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[shourue]

the stars lean down to kiss you

[saffitaffi]

Damsel x Sayori commission for Nero3990 on Reddit! (More info below)

Starting today, I’m officially opening up commissions- specifically for silly Slay the Princess or DDLC content! (Although I’m also down to help you design your oc, dm me if so)

$5 will get you a little chibi sketch of your choosing

$10 will get you a slightly higher quality sketch of a character or comic idea

$20 will get you a good quality art piece or comic idea (such as above example)

If you want a fully rendered art piece dm me and we’ll figure it out since that could reach some higher numbers depending on content

I will NOT do nsfw unless you are willing to pay in the triple digits (my morals ARE flexible) but I don’t mind a little sexy for comedic effect

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DM me if you want any specific details that can’t fit into a PayPal message :)

[lonelypond]

Azure Te

NicoMaki, Love Live, 2.9K, 1/1

Heiress Maki Nishikino is living in Paris, taking a gap year, falling into blue moods. Frustrated, Maki decides to change her mood and goes in search of a piano. Nico Yazawa, in Paris doing odd jobs and enhancing her influencer cred with the city of light's aura, gets a surprise interruption during her practice session.

tl; dr: Two too cute to ignore people meet; flirting happens.

Azure Te

Maki Nishikino leaned back against her pillows, staring out the window at the glowing, golden arrow of the Eiffel Tower. Brilliant, illuminating, nearing her favorite time of year…so why was the only song in her head Nat King Cole and George Shearing's "Azure Te."

"Gone and got the blues in Paris…" Had Maki flown all the way over here and taken an apartment for six months just to be lounging in a comfy bed on the highest count linen sheets in a very American Carharrt flannel shirt listening to the blues on the radio in her head? Throwing her head back, she shook her fingers through her hair, a quickie scalp massage that did nothing to change the station her mood had locked into.

She reached over for her phone. She leaned, walking her fingers until she barely touched the cold plastic of her phone case. A groan, a desperate further lean and she'd hooked two fingernails into the break between phone and case. This allowed her to drag it close enough to wrap her hand around it. TIme differences didn't matter when texting. She was bored. Rin would suffer. A payback for all the bff buffonery and rib cracking, the effusive, obtrusive public hugs.

M: Bored (￣ ￣|||)

Maki stared at her phone, willing Rin to pick up. Didn't happen so she hit call and let it ring. Ignored the voicemail and hit call again.

"Maki!!!!! Rin needs sleep."

"Answer your texts." End call.

A ping.

R: Go to sleep. Kayo-chin says it's almost 1 o'clock there (￣ρ￣)..zzZZ

M: Can't sleep.

R: Sleep, Maki, sleep. Think like a cute little kitten (^=◕ᴥ◕=^)

M: Can't.

R: Call Kotori. She'sprobably woking.

R: Working. And woking.

R: Rin doesn't want to be woking.

Rin was making no sense. Maki sighed.

M: Go back to bed (＿ ＿*) Z z z

No reply.

Maki stared out the window. Pretty as the tableau was, the morning would come. The sun would rise. And Maki would be staring at its brightness with floaters from three nights of no sleep and the dehydration that comes with a seemingly unfixable state of being out of synch with life. Something had to change. She glanced around the apartment, fingers itchy, every muscle in her body longing to be thrown into Chopin's nocturnes. Lack of piano. That could be fixed. A quick search. Kawai actually had a Parisian showroom. Tomorrow night, Maki wouldn't be alone.

###

The salesman was polite. But there was very little he could do. The 800's were extremely difficult to find, even for such a fine musician with such deep pockets in such desperate need. There were a variety of other choices. Maki looked very disgruntled. Her Sayori Tanaka outfit brought little comfort. The clerk – Maki demoted him in her mind with every minute she was not exchanging her black card for a that day delivery piano.

"Do you have something I could play." It wasn't really a question. And the while you make some panicky calls did not really need to be said.

"We have studios in the back." The pebble under the foot of her designer silver boots attempted to lead Maki to a corridor but she brushed past him.

"I'll find my own way. Let me know if you make any progress."

Maki strode quickly, heading for the first door. She nearly ripped it off its hinges in frustration then froze. She'd made an egregious error and disturbed an already occupied studio. She heard a few words in a bright, cheerful tone, sprightly voice outpacing the clunkiness of the piano player.

"I love Paris in the summer, I love Paris in the fall…"

A tiny woman wearing a black tweed jacket and gray open hoodie over a red t-shirt with a jump roping chibi lucha libre wrestler, with knee high wading boots and a ball cap over sable hair was both singer and pianist.

Maki continued to freeze as ruby eyes narrowed at her. The delightful music stopped.

"Rude much." The singer snapped.

"Couldn't hear you."

The woman rolled her eyes, "Soundproofed rooms. Have you ever been in a studio before?"

"Yes."

The woman waited. Maki did not illuminate further.

"Nico doesn't get much time here. Could you leave?" A quick gesture.

"No."

Now the woman was leaning forward on the piano. "Feet glued to the floor."

Maki lifted her foot and stared at the sole of her boot. "No." She frowned. "Your tempo was too slow for that song."

"Nico is a singer, not a pianist."

Maki sat next to Nico, sliding the smaller woman out of the way, "It really should go like this." And she turned out a melancholic take on the Cole Porter classic.

"That sounds sad. Nico likes not sad."

Maki armored up with vocabulary, "Melancholy is valid mood."

Nico, if that was her name, spun Maki to the side, opening her jacket and reading her t-shirt.

"Your shirt says Love Is Not Dead three times. Why are you such a gloomy Gus?"

"I didn't design it."

The tiny woman jumped up, "You dressed yourself this morning, right."

Maki nodded.

"When Nico wears a shirt that says something, Nico means it."

"Yours is a chibi wrestler jump roping with No Pain, No Gain text. What's that mean?"

"Cute wins. Nico wins."

Maki shook her head. "Is wrestling big in Paris?"

"No. Yeaaah-Studios is. My sis Cocoa loves the art style. Vintage treasure. Found it in Marais."

Maki wanted to be playing music not learning facts about some stranger's family.

"What's your name?"

"Maki."

"Well, Maki, are you going to leave Nico her last 10 minutes."

Maki found herself fidgeting, "I could play for you. As long as you want. They're not going to kick me out."

"Why not?"

Maki grinned, "They're searching Europe for the piano I plan to buy."

Nico whistled, "So the love's that is not dead is the love to spend money."

Maki shrugged.

Nico giggled.

"Know this one?" Maki started "Azure-Te".

Nico shook her head.

Maki began to sing.

Nico slid back onto the bench, shoving Maki over. "No one as hot as you should sound that sad."

Maki laughed.

"Know any Sabrina Carpenter?"

"Maybe."

"Play "Paris"."

"Not "Espresso"?"

Nico tilted an eyebrow, "Nico just met you."

Maki pulled out her phone, searching to remind herself of the song. "How about this one?"

Maki started to play "Sue Me".

Nico snorted. "That cheers you up?"

Maki nodded, pursing her lips playfully, opening her eyes wide.

"All right. But Sabrina did it a capella you know."

Maki hovered her fingers over the keyboard and pouted.

Nico ignored her and began:

"Remember when you said it, there's no second chance? Oh, baby, I heard you been hoping you could change the past You miss the long goodnights, you miss the long goodbyes You miss the long goodnights (Yup, yup, yup, yup, yup)"

Maki was surprised at how powerful Nico's voice was. And jumped when Nico stopped singing long enough to whisper "C'mon, keep up" in her ear.

