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Part 29

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The ink didn’t flow with gravity’s pull, floating around Riddle, bubbling like liquid magma, forming a lattice over his eyes, congealing into the shape of a crown atop his head, darkening his clothes, his pen elongating into a delicate staff worthy of a Queen…

Normally, Enma might think it cool. It kind of was, still, and yet there was something so distinctly wrong about it that he couldn’t bring himself to fully enjoy it. It was a little like walking into Heartslabyul for the first time — visually interesting, perhaps, but unnatural. A facade hiding something much darker.

Done with its warping of Riddle, the ink finally dropped to the ground as one, leaving Riddle to look like he was standing in a pool of blood.

“Rosehearts-kun! Cease immediately! Any further attempts to use magic will leave your magestone permanently tainted with blot!”

Riddle tilted his head to look at Crowley, but he didn’t really seem to be seeing him, a wide smile on his face, eyes vacant behind the lattice. “I’m right! Mom was right! And now I’m the one that’s right! There’s no possible alternative!”

“Riddle!” Trey said. “You’ve got to stop!”

“You still insist on defying me? Then you are a fool, and will not be welcome in my world! I am the law — order made manifest! The only response I will accept is ‘Yes, Housewarden!’ Anything else, and heads will roll!”

From the pool of ink, a monster arose. Tall, wearing a dress not unlike the one Enma had seen on the Queen of Hearts’ statue, its head a heart-shaped inkwell, a golden crown shimmering atop that…

And it was terribly familiar.

“Shit,” Ito muttered, their head tipping back against the hedge they had all decided to hide behind for the time being. It couldn’t have been comfortable, but with everything else going on Enma doubted they even noticed it. “Not again.”

“I allowed a student to overblot in my presence…” Crowley said, removing his top hat to run a hand through his hair.

“What’s wrong with him?!” Kuroki squeaked.

“I thought that was a myth!” Cater said.

“It is not,” Crowley said somberly, looking at Riddle like he was already dead. “He has been overcome by his negative emotions, and has lost control of his magic because of it. If allowed to continue, he will be fully consumed by his own magic.”

“He’ll what?” said Grim, bright blue eyes wide.

“If this keeps up, we’ll see a loss of life here,” Trey translated, his grip tight on his wand. “Including his.”

“The well-being of my students is my top priority. Therefore, I must evacuate everyone immediately.” He knelt to scoop up Ito, setting aside his cane to lift them in a way that wouldn’t hurt them too much. “As for Rosehearts-kun, we must restore his consciousness before his magical energy runs dry. Listen well: while I evacuate everyone, I need you all to seek help from the other housewardens and the faculty members —.”

Ace jumped out from behind the hedge and fired off a spell, aiming for the creature’s head.

Everyone jumped in surprise, their heads whipping around in time with the sudden gust of wind.

Deuce was the only one not to flinch, instead summoning a cauldron for the boy to use as ammunition.

“Just what do you fools think you are doing?” Riddle hissed, sending the cauldron off course with a wave of his wand.

“Yeah, what he said!” Grim said. “Did you not hear about the super terrible things that’re gonna happen?!”

“Exactly! I don’t want that on my conscience!” Deuce said.

“And I am not giving up until that bastard says he’s sorry. He can’t do that if he’s dead!”

Trey looked at the pair of them for a moment before nodding, quietly steeling his nerves. “Okay, I can overwrite his unique magic for a little longer, I think. In the meantime, do what you can!”

Cater’s eyes widened. “Trey?! You’re supposed to be the sensible one! You can’t beat him!”

“So, what?” Ace questioned. “You only get into fights you know you can win?”

“YES!” said Cater, in a tone that made it clear he thought this a given.

“Weak,” Grim said.

“I prefer to think of it as smart.”

“Well, smart one, do you have another idea on how to snap him out of this?” Deuce snarked.

Cater… didn’t seem to know what to say to that. He groaned. “Fine, but when we’re ghosts I’m reserving the right to tell all of you I told you so!”

Deuce and Ace looked at the last two (still standing) people, pleading for them to join without a fight.

Enma and Kuroki glanced at each other.

“Ito will be pissed if we let someone die,” Kuroki mumbled defeatedly.

Enma breathed out a sigh. He couldn’t control what was going on with Ito, he wasn’t even sure that he could be much help, magicless as he was, but… maybe he could help with this, at least.

The Headmage shifted from one foot to the other and back again, looking at the group of children and the child curled in his arms, before groaning. “I’ll be back as soon as I’ve gotten everything taken care of. Hold down the fort until then!”

Crowley took off running.

And so the teenagers were left alone with a monster.

Enma smiled weakly and snatched up the man’s cane, spinning it in a tight circle to get used to the weight of it. The thing was strange, shaped like a key and yet somehow weighted like a long sword, almost perfect for something like this… but he wasn’t going to look a gift horse in the mouth. “Aim for the head and the whole thing goes down?”

“I still don’t know what that’s a reference to,” Kuroki muttered. “But yeah. Trey, Cater, you’re more suited for defense. Ace, Deuce, Grim… you guys know the drill.”

“What about you two?” Grim asked, narrowing his eyes.

“I’ve got a plan,” Kuroki said. “And Enma has a weapon.”

“No pressure, everyone, but Riddle is currently dying,” Trey said, his voice strained. “And I’d prefer to stop this before he does.”

Enma looked at Riddle, and noticed that the boy’s skin was far lighter in color than it should have been. Paper white. He’d make a joke about ink and paper, but considering the circumstances…

No, he would make a joke about it when Riddle was safe.

For now, they had to deal with this ‘Overblot’.

Something that became far more apparent when the hedge they were crouching behind lifted off the ground, roots still clinging desperately to the dirt, soil tumbling off in clumps, until their tiny group was exposed.

“Found you,” Riddle said.

Needless to say, they all took off running.

They split into tiny groups. Kuroki grabbed Enma by the hand and started dragging him along behind him. Ace and Deuce rushed to go find a place where they could send off their cauldron-centric attacks without being too easy to retaliate against. Grim stayed put, digging tiny claws into the grass to brace himself before unleashing a wall of blue flames that spread through the grass toward Riddle surprisingly quickly. Trey ran off to find a place to hide that was as far away from the other groups as he could.

Cater took ‘splitting up’ most seriously, he divvied himself up into four versions, a Cater sticking with every group, four sets of eyes darting around frantically in search of any attack that might head their way.

Trey found a statue to duck behind, his forehead beading with sweat. The Cater that had accompanied him over to it leaned in to whisper something in his ear, earning a tiny nod, and immediately took off in the direction of the dorm.

The pair of Ramshackle students found a spot beneath an abandoned table that had been left behind after the Unbirthday party (was that really just yesterday?).

Cater — the original one, identifiable thanks to the Heartslabyul uniform he wore — crouched beside them. Enma might have been more appreciative of his help if he wasn’t very aware that Riddle didn’t think that Kuroki and Enma were threats because they didn’t have magic, and the move to keep the original next to them was likely more out of a sense of self-preservation than anything.

He bit his lip, his grip tightening on the cane he had ‘borrowed’ from Crowley.

“I’m going to sneak around and try to hit the thing from behind. It’s glass. If I throw my whole weight into it it should break.”

Kuroki glanced down at the weapon Enma held. His lips pressed into a thin line. It seemed he was… less than pleased about Enma’s choice of a close-range weapon and up-close-and-personal attack style.

“Be careful, yeah?”

“I’ll be fine. He won’t be paying attention to either of us anyways.”

Kuroki narrowed his eyes at him.

“Fine, fine,” Enma said, lifting his free hand in a kind of ‘I surrender’ gesture. “I’ll be careful. You should be, too.”

He grinned and punched his shoulder lightly. “When am I not?”

Enma waved him off, smiling as the boy slipped out from under the table and disappeared around a nearby hedge.

“Did he just run away?” Cater asked, his eyebrows pulling upwards in mild surprise.

“Honestly? It’s like 50/50,” he joked lightly, privately hoping that the boy was running. He hefted Crowley’s cane. The glass topper shimmered orange. “Guess we’ll just have to work twice as hard to make up for it, right, senpai?”

Cater looked less than happy, but he nodded. He turned his attention back to the battlefield.

Enma crawled out from beneath the table and clambered up the hedge Kuroki had just disappeared around. The thing was less solid than would have been preferred, but held his weight. He stuck the cane out in front of him, feeling a little like an acrobat walking a tightrope; except he was very much untrained, and the tightrope was liable to snap out from under him if he were to make a single wrong step, and the crowd was angry and pointing several fans in his direction.

He… really didn’t want to concentrate on any of this.

He watched the fight out of the corner of his eyes. Ace and Deuce were working as a pair, as Ace and Deuce always do. The ink pooled at the monster’s feet kept Riddle and the monster safe from the fire turning the grass black (probably water-based ink, then, Enma thought absently), but the flames were creating a thick smoke that was making it harder for Riddle to find them all. A Cater handed Trey a water bottle and the boy gave a tiny nod, wiping sweat from his brow with his sleeve before twisting the cap off with his teeth. He took greedy gulps of the water, and the magestone on the end of his wand seemed to glow brighter.

Their group would outlast Riddle. There was enough of them to counter his attacks more or less effectively and when coordinating attacks they could get past his defenses enough to make hairline fractures in the glass. Given all of the time in the world, they would be able to overpower the monster.

They didn’t have all the time they’d need, though.

