.” 

------

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A CHANGE OF PANTIES 

TAGGING: @finn-ray-nal-beads @onlykyloscenes @candycanes19 @desiraypark @historyandfandoms50 @caelum-phyriina-vermillon @ghoulian13 @mrs-kylo-ren @millenialcatlady @emeraldsiren20 @relationshipwithmybed @dancingmicrobes @wayward-rose  @contesa-lui-alucard @daydreamsofren @insufferablelust @ohdamnadamm @mariesackler @caillea @safarigirlsp @jalexunderthestars @shesakillerkween @glassythoughts @zimmermansbrat @not-the-teen-witch

[angelhummel]

I have such a weird attachment to the sue sylvester shuffle like idk why it feels like a comfort ep to me it's objectively not that great but I just love it? it's just feel good and there's a good balance of everyone and I just love how toxic masculinity is ruining things at mckinley and then cut to dalton and they're all just living their best lives being gay and unbothered and kurt can just have fun and not be involved in the mess. I don't like some parts but I just love the ep lol

Ugh man that’s so true. S2 Dalton really was paradise lol. Also forget what I said before about separating and following just one character in an ensemble show isn’t interesting. Klaine at Dalton really had it going on. 

But yeah I bitched before about how Will literally does more to hype up Karofsky than he ever does to hype up Kurt in his entire run at McKinley (x)

Also like. My general beef with how the club had 5 actual “misfits” and 7 popular jocks. And later Santana comes out as a lesbian and Brittany is bi but like. They’re still insanely hot and popular and also bullies lmao. But the show keeps preaching its oddball misfit underdog message so like okay work

But like Kurt leaves McKinley bc of homophobic bullying and there are already people in the club who barely seem to tolerate him. Not two eps before he decides to transfer, the boys are making fun of all his ideas and run him off, and Santana is just making homophobic jokes business as usual. And when he’s transferred everyone is like “What if we got MORE homophobic jock bullies in the club that would really change everything <3″ like no thoughts head empty zero critical thinking skills

They always talk about being inclusive but only when it comes to including football players or Cheerios. Not including someone who’s racist or ableist or homophobic is the exact same as being racist or ableist or homophobic </3 

BUT ANYWAY yeah I still like SSS it’s just a fun crazy episode. But like a tolerable, palatable kind of crazy and not just insanity for the sake of insanity. Also this should’ve been the end of Quittana and the Cheerios period like why would they possibly go back in s3 why would they keep Brittany and Santana in those boring uniforms for another full season why can’t we get cute outfits whyyy

[prism-rush]

Calling All Butlers! It’s the Butler Championship! (A Prism Rush event summary)

This will be focusing mostly on the main story. The card stories are all about the training each boy goes though to be a butler.

This event is notable for being the first Prism Rush event to feature YMT29 members other than The Shuffle. I will talk about that briefly at the end.

Summary: One day at the office, Over the Rainbow suddenly receives an invite to an annual Butler Championship. This year they are inviting prism stars. The prize is the Rainbow Bowl which is one of one of the “seven tools”, a series of legendary cooking utensils. Kouji clearly wants it more than anything, however both Kouji and Hiro are unable to participate. So, it’s all up to Kazuki, and whoever he can round up to help... 

Kazuki heads over to Edel Rose, where he manages to recruit Minato, Taiga, Leo, Nikkanen, and Sakyo. Meanwhile, at Schwarz Rose Alexander is training as usual when he overhears Aoi and Takayuki, two YMT29 members, talking about beating Kazuki at some kind of tournament. He snatches the entry sheet, misreads “Butler Championship” as “Battler Championship”, and quickly enters himself.

 The day of the tournament arrives. The boys meet a confused Alexander outside who has no idea why people are talking about butlers. But, once he’s forced to realize his obvious mistake, he’s unable to admit it in front of the others. Grudgingly he doubles down on beating Kazuki instead. 

The rules of the tournament are kind of confusing. Everyone starts with 100 points, and points are subtracted as they go along. Since it’s possible to lose a lot of points in one go, this makes it so it’s impossible to tell who’s winning until the very end. 

The first challenge is just to get dressed, but there is a time limit and Taiga, Sakyo, Aoi, and Takayuki can’t make heads or tails of the fancy clothing, Meanwhile, Alexander struggles to fit anything over his muscles. 

The first to finish is Leo, followed by Nikkanen, Kazuki, and Minato. Taiga and Alexander eventually manage to finish somehow. (Taiga comes out with his usual messy hair, and Alexander’s muscles bulge from his jacket.) Aoi and Takayuki do not pass. Sakyo on the other hand just comes out naked and says he’s wearing the emperor’s clothes and somehow that actually works. 

Next up is table setting. Sakyo excels at this, since he can copy anything he’s seen once. Taiga tries a bit too hard and makes mess of things. 

Then, all of a sudden, a big announcement is made. Kazuki will be leaving the competition. 

It turns out the mass media has gotten wind that he’s in the competition and it’s causing a stir at the venue. So Kazuki has decided this is the best thing to allow the competition to continue unhindered. Taiga is devastated, but Kazuki encourages him onward. Now Taiga feels winning the Rainbow Bowl is all up to him.

Next up is cooking. But now that Kazuki has left, Alexander has lost his one reason to be in the competition and isn’t bothering to lift a finger. Seeing this, Taiga remembers Kazuki telling him to make this a good competition, and approaches Alexander. Taiga reminds Alexander how he lost to Minato in the southern island cooking event, and encourages him to take his revenge. Never being one to run, the fire is lit in Alexander again and he returns to the competition cooking a powerful, protein-filled meal.

The last competition involves balance.  The boys must carry a try of water glasses to a goal. Even though they are told the first one to finish isn’t necessarily the winner, of course Taiga and Alexander race for the finish line. Alexander breaks a glass, as was bound to happen. Taiga realizes he too should work more on elegance and tries to focus himself, but then he happens to see another contestant on the ground. Unable to leave someone injured behind, Taiga stops to help. 

Taiga laments that he went over time only to find out that actually... he won. It turns out the fallen contestant was a trap intended to show which contestants had the compassion to help others. After all, a butler’s utmost duty is his master’s well being. 

Taiga brings home the Rainbow Bowl. After returning to Edel Rose, he hands the box containing it over to Kouji. Realizing that none of them got to see this legendary kitchenware during the competition, they ask Kouji to open the box and find... a normal bowl. Kazuki thanks Taiga for his hard work, and the others stare in silence as Kouji and Minato gush over what a treasure they have obtained. The end. 

So as I mentioned before, Takayuki Shinjuku and Aoi Ueno were in this event for some reason. It was their first appearance in a Prism Rush scenerio. 

They... didn’t really do much though hahah. TBH I think they could have used random members of the Shuffle and not much would have changed. 

But. 

They did not do that. 

And instead decided to branch out into the vast library of Schwarz Rose characters. And that’s kinda nice of them. It’s good to know these characters don’t exist for nothing and we will slowly start seeing more of them.   

Both Aoi and Takayuki are also characters you may recognize from SSS episode 5. Aoi was the one who pulled the wire for Joji’s mic.

So far Aoi has left zero impression on me though. (Other than he... likes... taking apart wires... and doesn’t like Joji?) I haven’t been able to get any feel for his personality even with his added appearance in the event. Which is kind of a shame, since he looks so pretty. (But at least I know his name now and can stop calling him “green punk panda” in my head.)

