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Update

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Chapter 103 (update #110) has been posted.

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I’m glad Shiki is finally taking on the responsibility of Clan Heir, for a while there I was worried she was gonna somehow inadvertently end up forcing it on Yuta despite his current complete political unawareness, since you went out of your way to set up the importance of Sugawara blood like 30 chapters ago and I’m assuming Yuta is still a descendant in this universe?

Yuta is indeed still a distant descendant of Sugawara in zenith of stars.

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The people of Bourou Village are quite surprised to be receiving waterlogged visitors.

Surprised, and cautious. Quite understandably so, Lumine thinks. From what Zhongli had said, Inazuma was a country that had recently just gone through a tumultuous civil war, so it makes sense that the citizens of a recovering country would be wary of foreigners. Particularly when the country in question was missing its patron god, the Electro Archon who had been slain by the leader of the rebel force.

“The Raiden Shogun, the Narukami Ogosho, is the sole Archon who has ruled Inazuma through the ages. But with Her Excellency’s death, and also the recent passing of Rex Lapis of Liyue… one must wonder if this is a sign that the times are changing.”

A heavy sigh, and the elderly grandmother in front of Lumine shakes her head slowly.

Lumine, for her part, hands over the package of boar meat that she’d been asked to deliver by another villager.

“Thank you, dear,” the grandmother accepts the package. “I hope the ramblings of an old woman haven’t taken up too much of your time. Really, it’s quite unfortunate that you and your friends have not arrived in Inazuma in one of our more hospitable times. But alas… well, perhaps it’s still a sign of fortune in these trying times that you’ve washed up on the shores of Watatsumi. Had it been Narukami Island that you arrived at instead, I doubt you would’ve been treated as kindly.”

“Really?” Paimon inquires curiously from over Lumine’s shoulder. “Watatsumi Island is special, granny?”

“Watatsumi Island is protected by Sangonomiya-sama, the Divine Priestess who leads us,” the old woman says, a hint of pride coloring her tone. “Even without the Raiden Shogun, I believe in her and her vision for Inazuma’s future.”

Lumine blinks. That was a lot of confidence that this grandmother was putting in their ‘Divine Priestess.’ Was this a common attitude among Watatsumi islanders? Just who was this Divine Priestess, to inspire such loyalty from her people?

And… for a prominent figure like this, had she been a major player in Inazuma’s civil war?

Lumine spends some more time talking with the chatty grandmother, before returning to perform other tasks around the village. The people of Bourou Village had been wary of foreigners in the beginning, but the pitiful states of Lumine and the other shipwreck survivors had wrought enough sympathy that they’d been welcomed into the village. They were willing to provide food and other supplies to them, in exchange for menial labor from those well enough to work.

And so Lumine found herself quite busy these days, running errands and learning more about the new country that she’d arrived in. Inazuma was quite different from both Mondstadt and Liyue. Even despite missing their patron god, most of the people that Lumine encountered in Bourou Village were quite resilient, and transparently full of determination and hope for their future.

From what Lumine gathered about Narukami Island, though, where the Raiden Shogun once dwelled and directed the shogunate from… people there might not share the same attitude as the ones of Bourou Village.

Lumine is going to have to travel to Narukami Island, if she wants to find out more information on the Raiden Shogun.

Eventually, the time comes. The other shipwreck survivors regather their bearings, and Lumine prepares to leave Bourou Village as well. Their plan is to head to the Sangonomiya Shrine together. The sailors in order to seek assistance, and Lumine in order to find anyone who might be traveling to other islands in Inazuma, so she can cross the treacherous waters. Hopefully much more safely this time, without any lightning storms.

Before she leaves, though–

“Excuse me,” Lumine asks Kuri, the fisherwoman who is a friendly villager who knows everyone around and is familiar with them all. “I just wanted to ask –do you know where Gojo is? She was the one who directed us to Bourou Village, and I wanted to at least thank her before we left.”

Kuri blinks, “Who?”

“Erm… Gojo? White-haired girl who wears a blindfold?” Lumine tries. “Although I’m not sure if she’s really blind…”

The woman shakes her head. “Sorry, I’m not familiar with anyone by that name. You must’ve happened upon another traveler, I think.”

“Ah, I see.” That was quite unfortunate. But if Gojo was a traveler just like Lumine herself… maybe there was a small chance that they’d run into each other again sometime in the near future?

After all, Lumine’s journey in Inazuma has only just started.

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Update!

New chapter for zenith of stars is up!

Chapter 102 (update #109) has been posted.

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In chapter 77 (a while ago I know), Satoru said that Domain Expansions are fragile from the outside. That's canon, but in your headcanon does breaking a DE's barrier from the outside nullify the DE's sure-hit effect for those inside? I'm curious for your thoughts on this since Yuji was still auto-hit by Mahito's DE even when he broke its barrier getting in to rescue Nanami.

Short answer: It depends on what you mean by 'breaking' the DE barrier.

Longer answer:

In terms of 'breaking in' through the barrier, the DE is unaffected by the intruder. The individual in question would still be auto-hit by the DE.

This is because they are only entering the domain, not destroying the barrier.

I consider Itadori entering Mahito's DE to be similar to what Fushiguro did by entering Dagon's DE. In both cases, they made an 'opening' through the barrier from the outside, which allowed them to enter. Neither of them actually destroyed the DE by entering the barrier like this.

(Canonically, I believe there's a mention somewhere of how there's no 'merit' in entering a DE in that manner.)

I think of Mahito's DE breaking down to be the result of the following chain of events, in this order: Itadori breaks inside the barrier > Itadori gets auto-hit by the DE technique > Sukuna reacts > Mahito is severely injured > Mahito is unable to maintain his technique > The DE collapses.