The statue Trey was hiding behind suddenly jerked away, leaving him standing there, his wand out, a water bottle brought halfway to his lips, eyes that had been previously drooping with exhaustion becoming wide and terrified.

“You. If I take out you, then my Unique Magic will be the best again, right?!”

His Cater stepped in front of him, arms thrown wide protectively. Riddle wasn’t in his right mind, couldn’t reason correctly, but him going for Trey even for petty reasons would be terrible for them. They’d all be completely helpless within seconds if Trey was unable to lock down Riddle’s signature spell.

“Maybe I’ll ‘paint the roses’ red with your blood!” Riddle smiled widely. “No. Actually…!”

A slew of cards spilled from Riddle’s wand yet again, but now he went with it, sending the playing cards speeding toward Trey and the Cater with full intent on slicing straight through them both.

The cards fell limp into the grass at their feet.

Kuroki had dumped a bucket of paint over Riddle’s head.

The boy shrieked, red spilling down to cover the black, filling in the gaps in the lattice over Riddle’s face and making it impossible to see through the murkiness, the chemicals stinging his eyes. He wiped frantically at his face.

Enma stumbled, his foot sailing right through a hole that he had sworn looked solid and yet apparently wasn’t. He wobbled uncertainly, sinking down to his knee, and Enma resolved to not watch the fight anymore.

A thought that was immediately disregarded. With a wide swing of his staff, Riddle sent Kuroki flying into a nearby topiary. The branches did a little to cushion his fall, giving a bit of leeway where the ground would not, but he still got scraped up by branches and leaves and thorns as he tumbled through them, hitting the dirt in a heap.

Enma waited with bated breath, watching for the tell-tale rise and fall of Kuroki’s chest before turning back to the monster.

Kuroki lifted a shaky hand in a thumbs up, and Enma breathed a sigh of relief.

He pushed himself up to stand on the hedge once again, turning the cane in his hands to ensure that the heavy end was pointed outwards.

And then he launched himself at the monster.

He crashed right through the glass like it was barely there at all, glass shards embedding themselves into his forearms, his body spilling right into the blot.

The being screamed, the sound echoing all around him, and he fought the urge to kneel and cover his ears. The blot curdling beneath his neck wouldn’t allow for that, anyways. He lifted his arms out of the blot, the ink sticking to his arms, almost trying to drag him back under, and swung at the glass from the inside. Over and over. Whaling on it. Back when he had been in Kendo, there was a method to what you were supposed to do and how, you practice something until you can do it on instinct and your form is without flaws. And he had liked that.

He also liked this. A lot. The ability to go all out on something with no regard for collateral damage because the thing he was hitting was objectively bad and he had really needed an outlet to deal with all of the things that had happened to him in the past week.

The monster began to lilt, tilting this way and that as blow after blow shattered its head, and then – finally – it fell.

A resounding crash rang through the clearing as it hit the ground, the last of the glass shattering on impact.

And then… it was quiet.

Just the quiet crackle of fire and heavy breathing.

Enma groaned as he crawled out from the monster, almost slipping on some of the leftover ink. A hand hooked under his arm, and he smiled weakly at Kuroki as the boy helped him out.

“How are you feeling?” Kuroki asked.

“Gross,” he mumbled.

“Fair. Touching you right now is kind of gross,” Kuroki said, nodding sagely. He didn’t stop holding onto Enma, though, so it must not have been too bad.

Enma grinned. “Yeah? You’re covered in all these cuts and stuff, don’t talk about how I’m the gross one right now.”

“But you are,” Kuroki said, sticking out his tongue.

Enma tapped a finger to his tongue, getting ink on it.

Kuroki gagged.

Enma laughed at him, but his attention was quickly drawn to where Riddle was coughing up a lung. But the boy hardly seemed to notice that he was almost choking on paint, grey eyes instead looking at the pair of people standing over him. One bloody and literally red-handed thanks to the paint, the other covered head-to-toe in Riddle’s blot.

“Magicless students…” Riddle said. “You…”

Kuroki flipped him off, apparently less than happy about his close encounter with a sculpted rose bush. “Magical ability doesn’t mean shit if you don’t have the personality to back it up. Like, really, how can you expect to be taken seriously as a leader when all you do is follow rules?”

Riddle looked up at him with wide eyes.

And then he burst into tears.

Kuroki’s shoulders jumped and he looked at Enma for help. Enma was backing away.

“Hey, I’m not the one that dumped chemicals in his eyes,” Enma said, hands out in front of himself as if he was physically trying to keep a wall between the person crying and himself.

Cater took it a step further. Actually, scratch that – several steps further. One look at Riddle, and he was rushing away at top speed.

“I’M SORRYYYYYY!” Riddle sobbed.

“Uh!” said Kuroki. “It’s chill. Um.”

“It’s not ‘chill’!” Ace snapped. “We almost died!”

“He’s crying!” Trey said.

“Okay, and? We almost died. You know, it’s exactly this kind of coddling that led to him going nuts in the first place! And, oh yeah, forgot to mention this, but WE ALMOST FUCKING DIED!”

“He’s got a point. It was looking bad for a second there,” said Deuce.

“He could communicate the point better,” Trey sniffed, apparently not giving up.

Grim poked Riddle with his paw, warily, as if expecting the boy to turn into a monster again. “Sevens. You humans just let stress build up and up and the results sure aren’t pretty.”

Riddle did not turn into a monster. He did, however, cry more. “I just —! Truth is… I really wanted to eat that tart.”

Ace blinked. “Huh?”

“And… and I don’t care if the roses are white or not! Or if the flamingos are pink!” He sniffled, wiping away some tears with his hand and trying to compose himself better. “And I prefer honey to sugar cubes in my tea — and I like milk tea more than lemon, anyways. And, after a meal, I want to sit around and talk with everyone, too!”

“Riddle…?” said Trey, tearing up a little himself. Whether this was in sympathy or because he was so happy that Riddle was finally expressing his own opinions was unclear.

Riddle looked at Trey, and smiled weakly. “And I — I really wanted to play with you and Chenya more.” His composure shattered, and he started sobbing once again.

Trey sniffled a little himself, kneeling beside Riddle and opening his arms hesitantly. Riddle almost threw himself into them, burying his face in Trey’s shoulder. Trey didn’t seem at all affected by the paint smearing itself on his uniform.

Cater reappeared at the edge of the clearing, bearing water bottles for everyone. He glanced at Riddle warily, but Deuce caught him by the arm before he could run off again.

“If we have to be here so do you,” he hissed.

Cater grimaced and offered a water bottle.

Deuce smiled a little and took it. He did not, however, let the boy make a run for it. Cater seemed disappointed by this development.

Ace’s face was very red, indicating he could probably use the water as well, but he shoved the offered drink aside in favor of pointing an accusatory finger at Riddle. “You think a bit of crocodile tears will make me forgive you?!”

Cater almost choked on his water, looking at Ace with wide eyes. “DUDE! Way to be a jerk!”

“Give him a break, Ace, please,” said Deuce, who very much did not want any more crying.

“Yeah, read the room,” Kuroki said as the pair of Ramshackle students took their drinks. They did a tiny toast, clinking their bottles together before cracking them open to take greedy gulps of the liquid gold.

“We’re outside,” Ace muttered.

Deuce dumped the rest of his water over Ace’s head.

Ace grumbled and fell silent.

Out of things they could distract themselves with, everyone looked back at the conversation that Trey and Riddle were having, and found that their conversation was still, unfortunately, heartfelt:

“I’m sorry, Riddle, I knew you were suffering and I didn’t help you like I should have. So, I’m going to say what I should have said earlier.”

Riddle sniffled and pulled back to look Trey in the eyes.

“Your way of doing things was wrong, and you owe everyone an apology.”

“HA!” Ace said.

Enma took the water bottle that would have been meant for Ace and poured that over his head, too.

Riddle barely seemed to register this. He turned to their group and dipped forward into a full seiza. “I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!”

Ace looked at him for a long moment before shaking his head. “I know I've been saying I wanted an apology from Riddle, but now that I got one, y'know what? One stupid ‘sorry’ doesn't even come close to making up for what he did!”

Kuroki gingerly took the cane from Enma and then hit Ace in the shin with it. “You’re such an asshole sometimes.”

“And proud!” said Ace, who was hopping on one leg in a very non-proud manner. “Have you forgotten how he made a total fool outta me?! Have you forgotten how he just threw away that chestnut tart we worked so hard on?! I’m not going to forgive him that easily!”

“Wow. I ain't never met anyone who was better at holdin' grudges than I am,” Grim said.

Riddle’s eyes were glassy with tears once again, much to everyone else’s horror, but Ace held no remorse. Riddle didn’t even have enough self-respect to agree with everyone pointing out that Ace was being extremely petty, instead asking him, “What do I do to make it up to you, then?!”

He crossed his arms over his chest. “It’s not my birthday anytime soon.”

Everyone stared at him.

“So I demand a do-over for the unbirthday party! Except this time, we ain't gotta do squat. This time, you’re the one who brings the tart!”

The entire group nearly rioted.

(“You’re making him cry because you want a tart?!” Trey said, aghast.

“What if he’s bad at cooking?!” Grim said, whose priorities were skewed.

“Oh my goooooosh,” groaned Enma.

Kuroki pressed his face into his hands. “Thank god we didn’t end up having to keep him in our dorm.”