Takayuki though...

In episode 5 he gets whipped by Jin and his partner Hikaru defends him, saying he wasn’t feeling good that day. 

And in this event he also keeps talking about not feeling his best over and over again. 

So I’m like.... is this... his thing....? Does he have some kind of disease....? Is his trademark idol charm being type 1 diabetic or what............? 

Who knows. 

[lunawings]

King of Prism SSS episode 7 commentary (Leo)

So this episode is the opener for what I know as the theatrical “Part 3″ ... and boy what an opener.... By the time it was over I was like “T-That was only the first one... BUT IVE ALREADY FELT SO MANY THINGS..” 

Having this as the first episode of the three has been pretty difficult because it’s just such a rollercoaster. I’ve actually been hesitant to see go Part 3 more just because I know I have to get through this episode right off the bat. And not because I think it’s a bad episode OH NO ITS JUST... SO MANY... FEELINGS.......... 

I got to go to the midnight showing for Part 3, and I honestly think that has an unfairly high influence on how I feel about the episodes. Part 1 and Part 3 I saw at the midnight showing and I loved them. Part 2 and Part 4 I saw at 8 am when I was exhausted and miserable and I ended up thinking Part 2 was weaker than the others, and Part 4....................... uhhuhh we’ll get to that later, anyway--

So when I translated the original story about Over the Rainbow crossdressing for Miss Kakyoin, I honestly did it just for that two second reference in episode 3. I had no idea this was also going to happen. So when the first second of Part 3 opened on the theater screen with this I was like OH. MY. GAWD. YES. YESSSSSSSSSSSS. I’m gonna cry already. (Little did I know what was coming up later in this episode....)

Also this was the point where I began to realize some of these episode are taking place in the past/out of order. Because SSS starts off in the summer, but the Kakyoin Fest usually takes place in May. So either this is a Rainbow Live retcon, or this episode is taking place in May. (But I suppose there’s no particular big reason that can’t be possible. Well one small one maybe...) 

So this is Rinne’s first appearance in SSS, right? (Outside of her silhouette in the OP.)

So... I don’t really think it’s a spoiler to tell you she will appear again, under.... vErY DiFfeRent CircumStanCes........ 

And I just wonder if like, when we get to that moment, someone who is watching only SSS who has never seen Rainbow Live or Pride the Hero is gonna be like “Oh that’s the girl from the beauty contest.... wait..... WAIT WHAT IS HAPPENING.... “ 

Oh lord. 

Anyway. 

This scene is a whole lot of fun in cheering because we all have our green out and are cheering to Freedom, then it... stops.... then it starts again ahahah.... 

I love Taiga in the background here. It’s clearly intentional. 

I wonder if he actually believes what Kazuki says here or not. But you know what. I don’t think it matters because I think this scene has about zero influence on how he reacts next. I mean, if Taiga actually realizes Kazuki’s just doing this to save face, well then.... hell yeah he’d want to help defend Kazuki-senpai’s honor! And if he believes him and thinks crossdressing and winning a beauty contest is an honor for Edel Rose.... hell yeah he’d want to follow in Kazuki-senpai’s footsteps ahah ha.......... yeah see it literally doesn’t matter........... For Kazuki-senpai!!!

Yeah see this is definitely post-episode 3 Taiga. He definitely changed in that episode after becoming honest about his feelings for Kazuki. So this is the only stupid little thing that makes me question when this episode is taking place since the Nebuta Festival is in August ahahah ha.... (Well maybe he realized long ago.)

Wait woah woah what’s going on here with the subtitle. I thought I saw someone else’s screenshot of this and it was an upside down “A”? Is it just my computer? Is it really like this?

BTW I actually never had any idea what they were saying here before, neither did I pick up that it was probably a reference to μ's because in the theater you just cannot see anything on that newspaper because it’s on screen for like half a second.

If I had, maybe I would have realized that..... 

......Both Kakeru and Shin’s outfits seem to be a reference to the original Love Live! I had a little subconscious inkling in the back of my mind that I knew where Kakeru’s outfit was from and it probably wasn’t Pretty Series. But Shin..... Shin..... for the longest time I kept trying to think what coord this was. Because it does look like it could easily be a PriPara coord, doesn’t it? But after other folks started pointing it out, yeah it does look like they were trying to rip on the “Bokura wa Ima no Naka de” outfits goddamn it hahaha.... Well, it makes sense because there are people who worked on both Love Live! and Rainbow Live. 

But yeah I swear if they had only made the skirt plaid I would have gotten it. The plaid skirts are such a big point of that outfit for me. 

But still anyway, if anybody can think of a Pretty Series coord which is similar to this (or can make one on the 3DS).... um.... hit me up................ now..........

OH COME ON MINATO you can do so much better than this.... For Miss Schwartz you actually found a look that worked for you.... 

I mean sure he looks like someone’s mom but isn’t he. 

The moment when I was like “Welp, maybe Taiga’s straight after all.” Such a mystery, this kid. 

MINATO AND YU OMG

This moment goes by so fast I literally missed it my first two showings but OMG it’s my favorite joke in this episode and one of my favorite visual jokes overall I crack up uncontrollably every single time. Ahhhhhh you poor boys....  

Welp someone hasn’t watched PriPara but I think we already knew that from Kakeru’s “Glowstick Cage”. Still, I really think you’d be able to figure out this is clearly a catch phrase but WHATEVS

I think my reaction echoes most of the community’s reaction as being “are they gonna say the thing--THEY SAID THE THING” 

As much as I want to feel bad that Leo feels like he has to do this, it’s just too funny. And not to mention adorable. 

How “masculine” Leo somehow ends up being EVEN CUTER than natural Leo, I will never be able to explain but OH LORD HE IS. (I guess just, the more he tries to fight it the stronger it is....)

He’s not lying. 

................ no..... noooooo.......... *buries face in hands*

So. Okay. Okayokay. Sorry we gotta pause here oh boy. 

Ever since the Pride the Hero era, Tsurugi was always my favorite member of The Shuffle. Especially since I realized that even though we could see him failing the training machine in the first movie, he still made the group. It was my headcanon that it was because Kokoro, Mondo, and Mitsuba helped him rise up and overcome his challenges until he finally made it. I saw him as the Otoha of the group. A sweet lovely boy who somehow got mixed up in all the corruption of Schwartz Rose AND SOMEHOW he survived. 

And then this happened. 

His feminine personality. It was all an act. IT WAS A LIE. Just created to add the right appeal to The Shuffle. AND I FELL FOR IT. 

...............

I guess Joji isn’t the only liar in Schwartz Rose. I guess, Schwartz Rose just naturally attracts that kind of people huh. 

Well, from this moment on Tsurugi was not my favorite anymore. 

For the record, my favorite member of The Shuffle nowadays is Ace. And probably subconsciously has been since episode 5? But I actually didn’t come to realize that for.... a few more episodes...... So we’ll talk about it then.

Right now we have to talk about.... wait... wait no no no no no no no

You ever have one of those moments when time just kinda stops and everything just kinda... spins around you........... that was this moment for me at the midnight showing....................

Sorry I have to interrupt again to mention this. They revealed here Leo’s dad supposedly designed all these characters.

Well OK, but the thing is in this universe supposedly PairChams and stuff are actually real. 

So how can they be designed by Leo’s dad?

