#mahoyaku is a lot

[curmoritor]

@tenkoseiensei asked: ' i don't know anything about magic, ' he begins, ' but i'm sure i could take at least a dozen wizards in a fight. ' nerds versus jocks! or something like that, right? no, seriously! ' with people like me, havin' a good teacher's just about as amazing as bein' good at somethin' yourself. so how the hell does it work for you guys? is it innate? some kinda power drawn from the heart bullshit? ' it'd be pretty embarrassing to hear that spell slinging was welled up deep within everyone, but even then, yan qing was sure he didn't need it. being dead and incomprehensible was enough. ' seems like y'could make just about anything happen. power struggles must get big, sometimes. '

❛ You are born with it. ❜ So, you suppose "innate" is correct in a way... but saying "you are born with it" feels wrong as well. Yet, you can't help but laugh at his question. Ahh... yes... magic is drawn from the heart, isn't it? Or rather... it's drawn from positive emotions for all others. Things like love or happiness are the strongest emotions to create magic, yet curiosity, excitement, wonder. Things like that work as well. It's a learning process, yet you are inherently broken. ❛ If you are not born a mage, you can never learn magic~ Humans have tried in every possible way. Swallowing mana stones, many magical weapons that run off of mana stones, or even praying to gods and pretending that gives them divine powers... ❜

Though, all of those times that someone claimed godly powers were false. They simply had a item that was enchanted by a mage of some sort. Perhaps it was cursed, perhaps it was blessed. You don't make it your business because it's boring. Humans are dreadfully boring unless you are tormenting them. They are weak, like wooden puppets that barely are hanging onto their pathetic strings. Still, you weren't expecting him to ask such a question and it lets you finally have a smile stretch across your face as you consider how to answer more and more.

❛ You make it sound as if it's something you despise. Is the heart hard for you to understand? ❜ Well, you aren't much different. ❛ A typical witch or wizard would use their heart to cast magic. Though, it's because emotions are the strongest medium you can have to have magic flow out of. That is why we love festivals, we love to sing, dance, and make merry... it makes our magic stronger when we are happy. ❜

You aren't very good at explaining this, Especially since this isn't even how your magic works. You aren't sure why it got all twisted and wrong for you, but everything is wrong with you. You are backwards, broken, wrong, worthless. You shouldn't even exist, you shouldn't be alive. Yet, at some point you weren't to live so badly that now you can't die.

❛ Though, That's just how normal wizards cast magic~ For some reason, I don't. I have to feed off of terror, fear, chaos~ That's how I gain my power. ❜ and you have done everything you can do to be strong and to be a factor in the power struggles that do exist.

❛ Power struggles... They are frequent- Rather, they are constant. Even know, I'm sure that idiot Mithra is trying to plan how to kill Oz again. ❜ You sigh. You know that he has no clue who either of them are, but he is asking so you are going to talk! ❛ Oz is the strongest Wizard alive~ And he does nothing with that power. All he does is brood away in solitude all day long. He's gloomy, creepy, and annoying. I hate him, but Mithra isn't much better. He's aggressive, violent and unpredictable. All he does is kill me because he knows I won't die. ❜ Even if you do exactly what he tells you to, he'll still kill you sometimes anyways because he's just in a bad mood! Or if he asks you for help he still attacks you sometimes because he reflexively gets defensive. You seriously can't stand him. Oz is hardly better though, because you can't die he'll torture you.

Ahhh, this is annoying you now.

❛ Northern wizards like myself are the strongest there are~ Raw power is all we need. Oz could split the whole world in two if he so felt like it, so I suppose some would thank him for being so passive. Even for someone 1000 years younger then I, if they were trained properly then they could easily wipe out a large city with ease. Wizards die all the time in the north~ It's a constant struggle simply to survive... You either submit to the most powerful, or hope you are crafty enough to survive and become powerful. ❜

[milksetters]

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[etrangeres]

(This same little presentation was posted about a month ago on my twitter! I just figured I may as well put it here now.)

Since mahoyaku is getting an anime, I thought I'd do what I did for IDOLiSH7 back in the day and make a SUPER BEGINNER'S GUIDE for mahoyaku!