So technically the DE collapses because of Mahito being severely injured, not because Itadori broke through the barrier.

However:

If the barrier of a domain is destroyed, and not just bypassed, then this will also terminate the DE. This can be seen from how Sukuna broke Gojo's DE in canon by completely destroying the barrier.

Something else to note: Even though we say that a domain's barrier is fragile from the outside, that's just comparatively speaking. It's not actually as easy a feat as this sort of description might suggest. Don't trust Gojo's standards on this, guys.

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Chapter 105 (update #112) for zenith of stars is up on Ko-fi. Thank you very much for the support!

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Question here, would the character dynamics change if our favorite eyes of death sword enthusiast were born a boy?

And are you planning on making a AU were everybody was just the opposite genders?

I believe this question was asked a while back, although it's probably buried somewhere on this Tumblr blog. TLDR: If Shiki was male, the political dynamics in this fic would be quite different, as would various relationships I'd think.

No, I have no plans to write a genderswap AU.

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I just read the most recent Kofi chapter. It’s nice to have a chapter where absolutely nothing goes wrong, for any character, in any way, shape, or form! Yes, everything is perfectly fine.

Everything is always perfectly fine. :D

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Update!

New chapter for zenith of stars is up!

Chapter 101 (update #108) has been posted.

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Kusakabe sucks in a sharp breath. Faint pinpricks tingle over his body –not fear, exactly, but something close to it.

In front of him, Zenin Naoya sits boredly atop a bloodied, misshapen figure.

And there’s no mistaking the young man’s gesture as one that’s bored. One foot crossed over a knee, chin resting in the palm of his hand while his elbow is propped up on the side… his body language is one that speaks of unmistakable boredom. Dissatisfaction, as well, with a faint trace of irritation.

Around him, the surrounding buildings have been completely leveled to the ground, and there are sharp chunks of ice scattered everywhere. Ice, and copious splatters of blood.

This didn’t make any sense. This didn’t make any sense at all.

Zenin Naoya was supposed to be dead. So how was he here, alive and well? And perched over Fushiguro Megumi’s corpse, no less?

No–

Not corpse.

Beneath him, Fushiguro Megumi is still alive.

A bloodied arm twitches, broken bones snapping back into place while open lacerations slowly begin closing in on themselves, when in the world did Fushiguro learn how to use reverse cursed technique–

The sword in Zenin’s hand stabs down through the healing limb.

“Man, just give up already,” the not-dead man says. “If you can’t even beat me, then what makes you think that you’re going to stand a snowball’s chance in hell against Toji-sama? … Wait, no, Toji-sama is dead in this world, isn’t he? Fuck. Whatever, still doesn’t mean you stand a chance, so you might as well save yourself the struggle.”

… Toji-sama? No wait, that’s not the most important thing here. Why is Zenin Naoya–

“Arrogant sorcerer, I’m going to–”

Zenin Naoya’s sword slices down into Fushiguro’s cheek, silencing his words in a dark splatter of blood and steel. “Yeah, yeah, you’ll kill me and strangle me with my own intestines or something. Good for you. I’d be happy to do the same once, y’know, you get the fuck out of my nephew’s body. Damn, I bet Shiki-sama could just cut you out of him directly…”

Fushiguro… no, there’s no way that’s Fushiguro. Kusakabe recognizes this terrible cursed energy, the same cursed energy that had been released from Itadori during that fateful night in Shibuya.

Itadori Yuji stumbles over from the side, chips of ice crumbling down from his body. “Who’s Shiki?”

“That’s Zenin-sama to you, kid,” the undead sorcerer responds. “Man, I can’t believe that apparently Zenin Shiki was never even born in this world. Must be why everything’s like this.”

At the utterance of ‘this,’ Zenin Naoya waves a hand towards their surroundings, all rubble and destruction.

“Things wouldn’t have been so bad if Gojo-sensei hadn’t been sealed,” Itadori shakes his head.

“Gojo-sensei?”

“Uh, Gojo Satoru.”

Zenin Naoya snorts. “That wishy-washy, indecisive guy? I’m not surprised he got himself sealed.”

“Hey! You can’t just say that about Gojo-sensei, he–”

“I’ll say what I want: Gojo Satoru doesn’t hold a candle to Shiki-sama.” Zenin Naoya suddenly lifts his gaze, sharp eyes staring directly into Kusakabe’s own with the piercing, authoritative gaze of someone who expects to be obeyed. 

“Oi, you,” he demands, pointing the end of his bloodied sword at Kusakabe. “You’re the backup? Mind telling me why there were a couple of students trying to throw hands with Ryomen Sukuna here on their own?”

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Update!

New chapter for zenith of stars is up!

Chapter 100 (update #107) has been posted.

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Are Noritoshi's half siblings(aside from Nobutomo Kamo) still alive?

I'm sure some of them are!

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Stonehearts: Aventurine secure Penacony for the IPC

Aventurine: All over it!

(10 minutes into Penacony)

Aventurine: The hell's an IPC? I don't have time for that my friend is MISSING her sister is HYPNOTIZING PEOPLE TO GET INFORMATION her brother is on a WARPATH and did I mention MY FRIEND IS MISSING WHERE IS MY FRIEND

Topaz: I wonder how Aventurine's Penacony trip is going.

(Insert meme where everything is on fire)

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Ko-fi Update

Chapter 103 (update #110) for zenith of stars is up on Ko-fi. Thank you very much for the support!

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Chapters 102, 101, and 100 are also available in advance:

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Chapter 101: LINK

Chapter 100: LINK

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Extra this week features Kiri's continued Shibuya adventures:

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March WIP Voting Poll: LINK