Welp, my theory on this is Leo’s dad either was a prism star, or just has a lot of prism sparkle in him, and he secretly just draws exactly what he sees. 

I think the phrasing is a little weird here. It’s more like Leo didn’t even particularly realize he was a boy. (Or what his gender was at all.)

(Yes they are wearing mini-Fortune Party CRs.)

(Yes this is also our Young of Prism reference.)

.......I really like this episode but...... this part is just so hard for me..... it’s just...... a bit too real............. but I applaud them for it the same time but.... it’s just.... it’s hard.............

People take out yellow and cheer for Otoha here, but at first I was just so distraught after the proceeding scenes it took me until maybe my 4th or 5th cheering show to actually join them.... just trying to get the energy and to come out of it and like oh it’s Otoha.... oh where are my concert lights.... oh where is yellow..... oh it’s over...... ................. (ahh it’s just.... so sad........)

Okay so now that we’ve gotten this far, I can finish my train of thought about the order that the boys joined Edel Rose.

I think it’s safe to assume Yukinojo was probably first. His episode revealed that he liked prism shows since he was really little, so he probably entered his first year of junior high? I think Kakeru was already in junior high when he found out about prism shows so he probably transferred in anywhere from 2012 - 2014.

Yu and Minato I think probably joined at the same time in April 2015. Because when we meet them in the first movie they are both 1st years (in junior high and senior high respectively) and we know from Minato’s episode he was never in the junior high division. 

Then Leo joined sometime not too long after that, and finally Shin.

Taiga is the only mystery, because his flashback only features Kazuki and there is nothing to particularly date it. In my head I’m gonna throw him in there after Kakeru but before Minato/Yu though. 

......Anyway.

Leo’s reactions as he meets each of the boys, and vice versa, are just... SO INTERESTING to me and reveal so much about him and the other characters. So I’m sorry but. We’re basically gonna take this frame-by-frame....

Oh gosh oh no oh to think that because of his experiences in life, Leo is just so conditioned to the point where this is the first thing he says directly to any of his new friends I just I.... *chair squeak* excuse me I need a moment.

*walks out of the room*

*comes back after several minutes*

Oho gosh okay okay sorry where were we

AND HIS FACE when he realizes Kakeru called him cute and clearly meant it as a compliment I just I *chair squeak* I may need another minute we’re like ten seconds into this scene and it’s already just--

OHHHH MANNNNNN

I’m pretty sure Leo’s extreme reaction here isn’t because he’s upset at not being called cute. It’s because, once again, Leo is just so conditioned because of everything he’s been through. He took one look at Taiga and probably saw him as the exact archetype of a person who usually bullies him. 

But he was wrong. 

Taiga, the actual purehearted softie that he is, had absolutely no idea his words would have such an effect on Leo. And once he realizes, he PANICS, and says absolutely anything he has to in order to fix it as fast as possible.

TAIGA

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH 

I’d also like to note what makes this scene even funnier is that Taiga is using a Tohoku slang word for “cute”. (This is a younger Taiga who hasn’t quite lost his northern dialect yet. Also sort of a northerners bonding moment for the two of them maybe?) 

So Taiga being attracted to Leo is a thing I guess. But.... but does it really count as being gay with Leo, like I mean.....?

Well.... Taiga being asexual is probably ruled out at least.

Anyway.

Out of all of them, Leo’s encounter Minato might just be my favorite.

First, Minato reaches out his hand intending to shake Leo’s. 

But Leo, probably being just.... so desperate for human contact at his point, sees this and actually reaches up and grabs Minato’s hand with both his hands instead. 

If you remember, Leo being too touchy-feely with other boys was one of the reasons he was bullied. Probably moments exactly like this.

But Minato....

He doesn’t flinch. His expression never changes. Instead he’s just like, oh you remind me of my sister. Like it’s the most normal thing in the world. 

And he probably thinks that’s kinda nice that it will be like having his beloved sister around. 

shfsfshl;dsaSDJGSOGSAG+J

Yu doesn’t care who Leo is as long as he thinks he’s cool. 

Sounds about right. 

Gonna say the obvious here but YUKINOJO WHAT ARE YOU DOING 

How he just immediately powers down and goes into kabuki practice mode when nothing has been happening for 30 seconds..... 

I have things to say about this encounter too but we’ll get to it later. 

My favorite comedic line in the episode. 

Yukinojo is somewhat oblivious about gender norms himself eheh. 

I love the juxtaposition of this line with this scene. It’s not a coincidence surely. 

Leo kind of just made a fool of himself here, but the other boys had almost no reaction. They were all just kinda like “huh”, and instead of “this Leo kid is a weirdo” it’s “Yukinojo what did you do” hahahah. That, is acceptance. That is Leo finally finding a place where he can belong.......... Until.....

Oh boy I’m sorry we gotta go on another tangent here. A dark one. 

Throughout SSS it’s pretty clear that Shin’s arrival had a big impact on everyone, but it probably had the biggest impact on Leo.

Edel Rose was the first place in his adolescence where he was able to find acceptance. 

And I think it’s safe to say, that without Shin to bring everyone together, Edel Rose probably would not have survived.

And if that happened.....

Leo would have nowhere to go. 

I really shudder to think about what might have happened.

And I don’t think it’s a huge exaggeration to think that Shin joining Edel Rose... may have actually saved Leo’s life. 

So when you really stand by and take all of this into perspective. 

All of a sudden how attached Leo is to Shin. His over-protectiveness, his jealousy. It.... it starts to make a lot more sense. 

So from this moment on I decided I won’t fault him for it anymore. I can understand.

Oh gosh okay I know it’s hard to come out of that with this, but....

Y.. yay Christmas Party! This is going to come up again in SSS, but since people are going to be talking about it now I’ll talk about it now. 

The Christmas Party is an event which happened in detail on the Prism Rush Main Story and was the first time the boys all performed together as a group and debuted Dramatic Love. 

And yes, at the same time it is also an analog to the real live Music Ready Sparking concert, which was the first time the voice actors all performed  together in real life. Those are the outfits they wore in the real concert, and the same pose they used for promotional materials.

They actually re-drew it for the anime in the performance outfits instead of the concert T-shirts. 

(The outfits aren’t a secret anymore, and no need to sell T-shirts ahah....) 

WHAT. THEY FIXED IT. Okay I SWEAR in the theatrical version of this there is a continuity error here where Leo has his pigtails in this back shot, but his hair is down from the front. I paused here to take a screenshot so I could mention it then I was like wait whaaaaaaaaa. This is the only time I have noticed a blatant change between the theatrical version and the TV version. (Other than the new endings.) It makes me wonder if there’s anything else I missed. 

PFFT. 

I guess “yes” isn’t the worst translation, and who am I to talk since I don’t translate “IIZE” at all. But it drains the flavor out of it whenever I try. 

If you’re not aware, “IIZE” was the scoring system in the boys’ PriPara from Idol Time, DanPri. The joke is that it’s like a masculine version of “iine” which was the scoring system in the regular girls PriPara, and still is in PriChan. Probably the most literal translation of “iine” is “likes” since that’s what they call the like button on Facebook/Twitter. But yeah it’s a bit of a journey to understand this I suppose.

Iize = burly likes 

? ? ?

He’s just.... he’s just so weird........... Tsurugi why...............

(Yes, Mirei hair and Bunny Magician coord from Prism Tours. Sorry I’m skipping over pointing out some of the PriPara references on purpose since this post is just so long as is.)

