#minoru arata

[kotaromita]

OOC Lore Post: KOTARO'S FRIENDS

After talking about them quite a bit here and there as Kotaro, I figured now would be a good time to do a big info-dump about my two Project Sekai OCs that server as Kotaro's friends and musical collaborators. "Kotaro's Friend" is a canon character who has 2 lines spoken to Akito regarding how Kotaro got into music, so I decided that was enough information for me to take it and run and make individuals based on it.

Introducing, Minoru Saiki and Kazuki Shimabokuro.

I'll start with Kazuki.

Kazuki Shimabokuro

2nd year, online student (17 yrs old)

170 cm tall

Born February 20th (Pisces)

An online musician who goes by the name “Kazukur0.” He makes chaotic and inconsistent music that can be described as “breakcore” or “alternative.” He utilizes Virtual Singers because he is self conscious of his nasally voice. He’s socially awkward and has a tendency to ramble on and on when given the leeway to. His younger sister creates his song cover images to post online. He has William’s syndrome.

He suffered a lot in junior high in a fashion not unlike Mizuki and Rui, which is why he does online school now that he's in high school. He has severe stage fright and admires Kotaro's bravery to perform solo a lot. He longs to be heard and admired but until he can overcome his social anxiety he will use Kotaro as both his muse and vessel.

Hobbies: Mimicking Western fashion trends, singing

Specialties: Making electronic music utilizing sound effects and the Kagamine duo’s vocals

Dislikes: Quiet

Favorite food: Takoyaki

Least favorite food: Kimchi

and through Kazuki, Kotaro meets...

Minoru Saiki

Graduate, unspecified university (19 years old)

178 cm tall

Born November 29th (Sagittarius)

A professional musician who prides himself on his ability to mimic the musical stylings of any musician exactly. He is mostly hired for classical music performances and cover bands but he is able to play most instruments and learns songs very quickly. Because of his capabilities his nickname among peers is “Shapeshifter.” He is unwilling to compromise when it comes to music. He has Jacob’s syndrome.

Due to dedicating himself to perfect recreations, he has left little room for himself to develop his own style and even his own personality. He has a makings of a talented composer but he never takes credit for anything original he creates as he doesn't want to risk being associated with something "imperfect."

Hobbies: Challenging his skills by learning incredibly difficult songs

Specialties: Translating songs from instrument to instrument

Dislikes: Change, being disagreed with

Favorite food: Fried tofu

Least favorite food: Tuna

Kazuki meets Kotaro first. Kazuki is Kotaro's fan! He didn't see RAD WEEKEND, akin to Toya and Kohane, but he's always found solace in music and came to love Kotaro and his independence and individuality rivaling his own.

He offers up his "services" making "beats" to Kotaro, who sheepishly accepts, unaccustomed to being spoken to with any sort of admiration. Rather quickly they become friends. Kotaro picks up on Kazuki's discomfort with crowds and comes to care about him in a way similar to that of an older sibling.

That's when Minoru encounters them. Minoru seeks out Kazuki, knowing him solely as his online alias. As Minoru's only pastime is dissecting music pieces. A friend of his (shockingly, Souma Miyata) oftentimes challenges him with pieces he thinks would be exceptionally difficult to recreate. Through Kotaro Arata learns of Kazuki and through Arata Souma learns of him too. Thus, he shares kazukur0 with Minoru and says "Try recreating this!"

Minoru listens to Kazuki’s music over and over again, struggling to comprehend it. He’s frustrated but excited as he can’t remember the last time he felt challenged. He tries for days on end and for the life of him he cannot make an exact recreation of Kazuki and Kotaro's music. Minoru seeks Kazuki out and insists he observe Kazuki’s work process so he can understand how it was possible for someone to make such hypothetically bad music sound good. He has to find Kazuki and he has to understand how his brain works so he can mimic him as identically as he can every other musician.

Kazuki hates this! Frankly, he hates everything about the way Minoru treats music. They're complete opposites in every way. And yet, they both massively admire one another as musicians.

Both of them quite like Kotaro. Kazuki adores Kotaro, in the way a fan loves their bias and in a way a little sibling loves their elder. Minoru respects Kotaro for all that he's endured as a musician and his willingness to suffer in the quest to better himself.

Even though Minoru admires Kazuki in his own strange way, they have massive creative differences. During rehearsals Kazuki changes things and improvises sporadically, making each performance vary slightly. Minoru dislikes it, insisting Kazuki play the song the way it was “intended to be.” Kazuki gives in but Kotaro steps in, forcing them to agree to explore their options. When Kazuki performs the song without any personal touches, Minoru does recognize that somehow it feels as though something is missing.

As a trio, they're all forced to face the parts of themselves they try to ignore looking them dead in the face. Kazuki has to decide if he's truly satisfied being an accessory to Kotaro rather than truly being his partner and working side by side with him instead of insisting he work for him, that he isn't worthy of being seen as his equal. Minoru has to address the fact that he has no sense of identity and that despite his insistence on always working solo that all of his performing up until now has always hinged on being someone he isn't. And Kotaro, of course, has to face his persistent struggles with self worth and feeling that it's okay to "burden" others by asking for help.

They end up all in a sort of friendship-colleagues situation. Kotaro calls them his friends, Minoru calls them his colleagues, and Kazuki calls him his allies.

Here's sort of what a relationship chart between the three would look like!

Minoru → Kotaro: I admire your drive and willingness to follow advice and experiement. You're so far from perfect, and yet…I don't particularly hate it. [Calls him Mita.] Minoru → Kazuki: You're difficult to get along with and understand, but I admire you and you've fundamentally changed how I view music. [Calls him Kazukuro.]

Kazuki → Kotaro: MITA-SENPAI! ♡ I'm your biggest fan, forever! It's an honor to collab with you, so you can rely on me whenever! I just sort of wish I had the guts to stand on stage like you. Kazuki → Minoru: You piss me off so much! Your music is so good, but there's no YOU in it. How can I understand YOU when you keep saying these conflicting things!? You don't have to keep pretending to be perfect around us… [Calls him Saiki-senpai or Shapeshifter-senpai.]

Kotaro → Kazuki: You've always got my back and I've always got yours! Let's keep working together for a long time. My 2nd little brother. [Calls him Kazuki.] Kotaro → Minoru: You're a pain in the ass, but God are you talented. There's a lot I could learn from you…and a lot you could stand to learn from Vivid Street! [Calls him Saiki.]

thank you for coming to my ted talk please support kotaro mita and his two fuck ass mentally ill friends

[crazyasianlove]

Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon (Sub. Esp)

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Título: Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon (Mi Feliz Matrimonio) País: Japón Duración: 114 min. Género: romance, fantasía, drama Fecha de estreno: 17 de marzo, 2023 Dirección: Tsukahara Ayuko Guion: Kanno Tomoe

SINOPSIS

Saimori Miyo era la desafortunada hija de un matrimonio arreglado y sin amor. Tras la muerte de su madre, su padre se casó con su amante y tuvieron una hija, Kaya. A partir de entonces, la vida de Miyo quedó reducida a la de una simple sirvienta. Peor aún, mientras Kaya heredó las habilidades psíquicas de la familia, Miyo no tenía ninguna. Era realmente una hija sin ningún mérito.

Después de años siendo tratada como basura, Miyo ha aprendido a mantener la cabeza gacha, ocultar su dolor y obedecer todas las órdenes. Por lo tanto, no sorprende que esté dispuesta a casarse con Kudou Kiyoka, un capitán militar del que se rumorea que es tan cruel que ha ahuyentado a todas sus posibles esposas hasta ahora.

Desde su dolorosa educación hasta un matrimonio doloroso, ese es el futuro que le espera a Miyo, o eso pensaba. Contrariamente a sus expectativas, su nuevo marido tiene realmente un buen corazón. ¡Lo que realmente le espera a Miyo es un matrimonio feliz, eterno y lleno de felicidad!

