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Nimbus FUMBLE / Part 1

Tori: Ugh~ Sigh~ I can’t take this anymore… I’m gonna die…

I’m bored to death!!!

Yuzuru isn’t back from work yet. And I’m already done watching all the dramas and movies I had saved up…

And since there was nothing else to do, I watched every single one of the videos trending on this site. But this is it—I’m seriously bored by now~

I was super busy with work during the year-end and couldn’t catch a moment of break.

And then everyday, I’d wish for a day I could just relax, right? Yeah, I did but—

Now that you’re telling me that I actually don’t have to do anything, I’m bored out of my mind~!

But still, you know. It’s finally my day off after all, and simply idling around like this is…

I keep feeling like I’m wasting my time and I can’t stay still… As if my efforts are going to waste?

…Hm~

Yeah. I really can’t waste a holiday in this sloppy way! Lemme go out and try finding someone I can hang out with.

Tori: Tsk~ The theatre room is also empty…

My guess told me that someone’s here for sure and yet~!

Noone’s in the courtyard and bookroom either. So is everyone really busy with work at this time…

And if someone is around, they’re much likelier to be in the common room? Anyways, lemme go take a look.

Aira: …

Tori: (Ah! Isn’t that Shiratori sitting on that sofa over there?!)

(Yay ♪ I was searching around for anyone, but I found someone I’m close with—I’m so lucky!)

(Hm~ What’s he doing though? I can only see his back so I can’t really tell, but he’s not in the middle of work or something, right? Let me try calling out to him…♪)

Hey, Shiratori~ What’re you doing? Why don’t you hang out with—

Aira: …Waah… Sob…

Tori: HUH?! H-Hey! Shiratori, are you crying?! Did someone bully you?!

Aira: …Agh… Huh? Himemiya-senpai…?

Tori: —So… Basically, you were crying because you were moved to tears by a manga?!

Aira: That’s right.

Tori: What’s this~? You were crying so much that I got worried thinking about what might’ve happened~ Well, I’m glad it wasn’t because you were bullied by someone or something.

Aira: Ehehe. Sorry for making you worry.

Tori: And the manga you were reading—It’s this one? It’s the type to actually move you to tears?

Aira: ! Yeah, it is! It’s like a 4-koma manga that was first posted on socmed.

But the characters were so cute and a sequel was anticipated, so it kept growing.

As of now, the manga seems to have had an overnight success! My fans recommended that I read this one.

I asked for interesting manga suggestions online and lots of fans replied to me—

Ah! Wait, I gotta…! I need to post my reactions online while the feels are still strong!

Um…”I read the manga everyone’s talking about! I can’t say a lot cause I’ll end up spoiling it.”

“It was so tragic and painful that my chest hurt SO much! By the time I was done, I was a total mess covered in tears and snot. The classmate kid had me COMPLETELY hooked. Love~y ♪”

“Classmate for the win![1] Thanks for the recc!” —And, sent ☆

Tori: F-For the win…? Not “will win”? Sounds like a usage I’ve never heard.

Aira: Ah, “for the win” is like… It’s a popular thing to say right now? …It means something like “This is #1 and the best. Nothing can beat this.”

Like “My fave for the win!” is something often used.

Tori: Hm. Eichi-sama for the win! …Like that?

Aira: Yes, perfect ♪ That’s exactly how you use it, Himemiya-senpai.

Ah, but don’t say that in front of Fushimi-senpai, okay? If he finds out that I taught you weird language usages, I might get scolded~...

Tori: Huh~? I mean, there’s no way I’m gonna…No, wait, I might?

Aira: HUH?! I don’t like that?! Moreover, I don’t want Fushimi-senpai to hate me. Himemiya-senpai, please forget everything I just taught you~!

Tori: I was just messing with you. I mean, Yuzuru isn’t gonna get mad at something like this.

Aira: Agh… Are you sure? Then, I guess it’s fine…

Tori: Besides, Shiratori is super thorough, huh? You post things like detailed manga reactions on social media like this?

Aira: Even Himemiya-senpai shares lots of stuff, right? I always go through all of them ♪

Tori: Well, I don’t go as far as sharing manga reactions though.

…Ah, this is incredible. You’re getting tons of likes.

Aira: But even you get tons of likes, Himemiya-senpai. And I think you get likes at a much more incredible pace.