If you're unfamiliar with mahoyaku but are fans of IDOLiSH7, Tsushimi is the scenario writer! I highly recommend checking out one if you like the other.

This assumes zero knowledge and is (largely) spoiler-free so as not to ruin some of the surprises of Part 1 of the main story!

See the rest of the character intros below the cut, since it gets pretty long.

[pyururen]

Mahoyaku has my heart now and forever

[criaturamonocromatica]

[frobby]

By lost I mean they lost in my other divorce polls just so everyone knows

[collectorcookie]

@rebelscythe123 this is for u <3

Loooots and lots of spoilers for everything caiowe for anyone reading this btw

Ok so a lot of cain's roles in the narrative focuses on him sacrificing himself. He's a knight so he should put his life in danger to protect others. He's a sage's wizard so he should, again, put himself in life-threatening danger to save the world. He is arthur's personal knight so, you guessed it, he should protect arthur at all costs, including himself. He's so kind and sweet and he made being a shield to others his meaning of life <3. This isn't a good thing, duh. He has no sense for self preservation and is very suicidal, maybe not in the depressed way, but in the extremely willing to throw his life away way. Like, in central ballad, he immediately puts himself between akira and oz throwing a rampage KNOWING ozzy can instant kill him, accidentally or not. And in central prelude, he also just throws himself at a beast with no consideration for his own safety.

Now, owen. Owen is the complete opposite of cain. If cain is generally puppy sunshine who's willing to die for anyone, then owen is depressed and thorny and puts his own survival above anyone and anything else.

Owen is the first person in cain's life that DOESN'T require cain to sacrifice anything for him. If anything, owen is the first person to offer cain something. Freedom. Cain, up until that point, had to keep himself hidden away. Now of course, owen defeating cain and stealing his eyeball was very traumatizing for cain, but it ends up in a net positive development for him because he doesn't have to hide anymore. I think cain even thanks him for it eventually. And another thing owen offers cain is a goal to strive towards. Now that owen has defeated him, cain has to work hard and train himself to become a better wizard. Wait i have two screenshots from anni2 that kinda

Just. Them. Ugh.

Now back onto owen, obviously everyone knows that owen latched himself onto cain because baby owen was locked up in a basement with nothing but a picture book with a knight. And cain is number one picture perfect knight. But another thing to consider about owen's character is that....kizu owen isn't owen himself, he isn't the real owen, he is just a trauma holder for owen's past memories. Wait holup i have more screenshots somewhere surely.

Yeah like in north ballad, owen wants to cure his injury because he wants to stay as himself. He's no longer the helpless small child calling out for anyone to save him, he crawled outta that hell himself, he saved himself, he's strong now. I don't like the way people treat kizu owen as the "real owen" or whatever because that kid just straight up isn't, i like the idea of the real self of a traumatized character is the self that overcame the trauma, not the one haunted by it.

And for kizu owen, anyone could have been kizu owen's knight in shining armor, as we see in ms2, where he sticks to oz like glue instead of cain. This fucks up cain severely. Because the reason why cain stuck to owen is because of his kizu self. Because his kizu self straight up says things like "save me" and "don't leave me alone" and what could a knight like cain do but respond? Yeah sure there's this other real owen that's a brutal murderer but let's ignore that for now because see! There's this other him calling out for help! And all of cain's identity is helping others despite the risks so trying to help kizu owen in spite of real owen potentially hurting him is such a cain thing to do.

But kizu owen will stick to anyone willing to respond. He's not a person. He's doesn't form bonds. He doesn't learn. He's just a trauma holder. In ms1, even when cain shows him over and over again that the door is open and it isn't locked and you can literally open the door, you aren't trapped, i wouldn't do that to you, kizu owen still ends up scratching and hitting at the door because he👏doesn't👏learn👏or👏move👏on. That's his thing. It doesn't matter to him if it's cain who is protecting him or if it's oz, he wants anyone.