CAST

Meguro Ren como Kudou Kiyoka Imada Mio como Saimori Miyo Watanabe Keisuke como Tsuruki Arata Onishi Ryusei como Takaihito Maeda Oshiro como Godou Yoshito Takaishi Akari como Saimori Kaya Ogoe Yuki como Tatsuishi Koji Sato Arata como Mochizuki Toya Yamamoto Mirai como Yurie Yamaguchi Sayaka como Saimori Kanoko Kobayashi Ryoko como Hana Tsuchiya Tao como Usuba Sumi Takahashi Tsutomu como Saimori Shinichi Tsuda Kenjiro como Kamomura Norio Onoe Ukon II como Kururuki Tadanori Nishigaki Sho como Okabe Shuta Hirayama Yusuke como Tatsuishi Minoru Ishibashi Renji como el emperador

Traducción jp-esp: saya13

[thequietkid-moonie]

Characters I won't write for

This characters are only able to be requested by comisions

There are some fandoms that are an exception and I only write for specific characters, her is the list of those fandoms so you can check them (sorry if it is confusing)

🐭 My Hero Academia

🐭 Super Mario Bros

🐭 Honkai Star Rail

🐭 Reverse 1999

🐭 Genshin Impact

× For My Hero Academia there is a specific list of characters I will write for, you can find it on the masterlist

Komi-san can't communicate

Najimi Osana

Shousuke Komi

Ren Yamai

Makeru Yadano

Chika Netsuno

Shuumatsu no Valkyrie

Zeus

Poseidon

Loki

Odin

Shiva

The scientists (Albert Einstein, Galileo Galilei, Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Alfred Nobel, Thomas Edison)

Apollo

Leonidas

A silent voice

Yaeko Nishimiya

Tomohiro Nagatsuka

Miki Kawai

Naoka Ueno

Kazuki Shimada

Kaisuke Hirose

Kakegurui

Kaede Manyuda

Most part of the Momobami clan (still you can ask in a request if i'm willing to write for someone of them)

Assassination Classroom

Yuzuki Fuwa

Koki Mimura

Taiga Okajima

Taisei Yoshida

Takuya Muramatsu

Teppei Araki

Ren Sakakibara

Natsuhiko Koyama

Tomoya Seo

Hiromi Shiota

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Kyoko Sakura

Card Captor Sakura

Meilin Li

Pumpkin Night

Nomizu

Arata Fukutani

Asumi Nakatani

Chiaki Saki

Naruto Kuroki

Tatsuo Kuroki

Spy x Family

Sylvia Sherwood

Franky Franklin

Desmond family (aside from Damian)

Your lie in April

Ryota Watari

Ouran High School Host Club

Kyoka Ootori

Renge Houshakuji

Lobelia Girls' Academy Students

My Dress-Up Darling

Sajuna Inui

Gakkou Gurashi

Miki Naoki

Mob Psycho 100

Ichi Mezato

Takeshi Hoshino

Go Asahi

Rei Kurosaki

Daichi Shiratori

Kaito Shiratori

Kenji Mitsuura

Minoru Asagiri

Members of the telepathy club

Majo Taisen

Agrat Bat Mahlat

Anne Bonny

Yim Wing-Chun

Zenobia

Matahari

Haikyuu!!

Kentaro Kvotani

Wakatoshi Ushijima

One Punch Man

Sweet Mask

Tatsumaki / Tornado of Terror

Suiryu

Violet Evergarden

Iris Cannary

Dietfried Vougainvillea

× For Super Mario Bros and Honkai Star Rail there is a specific list of characters I will write for, you can find it on the masterlist

Danganronpa

Byakuga Togami

Kiyotaka Ishimaru

Yashuhiro Hagakure

Teruteru Hanamura

Hiyoko Saionji

Mahiru Koizumi

Haiji Towa

Hiroko Hagakure

Ryoma Hoshi

Monokubs

Hi-fi Rush

Roqueford

Disney Movies

Philoctetes

Clayton

Colt Bronco

Pepa Madrigal

Dolores Madrigal

[manofmanymons]

Survive cast meeting the cyber sleuth cast you know so far

I am just imagining that Shuuji would have an impossible time looking at Kyoko. He feels like the kinda guy who would feel that if he didn't hold aggressive eye contact the whole time, he would be committing a crime. She would definitely tease him for it.

Also RIP to any of these kids who has a crush on anyone while in her presence cuz she's gonna notice ToT

Repeat of that one wrathful route scene where the kids are trying to pretend that the professor's cooking is fine bc they don't wanna offend him only for Takuma be like EW but this time it's with Kyoko's coffee.

Aiba's just internally like "I haven't endured this coffee for this long for you just to come in here and shamelessly react that way wtf"

I am accusing Shuuji of being an old-person-befriender and getting along with Matayoshi

ALSO I JUST REMEMBERED I have talked with a mutual about how funny it would be to see him and Date interact. I can only imagine him being afraid of her.

Man I don't know if even Minoru can handle how energetic Nokia is. Although she and Aoi are both Defenders of Cute Things so I'm sure they'd get along even if Nokia would probably make Aoi feel a little freaked out at first. She'd get along better with the girls than the boys, that's for sure. I don't think she should be allowed near Ryo and Kaito she would just bully them ToT

Maybe Takuma would be safe.

Remembering how Survive Agumon kept picking up random things and asking if they were food, CS Agumon (and Gabumon) would insist on another food tour (while Nokia casually calls Yuuko and asks her to save her wallet).

Speaking of Yuuko. For one thing I think she would remind Saki a little of Aoi and they would totally get along. I bet Saki would INSIST on her trying Aoi's cooking (she would also help, ofc). Maybe also draft Ryo into helping. For another thing—

Yuugo 🤝 Miyuki

I'm not even gonna elaborate

I feel like I keep accusing Kaito of being a main character magnet but also you can't tell me it wouldn't be fun seeing him and Aiba hang out. The could both cause AND solve so many problems together. Also imagine

Takuma: Isn't that...illegal?

Aiba: I remember when I used to worry about those things...

I think any and all of the Survive cast would have q u e s t i o n s about what having a half-cyber body is like

*points at Miu, Minoru, and Arata* nerd gang nerd gang nerd gang

The question is can Arata cope with having these kids unironically think he's cool jsjdjrj he keeps waiting for the part where they make fun of him for being a dork or say something about his attitude but it just doesn't come and he's like "WHAT is happening right now"

(Meanwhile considering all the time they spent with Shuuji, Ryo, and Kaito, Arata's bad attitude doesn't even register to them)

Minoru @ Arata BUT ALSO Arata @ Minoru (in their heads): holy shit he's like a real life comic character

Totally random other thought but like I'm not saying that Miu would weaponize Nokia's loud nosiness to mess with her brother, but—

I think Fei and Ryo would be friends.

Just remembered Jimiken exists. Aoi would, with 0 offense intended, ask him if he's a Kiss cover band. He would take offense.

Kaito, about Suedou: so that guy definitely looks evil, yeah? And his behavior is kinda suspicious?

Everyone else: I don't know what you're talking about

Kaito: why do I even try

I know I said a similar thing about data squad too but

CS gang: whoa your partners are half of your soul?

Survive gang: whoa so many of you have more than one partner how does that even work?

Both groups I'd imagine would be really fascinated by how the other's version of digimon work. Like it would be genuinely baffling to the Survive kids how anyone could mistake a digimon for a computer program but things really are just Different. And even the cs characters who know digimon are living breathing things might still be surprised by the concept of a fated partner.

Especially Aiba and their million digimon.

(I mean I know you can recruit free digimon in survive but it's not...quite the same)

...Survive kids would totally all be on board with Nokia's digimon defense squad ksjsnd

[firstagent]

Digimon Top Tamer Tournament: Video Game/Manga Round 2 Results

Here are the full results for the second round in the Digimon Top Tamer Tournament Video Game/Manga division. Results are combined between Tumblr and Twitter, weighted by number of votes received.

The tightest result in the tournament came in the Hidden Server where Seekers new boy Eiji Nagasumi knocks out V-Tamer bad boy Neo Saiba by just one vote! In Eden it's a split decision in the Cyber Sleuth vs. Survive showdown as Nokia wins a tough one over Miu while Saki clears Arata in the matches with the two highest vote totals in the division.

Adding in the other regions, Survive makes it three for four against Cyber Sleuth as Minoru and Takuma advance to face each other in the Sweet Sixteen. Aoi and Erika both move on at the expense of Re:Arise. It was also a good day for Next Order, sweeping Re:Digitize in a pair of matches both decided by under 10 votes, and a bad day for Rina and Sayo, who both fall to fellow game hoppers Mameo and Mirei.

Here is the Sweet Sixteen bracket!

Third Round polls start tomorrow!

[ara-tatata]

☀💙Singularidade e Nico Minoru 💙☀

Redraw de uma cena fofa dos quadrinhos

Original:

[kuromiota]

What is your favorite of my fangan oc's?

I'm legitimately curious please tell me.

[exodusmusing]

below the cut you will find 90 japanese male names with their meaning! all of these names are taken from idols, actors and a list of names i have found on internet but it did take some time, so please like or reblog if you find this helpful !!