###

Two more Carpenters, one Lovato, one Miley, and half a Sawayama before Nico collapsed with laughter when Maki merged La Vie En Rose with This Hell Is Better With You. There was a knock. Peremptory. The drudge.

"Ms. Nishikino?"

"I'm busy."

Nico looked at her watch. "Nico has to run anyway. This was fun. Thank you, Maki. I have never had a back up band almost as good as Nico before." Nico's eyes twinkled, close up stars.

Maki bowed, "My honor."

"Come to an open mic night with Nico."

"Maybe."

"Or we could grab an espresso." Nico winked.

Maki blushed.

Suddenly Nico's phone was in Maki's hands. "Give Nico your number."

Maki did. Nico took her phone back, brushed a light kiss on Maki's cheek, and rushed for the door. The serf smirked.

"Shut up." Maki growled.

###

R; You bought a piano.

M: I have minions scouring Europe for one.

R: (*≧▽≦)

M: This is not Despicable Me.

R: Despicable You

M: ¯\(°_o)/¯

R: Come back home if you're bored.

M: (＾＾)

R: What happened?

M; WHy do you think something happened.

R: Rin knows you. ANd you didn't say no. Or yes. So you're…

R: ԅ[ •́ ﹏├┬┴┬┴

M: Am not.

R: R 2

M: (;¬_¬)

A ping, a different number, a new number…Maki squinted at the contact name: Nico Ni, Number One Chanteuse

N: Hi Maki!

M: Chanteuse?

N: When in Paris…

M:(◎＿◎;)

N: Did you get your piano?

M: Not yet. Minions are scouring Europe for me.

N: Oh, you're a supervillian. Makes sense.

M: ^_~

R: MAKI!!!

R: You're ignoring me.

M: I am. GO away.

R:(´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

M: Go talk to your girlfriend.

R: Fiancé. Come back for the wedding. Bring a date.

M: If I find one who fits in the overhead compartment.

R: (◯_◯;)

R: (✖╭╮✖)

M: what is it

R: you always say no

M: Not true

M: Doesn't matter

M: jk

R: I'm watching you <(¬＿¬<)

M: ᕦ⊙෴⊙ᕤ

No more information for Rin.

M: Hi, Nico. Sorry our piano party got broken up before we got to Billie Eilish.

N: …

M: What?

N: Asking you to lunch now would be (✿〰✿)

N: SO I guess Nico will ask you to breakfast. Meet me at the French Bastards near Kawai. 7:30 ish.

M: French Bastards?

N: CHeck out their website. Tasty. Nico likes tasty. They actually drop the P word.

M: P word?

N: Porn. Food Porn. Caramel driiiiiping over curvelicious cakes. Lots of scrumptious pictures. Even scrumptier in person.

N: check it out: https://thefrenchbastards.fr/fr/foodporn

M: Scrumptier is not a word.

M: Why are you in Paris?

N: FLirting with hot piano players?

M: So Kawai is your…club? Bar? In person Grindr? Tindr?

N: (ᗒᗨᗕ)

N: S tier queers use Hinge

M: Like a door?

N: No. It's a dating app set up to be less one and done for dates. No swiping. More finding things in common. Not everyone has Nico's luck to be rudely interrupted by supermodels.

N: That's why you're in Paris right? Designers want to dress you?

M: ¯\(°_o)/¯

N: Woman of mystery.

M: Supervillian, remember?

N: How could Nico forget?

N: So foodporn at breakfast, walk after, show off some kind of sexy designer leg thing.

M: Sexy designer leg thing? Is everything sex and porn? And Lunch?

M: ᕕ(╯°□°)ᕗ

N: 人(_ _*)

N: Nico was a little un-Hinged. Busy day. Nico bartends a couple nights a week. today was open mic crazy. And Maki's a texting cutie (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

N: (´□｀川)

N: Nico might not remember this convo in the morning (︶｡︶✽)

M: It's on your phone.

N: Not really into nostalgia.

Maki glanced at the time. After one a.m.

M: It'll be six hours. Six hours ago is not nostalgia.

N: ¯\(°_o)/¯

M: So will you even remember our date?

N: With you. Yes. Is that a yes?

Maki blushed. She hadn't meant to type date.

M: Sure.

N: Okay. Time for Nico's beauty and sleep regimen. See you bright and early, beautiful.

N: (♫◡♫)❤G

What had happened. A drive by flirting? Maki dropped her phone, eyelashes blinking rapidly. She'd been replying without thinking. What would Nico think? What had Maki actually said. And agreed to? She reread the conversation, groaning. Oh, she sounded like an idiot. Grindr? Really? Nico would think one night stands when Maki never really…not going there. Nope. Breakfast was a safe meal. Plain coffee, not "Espresso". Almost multiple espresso revved now though. Maki switched to a racing game to distract herself. Time to level up. And forget about dating apps. Maybe Rin would be up for a few courses.

M: MarioKart?

R: Vroom

M: (^ ^)b

###

Maki yawned as she half stumbled down the street. Was she late? Why did she agree to meet this early? Didn't people usually get to know each other over dinner. Dinner dates were in the vernacular, with breakfast you got breakfast in bed…Maki stopped. Froze. Panicked. She didn't date. She didn't come to Paris to date. She came to watch the Olympics and the Paralympics, visit museums, listen to music, think about music, take pictures, and avoid her parents' inquiries into her future plans. Not that dating was an absolute no. But after so many late night rants at Rin about how weird it was when people randomly chatted her up, Maki had expected any relationship to be a gradual thing. With an on ramp. Not an embarrassing door opening accident. Squaring her shoulders and shaking herself out of this spiral, Maki reminded herself that this was breakfast in a busy Paris neighborhood, not anything intimate. And yawned again.

"Maki!" Nico came toward her, waving. Today, Nico was dressier; pink and black plaid skirt, pink v neck cardigan, sheer white socks and open toed platform clogs. Cute. Maki had opted for an oversized lavender oxford, dark purple trousers, and the matching jacket tied around her waist. Comfy walkable ballet flats and the half unbuttoned shirt made the outfit more casual. Nico slid her arm through Maki's, holding tight when Maki jumped a little.

"Good morning. How do you pull off casual and chic so well? Nico is envious."

Maki frowned, blinking at Nico's energy. "Okay."

Nico laughed. "Not a morning person?"

Maki shook her head.

"Are you a chocolate person?"

"Sometimes?"

"Nico is a fruit and sweet person. Both dripping in chocolate."

Maki stepped toward the bakery, "Everything on that website you sent me was dripping."

"Did Maki mind?"

"Pictures made me hungry. Next time, I'll need more snacks. "

"Nico can't send them by text. They'd be flattened anyway."

"A travesty."

"No pastry's puff would die on Nico's watch."

Maki tilted her head, then things made sense. "Not a tragedy. Just a non violent crime against proper delivery services."

"Crime-ing again. Like a supervillain."

Maki shrugged. Post midnight jokes often shriveled in sunlight.

"Well, Nico would suggest the brioche cookie bien gourmande, caramel and not chocolate maybe. Or you might want a cruffin."

"I'll probably just get whatever this week's special is and a very large coffee." Maki yawned again, shaking her hard to try to stay awake as Nico held the door open.

"Why did you agree to breakfast if you're this sleepy?" Nico sounded worried.

"I thought you probably had to work during dinner. You said you bartended."

"Maki is paying attention. Not tonight. Nico has today off." Nico pointed to a bench nestled in a corner, "Grab us seats, Nico will bring you coffee and something special."

"Sure."

Maki slid into the bench, putting her sling bag next to her. Nico didn't take up much room but she would need a seat. Maki had to keep occupied or she'd fall asleep. Nico was in line. Maki could pull out her phone and text RIn quickly without seeming rude.