PFFFFFFT okay okay. Okay. OKAY. Okay. 

I know this is probably just in here for a throwaway joke but OHHHH lord.

We saw Alec compete in a beauty contest on Prism Rush before in the Street Beauty No. 1 event, but not on purpose as Louis basically tricked him that time. To think he’d come this close to doing it on purpose, and in his Mom’s clothes?...... ohhhhhhhh wow

If this really almost happened, then I guess Alexander’s riding the same train as post-episode 3 Taiga nowadays isn’t he ahah. 

And finally we get to the prism show. But oh gosh, I have to say I do not like his initial outfit. First of all it’s supposed to be a boys’ outfit but it’s.... not.... I guess they were trying to go for a Peter Pan thing or something, but it just registers strongly in my head that Peter Pan is usually played by a woman and like. I just wish they would have made this outfit a bit more masculine to highlight the change that’s gonna happen. The least they could do is take off the earrings. 

Not to mention form-fitting stuff does not work for Leo. It highlights how small and child-like his body is, and they even do a butt shot and just NO no please no why. STOP. Okay, my only criticism against this episode is that. Had to say it. 

When you need a character to clarify this you’re doing it wrong. 

But anyway, moving on. 

This. 

When we got to this moment, I just.... I felt.... such a great vicarious weight lifted off my shoulders. It just felt so good to finally, finally see this. It’s been a long time coming. 

Okay, let’s go back. Way back. 

During the first movie, when we first met Leo. In the bath scene he introduced himself using “boku” (a male pronoun). He was presented as wanting to be more boyish, and Yukinojo’s little protege. And I said OK, and I accepted this for face value. For a while. 

But then about a year passed, and this CD came out. 

And I went woah. This was the first point when I began to realize things might not be quite as they seemed. Leo is just straight out wearing girls’ clothing here. As oblivious as he is, nobody can be quite that oblivious. 

So the whole theme of their duo song is mutual respect, and it clearly introduced for the first time the irony of Yukinojo and Leo’s relationship in that although Leo looks up to Yukinojo, in truth Yukinojo wishes he could be more like Leo because Leo is the feminine ideal he’s striving for as a kabuki actor who does female rolls. 

Well okay, but the thing is. 

Leo supposedly wants to be more masculine, but... but....

When he first meets Yukinojo, that’s not the reason he attaches himself to him. 

Leo picks the most feminine member of the group to model his ideal after. Not someone rough like Taiga, or built like Minato. He picks Yukinojo. Yukinojo. 

And that’s when you start to realize.... Nothing Leo has said has ever matched up with what his actual actions are. 

Sure, he talks a lot.... but....

What has he actually done to try and become more masculine since King of Prism started? 

Even when he purposely sets out to dress masculine in stories on Prism Rush (like in his initial PR story for one), he always ends up picking out feminine clothes somehow. 

Although he once introduced himself using “boku” to Shin, it’s pretty much exclusively become “watashi” over time hasn’t it?

His Pride the Hero subplot was enjoying his (arguably) feminine hobby of clothing design. No masculine quest subplot there. 

And we even got to the point where SSS opened with him wearing a frilly pink shirt in one episode and pigtails in the next. 

The more time Leo spends at Edel Rose, a place where he is accepted, the more he slowly opens up and starts acting like himself again. 

So if you’re thinking this came from nowhere, you haven’t been paying attention. 

Still, I was really worrying about what was really going on inside him a lot before this episode came up. And then. Finally. FINALLY. 

This episode should be seen by not just King of Prism fans. Not just Pretty Series fans. This episode should be seen by everyone. 

GAHHHH I’M JUST.... SO HAPPY.............. 

I LOVE YOU TOO

I think just looking at these screenshots and taking it all in is making me tear up more than in the theater. 

Okay so. When I saw Leo’s coord for the first time, my immediate thought was Laala’s first PR....

If you think maybe something else is a better fit though let me know. 

So I actually think this score for Leo is fair. He only did two non-connecting jumps, and as this episode revealed he is the least experienced member of Edel Rose. (...Like I said before Shin... Shin is a special case........) I really like how their shows are actually accurate to what their skill level would reasonably be. 

But it also just makes Minato’s higher score more of a mystery. 

I love, love how this contest has progressed from year to year. Rinne -> Kazuki -> Leo -> ??? 

It may take us until we get to the next generation to get another winner, but someday I hope we see one.... 

YES this is obviously PriPara ahah but in canon it might be “Prism Land”? Ahah.

Okay, the end! 

The post is over!

The end!

Why are you looking at me like that?

It’s over!

Thanks for reading!

.............

.....................

Okay. Since you’ve somehow stuck with me THIS FAR, I’m going to talk a little more about how this episode effected me personally and why it’s important to me. 

The depiction of bullying was just so frighteningly accurate, and I feel like other people who have been through something similar would probably agree.

5th grade really is the year. 

It’s right around that time when gender rolls really seem to solidify. All of a sudden lines are drawn. The girls become more girlish and the boys become more boyish. 

It was around that time that I also noticed, that I didn’t like the same things that other girls my age liked. Other people noticed too. 

My gender issues weren’t as profound as Leo’s, but I just wasn’t interested in things like clothes or boys yet. I still wanted to watch cartoons and play in the dirt and stuff.

Going into middle school, I also tried to pretend. But it didn’t work. 

And I didn’t have any friends for a long time. 

But then something happened to change that. I got more involved in music. Specifically marching band. Music and performing brought me together with a rag-tag group of people from different grades who didn’t know my past, all working together to put together a performance. That sort of activity (music, sports, etc.) builds bonds between people that surpass normal friendship. And eventually, through those sort of bonds, I found myself around people who accepted me even though I was a bit different. Gradually, I learned it was okay to be myself. 

So just watching Leo make friends though prism shows.... just oh my god.... that’s me. 

I kinda joked about Leo being my self insert character in King of Prism before, but man. Watching this episode. It just got so... SO much more real.

*deep breath* 

*exhale*

Wow. Okay.  

[pharaohbean]

Hey, saw your Prsk Unit Shuffle AU and am very interested in seeing more.

In particular, I'm interested in hearing more about how the groups formed. It's always neat to see how these characters first meet and interact under different circumstances. And, as a little bonus, maybe what their "Untitled"/theme song is, because I feel like that's a very key part of a unit's identity that tends to be overlooked.