A

akihiko (bright/clean prince)

akio (bright or luminous)

aoi (hollyhook; holy flower or blueish green)

arata (flesh/new)

ayumu (walking dream)

B

botan (peony flower, a symbol of honour and wealth)

benjiro (enjoys peace)

C

chiharu (springs or clear skies)

chikao (clever and wise individual)

D

dai (large)

daichi (earth)

daido (greatest way possible)

daiki (great brightness)

daisuke (great; big or help)

denki (electricity)

E

eiji (prosperity, peace and eternity)

eito (prosperous or kind hearted person)

eriko (child)

F

fumihito (writing or compassion)

G

genji (two beginnings)

genkei (one who deserves honour and integrity)

goku (aware of emptiness)

goro (six or son)

gou (strong and powerful like a mountain)

H

hachiro (eight or son, this name was traditionally given to the eight son)

haru (light, sun, male or spring)

haruka (distant of remote)

haruto (light, sun, male, plus soar, fly)

hayate (powerful sound of the wind)

hikari (light)

hinata (sunny place or towards the sun)

hiroshi (tolerant, generous or prosperous)

I

ichiro (one son)

isumi (brave)

itsuki (tree)

iwao (rock)

J

jiro (two son)

jona (god is gracious or dove bird)

jun (pure, clean, simple or moisture)

K

kaede (maple)

kage (shadow)

kaito (sea, ocean, soar or fly)

katashi (hard or firm)

katsu (victory)

katsuo (victory or hero)

kazuki (hope, brightness or tree)

kei (intelligent, gemstone or congratulate)

ken (healthy or strong)

kenshin (humble, modest, trust or believe)

kenzo (two, humble or modest)

kiyoshi (shining, bright or clean)

kuma (bear)

kyo (apricot, unite, corporate, village or capital city)

M

makoto (sincerity or truth)

maro (me or myself)

masami (beautiful)

minato (harbor)

minoru (bear fruit)

N

nao (honest)

naoki (straight tree)

niko (conquest of the nation)

nobu (to have faith on something or to prolong a relationship)

nori (ceremony or rites)

O

oda (great field)

orochi (big snake)

osamu (discipline, study, logic, chronicle, reign or rule)

R

raden (also can be writen as raeden and means god of thunder) 

ren (lotus)

riku (powerful ruler)

rin (dignified, severe or cold)

ryo (cool, refreshing or reality)

ryuji (dragon child)

S

saburo (third/bright son)

shin (genuine or real)

shiori (lithe or bending)

shohei (soar, glide, level, even or peacful)

shun (fast or talented)

sora (sky)

T

taichi (thick, big or one)

takashi (prosperous or noble)

takeo (valiant warrior)

takumi (artisan or skillful)

tora (tiger)

toshiro (talented or intelligent person)

U

uta (prosper in battle)

Y

yamato (great harmony)

yoshi (best among the rest)

yuka (bright star)

yuma (permanence, real or genuine)

yuto (excellence, gentleness, superiority or permanence)

[jutaishi]

minoru does the jellybean challenge with all her classmates. mai and todo get bad beans. she helps pat mai’s back and tries to do the heimlich maneuver on todo when he begins to fade away. momo and miwa get good beans - oddly enough, they all sorta know why. minoru hands arata an assortment of beans and when he reacts badly, she tries to point out what she thinks are good beans. they end up being the bad ones. as everyone expected, she tries to give the least horrible beans over to noritoshi. however, one particularly bad one slips in. no one can tell at first, but when he begins to shake, completely poker-faced, minoru goes pale. she feeds beans to mechamaru. no one has the heart to tell her that there’s no point because kokichi reacts anyways to get a reaction out of her.

[how-to-be-an-idiot-101]

New thing i’m gonna be doing

so i will be doing some updates and head cannons with my ocs since i’m being more active on this app. All of my ocs are for MHA and i have a total of 100 ocs. here is the list of them:

Akari honoka- 

Arata nakamura- 

Himari machiko- 

Hana hinata- 

Hideaki sadeo- 

Itsuki tomoharu- 

Kira emiko- 

Kiyomi kokoa- 

Kobayashi rora- 

Lilly flores- 

Minoru naoko- 

Mistura misturu- 

Nobu noburo- 

Rekkusu tsuchida- 

Rufu naoki- 

Ringo shig- 

Sakiko sayo- 

Sousuke kaharu- 

Waku miyabi- 

Yuki yutaka- 

Amestsuchi hamakawa- 

Chiyo hoshi- 

Hitomi mei-

Haruto tsubasa- 

Izumi kazuno- 

Kana koemi- 

Kyoji okimoto- 

Maeno abe- 

Makiko souta- 

Midori maui- 

Michio norio- 

Mitsuzuka kazetani- 

Miyu toshiaki- 

Ryuu norio- 

Shigochiyo kumanosuke- 

Takehide yaginuma- 

Tama shuji- 

Toya tsuneo- 

Tobei katsuragi-

Tsuramatsu yoshiteru- 

Akabashi genbu- 

Akamatsu eiji- 

Akimoto miki- 

Bashira hachi- 

Chikakazu adachi- 

Genjiro haruki- 

Harumi ayame- 

Jenpei kaichi- 

Karin kiyo- 

Kota tetsuya- 

Manami ren- 

Minato ichika- 

Nao miki- 

Riku honoka- 

Rui shichi- 

Sakura akiya- 

Sumiko yoroizaka- 

Wakana murayama- 

Yochi ayame- 

Yukio kazuno- 

Hachiro seito- 

Hattori kaito- 

Kioshi suzuki- 

Kimko hairi- 

Kouki asahi- 

Masato kikuchi- 

Mas lmai- 

Saburo miki- 

Suguru osako- 

Hotoke zenaku- 

Azami kazumi- 

Danuja haruka- 

Masumi kura- 

Kenji seiji-

Ryuichi saturu- 

Sakiko toki- 

Satou takahashi- 

Takara sora- 

Tsuki seiki- 

Yoahino shun- 

Akumu chi- 

Kazuna kaeke- 

Minori nobuyuki- 

 Osamu rokuro- 

Raiden sora- 

Rin fuyu- 

Tor yumi- 

Torao yasha- 

Yami kuro- 

Yoru akuma- 

Hideo honoka- 

Yutaka miki- 

Hotaru ayame- 

Ito mori- 

Keiko emiko- 

Keita shitara- 

Sato kobayashi- 

Saki ayame- 

Shimizu matsumoto- 

Yuina honoka- 

so these are all of my characters name’s some of them are still in the processes of being devolved, but feel free to request a headcannon. p.s. ill update you guys of the characters development.

[buried-stars]

i may not be the worlds #1 arata stan but i can pretend. tell me abt 7, 11, 17, 28, 35 (please tell me he has a shitty plastic houseplant), 40, 46, 65, 70, 77 but hiroki doesnt count, 86, 90

sam i would happily name you #1 arata stan

again this is long! cutting!

7) Do they like chocolate?

LOVES IT! half his diet is shitty dollar store chocolate, its like a comfort food. one time minoru gets him some fancy chocolates as a thank you for a favour and arata’s pissed for a week bc now the dollar store chocolate isnt good enough

11) Do they believe in luck?

to some degree! certainly believes his own luck is god awful

17) Do they have a best friend? If so, who, and what makes them their best friend?

up until middle school it was keiko mizushima and i’m sure you can guess how that turned out. they were both in the “we’re so fucking bad at math” corner as kids and bonded through that. currently his best friends would be hiroki and minoru! hiroki plans chaos and just kind of drags the other two into it. it’s a bonding activity. arata’s getting out of his shell

28) If they could have one wish, what would they wish for?

to be able to go back to That One Day and stop himself from saying what he did to keiko. god. god holy shit.

35) Do they own a plant?

HE DOES HAVE A SHITTY PLASTIC HOUSEPLANT its name is olives. arata waters it whenever he remembers. he can’t have a real plant because his cat tiger would try to eat it. he tries to eat olives too but tends to give up.

40) If I wanted to draw them, what would be distinct physical features that I would have to know to draw them correctly?

SAM... he has three large scars on his face and those are like. kind of necessary to drawing him. also his hair always looks like he just walked into an electric fence. nobody knows why

46) Have they ever won a contest before? If so, what for? What did they win? 

he did a poetry contest in school once but he only won because everyone else forfeit fdjhgfdghjjhdgfs he won a small cash prize and a jar of jellybeans

65) What makes them smile?

you know what the sad answer is but the happy answer is: other people’s smiles, people reading his writing, being able to have a long, engaging conversation with someone, little physical touches. hugs.

70) What do you, the creator of this OC, like most about them?

i like his sense of humour! he’s kind of unintentionally funny too because he’s so fucking tired constantly that he has like. no filter whatsoever and it’s just really fun to write.

77) Who would cheer them up after a long day?

HIS DAD. i love arata’s dad. he’s a good dude. also his sister if she was in the country at the time

86) What is something they can’t leave home without?

his fucking typewriter because he’s a useless fucking piece of shit nerd. more seriously, headphones so he can ignore people

90) What is a joke that they would find funny? 

“They all laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they’re not laughing now!”

[kanasmusings]

[Kanji/Romaji/English Lyrics] Fujimura Mamoru x Eto Koki - Toki no Hazama ni

I don’t really like dwelling on negative things for too long so here’s something to make everyone happy~ Also, thank you a lot for the people who’ve said words of encouragement to me  (≧◡≦) ♡

[時のはざまに] Toki no Hazama ni “As Time Goes on”

Full lyrics under the cut, enjoy~

[時のはざまに] [Toki no Hazama ni] “As Time Goes On”

  命の産声はこの場所で始まった inochi no ubugoe wa kono basho de hajimatta The start of life began at this place,

熱り結ばれて動き出した歯車 hotoori musubarete ugokidashita haguruma a gear that started to move as soon as it was engaged.

ひと筋の涙が夜空の雫になる hitosuji no namida ga yozora no shizuku ni naru A person’s tears can become drops in the sky,

灯火なぞる指所縁を求めて流れ tomoshibi nazoru yubi yukari wo motomete nagare flowing as if wishing to be traced by someone’s fingers.

巡り合えたその時に meguriaeta sono toki ni The moment that we meet,

終の事も見え隠れ tsui no koto mo miegakure the end will also be visible.

