#vbs wl2

[mynabirb]

wl2 spoilers?

something something An being the only one who stays (the one left behind) and how heavy carrying the dreams of all her beloved people must have been

[inkois]

BOTH AKITO CARDS HAVE THE SAME GODDAMN EXPRESSION. I'M SCARED FOR AKITO'S CHAPTER. I AM AFRAID. HE LOOKS EXHAUSTED IN BOTH. PLEASE SEND HELP. SCREAMING THROWING UP CRYING.

[melodyssolarsystem]

sega training video

[toyalove]

VBS POST WL STORY

the things you love will always be a part of you. whether they are people or objects, meeting them will always change some part of you, or fuel you.

"i too, want to sing, together with akito"

"but i feel like i can't ever be by your side with such half hearted feelings"

in toya's own chapter and in his side story, the theme of "regret" was brought up quite a bit. the idea of "there will be regrets in life, but it is up to you to choose what you want to do in the present to change things", and "there will always be mistakes, but what matters most is moving forward with no regrets". for toya, it was overcoming his fears for just this one moment, to come to terms with his feelings. to acknowledge that he hurt akito, but to not regret not finding closure for the rest of his life because of his fears.

there will be mistakes that will be hard to forgive — especially if the person you trust the most crushed your dreams. however, the important part about this “what if” wasn’t really about forgiveness, but rather it was about reconciliation and forming closure for both parties, who still love everything about the days they were together. what’s done has been done.

toya coming forward to talk to akito in person, is part of forming that closure for himself and for akito. it is part of letting go of all those regrets he had before, and moving forward towards the future without being chained by all these “what if” questions. if natsuomi never gave toya that push, he may not have ever gained this sense of security.

towards the end, just like when he first sang with akito, he relished in that warmth, the passion, the energy. it was just like the first time he discovered the world of street music, the color and joy. he sang for the first time in a long while, wondering why he hasn’t been singing if it brought him so much joy.

and of course, that vbs main story reference — “you’re such an idiot��� i guess you love music to death after all don’t you”

once again it tells us, toya never really wanted to let go. he has always loved music, and he always wants to be with music, together with the people he loves.

ted talk over

[vivid-bad-brainrot]

Feel free to rant about VBS WL2 gang I gotta know now

why vbs wl2 is bad - a pathetic little rant

HIHI thank you for giving me an opportunity to rant holy moly do I have thoughts on vbs wl2..... most of them negative uhhhhh I think what I liked about it was Touya's chapters. they were probably the strongest (actually if I have to rank them on best to worst it bed touya--->an--->kohane--akito). I did enjoy an's whole "it was selfish of me to have dragged Kohane into this" spiel because its something that means a lot to her character and I cried from joy when she was talking about it!! The only think I liked in Kohane's chapter was the whole "it felt nice to BE an's partner" because that mentality stems from insecurity, which again, I wish her chapters dove into more.

Pretty much: I feel like this event wasn't individually character driven enough??? obviously these stories ARE angstbait written by a corporation to get money but we KNOW that PRSK is capable of making stories that are so impactful and beautiful so when they churn out slop like this its kinda insulting yk????? akito would hate the PRSK writers please stop half assing this!!!

most criticism I've seen for this even were "it only focused on the aibous!!!!!" and while that is a valid complaint that's not what made the event so ass. To me, the whole aibous braking up schtick wasn't a lame idea, it's actually really compelling! The main issue is that we didn't LEARN anything new about these characters from how they were acting (except maybe touya. Touya's chapter felt like a genuine character study of him and the fact that it focused more on his relationship with MUSIC primarily is what made it so strong for me!!!

i don't wanna be a whole "why is the author acting like he know so much" but genuinely the way an and akito's chapters were handled.... didn't feel right to me. Akito especially because WHY did he go to America (to get a fresh start???? bro IDK at least touya had a REASON to go to Austria) where he has no connections and cant speak a lick of English?? What was the point of sending him to America if all it did was give us the whole "hey Akito wanna team up" "no" thing??? Personally, I think it would have been stronger if it focused on the original fallout between akitoya (also. WHY THE HELL ARE THEY IN THEIR THIRD ANNI OUTFITS LIKE HAS THAT MUCH TIME PASSED???? I think that amount of time passing hinders the emotional impact also it poses a lot of logistic issues for the whole "it was all a dream" thing but I will get into that later BYE) if they really wanted to go down the America route, I think it did have a LOT going for it.... the writers kinda just did nothing with it? I want to see Akito transitioning from a community-driven-place to NEW YORK FUCKING CITY.... I want him to think this change will be so good for him only for him to totally realize he screwed up. He is a sixteen year old boy!!! Give him an actual REASON to go home because I don't think he'd give a fuck if some random guy from Kamiyama hit him up like what????? (Same goes for touya, in my rewrite I make TSUKASA call him and ask for him to visit! why would he go back for a random guy from school????). Also, we SAW how badly Akito overworked himself in sbd when he isolated himself from touya and vbs. He should NOT be okay in a touya-less world this early game!!!! He's all alone in America goddammit!!!! Touya told him that his dream is bulshit this kid is about to dedicate his life to proving him wrong!!!!!! Anyways. Sorry Akitos chapters pissed me off BAD and Akito is the character I care least about in vbs that's how you know its bad.