And now cain is feeling like shit because arthur doesn't need him, owen doesn't need him, his knights don't need him, nobody needs or chooses specifically cain for anything, he has no space to exist. This is why he changes himself 180 degrees in ms2 because in his mind it's "well manipulating people is something only i can do so i will sacrifice myself and all of my morals for it." Are you. Are you seeing it yet?

BUT who does end up choosing cain specifically, over and over again? Owen. The real owen. He goes and fetches arthur aaaaall the way from central country to check up on cain. And ms2 isn't the only instance for this. He teaches cain magic and then later also prays his name in anni1. Owen ends up helping cain even when oz gave up on him in the knights event. Hell, even in central prelude, the only reason cain is alive is because owen's eyeball protected him. I don't remember where but i think there was once a convo between owen and mithra where mithra was like "that guy will take a 1000 years before he gets on your level" and owen was like "i'll wait". Owen WANTS to see cain grow, he wants to see him succeed.

Owen is the only character in the narrative that pushes cain to grow, cain is the only character in the narrative that pushes owen to see the world for what it is instead of the traumatized version he is holding onto.

All in all, caiowe is an EXTREMELY HEALTHY relationship, they literally make each other better, they just need a lot of communication, and they deserve each other, and i love them <3

[aria0fgold]

Mili has flooded my youtube history.

[mcdonaldsnumberone]

when ur in a “cannibalism as a metaphor for love” competition, and ur opponent is a mahoyakkie

[uruwashi-no-nightingale]

theyre everything to me

[anoprism]

[crehador]

ok. ok i think i finally got the hang of it

[reisakumaproducer]

Shy Bennett is smooth but in the sexual attraction sense. Rei is smooth but in the romantic attraction sense. Hope this makes sense

[noxcomnia-a]

Also, Just because it's already starting to bother me a little bit, I want to remind everyone that, while you can follow me for any series I do write, my main interest is Mahoyaku, as stated in my rules

Please know that if you follow me for anything else you will be waiting, possibly for a long time, because mahoyaku takes up my brain like 95% of the time. However, my mahoyaku muses are really interesting and fun! So please don't be scared to interact with them even if they aren't from a series you are familiar with!

[l0uterstella]

Fragaria Memories seiyuu list + their other roles

Keep in mind this is mostly for my personal reference so I'll only be putting characters from media I'm into or at least heard of a lot. Feel free to add on to this in the comments or reblogs :3c

RED BOUQUET

Hallritt - Gakuto Kajiwara

Haruka Nijo (From Argonavis)

Luka (Honkai Star Rail)

Hiiro Amagi (Enstars)

Allen Sugasano (Paradox Live)

Merold - Yuu Hayashi

Manjiro Sano (Tokyo Revengers)

Youhei Kanbayashi (Paradox Live)

Ryuunosuke Tanaka (Haikyuu)

Puruth - Takuma Terashima

Otoya Ittoki (Utapri)

White (Mahoyaku)

Shintarou Kisaragi (Kagerou Project)

Touma Amagase (Idolmaster)

Romarriche - Shunichi Toki

Yuki Rurikawa (A3!)

Rui Kamishiro (Project Sekai)

Freminet (Genshin Impact)

Hokusai Masaki (Paradox Live)

Rutile (Mahoyaku)

Rimicha - Saku Hyuga

not many notable roles

Sanah - Shugo Nakamura

Fukami Shinkai (Aoppella!?)

Shidou Kirisaki (Milgram)

Teru Tendou (Idolmaster)

Ryuki (Pokemon Masters)

BLUE BOUQUET

Cielomort - Nobunaga Shimazaki

Kazuha Kaedehara (Genshin Impact)

Silver (Twisted Wonderland)

Haruka Nanase (Free!)

Yuki Souma (Fruits Basket)

Burgh (Pokemon Masters)

Kurode - Shogo Sakata

Aki Hayakawa (Chainsaw Man)

Gladion (Pokemon Evolutions)

Willmesh - Shoya Chiba

Kou Minamoto (Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun)

Sigma (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Hayato Akiyama (Idolmaster)

Klarkstella - Eiji Mikami

not many notable roles

Louterstella - Yuki Sakakihara

Shu Ujigawa (From Argonavis)

Juushi Aimono (Hypnosic Mic)

Myunna - Shinnosuke Tokudome

not many notable roles

NOIR BOUQUET

Badobarm - Shunsuke Takeuchi

Juza Hyodo (A3!)