Tori: Hm~ You don’t really get it when it’s about yourself. But when you see someone else getting the likes, it feels really incredible, huh.

Aira: Well, even I get that feeling of others seeming much greater than yourself.

Ah, but now it’s like…

Tori: Hm? Did something happen?

Aira: It’s nothing at all, and I know that I shouldn’t be so hung up on it. There’s something I’m worried—No, it’s not that big of a deal…

Um, there’s something I’m a little pressed[2] about?

Tori: P-Pressed about?

Ugh~! Speak using words even I can understand~?!

Writer: Maiko Nishioka

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Proofing: Maximum Cheese

Aira uses a Japanese internet slang term "しか勝ったん" here, which is often used to talk about your faves being the best, despite grammatically not making such sense.

Aira uses another Japanese internet slang "モニョる" here, which actually means to feel uneasy and troubled by something that you can't properly put into words. Slightly different nuance from "pressed" but it's a close enough English internet slang that worked.

[kunalkarankapoor]

The reason of my smile : Kunal Karan Kapoor

Truth be told, I don’t know how to write anything except petty fiction, but the urge that I need to pen down my thoughts has been pecking at my brain, nagging me for a while now, so here I am. And all this is about someone who is much more than just a TV celebrity to me, someone who brings a huge grin to my face everytime I think of him, inspiring me in many real life situations. No guesses, he is none other than the dashing and the most amazing actor I have ever come across, Kunal Karan Kapoor.

Honestly, I had seen Kunal on screen long ago, but never noticed him. I do not really remember the days of Maayka as I was too young but the flashes of me being disgusted by Angad in Pratigya is still fresh in my mind. Such was his portrayal of the character Angad! He made me hate the character to the core, but now when I watch the same scenes on YouTube, I actually smile and blush. I mean, I smile at a local goon teasing a girl. Seriously? I laugh at myself for doing so, but then I realize the reason behind it, is, of course, the magic of Kunal Karan Kapoor

I went back and watched a few scenes of Yudi in LRL and believe me, he’s beyond cute. It was especially super-duper fun to watch him as Madonna. Can’t explain in words! Take a bow, Kunal for portraying Madonna so amazingly and for sure, playing the role of a glam doll was not easy but he did it with ease. The suicide attempt scene of Yudi gave me the shudders – goosebumps, brought a wave of sadness that remained with me for long. And then came Pratha and Amreek… The MOST adorable character EVER! Kunal and his Punjabi accent made me smile so much in awe that it hurt my cheeks. Trust me, I can sit all day, hear him speaking Punjabi and keep grinning. No doubt as Amreek, Kunal created wonders as always.

So when did I start noticing him and falling for him is something I ask myself. It was during Na Bole Tum. It just happened. I only know that I began to admire Mohan during Prateek track, which continued increasing until the end of Rashmi track when I finally realized that I have fallen head over heels in love with this television character.

TThe lone tear from Mohan’s eye after he joked about his confession during Rashmi’s engagement shattered me so much so that realization dawned and I knew that I just so cannot see tears in the eyes of this guy. I clearly remember the episode after this when Mohan sitting by the window said,

“Waah Mohan Bhatnagar! Mazak mazak mein jo serious tha, woh bhi mazaak banke rehe gaya. Khud hi apne dil ke sachchai pe hasna padha tujhe”.

Sigh! That’s all I did when I heard him saying the lines. I then saw his eyes. So pale and somewhere moist. My heart turned heavy, overwhelmed with emotions, of pain and hurt, and at last when he mockingly chuckled at his fate, trust me, something inside me… died!

There are MANY beautiful moments in the show that made me love the actor’s natural performance. The off-screen segments, the interviews and the impact it had on me nailed down the fact that there is no other actor on TV that I have ever adored the way I do Kunal Karan Kapoor. It all started with his down-to-earth nature, smiles and laughter, way of talking, genuineness in every segment, obsession with his hair, moody nature, passion for traveling, attitude of putting heart and soul ito his performances… the list simply goes on. I do not know whether I even make sense or not, but in a nutshell, I would say that… I love Kunal Karan Kapoor as a human being and an actor.