M: I hate mornings.

R: Why are you up?

M: Trying out a bakery.

R: Is it any good?

M; DOn't know yet.

She sniffed. Biting coffee and rich buttery sweetness made her brain feel like it was split in half, each falling to the side, one waking, one being buried under fluffly layers.

M: Smells intense.

R: Send a pic.

M: (^^ゞ

R: Rin wants a gap year in Paris.

M: There isn't much ramen.

R: But there wouldn't be forced study sessions. Rin hates forced study sessions (｀0´) Maki was the best tutor.

M: Your coaches just want you to do well.

Nico had a tray and was headed back.

M: Have to go.

R: Cute waitress?

M: no

R:I'll figure out what you're hiding, Maki.

M: no

"Something up?" Nico put a basket with six beignets down next to two cups of coffee.

"Promised my friend a snap."

Maki switched to camera mode while she considered angles, shifting, wanting to catch the powdered sugar texture and the colors of the fillings in the morning light.

"Baker said these are a new range of beignets. Nico figured you'd like to be one of the first customers to have them."

"Cool." Maki was rotating her camera. "Looks like chocolate, caramel…what's the third?"

"Pistachio."

"Oh, interesting. I can see the greenish tint."

Nico picked one up, twisting it apart. "Take a pic like this. Show your friend the full glory."

"Great textures. You don't mind?"

"Nico will waive the usual modeling fee."

Maki switched to macro and moved her phone close to Nico's hand, catching a contrast between Nico's shimmery pink nail polish and the khaki olive filling. She could even see a dusting of crumbs and sugar clinging to the sworls of Nico's fingerprints.

"You do eat right?" Nico asked after several minutes, popping a chunk of beignet in her mouth to demonstrate how it was done.

"Huh?" Maki glanced up. Nico was smiling, her eyes as shimmery as the nail polish. "Sure."

She switched her phone for the other pistachio pastry. Velvety smooth, nutty with a delicate earthy sweetness.

"Nico approves."

"Mmmm. Very different." Maki grinned. "Thanks, Nico."

Nico raised her hand to her heart, "You charmer." Then she leaned forward, eyes alight with mischief, "Caramel or chocolate next?"

Maki took a chocolate and handed Nico a caramel. "Half and half. We split them and then…" She made a crushing gesture while cradling hers.

"Smashup."

"Exactly."

"Messy."

"Too much?" Maki shrunk back.

Nico tore hers in half with a flair, "You don't know Nico very well."

Ah, Maki realized, maybe she would like to.

A/N: Paris and music and flirting would not leave me alone. So here you go.

[little-noko]

Doki Doki ! Seriously tho, I love this game so much and we sorta wanted to do something funny with their pillow, Their chibi sides have their iconic game pose while the other side is well, just Monika. We thought it was a funny joke that would make people smile and chuckle to themselves.

They are available as PREORDER on The Loading Crew Crafts.

Monika

Natsuki

Sayori

Yuri

Art© @little-noko & @alainaprana

Doki Doki Literature Club©  Team Salvato

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[drakor127]

Am I adding more to the core team? Yes, I am.

Floor Guardians (Overlord) - Joined because Louise is Ainz Ooal Gown's descendant. My crew can't keep control for more than 2 seconds and I love these dorks.

Ark (Kamen Rider Zero One) - Joined to kill some Riders and take names.

Arlong (One Piece) - Joined because these guys love to have fun and because this guy be very smug.

Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk (My Little Pony) - Joined because of Adagio abandoning them and Sonata needing someone to look after her.

Zen Aku (Power Rangers) - This guy joined mostly to get some respect

Nui Harime (Kill La Kill) - Joined to finally kill Ryuko. Besides she's having fun with these people, even if they're fashion failures.

Lady Bat, Lanhua and Alala (Mermaid Melody) - Joined because mermaid hunting ain't selling like it used to. And besides, I love these three. The reason is because they were obnoxious, annoying, vain, smug and most importantly, useless (Hear me out for a second). Of all the fictional villains of all time, these three are the worst (in a fun way) fictional villains of them all. Lanhua, Lady Bat and Alala's track record in hunting Mermaid Princesses and spreading evil is pathetic but they're trying their best and that's what matters, even if they squander their powers on stroking their overbloated egos about how beautiful they are and how they are infatuated in themselves instead of using them to capture and defeat Mermaid Princesses for Mikeru. So pathetic that in each episode they appear, they achieve no success in hunting Mermaid Princesses.

Reason for liking Lady Bat: Edward Cullen and Bella Swan from The Twilight Saga are more vampiric than her. And she are utterly laughable compared to them. And besides that, she is very much a smug gay trash bat. Plus she gets very spastic when she fails.

Reason for liking Lanhua: She reminds me of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast in a dorky way, just as cute as he is (except she isn't as vain as him). She may be just a hag in beauty's clothing who needs a lesson in being kind to others but she's my smug butterfly hag and has fun while she works. Even her singing as multiple chibi Lanhuas is out there and kinda silly.

Reason for liking Alala: Those two songs of her are pretty ridiculous when she can't succeed in achieving any kind of success in capturing Mermaid Princesses. She's an attention-hungry fairy bitch who is also an affectionate parody of Tinkerbell from Peter Pan. Plus, she flaunts herself on missions and is pretty adorable.

Le Quack (Courage the Cowardly Dog) - Joined to pull off heists of the century.

Stocking Anarchy (Panty and Stocking) - Was dragged out of Mallet Island to join the team.

Selina (Winx Club) - Takes place before Season 6, Joined because she likes their style and wickedness.

Rattlesnake Jake (Rango) - Joined to have some fun and make Xehanort see that pretty soon, no one will believe he exists.

Beth (Scream) - Joined to break the system.

Supervillain Girls (DCSHG 2019) - Joined to have some fun.

Grimcutty (Grimcutty) - Joined to get even with Endeavor (Put him in the MHAverse).

Scarecrow (Batman) - Joined to send worlds into oblivion.

Monika, Sayori, Yuri and Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club) - Were dragged out of the game to join the team.

Hammerstrike (Transformers) - Joined by being let out of his stasis pod.

Screech and Thud (Land Before Time) - Were revived to join the team.

Marx (Kirby) - Was revived to join the team.

Evelyn Claythorne (Meta Runner) - Joined to settle the score with Tari.

James Sheridan (Meta Runner) - Joined to get even with Silica City.

Suigintou (Rozen Maiden) - Joined by being awakened.

Crypto (Destroy All Humans) - Joined by Invitation.

Burger Beard (SpongeBob SquarePants) - Joined by invitation.

AZFK (AZFK) - Joined to cause chaos and live life.

[popstarpress]

Kirby Manga Masterpost

I sometimes get people confused by how many Kirby manga there are, or the differences between them. Seeing as none have been localized, and few scanlated, there’s a lot of confusion around the different ones. So I’ve compiled a list of all the Kirby manga I’m aware of (with help of the Japanese wikia page). In total, there are 55 manga (including sequels as separate ones), with 23 serialized manga and 32 anthologies. The manga are all separate canons from each other and the games, but are still based on the games, like how the anime is a separate canon from the games, but still shares a lot of characters and plot points.

Here’s the three that are generally the ones referred to as “the Kirby manga”. All others are below the cut. Warning: it’s a very long post.

Kirby of the Stars! Moretsu Pupupu Hour! (星のカービィ! も〜れつプププアワー!), by Taniguchi Asami.