(Not sure if you're still interested in asks about this AU. If not, sorry for bugging you about it)

GASP HELLO I LOVE TALKING ABOUT MY UNIT SHUFFLE AU im so sorry this too forever to get u back on!! schoolwork is a pain and then i went SHOPPING (which takes forever :sob:)

okok so i haven't really thought about all the details of how they get together? so bear with me this is a rough draft lol

SSS: the idea at the core of this group is that its a family with different strengths coming together to make music. so tsukasa is the scriptwriter, saki is the lyricist, toya is the choreographer, and kanade is the composer! the group is headed by tsukasa, who's actually been putting on these shows for all of them since he was a kid. as he got older, he started taking stardom more seriously (leading into canon), but an incident in middle school ended up with the tenmas legally adopting toya, so that definitely shook things up for tsukasa (in a good way!). so i think that (+ l/n not reforming, which does happen in the SSS main story) allowed tsukasa and saki to consider banding their strengths together, since tsukasa loved putting on shows and saki loved seeing them, but she would also help put them on for toya (and later kanade, when she joins them not long after toya does). the two of them very quickly realize that they need more hands, and although recruiting kanade as composer is easy (bc 25ji never forms- dont ask why im still figuring that out lol) toya is a lot harder bc he's still active under BAD DOGS with akito. however, with akito picking up AWR around the same time (+ hatsune freaking miku appearing to toya), toya does join under their choreographer as for their untitled, their song is Wonderland and the Sheep's Song by Hachi, but I worked out their line distributions to this lovely KYO cover! you can see my color-coded lyrics for them here if you're interested :)

R/l: im gonna be 100% honest with you SSS and AWR are the only ones with any semblance of a plot rn LOL but here's the base idea around R/l: mizuki and rui both congregate on the kami school rooftop bc, yknow, loners (mizuki is never reached out to by kanamafu, so not 25ji on their part. tsukasa doesnt end up applying for phoenix so wxs doesn't have a chance of forming). at some point, i imagine they got talking about music, but never did anything concrete. but not long into the main story (probably the very start) an also joins them, her dream of surpassing rad weekend getting weaker as she struggles to find a partner (koha will be explained later) so she goes to hang with her friend on the rooftop. at some point, mizu and an both accidentally enter sekai, where they meet miku and len. those two tell them that there's still two others they need to find because they also made the sekai. mizu and an get.... maybe a little too excited over this. an takes this chance to invite her friend haruka over to kami (so she transfers) and join the group, but in their search for their fourth member they end up accidentally alienating rui (ironic). they fix that tho-- although HOW i dont know lol their untitled was one i went back and forth on (tbh only SSS and AWR i didnt lol), but i eventually decided on Untitled Hymn by shaito! their color-coded lyrics are here (i just realized you can barely tell where an is in lines but ehhh)

ATD: okay so. ATD is the group thats given the most gosh-darn trouble. ive revised their cast motivations like, TWICE now. but basically it goes like this: shizuku and mafuyu are both members of the archery club, with mafuyu trusting shizuku so much that her public mask slips a couple of times (against her will). shizuku's not dumb, but she doesn't say anything bc i think she understands that mafu has her secrets. after shizuku quits being an idol (on more of her own terms), she still wants to find a way to share the light she had before that seemed to reach mafu a few times. enter: accidental sekai trip! this trip both gives shizu the idea for an online group (which could sorta count as MMJ but i think the big distinction is they do more streamer/vtuber stuff and less purely idol stuff?? im still working on that) and lets her see mafu with her mask fully off. eventually, shizu drags nene into the business (nene never attends kami here, workin on that) bc shizu and mafu have no idea how streaming works and nene does, but nene likes hiding behind the camera but is still a part of the group bc who can say no to shizu? and hona joins at shizu's request bc they're both beautification members (and apparently hona+mafu are both honors students so i wonder if they have some overlap?? can you tell ive never attended public school lol) their untitled gave me SO MUCH TROUBLE. because ATD is supposed to be a weird mix of 25ji and mmj? but all of their songs get swiped by either R/l, AWR, or even SSS, so it was hard to find something that i thought could be specifically them. eventually, i finally decided on Common World Domination by PinocchioP! Their color-coded lyrics can be found here :)

MxC: oh boy this one's a doozy. so the idea here is like... there are underground music rings? which sounds wild but like if music is vaguely the lifeblood of this world i DONT CARE it can happen! i don't wanna make it life-threatening tho so its more like... you get blacklisted from everything. which for shiho--who got sucked into this world in an attempt to find bandmates--is VERY BAD. but shiho's given a little bit to find a band before their first performance, but with l/n definitely gone their separate ways (and she never wanted to involve them in the first place) she's kinda stuck. enter: airi and ena! both of them had been watching the music battles, unsatisfied with their current lives (airi having just quit idol/tv work, ena just frustrated over her art), but airi knows shiho thru miya, and when she heard about shiho's impending doom, she resolved herself to very quickly learn guitar and join her group, roping ena (who has a little bit of drum experience from akito and mom) into it as well. meanwhile, while all of this is going on, kohane (being the sweet soul she is) has been trailing shiho out of concern, but then is entirely horrified at the underground battles bc shes still pre-canon meek. but she really wants to help shiho, so she agrees to try and learn keyboard. after clearing the first battle, shiho and her group are safe--for now. they'll have to clear a lot more battles if they want to escape the underground their untitled is Hello Builder by UtsuP since i wanted them to have harsher rock songs than l/n (bordering on metal-ish)! color-coded lyrics here :)

AWR: funny story--all of the above units were made in the order listed! so i got to AWR and... i have ichika, minori, emu, and akito. and im like "NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON". and then i went. "WAIT. THATS IT!" so here's how AWR goes: ichika still tries to reform l/n, but fails; minori is still trying to become an idol; and emu is still trying to revive the wonder stage. all three of them, all attending miya ofc, end up bonding over this and they start thinking. is there a way to satisfy all three of their dreams (band, idol, and show) at once? and at FIRST the answer is "no lol" so they go exploring. and somehow someway (workin on that) word finds out about this and some guy on vivid street dares akito to try and fix em into shape in a week. akito--being akito--accepts quite hotheadedly, then quickly realizes that maybe this wasnt a good idea?? because EVERYONE has a different music taste and its almost impossible to keep up with them all!!! but eventually they do figure it all out, and by the end none of them wanted to split apart or anything. AWR is i think the group that has the least amount of direction which might be on purpose. i think (again im rambling rn so) part of their story is figuring out what their direction is going to be! their untitled is Lip Sync by DECO*27, written as a part of holo*27 (hi no im not rlly into vtubers i just like their music) but i count it bc its written by a voca producer and this would not be the first time a non-vocaloid sung a unit song (cough cough mafumafu and tuyu). you CAN find my color-coded lyrics here.... but i did the translations. which means they're pretty much 98% google translated then bonked around to make sense. i dont know japanese please dont sue me

i hope you enjoy my indepth explanation!!! im always happy to talk about these guys :D

[pharaohbean]

i JUST realized ive never talked about my shuffle unit au. oh i need to do that someday.

anyways take this chart of the units + their starting vs (specific vocaloids for personality only)

[prism-rush]

King of Prism Road to SSS 4: Joji the Joker

This is Joji’s character story from Road to SSS 4. It runs parallel to the Road to SSS 4 event story so you may want to read that first:

Road to SSS 4 Main Story Translation

Translator’s notes: At the time when this first came out it kinda blew me away because it was the most dialogue The Shuffle has ever had. (Actually that might still be true haha but anyway.) So little was known about The Shuffle at the time that even the game couldn’t keep them straight. Mitsuba is the one who “can only hit straight” because his hobby is shooting, and it’s a reference to his voice actor as well. But in the original version it was Mondo and I have the proof here. At some point between when I first read this story initially and a year later when I’m translating it now, they quietly fixed it. Hah. 

Joji: Mmmmm ❤ (Shall I secrete some pheromones~ ❤ )

 Passersby: EEEE! / IT’S JOJI! / JOJI-KUN!!

Joji: Thank you for your support everyone!

But you shouldn’t go causing such a commotion.... Instead of waiting around for me outside in the cold, I hope you can see me on stage next time☆

Fans: Okaaaay! 

Joji: Yay, thank you! 