千の夜に取り縋る儚さを忘れ合えるから sen no yoru ni torisugaru hakanasa wo wasureaeru kara A fleeting memory that will be forgotten after a thousand nights.

  貴女の元へ届くように anata no moto e todoku you ni I hope that it reaches you.

越を繋いで僕らは歌う koe wo tsunaide bokura wa utau We’ll continue to sing until it does.

愛が途絶えてしまう前に ai ga todaete shimau mae ni Before this love comes to a stop,

願い叶える光を刻む negai kanaeru hikari wo kizamu we’ll engrave lights that can make wishes come true.

時のはざまに toki no hazama ni As time goes on.

  記憶のやまびこよ　海渡り咲く花も kioku no yamabiko yo umiwatari saku hana mo A memory’s echoes, just like the blooming flower across the sea,

宙（そら）を掛ける鳥も　暁に消えてゆく sora wo kakeru tori mo akatsuki ni kiete yuku or a bird soaring over the sky, will disappear just like the dawn.

  温もり留めたい　時は戻らないけど nukumori todometai toki wa modoranai kedo Even though this warmth won’t last for time doesn’t stay still,

鎮に響く　奇跡を宿して眠る shizumi ni hibiku kiseki wo yadoshite nemuru it echoes in the night and holds a miracle within.

  ふたり　今は　そばにいて futari ima wa soba ni ite Right now the two of us are by your side.

淡い夢を　語り合う awai yume wo katari au Let’s talk together about our fleeting dreams.

例え　それが幻に紛れても tatoe sore ga maboroshi ni magiretemo Even if it’s just the phantom of an illusion,

生まれ変わるなら umare kawaru nara it will continue to be reborn.

  明く昂ぶる命になれ akaku takaburu inochi ni nare Hold that life brightly and proudly.

心併せて　僕らは歌う kokoro awasete bokura wa utau And with our hearts as one, we will go and sing.

遥か昔に　預言された haruka mukashi ni yogen sareta Just like a prediction from long ago,

物語でも結びを解いて monogatari demo musubi wo toite let’s change the way this story ends.

新な時を arata na toki wo So that we’ll face a new time.

  過去が　今を　決めるとも kako ga ima wo kimeru tomo The past helps decide our present.

揺らぎ　彷徨い　生き抜こう yuragi samayoi ikinukou It alters, it wanders, and it continues to live.

星を望む　梢にも hoshi wo nozomu kozue ni mo Even through the treetops where the stars hide in.

限りなく　夢は実るから kagirinaku yume wa minoru kara It will definitely amount to something.

  あなたの元へ　届くように anata no moto e todoku you ni I hope that it reaches you.

声を重ねて　僕らは歌う koe wo kasanete bokura wa utau We’ll continue to sing with our voices.

愛が途絶えてしまう前に ai ga todaete shimau mae ni Before this love comes to a stop,

衛り讃える　光を刻む mamori tataeru hikari wo kizamu we’ll continue to give praise and gather this light.

時のはざまに toki no hazama ni As time goes on.

  遥か未来の　その彼方へ haruka mirai no sono kanata e That horizon over the far off future,

ここで始まり　僕らは向かう koko de hajimari bokura wa mukau is something that we need to face as it starts here.

あなたに届け　命の歌 anata ni todoke inochi no uta This song of life that we hope reaches you

夢の終わりが訪れても yume no owari ga otozurete mo even if your dreams end and disappear.

僕らの喜びは　生まれ来る bokura no yorokobi wa umarekuru Our euphoria will continue to be re-born,

あなたの幸せだから anata no shiawase dakara for the sake of your happiness.

※ Please don’t re-upload the lyrics and translations anywhere. ^^

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Artist: YURiKA Lyrics/Composition: uz Arrangement: Minoru Yoshida VSQx by Me Art by じぁん！

Hiragana: 駈け出した日々に行(ゆ)��着いたこの場所 触れた扉開いて 星空の彼方(かなた)　夢の足跡 拾い集め歌うよ

夢が駆けてく場所 今も心に秘めて 夜を包み込む 魔法(まほお)掛けて踊りだす

焼きついたように色づいた風景は 転んだくらいじゃ融(と)けないから　世界は続くよ 儚(はかな)いままの今を抱きしめて 変わらないまま時間と 光見つめて歩いてく

頬を撫でたのは懐かしくそよぐ風 見慣れた風景　すぐに思い出せるよ 夜空に抱かれて浮かぶ幾千(いくせん)の粒に 焦がれた想いは今も届いてるかな？

祈りがすぐに壊されないように いつもここで歌うから

ただ追いかけてたあの日が幻でも 俯(うつむ)いたままじゃ飛べないから　空に叫ぶの！ 花咲いたこの心抱きしめて 譲れないから未来と 新たな道を踏みしめて

彼方(かなた)に願う声 涙を刻んだ空に響け

焼きついたように色づいた風景は 転んだくらいじゃ融(と)けないから　世界は続くよ 儚(はかな)いままの今を抱きしめて 変わらないまま時間と 光見つめて歩いてく

歩いてく...

Romanji:

kakedashita hibi ni yukitsuita kono basho fureta tobira hiraite hoshizora no kanata yume no ashiato hiroiatsume utau yo

yume ga kaketeku basho ima mo kokoro ni himete yoru o tsutsumikomu mahou kakete odoridasu

yakitsuita you ni irodzuita fuukei wa koronda kurai ja tokenai kara sekai wa tsudzuku yo hakanai mama no ima o dakishimete kawaranai mama jikan to hikari mitsumete aruiteku

hoo o nadeta no wa natsukashiku soyogu kaze minareta fuukei sugu ni omoidaseru yo yozora ni idakarete ukabu ikusen no tsubu ni kogareta omoi wa ima mo todoiteru ka na?

inori ga sugu ni kowasarenai you ni itsumo koko de utau kara

tada oikaketeta ano hi ga maboroshi demo utsumuita mama ja tobenai kara sora ni sakebu no! hanasaita kono kokoro dakishimete yuzurenai kara mirai to arata na michi o fumishimete

kanata ni negau koe namida o kizanda sora ni hibike

yakitsuita you ni irodzuita fuukei wa koronda kurai ja tokenai kara sekai wa tsudzuku yo hakanai mama no ima o dakishimete kawaranai mama jikan to hikari mitsumete aruiteku

aruiteku...

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Despair’s Last Resort Trial 1 Rough Draft

So since I’m kind of prevented from making much new content due to my computer situation, I thought I’d look through my computer and see if I had any abandoned fics I could upload to my collection of them on AO3. and instead I found something interesting: the original draft of DLR’s first trial. This was something I had written up back in around March of 2014, about 2-3 months before I actually wrote the fic proper, as I had the idea for what I wanted to do but didn’t want to lose it. So I stuck it in a word document and came back to it to fix everything when the time came to do it proper. Since I can’t provide proper content, I figured it would be fun to share this draft to show the differences between the original plan and the final product. The trial in full is under the cut, but I figure I should add a few things of note before you read.

- The character called Hideki is Shigeru. Hideki was his original name that I eventually changed for being too similar to Hikaru. Any reference to a Hideki in this draft is basically referring to Shigeru. There’s also a few instances where Hikaru is called Haruki instead, as that was his original name. Most of the draft he’s referred to as Hikaru, as it was around that time that I changed the name, but a few still remain.

- At the time I wrote this, Kumiko and Chiyo had not been established as being childhood friends in my mind, thus her reactions here are different since they didn’t have the same bond.

- Some characters aren’t fleshed out as much as I hadn’t figured out what to do with their characters yet. Some lines are even moved around since I was still tinkering with personalities. So some characters will seem off.

- Kaito’s execution here is different. This was an idea suggested to me by my friend Serena, but I ultimately didn’t go through with it and went with the final one.

- I don’t know why the restaurant is called the dining hall here. It might’ve been because I was still thinking about the fic taking place solely in the hotel, but I can’t say more than that.

I can’t think of anything else particularly of note. So on that note, enjoy this early version of the first trial!

Takara and the others stepped out of the elevator, finding themselves face to face with a makeshift courtroom. The purple walls were lined with black curtains, reminding everyone that Chiyo was no longer with them. A circle of podiums rested in the middle of the room, while Monokuma sat in a throne opposite of the elevator doors. "Ah good! You've all made it here!"the bear joyfully said. "Now then, please locate the podium with your name on it, and we can begin the trial!"

"So you weren't kiddin' about this whole trial thing were ya?" Kazumi asked.

"Well of course not! What point would I have of sending you kiddies out to investigate if I wasn't going to keep my word about the trial?" Monokuma said.

"I was hopin' it was all some kinda sick joke." Kazumi said.

"Now now, just hurry up and take your places! We need to get this trial rolling after all!" Monokuma announced. The fifteen students made their way over to each podium marked with their names. Takara found herself placed in between Kaito and Shizuka. Across from her she could see Satoshi smiling at her. He obviously wasn't worried about losing this trial and possibly being executed. Takara began to wonder what was wrong with that boy. Takara noticed that the way the podiums were placed allowed for everyone in the room to see each other's faces. And it didn't take her very long to notice the strange thing in the one podium where no one stood.