Yoshikazu Isa (Aoppella!?)

Cyrus (Pokemon Masters)

Dr. Ratio (Honkai Star Rail)

Extra: silly - Olaf (Frozen 2), Dvalin (Genshin Impact), Gudetama (Gudetama: An Eggcelent Adventure)

Chaco - Jin Ogasawara

Nayuta Asahi (From Argonavis)

Arupek - Tasuku Hatanaka

Kumon Hyodo (A3!)

Gorou (Genshin Impact)

Satsuki Itou (Paradox Live)

Denki Kaminari (My Hero Academia)

Hugh (Pokemon Masters)

Tuxam - Ayumu Murase

Venti (Genshin Impact)

Hajun Yeon (Paradox Live)

Shoyo Hinata (Haikyuu)

Tori Himemiya (Enstars)

Mitile (Mahoyaku)

Wally (Pokemon Masters)

Hangyon - Yohei Matsuoka

not many notable roles

Pikero - Narufumi Machimoto

not many notable roles

[voltageapps]

Three new Switch otome games by Voltage Inc. are under development! 🎮

2024 NEON MAFIA & Kaleido Tower

2025 Vampire Hunter

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NEON MAFIA (ネオンマフィア)

Staff

Director: Ichika Shiina (Voltage Inc.)

Illustrator: Takao (Voltage Inc.)

Scenario: Ririka Yoshimura

Popular Works: Cupid Parasite, Gensou Kissa Enchanté, Hamefura Pirates, DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE,BLOOD, Shiro to Kuro no Alice, DesperaDrops, Matsurika no Kei

Backgrounds: Studio COCOLO

Popular Works: Code Geass, Demon Slayer, Detective Conan, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt, Rage of Bahamut, Re:cycle of Penguindrum, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, Tada Never Falls in Love, A Whisker Away

Music: Shunsuke Tsuchiya

Popular Works: even if TEMPEST, Black Wolves Saga, Another Eden, Bad Apple Wars

Theme Vocals/Lyrics: Shihoko Hirata

Popular Works: Persona Series, even if TEMPEST

Love Interests (so far)

Gante Lowd: Avenger in Faith

Zhang Hiyok: Outlaw Drunk on Emptiness

Sodyk Mun: Scheming Bellwether

Sun Maslo: Singularity who Questions Reason

MC

Liu Kroa: Mastermind who Transports Fate

Kaleido Tower (カレイドタワー)

Staff

Director/Scenario: Ayane Ushio

Popular Works: even if TEMPEST, Norn9, Juuzaengi, The Wizard's Promise aka Mahoyaku

Illustrator: Tana Khaki

Popular Works: even if TEMPEST, Birushana, Hamefura Pirates

Costume Design: UNICO INC.

Popular Works: even if TEMPEST, a lot of Voltage Love 365 titles

Backgrounds: Shizui fen

Music: Hayato Asano

Popular Works: Atelier Series, Blue Reflection Series

Theme: DUSTCELL

Love Interest and MC (so far)

Vampire Hunter (ヴァンパイアハンター)

Staff

Director: Nachi (Voltage Inc.)

Scenario: Yuzuki

Popular Works: Paradigm Paradox, Dream Meister and the Recollected Black Fairy aka Yumekuro, Shuuen no Virche, The Lucky Princess of Temirana and the Tragic Knights aka TsuiTsui

Illustrator: Norita

Popular Works: even if TEMPEST, Beast Darling! Backgrounds: Minoru Akiba > Popular Works: Pokémon Series, Trigun, Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy, Grand Blue, Magical Girl Site

Music: Yamato (Heart Company Ltd.)

Popular Works: Free!, A3!, Ensemble Stars, GYROAXIA from BangDream, D4DJ, IDOLM@STER, Uma Musume, SHOW BY ROCK!!

Theme: 9mm Parabellum Bullet

Love Interest and MC (so far)

After her family is killed, MC becomes a vampire hunter out of revenge.

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