(Backstage)

Joji: .....AHH! I’M BEAT! (It took so much effort just to get into the studio with everyone crowding around me.) 

Being as sexy as me should be a crime. But it’s not. Oh well.☆ 

Welp, let’s have a look-see at the script… Oh? This girl is a really popular model! Hmm hmm! She would be just perfect for my partner!☆ 

(It’s not like I’m actually serious about being in the duo tournament anyway... I’m just doing it because the director told me to. But I will take the opportunity to search for a partner.) 

Hmm hmm. As soon as I turn on my usual charm, that cutie model will be wrapped around my finger!☆

Tsurugi: Um… the duo partner for the tournament….

Mitsuba: Is supposed to be a male idol, right…?

Kokoro: Yeah, that’s right.

Mondo: …But Joji is only inviting girls…?

Ace: …He’s clearly just using it as an excuse to talk to girls. Even though the director is already mad at him, he never knows when to quit. 

Joji: Hey hey, honey pie! Let’s do our best today☆

Model: Oh.... Joji.... san...? Huh, what’s going on. All of a sudden my heart is beating really fast.... !?

Joji: Heheh don’t be shy. You know you want a piece☆

(Later)

Joji: And... done! Yep yep! I got the girl’s number today too☆ 

And... some dude’s number as well. I have to pretend I’m actually searching for a partner for the duo tournament, after all. GAahhhhhah but is the director REALLY going to make me do street style? And as a duo! There’s nobody good enough to partner with me in the first place! 

Mondo: Good work today, Joji!

Tsurugi: You really wore yourself out! 

Mitsuba: But that’s why you’re our leader!

Kokoro: You’re the best there is! 

Joji: Yes, yes, of course. I’m always at the top of my game. 

Tsurugi: And by the way, Joji...

Mitsuba: About the duo tournament! You were talking about how...

Kokoro: ...you haven’t decided on...

Mondo: .....your partner yet, have you!?

Joji: Huh? Not at all! And I’m not planning to! If I absolutely have to pair with someone, I’m fine with pairing with any one of you. 

Tsurugi: R-REALLY!?

Mitsuba: Well in that case..! Hey, everyone!

Kokori: We should decide this fair and square! 

Mondo: Agreed. We have to decide this fairly. 

Joji: Huuh? What are you guys going on about? ...Oh, that girl in that magazine over there is so cute!

Tsurugi: So, Joji! How about a bowling tournament!

Joji: Sure sure, whatever you say. 

Mondo: Ace can’t be on stage with you at the same time, so it will be between the four of us....

Kokoro: And whoever wins gets to be your partner! 

Mitsuba: We’ll all give our all! 

(Later) 

Kokoro: And so, I hereby declare the first ever Joji’s Partner Contest Bowling Tournament officially underway! 

The Shuffle: YAAAY! 

Joji: Wait. You were actually serious about the bowling thing!? Well, whatever I guess. All I gotta do is just name whoever wins as my partner, right? So, good luck then. 

The Shuffle: OKAY!!

Joji: ....But what should I do in the meantime? 

Tsurugi: Well, why don’t you bowl with us too?

Joji: Bowling, huh... Well, I guess it’s not a bad idea to enjoy something ordinary once in a while ♪ 

But, you guys! If you have me participate I’ll just end up overshadowing you all, won’t I? So today I think I’ll keep myself behind the scenes. Just for you guys! 

Mondo: Yeah, you’re right. 

Mintsuba: That’s our leader! Always thinking of us! 

Joji: Heheh, don’t make me blush♪ (Just kidding. I can’t be bothered to actually break a sweat on my day off. Aaah if only I wasn’t stuck here I could be on a date with a cute girl right nowwww. Well, whatever. I suppose as leader, looking after my pathetic underlings is just part of the job, right?) So, I’ll be the host and the referee then! Everyone, do it up!

The Shuffle: All right! Here we go! 

Joji: Alright then umm.... first up is Kokoro! 

Kokoro: Alright, leave it to me! Huah! 

*rolling*

*clunk*

*rolling*

Joji: Oohhh my. After all that force it just ended up in the gutter! 

Kokoro: What!?

Joji: No worries. That’s just how the cookie crumbles☆ Alright, who’s next!? Do your best! Oh, Mitsuba, how about you?

Mitsuba: Alright, leave it to me. Bowling is my specialty... here goes!

Joji: Ohh! The ball is rolling pretty straight! A split. It would take some serious skill to turn this into a spare….

Mitsuba: ...Hmph!

Joji: Too bad! It’s going straight down the middle again!

Tsurugi: By the way Mitsuba, you’re also good at shooting aren’t you?

Kokoro: And darts!

Mondo: But those are all sports where you just hit straight down the center….

*ball keeps rolling*

Mondo: Aaah! My second throw is a zero…

Joji: I see. Even with bowling you can only aim straight. Alright, alright, let’s keep going! Chop chop! Next up Mondo--

Mondo: ....Hiyah! 

*thump*

*steady rolling sound*

Joji: Hmmm. You knocked over... 6 pins? Not bad. Alright, last up is Tsurugi. 

Tsurugi: Here I come! Huaaaaahhh!!

*crash*

Joji: ....!! A strike!

Tsurugi: Eheh. I did it!

Joji: (No way. Not even I’ve ever managed a strike... Nah nah, this was just dumb luck. Yeah, dumb luck, that’s all.☆) You know, I’m getting pretty tired of commentating for you guys. 

...Oh, cute girl spotted.☆ Target... locked! And.... secrete! 

Girl: !! EEE! 

Joji: Ahhh... this is the life. I needed a recharge after being stuck with those guys all day.

(Finally, the game reached its conclusion.)

Joji: Alriiiight, I’ll skip the formalities and get straight to the point. Yadda yadda yadda, you all did your best, but now... 

It’s time to announce the results!

The Shuffle: YAAAAY!

Joji: In 1st place… Kokoro!

Kokoro: YeeeEAAAAAAAHHH! I DID IT!!!! I’m going to go practice street style right away!!

Joji: In 2nd place… Mondo!

Mondo: Dammit… I was so close…

Joji: And in 3rd and 4th place… wellnobodyreallycaresbut… Mitsuba and Tsurugi! 

Mitsuba: ...Darn it!

Tsurugi: Bowling is actually really hard.

Ace: Oh ho...

Joji: So, therefore, the best partner for me is… 

The 2nd place winner, Mondo!

Kokoro and Mondo: WHAAT?!

Kokoro: But but but but why?! I was number one!

Joji: But… we never exactly decided that 1st place would make you my partner… After all, if I made the number one player into my partner, it could take some of the spotlight off of me! Therefore, my partner is number two!

Kokoro: That’s not fair...

Mondo: Thank you so much!! I’ll work really hard!

Joji: Yeah yeah, do your best. (Like it matters. I won’t be in the duo tournament anyway. I’ll just conveniently delay telling the director that I have a partner.)

(A few days later, at Schwarz Rose...)

Joji: D... director? You called for me? But what is he doing here...

Jin: Good evening. Alexander Yamato. Joji Takadanobaba. The two of you--

(End. Continued in the Road to SSS 4 main story.)

[prism-rush]

Hiro’s backstory excerpt from Prism Rush’s 4th SSS event.

....So, much like the 3rd SSS event on was supposed to be a quirky story about Yukinojo and Kakeru going to Kyoto but suddenly went on a huge Shin/Louis tangent, the 4th SSS event was supposed to be all about the Shuffle and Joji eventually pairing with Alec but for some reason also has this long conversation between Hiro and Kouji that just goes from zero to.... OMG..... 