"Hey, Monokuma," Takara began, pointing over to the irregular podium. "What the hell is that thing supposed to be?" In the place of Chiyo Ueda was a photo of her attached to a stand. It almost looked like the photographs used to represent a dead person at a funeral. The only difference was the big X on the frame.

"What, that?" Monokuma asked innocently. "Well it certainly isn't fair for Chiyo to miss out on the trial just because she died! After all, doesn't friendship last even beyond death?"

"You disgust me." Naomi said with disdain.

"Well, if there are no more questions, I think it's about time we began the class trial!" Monokuma said.

"First off, we should go over what we already know and go from there." Hideki said.

"Who put you in charge?" Ayame asked.

"Ayame, this is not the time for that. We need to work together to work out the culprit." Hikaru said, trying to calm down the football player. "Besides, I think Hideki is on the right track here."

"...Fine, whatever." Ayame said.

"Now then, if I may continue," Hideki said, clearly getting irritated.

"The victim of this case was Chiyo Ueda. According to the Monokuma file, she was killed around 8:30 p.m. last night in the laundromat. Her exact cause of death has yet to be determined, but can be narrowed down to either loss of blood or suffocation. Either as she was dying, or after she was already dead, her killer fashioned a noose and hanged her. These are the absolute facts. With that in mind, where should we go from here?"

"I think we should narrow down the number of culprits." Satoshi said, his usual aloof tone replaced with a more serious one. "At this point in time, we don't have any possible leads as to who killed Chiyo. And unless we can figure out who has an alibi and who doesn't, I feel like we won't be going anywhere."

"You know, he's got a good point there." Shizuka said.

"Very well, if you really think that will move this case along, then let's go along with it." Hideki said, seemingly interested in Satoshi's idea. "So then, out of the fifteen of us here, who has a solid alibi for 8:30 last night?"

"I was spending time with Kumiko until the nighttime announcement." Takara said. "We were nowhere near the scene of the crime." Kumiko nodded in agreement.

"Me and Hikaru were in my room last night." Ayame admitted with a tint of pink on her cheeks. "We spent the whole night together and that's all that matters."

"It looks to me like there's something more to your story there, Ishikawa." Arata said, a smug grin on his face.

Ayame's face flushed red at his comment. "What we do in the privacy of our rooms is none of your damn business!"Ayame shouted, gripping her podium with all her strength.

"Can we please move on?" Hideki said, his eye beginning to twitch.

"Well, Kazumi and I were in the restaurant eating dinner around that time, and both Hideki and Naomi were there at the same time." Shizuka said. "I also remember that Masaru had been in the kitchen before any of us had gotten there, and was still there when we left."

"Yeah, I was in the kitchen until the nighttime announcement." Masaru confirmed.

"And just what were you doing in there?" Ryouta asked, suspicion in his voice.

"Well, after the announcement of the motive it felt like everyone was tense." Masaru explained. "I thought that I would go over what was in the kitchen so I could make something special for breakfast tomorrow morning. If you're trying to imply that I would poison someone then you're mistaken."

"So that leaves nine of us with solid alibis." Minoru said. "Meanwhile, Arata, Satoshi, Miyako, Kaito, Ryouta, and myself are the most likely suspects."

"Wait, hold on a second!" Kaito said. "How do we know that none of them are lying? For all we know, two of them worked together and killed Chiyo in order to escape together!"

"Even if what you're saying is true Kaito, that still leaves five people with alibis. Kazumi, Shizuka, Naomi, Masaru, and Hideki were all in the same area at the time of the murder." Takara said.

"But what about you and Kumiko? Or Ayame and Haruki?" Kaito asked. "There's a complete possibility that either pair worked together."

"Why not ask the bear?" Miyako said, having finally saying something since the start of the investigation.

"Alright." Hideki said. "Monokuma, is there any reason for someone to team up with another in order to commit murder?"

"Ehhh, nope!" Monokuma asked. "An accomplice has nothing to gain from assisting a culprit in murder! Only the student who committed the crime can graduate."

"So there is nothing to gain then." Hideki said with a smirk.

"But we didn't know that until just now!" Kaito argued. "For all we know two people did team up."

"He's got a point." Ryouta says. "For all we know, someone could have assisted the killer in Chiyo's murder."

"Oy, Monokuma!" Kazumi said. "Was there anyone helpin' the culprit or not?"

"I don't think he's going to tell you outright, Kazumi..." Masaru said.

"Actually, we don't need to ask him." Satoshi said.

"And how are ya so certain 'bout that?" Kazumi asked.

"Because after investigating the crime scene, I can say that this crime was not planned beforehand. It was done on the spot, with no warning."

"That doesn't prove anything." Naomi said. "Just because it wasn't planned doesn't eliminate the possibility that two people did it."

"Alright, you got me there Naomi." Satoshi said, his usual personality shining through for a moment. "But Kara-chan and I have proof that can tell you there was only one culprit."

"Kara-chan...?" Arata asked, trying to hold back snickers.

"He's talking about me." Takara said, clearly irritated that Satoshi continued to use that nickname. She shot a quick glare at him, but all he did was smile back. Takara heard someone in the courtroom giggle slightly, probably Kumiko.

"Just what is this proof that you two found?" Hideki asked.

"In order to explain, I think we should move on to the subject of how Chiyo died." Satoshi said.

"But you're the one who wanted to eliminate suspects in the first place!" Ayame said. "Why are you trying to move away from the subject at hand? That seems pretty suspicious to me."

"No, Satoshi is right." Takara said. "The only way to do this is to talk about her death."

"Where should we begin then?" Hikaru asked. "You must have somewhere to go off of."

"First off, did anyone see Chiyo right before she died?" Satoshi asked. "I think that's a good place to start."

"I think I passed by her before going to my room or something?" Kumiko said, trying to remember the night before. "But that was waaaaay before her death so that probably doesn't count!" Even in this situation, the comic artist managed to smile and be energetic.

"Like I said, Hikaru and I were in my room all night." Ayame answered. "The last time either of us had seen her had been during the motive announcement."

"Oh! I saw her!" Naomi said. "She came into the dining hall around 8 and sat down with me and Hideki!"

"Yeah, I remember seeing her walk in as well!" Shizuka said.

"Funny, I don' remember seein' her." Kazumi said.

"That's probably because you were too busy stuffing your face with food to remember." Hideki said.

"Wuzzat supposed to mean?!" Kazumi asked. "You wanna start somethin', music boy?"

"Ahh, Kazumi calm down!" Shizuka said.

"Anyway, do you remember what she did while she was there, Naomi?" Takara asked.

"Well, she walked in around 8 and grabbed something to eat from the kitchen." Naomi began. "She sat down at the same table that me and Hideki were at and didn't talk much. She mostly just ate in silence and made a few comments. Once she was done, she immediately left the dining hall. She couldn't have been there more more than fifteen minutes."

"Did she say anything about why she left?" Satoshi asked.

"Actually, she did." Shizuka said. "I asked her why she was leaving in such a hurry and she said she was going to bed early for the night. Something about how she was sensing a dangerous air and wanted to avoid being in danger. Anyway, she did mention though that she needed to do her laundry first, because she was out of clean clothes. That's all she said before wishing us a good night. In fact, that's why I went to check the laundromat first."

"And no one in the dining hall left during that time, is that it?" Satoshi said, wishing to confirm his point.

"Correct. All five of us didn't leave until about an hour after she left." Hideki said.

"And no one else knew where she was going?" Takara asked, referring to the six without alibis.

"Um, no. I had no idea." Kaito said.

"I didn't." Ryouta said.

"No." Miyako said, getting straight to the point.

"Not at all." Minoru said.

"Of course not!" Arata said, angry at the idea he was being accused.

"Nope." Satoshi said.

"Well then, I'm pretty sure that answers that question." Shizuka said.

"Wait a second, that doesn't prove anything!" Kaito said.

"Actually, that's wrong!" Takara said. "Considering that Hikaru and Ayame had been in Ayame's room all night since the motive announcement there's no way they would have known. Me and Kumiko had been hanging out in her own room so we didn't even see Chiyo, let alone know where she was going."

"What's your point? Get to it already." Kaito said.

"If her death had been planned beforehand, that would mean the culprit knew where she would be. Since no one aside from the people in the dining hall knew where she was going, there's no way it was planned." Takara explained. "Also, according to what Naomi said, she was only there for around fifteen minutes. And she didn't die until fifteen minutes after she left, which hardly seems like enough time to come up with a murder plan."

"Oh, yeah. I guess that makes sense." Kaito admitted.

"But that doesn't tell us that two people weren't responsible." Ryouta said as he fidgeted with his hands. "Just because it wasn't planned doesn't prove anything."

"Well then, we have more evidence where that came from. Right, Kara-chan?" Satoshi said.

"I told you to stop calling me that!" Takara said. "But there's still evidence that can show there was only one killer."

"Well what is it then?" Ryouta asked.

"The washing machines themselves." Takara said.

"How does that prove anything?" Hikaru asked.