“Why is he like this?!” Cater asked, but it wasn’t really aimed at Ace. No, it was like he was asking the very universe itself.

“What a dick,” said Deuce, a man of few words but one who knew how to use them regardless.)

“Quiet from the peanut gallery!” Ace snapped. “What do you say, Riddle?”

“I’ll do it,” said Riddle, to the utter exasperation of just about everyone involved.

“Ah… what a lovely resolution to that conflict,” said Crowley.

The first years screamed and turned around as one.

“Do you just appear randomly all the time?!” Deuce said, clutching his chest.

Their seniors answered for them, with varying levels of exhaustion: “YES.”

But Kuroki, apparently, had bigger problems with the Headmaster: “When did you even get here?! Have you been here the whole time?! Holy shit, wait, did you let us deal with the Overblot ourselves –?!”

“Ito-kun is currently in stable condition.”

Kuroki and Enma instantly relaxed. Marginally.

But then Kuroki smiled and launched himself at the Headmaster, wrapping him in a hug to ‘express his gratitude’. Which would have been a sweet gesture if his hands weren’t smearing paint all over his outfit.

Crowley cringed. He patted him atop the head carefully. “I’m… glad you’re happy, Kuroki-kun, however –.”

And then Enma added himself to the hug, smearing all of the blot that had congealed on him on.

“Ah, Enma-kun, you really don’t have to –.”

Ace joined in, covered in water like he was. The headmaster had conflicting emotions about this addition, judging by the expression on his face.

“Trappola-kun…”

Enma lifted his head a little and met Riddle’s gaze. The boy looked at him with wide eyes, paint still dripping down his nose. He jerked his head, mouthing for him to come over.

For a moment, Riddle looked like he was going to cry again.

But then he broke into a wide smile and added to the people attempting to smear assorted gross fluids onto the Headmaster in retribution for being terrible at providing ‘adult supervision’.

Their group — newly doused in water spells and blown dry with wind magic courtesy of one irritated Headmaster — started to head off to the hospital wing, Riddle using the Headmaster’s cane as extra support as they all walked.

“Guys…” Cater mumbled something, tugging at one of his bangs sheepishly.

Enma frowned. “Sorry, senpai, I didn’t catch all of that.”

“Ah, nothing,” Cater laughed, waving him off, smile already back in place. “Just said that I’ll clean up, since I have the most helping hands.”

Kuroki rolled his eyes and linked arms with Cater, dragging him alongside. “Nope, we can make all the people that ran away do it. The rest of us are going to the hospital wing to rest up for the next ten years or so.”

“Yeah, can we get food on the way, I’m hungry after all that magic —.” Grim paused as a breeze washed over them. He turned his head towards the monster's body, still prone on the ground. “Actually… something smells really good over there…”

“Oh motherfucker not again,” grumbled Kuroki, watching on as the monster, for the second time, began looting a corpse.

He procured a black rock yet again. “SCORE!”

“Ugh, don’t put it in your mouth again — aaaaand it’s gone,” Enma sighed.

Grim beamed from ear to ear. He floated over, patting his stomach, satisfied with his meal. “Ahhhhh! Rich and sweet, but with a complex hint of bitterness in the aftertaste. Equally delicious, but with quite a different mouthfeel from that last one I ate.”

“This might as well happen,” Kuroki sighed.

“Gross,” said Cater, miming as if he was going to throw up.

“I wonder if those actually taste as good as Grim-kun says they do,” Enma wondered aloud.

Kuroki whirled around and punched him in the arm. As hard as he could. “Do. Not. Eat. The. Rocks.”

“I’m just asking —!”

“NO.”

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kuma829 · 2 years

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Wedding Speech＊Strumming Bride Light Translation Chapter Ten

Cast: Kaoru, Adonis, Koga, Rei

Author(s): Yuumasu and Akira

Season: Summer

Proofread by: Gelyan

(...But I’ll keep this memory secretly in my heart forever. You’re so beautiful when you’re in love)

Chapter Ten: <Day of the Wedding>

Kaoru: “Congratulations on your marriage!”

“The name’s Kaoru, the bride’s younger brother, as introduced by the host.”

“So, well, when my sister asked for me to do the entertainment for the celebration, I was pretty worried. Like, what would I even do?”

“First I thought, hey let’s do a magic trick! But, I’m just an amateur~ Like here, look at me pull out this napkin from my pocket! …”

“Aha… And I can’t make beautiful flowers bloom from just anything, no siree, I’d have to stuff a magic wand full of some fake flowers and then *BAM* One shake and here come those crumpled plastic flowers~! …”

“Ahaha! Thanks for all the laughs, but the show's yet to start~!”

“So, as some of you know, I’m part of the unit known as UNDEAD”

“I was like, hey let’s sing a song that I know I’m great at, but… That’s not something all that creative, is it? Just stand there on the stage and sing by myself, how predictable, right?

“And that’s when it hit me. I’ll invite all my pals to come join me on congratulating the pair’s brilliant new beginnings”

“We are~... UNDEAD!”

Rei: ♪~♪~♪

(Kukuku, as expected. The crowd’s gone wild with our appearance. Take it from here, Kaoru-kun… ♪)

(The crowd may be surprised by us, but it was Adonis-kun who had me surprised)

(“Is it okay for a vampire to enter a church with the cross displaced on it?” He asked me with genuine concern.)

(Fortunately, making up a white lie soothed his worries. “It’s safe for me to enter if it’s a celebration,” I’m happy Adonis-kun remains a pure child.)

(Alright, alright. Enough of my blathers)

(Now is the time to congratulate the bride and the groom… ♪)

Koga: ♪~♪~♪

(Hakaze-senpai’s guitar playing has improved so much, I almost can’t recognize it, it’s crazy unbelievable.)

(Not as good as me though~ But pretty impressive considerin the amount of time I had compared ta him… ♪)

(When I first met the guy I thought he was just some fuckboy who liked to play around wherever he went~ All talk no action)

(I’ve gotta admit, I’ve gained a bit of respect for him with those guts he has)

(... But I’m never gonna tell him that~ever!)

Adonis: ♪~♪~♪

(The Japanese wedding ceremony seems to differ greatly from the wedding ceremonies of my homeland)

(But, the joy and happiness bubbling inside the venue, it’s the same)

(I wonder if the day will come where I’ll have to perform entertainment at my own sisters’ weddings…)

(When the time comes, I’d like to rely upon UNDEAD just like this. I don’t think I could ever live up to my sisters’ expectations by myself)

(... Uh… But if I want to have them with me for a show, I’d have to arrange them to meet my sisters…)

(That’s troubling… I don’t want them to meet Hakaze-senpai and Oogami)

(... … They’d probably beat me to a pulp for even just thinking about an idea like this)

(I hope my sisters never get married)

(This isn’t the time to get depressed. Next year, I’ll tell the devil about this idea and I’m sure he’d just laugh at me)

(Hakaze-senpai, Good… His smile shines brightly)

Kaoru: ♪~♪~♪

(Ahaha… Hearing our song, my sister’s crying. You probably didn’t expect us to sing this type of song, right?)

(Her husband seems to be happy too. As the one in charge of the entertainment, I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders now)

(What kind of younger brother was I to my sister?)

(She was the best older sister to me, that it feels like a waste of time spent on me)

(While everyone else around me was against me becoming a idol, only she supported me)

(Even though we drifted apart due to the estrangement… You still believed in me)

(... Hey. Why were you the one who was apologising to me back then? When I was the one who kept placing burdens on you?)

(“I’m sorry, Kaoru-chan,” I still remember those tears so vividly)

(...)

(...But I’ll keep this memory secretly in my heart forever. You’re so beautiful when you’re in love)

(For that figure of yours that is walking forward, is walking towards a future that will shine brighter than anyone else)

(The one and only, most precious big sis in the whole wide world—)

(Please stay happy, okay? Congratulations on your marriage.)

♪~♪~♪

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Angel Heart Warriors Info, Characters, Episodes (Adventures) And Powers (Part 1)

Characters (Part 3)

Name

Melony

Nicknames

Melon (By Everyone)

Seedy

Young Melon

Age

2 years old (as a human) 17-20 years old (biologically)

Birthday

December 21st

Gender

Female

Loves

Hacking

Anime

Two Piece

Sleeping

Hooded Tops

Hates

Being Interrupted While Sleeping

Watermelon-kun's Death

Losing

Eating Fruits

Scary Things

Warrior Form

Warrior Name

Wish Heart

Attacks

Wishful Music

Dream Shield

Wish Star Shoot

Dreaming Shimmer

Name

Elizabeth Midford

Nicknames

Lady Midford

Lizzy

Age

13-14

Birthday

1874 (Unknown Birth Date)

Gender

Female

Loves

Ciel Phantomhive (Cousin, Fiancé)

Misty Spark (Best Friend, Mother-Figure)

Cute Things

Dancing

Fencing

Hates

Traitors

Fakers

The Cursed Sirens

Scary Things

Warrior Form

Warrior Name

Bravery Heart

Attacks

Bravery Espoir

Marguerite Shower

Lilly Shower

Espoir Slash

Name

Ciel Phantomhive

Nicknames

Queen's Watchdog

Young Master

Smile (From Joker)

Age

Birthday

December 14th

Gender

Male

Loves

Earl Grey Tea

Sweets

Elizabeth Midford (Cousin, Fiancé)