As days went by, my love for him kept growing. I started admiring and respecting him for the way he is. He inspires me truly. I remember the first time I got a job, I was irritated because I was too lazy to handle my school and work together. But then I thought… Doesn’t Kunal work for all days and even until midnights? So why can’t I? I should be motivated by my favourite actor and at last, I was. In fact I still am. Currently I am doing my second job and believe me, whenever I feel tired of handling it, I just need to remember Kunal’s struggle to reach where he is today. Nothing is easy, but he overcame every hurdle in life to establish himself in the midst of the crowd, and so I decided that I should take inspiration from him and do the same. But to be honest, most often I do feel that I won’t be able to do it anymore, but the next moment, Kunal comes in my mind and off I go!

I don’t know what else to write. Coming back to the show, another power-packed performance was from the episode when Megha tries to commit suicide, thinking that she was a burden on Mohan and Mohan gets angry…

“Ek kaam karo na.. Nanhi ko maardo, Addu ka galaa ghotdo, main phir se truck ke saamne khadha ho jaata hoon. Phir jo karna hai karlo….”

I was speechless and had goosebumps. My eyes went teary and my heart seemed to be ripped apart really badly. All the emotions together. Trust me; I never felt that way ever while watching any character portrayals on screen. Another heart-wrenching yet super amazing performance by Kunal was just before Mohan left home post Addu went missing. He did not have any dialogues, but his eyes and the tears in it said everything. Especially the moment left me in awe when he held the photo frame of Nanhi and Addu close to his heart and looking helplessly at Megha, trying to make her believe in him and his love for his kids. Throughout the scene I wished I could just get into the screen and hold him tight, making him believe in himself and support him while he is vulnerable. Sigh!

One more scene of Mohan that stands apart in season 2 is his imagination of Younger Nanhi at Awaaz India corridor after he finds out that Navika is his Chawanni. To be honest, the entire episode right from him protecting his daughter from Daddaji to his provoking her to speak up against him just to be sure that she was his Chawanni was bang on. He did not have so much of dialogues in the latter scene, but his teary eyes spoke so much… Sigh! To express happiness of meeting his daughter after 12 years and on the same time, the pain to see hatred for himself in her eyes is NOT easy at all, but he did it flawlessly as always. Followed by, the corridor scene ended up making me cry. Mohan helplessly tries to make Nanhi believe in himself but he fails, so he just looks on painfully. No dialogues yet again his eyes did the magic and at the end, when he burst out into tears, trust me, I broke down too.

Another scene of Mohan that stands apart is his conversation with Beera after he asks Navika to consider him dead. In a drunken state, he said that he hates his name and existence. My eyes immediately turned moist and all I wanted to do is to get inside my computer screen and hug him tight. I so wanted to tell him that he’s not wrong, instead the ones he loved did not deserve a gem like him, which shows how Mohan Bhatnagar had become a certain individual for me by then, someone I love and cared for. And this is certainly not easy. Making the viewers relate to the character is only possible when the actor works hard. Kunal did much more than just working hard. He breathed the character and put all his heart and soul in it and thus making it relatable and surely an important individual in my life. Mohan was never perfect but Kunal made me love his imperfection

. I fell in love with Mohan’s nature and emotions because perhaps somewhere I started seeing myself in him in some cases. I love and respect his attitude of loving his family with passion and devotion, so much that it eventually destroyed him but he never ever complained about it. So much feelings for just one TV character – not an easy task for an actor to make his viewers do so, but Kunal did it with ease, perfection and flawlessness. Even as Mohan, when he flinches, looks on, says nothing at all, thinks about something or just smiles for any reason – I can feel everything. In his every single scene, he blew me away to a different world of Mohan Bhatnagar which was full of happiness, laughter and pain.

Days went by, and my admiration knew no bounds. Everything was good until I found out that Mohan was going to “die”. On one side, I was depressed so much that I was quiet the entire day, but on the other side, I was super excited to see how Kunal would perform in this scene. And as always he didn’t disappoint me. Forget about disappointing, he did much more than what I thought. I still remember the moment when I watched Mohan falling off the cliff. I just could not cry as I always would, watching any emotional scene, but honestly I felt as if one of my closest persons left me for the time being, of course because I had a firm belief as well that he’s not gone. But even after knowing that he will come back and not would not be a different person but Mohan only, I was still depressed and feeling low.

Then Vasu entered the show – a personality completely contrasting from Mohan Bhatnagar. His attitude and intensity are the two things that made me love him. Kunal made sure to make both characters completely different in every way, and he did it too as always because the mannerisms of both the characters were poles apart. On one hand, Mohan was a soft and caring person. On other hand, Vasu was cruel and intense with a mysterious aura around him. Kunal did both the roles with perfection. Period.