This is probably the most well known Kirby manga, and the one most people refer to as “the Kirby manga”. It was originally published in CoroCoro Comic, has 13 volumes, and ran from 2006 to 2016, covering games that released in that time period, but also has a lot of random comedy stories. It tends to give the characters more dramatic and wild personalities, such as Marx’s love for blowing up planets, and Meta Knight’s narcissism. It’s scanlated by Kirby’s Manga Funshack. (Tumblr) (MangaDex)

Kirby of the Stars: Pupupu Hero (星のカービィ プププヒーロー), and its sequel, Kirby of the Stars: Ultra Super Pupupu Hero (星のカービィ ウルトラスーパープププヒーロー), by Aoki Kei and Mikamaru.

This manga is popular for its art and the fact that a lot of its chapters focus on Magolor. It tends to have very “on model” type art in comparison to Moretsu, which has more expressive, comedic art - a good way of telling the difference between them. Pupupu Hero ran in Dengeki Nintendo: For Kids from 2009 to 2013, and was compiled into two (very limited edition) manga. Ultra Super Pupupu Hero ran in Dengeki Bazooka from 2014 to 2016 until the magazine was suddenly cancelled, and was never compiled into a volume. The creators are currently petitioning for get the series reprinted, as it’s hard to find now. It’s scanlated by The Fountain of Dreams. (Tumblr) (MangaDex)

Kirby of the Stars: The Legend of Dedede in Dream Land (星のカービィ デデデでプププなものがたり), by Hikawa Hirokazu.

This one also ran in CoroCoro Comic, from 1994 to 2006, then was revived in 2017 in CoroCoro Aniki and continues to run. It has 25 volumes, plus a "Best Of" compilation and mini-″25.5″ volume. The focus is on slapstick gags and dramatic behaviors from Kirby (usually negatively affecting Dedede). It was at one point picked up to be localized by Viz, under the title Kirby, but was dropped shortly after. That is the main reason it’s still some people’s most known Kirby manga. Only a few chapters have been scanlated, by Golden Roze. (MangaDex)

Serialized Manga:

Kirby of the Stars (星のカービィ), by Sakuma Yoshiko, was published in Shougaku Ichinensei, Ninensei, and Sannensei from 1992 to 2009. Compiled into 12 volumes, plus a "Best Of" and other special editions and picture books. Kirby's a troublemaker who will do anything for food, but doesn't mean to do bad. He also wasn't originally from Dream Land, being born from a flower in the shape of a tiny star in a faraway place. He ran out of things to eat while growing, so he set off on a journey, eventually getting to Dedede's Castle and eating all his food.

Great Commotion in Dream Land (プププランドは大さわぎ), aka Knock Out Kirby of the Stars (かっとび星のカービィ), by Abe Sayori, was published in Shougaku Ichinensei from 1992 to 1993. The one with the strange original characters, including a human girl.

Kirby of the Stars (星のカービィ), by Chibi Nyanne, was published in Shougaku Sannensei from 1993 to 1994. Kirby frequently has a :3 face, and this series also uses human characters.

Kirby of the Stars (星のカービィ), by Maeda Noemi, was published in Shougaku Ichinensei from 1994 to 1996. Kirby has a more bratty, mischievous personality.

Kirby of the Stars: Exciting Grand Adventure (星のカービィ ウキウキ大冒険), by Taijan Hokuto, was published in Monthly Shounen Gag King from 1997 to 1999, and was compiled into one volume. It has a 4-koma format, but a continuous story.

Pupupu Grand Adventure ~Kirby of the Stars~ (プププの大冒険 〜星のカービィ〜), by Daimaru Roketto, was published in Pocket Land from 1997 to 1998. Rick, Kine, and Coo see Kirby as a friend and send him advice, but Kirby has a self-centred personality, and doesn’t give them much care.

Kirby Quiz (カービィクイズ), by Takase Hiroshi, ran in Preparation for Entry: Kindergarten Learning for an unknown amount of time around 1995 to at least 1999. The "chapters" are quizzes, puzzles, and games for kindergarten children to complete, though there's sometimes little manga along with that.

Kirby of the Stars: Friends of Dreamland (星のカービィ プププランドの仲間たち), by Himeno Kagemaru, was published in Shougaku Gonensei and Rokunensei from 2002 to 2003. Kirby's kind but has strange behaviours, such as making crop circles in fields and filling a pool with detergent to wash it with a tornado. He lives in a house along with Waddle Dee, Cappy, Broom Hatter, and Scarfy.

Kirby of the Stars: Great Commotion in Dream Land! (星のカービィ プププランドは大さわぎ!), by Himeno Kagemaru, was published in Shougaku Yonensei in 2003, with two specials, one in 2004 for Amazing Mirror and one in 2005 for Canvas Curse.

Poyo Poyo Kirby (ポヨポヨカービィ), by Haribuki Shikimi, was published in Famitsu Cube & Advance from 2006 to 2009. It's a 4-koma with game information. Kirby speaks in "Poyo" like in the anime.

Kirby of the Stars: Kirby & Dedede's Pupupu Diary (星のカービィ カービィ&デデデのプププ日記), first by Michi Michiru, then by Matsuyama Noboru, was published in Famitsu DS+Wii from 2006 to 2016, and is currently being published in Terebi Gemu Magazine. There are 6 appendix collections (booklets only released in magazines), and one "Best Of" volume. Kirby and Dedede are often with each other in a non-hostile way.

Kirby of the Stars (星のカービィ), by Miyasumi, was published in Chara Parfait from 2006 to 2011. They're short, colour comics focusing on specific games.

Kirby of the Stars: Pakutto Big Laughter Show!! (星のカービィ パクッ��大爆ショー!!), by Kawakami Yuuki, was published in CoroCoro Ichiban from 2012 to 2014, and compiled into two volumes. "Pakutto" is an onomatopoeia for a type of eating noise (think Pacman). It was revived just for 2015 as Kirby of the Stars: More Big Laughter Show!! (星のカービィ もっと大爆ショー!!), after the author recovered from illness.

Kirby of the Stars: Poyo Poyo Everyday (星のカービィ ぽよぽよな毎日), by Michi Michiru, is published in Pikopuri, starting in 2012, and is still being serialized. It's a 4-koma series, and despite being more modern, has characters showing up from the earliest games. It has a single volume so far.

Kirby of the Stars: Full 4-Koma Parfait♥ (星のカービィ まんぷく4コマぱふぇ♥), by Karino Tau & Poto, published in Chara Parfait Comic & Puzzle in 2013. It only ran for two months. It also has the same illustrator that does the novels' illustrations. The title's a punny one, with "Manpaku" meaning full as in "complete" but also full as in "full stomach".

Kirby of the Stars: Sparkling★Pupupu World (星のカービィ キラキラ★プププワールド), by Nanjou Akisama, was published in Chara Parfait in 2014 until April, and is still publishing in Chara Parfait Comic & Puzzle. It has one volume. It's a 4-Koma that focuses on Kirby and Waddle Dee.

Kirby of the Stars: Daily Round Diary! (星のカービィ 今日もまんまる日記!), by Dynamic Tarou, is published in CoroCoro Ichiban, starting in 2016 and is still being serialized. Had a heavy focus on Robobot. Kirby is an innocent airhead, and Meta is a shy subordinate of Dedede who says he knows all about Kirby, but actually knows very little. Also, it's a "Manmaru Diary", with "Manmaru" meaning both "cute" and "perfectly circular/round", so it's also a punny title.

Kirby of the Stars: Full Pupupu Fantasy (星のカービィ 〜まんぷくプププファンタジー〜), by Takeuchi Ibuki, is published in CoroCoro Comic, starting in 2016 and is still being serialized. It has one volume so far. Kirby's a bit dense, such as how he didn’t know how to make cup ramen. He and Dedede are friends.