Sebastian Michaelis (Ciel's Demon Butler)

Dogs

Hates

Alois Trancy (Enemy)

The Cursed Sirens

Smiling

Cats (Because Of His Allergies)

Sports

Warrior Form

Warrior Name

Phantom Heart

Attacks

Phantom Raven Attack

Silver Rose Stream

Eyesight Contract

Phantom Waltz Fanfare

Name

Tari

Nicknames

BlueJay19

Tarinator

Blue Haired Bandit

DuckGirl18

Age

Birthday

August 26th

Gender

Female

Loves

Rubber Ducks

Video Games

Chips

Crane Games

Winning

Anime

Hates

Evelyn (Enemy)

Meeting New People

Seeing Her Friends Sad

Exercise

Violence

Losing

Betrayal

The Cursed Sirens

Warrior Form

Warrior Name

Future Heart

Attacks

Futuristic Techno Attack

Future Reflection

Future Blade Slash

Future Hammer Smash

Future Shooter

Name

Belle Fontiere

Nicknames

Angry Shouty Lady

Little Miss Patience (By Lucinia)

Young Hot Shot (By Lucinia)

Age

Birthday

Unknown

Gender

Female

Loves

Winning

Competition

Video Games

Lucinia (Girlfriend)

Hates

Evelyn

Losing

Being Underestimated

People Making Tari Sad

Warrior Form

Warrior Name

Energy Heart

Attacks

Energy Electric Burst

Electric Shock

Electric Sniper

Energy Tempest Vision

Energy Electric Overload

Name

Yunna Atsuko

Nicknames

Miss Atsuko

Yunna-Cousiness (By Mario And Luigi)

Princess Atsuko (By Sebastian)

Yuu-Chan (By Cater)

Angelfish (By Floyd)

Age

Birthday

November 19th

Gender

Female

Loves

Fairytales

Happy Endings

Any Type Of Sweets (As Long As It's Not Sour)

Her Cousins (Mario And Luigi)

Rachael Rose (Crush/Girlfriend)

Calming Music (Namely Taylor Swift's Music)

Hates

Bad Endings

The Cursed Sirens

Arguments

Bullies

Warrior Form

Warrior Name

Royal Heart

Attacks

Royal Time Strike

Royal Armor

Royal Glamour

Royal Harmony

Magic Words Using Her Royal Wand For Spells

"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo!"

#smg4 melony #black butler elizabeth #elizabeth midford #black butler ciel #ciel phantomhive #meta runner #angel heart warriors

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translationandbetrayals · 6 months

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Romantic Killer: how killing romance can save love

Romantic Killer is one of those anime you have probably seen on the Netflix homepage that you skipped over, not giving it much attention—and that’s just if you’ve been lucky enough for it to show up in your recommendations. And I don’t blame you. The art style is pretty much like a visual novel, which can be annoying to some, and the premise feels a bit cliché. It’s giving ‘I’m not like other girls’ vibes. I mean, a not-so-feminine girl uninterested in love being forced to care about romance? Meh.

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If you asked me why Romantic Killer ever caught my attention, I wouldn’t be able to answer. However, I’m glad that it did: the message the show sends you in the 12 episodes it has is one that I will carry with me. It’s a wonderful show with fun and refreshing characters, and I would love to see it get its flowers—and maybe, just maybe, even a second season. But that’s just me being delusional.

Romantic Killer is, originally, a manga of the romantic comedy genre, adapted in 2022 into an animated show (an Original Net Animation, to be precise) by Netflix. The story follows Hoshino Anzu, a 15 year old girl whose eyes can only look at her three biggest desires: her cat Momohiki, chocolate and video games. Her life revolves around that holy trinity. She has no time for romance, because she’d rather spend her free time playing games. The only way anyone could make her think about the l-word is through otome games.

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One day, Anzu rushes home to play a new videogame she had just bought, sitting down in front of her console with her chocolate and her beloved Momohiki on her lap. The opening screen shows a lot of text, mostly written in kanji, that she refuses to read so she simply clicks start. That’s when a being of doubtful origin with a silly hat and a magic wand pops out of her screen, saying that she’s been chosen as Subject 0 for Romantic Thriller: a magical experiment that puts girls uninterested in love through a lot of cliché romantic situations straight out of a shoujo romance and otome games, to deal with Japan’s decreasing birth rate. Her three biggest desires are taken away: all the chocolate stores near her either run out or close and her dad (a postman, mind you) is transferred to the United States, taking Anzu’s mom and Momohiki away with him.

That’s how Anzu ends up living alone, her three biggest desires gone, and at the mercy of the wizard, Riri.

Our main character, also labeled an anti-heroine, is a very fun person, but also incredibly spiteful. That’s why the series is called Romantic Killer and not Romantic Thriller: because she makes it her mission to absolutely ruin Riri’s plans. She makes an oath, saying she won’t play the game by the rules and, instead, will break it. She wants her chocolate, her games and her cat back and she’ll do it her own way under her own terms: by absolutely turning upside down whatever romantic prompt or scenario the wizard throws her way. Kind of Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun levels of absurdity regarding romance.

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Romantic Killer is silly. Unserious, even. And the best thing about it? The series knows it and completely exploits that factor. By putting Riri there, it gets away with the most insane scenarios possible: Kazuki Tsukasa’s apartment (one of Anzu’s romantic interests put in her path) is the only one flooded after a horrible rainstorm that forced him to spend a night at her house, him and Hayami Junta (Anzu’s longtime childhood friend, according to Riri, who she has no memory of) end up living with her under the same roof, she gets hit by a rich kid’s car (who turns out to be another love interest)... anything that feels ridiculous is immediately excused by magic.

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If not executed properly, that justification can make the story feel stale and so ridiculous that it stops being enjoyable, but the show deals with it in a way that feels natural despite constantly reminding you that that is by no means the case, adding into the comedy.

But also, Romakira is not shallow—Anzu manages to create genuine, real connections with every potential love interest, letting friendship bloom between the characters organically, despite the planning there is behind their encounters.

On the contrary, actually! It gets incredibly deep in a matter of episodes in a way that we, as viewers, simply don’t expect—and yet, when it happens, it doesn’t feel out of place. Everything flows seamlessly. The way the characters are presented and how they interact with each other opens the door for plenty of different scenarios, varying in tone and severity.

We get into the backstory of one of Anzu’s love interests, revealing that it’s rather a painful one. Turns out he was a victim of severe stalking and harassment, which made him move out of his hometown on his own and, eventually, it’s those events that put him in Anzu's path. He blames himself for sending mixed signals to his stalker, because that’s what one of his parents made him believe, and Anzu simply hugs him and cries for him. One of the things that really moved me and really stuck with me was how Anzu whispers, her voice shaky with rage as she holds him tightly, “I wish we had met sooner. I would’ve been the first one to believe you.”

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The show makes it very clear that Anzu, despite not having a lot of friends, the ones she has are extremely precious to her and she’d do anything for them. She’ll go against people who are older, stronger, more dangerous than she could ever be if that means protecting those she holds dear. She is also someone who doesn’t judge others, believing in their pain and not trying to minimize it—in fact, she actively validates people’s feelings and, at their pace, tries to help them find a way to alleviate whatever is hurting them.

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A lot of the time, we don’t get to see stalking and harassment of men (or in general, if we’re being completely honest) taken very seriously in media: it’s usually turned into the butt of the joke or it becomes a punchline, and the characters are meant to simply put up with the situation or even be thankful that anyone paid that much attention to them. It’s a clear reflection of our own biases as a society.

Generally speaking, the affected person, be it a woman or man, is the one responsible for the harassment, with those around them turning to victim-blaming tactics to take away the responsibility from the perpetrator and put it in the affected party. It’s not fair, it’s demoralizing and it can hurt the person’s sense of self and worth.

Romantic Killer goes the opposite way. There is another character who also was harassed, almost abused, and Anzu believes her immediately. She continuously defends the girl’s autonomy, her right to defend herself and she also stops everyone who dares gossip about the situation. Time and time again, the series makes sure to remind you that it’s never the victim’s fault, and that support is of the utmost importance. Both times, we can see the characters affected being validated by a supportive environment, protected by their loved ones, and constantly reminded they’re not at fault for what was done to them.

When we constantly see harassment turned into a joke, both the act itself as comic relief or the consequences being minimized, Romantic Killer is a breath of fresh air. When we constantly see how romance between men and women is the end-all be-all for girls, a goal to be achieved to find fulfillment in life, Romantic Killer is a change of pace by emphasizing friendship.

Yes, Anzu might be aiming to kill romance, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t appreciate love. Quite the contrary, in fact: she loves deeply, fiercely and protectively. She just doesn’t tend to show it romantically.

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If you are ever in the mood for something fun, surprisingly deep and kind of ridiculous (and with cat content!), you know what anime is perfect for that. ;)

Francisca Salgado. ☆

#Anime #Manga #Japan #essay #submission

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ao3feed-danganronpa · 1 year

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Let Me Surf You

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/eFQWkYi

by usxmi

Monokuma goes at it like a couple of sea otters with his surf board behind the cameras of Jabberwock Island when Usami calls him out for it but little does she know, Monokuma knows her secret...