"When we were searching for clues, we looked in the machines to see if there were anyone else's clothes being washed. After all, whoever killed Chiyo must have been doing their laundry. But the only clothes we found were Chiyo's, which were still wet. And the dryers were nearly empty as well, except for one." Takara said.

"Huh? How so?" Kazumi asked.

"One of the dryers had a pair of socks in them. Whoever killed Chiyo must have left them behind in their rush to leave the scene. And the clothes that were hung up to dry had all been there before the murder." Takara explained.

"How do you know that?" Ayame asked.

"Before Monokuma revealed the motive, I had been doing laundry myself." Takara answered. "When I was there earlier, I saw all the clothes that had been hanging to dry. And all the clothes that were hanging at the scene of the crime were the exact same clothes I saw yesterday! Meaning that the culprit had to have been one person and one person alone."

"Wait a second, you said there was a pair of socks, right?" Kumiko asked.

"Yeah, what about it?" Takara said.

"Well, if the criminal left behind their socks, that means whoever wears those kind of socks has to be the culprit!" Kumiko said. "Everyone, take off your shoes!"

"Even though you have a good idea there, I'm afraid it isn't that simple." Satoshi said.

"Huh? Why not?" Kumiko said.

"The socks we found were white. And most of us wear white socks, including the victim." Satoshi explained. "And there was nothing special about these socks that could distinguish them, so we can't use them to figure out the culprit."

"Oh. Never mind then." Kumiko asked as she hung her head down.

"Hey, you gave it a shot." Minoru said. "It was a good idea."

"And if that isn't enough evidence, then there's one more thing I can bring up." Takara said.

"No, no, I think that's enough for me." Hikaru said. "I don't doubt that the culprit is one person."

"So are we done talking about whether there were two people or not? Can we finally move on?" Hideki asked impatiently.

"Yes, your highness, we're done." Ayame said.

"In that case, the six of us without alibis are still the potential culprit." Minoru said. "So how do we find out who the five innocents are?"

"I got it!" Kazumi exclaimed.

"This will be interesting." Hideki said.

"Well obviously the culprit had been doin' laundry right? So all we gotta do is figure out which one of ya was doing laundry! Easy as that!" Kazumi said with a smug look.

"Truly your mind is incredibly simple." Hideki asked. "Not only is that a terrible idea, but whoever was doing laundry wouldn't admit it. The culprit obviously wants to graduate, so of course they're not going to willingly admit they were there."

"So we have no leads?" Hikaru asked.

"Shit!" Ayame said. "At this rate we're all gonna die! Don't we have anything that could move us forward?!"

Takara paused and tried to think while the others attempted to figure something out. The stress of the situation was getting to her. Was there anything else she had found that could lead them somewhere? Anything? If she didn't have something then it was all going to end here!

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"Calm down everyone. We're not going to determine the culprit with what little we have so far." Satoshi said, snapping Takara out of her thoughts. "Let's return to the discussion at hand: how Chiyo died."

"But we don't know how she died." Shizuka said. "The Monokuma file only told us it was blood loss or lack of air. That isn't much to go off of."

"I never said we had to determine which one it is, but we can figure out what was used during the attack." Satoshi said.

"We've already established the possibilities of her death." Kazumi said. "Blood loss or bein' suffocated. So we jus' need to figure out what the weapons were right?"

"Well if she was being suffocated, then anything in the laundromat could be a weapon." Ryouta said. "All the killer would need is something that could block off her nose and mouth so she couldn't breathe. And considering the location, there were plenty of things that could do just that."

"However, the culprit could have used their hands just as well." Kumiko added. "Or they may have tried to strangle her with their hands! That sounds about right, doesn't it?"

"No, the culprit used something from the laundromat." Takara rebutted. "And I think I know what it was."

"Well if you're so sure, then tell us." Kaito said, issuing a challenge to the journalist.

"It's simple, the culprit used their own laundry to suffocate Chiyo!" Takara said. "And that same article was also used to hang her body." She smirked at Kaito.

"But how can you be so sure that it was the culprit's clothes?" Kaito asked.

"What do you mean?" Miyako asked.

"If you ask me, I think Chiyo killed herself!" Kaito said.

"Really now?" Satoshi said. "If that's the case, tell us why."

"Well you see, we found Chiyo hanging by a noose right?" Kaito said. "Wouldn't that mean she made the noose and hanged herself? After all, she was missing her cloak when we found her! And the noose was the same color as her cloak!"

"But what about the blood loss?" Naomi asked. "If she really did hang herself, then it makes no sense for it to be a factor in all of this."

"That's easy! Allow me to explain it to you!" Kaito said with confidence. "We already established that there was someone else in the laundromat with her, so whoever was there probably tried to attack her but failed to kill her themselves! After the attacker screwed up, they probably tried to flee the scene. So while Chiyo tried to hang herself, she was bleeding from the previous attack. She made the noose out of her cloak, wrapped it around the pipes on the ceiling, and hanged herself! After all, there's no other article of clothes that could have caused it."

"Actually, that's wrong!" Takara said. "Chiyo's cloak had been with all of her other clothes in the washing machine. There's no way that it could have been the noose. After all, she's not the only person with an article of clothing like that. A few other people here wear black jackets of some kind, so it could belong to them."

"Oh, I got it!" Kazumi exclaimed. "If the culprit used some kinda black jacket, then whoever's missing theirs is the one who did it!"

"It isn't that simple though." Hideki countered. "Out of all of us that wear a black jacket or coat, none of them are missing it. The culprit did leave with all their laundry, so it's safe to assume that the culprit owns more than one black jacket. After all, if they were missing such an article of clothing it would be obviously noticeable."

"Okay, so it wasn't her cloak, I get that." Kaito conceded. "But that doesn't mean she didn't hang herself like I said!"

"Actually, there's one other factor that proves she didn't kill herself." Takara said.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Kaito asked.

"There was nothing nearby the body that would allow her to reach the ceiling." Takara answered. "No stool, no chair, nothing. Which is strange considering the victim in question."

"Wait, what do mean?" Kaito said.

"Are you referring to Ueda's height, Tsukuda?" Arata asked.

"That's exactly what I'm refering to." Takara said with a smirk.

"Wait, what's her height got to do with all this?" Kazumi asked.

"If you paid any attention to Chiyo herself, you'd know she is the shortest out of all of us." Hideki answered. "She was only 4'11. Certainly not tall enough to reach the ceiling without something to stand on."

"And there was nothing at the scene that was near her to indicate she could've stood on anything in order to reach it." Takara said. "Which means she didn't commit suicide!"

"I see." Kaito replied. "In that case, I guess you can ignore my theory."

"So she was suffocated by the jacket. That eliminates one possible weapon." Naomi said. "But there's still the matter of the blood loss."

"There aren't that many weapons one could find in a laundromat that could cause it." Ayame said. "And we already established that the culprit didn't plan the killing, so it's not like they grabbed a knife or anything."

"The culprit either had the weapon with them and improvised, or the weapon had already been in there and was left by someone else." Minoru said.

"The weapon had to have been hidden after she was killed." Shizuka said. "Probably to dispose evidence."

"But that means the weapon could be anything!" Kaito said.

"There's one thing about this that doesn't make sense though." Haruki said. "If she was losing blood, then where was it? Her body was completely free of it."

"Actually, that's wrong!" Takara said. "Shizuka, you know for a fact that she had been bleeding right? Her clothes show as much."

"Oh, you're right!" Shizuka said.

"What do you mean? There wasn't any blood on her clothes." Masaru said.

"Not at first glance there isn't, but if you look closer you can see it." Shizuka explained. "Around her chest are droplets of blood. They're kinda small, so it's not easy to notice at first, but if you take the time to look, you'll find them."

"Wow Shizuka, how did you notice something so small?" Kumiko asked, astounded by the painter's find. "You must have super powerful eyes to find something like that!"

"I just looked, I guess. I have a good eye for detail." Shizuka said, clearly embarrassed by the praise as her cheeks flushed pink slightly.

"Still though, there's no way that such a small amount of blood like this would be enough to be a factor." Hideki said. "I'm no expert on this, but it would have to be a severe amount of blood to come anywhere close to killing her."

"Except that wasn't all the blood she spilled." Satoshi said. "The killer just wanted to make it look like she wasn't bleeding and that she had been hanged."

"How can you tell?" Shizuka asked.

"There's a spot on the floor that looked like someone had tried to clean it." Satoshi explained. "But they didn't do a very good job at it, as the color of the blood itself is still very slightly there."

"Her clothes were also a little damp." Takara added.

"That doesn't explain anything." Arata said. "Ueda's clothes could've been damp from blood."

"But we already established that there wasn't enough blood on Chiyo's body aside from the droplets Shizuka found." Masaru said.

"That, and if it was blood, it wouldn't be damp." Takara explained. "Blood on clothing wouldn't remain damp by that point. It would've felt harder and left an obvious stain."

"How do you know that?" Ryouta asked.

"...It's a girl thing, you wouldn't understand." Takara said hesitantly, clearly embarrassed at having to explain that. "The point is, the culprit tried to wash away the blood, and obviously missed a few spots."

"So we've established that she was definitely bleeding." Hideki said. "And it was definitely enough to be a cause of death."