Anthology Comics

These all have a similar format: various non-connected 4-Koma, with each “chapter” being a collection of these strips done by a different author. They’re mostly just separated by game.

4-Koma Theater Series, published by Enix:

Kirby of the Stars: 4-Koma Theater (星のカービィ 4コママンガ劇場), 1995.

Kirby of the Stars: 4-Koma Theater 2 (星のカービィ 4コママンガ劇場2), 1996.

Kirby of the Stars: 4-Koma Theater 3 (星のカービィ 4コママンガ劇場3), 1996.

Kirby of the Stars: Short Comic Theater (星のカービィ ショートコミック劇場), 1996.

Kirby of the Stars: 4-Koma Theater 4 (星のカービィ 4コママンガ劇場 4), 1997.

Kirby of the Stars: 4-Koma Theater 5 (星のカービィ 4コママンガ劇場 5), 1998.

Kirby 64: 4-Koma Theater (星のカービィ64 4コママンガ劇場), 2000.

Kirby 64: 4-Koma Theater 2 (星のカービィ64 4コママンガ劇場 2), 2000.

Kirby 64: 4-Koma Theater 3 (星のカービィ64 4コママンガ劇場 3), 2001.

Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland 4-Koma Theater (星のカービィ 夢の泉デラックス 4コママンガ劇場), 2003.

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror: 4-Koma Theater (星のカービィ 鏡の大迷宮 4コママンガ劇場), 2004.

Fireball Game Comic series (aka 4-Koma Gag Battle), published by Kobusha:

Kirby Super Star: 4-Koma Gag Battle (星のカービィ スーパーデラックス 4コマギャグバトル), 1996

Kirby Super Star: 4-Koma Gag Battle Full Version (星のカービィ スーパーデラックス 4コマギャグバトル まんぷく編), 1996

Kirby Super Star: Gag Paradise (星のカービィ スーパーデラックス ギャグパラダイス), 1997

Kirby Super Star: 4-Koma Gag Battle Starving Version (星のカービィ スーパーデラックス 4コマギャグバトル はらぺこ編), 1997

Kirby's Dreamland 3: 4-Koma Gag Battle (星のカービィ3 4コマギャグバトル), 1999

Kirby 64: 4-Koma Gag Battle (星のカービィ64 4コマギャグバトル), 2000

Kirby 64: 4-Koma Gag Battle Mix Version (星のカービィ64 4コマギャグバトル ミックス編 ), 2000

Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland: 4-Koma Gag Battle (星のカービィ 夢の泉デラックス 4コマギャグバトル), 2003

Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland: 4-Koma Gag Battle Thorough Version (星のカービィ 夢の泉デラックス 4コマギャグバトル とことん編), 2003

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror: 4-Koma Gag Battle Part 1 (星のカービィ 鏡の大迷宮 4コマギャグバトル パート1), 2004

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror: 4-Koma Gag Battle Part 2 (星のカービィ 鏡の大迷宮 4コマギャグバトル パート2), 2004

Kirby Canvas Curse: 4-Koma Gag Battle (タッチ! カービィ 4コマギャグバトル), 2005

Kirby Squeak Squad: 4-Koma Gag Battle (星のカービィ 参上! ドロッチェ団 4コマギャグバトル), 2007

Kirby Super Star Ultra: 4-Koma Gag Battle (星のカービィ ウルトラスーパーデラックス 4コマギャグバトル), 2009

4-Koma Encyclopedia series, published by Kobunsha:

Kirby's Nightmare in Dreamland: 4-Koma Encyclopedia (星のカービィ 夢の泉デラックス 4コマ大事典), 2003

Kirby & the Amazing Mirror: 4-Koma Encylopedia (星のカービィ 鏡の大迷宮 4コマ大事典), 2004

4-Koma Manga Kingdom series, published by Futabasha:

Kirby of the Stars: 4-Koma Manga Kingdom 1 (星のカービィ 4コマまんが王国 1), 1995

Kirby of the Stars: 4-Koma Manga Kingdom 2 (星のカービィ 4コマまんが王国 2), 1997

Kirby 64: 4-Koma Manga Kingdom (星のカービィ64 4コマまんが王国), 2000

Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble: 4-Koma Manga Kingdom (コロコロカービィ 4コマまんが王国), 2001

Kirby's Air Ride: 4-Koma Manga Kingdom (カービィのエアライド 4コマまんが王国), 2003

[7-oh-ta1]

So guys!!! Last night around 1 AM, I completed the first draft of day zero on my DDLC/COPA crossover. \(^°^)/ It only took like five days, so that is promising!

The really hard part is definitely going to be disconnecting the DDLC girls from the poem game, because I'm not just replacing them, I'm also adding three other characters (and therefore three other chibis) to the screen. I'm hoping to start by replacing Sayori with Ryosuke, Yuri with Fukuroi, and Natsuki with Kai, and seeing how it goes from there. Once I get those three on the straight and narrow, then I'll have to start the even harder part of creating new lil bouncies on the page.

I have classes today, but I'm going to try and work on the first three tonight. Wish me luck!!

OH!! I also wanted to mention that I have access to these chibis from their creator, @hgss, who has given me permission to use them! Those of you who have been in the fandom for a few years will probably recognize these little guys when you see them. :3

[tortademaracuya]

1, 4, 5 e 11

Hi Yu! 💕

1. Favorite drawing from this year

aaa thats difficult, there are lots i like for very different reasons. I would say the lumiamber flying fanart because i still feel kind of proud of it.

4. Favorite character you've drawn

Sayori, even if she looks a little stiff i still really like how she looks. Also this Beidou in particular for some reason, and even more specifically the nonbinary lesbian pfp i made for myself lol:

5. Favorite little detail in a drawing you did

My Immortal chapter 1 and Bee Movie scripts posters, as well as the chibi poster lol

11. Artist(s) that influenced/inspired your art style

i like a lot of artists but there are very few i actively choose to implement into my artstyle so im not sure who to mention tbh

[ddlc-imagines-club]

The Literature Club Girls Draw Pictures of Each Other

Not a request, but I had this weird/cute idea and thought I'd share

- The girls would often do writing exercises and share their work with each other. Everyone had their own distinct style of writing, which got Monika thinking...

- "Okay, everyone. This time, why don't we draw something to share?"

- She knew that drawing didn’t really have anything to do with literature, but she was curious to see if their art reflected their writing. Interestingly, everyone agreed. And so, they decided on what to draw. 

- They settled on Sayori's suggestion of drawing each other; with Sayori drawing Monika, Monika drawing Sayori, Yuri drawing Natsuki and Natsuki drawing Yuri.

- Come the next day and everyone really did draw something.

- Sayori went first, showing her attempt to draw Monika. It was a simple picture of Monika standing, facing forward with her hand on her hip.

- The drawing... was decent, for someone who wasn't experienced with art. Which Sayori wasn't. The lines weren't sketchy and she didn't seem to have utilized a skeleton, which explained why the proportions were off. The way the hair was drawn was pretty great, though.

- She says she did kind of just wing it, and admits that she probably should have googled how to draw or at least look at more references than just a selfie...

- Monika goes next, showing the picture she drew of Sayori. It was a picture of her sitting at her desk, thinking. 

- Her art was pretty good (why would she suggest drawing if she couldn’t do it?), though it wasn't shaded and the circles and squares of the skeleton were still visible. Despite clearly having drawn a fair bit before, she'd yet to really capture the fact that a 2d drawing takes up 3d space within the page, so the image looked fairly flat; though considering the ambitious posing, it came out really well.

- She says that it's one of the better things she's drawn, but it'd be better if she drew things a bit more often and actually tried seriously to improve her art.