Words: 429, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Super Dangan Ronpa 2

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, Other

Characters: Usami | Monomi, Monokuma, Surf Board - Character, Magic Wand - Character

Relationships: Monokuma (Dangan Ronpa)/Original Character(s), Monokuma/Surfboard, Usami/Magic Wand, Monomi/Magic Wand

Additional Tags: Smut, so very spicy, read at ur own risk, surfboard-kun, magicwand-san

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/eFQWkYi

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #dangan ronpa #danganronpa #dr

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postgamecontent · 1 year

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Magical Taruruuto-kun (MD Mini 2)

I think I first remember seeing this character in Die Hard Game Fan ads in the back of Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine. It was probably years later that I realized it was from an anime and not just a game character. Well, anyway. What can be said about Magical Taruruuto-kun? It’s quite an attractive game, to be sure. Really vibrant and it could almost pass for a Super Famicom game in terms of color depth.

In terms of gameplay, it’s a fairly straightforward affair. The main gimmick is that Taruruuto-kun’s wand can be used to grab objects and throw them, which is fun enough. Game Freak was never all that inventive with its level designs, and that is in full effect here. A lot of straight stretches with very little interesting going on outside of the enemies. Not a bad effort at all for a licensed game.

This one is only on the Japanese Mega Drive Mini 2, and given its developer pedigree and how prominent it was in import gaming circles, I’m quite happy that SEGA was able to get it on here. It’s one of those games you would always wish would get a rerelease while also realizing it probably wouldn’t. I love how SEGA is using its minis to make little wishes like these come true.

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im-657-mv · 2 years

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masterlist

all fics are gender neutral

yandere types - general types of yanderes

STRANGER THINGS

yandere stranger things types

you're mine - yandere reader x will byers

blue eyes - henry creel [I], [II], [III], [full]

little princess - yandere eddie munson

the knight - yandere mike wheeler [requested]

lost - vecna [inspired by the doors - you're lost little girl]

summertime - yandere will byers [requested]

yandere alphabet mike wheeler [requested]

red string of fate - yandere will byers

7. "Your family? I am your family!" - mike wheeler [requested]

10. "It is unnatural what I feel towards you..." - steve harrington [requested]

the haunting - vecna

yandere alphabet will byers [requested]

7. "Your family? I am your family! - joyce byers [requested]

9. "I've always fantasized about this moment, let me enjoy your presence, darling..." - 001 [requested]

3. "I wanted you, I wanted you ever since I laid my eyes on you." - mike wheeler [requested]

NCT

yandere nct types

darling dearest - yandere nakamoto yuta

the hounds howl - yandere na jaemin

forever friends - yandere lee jeno [requested]

yandere alphabet ten A,D,G [requested]

"can you at least pretend to love me? just for tonight?" + like lovers do by hey violet + qian kun [requested]

yandere na jaemin alphabet [requested]

yandere lee taeyong alphabet

100 ways - yandere spirit emperor nakamoto yuta [inspired by 100 ways jackson wang]

your fantasy - yandere faerie lee taeyong

SHINEE

yandere shinee types

shinee yandere headcannons

my angel - yandere lee taemin

impressionable - yandere lee taemin [inspired by lee taemin - impressionable]

want - yandere lee taemin [inspired by lee taemin - want]

orgel - yandere lee taemin [inspired by shinee - orgel]

ATEEZ

yandere ateez types

ateez yandere headcannons

dont stop - yandere pirate kim honjoong [inspired by ateez - dont stop]

“maybe now you’ll acknowledge me and what we have” + meant to be yours by heathers + yandere choi san [requested]

the deal - park seonghwa x yandere demon kim hongjoong [requested]

birthday present - yandere jung wooyoung

"am i not enough?" + new magic wand by tyler the creator + kang yeosang [requested]

shadow - yandere jung wooyoung [inspired by lee taemin - shadow]

your god - yandere god choi san

number one fan - yandere fanboy jung wooyoung

the sun and the moon - yandere emperor park seonghwa

waves of desire - yandere pirate kim hongjoong [requested]

#yandere #yandere kpop #yandere kpop x reader #gender neutral #yandere ateez #yandere nct #yandere wayv #yandere nct127 #yandere shinee

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harfanfare · 3 years

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I saw this post and I was wondering if you write Malleus' too, is okay for you to make that?

How to win a heart of Malleus Draconia?

a/n: I started posting my writings here because I want to improve my English — so I technically wouldn't make this request. But! Someone on Wattpad (where I take requests) asked for the same thing, so I rolled up my sleeves and wrote this guide today in both languages. Enjoy~

1. Don't be afraid of him.

It is said that the first impression is the most important.

So when you first saw this guy walking through the corridor of Diasomnia, it was hard for you to get rid of that view from your head.

Illuminated both by the green magic flames set in the lobby, as well as by the moon, which eventually managed to break through the dark clouds and with a bright glow appear in the windows of the dormitory, he seemed... lonely and beautiful.

You shuddered as you took a step down the hallway and the dark-haired man turned to you. He measured you with his emerald eyes. And then you recognized him; all the conversations about the mysterious and fearsome Malleus Draconia flew through your head.

Everything told you to rush towards the hallway and run as far as possible, but a piece of you found it inappropriate. Or rather, no one would want to chase everyone away from themself... right?

When you realized you were looking at him for a while, you took a deep breath and nod slightly.

"Good evening, Draconia-san," you said quickly. After a while you added, "The moon is beautiful today, don't you think?”

2. Smile a lot.

Today was a really wonderful day: the test was postponed, your favorite dish was given in the canteen, and for some reason, the last two lessons were canceled – your class had to make just a quick note about a topic and it took less than fifteen minutes.

"Something happened?" Malleus asked, seeing how almost in the jumps you walk past him. When you looked at him, he added, "You smile a lot.”

"I can stop smiling if you want," you made a sad face, but after a while, the corners of your mouth began to tremble uncontrollably and twisted up again. "Oops, I can’t. Today... it was such a good day... that I think I'm slowly using my life's happiness.”

"I didn't say that smiling is bad," he said. "You look so much better when you smile.”

"Oh," you sighed with apparent surprise. "Is it a compliment?"

"It’s rather a fact..?"

3. From time to time visit him during club activities.

"Is this a class of the ‘Gargoyle research society club’?” with a deaf knock you opened the door. Malleus turned to you, making a break from browsing through the materials gathered in the library about the history of each of the gargoyles on the school grounds. And there were a lot of them.

"Yes," he replied briefly, getting up. "Do you need something, [Name]?"

"Not at all, my club don’t have a meeting today," you said, closing the door behind you.

You looked around: the room was as clean as ever, except for one desk, where were laid several huge volumes about statues in NRC.

“Are you here alone?” You said before you thought. You lowered your eyes to see Malleus nodding unconcerned slightly. You blinked several times trying to think of what else you could say. "This room... could be a secret base," that was the first thing that came to your mind. Malleus turned his head to one side, uncertain of your response.

“A secret base..? Why?”

"I have no idea," you admitted quickly. "But the very existence of a mysterious point is interesting, isn't it? Doing normal things, such as watching movies or just talking, seems more interesting in places like this,” After a moment of silence, you sighed. "You know what, this idea with the base is stupid”

"We can try," he replied with serious tone. You raised your eyes to see how he looked around the room. "But you'll just have to explain this idea to me in more detail. We can also tell Lilia, Silver and Sebek about it...” he smiled as if seeing your five together in his thoughts was a pleasure. "It will be surely... fun.”

4. Get yourself a Tamagotchi.

"Look!" you spin a new key chain on your finger. You finally stopped and showed it to Malleus. "Now they are matching!”

A small electronic toy, in a dark green screen that, when it flashed, showed a virtual, pixelated animal. You were impressed with how good quality it was made, especially since you only gave the Shroud brothers a sketch of a toy that Malleus owned.

Your keychain was exactly the same, just a different color and with another pet.

Malleus pulled out his own device and put it on the table. He pressed one of the buttons and a small pet appeared on the keychain – a dragon.

"They can now be friends," you brought your toy closer to so-called Gao-Gao Dragon-kun.

"Do you think so?" He asked in a very surprised tone, but it sounded as if in a moment he were about to burst out with an inexplicably joyful and surprised laugh.

"Of course. Everyone needs a decent friend, no?”

5. Gain the trust of Lilia, Silver and Sebek.

Lilia, one of Malleus' closest people. It is much more likely that you will meet him before Malleus. He will be very proud when he learns that Malleus has found a friend. If you become a taster of Lilia, in terms of his pastries, he will 100% like you, and at 20% you will leave the kitchen alive and well.

Silver, who has mastered the art of sleeping in any conditions. It's easy to get him into your plans, although with the craziest ones he will hesitate. Rather well-disposed towards everyone, he can cover for you when you are not in class— but he usually inadvertently falls asleep and both of you often have penal assignments after school.

Sebek, faithful to Malleus, if he doesn't like you, you won't have too many opportunities to stay by Malleus's side without a thunderous glances at you. He will recognize you if you will listen carefully to his monologues about his master and as a sign of your friendship, he will teach you by heart of all the titles and achievements of Malleus so far.

With this trio by your side, you can get a lot further than you might have imagined...

6. Be a master in hide and seek.

You’d give your right arm that your breath was too loud.

You pressed your hands to your mouth as you crouched in the corner of the room.

From whose voices you already heard, you knew that Lilia had already found Sebek. This meant that you or Silver would still be helping cook dinner since Malleus didn’t come at the start of the game.

This may seem silly, but the ability to play classic games was one of the elements of the art of survival in Diasomnia.