Finally came the day when I heard the show would end. I did not react, perhaps because I was too busy with my family commitments, but when the D-day arrived, I had no words at all. I was numb because I knew that I won’t be able to watch Kunal on screen for a very long time.

That’s my journey as a Kunal fan, experiencing his magic and continuing to love him more and more. Yet wondering if I have said everything. Honestly there is much more about him that I feel which I cannot express, but for sure that he’s the first TV actor I felt for, like this. I remember the morning of 4th May 2013 when I was checking live updates of ITA in a half-sleepy state. Since I live on the other side of the world, it was morning, I could not wake up but I could not afford to miss the live updates either. I was so desperately waiting to know who the best actor winner was and when I heard that it was Anas Rashid, I was upset, but then I realized that I never expected anything good from any award shows. Suddenly I saw a picture of Kunal holding the ITA trophy in his hands. I was shell shocked. My half-sleepiness flew out of the window. I jumped and literally started bouncing on bed, shivered in sheer joy, pride and happiness. I don’t know what else to say to express my feelings, would just say that I felt as if I was the winner and won something great myself.

Now when he is not there, I would just say that I miss him loads. Just a glimpse of him makes me happy these days, and it was simply proven today when I was feeling low as there was no updates of him in the event and ended up getting mad at everything, but when I saw his picture, my heart calmed down and I felt happy again. In the midst of all, I even tried distracting myself, watching and getting into something else but all my attempts failed miserably and ultimately I came back to where I belong… the task of loving, admiring, respecting and missing Kunal Karan Kapoor. I would not lie if I say that the other reason of my smile and happiness besides my mother and few close friends is HIM. Even when I am depressed and feeling very low, he cheers me up and brings me back into the world of happiness in some way or the other. Just a thought of him and hearing his name would make my lips curve immediately. Everything reminds me of him, e.g. the books on the shelves at my workplace. I definitely sound crazy I know but all of this is true. Kunal Karan Kapoor has become one among the most important people in my life. And..I dream to meet him, hopefully someday; Hope afloat even after a decade.

— Bidzie Meghan — (December 16 2013)

https://happenstanceee.wordpress.com/2013/12/

On the day of party  (Happy 2nd Anniversary of NBTNMKK )

"what's up Saumya, put that lazy bum of your's to work " Bidz shouted."I thought Bidz had given up in organising", Saumya said flabbergasted."She can never give that up. Instead I have given up on her", Amanat sadly told Saumya who laughed it off. The first to enter the Party hall was KKK who was elated to see the preparations. With everyone around drooling over him , he silently took a seat in the corner where Amanat, Sonali, Bidushy, Lakshmi & Poo clustered around him. Saumya was receiving a courier which read " for kkk" Sonali was peeking in and asked... "kkk ki kiran? " Saumya started laughing and said " No Dumbo, Kunal Karan Kapoor"  Sonali :"Oh yeah! My bad " It turned out that the production house had arranged another party and everyone was there. Amanat was disappointed because all her hard work would go in waste so she stayed back and rest of them left. Everyone was confused as to how they would go when KKK came in with his car and everyone jumped in it. As soon as the engine roared , Bidz said "why would you buy a car, you like bikes , you said that in an interview" Poo objected, " No, he never said so " and just when this was going to turn into a catfight, KKK interrupted, " yes I like bike more but does that mean I can not have a car... stop it you guys. I loev you both" Well that was enough for them to get lost in their dreams. Amanat was sitting at the steps in tears and thinking how her friends went with KKK to production's party when two tiny little hands closed her eyes and two caring hands took her inside the hall. Who took her inside the party hall where everyone was enjoying the party and Amanat was amazed. She had tear in her eyes, happy tears this time that her friends persuaded the PH to shift the party to this hall. She looked at Ashnoor, Jayshree and Akansha who had brought her inside the hall.Ashnoor said , "apne itne efforts kiye the, hume toh ana hi tha." Aakanksha intervened, " ha dadi amma bilkul sahi keh rahi hai " KKK added, "aur na wo party bahut fiki bhi thi tum jo nahi thi" flirtingly. Amanat blushed . Others (Siddharth, Asya, Manish, Reem, etc) pushed all of them on the floor where everyone was dancing. And that night everyone rejoiced and danced their asses off.

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