- Next up was Yuri, with her drawing of Natsuki. Like Sayori’s drawing, it wasn’t really all that posed, with Natsuki just standing there holding one of her manga.

- All the details were captured perfectly, and the shading was wonderful. Her lines were very carefully sketched, and even though the actual body of the drawing was somewhere between Monika and Sayori in terms of skill, it looked really nice.

- She says she wasn't confident in her ability to draw, considering she only really sketched little things in the corners of her notebooks. So, she looked up a lot of tutorials and references. It certainly showed.

- Natsuki was last, and though nobody wanted to admit that they thought she wasn’t going to be very good, they all totally did. They were expecting a sort of semi-decent chibi drawing, or something like that.

- She seemed reluctant to share, believing that her drawing wasn't good enough, but she was convinced to finally show them the drawing she did of Yuri.

- Natsuki drew this...??

- The image is incredible. It's not only detailed, but proportionate and posed incredibly well. The way Yuri's long hair flowed in the image was almost ethereal. She was standing under a street light, looking somber yet peaceful.

- It may have been stylized, but if they had been shown the image without context, they'd definitely have been able to tell that it was a drawing of Yuri.

- They're bewildered at how incredible an artist Natsuki is. Her response to their confusion is somehow an echo of the sentiment she expresses about the way she writes:

- "Well duh. I don't want people to have to study my drawings just to figure out what they're supposed to be. I want someone to be able to look at what I draw and think, 'oh I know exactly what that is.' So, I made sure this was obviously Yuri. I even kinda based it on one of her poems..."

- To think, the mindset with which she writes the simplest of poetry is the same that she uses to draw the most detailed of artwork.

[just-oki-doki]

I tried to draw Natsuki now

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SENDING THIS MY WAY!!!

I’m glad the submission worked this time :D No idea why it wasn’t working earlier...

This is an awesome re-chibi of Natsuki! I’m going to embarrass myself with my illiteracy but I’d wager that probably says “baka | idiot” or something similar because this expression is screaming it!

Someone went and teased or implied something that made this Natsuki defensive, the poor girl!

Your expression fits the chibi form perfectly despite being such a different piece to the original head, and dang with how crazy Natsuki’s hair can be that definitely helped set things in place!

I love this Natsuki :D Her entire expression is clenched and upset at this situation and I adore it!

Proud as can be that you’ve jumped into these pieces and made such cute Dokis! :D

I’m not poking at the practice as it’s allowed you to make a great piece here, but I would love to see your take on Natsuki’s wild hair at some point if you ever get interested in testing yourself! HAIR IS INSANE but I thought you did fantastically with Yuri’s! Though, her hair is probably the least crazy of the group, followed by Monika’s which is strange when you think about it because long hair is usually so hard to draw but both Sayori and Natsuki have such iconic styles with Natsuki’s hair being without a doubt the most anime and out there style imaginable from the club members!

I digress- THIS IS A FANTASTICALLY EXPRESSIVE NATSUKI AND I LOVE IT!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with me and I’m so glad you’ve started creating! :D THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! :D

I hope you enjoyed making this defensive little Natsuki~ She’s so adorable but I highly doubt saying that would be wise at a time like this!

Scrolling up a final time before posting this just brought another smile my way, fantastic :D

[seanako]

Made a cute little chibi sketch of Sayori from Doki Doki Literature Club! :D. I feel like I really like making chibis more and more. Dunno if that's a good thing or not. Anyways you can see the work process here: https://youtu.be/9OI3Gy_rbz4 #cute #chibi #ddlc #dokidokiliteratureclub #sayori #sketch #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artwork #fanart

[dearsunshinc]

[player] has made countless attempts at getting sayori into anime and gaming over the years. as much as she tries to make an effort to keep up with her best friend in the whole wide world’s hobbies, though, she really can’t get that into it, and the things she does like are woefully “casual.” 

she can enjoy a decent magical girl or romance anime now and then but doesn’t really have the attention span for reading manga (no matter how much natsuki’s tried to convince her that the manga is almost always superior.) however, aside from a couple series here and there, she hasn’t really been a frequent anime-watcher since she when she first became friends with [player] and would watch anime with him every day after school (and, of course, plenty of doraemon and chibi maruko-san and crayon shin-chan as a little kid.)

games-wise, she’s about the same; she can’t stay focused on long games and anything that’s too hard just gets her down, particularly since she’s really not that good at platformers or action games or anything that requires practice and skill. she’s only ever had handhelds, and her games of choice are pretty limited to pokémon, animal crossing and kirby. (and neko atsume, because it’s just too cute.)

[blookmallow]

I WAS PROMISED DISTURBING CONTENT AND I HAVE NOT BEEN DISAPPOINTED 

moM HOLY FUCK

(disturbing shit / horror / unreality / Spoilers below) 

i DESPERATELY want to keep playing but im uh. takin a second to catch my breath lmao

and sort through screenshots before my desktop implodes

FUCKER SHE JUST TOLD YOU SHE HAS CRIPPLING DEPRESSION 

she hadnt even done anything yet when i took this but hEY UH I DONT LIKE THIS

ohhh my go d

i think... i think monika convinced sayori the club / the protagonist / everyone would be better without her. i think she did. i thin k

PLEASE DONT PUT ME THROUGH THIS AGAIN

F U C K 

I KN E W THEY WERE HINTING THIS!!!!! I COULD FEEL IT COMING AND STILL I WASNT PREPARED FOR IT 

NO!!! NO

FUCK!!!!!! 

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!

DON’T YOU FUCKING!!!!!! GUILT ME!!!!!!!!! I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIX MY DUMBSHIT PROTAGONIST’S MISTAKES IT WASNT MY FAULT

i do appreciate the... “you think you know what’s best for her?? you think you can just Fix Her and everything’s gonna be fine after all you put her through?? GUESS AGAIN, FUCKER” here though like... he needed to get smacked in the face with reality and understand he is not her fucking savior 

but. not like this. :( not like this 

: ) 

ah

is......is this actually preventable though ?? I didn’t really have that many choices given to me 

i mean cLEARLY CONFESSING WAS THE WRONG DECISION :’) but would it have saved her if I’d gone the other way. I feel like this was going to happen no matter what I did 

“all paths lead to pain” 

,,,,,,,,,,,oh.

i. i dont like that. i dont like that at all

(just kidding i fucking love it)

i didnt look at the “load game” menu on this screen because i assumed the. horrific corruption was implying “hey watch what happens if you try to start over. do it I dare you” and i didnt want to try to go back to my older saves but im gonna go out on a limb here and guess that they probably werent there 

oh 

i cant remember if this line was there the first time or not but i am Really into the “literally everything you said and did before suddenly has a drastically different meaning” thing going on here 

also the music distortions are ???? so fucking good ??? it’s so subtle. sometimes I can’t even tell if I actually heard it or not. sometimes it’s just very, very slightly wrong and I don’t even notice at first. sometimes words get fucked up but only for a fraction of a second so its like “wait what the fuck was that” 

WHEEZEs.

aG H 

oh........oh no 

WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO WITH HER 

I’M REALLY SCARED OF MONIKA 

I DON’T LIKE THIS WHY IS EVERYTHING ABOUT HER NOW 

it switches back and forth between “everything is happening exactly the same as it did before” and “very, very slight changes you’re not even sure are there” and “wait THIS IS NOT HOW IT WENT” 

it is FUCKING ME UP and i LOVE it 

also sayori is. just. she’s gone. she’s just. Not There. like she never was. i dont like it and i also really, really don’t like that i can’t actually remember what she said in this scene before. or where she was before. i didn’t think to pay that much attention to her or check up on her before either and that’s what’s getting to me the worst 

and before everyone talked about how. wrong the atmosphere was when sayori wasn’t there 

now it’s just Wrong but no one’s noticing it but me 

THERE’S ACTUALLY MANY, MANY PROBLEMS 

i have never in my life been more terrified to read a poem 

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

:( 

I DONT REALLY WANT TO WRITE ANY MORE POETRY RIGHT NOW fuck sayori’s notebook chibi is gone too and ALSO I THINK I JUST FIGURED OUT WHY MONIKA DOESN’T HAVE ONE 