It was thanks to games like ‘stone-paper-scissors’, hide and seek or tag that household chores fell on the shoulders of the losers. Lilia loved the idea, and there was always a proud smile on his lips when he saw his beloved children play together.

You heard the steps behind you and shivered.

Very slowly you turned around and looked up to see Malleus standing over you and wondering what you were doing, crouching in the darkest corner of the room.

Puns were also included in the survival pack.

Fearing that Lilia would hear your whisper, you put your finger on your mouth, asking him not to say a word. You put a begging eye into it – all but not cooking with Lilia. Not again.

Malleus nodded, recognizing the gravity of the situation, although he smiled.

Really, no one would want Malleus to be an enemy.

Or at least in such a situation.

7. Do not hesitate to ask him for help with learning.

"In theory, you should focus on the space around you," Malleus pulled a wand in front of him. It flashed, and almost at the same time, a thin but incredibly strong protective barrier was created around him. “Weaker spells can be reflected. In turn, the stronger ones are better to block”

You nodded understandingly.

Defensive magic was not something easy to understand. Most depended on the person against whom the counter spell was being prepared. And there are countless people who walk on this Earth and want to start fights.

"Unique spells block or avoid physically," he continued. You nodded at every subsequent sentence, slowly feeling like all the lessons are eventually gaining transparency. “Using unique magic against unique magic, the stronger will win, both will lead to explosions or completely reduce.

He looked at you when you wrote down the last sentence in your notebook.

"I sincerely hope that you will only need this information in class," he said with a sigh. "If you need help, call me. I will come. I promise.”

8. Sometimes be persuaded to wear extravagant clothes.

"Do you really think it suits me?" you turned around, looking at yourself from every possible angle in the mirror.

You were going to the theater in a few classes to see some era-related play that you've been discussing now in history lessons. Everyone, respecting the reputation, actions and achievements of theatre, dressed in their best clothes.

Malleus stood next to you.

He was already wearing a black and white outfit with green accessories. They all worked so well together and fitted him like a glove that you were sure that the whole outfit was made especially for him.

"Yes," he replied. "Everything you put on today suited you very well.”

Once again, with critical eyesight, you looked at the outfit, face and hair, before you quickly turned off the lights in the room and closed the door behind you.

Then you smiled at Malleus.

"We can go now," you said. You made your way through the portal to the main NRC building. "And... thank you for your help.

"My pleasure," he said. Under no circumstances was it just a polite formula. He really loved looking at you.

9. Invite him to your birthday/party.

"Another break from school soon, huh?" — you muttered, leaning against the railing.

You took a deep breath and let the fresh, pleasant air refresh you.

"Are you going to home, [Name]?" Malleus asked. Green lights were still flying around him, so you guessed he’d just appeared here.

"I haven't decided yet," you sighed. "It would be nice to go home, but the break won't be very long... Ah, that's right!” you straightened up and turned to him. "How about spending another break together? As soon as I can, I will contact my family... although I cannot promise anything.”

Though he did not show it, Malleus' heart beat a little faster.

Spend free time? With someone? With someone he likes?

"Of course," he sounded less calm than he thought. He wasn’t often invited anywhere, even for the things he should have been on, so there was a lot of excitement growing in his body. "I don't see anything against it.”

10. From "The Great Malleus Draconia-sama" to "Love".

"Ah, The Great Malleus-sama!" you sighed theatrically, taking from him a box of chocolates with a joyful smile. You could promise that because of this dark-haired boy here, you slowly become pampered. "Thank you for your generosity!”

Malleus frowned.

"The Great Malleus-sama"..?” he pondered, putting his fingers to his chin. "Did Sebek told you again to call me with this title?"

"No," you laughed softly at his reaction. "I did it out of curiosity. Maybe I could call you some cute nickname, hmm?" you smiled mischievously.

"For example?"

"By adding ‘-chan’ to your name?” you turned on your phone and typed something related to the nicknames. You started reading suggestions and struggled to hold back from laughing. ” ’Sunshine’, ‘star’, ‘flower’, ‘sweetheart’, ‘love’...

"I like the last one," he said, and the invisible force stung you to the ground.

"Would you like me to call you like that? Out of curiosity or out of love?" You laughed, but your cheeks were all red with blushes.

He smiled sincerely at your reaction.

"Hmm, I wonder..?"

#i wonder too #malleus draconia #twst malleus draconia #twst malleus #twst x reader #twst imagines #twst malleus x reader #malleus x reader #malleus draconia x reader #diasomnia x reader #twst malleus draconia x reader #twisted wonderland x reader #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland imagines #anonymous

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dialovers-translations · 2 years

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DIABOLIK LOVERS DAYLIGHT Vol.8 Mukami Kou [TRACK 1]

Original title: 陽だまりの日々

Source: Diabolik Lovers Daylight Vol. 8 Mukami Kou

Audio: Here

Seiyuu: Kimura Ryouhei

Track 1 ll Track 2 ll Track 3 ll Track 4 ll Track 5 + Epilogue

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TRACK 1: DAYS FULL OF SUNSHINE

The scene starts at the amusement park.

[00:05] “Look, look! Over there! It’s the Parade of the Fairy Queen! Let’s go take a look, okay? Don’t worry, I’ll lead the way~!”

*Rustle*

Kou drags you along.

“It’s said that she can make anyone smile with her magic wand!”

*Twinkle*

“Ah! The Queen just waved her wand your way!”

You smile.

[00:33] “Hehe…Heh…Hey, don’t worry, you’re smiling. A lovely smile at that.”

You nod.

“…Hehe, come on, smile even more! As wide as you can! …I’m begging you…”

Kou turns towards the Fairy Queen.

“ーー Hey, Queen! Could you please listen to my request? I want you to cast lots of magic on her! Exactly! Tons of it ー Just shower her in it!”

*Twinkle*

[01:11] “Heh…Look…Can you tell? You’re being enveloped by her magic right now so please…Smile? …So I can burn the image of your smile...in my mind forever.”

*FLASHBACK STARTS*

Kou leaves the house.

[01:52] “ーー Well, I’m off then~ Mmmh...~”

*Smooch*

“Hehe~ ...That smile of yours really is adorable. I love it…! ...Hmm~ One more! Mmh~”

*Smooch*

“...Don’t go around showing that expression to any other guy, okay? Your smile belongs only to me! You know that, right?”

You nod.

[02:22] “Fufu~ Good to hear! Right, right! Breakfast was super yummy this morning! Every day you’re providing me with so much energy by making me delicious meals and seeing me off like this. Heh~”

He embraces you.

*Rustle*

“Because you’re here for me, I can give it my all every day. Your love is what makes me Mukami Kou. ...Just kidding~ ...But it’s true, you know? Were you aware?”

You get flustered.

[03:00] “Oh come on, just a little longer…”

*Honk honk*

“Oh shoot! My manager’s calling for me! ...I’ll get going then, see you!”

Kou runs off.

*TIMESKIP*

*Rustle rustle*

Kou’s make-up artist is busy preparing him for the shoot.

“Pwaaaah...~ Give my face some color, okay? I’ve been running a little low on sleep as of late.”

She notes that he has been quite busy with work.

[03:35] “You could say that. I’m glad to be doing well, but I don’t think I could handle any more at this moment. I would have absolutely no time left to spend with my girlfriend. (1) ...She’s the reason why I can keep going. Every day, she showers me with her love~ Hehehe~ I bet you’re envious?”

*Beep*

“...Hm? Huh? It’s from Ruki-kun...One minute, please.”

*Rustle*

[04:05] “How odd...He rarely ever contacts me during work.”

Kou reads the text.

“...Huh? No way...What does he mean, she collapsed!?”

He gets up from his chair and dashes away.

*TIMESKIP*

Kou bolts into the room.

[04:32] “...ーー Hey! Are you okay!?”

You seem surprised he’s here.

“...Eh? ...Huh?”

You ask Kou why he seems to be in a panic.

“No but...I heard you collapsed so...I figured you would be unconscious.”

You shake your head and explain.

“Really!? You’re totally fine!? ...I got an emergency text from Ruki-kun so I rushed back home in a hurry…!”

You insist that you’re fine.

“...”

*WOOSH*

[05:14] “...You’re speaking the truth. You actually just felt a little dizzy, huh? ...Ah. My bad. I used the powers of my eye…”

You tell him he probably did it because he panicked.

“That might be true but...You’re the last person I want to use it on. It feels like I’m doubting you, so I don’t like it.”

You forgive him.

“Thank you. You’re so kind.”

You ask about work.

[05:48] “Geez~ You’re such a worrywart! Don’t worry, I made sure to get permission to take today off. ーー Soo...~ Take this! ...Squeeeeeze~”

Kou hugs you tight.

“That being said...Can I join you in bed?”

You make room for him.

*Rustle rustle*

[06:18] “...There we go. Honestly, I’m kind of glad Ruki-kun exaggerated a little. I should be grateful to him! If not, I would have never been able to get a day off today. ...Aah~ Nothing like taking an afternoon nap while snuggling with you~”

( However, back then, I was still ignorant. That this feeling of peace would only be temporary. )

ーー TO BE CONTINUED ーー

Translation notes

(1) The word 彼女 or ‘kanojo’ has two meanings in Japanese. It can be used to refer to one’s girlfriend, implying a romantic relationship OR simply mean ‘she/her’. Kou uses this word various times throughout the CD, but I will translate it differently depending on the context. In this sentence, I think it’s pretty obvious he’s implying the MC as his girlfriend and not just ‘time with her’.