"But what was the fuckin' weapon?" Kazumi asked.

"There were multiple wounds on her chest." Takara said. "They were too small in size to be something like a knife, and the weapon couldn't have been big enough to cause a fatal stab wound."

"That doesn't really answer the question though." Ayame said.

"True, but I think I found something that could fit the description." Takara said. "It was a pen."

"A... pen?" Arata said. "How could a pen of all things be a weapon?"

"This isn't an average ball-point pen, but rather a nibbed pen." Takara said.

"What the hell is a nibbed pen?" Kazumi asked.

"They're old fashioned pens." Naomi explained. "They don't have ink in them like modern pens, you have to dip them in an ink jar to use it. There are multiple sizes of nibs that can produce many different types of strokes. Most people only use them these days or artistic purposes or calligraphy."

"So, you're saying that this pen is the weapon?" Hikaru asked.

"Exactly." Takara said. "And I believe I know who it belongs to."

"What? You know the culprit then?" Arata asked. "Well then who was it?"

"There can only be one possibility as to who the guilty student is." Takara began. "Someone who has tried everything they can to hide their involvement in Chiyo's death. Someone who has been trying to lead us away from the truth. Someone who tried to make it look like Chiyo Ueda killed herself so they could get off scott free."

"For fuck's sake, just tell us who you think the god damn culprit is already!" Kaito said.

"Gladly." Takara said with a smirk. "It's none other than you, Kaito Fujiwara!"

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"...What?" Kaito asked nervously. "You're saying...I'm the one who killed her?" The animator began to laugh nervously. "Come on now Takara, that's just crazy. T-there's no way I killed her. What proof do you have to pin it on m-me?"

"I have plenty of proof." Takara said. "This entire time, you've been questioning everything we've brought up and challenging our theories."

"This is a trial though, you're supposed to question other people's theories." Kaito replied. "After all, someone could be lying and we wouldn't know it."

"That's not all. You were nervous when Monokuma announced the Class Trial, more so than anyone else." Takara said.

"That's because my life is on the line if we get it wrong!" Kaito said.

"Also, you were the one who brought up the idea that Chiyo had killed herself." Takara said. "If I recall correctly, you were nowhere near the body during the investigation. In fact, I don't recall you coming into the laundromat when the body was discovered. So how did you know that she had been hanged?"

"I read the Monokuma file of course!" Kaito said.

"Except it doesn't mention that she was hanged." Hideki interjected. "It only mentions her being suffocated."

"Then there's this pen." Takara said. "Being an animator, it would only make sense that you would have something like this in your possesion."

"That isn't mine!" Kaito said, his anger coming out. "That could belong to Kumiko! Or it's Shizuka's! I wouldn't have a pen like that!"

"Except first of all, both Shizuka and Kumiko have solid alibis for last night." Takara rebutted. "And secondly, Shizuka wouldn't even use a pen like this, she's a painter."

"Besides, I haven't taken out any of my supplies since we got here." Kumiko said. "I can't really be making my comic pages when everyone's acting all crazy-go nuts. And I prefer ball-point pens, I don't have the patience to keep dipping a pen in ink over and over again!"

"T-that's..." Kaito stammered.

"Also, that jacket Chiyo's been hanged with does fit yours quite nicely." Takara said.

"That doesn't mean anything! I've obviously been framed!" Kaito insisted. "I never even saw Chiyo yesterday after the motive announcement!"

"In that case, why was there a charm with blood on it sitting in the trash?" Takara asked.

"What charm? I don't know what you're talking about!" Kaito said.

"At one point or another yesterday, Chiyo approached all of us and gave us one of these charms." Takara explained as she took her charm out of her pocket. "She intended to give these to all of us as a means of protection, and we were instructed to keep them with us at all times."

"What the fuck does that have to do with anything?!" Kaito asked.

"If you didn't see her at all yesterday aside from the motive announcement, then that means the only time she could've given you one was at that moment. If you could just show me yours then the matter can be cleared up. And saying that you lost it isn't going to cut it."

"But how can you be so sure that it's mine?!" Kaito asked. "If it has blood on it then it's gotta be Chiyo's!"

"No, her charm was still on her body when we examined it." Satoshi said.

"And the only person this can belong to is the culprit." Takara said. "If you want proof, then I'll ask everyone here to show me theirs as well."

"Fine, do it! Then you'll see!" Kaito said.

"Alright. Everyone, show me the charm that Chiyo gave you." Takara said. Sure enough, everyone except for Kaito managed to pull out their charm and showed it to the journalist without hesitation, leaving Kaito with nothing to hide behind. "Alright Kaito, now either show me your charm, or admit the truth."

"That's your big piece of evidence then? A lousy charm?" Kaito said. "THAT'S GOTTA BE THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF CRAP I'VE EVER SEEN! I MEAN REALLY? YOU'RE GOING TO RISK YOUR LIFE OVER SOME BULLSHIT EVIDENCE LIKE THAT?! THAT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE!"

"We've discussed everything we can about this Kaito, there's no other explanation." Takara said.

"YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT! YOU ALL ARE!" Kaito shouted. "YOU'RE GOING TO CONVICT ME ON THAT AND THAT ALONE?! THAT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY ENOUGH TO MAKE ME LAUGH! BESIDES, WHAT REASON WOULD I EVEN FUCKING HAVE TO KILL HER IN THE FIRST PLACE? WELL, GO ON!"

"You have plenty." Takara said. "But the main reason would have to be Monokuma's motive."

"...The motive?" Kaito asked, his voice cracking as he did so.

"Monokuma threatened that if no one tried to kill each other, then he would destroy anything that could connect us to our talents. Being an animator with work in many different areas, surely the destruction of all your work would devastate you." Hideki said. "And out of all the possible culprits, you have the biggest incentive to kill someone."

"I... I..." Kaito said.

"In fact, I think from everything we've gathered we can explain just what happened here." Takara said.

"Everyone was unsettled by the motive and what it would mean for us. And someone among us couldn't possibly let their hard work and talent fall into obscurity. So the culprit began to think about who to kill. Meanwhile, Chiyo was trying to do everything in her power to avoid any disaster. She decided to go to bed early, but realized that she needed to do laundry first. After she decided to eat, she quickly gathered her clothes and made her way to the laundromat.

"Little did she know however, that the culprit was also there, waiting for their own laundry to be finished. She didn't see any reason to find it suspicious, and merely went to doing her buisness. Until she remembered that she had one last charm to give, and the culprit was the only one she hadn't given it to. In her attempt to give them the charm, the culprit decided to attack.

"Using nothing but the pen they had on them, the culprit attempted to stab Chiyo without thinking of what would happen. But the stab wounds weren't enough. It was taking too long for her to die. Before she had the chance to escape, the culprit then decided that the only way that they could kill Chiyo was to suffocate her. So they took a jacket out of their laundry and placed it over her face.

"Eventually, either by the blood or the lack of air, Chiyo finally died. But the culprit didn't know what to do, they couldn't let the others know it was them. So they tried to alter the crime scene and deceive us. First, they attempted to clean off all the blood. But they did a sloppy job, leaving a stain on the floor and some drops on her dress. Next, they had to dispose of the weapons. They figured that if they used the jacket to hang the body, it would keep us off of the right track. So they fashioned a noose around the pipe and stuck Chiyo's head in it. Next was the pen, if that was found they would know who did it. So they attempted to hide it from plain sight, yet in their rush forgot to clean it of the blood.

"After everything had been set, the culprit tried to take all their laundry and remove any trace that it was them. But in their haste they had left some socks in the dryer. Not that they noticed. But then there was the charm. Before they left the laundromat, the culprit threw the charm into the garbage, hoping that no one would dare look. And with that, the crime is clear. After all, am I wrong about this, Kaito Fujiwara?"

Kaito looked distraught. "I...I..." He couldn't find the words he needed. No excuses came to mind. He was trapped and cornered. "I yield."

"Well then! Since you all seem to have figured it out, please use the switch in front of you to vote! Now do understand that you must vote for someone! Not voting at all would mean punishment! So who will you vote as the culprit? Will it be the right choice, or the dreadfully wrong one? What's it gonna be? What's it gonna be?!" Monokuma explained. Takara pulled the lever, making her decision. Everyone else around her cast their own votes, and before anything else happened, a screen turned on showing them the result. Kaito's face appeared on screen as a track of cheering and clapping was heard. "Correct! The culprit who killed Chiyo Ueda was our very own Kaito Fujiwara!" Monokuma said with glee.

"Kaito, why?" Kumiko asked, tears in her eyes. "Why did you kill someone like that?"

"I had no choice." Kaito said with an air of defeat. "I've spent so many years on my animation work. If it were all to be destroyed, so much would be lost. Movies, TV episodes, short films, all of it gone forever. I've done so much work, I couldn't let it disappear."

"But why Chiyo?" Shizuka asked. "She didn't pose any threat to you."

"No threat? Did you really not listen to anything she said?" Kaito asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Hikaru asked.