Background: At some point (probably in the story of a card I didn’t scout....) Kazuki asked Hiro to be his partner in the Duo Tournament. Hiro didn’t answer him and has been avoiding him ever since. (Not directly, but more by like... making sure he’s surrounded by a cloud of girls, changing the subject, etc.)

After class Hiro and Kouji are walking home together when Kouji steers them by that infamous street practice area and they overhear Kazuki, Taiga, and Alec all having a friendly battle.... 

♪  ♪ ~   ♪ ~   ♪ ~

Hiro: Huh? That’s... Kazuki and Taiga...  and Alec too.

Kouji: Eheh. It looks like they’re having a great time. You can feel the passion radiating from their dance battle even from all the way over here. 

Hiro: ............. Street-style battles.... huh.... Haha, this place is nostalgic, isn’t it?

Kouji: Oh yeah. The first time you ever danced together with Kazuki was here wasn’t it. This place serves as a memento of your battle with him...

Hiro: A memento.... it’s not exactly of a good memory though..... 

Kouji: But it’s because we’ve had that history that the three of us were able to come together in the first place. 

Hiro: Kouji....

Kouji: No matter who you were in the past, I believe in who you are now. Surely by now I have come to know at least a little about who you truly are, and how much prism shows mean to you... 

Hiro: ............ 

It’s more than just a little. 

“No matter who I was in the past”... huh... 

You know.... just hearing you say that, Kouji, makes me like my past self just a little bit more. 

Kouji ....Hey, Hiro. 

Hiro: What?

Kouji: When we were at lunch together, Kazuki looked like he wanted to talk to you about something.... are you avoiding him on purpose?

Hiro: ..........

Kouji: And I have one more question. Just now you felt something stir from deep inside your heart while you were just watching Kazuki, Taiga, and Alec dance. Am I wrong?

Hiro: .....Darn. I can’t get anything past you, can I?

Kouji: I had this nagging feeling that maybe you weren’t avoiding Kazuki per se, but actually trying to avert yourself from the street style altogether. Of course, I know you probably have your reasons but... 

Hiro: Because I am the definitive idol, Hiro Hayami! .......Well, that is one reason... but really..... That isn’t all. 

Kouji: I figured. 

Hiro: .... Kouji, would you mind listening to a story from my past?

Kouji: Of course I don’t mind. 

Hiro: Very soon after I was born, I was sent to Kumamoto prefecture... to a church in Amakusa. It was there that the Father and a Sister of the church raised me. 

I was very happy there. They loved me very much and treated me as though I was their own child.... 

I was raised in a loving environment. I was just like everyone else... just like any kid who had a normal family. 

....But after a few years passed, the two of them both died in an unexpected accident.... 

I was moved to a children’s home in Kumamoto. 

Child: Bleh! If you don’t like it, come at me! You baby!

Young Hiro: Shut your face! I’m not a baby! Take this!

(punching sound effect)

Child: HAHAH! What was that, a fly?! You’re going to have to try a lot harder than that! 

Young Hiro: Dammit.... I’m not finished yet! 

---At the children’s home there were lots of other kids my age. They had already formed a close bond, and when I suddenly thrown into mix they weren’t very welcoming. 

As I got older, I began to let myself get carried away more often. Even in my past I never liked losing, so I was getting into fights every day. It didn’t matter how much bigger or older my opponent was, I wouldn’t quit until I’d won. 

I worked really hard to find any way to win, just so I would not lose. And I just kept winning, and winning, and winning... 

To me, fighting... “battling”.... was... it was just what I had to do in order to prove myself, in order to survive.

...I know things are different now, and the Duo Tournament is just another show. 

But, thinking about battling with other people just reminds me of that time. 

Even though I never lost a fight, those weren’t exactly good memories for me. 

So, as a result, I guess I have kind of been avoiding Kazuki. 

I do feel like I need to tell him the truth, like I’m telling you... but... 

Kouji: So ....There was a time in your past, when you were like that....

Hiro: You’d never guess, right? To think that me... Hiro Hayami, actually isn’t a definitive idol at all--

Kouji: Hiro Hayami is a member of Over the Rainbow, and everyone’s definitive idol! 

Hiro: ...Huh?

Kouji: I think knowing that you have scars and that you’re not perfect only makes your appeal even stronger. 

Hiro: .....

Kouji: I will never be like you, Hiro. There is only one “Hiro Hayami” in the entire world, right? 

Hiro: Kouji...... 

Kouji: And of course only I can be me.

Hiro: ...Yeah. Kouji, um, thank you for standing by me all this way--no, thank you for everything always.  

Kouji: ...You’re welcome.

Hiro: I’m sorry... The words won’t seem to come out right, but I really am thankful from the bottom of my heart. 

Kouji: It’s okay. I know what you mean. 

Hiro: I’m so glad. Really... I just... ahaha... 

You know, when I think about it, it is true that the past me is what made me into the me I am today. Back in that time, I did whatever it took just to get by. 

Kouji: Yeah. 

Hiro: ...But, if I bring out that will to fight that I locked up inside myself, I’m afraid something in me could change... 

How should I say it... I feel like I could maybe hurt someone again... hurt you...  I... I’m not actually that strong. You know that better than anyone, right?

Kouji: Hiro.......

Kazuki: Aahaha here comes another one!

Burning Spiral!

Hiro: ............

Kouji: You have to be the one who makes the decision. You’re the only one who can make that sort of decision for yourself. 

Hiro: .....You’re right. Thanks. I’m really glad I could get to talk to you. I feel like a bit of weight has been lifted from my shoulders. 

Kouji: I’m glad you talked to me too. No matter what happens, don’t just hold it all in anymore. Promise you’ll talk to me, OK? 

Hiro: Okay... I promise. 

Kouji: Eheh. 

Hiro: Kouji, I...  I just want to treasure this time I have with everyone. 

Kouji: (All I can do to help is just listen.... 

But I feel that by accepting his past self, a small flame was just lit deep within Hiro’s soul.)  

[End scene.]

[pharaohbean]

bwiubfiwfb THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS!!! im so glad you like my swap au gremlins :D

"untitled hymn" is actually in pjsk! its called incomplete anthem or smth and idk why but the pjsk wiki and the vocaloidlyrics wiki have a discrepancy between them and ive just decided to go with the vocaloidlyrics wiki lol im trying not to use songs that are commissioned/covered in pjsk, but vs only songs are 100% up for grabs lol

THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO THIS HELPS TREMENDOUSLY

Hey, saw your Prsk Unit Shuffle AU and am very interested in seeing more.

In particular, I'm interested in hearing more about how the groups formed. It's always neat to see how these characters first meet and interact under different circumstances. And, as a little bonus, maybe what their "Untitled"/theme song is, because I feel like that's a very key part of a unit's identity that tends to be overlooked.