#diabolik lovers #dialovers #kou mukami #diabolik lovers daylight #diabolik lovers translation #diabolik lovers drama cd #drama cd

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raven-san, can we please have a wedding crashing where jade needs to marry this girl from another crime family to consolidate power and become the next head of the leech mob :)) but floyd's like I'M BORED and annoyed that his brother's being snatched up by a random chick, so he asks basketball bros, and azul, to help save jade?

This one is super long, so I added some extra sections and placed the rest of the wedding crashing below the cut!

***Spoilers for Jamil and Floyd’s Unique Magic!!***

"I object to this wedding...!"

Pre-Wedding Jitters

A call comes for the twins in the dead of night, without warning. It’s their parents with exciting news: they’re naming Jade as the next Don Leech. The catch? The Leech mob’s in the middle of a merger with the Worm mob, and he’ll have to marry Don Worm’s daughter to secure the deal.

Jade, ever the dutiful son, is honored by his future title and calmly agrees to the arrangement. On the other hand, Floyd’s annoyed by the idea, and can’t keep quiet about his irritation. He calls out to his twin in the darkness.

“... Ne, Jade.”

“Ee, Floyd?”

“Are you really okay with going through with this? You’re just gonna do what they said? Even though you don’t know the Worms at all? Even if you’ve never met that girl before?”

“It is a request coming directly from father and mother. How could I refuse them? And, furthermore... If I do not undertake this task, then it would fall to you, the next choice to inherit the title of Don Leech. I cannot allow that to come to pass--fufu. You do so enjoy your freedom, yes?”

“... Jade, you’re so dumb sometimes. What’ll happen to your freedom, then? Will you get so busy with being the big boss and being married... that you won’t have time to play anymore?”

“... Perhaps. But that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.”

That thought doesn’t sit well with Floyd--not at all.

“I trust that you will make your own fun of the situation,” Jade reassures him. “You always do.”

As the weeks pass, Floyd sees less and less of Jade around, since he has to prepare for the wedding. Jade reassures him that he’s doing just fine, but Floyd can see right through his lies. He can tell that Jade’s more frazzled than usual--there’s a lingering to his words, and a longing in his eyes, savoring every last bit of autonomy he has before his fate is forever sealed.

Floyd hates it. He hates being lied to by his own brother, and he hates feeling powerless to stop the wedding. Floyd’s so angry that he develops this murderous aura in the weeks leading up to the wedding, which makes everyone around him shy away.

One day, he gets sick of being in the water--it’s a reminder of the wedding to come--so Floyd plays basketball on land to vent. He ends up chomping down so hard that he deflates a ball, then dunks another basketball so hard, he breaks the net.

He sprawls out on the ground and angrily shouts at the sky. His basketball bonks him on the head... and that’s when an idea hits him: maybe he can’t stop the wedding alone, but no one said he couldn’t phone some friends.

Assembling the Dream Team

Floyd first dials up Azul, who agrees to help after some whining and signing a contract agreeing to pay Azul handsomely for his services (... although truthfully, the octopus does want to help Jade, but doesn't immediately agree to do it because of his pride as a businessman).

Floyd also calls his old basketball buddies for help! Jamil and Ace are much more adamant than Azul, but Floyd strongarms them into pitching in. ("Umihebi-kun, Kani-chan, if you don't help me rescue Jade, I'll get suuuper mad, you know? I don't think you'll like me when I get mad. Moray eels are strong hunters, so I don’t think it’ll be a problem for me to track you guys down and give you a good squeeze~" "OKAY, OKAY, WE'LL DO IT!!")

Together, the four boys meet up to scheme of a way to disrupt the wedding without jeopardizing the Leech mob's future. Floyd actively leads the discussion, allowing his hidden genius to come to the surface.

Ace doesn’t contribute much to the strategy (laid out by Azul), but he does keep the spirit up with some jokes. Meanwhile, Jamil provides snacks for them when they work late into the night (though he keeps passing semi-glares to Azul whenever the octopus compliments him or tries to be friendly).

In preparation for the crashing, Azul brews some potions to give Jamil and Ace so they can take on temporary merforms. After all, the wedding will be underwater, in the Coral Sea, and they’ll need tail fins.

The date of destiny draws ever closer... and Floyd's never been so excited to cause chaos in his whole life.

The Crashing - Team Azul & Jamil

They split into two pairs on the day of the wedding—Azul and Jamil, and Floyd and Ace. Floyd uses his position as the future son-in-law to Don Worm to arrange a meeting between himself and the don... except Azul and Jamil will show up instead.

Don Worm shows up to the meeting in his finest clothes (which is very little, given that he’s a merman), sounding a bit annoyed the sudden summoning. “Make this quick, I’ve got to go see my baby girl’s big day... Wait. You fellas aren’t the F. Leech boy.”

“No, we aren’t, sir. We are his representatives... Proxies, if you will,” Azul insists, giving his warmest and most welcoming smile. He uses a tentacle to tug on Jamil’s tail, forcing him to smile too. “You see, there is an important business matter we needed to discuss with you on behalf of Floyd.”

“Hoh? And what would that be?”

“I believe my business associate would be better off explaining the matter than myself.” Azul gestures to Jamil, who has his head down.

“Oi, what’s with you? Don’t you know who I am, boy? It’s rude to not look your elders in the eye when they are speaking to you!! Show me the respect I deserve, from one professional to another!!”

“My apologies, sir.” Jamil looks up, locking eyes with the mob boss. “... Is this better?”

“Yes, that’s...”

“Snake Whisper.”

Don Worm suddenly goes glassy-eyed and slack-jawed. Azul claps at the sight, showering his partner with compliments. “As expected of the talented Jamil-san! Even one look from you can bring a mafia lord to his downfall. Truly, your Unique Magic is most impressive!”

“Save your flattery for later.”

Azul’s lips curl into a smirk as he whips out a golden contract from his briefcase and offers it to the don. “Now then, if you wouldn’t mind, sir... sign on the dotted line.”

The Crashing - Team Floyd & Ace

Ace and Floyd rush to the wedding venue, their tails cutting through the water like knives as they swim at a breakneck pace. Ace can barely keep up with Floyd, who surges far ahead.

“H-Hey, should we really be barging in like this?! Don’t mob families have weapons and other dangerous stuff? Is there a backdoor we can take instead? Hello?! Floyd-senpai, are you listening to me?!” (He isn’t.)

The open, underwater comes into view, and Floyd barrels in without any hesitation, tearing right through some decorations and knocking over the wedding cake with his tail. A loud CRASH! echoes through the waters, drawing eyes to him.

Jade stares at his brother from the altar—wide eyed, but a mirthful smile on his lips. Floyd waves to him, and then to his mom and dad in the crowd of guests. “Hiii, Jade! I’m here to pick you up now.”

The Worm girl starts sobbing, wailing something about how her special day’s been ruined, and where is her papa to put an end to this? At her signal, security guards, and some of the rougher looking guests—Worm family associates—lunge at Floyd, claws and teeth out. A few of them have produced wands, and what seem to be guns—loaded with harpoons.

“Bind the Heart!” Objects and stray magic go flying in all directions, hitting both people and wedding decorations. Cloth tears, columns crumble—but it’s one man against many, and he can only bind so many hearts before the blot starts to stack.

Ace makes it just in time, sending their foes and their weapons hurtling through the water with a blast of wind. “This is why I said to be careful, dammit! Your Unique Magic’s such a crapshoot—don’t just use it whenever, or you’ll be sushi!!!”

“Ahahahah! Kani-chan’s being all heroic today! That’s so cute. Don’t worry, I can play my part, too...!!”

Using his tail, Floyd hooks around a drifting merman and chucks him straight into another. They collide with a CRACK!—but Floyd barely registers it. He’s already bolting off, grabbing heads and smashing them together, slicing through others like a knife through butter.

There’s a crazed, frenzied look to him, gleeful laughter cutting through the waters and mixing with the Worm bride’s screeching. I forgot how scary Floyd-senpai can be, Ace realizes. (Jade and Floyd’s parents are cheering for him from their seats.)

Jade looks quite proud of his brother, even laughing along to the brutal slaughterfest. His bride stares at him incredulously. “Stop that brute! He’s ruining MY special day!!”

“No,” Jade replies calmly. “I don’t think I will. This is far too amusing to let it end so soon.”

She lets out a frustrated scream and launches herself at her groom, hands going for his throat. The Worm girl is slammed back with a strong hit to her gut, courtesy of Jade’s tail.

She flies back, slamming into a column—and feels a tail wrapping around her and squeezing tight. Constricting her to the point where it was difficult to breathe. A livid mermaid glares down at her, teeth bared in a snarl.

“No one lays a hand on my children,” Mama Leech declares. “No one.”

From the corner of her eye, the Worm girl can see that Jade has cast off his bow tie and flitted over to Floyd, embracing happily in a battlefield adorned with red ribbons trailing through the water. Her vision is abruptly blocked off by a broad-shouldered merman wearing a grimace.

“Now then, what shall we do with this one?” Papa Leech wonders aloud—though from his tone of voice, he has nothing good in store.

The Aftermath

“You’re all fish bait when daddy hears about this...!” the Worm girl warns, her words raspy. “Th-The merger won’t go through...! There’ll be war between the Leeches and the Worms...!”