moving on to AN's chapters and.... Let's be real, the moment I saw that An's chapters were both five minutes long I knew this event was gonna be bad. First off, I thought an accepting Kohane's break up was pretty interesting (because she has the ingrained idea in her head that Kohane will inevitably leave her, so an is honestly thriving off of the skill gap. can we pls talk about how this kid manages to have both a superiority complex and an inferiority complex at the same time???) but then I thought. Hey. this is AN SHIRAISHI girl you need to fight for your partner!!! Obviously an is emotionally mature enough to know "hey, if singing is gonna make Kohane wanna die I probably shouldn't push her to do it right????" But I would like to see An, who wants to be so so cool in front of Kohane, become completely desperate!! I need to see her go through the five stages of grief within 10 minutes over this girl she's formed a codependent relationship with and known for like two weeks!!! Again, this is where the time skips hinder the emotional impact a lot. ALSO. WHAT WAS THAT SHIT ASS ADVICE THAT KEN GAVE HER??? HELLO??? KEN????????? I believe that after kiuan they replaced ken with his evil twin because this guy is bulshitting parenting (which again. I would like to explore how ken has slowly morphed more into a mentor figure than a father figure but that's a 20k word fic for another time) An: "Hey dad I feel like I cant sing right ever since Kohane left" Ken: "Move forward" An: "Type shit" bro. that literally did not progress the plot at all I'm fucking crying. Anyways, An shiraishi in an aibou breakup scenario probably has the most going for her . can she please realize that her self worth is tethered to everyone she's been attached to??? That she's been chasing shadows her entire life???? Can we take a look on her relationship with music and how its shaped her into who she is??? CAN WE PLEASE DIVE INTO THE CONCEPT OF BEING NATURALLY GIFTED VS HAVING TO WORK TO EARN SKILL????? BECAUSE SHES BEEN TOLD HER ENTIRE LIFE THAT SHE'S A NEPO BABY SO---

Sorry. Anyways. There many possibilities for an abandonment issues shiraishi. ten minutes didn't do shit him sorry.

ok okay and then kohane's chapter was suchhhh a nothingburger it was kind of sad I genuinely don't remember a single thing that happened in that chapter because it was a whole lot of the same sentiment repeated like 10 times. Anyways the route that I would have taken with her chapter was her feeling totally hopeless/?? In my rewrite at least I'm making her jump fully into academics to study and get a "safe" job to counteract her time w/ an. or even better Kohane still yearns for that connection she had with an, she still WANTS to feel special. like hear me out what if anhane were friends, but not singing partners. what if kohane's dreams are literally at arm's length and she refuses to take the leap and try again?? how would an feel about this?? but no lets make her talk to ichika and then make her think about an without diving too deep into her underlying insecurities of course!! /sar.

Also I wonder what the heck was going on in the street sekai when all of this was going down????? like is it falling apart?? are rin and len arguing all the time now???? When An and Akito talk they are all "I'm gonna surpass rad weekend" AKITO HASNT FESSED UP TO COVERING FOR KOTARO'S SABOTOGE YET BTW. LIKE AN SHOULD BE KICKING HIM IN THE BALLS BECAUSE IN HER HEAD *HE* IS THE REASON KOHANE BROKE UP W HER oh my gof

okay and then we get to the part of the event that truly made this event abysmal. I can accept lazy writing but the "it was all a dream" thing was just straight up BAD WRITING???? If their clothes are telling me anything, these characters have been in this "dream" FOR OVER A YEAR. MONTHS HAVE PASSED. you're telling me that when they find out they've been living a dream that felt so real their reaction is "hm.... I wonder if kens coffee will taste in this dream?" EXCUSE ME????? THIS IS MAKING ME SO MAD I MIGHT BREAK MY KEYBOARD. BUDDY YOU HAVE BEEN DREAMING FOR OVER A YEAR WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR EXISTENTIAL CRISIS??????? and then when they get out of the dream they are like "wow I'm so glad that isn't real" ??????? HELLO???? I did enjoy what an said "well that was sad but doesn't it make you happy knowing that we all come together no matter what happens????" WHY IS NOBODY CRYING> BOY. and then everything that happens in this event has ZERO implications for the plot. it will never be mentioned again. hello. genuinely what.

if anyone read this through I am so sorry I put you through that but that sums up why I'm 20k words into a rewrite lmaooooo please tell me ur thoughts!!!!!!!!!!!

[clovermints]

Kohane wl2 doodle !! I somehow finished this in one go I do not know how.. im terrified of vbs wl2..