ALL HER LITTLE FOURTH-WALL BREAKING COMMENTS BEFORE ARE REALLY, REALLY NOT CUTE ANYMORE WHERE IS SHE 

AGHH

GET OFF!!!!! GET OFF OF THERE GET AWAY FROM ME 

the effect of her suddenly appearing OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF WHERE SHE SHOULD BE and also looking WAY CLOSER is. so good. its so good. also i need to pay more attention to the other sprites next time but monika’s fuckin dead staring-straight-into-you eyes are fucking me up too 

yuri’s story also escalated way worse too i love it.....the whole atmosphere is completely fucked now there’s such a tangible ‘SOMETHING IS REALLY, REALLY WRONG’ weight looming over everything with the bouncy little anime theme in the background that sometimes distorts or goes off key it’s!!!!! sO GOOD!!!!!

s h i t, 

honestly still banking on the cannibal theory 

yikes 

:( IM SCARED TO 

:(

im getting “monika Knows she’s in a game and wants to fuckign break out of it through you like giffany” vibes here,

YIKES

u H

im still going with yuri, making fun of someone for self harming isnt funny :’)

i. wh

UM!!!!!!!!!!!!

SCREAMS

HOW ABOUT WE DONT

i rly like this yuri sprite 

: ( 

monika was flowey all along 

oh

monika what did you do NOW

AGH

it definitely seems like she’s...cutting herself for the thrill of it/masochistic pleasure/love of knives and blood rather than depression or suicidal tendencies but im not. sure

and now this Totally Never Happened too, thanks monika,

this line happened before too but im not sure what it is still ?? unless she just has even more cuts on her back or something 

the “feeding her chocolate” thing feels really........Bad now too :’) 

i mean it was bad before but. i feel like theres a lot more to “feeding” yuri than i was previously aware of 

HEY UH IM FUCKING TERRIFIED 

also monika stole my fuckign save files but i figured that already 

[blookmallow]

hi im Fixating on doki doki literature club rn so i started a new save (after a few, uh. mishaps in the process) to try some different things

the first thing i did to try to. fix the “you’re stuck on a scripted error page eternally” situation was to just reinstall the game

it loaded up normally, like it was actually reset correctly 

everyone has been returned to the characters folder 

i tried popping monika out of the folder onto my desktop again (which had reacted as if she was just deleted before, and i dont want to ACTUALLY delete files bc i dunno how to get them back) 

the game didn’t react, and monika stayed on the intro screen

i didn’t think of quitting and restarting, it might’ve realized her file was missing if i reloaded it but i don’t know 

i started a new game (with monika’s file still exiled to the desktop) 

the game shut off 

and all the character files disappeared 

i launched the game again and all you get is 

uh, this :’ ) which. i couldn’t find any way of doing anything with/seems to just stay there indefinitely 

relaunching the game again would just result in the same screen 

i don’t know if this always happens when you just reinstall without actually going into the game files, or if it was because i took monika’s file out 

i poked around in the files to see if i could find anything else relevant, i don’t know anything about coding so i don’t know what anything is / didn’t want to go messing around with things too much, but i did find this in a code file 

“RestartTopContext: Oh jeez...I didn’t break anything, did I? Hold on a sec, I can probably fix this...I think...

Actually, you know what? This would probably be a lot easier if I just deleted her. She’s the one who’s making this so difficult. Ahaha! Well, here’s goes nothing.” 

the “uncaught exception” error was sayori’s suicide, i remember that, so this is... the piece of code where monika was trying to figure out how to account for it and ultimately decides to just delete her altogether 

I didn’t see any other monika comments but it’s possible there might be more things hidden in the game files 

then i followed the directions in the help page to delete the “firstrun” file to Really Actually start over

i didn’t mess with the character files this time, i dunno if that affected anything but it seems to have actually reset For Real This Time 

i dont remember what this screenshot was for so im gonna use it to point out that if you look at the character sprites, monika is the only one facing directly toward you/looking straight at you and making direct eye contact

everyone else is at a little bit of an angle 

it’s really subtle but it’s there and i love it 

sayori is angled slightly too 

hhoOOO LETS NOT GET INTO THAT 

(this isn’t a changed line referencing the previous save- it was there before, there’s a character exposition line about how monika was in your class before) (it does, however, take on a WAY DIFFERENT MEANING once you’ve played before) 

i did get this comment that i didn’t remember seeing before (protagonist internal dialogue) but it might’ve been there and i just don’t remember. could just be about natsuki falling into the tsundere trope 

this time around I’m avoiding yuri entirely and focusing mostly on natsuki/clicking words with her in mind (some of them were sayori’s but i think im still getting Mostly natsuki words / no yuri words) (no sightings of the mysterious monika chibi yet lmao) 

which does actually seem to have an effect on the plot direction after all!!! 

im looking to see how much of my last experience with yuri was the game influencing me and how much was results of my choices 

so far: the scene where yuri brings you a book to read together still came up, my protagonist was still enthusiastic about it, but i dont remember the Reading Together scene happening this time and my protagonist hasn’t mentioned that book again 

yuri seems uninterested in my poems, sayori loves them, natsuki is outright angry about how much she likes them :’) 

instead of the yuri scenes im getting WAY more natsuki scenes that didn’t happen before/there’s been very little interaction with yuri so there are definitely completely separate paths / probably LOTS of shit i havent seen so im excited 

[blookmallow]

HEY what is up. i heard about this game called “doki doki literature club” which apparently is not, in fact, mislabeled as “psychological horror” despite the fact that it looks like this 

nothing’s happened yet but i can’t Wait to get fucked up 

lets do this shit

im rly glad they have these warnings here so people know what they’re getting into but im also gonna be HIGHLY disappointed if this doesnt get fucked up enough to warrant so many dire warnings 

i have been promised HIGHLY DISTURBING CONTENT and by god i better get some

(if ur reading this and have played it and/or know how things are gonna turn out please don’t tell me ANYTHING i wanna experience it myself) 

why am i so rude to her she’s cute :( 

buddy you’re a little too late to save me on that one but i appreciate ur intentions

?????? neet

im a literature major irl lmao but alright :’ ) 

ah

o wait shit im a boy 

i just put in my name without even considering the fact that this was probably gonna be gendered LMAo oh well. whatever ill just pull a haruhi fujioka it’s fine 

i havent actually played a dating sim before but so far everyone seems to be Blatant Stereotypes probably intentionally

“it’s n-not like I L-LIKE you or anything...b....baka” 

my protagonist seems to be a clueless, kinda selfish, emotionally oblivious dude who has no idea how to talk to girls and only sorta knows what a book is 

i feel like as a gay ace literature major, this game was probably not intended for me :’ ) 

its actually. very distracting for me how much i Can’t Relate to the protagonist/am kinda starting to actively dislike him lmao but 

seems a lil bit on the nose but alright 

this is feeling very. “haha im sure nothing BAD would ever happen, [WINK] [NUDGE NUDGE] :) “ right now but im rollin with it 