(Not sure if you're still interested in asks about this AU. If not, sorry for bugging you about it)

GASP HELLO I LOVE TALKING ABOUT MY UNIT SHUFFLE AU im so sorry this too forever to get u back on!! schoolwork is a pain and then i went SHOPPING (which takes forever :sob:)

okok so i haven't really thought about all the details of how they get together? so bear with me this is a rough draft lol

SSS: the idea at the core of this group is that its a family with different strengths coming together to make music. so tsukasa is the scriptwriter, saki is the lyricist, toya is the choreographer, and kanade is the composer! the group is headed by tsukasa, who's actually been putting on these shows for all of them since he was a kid. as he got older, he started taking stardom more seriously (leading into canon), but an incident in middle school ended up with the tenmas legally adopting toya, so that definitely shook things up for tsukasa (in a good way!). so i think that (+ l/n not reforming, which does happen in the SSS main story) allowed tsukasa and saki to consider banding their strengths together, since tsukasa loved putting on shows and saki loved seeing them, but she would also help put them on for toya (and later kanade, when she joins them not long after toya does). the two of them very quickly realize that they need more hands, and although recruiting kanade as composer is easy (bc 25ji never forms- dont ask why im still figuring that out lol) toya is a lot harder bc he's still active under BAD DOGS with akito. however, with akito picking up AWR around the same time (+ hatsune freaking miku appearing to toya), toya does join under their choreographer as for their untitled, their song is Wonderland and the Sheep's Song by Hachi, but I worked out their line distributions to this lovely KYO cover! you can see my color-coded lyrics for them here if you're interested :)

R/l: im gonna be 100% honest with you SSS and AWR are the only ones with any semblance of a plot rn LOL but here's the base idea around R/l: mizuki and rui both congregate on the kami school rooftop bc, yknow, loners (mizuki is never reached out to by kanamafu, so not 25ji on their part. tsukasa doesnt end up applying for phoenix so wxs doesn't have a chance of forming). at some point, i imagine they got talking about music, but never did anything concrete. but not long into the main story (probably the very start) an also joins them, her dream of surpassing rad weekend getting weaker as she struggles to find a partner (koha will be explained later) so she goes to hang with her friend on the rooftop. at some point, mizu and an both accidentally enter sekai, where they meet miku and len. those two tell them that there's still two others they need to find because they also made the sekai. mizu and an get.... maybe a little too excited over this. an takes this chance to invite her friend haruka over to kami (so she transfers) and join the group, but in their search for their fourth member they end up accidentally alienating rui (ironic). they fix that tho-- although HOW i dont know lol their untitled was one i went back and forth on (tbh only SSS and AWR i didnt lol), but i eventually decided on Untitled Hymn by shaito! their color-coded lyrics are here (i just realized you can barely tell where an is in lines but ehhh)

ATD: okay so. ATD is the group thats given the most gosh-darn trouble. ive revised their cast motivations like, TWICE now. but basically it goes like this: shizuku and mafuyu are both members of the archery club, with mafuyu trusting shizuku so much that her public mask slips a couple of times (against her will). shizuku's not dumb, but she doesn't say anything bc i think she understands that mafu has her secrets. after shizuku quits being an idol (on more of her own terms), she still wants to find a way to share the light she had before that seemed to reach mafu a few times. enter: accidental sekai trip! this trip both gives shizu the idea for an online group (which could sorta count as MMJ but i think the big distinction is they do more streamer/vtuber stuff and less purely idol stuff?? im still working on that) and lets her see mafu with her mask fully off. eventually, shizu drags nene into the business (nene never attends kami here, workin on that) bc shizu and mafu have no idea how streaming works and nene does, but nene likes hiding behind the camera but is still a part of the group bc who can say no to shizu? and hona joins at shizu's request bc they're both beautification members (and apparently hona+mafu are both honors students so i wonder if they have some overlap?? can you tell ive never attended public school lol) their untitled gave me SO MUCH TROUBLE. because ATD is supposed to be a weird mix of 25ji and mmj? but all of their songs get swiped by either R/l, AWR, or even SSS, so it was hard to find something that i thought could be specifically them. eventually, i finally decided on Common World Domination by PinocchioP! Their color-coded lyrics can be found here :)

MxC: oh boy this one's a doozy. so the idea here is like... there are underground music rings? which sounds wild but like if music is vaguely the lifeblood of this world i DONT CARE it can happen! i don't wanna make it life-threatening tho so its more like... you get blacklisted from everything. which for shiho--who got sucked into this world in an attempt to find bandmates--is VERY BAD. but shiho's given a little bit to find a band before their first performance, but with l/n definitely gone their separate ways (and she never wanted to involve them in the first place) she's kinda stuck. enter: airi and ena! both of them had been watching the music battles, unsatisfied with their current lives (airi having just quit idol/tv work, ena just frustrated over her art), but airi knows shiho thru miya, and when she heard about shiho's impending doom, she resolved herself to very quickly learn guitar and join her group, roping ena (who has a little bit of drum experience from akito and mom) into it as well. meanwhile, while all of this is going on, kohane (being the sweet soul she is) has been trailing shiho out of concern, but then is entirely horrified at the underground battles bc shes still pre-canon meek. but she really wants to help shiho, so she agrees to try and learn keyboard. after clearing the first battle, shiho and her group are safe--for now. they'll have to clear a lot more battles if they want to escape the underground their untitled is Hello Builder by UtsuP since i wanted them to have harsher rock songs than l/n (bordering on metal-ish)! color-coded lyrics here :)

AWR: funny story--all of the above units were made in the order listed! so i got to AWR and... i have ichika, minori, emu, and akito. and im like "NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON". and then i went. "WAIT. THATS IT!" so here's how AWR goes: ichika still tries to reform l/n, but fails; minori is still trying to become an idol; and emu is still trying to revive the wonder stage. all three of them, all attending miya ofc, end up bonding over this and they start thinking. is there a way to satisfy all three of their dreams (band, idol, and show) at once? and at FIRST the answer is "no lol" so they go exploring. and somehow someway (workin on that) word finds out about this and some guy on vivid street dares akito to try and fix em into shape in a week. akito--being akito--accepts quite hotheadedly, then quickly realizes that maybe this wasnt a good idea?? because EVERYONE has a different music taste and its almost impossible to keep up with them all!!! but eventually they do figure it all out, and by the end none of them wanted to split apart or anything. AWR is i think the group that has the least amount of direction which might be on purpose. i think (again im rambling rn so) part of their story is figuring out what their direction is going to be! their untitled is Lip Sync by DECO*27, written as a part of holo*27 (hi no im not rlly into vtubers i just like their music) but i count it bc its written by a voca producer and this would not be the first time a non-vocaloid sung a unit song (cough cough mafumafu and tuyu). you CAN find my color-coded lyrics here.... but i did the translations. which means they're pretty much 98% google translated then bonked around to make sense. i dont know japanese please dont sue me

i hope you enjoy my indepth explanation!!! im always happy to talk about these guys :D

[pharaohbean]

honey (/p) SSS was the first group i made, that was deliberate LOL /lh

toya is… legally a tenma. he is tenma toya in this au, if you look at my color-codes lyrics for their songs (YES we’ve gone THAT FAR), he is Tenma Toya. thats pre-canon stuff that i’m not getting into atm LOL

kanade is not, but personally i refuse to believe that child services would let kanade get away with what she did in canon? especially with honami as a hired caretaker? i feel like honami/her company is legally required to report in or smth but what do i know about the japanese legal system? nothing, that’s what! i barely know anything about MY OWN legal system!

anyways kanade is just being fostered by the tenmas and its great

i JUST realized ive never talked about my shuffle unit au. oh i need to do that someday.

anyways take this chart of the units + their starting vs (specific vocaloids for personality only)