[kiennjio]

In the WL2 dream alternate universe, even if Akito eventually somehow managed to surpass rad weekend on his own, he would never have felt happy. He would never have felt the way he did when rad blast succeeded, because Touya wasn't with him, standing on the same stage and singing with him.

In the beginning, Akito’s dream was simply just "to surpass rad weekend". But after meeting Touya, it became "to surpass rad weekend with my partner", even if he never noticed it. It turned into a dream he shared with his partner, and without him being by his side as he achieved his original goal, Akito would have just felt empty.

[spr1ngstorm]

somebody PLEASE tell me where i can read the vbs world link chapters

everyones been making gorgeous art about doomed yaoi angst etc etc and i need to know what happened help me help me

[determined-cooki]

"Don't go! Please don't! Don't you look far ahead right away"

Anhane and Akitoya break ups

[tom-is-online]

VBS getting hana ni kase during the vbs wl 2 is the same as having Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) at the end of a sitcom

[kiwimeep]

[moresweetpyxels]

Right, this is all world link 2 spoilers if you haven't read it so. This is kind of summary of the world link 2 with Akito and Toya.

Under read more because long long

This is right after they touched the messed up sekai tree and woke up in the alternative universe. Toya said he is there because he wanted to and he looks so so sad all the time. Like he is in pain.

Only time he smiles is when he thinks of Akito at school, telling of his precious memories from the street music days, and when his brother comes home. His brother asks if he is going to meet his old Kamikou friends (including Akito) since Toya hesitates, Natsuomi asks Toyua hates Akito, and he replies:

He is grateful to Akito and this is the few times he actually genuinely smiles. His brother convinces him to go seeing Touyas face. He says:

So Toya decides to go.

Meanwhile Akito is working to surpass his dream.

Being his usual self and overworking.

No Toya, no partner, so he is going solo.

He felt guilty and regretful that he couldn't talk to Toya after their fight.

He makes so sad face that he looks miserable in it. So he really misses Toya, but his pride is in the way. Or maybe they blocked each other, who knows?

He thinks he is doing better now alone, but still, he only finds singing worth singing just to surpass Rad Weekend. Before he found singing also fun with Toya, he was the one who kept Akito going and reaching higher.

They meet, and Toya, after hearing Akito sing in America, is glad that Akito is still singing. Akito is baffled about that since he thought Toya would say he plays childish games still.

During the meeting, Akito finds out that Toya quit music, and he cannot believe his ears. The boy he sang with quits music? He cannot make out why Toya acts like that, why he is glad that Akito sings and why he says he quit music. Also he says Toya and him were not close after their friend asked, but I feel like he just doesn't want to go in that territory of feelings in front of their friends.

Akito, after all is someone who keeps emotions bottled up. As we know from the main story, he is much more open and relaxed with Toya.

Akito feels he should talk to Toya, but he chickens out and is about to leave when Toya stops him and says he wants to talk.

Toya apologizes, and Akito says he hasn't forgiven him, but he understands Toya got his own battles going on then, and Akito says it makes it okay, even though it is undeniable that they both are so hurt and in pain, because they are apart. Akito even asks why Toya didn't apologise earlier and almost cries. The reconciliation part goes as best as it can with two emotionally bagged and hurt teenage boys until Len shouts at them, and Akito goes to Vivid Street to see if that voice they both heard came from there.

Akito meets An, who is singing there. Akito feels An is trying to reach someone and is in pain and hurting, too. They engage in a bickering session and singing battle in true rival style.

They sing, and both Kohane and Toya, who followed them, listen. This is what Toya says after hearing them in a singing battle.

Both Toya and Kohane finds their resolve and want to sing with their partners. So Toya begins to sing, after realizing, singing with Akito is something he loves. Akito is bit dumbstruck at first, but then they join forces as Bad Dogs and Vivids engage in a team singing battle.

(look how happy they are)

And Akito says this, as he knew that Touya would never turn away from music. Because Toya loves music.

They sing and radiate gay energy or something, both feel amazing to sing together and then Toya says this:

After this they realize they are Vivid Bad Squad and sing together all the time. All realize that this is a dream they are all dreaming and Akito says this line to Toya.

After this, they somehow get back to Sekai and tell Virtual Singers about it all. In the end, they realize they are strongest in a group and with their partners and they'll be able to overcome anything.

The Happy End ♥

This is a fan fic I wrote of the whole link if you want to read it!

[star-staruck]

Akito akit.. otika ak1t0 ueuaa ahhh

I'm in shambles, Akito in the wl2 💔 gosh I love him sm he's so sweet

[freddy-owo]

NEW NPCS????????? CLASSMATES???? FRIENDS?????

[shiraoyagi]

vbs wl2/turning pain into drive spoilers

i can't stop thinking about akian's shounen rival fight in the epilogue and how lowkey romantically charged that was

i think i'm going to die from akian food

[feral-bird-enjoyer]

i need to know what's going on in anhane world link all I'm seeing is akitoya and if THEY got hit hard by their divorces to the point of leaving the country then how is an holding up????????? what is kohane doing?????????

I need information