“yeah sure ill join your......reading....club or whatever if it means i get to be alone with Hot Girls :)” shut the fuck 

i also appreciate the fact that monika’s hair apparently exists outside the laws of gravity 

then we went home to write a Poetry which consisted of just. picking random words out of a hat, essentially, (i just picked all the most goth sounding ones lmao) which. i cant tell how thats affecting anything or if it even is at all but my goal was to A) be a goth and B) aim for befriending yuri bc i like her the best and that seems to be goin well so far, so 

sounds fun

this also feels like. a really, really heavyhanded attempt at foreshadowing or some kind of continued “wink-nudge” kinda jab at the player, which. in a game about writing I’m hoping the. actual. writing :’) gets better than this, but, hey 

congratulations kiddo you touched a human female for the first time lets throw a party ill get the confetti 

this whole. sitting side by side Super Duper Close!!!! to read together thing is. i mean. cute, i guess, but that sounds REALLY uncomfortable lmao

i wouldnt be able to read if i was constantly worrying about “oh god im not reading fast enough they have to wait for me to turn the page” 

silently reading a book together is not the same as watching a movie together or somethin it doesnt quite work the same :’ ) 

“hey you’re just like the protagonist in this book. you constantly second-guess yourself and have no self esteem lol” “that’s. pretty awful” “what, how was i supposed to know you were self conscious about that” listen i have the social skills of a rock and this protagonist is still pissing me off 

“no wait i meant your lack of self confidence and constant guilt for everything you say or do is like, super cute” 

i dont understand it but i rly like yuri’s poem 

SAYORI IS RLY CUTE 

ohhh my god can you be actually genuine about.....just one thing.....1 thing in your life, son, just 1, you can do it, 

more poetry

im assuming the idea is “you’re picking words which your protagonist is working into his poem” but i still kinda hope his poems are literally just “darkness.... MASSACRE.......crimson......alone......fading” 

also those lil chibis are mad cute 

where monika tho 

all of these girls keep immediately assuming i must hate them every time they have any kind of minor social hiccup im rly worried about them honestly 

sighs

seductively shoves chocolate in ur mouth

im a romance 

is sayori ok 

is yuri ok 

i dont think any of them are ok 

,,,,thank you monika 

dont b rude :( 

ALRIGHT THERE’S DEFINITELY SOME SHIT GOING ON THAT I DON’T KNOW ABOUT

is it murder. is the hobby murder. i bet its murder isnt it natsuki

[blookmallow]

o heres more dokis btw.......things continue to be fucked up :’ ) 

cursed image

I got the same secret poem as before, I’ve heard there are other possible ones?

yea 

are u ok

OK APPARENTLY NOT 

i. saw that coming though 

oh ?

oo H  NO NEVERMIND NEVERMIND THIS IS BAD NOT GOOD NOT GOOD

MONIKA WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU

“haha she’s fine!!! here you go, puppy!! [tosses a granola bar at natsuki] she’s just like, starving, or whatever, haha, shes fine. shes just like that sometimes. anyway” 

like with. yuri’s thing she was. i mean, BLUNT, but “ok look im not gonna sugarcoat it, yuri’s obsessed with you, she’s a masochist, if you excite her too much she’s gonna slash herself up and that’s bad, you should PROBABLY NOT be around her right now” is. i mean, she’s right. regardless of any moral judgement on yuri, “im not good for her and she is going to hurt herself if i keep enabling her” is still true

so i could still kinda sympathize a little even if monika’s intentions are selfish its still. probably a good idea to listen to her in that context

but with natsuki she’s just. fuckign mean???

she’s treating this... clearly abused, probably starving kid like a dog and laughing off her suffering like it’s a wacky character flaw and it’s :’) jarring

i mean that’s probably the point but still :’) yikes

how did she make the cupcakes then?? if she doesn’t have access to ingredients and probably isn’t allowed to even use the kitchen at home anyway

like the second time she makes them with you at your house but she made cupcakes in the beginning. she had cookies at one point too? like maybe it was just The One Time She Actually Had Food and was secretly kind enough to share her only food with sayori but 

lmao i love monika’s dead on brutal callouts for the protagonist/the Dating Sim Tropes/etc tho

“haha yeah she’s starving to death probably BUT HEY AT LEAST THAT CUTE LITTLE FIGURE IS PROBABLY YOUR TYPE AIN’T IT. IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU, AFTER ALL.” 

anyway uh im worried about natsuki 

im also rethinking some of the clashes between natsuki and yuri now too like

yuri’s already a rival to her because she’s more. sexually developed/Mature/etc and has a more “Sophisticated” writing style / natsuki’s less mature and gets written off as “Oh, That’s Cute, Sweetie” constantly, but then theres also like. yuri’s whole... Feeding/Gluttony themes, she describes her addiction (to blood/knives/pain/masochistic pleasure im assuming) as “Feeding Herself,” she comes across almost vampiric/cannibalistic, her violent sexual hunger makes her want to tear herself and you open while natsuki is small/wasting away/unheard/starving for attention and literally starving 

the music... distorted right here for just a split second i dont know how to word it other than it sounded like. it tripped. for a second. a weird awkward misstep. and then went back to bouncy and normal again

i love the subtle music cues........

if you hadn’t been following yuri’s route up to this point the sudden accusation of cutting herself would’ve come COMPLETELY out of nowhere since none of yuri’s violent tendencies have been shown at all (other than ‘she likes horror novels’ which doesnt really mean anything out of context) 

I CLICKED NATSUKI AND IT STILL JUST ZOOMED IN FOREVER :’) WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME MONIKA 

jfc

WHAT DID I DO 

I DONT REMEMBER THIS HAPPENING BEFORE I DONT LIKE IT 

yuri dragged me back into her route here anyway, i think it might be ultimately scripted no matter what you do, but your character does still comment about natsuki 

just. yuri won’t Let You

ouch, 

then you get pulled into this scene again, it played out the same as it did in my other run (the. one after sayori’s suicide, though, the “hhahHAHAHAHA NO I DONT!!!!! RELATE TO THIS AT ALL!!!!! WHAT” version) 

however the poetry readings went. weirdly 

i got like 90% natsuki words and i think ONE yuri word on accident (it was “rose,” i thought that was natsuki’s but it was yuri’s) but they reacted as if I’d written a completely yuri-centered poem anyway (possibly could just be scripted ‘You’re Stuck With Her No Matter What You Do’ or it could be like. if you got even One Single Thing for her she latches onto it and overshadows everything else) 

ah,

natsuki still shows you her poem anyway but it’s. uh

well

I M SORRY IM SORRY I WANTED TO BUT SHE WOULDNT LET M E 

oh

oH GOD DONT

iM SORRY IM SORRY IM SORRY IT WASNT MY FAULT I COULDNT DO ANYTHING IT WAS YURI 

jES U S CHRIST 

OKAY

yuri somehow has entered Complete Fixation Mode even though she wouldnt even hardly talk to me before 

then i got a new secret poem

i genuinely have no idea what this one means ?? it sounds like. probably monika, with the. being trapped, the emptiness, the void, but i dont really know 

im also noticing the. “none of us had lives until you were here, nothing mattered until you were here” repetition with the This Entire World Revolves Around You Are You Happy Now????? ARe YOU HAPPY ARE YOU HAPPY 

:( i know, 

i had the same. thing happen where a monika chibi bounced up for a split second on the next poem screen but it was a different word that didn’t seem related to her this time, but i forgot what word it was :’| it might just be A Thing that she always pops up on the same spot regardless of what you clicked 

also is. this yuri mocking her for not having enough money for food bc Ouch

anyway yuri is....just. completely deciding everything for me now and i also just noticed how fuckign Done monika looks here too 

yuri i swear to fucking god