A loud throat clearing comes from behind. “Fortunately, that won’t be happening.”

Azul and Jamil make their appearance, the octopus merman smugly showcasing a contract. “Ashengrotto—Azul Ashengrotto, legal and business extraordinaire at your service, Don Leech and Lady Leech.”

Papa Leech grunts. “What’s that you’ve got there?”

“This?” Azul’s smirk widens. “Why, it’s a prenuptial stating that, in the case that an act of violence is enacted by the bride toward the groom, the marriage is considered null and void... and the bride’s family assets are to be claimed by the groom. Signed by Don Worm himself.”

“Wh-What?! Impossible!! How did you get daddy to sign such a stupid deal?!”

“Oh,” Jamil says nonchalantly, “we have our ways.”

“So... Uh, Jade-senpai’s still gonna be the next Don Leech?! And he’s gonna be in charge of an even bigger and richer family... How is that any better than the situation before?! You’re just giving him more resources for committing crimes!”

At that moment, two hands come down on Ace’s shoulders, causing him to freeze up.

“Kani-chaaaaan! Everyone!! Thanks so much for your help~”

“Yes, you have my sincerest thanks, Ace-san, Jamil-san... Azul.”

“It is my pleasure to assist such VIP clients. Ah, but there remains the matter of my promised payment—” (Jamil and Ace internally groan at Azul’s words.)

“Payment?” Don Leech scoffs. “After the ballsy operation you boys pulled off today... I’m more inclined to give you job offers instead of a one time sum. How do you lads feel about being hired as the Leech family’s personal lawyer, interrogator, and... well, whatever the heart one is good at.”

“My, my! Such a generous and lucrative offer—“

“There is no way I’m accepting that, especially if that means working with Azul.”

“Oi, I’ll have you know I’m good at lots of stuff!! I’m the one that saved Floyd’s tail fins, is no one gonna acknowledge that?!”

“You did amazing, sweetie!!” Mama Leech chirps—her tail grip tightening until the Worm girl passes out. Ace leaps back in fright. “As a reward, why don’t you let me give you a hug?”

“S-STAY BACK!!”

“Ahahahah! Everyone’s getting along so well, Jade. Isn’t this fun? You wouldn’t be able to enjoy this if you had gone to get hitched.”

“Fufufu. You are correct, Floyd. How sad it would have been if I were to miss out on touching moments such as this. From the bottom of my heart... I thank you for thinking of me, and for rushing to my aid. I could not have asked for a better brother.”

... What Floyd doesn’t know is that this was all according to keikaku Jade’s own machinations. He would never take the order to marry lying down—but he couldn’t outright defy it without immediate consequences, either.

Thank the Great Seven Jade has reliable puppets friends to help him out of a pinch. I’ll be certain to put the additional funds we have gained to good use... Perhaps to start a little mushroom farm.

#Floyd Leech #Jade Leech #Azul Ashengrotto #Ace Trappola #Jamil Viper #twst #twisted wonderland #disney twisted wonderland #wedding crashing #spoilers

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Mahou Ningyou Pendora

One of the interesting things about focusing just on manga that don't have anime is there are certain story concepts that show up here, but nowhere else. I can't think of many, or indeed any, magical girl anime that focus on magical dolls with an average girl as the audience insert character. (Doesn't mean they don't exist; I just can't think of any right now.) However; if I had a nickel for every time I found an old magical girl manga about a little girl who has a doll that is both alive and magical, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice, right?

Mahou Ningyou Pendora (Magic Doll Pendora) is a 1981 manga starring a prim and proper little girl named Youko-chan. One day Youko gets caught out in the rain and finds a doll on the side of the road. The doll isn't in great condition, but Youko takes her home anyway and cleans her up. This doll then comes alive and grows to the size of an adult woman, introducing herself as Pendora. For the first leg of the series, Pendora uses her magic to make life more fun for Youko and protect her from harm. However, chapter 6 introduces two new characters who act as foils to Youko and Pendora. Kenbo (usually referred to as Itazura Kenbo, with Itazura meaning naughty) is a boy Youko's age who lives up to his nickname, and he has a magic doll of his own named Kabutler. From there, the series mostly revolves around Kenbo and Kabutler pranking Youko and Pendora, with Pendora swiftly delivering the two their comeuppance.

If you read my post about Majokko Lily, parts of this setup probably sound familiar. Both Lily and Pendora disguise themselves as dolls when not actively using magic, and the POV character is the human girl. I'm not sure how much of this was intentional vs. coincidence; but either way, there are a couple of key differences that set these manga apart. While Deko is able to use Lily's magic at times, Youko is never able to do the same with Pendora's magic. The more major difference is the introduction of antagonist characters Kenbo and Kabutler, who don't really have an analogue in Majokko Lily.

Design-wise, Mahou Ningyou Pendora is somewhat interesting to me as well. Pendora and Kabutler have a bug motif, with Pendora based on butterflies and Kabutler based on stag beetles. The wings on Pendora's head remind me of the distinctive butterfly hair of a later magical girl known as Yadamon, though their pink color is also evocative of Nemulin. Pendora has a magic wand, though she rarely uses it. Like many other early magical girls, she can conjure magic with just her hands, and she has heightened physical strength that comes in handy too.

Mahou Ningyou Pendora was published in Yoiko from the April 1981 issue to the August 1982 issue for a total of 17 chapters, each 4 or 5 pages long. These chapters were never reprinted outside of the original magazine run, and as far as I can tell they've never been translated either.

The series was created by Go Nagai through his studio, Dynamic Productions. Nagai is a mangaka who has been hugely influential in the history of not only the magical girl genre, but broader manga and anime history as well. He made his debut in 1967 with Meakashi Polikichi, and he would really make a name for himself in shounen manga/anime throughout the 70s. Arguably his biggest contributions were to the mecha genre with titles such as Koutetsu Jeeg, UFO Robo Grendizer, and Mazinger Z, the lattermost of which was the first series to feature a giant robot piloted by a person. His are credited as some of the first post-apocalyptic manga, beginning with his series Violence Jack, and Nagai's works are generally known for their dark tone, such as his subversive hero series, 1972's Devilman, which was also the first manga of his to get animated. Other Nagai anime include Dororon Enma-kun, Mujigen Hunter Fandora, and Juushin Liger. Not only that, but his work continues to be rebooted, the most recent example being 2021's Getter Robo Arc. Many other influential figures in anime and manga have cited Nagai's work as among their influences, including but by no means limited to Hideaki Anno, Kentarou Miura, and Gen Urobuchi.

When it comes to magical girls however, Nagai's best known creation is Cutie Honey. The original anime and manga were created in tandem with one another, and the series would be the first male-aimed magical girl work in both mediums. The 1973 Cutie Honey anime was the first magical girl warrior anime, which would directly influence later titles in the sub-genre up to and including Sailor Moon. Like Nagai's other works, Cutie Honey would be rebooted many a time, most recently as a 2020 stage play titled Cutie Honey Emotional.

While shoujo manga reimaginings of Cutie Honey were created alongside the original, Go Nagai wouldn't make a fully shoujo magical girl of his own until 1978 with Majokko Tickle. Cutie Honey and Majokko Tickle contrast in some interesting ways. The former had little in common with other magical girl anime of the time, but has a fair degree of overlap with modern expectations of magical girls. The latter was more in line with magical girl archetypes of the 70s, but bears little resemblance to how people think of the genre currently. It's unsurprising then that Cutie Honey has endured the test of time while Majokko Tickle has all but fallen into obscurity, even in Japan.

The magical girl stuff isn't the only connection Mahou Ningyou Pendora has to Nagai's legacy, but the other point of overlap is more... uncomfortable. Nagai is a legendarily horny dude, so much so that he's credited with pioneering ecchi as a genre. While one would hope this sort of content wouldn't make it into a manga for an audience as young as this, there are times when Mahou Ningyou Pendora certainly looks like a Nagai manga let's say. Pendora's default outfit is quite formfitting, a common staple of Nagai's heroine's character designs. Granted, that isn't inherently erotic, and if I didn't know who Nagai is, it might not even register. However, there's also a chapter where the characters make a trip to the beach and we get to see Pendora in a somewhat skimpy bikini. To be honest, I don't totally mind this because Pendora is a grown woman who can wear what she wants. There's certainly a conversation to be had about how much agency a fictional woman has in a story created by a man, but we don't have time for that conversation here. What does bother me is how often Youko is shown partially or fully nude, including in the very first chapter. Thankfully she has Barbie doll anatomy, so it isn't exactly obscene, but I still question if it was necessary.

Interestingly enough, Pendora (or at least her doppelgänger) has appeared elsewhere within Go Nagai's body of work. Her design was initially used for the character of Kochou Phantasy in Nagai's 1978 manga Space Opera Chugaku (content warning for female-presenting nipples) and she would make a cameo alongside other Nagai characters in the first episode of the 2004 OVA Re: Cutie Honey.

I love the concept underpinning this manga, and I feel like a lot could have been done with it, but I also feel as though the premise was hampered by the demographic. However good the core ideas are, this is very clearly a manga for kindergarteners, which makes it difficult to get too invested as an adult reader. The only times the manga breaks from this mold are when it's being horny, and in the context of everything else, I don't care for that either. It's not a bad manga by any means, but it's just not on par with Nagai's other, more well-known magical girls.

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