"You had to have heard her. All that talk about how death was hanging over us all? She had to have been planing to kill someone before the bear made his motive." Kaito explained. "It was only a matter of time before she would attack somebody. And I was all alone with her, she was bound to attack me. So I went after her before she made the first move. And even if I had killed someone else, she would've been able to contact the dead and find out it was me. I just didn't want to die."

"But Chiyo was trying to avoid that kinda scenario!" Kazumi said. "All she was trying to do was give ya somethin' she thought would protect ya'!"

"I had no way of knowing that!" Kaito said, tears beginning to fall. "I was paranoid, I was afraid. Can you really sit there and say that if it were you in my shoes, that you wouldn't do the same?" No one answered. Takara began to feel sorry for him. It wasn't like he wanted to kill someone, but at the same time he still fell to despair. "You see? Any one of you could have fallen into the same trap that I did."

"Now then, I've prepared a very special punishment for the Super High School Level Animator!" Monokuma said.

"Wait, you can't be serious!" Kaito said. "Please, don't kill me, I beg of you I'll do anything! I'm sorry Im sorry I'm sorry!!!!" He begged and pleaded with panic in his voice, afraid of the idea he was going to die, but his cries fell on deaf ears.

"Let's give it everything we got! It's punishment time!" Monokuma said.

"NO! PLEASE! DON'T DO THIS ME! I WANT TO LIVE!" Kaito screamed.

Before he had the chance to run, a metal clamp secured itself around Kaito's neck, pulling him into a strange doorway as he screamed. As he was being brought closer to his demise, he desperately tried to force the clamp open so he could be let go, but it was useless as no matter how hard he pulled it refused to budge. He was pulled behind a curtain on a stage. The fourteen innocents were rushed into a room reminiscent of a movie theater, many of them afraid of what kind of "punishment"they would be forced to watch. Unfortunately, they didn't need to wait long.

The curtains opened to what appeared to be a movie, but the students knew it was anything but. On the screen they could see Kaito strapped to a pole, his expression filled with fear. Standing next to him was a cartoon like character, one that Takara recognized as a character that Kaito himself had created. But it didn't look exactly the same. The view switched to one of another character, a villainous looking one that seemed to have similarities to their ursine headmaster. The characters began to fight, the one on Kaito's side missing every time. All the while, Kaito became more and more distressed, he had no idea what was going to happen to him and the unknown made him that much more afraid.

Finally, the Monokuma-esque character pulled out what looked like two giant tablet pens. Without hesitation, it threw the pens at Kaito and the good character. Before he even had the chance to scream, Kaito was impaled by the pen alongside his character. As the character fell to the ground, Kaito remained still and unmoving, the clamp still around his neck.

He was dead.

The other students all seemed to react differently. Shizuka looked sick once again, and almost threw up for real. Kumiko started to cry, whimpers escaping from her mouth. Ryouta could only stand there with his arms around his shoulders. Even Miyako, who was usually unfazed by anything, had a look of horror on her face. Takara herself didn't know what to do. She had just witnessed the death of her classmate. Even if she really didn't like Kaito all that much she would never want to watch him die, especially like this.

"Woohoo! What an exciting punishment!" Monokuma said, breaking the silence. "My heart is beating so fast, I think I have an adrenaline rush!"

"This cant be happening..." Ayame said.

"Oh but it is!" Monokuma said. "And knowing you bastards it's sure to happen again!"

"I can't handle this!" Masaru said. "I don't want any part of this!"

"You can ignore it all you want, but the cold harsh reality of it all is that you can't leave unless you try to graduate." Monokuma said. "It's the only way any one of you is leaving this resort."

"Why? Why are you putin' us through all of this?!" Kazumi asked.

"I already told you!" Monokuma said. "All I want is despair, it's my only reason for existing. Besides, why would you want to leave here? You kids always complain about how summer vacation isn't long enough! Im giving you an eternal one this way! So now you don't have to worry about school coming around the corner!"

"That isn't an excuse!" Hideki shouted. "We never asked for any of this!"

"Well if you really want to leave so badly then you know what you gotta do!" Monokuma said. "It doesn't seem like I'm going to get anything through those stubborn heads of yours though, so I think it's time we departed. You can't stay here though, so leave through the elevator once you're ready. Upupupu~"

With that, the bear disappeared. But no one walked into the elevator at that moment. Many of them stood there in shock and fear. This was what their world was now. Either succumb to despair and kill someone, or stay in this resort forever. And even murder was now a matter of life and death. Takara hoped that she would never have to see any more executions like Kaito's, or even be the recipient of one.

After what seemed like a lifetime, Satoshi spoke up. "We should return to our rooms for now." he said. "If we stay here much longer, that bear might try to punish us. And I think we all need some time to ourselves." Everyone seemed to silently agree as they headed into the elevator. No one spoke on the way back up. There was nothing but a disturbing silence. As everyone dispersed and returned to their rooms, Takara found herself stopped by Satoshi.

"And just what do you want?" Takara asked in a tone that was harsher then she intended.

"You did a good job back there." the archeologist told her. "If it hadn't been for you, we would all be dead."

"If that's supposed to make me feel better, then try again." Takara said, prepared to leave.

"Darn, I guess I tried." Satoshi said with a nervous laugh. "But in all seriousness, you were a major help. I honestly don't think we would've found out who it was if it weren't for you and your journalist skills."

"My talent had nothing to do with it, and you know it." Takara insisted. "There's a difference between a journalist and a detective."

"Even so, I really think you were the reason we survived." Satoshi said. "I think you underestimate yourself, Kara-chan."

"I told you to stop calling me that! Don't you fucking listen?!" Takara shouted in anger. "And stop telling me it was all because of me! Two of our friends have died, do you not understand that?! This whole time you've been acting so nonchalant about all we've seen, does the fact that Kaito killed someone not faze you in the slightest?!"

Satoshi stood there in silence for a moment, contemplating what to tell her. "I'm sorry Ka-sorry, Takara. I get that all of this is serious, but that doesn't mean I should just fall into depression over it. That's what the bear wants." Satoshi explained. "Maybe I'm just not as affected by death like the rest of you are, but believe me I'm still upset about both Chiyo and Kaito. I was only trying to make you feel better, but I guess I'm not that good around people as I thought I was."

Takara let out a sigh. "Look, I'm sorry about exploding at you there. It's not your fault, it's the bear's." she said. "I'm just tired and worn out from all of this, so much has happened in the past twelve hours that it's taking it's toll on me. I know you're only trying to help, I'm just not the one you should be trying to comfort. I'll see you and the others at dinner, I guess." She turned away to head for the staircase, all she needed was a nap and some time to herself. Before she made it to the stairs, she heard Satoshi call out to her.

"Maybe we all just need someone to help us overcome this. All we have right now is each other and our hope."

Takara didn't say anything as she walked upstairs. The hallway was empty of people, everyone must have already returned to their rooms. She walked down the hall, trying to avoid glancing at Chiyo's room. She didn't want any reminders of what had happened. She finally reached her room and swiped the card key to enter it. She shut the door behind her and fell straight onto her bed. And without second thought, she screamed into the first pillow she could get her hands on. She screamed until she managed to fall asleep.

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Here is the alphabetical list We hope you enjoy it.

Alvar AAlto _ Säynätsalo Town hall - Finland Luis Barragán _ satellite towers - Mexico city Santiago Calatrava _ Lyon - Satolas airport railway station - lyon France Luís Domènech i Montaner _ Antoni Tàpies foundation - Barcelona Eduardo Souto de Moura _ Paula Rego's House of Stories _ Cascais _ portugal Norman Foster_ London City Hall _ England frank Gehry _ Guggenheim bilbao _ Spain herzog & de meuron _ Beijing National Stadium _ CHina Arata Isozaki _ Palau Sant Jordi _ barcelona Philip Johnson _ The Glass House _ New Canaan _ United state Louis Kahn _ National Parliament of Bangladesh _ Dhaka city le corbusier _ Villa Savoye _ Poissy, Francia Ludwig Mies van der Rohe _ barcelona pavilion _ Spain oscar niemeyer _ National Congress of Brazil, Brasília Joseph Maria Olbrich _ Secession building, vienna - Austria César Pelli _ Petronas Twin Tower _ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Giacomo Quarenghi _ the Smolny Institute _ St. Petersburg, Russia. Renzo Piano + Richard Rogers _ Pompidou Centre _ Paris, Francia Álvaro Siza _ Ibere camargo foundation _ porto alegre _ Brazil kenzo Tange _ Tokyo Olympic Stadium - Japan Jørn Utzon _ Sydney Opera House _ Australia William Van Alen _ Chrysler Building _ New York City frank lloyd wright _ guggenheim new york _ United state Iannis Xenakis _ Philips pavilion _ Expo '58 in Brussels Minoru Yamasaki _ World Trade Center Zaha Hadid_The Pierres Vives building _ Montpellier, France

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little minoru tid-bit to make you cry: did you know that when utilizing her ultimate technique, which allows her to be possessed by more than 10 cursed spirits, minoru keeps from losing herself in the horde with a mantra? aoi, arata, kasumi, kokichi, mai, momo, noritoshi, utahime, yoshinobu. over and over and over again. because as long as she can say their names and not forget the ones she loves the most, she can still remain herself.